The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-06-25

the castle, lifted up her hands and eyes at the
mention of his name and declared, ga kind,
sweetspoken, civil gentleman is Ernest Won
IIelmsted." Many gentle, pretty maiden had
rested her bright eyes approvingly upon him,
sighed and murmured, ga right handsome, no.
bic, gallant-looking youth is master Won Helm
sted." The ruling authorities at divers unlver-
sites all had written, "brave, strong-hearted,l
wise and learned, an honor to his blood and
race, is master Ernest Won Helmsted." And the
Baron, as he was suffered to win game afterl
game of backgammon, in the long winter even
ing, and the Baron as he listed 10 merry conceits
and quaint old stories, and the Baron as he heidi
the strong arm which night after night made the
ascent up the old staircase easy, acknowledged
with tears in his eyes and swelling at his heart,
ga kind, gentle, loving nephew is this nephew ofI
mine, this Ernest Won Helmsed." Yet was this
same Ernest the thorn in the merry old gentle
mans flesh, which checked the sound Of his
laughter for full half an hour at time, and COM
posed his countenance 10 a most sad and melan-
choIic aspect, when the clouds Of blue smoke
Aoated in fantastic, dreamy wreaths around his
head. All this because the worshipfGl master
Ernest totally refused 10 enter the holy estate
of matrimony, would as soon have beheld his sa-
tanic majesty as any thing in the shape of apet-
ticoat, and crossed himself involuntarily when
ever he chanced to encounter pair OF large dark
eyes. The reasons for which remarkable obll-
guilty in master Ernest being, first, that he was
distressingiy modest aud dif1ident Secondly and
lastly, he was somewhat indolent, somewhat mel
ancholy, and loved nothing better than roaming
through the woods, peopllng every tree with
hermadryads and fauns, and dreaming OF tarles
and mysterious influences, with perhaps pale,
slender, willowy heroines, half moonshine, half
vapor, with not sensation in common with the
Ivanity-given maidens Of this vanity-loving world.
The Baron Won Helmsed talked, and the Baron
Won Hemsted swore, and eXerted all the elo-
quence with which nature had gifted him, which.
sooth to say, was not an abundant quantity, and
all to no purpose. His nephew listened at first
; with amazement, then with weariness, and at
length, after two or three years had passed and
the lectures were not discontinued, grew horri-
bIy indignant thereat; and would rush forth into
the woods to escape, where with his nymphs and
dryods he soon got calm again. At length the
Baron hit upon desperate eXpedient. He ap
piled to female relative, and she, with some
three or four damseIs, to give master Ernest c
fair field for choice, came and took up her abode
the castle.
Heavens what siege the poor Baron had
Dame Margery went almost frantic with rage a
this unheard ofinnovation on her territories, ant
her deteslable voice sounded in his ears from
morning till night. The ladies' too, with thei
maids and their toilets, their niceties and thej
frivolities, their airs and their mnaudries, turn
ed the old house topsy-tuVy, and cnnfusio
relgned from one end 10 the other thereof A
for Master Ernest, who was the prime cause AM
mover although the most inviting and innocen
one Of all this hubbub-master Ernest entre
evacuated the premises and fled to the woods
where he took up his abode entirely with hi
fauns and nymphs, satyrs and hobgobllns. A
length the female relative and her retnue (per
ceiving how useless the task) grew weary OF tn
dreary old castle and the poor afflicted Baro
cauld not repress a sigh Of relief as the gate
closed upon them one fine summers morning.-
The nephew returned, the cross housekeope
grew amiable and the Baron Won Ilelmsted for
time appeared TO surrender himself to an inev
table destiny.
But again he evinced signs of restlessnes
again he appeared ON the eve of a great unde
taking, and so he was-for the Baron Won Helm
sted, who had resided peacefully and contented
ly on his territory for the last thirty years as
wise man should, he was absolutely going jou
ney Again did dame Margery lift up her hanC
and eyes, and this time she exclaimed, ''Thc b
ron Won Helmsted is certainly bewitched." A
for the Baron, he went away. A month passet
then two and three, when some workmen can
despatched by his orders to model and rene
one entire side of his castle. And then, whe
numberess tasteful and fairy like apartments ha
been prepared, the most recherche and exquisi
furniture in the world arrived to occupy III
adorn them. A letter at length reached the ca
tie, in which Ernest Ito his intense astonshmel
and infinite merrimenO learned that his unc
falling in his attempts to induce him TO enter Il
holy estate had been driven to it himself, al
would be there with his bride on the morrow
Ernest was amused at the evident embauassme
: that peeped out from every part Of the wortl
old Baron's letter, the idea of The whole matt
= was infinitely ludicrous 10 him, and he laught
when most young men would have swore,
Ernest Won Helmsted was 10 have been his u
: cle's heir. The morrow came, the noon, Il
night, brightly the fires cleaned, brightly Il
lights flashed, and amid rain, storm and tempe
carriage dashed up 10 the door, and in it we
he the Baron Won Helmsted and the Baron "
an, IIelmsted's bride. Ernest had, for some reas
use or other, pictured the lady as tall gaunt,b
nd looking woman on the shady side of fifty, as
ad tire a contrast TO his uncle as could possibly
ng conceived. As she stood enveloped in her cloa
all and muflngs, he saw that she was quite sma
on and little, withered, meagre visage present
np- itself to his fancy. OF the coverings and dsgu
ro' fell, and stepping from among them, shaki
,ep some lovely, fair golden curls from her lar
eth bri ,ht eye, stood petite, ETHEREAL, fairy fgu
ind looking much more like an angel than any Gre
rem Iture of mortal mould. Never was there such
are snowy skin, such laultess features, such per
ave tout-ensemble as had Florse, the Baron V
sh- Helmsteds little BRIDE
lily As he beheld the intense astonishment viii