The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-06-10


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Then emperor threw hiulselfinto a chail
and hid his face in his hands, like Again
emnon at the sacrifice cf Iphigenia.
lis he in Russia?'
'Yes, my father
AT St. Petersburg"
Yes, my father
And the 7oice of the young girl grew
fainter.
Where can see him?' asked the czar
rising.
Tomorrow, at the review s
How shall | recognize him?'
by his dignity and grace. He is the
handsomest cavalier in Europe, mex. te
yourself my father.' ~a l#0 st,
/ 'By what shall ! recognize hiu9' re-
peated the czar. a9 9Hesa 7,--
BY his green plume and black horso.'
is well. 60, my daughter; and pray
God to have pity on this man.
The princess retired, and the emperor
remained absorbed in reflection.
"A child's caprice! said ha. i am fool
ish to make my self uneasy about it. She
will forget him. She must forget him!
And his lips dared not pronounce what his
heart added: She must. for all my power
would not be proof against her tears!'
The mex day, at the review, the czan
whose eagle ey embraced all with glance
sought and saw among the battalions only
the green plume and black horse. He re
cognized in him who wore the one and
was mounted on the other, a simple Bav.
arian colonel of light horse, Maximilian
Joseph Eugene Auguste Beauharnais, Due
de Leuchtenberg, the last child of the son
Of Josephine, the Empress of France, and
of Auguste Ameie, the daughter OF Max
imilian Joseph of Bavia. an admirable and
charming cavalier, indeed, but as inferior
in rank to Marie Nicoewna as soldier
to an emperor. s.all. ar5 .
is it pussible?" asked the czal of him
self, summoning the colonel. doubtless
with the intention of sending him to Mu.
mich.
But atthe moment he was about to crush
him with word, he stopped short at sight
of his daughter, swooning in the carriage
There is no room for doubt; alas! it is
he,' thought he. a'i a." 3
And tuning away from the astonished
stranger, he returned with Marie to the
impeal palace. .e4
During six weeks, all that wisdom, tenn.
pered with love and severity, could devise,
was assayed to destroy the image Of the
colonel In the heart of the princess. AT
the end of the first week, the latter was
resigned; at the end of the second, she
xept in private; at the end of the third.
she weptin public; at the end of the fifth,
she fell sick; at the end of the sixth. she
was about to die. o tag aH5
Meanwhile the Bavarian colonel. seeing
himself in disgrace at the court of his host,
without daring to acknowledge to himself
the reason, waited only Dismissal to re-
turn to his regiment. He was about to set
out for Munich, when an aidds-c camp Of
the czar came to seek him.
L should have started yesterday said
he to himself; I should have. avoided
what now awaits me. At the first flash of
lightning we should keep out Of the way
Of the thunder. 5.s..a
Now this was the thnuder in S tore for
him. He was introduced into the cabinet
resel we'd for the reception of kings, The
emperor was there, with pale complex
ion and moist eye, but with firm and re-
solute air.
Colonel, said he, casting upon him a
glance, you are one of the f.
nest officers in Europe. tits said of you,
and I believe it. that you have lofty spir-
It, learned education. a lively taste for
The arts, noble heart and loyal char
acter. What do you think of the grand
duchess, my daughter, Marie NIcol@wna?'
This direct question bewildered fhe
young man. tits time to say that be ad-
mired. adored the princess, without having
dared to acknowledge it to himself; as a
simple mortsl adores an angelof Paradise
as an artist adores his ideal of beauty. z
The Princess Marie, sireP exclaimed
be, at last reading his own heart, without
1aring to read that of The car, .your an
yer would crush me If should say what I
h;rl and sha,,ld flia Of |, sss .f x-,,,,