Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-14

And if you love your friend, follow him;
on his arm you shall leave the place OF
your misfortune; to his castle you shall
GO: and on it you can look as your home
/ until 81 all have succeeded in unmask
ing this mean conspiracy! Follow me-!
With these words he stepped to Con
rad, and with deep emotion held the un-
happy man TO his breast. Then he took
his arm Tor the purpose of leaving the
J room.
! Conrad, Conrad" cried Mary, despair
ingly, as sic stretched her hands after
1 him.
! The young man cast back another glance
/ and ,hen silently followed the count.
The next minute the rattling of the
carriage was heard that conveyed the tive
! friends TO the castle.
Mr.. Valentine said Mary with firm
voice, as she collected I ii her energy, 'ac-
corling to law, am the wife of your
nephew.
No man can say anything against it
replied the magistrate, you have glver
your word to my Eberhard, and the law
has confirmed it,
Tie law continued Mary, 'but no.
the church.
This matters not; if the law has been
complied with. then is is all right; ac-
cording TO our enlightened ideas
But not according to mine. There fore
hear my desire.
Well what do you wish?' asked the
magistrate. ironically.
4 DESIRE said Mary with dignity, tina
you look upon rae as unmarried, until the
priest has consecrated the legal marriage.
SO long will remain IN the entire pos
session of my rights and property.
! And when shall the priest finish the
business?' inquired Eberhard.
When am ready for it-perhaps next
Sunday.
Mary said the hunter. CALAMITY, this
pos pone ment is. it is true. misfortune
to my heart. but assent
You understand, that till then soil
tude is desirable TO me
This means, in other words said the
magistrate. auSrily. that we shall take
leave. Well we shall 90. To-day, it i:
Monday-fve days remain 10 prepare
Make no reparations, MIR. Valrn
tine
But YOU viii certainly remove to th'
! house oi my nephew. which 10 charming
" situated at the edge Of the forest
4 shall do what becomes my duty as
Wife
Mary saluted the men. and went int
her bed chamber, the door Of which open
| ed into her room.
Uncle and nephew left the house, anC
on the way impaired to one another thei
apprehenslons as to Mary's intentions.
The contract is legally concluded,
said The magistrate; If your wife does
not comply with the obligations agree
upon. then the law will compel her to it,
Night again found Ebt rhad and Graf
together in the tavern. where they emp
tied one bottle after another, for the com
plete success of their plans.
VI.
Whilst Mary wept in solitude in he
chamber separated from all the world
Conrad occupied room in the castle o
! the count. Rosa. who attended to he
brothers rural affairs during his bsence
visited him every day. and reported villa
was said in the village about the occur
| renee.
'Oh. my Gody' he excla lined, had Ma
ry deceived me In the most shameful
manner in the world. | could comfort
myself, aud treat her with the contempt
hat Pm az
il is, she has become sacrifice to hel
love fer me, and | have lost faithful
| heart.
The count. who was deeply affected by
| Conrad's misfortune, in vain exerted
himself To persuade him to apply for d
legal es,igalion, and to have the mar.
riage contract annulled he always ex-
pressed himself decidedly against it. as
he was not inclined to involve Mary in
an investigation. But he confidently ex
pecled that Mary herself would take some
steps TO regain her liberty. and will
this hope, which every day grew strong
er. he lived at the castle inactive like a
hermit. But when he heard of Rosa. that
next Sunday the marriage ceremony was
to be performed al church, the last ray oil
hope departed; he informed the count
that he would emigrate to America.
Although the count suspected pre-
meditated case of villainy, from the cir
cumstance that Conrad's hat was found
in the ruins, he yet abstaincd from le-
gal investigation. :n compliance with
Conrad's urgent request. especially since
every trace Of the perpetrator was want
ing Yet he had secretly given notice of
the attack upon his person TO the Judicial
nv, and applied for a strict watch on the
neighborhood.
The same Sunday on which Valentine
expected The marriage ceremony between
his nephew and Mary to be performed,
was also determined by the baron for the
Union of his ward, Emma, with the young