The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-16


est, sympathy. "live for your child and
Don Miguel--he shall be restoredto you;
mine he is not, and never shall be! Ah!
help she dies !'''ea yas 13dGdH .
! IFS "iWhile Dolores was thus engaged,
Don Miguel continued to press for ad-
mittance; and by this time, either through
the noise, or by reason of the brides abb
sence, a whisper had gone through the
mansion that something was amiss. Mo-
rales, with number Of the party, left the
ballroom, and came to the door of his
daughters chamber. my child" cried
he, it is l. Open to me; if anything be
amiss, let your father be with you. Open
to me- rt.e- ,-t
Z" On hearing her father voice, Dolores
was tenderly wiping the foam from the
convulsed lips of Manuela, reused herself
and gave orders for the opening of the
chamber door. s.Let all enter" she said
firmly. Her command was obeyed; and
the first person who rushed forward
was Don Miguel. What was his
amazement and horror when, upon the
bridal-bed of Dolores, he saw the pale
countenance of one but too well known to
him. Manuela had notyet expired. AT
the instant ofhis advance, she opened her
eyes, and a flash of fire shot across their
enfeebled lustre. She slowly raised her
finger, directing it towards him, she said:
." Miserable man, I pardon thee But
beware of my father-he sOiH kill Mee!"
AS she spoke, Manuela sank backwards
and died almost instantly in the arms of
Dolores. ta -t 5l
"The dying woman, her words, and
the sight of the infant, formed but too full
an explanation of this scene too all who en-
tered the chamber Conscience-st struck, at
least for the moment, Don Miguel fed
from the spot. The affair made a great
noise at Madrid, but none could condole
with Dolores on the subject, as, on the
morning of the event, she had quilted
Madrid with the child of Manuela. She
fed. Can you guess who she was, and
whittier she fled %
"I can-I see her before me
"You are right. l fled in the first in
stance, with the child of Manuela to con-
vent, where my father visited me, and
where we concerted measures to prevent
the assertion by Don Miguel of those mar
ital rights, which words would not now
tempt me to concede. Itwas deemed best
that should go to France. did SO,
and was never molested by Don Miguel
while he lived but within the past year
the words of Manuela were fulfilled +; her
betrayer fell by the hand of her father.
Now, Monsieur Longpre, % continued
the countess, "you wish me to be your
wife. IL own esteem-I love
you; but my heart trembles at the recol-
lection of the past, for believe not that I
escaped without suffering. Assure me on
this point, and my hand is yours. I well
believe that you would not insult me by
paying addresses while bound by other
legal engagements; but assure me that
none can renew in your case the death
scene of Manuela-that the vows paid to
me are not violations of the actual though
unacknowledged rights of any other
and I am willingly, gladly yours
M. .Longpre, need we say, eagerly gave
the assurance required. Nor did he de-
ceive her. When their marriage day
came, as it soon did, the happiness of
Dolores suffered no alloy from the cause
which she had long feared, and afforded
her only a specimen of the uninterrupted
fecility of many after years.