The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-03-06

INTO subJection to a nobler aud more gener-
Gus power. For ever, fof ever, ain thine
and Virtues and it, in future life, ere
forswear this fealty by word or deed, tram
pie me under thy feet as faithless rene
gude. And now but appoint me trials, that
may undergo my preof, and walk on with
hope To happiness"
Again aud agsin he kissed TINT small
fair hand aud II might well be seen that
passion had lost nothing of it's fire by being
purified from the dust and nshes that kept
1t smoulderiug with dull, foul, lowly flame.
Now il blazed high, clear, bright. and open,
aud only gained intensity from being con-
centrated upon one point. =
Blanche Of Navarro felt all Tint he had
done, fel, nll that he hnd said but yet, with
agitation and alarm, there was mingled
hope and an expectation, and q thrill of
joy.
Again and again he kissed herj hand
bat, as he did so, ut length she viii
drew it not That she feared nught from
him, for, mingled with tho passionate
energy with which hs pressed il to his
lips, there WAS deep Difference and res
pect; but at Tint moment n shadow Sc n
ed to pass across the further side Of the hall.
In the dim twilight Of that evening hour,
and in TINT vast Gothic chamber, the eyes
Of Blanche could not discover who it WIS
that crossed towards the opposite door;
but she, standing at the window, with all
the light which yet fingered in the evening
sky forming n background, bright when
contras,ed with the gloom within, was but
too well seen at TINT moment when Francis
Of Folk pressed his lips upon her hand.
| The eve Of Isabel Of Valois wns upou'
them and oil the rage of mortified pride,
and wounded vanity, took possession Of her
heart al once.
From the first moment she had set her
foot within her husbands Kingdom her .
husbands sister had been the object of her
hatred aud her envy. She had seen that
the admiration of his people and his court
followed blanche Of Navarro in preference
tn her; sndthat had been the cause Of en-
nifty enough, The place which Blanche
had held inthat Kingdom, aud that palace,
became another object of jealous anger
All this had rendered her treatment Of that
fair md noble rgirl anything but like the
fiui, of sisierly love. Now, however, when
added to all the rest, she saw that Blanche
had borne AWAY from her the love Of one
on whom herself had fixed 900 deep aud
dangerous an affection, strsngsto say, her
conduct became changed. While rage
flashes forth, deep hatred often clothes. il. !.
self in smiles and such was the gnrb which
hers assumed, the better to conceal her
purposes.
On the morning after that on which all
her Jealous suspicion had been confirmed
Il. 4. Il. a
with gny and uffectionnte deineanor; bot
none of all The court, could divine what
caused the unusual paIencss Of her cheek,
f,r The queen seemed both well and happy.
Al the great assembly Of the Nnvnrresc nos
bIes, IN tho evening she singled out DON
Ferdinand dc Lcydn, who, now recovered
from his wounds, had returned to court,
aud lived there on terms of friendship with
his late opponent. She converscd with
him several times in n low tone, mud With
many gay smile and sportive gesture,
seemed holding with him some light and
pleasant communication on matters Of rev.
clry or amusement. Still ,towarIs Blanche
she continued the same demennor; aud
Blancba, who knew not what hatred is
except the hatred of evi--feIt the change
with pleasure, and looked forward to the
coming hours with brighter hopes.
It was on the third evening nfier, wien
the sun had gone down, and nlI the town
was ringing with the revrIry which, at that
tis,c, IN Navarro, accompanied each high
festival, that the queen announced to Ec-
fair sister her intention of going forth, dis
guised, among the rest, and mineling with
the merry making Of the time. She asked
the company Of her husbands sister, too
and when Blanche slrunk back, and stead
lily refused, Isabel Of VaIois informed her,
boldly, that the king himself was to be Of
the party; aud, though unwilling aud sur
prscd, the princess nj length yielded. She
had scarcely made her preparations whsw
she wns joined by the queen and several
others, all already masked aud in one she
thought she recognized her brother. An
injunction, however, was given TO keep 81
lencc till they had quilted the palace /; and
issuing forth INTO the streets, they mingled
gayety, and n,irth and song.
They wandered on for some time but
Blanche at length grew uneasy, for the mask
she had taken for her broibtr soon belied his
appearance by his voice. Isabel Of Vnlois.
hurried tow ards the great square,.
where the mull,udcs Of the Nnvnrrese cap
ital seemed all gathered together; aud
there, in the press and the crowd, Blanche
and the queen we're suddenly separated
from the rest Of the party aud the queen,
se;zing her arm, exclaimed, -" Coue hith-
err! There is some one would fain avoid )"
and linking her arm through that Of Blanche,
so as to prevent the possibility Of her es-
Gaping, she FASTENED on, turned through the
long srcades, and darted forward into a
doorway which stood open.
Blanche tried to stay her; but still she
hurried onward, saying that she knew her
wny, and ,hn, the passage which they fol-