Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-10-28

ly, was as natural as TO breathe, and he did
so most gallantly and sincerely.
"Shall | believe all you say?"
"Lady, let me prove it by any test you
may put upon me-"
know, then, that the feelings you
avow are mutual. Nay, unloose your arm
from my waist, have something more to
say"
Talk on forever lady! Your voice is
music to my heart and ears"
"Would you marry me, knowing no more
of me than you do now?"
eyes, if you were to go to the very altar
masked" he replied.
"Then will test YOU"
'How lady?"
"For one year be faithful 10 the love you
have professed, and l will be yours-as tru-
ly as Heaven shall spare my life
"If 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 broken
portion, | will be yours"
He kissed the little emblem, swore again
and again to be faithful, and pressing her
hand TO his lips, bade her adieu. He was
conducted away as mysteriously as he had
been brought thither, nor could he, by any
possible means, discover where he had
been; his companion rejecting all brbes, and
even refusing to answer the simplest ques-
tions.
Months rolled oil. Colonel Merville is
true to his vow, and happy in the anticipation
of love. Suddenly he was ordered on an
embassy to Vienna, the gayest of all the
European capitals, about the time that Ma
poleon is planning TO marry the Arch
Duchess, Marie Louisa. The young Col
onel is handsome, manly, and already dis
tinguished in arms, and becomes at once a
great favorte at court, every effort being
made by the women to captlvate him, but
in vain, he is constant and true to his VOW
But his heart was not made of stone; the
very fact that he had entertained such tender
feelings for the white domino had, doubtless
made him more susceptible than he had
been before.
AT last he met the young Baroness, Car
oline Won Wodofi, and spite of his vows
she captivated him, and he secretly cursed
the engagement he had SO blindly made Al
Paris. She seems to wonder at what ap
pears to be his devotion; and yet the distance
he maintains The truth was, that hi
sense Of honor was SO great, that though h,
felt he really loved theiyoung Baroness, ant
even that she returned his affection, still h
had given his word, and it was sacred.
The satin domino is no longer the ideal c
his heart, but assumes the most repulsiv
form in his imagination, and becomes il
place Of his good angel, his evil genius.
Well, time rolled on; he is to return in
few days; it is once more the carnival season
and in Vienna, too, that gay city. He join
in the festivities of the masked ball, an
what wonder fills his brain, when about til
middle of the evening, the white domin
steals before him in the same white sati
dress he had seen her wear a year before
at the French Opera House in Paris. Wa
it not fancy?
Il come, Colonel Eugene Melville, TO hol
you to your promise" she said, laying he
hand lightly upon his arm.
SIS this reality or a dream?" asked III
amazed soldier.
"Ccme, follow me, and you shall see tn;
it is reality, continued the mask pleasantly
Il will"
"Have you been faithful to your prom
ise?" asked the domino, as they retired int
saloon.
"NIost truly in act, but, alasl l fear not
heart"
"Indeed,"
SIT is too true, lady, thatI have seen ar
loved another, though my vow to you h;
kept me from saying so to her."
Sand who is this that you thus love?"
81 will be frank with you, and you wi
keep my seeret?"
"Most religiously.
sit is the Baroness Won Wodoif," he sa
with sigh.
"Andy you really love her?"
"Alas! only too dearly" said the soldie
sadly.
Nevertheless, l must hold you to yor
promise. Here is the other half of the rim,
can you procure its mate?"
"Here it is" said Eugene Mervile.
. "Then |, too, keep my promise" said Il
domino, raising her mask and showing
his astonished view, the face of the Barone
, Won Woldoff.