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

c0nStanCV ana i96auty, as the TOUR winds can
blow tid;ngs. From the remotest point Of
Byzantium, all shall admit thine eminence
Say only, Adelaid e, say only, onceag ain, tia
thou dost love me-"
81 have said so. | have said so, agar
and again, Brian? Yet since it seems nough
else will satisfy you II do! do! with all m,
heart and soul, most sinaIy and most who'll,
love you!' she exclaimed, a deep crimson
flush perVaded as she spoke, not her cheek.
only, but her brow, her neck, her bos ON, ant
those exquisitely falling shoulders, as far a.
they were visible aaQfe the dollar Of herlov
velvet bodice-while her full eye met hi,
with so deep an EXPRESSION of voluptuou:
passion, and dwelt on his f3ce so languidIy
that Brian was emboldened to throw hi:
right hand round her sylph-like waist, anl
clasp her to his BOSOM Nor did the maic
resist, but twining her soft arms about biz
neck, she met his kiss half way, and, for ter
seconds space stheir hearts beat sensbl1
against each others bosom, in tumultuous
union, their eyes grew dim with passion
their lips were glued together. But after thai
one burst OF irresistible, uncontrolled phren-
sy, the maiden, ex;ricating herself from his
embrace; parted the close curIs on his fore
head, and imprinted there one long kiss
then arising, with blush yet deeper than
before-"TEere Brian, lhere,'' she said
| playfullv smiling, ''that must both satisfy
thee and convince; mote cannot say
more cannot give thee, and keep thy conf
dence or love. And nov, God speed thee
Let not the lip of womln bear away thai
kiss which have left upon thy brow; as
shall keep for thee the burning one which
thou hast printed on my lip-nay! rather, on
my soul! not cen my t3:her shall! press his
mouth to mine, ere your kiss shall release
me.
And now, God speed tee, Brian. Ineed
not bid thee be foremost cver-for that !
know thou wilt! But oh be not too ASH
Few demoiselIes, frow, need so advise
their ehevaIers; bat know thee too we'll
too we'll have marked thy daring, thine en-
thusiastic, alI-pervading valor, to fancy that
thy spirit lacks the stimulus Of words, more
than thy gallant Anda.usian needs the spur
TO urge him to the charge. God speed thee.
Brian, and farewell" And even as she
spoke, distant swell Of martial music, the
prolonged cadences of the shrilI trumpet
blent with the deep clang Of the Norman na-
kir, came floating on the gentle breeze. from
the far valley of the Loire.-"There! hear
you not" she added, ''hear you not, even
now, the music of your comrades? and see
see! there they file, band after band, and
banner after banner, across the bridge that
spans our valley!-Blessed Mary, what a
gorgeous train-lo! how their spear heads
twinkle in the sunbeams-how their plate
armour flashes! pennon, aud pennoncelle,
and banderol waving and futtering TO the
free winds, above sea of plumage! there.
the square banner of the Great Counts of
Auvergne-and there, the Lion flag of Fer
rand of Clermont-and Guy de Ponthien s
Ravens-and TaukeryiIle's chained dragon
and there haste, Brian, haste! Do on your
helmet quick, and belt you espaldron, and
spur black Trstram to his speed-there
floats the orifiamme itself-the gorgeous
oriiamme of France, above king Philip and
his peers. Linger not; loiter not, my beloved
God speed you! and farewell! And be
thou fortunate, as | will still be faithful, and
we shall be a pair hereafter for chronclers
to tell OF it in set prose, and trouverse to
descant upon in lay, and virelay, and SON
net''
His helmet acas braced on; his espaldron
was belted--snatchng his gauntlets from
the table, with the rich scarf, which she had
given, bound on his left arm, he cast one
long, long glance upon the lady Of his heart
and daring not to trust himself to speak,
rushed down the winding staircase, taking
three steps at one, his steel shoes changing,
and the point of his huge broadsword clasp
bing and jarring on the stones. He gained
the court, and scattering his largesse to the
menials, who cap in hand, saluted him with
loud liplove, yaulted at once into the saddle;
dashed like an arrow through the gateway
over the gathering drawbrdge; and at a
pace positively fearful, plunged down the
steep descent, his horses hoofs striking at
every bound the fire from the finty road, that
rang beneath the fury of his gallop. Once
he looked back just where the traverse from
the castle joined the road down the Lgnon
A fair round arm was waving from the lat
tice, where they but now had stood together,
a white handkerchief; and the proverbially
quick eye of the lover fancied it could have
recognised that arm of snow among ten
thousand. Bowing his helmed head quite to
the saddle-bow,he brandished his long lance
high in air, making the pennoncelle, which
graced it, rustic and waVer in the sunlit at
mosphere. like the flash of shooting star;
and, squirting his hot Andausian to yet fer
Ger speed, devoured both Hill and valley in
his course; and joind his comrades on their
way toward to the fatal sands of Syria, long
ere their rear had passed the high and mar
row bridge which spans even to the present
day, the confluence of the Leirc and Lignon.
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Three years had passed away; passed as
the young man had expressed himselfto her
he loved so dearly, but as SO many DAYS Of
retrospection That gallant army, which
had leaped so dauntlessIy ashore from their
proud red-cross gallies, and whitened with