Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-09-08

my waist. have something more to say"
Talk on forever, lady! Your voice is
, music 10 my heart and ears"
"Would you marry me, knowing no more
Of me than you now do 20
eyes, even you were to 60 to the very
altar masked"'
"Then test you.''
"How, lady 7"
"For one year be faithful to the love you
have professed, end will be yours-as ,ru-
ly as heaven shall spare my life."
"Oh, cruel suspense" .....
"You demur 80
"No, lady, shall fulfil your Injunction
as promised" -.
"lf, at The expiration Of year, you do
not hear from me, then the contract shall
be null and void. Take this half ring"
she continued, "and when supply the bro
ken portion ] will be yours"
He kissed The little emblem, swore again
and again 10 be faithful, and pressing her
hand TO his lips bade her adieu. He was
conducted away as mysteriousIy as he had
been brought 1hilher, nor could he by any
possible means discover where he had been;
his companion rejected all bribes, and even
refused to answer the simplest questions.
Months roll on. Colonel Merville is
true to his vow, happy in the anticipation
Of love. Suddenly he was ordered on an
embassy to Vienna, the gayest of all Euro.
pean capitals, abou, the time that Napolean
was planning to marry the Arch Duchess
Maria Louisa. The young Colonel is hand
some, manly, and already distinguished in
arms, and becomes at once great favorite
at court, every effort being made by the
women TO captiva.e him, but in vain; he
is constant and true to his VOW.
But his heart was not made of stone; the
very fact that be had entertained such tender
feelings for the white domino, had doubt
less made him more susceptible than before.
Al last he met The young Baroness Caro-
line Won Wodoff and in spite Of his vows
she caplivates him, and he secretly curses
the engagement he had SO blindly made at
Paris. She seems 10 wonder at what she
believes 10 be his devotion, and ye. the dis
lance he maintains. The truth was, that
his sense Of honor was so great, that though
he felt that he really loved the young
Baroness, and even that she returned his
affection, still he had given his word, and i.
was sacred
The satin domino is no longer the idea
of his heart, but assumes the most repulsive
form in his Imagination, and becomes, in
place Of his good angel, his evil genius!
Well, time rolls on; he is TO return in q
few days; it is once more the carnival sea-
son, and in Vienna, too, that gay city. He
ons in the festivities and attends the mask
ed ball, and what wonder fills his brain,
when, about the middle of The evening, the
white domino steals before him, in the same
white satin dress he had seen her wear
year before at the French Opera House in
Paris. Was il not fancy:
81 come, Colonel Eugene Merville, TO hold
you to your promise,' she said, laying her
hand lightly upon his arm.
"ls this reality or dream - asked the
amazed soldier.
"Come follow me, and you shall see tha,
it is reality" continued the mask, pleas
anlly.
81 will"
"Have you been faithful to your prom
ise ," asked the domino, as they retired into
saloon.
"NIost truly in act, but, alas! fear not in
heart"
"Indeed!"
cit is too true, lady, that have seen and
loved another, though my VOW to you has
kept me from saying so to her,"
| tsA,I ,ybo ;s The lOvo ~
II will be frank with you and you will
keep my secret?"
''Nost religiously."
cit is the Baroness Won Woldroff," he
said with sigh
Sand you really love her ,"
"Alas only too dearly,'' said the soldier,
sadly.
"Neverlheless, must hold you to your
tpromise. Here is the other half Of the ring;
can you produce the mate -
"fIere it is,' said Eugene Merville.
"Then !, too, keep my PROMISE" said the
domino, raising her mask, and showing TO
his as,ouished view the Baroness Won
Woldof!
"Ah, il was the sympathy of true love
that attracted me, after all!' exclaimed the
young soldier, as be pressed her to his heart.
She had seen and loved him for his manly
spirit and character, and having found by
inquiry that he was worthy Of her love, she
had managed this delicate intrigue, and had
tested him, and now gave to him her wealth,
title and everything!
They were married with grea! pomp, and
accompanied the arch duchess to Paris
Napoleon, to crown the happiness of his
lavorite, made him a. once general Of divi-
sion. rs. '..
Do good TO Thy friend, thai he may be
more ,hy friend !; and unto thy enemy, that