Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-06-01

main entrance 10 the great hall, and he
may have gone to the Posteru, near the
! lodgings of the soldiers.
Come, come, my fair lady" said Nan
don du CAastel, as he stood by the side Of
/ Isabella, after supper you have not
smiled upon me obce this evening You
are miserly Of your kindness"
/ The maiden cast q timid glance up into
+ the knights face and Geld shudder ran
through her frame At first she had on
/ ly thought of him as one whom she must
unVillingly, unlovingly wed, but now she
shrank from him because of himself He
looked so dark and sinister, and then she
though she saw CLEANS of malignity in
( his countenance-shc was sure sue could
/ read sort OF triumphant look in his
/ face
! Il am not in mood for smiling to
night" she said.
Are you not well ?"
'Not quite, SIR"
"Then suppose we take turn in the
court The fresh air may revive you"
''No, sir. l would rather seek my own
room"
! Du Chastel did not fail to see the aver
/ sion that the maiden manifested. and it
caused dark cloud to come upon his al
ready dark features lie played with his
sword hilt moment. aad seemed the
while to be revolving some project over
J in his mind. lie caught Isabella by the
band as she started to move from him,
and bending his head low down so that
his words caught no other ears but those
| for which they were intended. he said
The duke tells me that the poor found
ling, Henry la Mutt, has left you"
The maiden felt Du Chastefs bot breath
upon her neck and cheek. but she dared
not look up at him. She felt that his
eyes were fastened upon her. and she tried
with all her power to be calm.
And no one knows where he has gone, "
resumed Du Chastel Strange that he
should have gone away. Was he not
pleasantly situated here 2n
Still Isabella struggled to keep her
passions down. She knew now that the
speaker was trying to look into her heart,
and she would have kept the secret to
herself.
Il had thought" continued the dark
I knight, in low, searching tone, "that
Don Philip meant to have done well by
the foundIing Strange that he should
have left so suddenly, and especially just
as the king had made him a knight"
Poor Isabella She could not break
away from the man who held her, nor
could she much longer hold back the
tempest that was raging in her bosom.
"PerhaQs aQs-indeed, l have thought
/ that the young man might have been un-
guardealy insoleut-thot he might have
/ Imposed upon the good dukes charity
auI aspired to things beyond his deserts
/ Can you inform me, lady? 2"
Poor. broken heart [ had stood all
it could Isabella uttered one deep sob
and, as her tears burst forth, she tore
herself from the knights hold aud rushed
from the room She would have fed to
her mother. but the duchess was herself
indisposed, and had retired, leaving or.
ders with Katrina that she should not be
disturbed so the maiden fed to her ow n
room, and there she gave way to her
giref
No one in the hall had noticed Isabel
las movement. save Da Chastel, and after
she had gone he stood for some moments
and gazed upon the spot where he had last
seen her stand. 4 dark smile played fol
a while upon his features, but at length
it settled into moody frown, aud his
hands worked neryously by his side.
'''Tis as I thought" he muttored to
himself as he turned away to one of the
windows, and looked out upon the stars
'She loves that young foundIing, and SO
she must needs be cold to me. [ think a
cure may be worked here"
/ was grim smile that passed over
the mans eountonance as he spoke these
words, and that smile fingered about the
corners of the mouth until it assumed a
fearful look; but when, a few moments
afterwards, he rejoiued the duke, be was
more gay than ever.
1t was quite late when Naudon du Chas
tel retired. The chamber that had been
set apart for his use was in the eastern
extremity of the castle, and was separa
ted BY thick wall from the tower. When
he reached the apartment lie carefully
locked the door behind him and sat down
at the table, and then having placed the
candle in convenient place, he drew
Isome papers from his bosom and began &c
look them over. After he had examined
the writing as long as seemed his purpose
he spread a sheet Of paper before him
and having produced an ink-horn and pen
Ae began to write. lie wrote nearly al
hour-for he formed the letters slowly
and with diticulty-and at the end oI
that time he folded the sheet He seem
ed to have no wax at hand-or, If he had
he did not use it then-but he simply fold
ed the paper upon which he had been
writing. aud. having placed it With tbs
others, he put them all back into the poel,
/ ct from whence he had taken them Af
ter this he proceeded to undrcss and
having tried the door to assure himself
tlat 1t was fast, be extingulsled his light
aud went to the bed
! Sir Nandon du Chastel slept soundly
He bad forgotten for the time the triumph
he had gained over . poor weak girl he
bad fJrgotton everything he slept too
deeply to dream The vast quantity o.
wine he had drank closed his cyeiids tight
/ ". and BE snored so loudly that even thC
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