Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-22


MY lord" said the physician, ''the
corps has been well cared for by the sen-
eschars wife end. daughter; and prayers
will presently be said over it,
LEAD me to her chamber"
Pray, let US dissuade you, my dear
lordl' pleadingly repeated several voices-
Peace, and obey mel" He attempted
to rise; they assisted him. Order the
women to leave the chamber, and let none
intrude while am there"
And, ina few moments, Augustus was
alone with the dead Emeline.
The couch had been drawn TO the centre
ofthe little room, and a few lights had
been placcdround it; from the pavement
had been carefully erased all marks ofthe
| contest, but in corner, over chair, had
been thoughilcssly flung the perforated
mantle, still slowly dripping with the blood
of Emeline. The body lay shroudcd in
| linen, white as snow, from which 1t was
scarcely to be distinguished incomplexion;
the women had. with melancholy pride,
laid out every long bright tress, and In the
folded hands were placed a few winter
flowers; the face was beautifully placid !;
she looked as If about to awaken with a
smile.
| SO fair, so calm. so softly sealed, =
| The first, last look by death rcvcslcd-Ganour.
He bent over her and touched with his lips
the serene and virginia. brow.
80 maidenl" he murnurcd, show deep,
how faithful, how pure, has been thine i'll
requited love! how enduring, and yet how
hopeless! tried by thy suffering, and sealed
with thy blood! Is such, indeed, lie lore Of
momanl Pray for me, thou martyred saint;
and the union which had been denied to us
on earth, will be granted in heaven! If,
here our love contracted aught of sin, may
all that remains Of my life be accepted as
an antonenrnt; then will follow thee, my
own, my loved, my murdered Emclinc!"
| His grief, for moment, lostits calmness,
and few burning tears forced their way.
He lifted mp one Of those lovely and mo-
tionless looks Of hair, severed 1t with his
poniard, and placed it in his bosom: then
stopped again to press her lips, but started
from them in horror-bow icy chill! Where
was the fragrance, the warmth, the life, the
love, with which, in first last kiss, they
had met his few hours before! He re-
trcated-onc look--onc long, long look
and he was gone.
Augustus Of Altcnbcrg was never seen
from that hour. 1t was supposed that he
made use the subterranean passage to eff
feet his escape.
In two months after, letter was receiv-
cd by the emperor (who much regretted
his loss,) and one by hisbro,her, the Count
Of Altenberg, detailing, exactly, the circum-
stances that had occurred. Augustus evil
IDENTIFY considered such an explanation due
to the memory CT Emeline and his own.
By Wlhclmina's death-bcd confession
il appeared, that it was not until the even
ing before the intended marriage with the
Count Of Altcnberg, that she was at last in
duced to yield to the supplcations of Eme-
line TO assist in her conccalment and flight;
had she done so sooner, Emelinc would not
have delayed her disappearance till the
day fixed for her marriage. Wilhelmina
further, declared, that nothing could have
induced her to comply, had she not been
under the conviction that Emeline would
| have put an end TO her existence, rather
| than become the wife ofthc count.
About halfa century from the time these
events occurred, on the removal of a mo-
mastery of La Trappe, by command of Dc
Rance, the Regeneration of that order, a
grave, apart from all the others, marked by
a rough stone, was observed; on the stone,
the name "AuGusTus" was rudely cary
ed. On further examination, the body Of
monk was found, and underneath his sack
cloth shroud, bound round his waist, and
knotted over his heart, was a long tress of
| woman's hair