Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-10-14
a v !, OCTOBER "A, 1916.

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asButyou areoa goodagirl!i YI1awill not
however, stand i'm the wayof a proper ,hus
band. But he must be worthy of / you
He must be of equal rank and Wealth, ane
honorable in name and descent. By stht
mass!i 1slsoanndt think Of one man in al
spains under Don Carlos, thatI would Va
you to-" ...a..i.7... -
.: 'Do, . not, speak Of this, dear father she
said, sadly. ftIfyou please, | would rath-
ef not ride forth this morning. I am not
well,and will retire awhile to my chamber. !,
,l"lf we are to go. to Madrid 50. soon, we
shall have little time for sports: We have
much preparation to make; so we will have
the hunt stayed. Lopez, put up the horses
and hounds, and you, Juan, take care of
the King courier, and see that he and his
horse lack, nothing. Sir courier, by and
by, when you are ready to depart, come to
me, and will give you a billet for the
Kings majesty How odd," added the
Duke, 1as'he returned slowly and thought
fully into mis- hall, Show odd that suchnews
as this from court should have produced
such an effect upon the child. Other maids
would have gone mad outright with Joy,
while lnez, looks sad, and seemed ready to
weep,~ ltis, / dare say, because she fears
we may be separated She looks upon a
husband (for It was this word in the Queens
letter, that paled her cheek most) as a sort
of monster, who is to tear her away from
my bosom, where she has nestled since she
was an infant. Well, poor child, she shall
not be led to any thing she don'twish to do.
lfshe loves me, will stand by her. But,
surely, these are great honor, and faith
or ought to be proud that his daughters
fame hathtreached so far But who of the
court hath seen her? Faith, / know not:
she hath never seen q gallant in gold and
scarlet that know Of. have kept them
aloof from my gates as 1 would wolf.
Perhaps the rumor of her beauty had gone
from her attendants, and so from lip to ear
till it hath reached the Kings. Ho, var
lets, bestir, you here! Know you not youl
master is, going, forthwith, TO court? ]
must have new fnery, and my room well
furnished, or fore God! these gay popin-
jays that flutter aboutthe court will laugh
atfme, and ask me what was it o'clock, a
century ago, when I buckled on my belt =
When Dona Inezetta regained her cham
Der, she seated herself by her easement,
with the Queens letter in her hand, and a
second time perused it, When she had
ended it, she sighed heavily, and her virgin
bosom heaved with inward emotion. With
her snowy hand she pressed her brow, and
put the raven tresses backward from hel
brow and temples, so that they fell upon hei
shoulders in dark cloud. Her glorious
Castillian eyes were brilliant with her tears
floating in them. ,,,cd IS. ,., ......s...., g,,.
"Three months ago what joy this letter
would have given me-" she at length said
sadly, ,5a "But now it comes to me laden
with thousand painful fears. / have in
deed, wished to 60 to court. have panted
for these scenes oflife in Madrid; and now
that | am about to have my wishes realized
fam unhappy. Oh, my heart, my poor
heart! how it flutters and trembles, lest the
Queen should bid ii give its love TO- some
one at her court. Oh rather, than be thu.
given to q husband, would this night fly
fly even from my father, and hide in some
distant retreat. Ny heart is already given
My affections. already cling to the only
support about which they canever entwine
How, oh, how shall, escape this mandate
Of the Queen. 1t must be ,obeyed. : I mus
go to her court and be presented to the
world. Little do / care for that world SC
long asrDonvF Feliz is not there. He is my
world; ! know no other than his noble heart
Fear not, Feliz, ! will be true to thee
though cavaliers without number kneel a
my feet; though Don Carlos, the Kings
son, should sue for my hand. Humble
poor, unknown, as you are, you are dearel
to me than the homage offalll3 the the princes o.
Europe" y"
3h This was spoken with that noble ane
sweet dignity which true love inspires
And truly and faithfully did the maiden
love, though her affections were set upon Q
youth humble and unknown. She had frs
met him three months before the opening
Of this story One evening, just as The sur
had descendedlbehind the snew-caped ridge
ofthe Sierrass andswhile twilight was YET
shedding iits golden radiances upon the land
scape, Dona Inezetta, after hawking ex
cursioh, which had led her a league up the
valley, Nwdas riding slowly homeward, She
was'near heacastla gatepsWhen her father
who had been oriding behindi herr talking
with his falconer, ,reigned up to speak te
two Of his tenants, who cap in hand, came
toward him. she was attended only by a
page,D q youth Of fifteen, who oi'carried upon
hiswrist her ger-faloon, land road little
way in the rear.,ii Dona Inzetta was in all
the splendor Of her beauty. The hunting
jacket and flowing skirt she wore, display.
ed her superb figure to the highest advant'
age; while the green at,pcuryedI back upon
the brpws like "a she'll ljland shaded by Q