The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-09-17


humot of tie great lord was for time 81 rest
| The streets were empty; no one dared to ap.
| pear at his door while the mournful train
| passed. Even those whom humanity had ren.
| dered bold enough to take the huntsman tC
| his home, withdrew, in anxious haste, fearful
OF exciting anew the rage awakened in their
| tyrants.
The injuries which the mother and child
! had received in their fall to the pavement
were, fortunately, slight but Janos lay in a
burning fever occasioned by his Wounds
Wild fancies, full Of the terrible events of the
evening, and mingled with the ardent desire
for revenge, agitated the brain Of the sick
man. From time to time, Terka laid cooling
herbs on the deep, bloody wounds with which
his back and shoulders were covered, and
then seated herself quietly at the head of his
bed.
Day broke at last. The huntsman knew
once more the loving hand that so gently
touched his brow, and found smile for the
child to which Terka sadly pointed as their
consolation. The little one sat on the floor,
not far from them, playing with the bright
hair that fell in light ringlets on her neck, and
the rich abundance Of which was joy and
pride OF her parents.
Towards noon, the trampling of many horses
was heard The door was flung open, and
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rested his predecessor, and brought him to
the Castle, now entered, accompanied by sew
eral youths.
'Your lord commands you," he cried, in a
tone OF peremptOry insOlenCe, Instantly to
| give up the firearms which you no doubt still
! have in the house. The count himself waits
without to be witness Of your submission" 4"
The huntsman, unable to speak, cast look
| of deep meaning on Terka.
"Janos had but the one gun, ," she said, with
| downward look.
"Wretches beware A lie plunges you
! deeper in disgrace. Deliver the arms tina
you still persist in concealng."
The huntsman himself now made sign o
denial.
awe have hidden nothing" murmured tn
young wife, almost inaudibly.
The count had overheard this conversation
through the open door. "Drag him forth =
he cried, his voice trembling with rage, ''thS
the hoof of my horse may tramp lie this lyin
: Magyar's soul out of his body. Do you hear
Out with him, or his punishment shall fall o
those who hesitate. Let the house be search
ed :" continued he, "and if there be found VIII;
he so obstinately denies, he shall pay for
with his life -
The youths seized the sick man, and drag
; ged him to the burning sand which at tn
r place, covers the Shore Terka followed.
Hold" she CRIED as she saw the raise
l whip of the furious Cou1t-suspended over IL
head of her husband, "Holdl one moment
9 will fetch what you desire"
= She went back into the house. In few SCI
: onds she returned, with a rifle in her hand.
| Here said she, sis the weapon-and IL
' ball with It'll" and, before they were awar
G she had taken a sure aim, and fired.
The Count, shot through the heart, fell fro
his horse. Jmos sprang to his feet; his frar
tic wife clasping him in her arms, whispert
+ few words in his ears. Iu an instant the
threw themselves together from the bank in
r the stream.
Their bodies were never found.
= After these terrible events, tho desertt
Q child (then five years old became an object
| the tenderest care to the whole village. III
/ inhabitants were melted to this, partly by
= natural feeling of compassion, partly by di
=; untutored sympathy, which impelled them
1 take charge of the child whose unhappy mot
d er had avenged them all. Several times kim
!, hearted mothers tried to take the child to the
}, homes, intending to regard it as one of the
n now; but she always returned to the hut OF h
!, parents Neither kind nor harsh treatme
@ could induce her to stay; she always seized Il
+ first opportunity to slip away unobserVed.- =
= When hungry, she went into the village al
= asked for bread; if this were offered to her
}, condition of her not returning to the hut, s.
= sadly bent her head SO beauteOusly adOrn
:; with sunny curls, and went hOme-her hu
Q ger unappeased. They asked her Ofteu ii S
=. did not fear being alone in the solitary HI
C she would then smile, and, lifting her dal
IS blue eyes in wonderment to the face of L
d questioner, answer, "Father and mother a
c with me--you forget; they watch all mig
: that no harm befall me. At last they we
&c obliged to let the strange child have her ov
way but supplied her regularly and abun
= antly with food and clothes.
ID BY degrees kind Of awe made the count
,e people shun her. Her strange, reserved n
n ture-the gentle sadness that was spread Ov
1t her features-the ever-repeated assurance tn
l. her parents spent every night with her, ga
1t occasion to lumors of all sorts, among the 81
perstitious. 1t was said that their restle
=. spirits actually rose from their watery gray
: to protect the darling they had torsaken. In
n belief at last prevailed so lar that people graz
= ually avoided speaking to the girl, or havlI
II her in their homes; but everything she +
% quired was conveyed to place, whence sh
X as if by tacit agreement, came to tetch IL :
) This enhancement conceded entirely with d
le own inclinatiOns; she did not like the socle'
} of human beings, and had no knowledge
: their ways. Thus, solitary and companion
" less, she ripened into lovely maiden.
If From sunrise till evening she was to
y seen on the same spot, sitting on the Shor
le either in musing, dreamy attitude, solt
d murmuring to the waves, and bending oyl
them, as if listening for reply; or comiblll
J. with careful pride, her lustrous golden hal
,r which dipped In the moving mirror Of the w
Of ter, and enveloped her in the sunshine IKE
.e mantle Of rays.
% Seven years had elapsed since the day
h which the parents of the orphan had met the
10 DEATH The old Counts oppression, far tro
being diminished, was redoubled, under u
Q, united sway of the two brothers, who. Vl'
with each other in inflieting pain and miser,
l. While Franz was the terror of all the poor WI
II were unable to render their lord the exa
K amount Of money and labor due to HIM WI
fred, the younger brother, was a hbertine
a the most licentious nature who, in his WI
le passion for the banquet, and the chase, spar,
d neither the goods nor the lands, neither Il
fields nor the fruits Of his vassals. Eve
y holy feeling Of humanity seemed to be drl
up in these two hearts. The father Of far
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