The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-01-31

health, and, as to asking Of her constanc !.
he would have spurned the very thought, d
something nearly allied to sacrilcge-aa
equally dishonorable to her and to himsel
as auguring the existence, on his own pal =,
of a most base and narrowminded Jealous,
and authorizing suspicion against her q
the most shameful fckleness! And, therf !
| fore, though his heart might throb at mentie,
OF the name Of Montemar, he had repress /:
his donbts, his terrors, his emotions. with.
that most inscrutable of mysteries, the hea,
OF strong minded, crafty man. Nor, ~
deed, had he asked, would he have foul
any one TO answer; for, so small was the CO..
sequence of EugueTand de Montemar, al. :
SO small the renown of his daughter, exec,
in so far as it had been promulgated by IT,,
deeds Of Latouche himself, that scarcely a..g.
one in France, except the dwellers in thc.i
close vicinity, could have afforded him Tn,
Smallest tidings ofthe object of his anxiety.
He passed the angle of the road; aid
great was his establishment when he percei>
ed that there waved no pennoncele aboy.
the battlements, glanced no light throu...
the easements Of the tower. Goaded almoY'
to madness at the sight, he spurred his GOO.
horse TO its speed, and in and momen.,
stood within the shadow Of the drawbridC,
Raising his bugle to his lips, he blew BIAS
that made wood, rock and river echo, To-
minutes, tOits prolonged and piercing sum
mons And long ere any answer could hav,
been returned, again he sent it forth!-aga.r
and yet again! waking the peasantry fot
miles aISund, yet bringing no response fror
the apparently deserted fortalice. At length
when Brian's patience was well nigh exhaust
ed, feeble light cleaned from shot-hola
near the summit of the tower-was lost
shone out again, a story lower, and at las.
reached the court! A moment after, H.
flashed from crenelie in the watch-towey
by the gate, displaying the white hair and
well known features of the old seneschal.
who tremlously craved 10 know who claimed
admittance.
"l!-death to your soul! - fercely exclaim-
ed the soldier. ], Brian de Latouche! Up!
up with your portcullis, and down draw
bridge!-why keep you me here shivering
in the night wind?"
After short delay, the bridge was lower
ed, and the gate opened. Recovering his
good humor, the knight rode in, holding gold
in his coin hand, about to throw Them to the
old faithful servant, whom he had known
from his earliest boyhood-when, to his
wonder, the old man stepped before him,
and catching hold Of his rein
"Stop! stop!" he cried, ''Sir Brian! there
be none here save ~
''None here save thee 2" exclaimed the
surprised and now thoroughly alarmed cru-
sader. ''Why, where then i the fend's
name, be they? Speak! speak! old man
see you not | am choking2 Where is Dug
uerrand-where Adelaide de Montemar?"
"My master-my master Euguerrand. that
is, "faltered the old man, ''has been dead
these two years, come Martinmas! He lies
up yonder in the chapel of St. Thomas, at
lssongeaux! And as for my lady-as for
my Lady Adelade'-
swell! well! Speak speak thou torturer!
or | will wringit forth, if it be with thy life
blood. What of that lady?'
''She hath been married-married. these
eighteen months, and better"
'Liar! Dog! Slave!" Numbered the
knight, leaping at one bound from the saddle,
Selling him by the throat, and shaking him
so furiously, that he had well nigh slain him.
'Confess! confess, that thou hast lied, and
| will pardon thee! speak! speak, mani
still withoul relaxing his stern grippe on his
throat-'speak Say thou hast lied, and bless
mel" and with the words he loosed him, yet
it was many minutes ere the terrified vassal
could find breath to answer him.
True! it is very true-true as the sun in
heaven!"
"True!-the sun? The sun is not true
Heaven is not true! there is NO TRUTH! If
this be so--all is lie! all, all! The sun in
heaven itself, the God that made them all!
But speak out. am patient now, and can
hear-vrey- !" and he choked down
his fury into his heart of hearts, and stood
pale, firm, and motionless, without once in
terrupting him, till his tale was concluded
Within enc year after his sailing for the
East, while the first tidings ofhis Valor and
bis glory were fresh and rife about her, she
had inclined willing ear to the addresses
Of poor, nameless, Norman squire, whom
chance had brought 10 that vicinity and
thrown upon her fathers hospitality! The
splendid evidences Of her lovers faith, and
worth and glory, availed not any thing to
restrain her; and eighteen months before,
her father having died but ten or twelve
weeks, she had espoused him, and sci forth
at once to his demesnes, near to Ayranches,
on the Western coast.
''Ha! well-it is WELL! And for this
have won wealth, such as kings might envy!
Fame, such as never king attained, nor
dreamed of--save the Lohheart! For this.
| refused the daughter of Lusignan, For
ofmy fathers--was it for this 2''--
and he stamped furiously with his mailed
heelupon the Pavements, and bill his lin till
the blood sprung. "But hear me, thou. ;, he
went On, turning bis hands and eyes upward
-''here me, thou, for whose tomb 4 have
how, thou best knowest! hear me
swear--that henceforth live but for ven
geaDce