The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-07-14
And what ray Of JOY can penetrate the
dismal hole?' asked the count.

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DO you remember the golden bracelet
you gave your dy..daughter on her wed.
ding-day?' inquired the old woman, fix
ing her keen gray eye on her masters
face as she spoke.
'Ay, well,' replied the count. Golden
gifts are not so easily obtained of late,
that l should forget their bestowal. But
what Of the bauble?'
4 saw it in the hands of the page AL
exis, when he thought himself unob-
served 51,'8t sea rs -
'How?' cried the count, his cheek first
reddening and then becoming deadly pale
with anger is the blood of the gitano
asserting its claim? Has he begun to pill
fer? The dog shall hang from the high
est battlementof the castleH
May it not have been free gift, sill
count?' suggested the hideous,hag. ii
"A free gift! what mean you? Above
token? Ha! dare you insinuate? and yet
her blood is f
Hush! walls have sometimes ears, said
the old woman, looking cautiously around
sThis gypsy child you picked up in the
forest is now almost man; your daugh.
ter is woman. The page is beautiful
they have been thrown much together
Alvina is lonely, romantic
Enough, enough!' said the count, STAN.
ping his foot. 4 will watch him. your
suspicious be correct he paused, and ad-
ded between his clenched teeth, I shall
know how to punish the daring of the dog
Away?
The old woman hobbled away, rubbing
her skinny hands together, and chucklins
at the prospect of having her hatred O
the young countess and the page, both o
whom had excited her malevolence, speed
| lily gratifed.
Count Willnitz was on the eve of {
| journey to Paris with his daughter; they
were to start in day or two. This cir
cumstance brought on the adventure We
shall speedily relate.
Between Alexis, the beautiful page
whom the late countess had found ant
fancied among the wandering Bohemian
horde, and the highborn daughter Of th'
feudal house, an attachment had sprung
up, nurtured by the isolation in which
they lived, and the romantic character ane
youth Of the parties About to be separ
ated from his mistres for long time, tn
page had implored her to grant him amin
terview, and the lovers met in an apart
1ment joining the suite of rooms appropri
ated to the countess, and where they wer
little likely to be intruded upon. In thu
innocence of their hearts, they had no
dreamed that their looks and movement
had been watched, and they gave them
selves up to the happiness Of unrestrainet
converse. But at the moment when tn,
10y of Alexis seemed purest and bright
est, the gathering thundercloud was over
hanging At the moment when, sealin!
his pledge of eternal fidelity, and memor.
in absence, he tremblingly printed a frs
and holy kiss upon the blushing cheek 0
Alyina, an iron hand was laid upon hi
shoulder, and, torn ruthlessly from tn
spot, he was dashed against the wall, ,whil
terrible voice exclaimed:
Dog, you shall reckon with mefor this
Alvina threw herself at her father
feet.
sPardon-pardon for Alexis, father!
alone am to blame
+ Rise, riseP Numbered the count. 'Al
thou not sufficiently Inundated? Oar
to breathe word in his favor, and it sha
go hard with thy minion. Punishmer
thou canst not avert; say but a word an
that punishment becomes death; for he
mine, soul and body, to have and to hole
to head or to hang; my vassal my slave
What no, therep
As he stamped his foot, a throng of a
tendants poured into the room.
Search me that fellowp cried the coul
pointing with his finger to Alexis.
A dozen officers hands examined ii
person of. Alexis; one of them, more e;
ger than the rest, discovered a golde
bracelet, and brought it to the count.
Hal cried the count, as he gazed upo
, the trinket. Truly do recognize tn
bauble. Speak, dog! when got'st the
this?'
Alvina was about to speak, and a
) knowledge that she had bestowed it, b
! before she could utter a syllable, the pag
, exclaimed:
4 confess ALL stole it.
q 'Enough!' cried the count. 'Daughte
retire to your apartment.
:, .'Father! cried the wretched girl, wrin,
. ing her hands.
Silence, countessl cried the count, wi
terrific emphasis. Remember that
y WELD the power oflife and deathp
Casting one look of mute agony at tt