Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-06-15

huISht; as le reached her side = Y our
father has left me. and | vas becoming
lonesome. Ah. lady, did [ not know vour
love OF solitude, | might almost be in
ellned to think you stunned me
| Should you Z" returned Isabella.
Indeed, | should
Then if you would make me hannv
SIR. L wish you would set upon that be-
| lief
9 What belief, fair lady 2"
hat wish to shun you -
" All but | don't believe it No, no,
lady. Even your own assertion to that
effect would fail to convince me. No. no.
Isabella-I know you would not shun me
| love you too well | held you too dear
All, It's not cur nature to shua those that
love us Come, come, throw off that look
OF shyness, and join me with a spirit that
will better become you [ am not much
used to flattery-I am too plain spoken
for that but yet | hope can please YOU
If do not it shall not be nav fault
Da Chastel did not speak this with that
brilliant, off band manner that would nat
uraliy mark the man he wished to pass
for, but it was stiff and studied. I.abella
read it all. and she felt a tinge of loathing
added to the dislike she already felt. Yet
she dared not speak as she felt. for she
knew that she must marry with the man
/ for her father had so willed it and She
knew, too, that her father had even now
gone to make arrangements for the cere-
mony. Her first impulse was to spurn
the knight from her; but this she dared
not do. Her next step was to burst into
tears but this she refrained from The
next was, to bear his company with the
best grace possible It was a hard altern-
ative, but she set her will toward the deed
and she hoped to accomplish it,
| When we are married" !" resumed Du
/ Chastel. - we will be happy Every mo-
ment,h he continued. after Studying some
to get the idea into a poetieal shape, shah.
come to US upon golden wings, laden with
some new love. Shall it not be so, lady }h
/ In moment. Isabella 5 dark eyes fash
/ ed with Indignation but she soon calmed
herself, aud, in a cold toue, she answered :
All talk Of love is lost upon me. sir
I GU know this marriage IS a mere matter
of business, and IN which my wishes have
not been consulted. Ii | ever love you
! it will be the result Of your actious, and
not of your words"
/ Du Chastel shrank beneath this cool
reply; but he soon rallied again, and Isa
bella was not relieved Of his presence until
the call for dinner
Towards the latter part Of the after
noon, courier drove up to the castle and
/ demanded to speak with Sir Nandon Du
! Chestel. lie was requested to come into
the hail. but be refused and so the knight
was sent for. Sir Nandon went out into
! the court, and at the end of somewh hat
earnest conversation, the messenger gave
him letter, and then rode eff The
/ knight returned to the hall, where he read
the letter, and then with a well-satisfed
air, he went up to his room.
! The duke did not return that night so
at an earlier hour than usual, Du Chastel
retired. 1t must have been near mid
night. Sir Nandon was sleeping soundIy,
when again there was noiseless move
ment at the wall near the head of his bed.
and directly afterwards dark object came
/ into the dim starlight of the window 1t
crossed over to where the knight's gar
ments lay, and after crouching down. aud
listening for a moment, it opened a small
/ lantern, and again the pale features of the
Benedictine were revealed The pockets
were searched, the papers removed, and
! then the dark presence moved back, and
was lost somewhere in the thick wall At
( the end of half an hour, the Beuedietne
returned The papers were put back from
whence they had been taken. and noise
lessly the mysterious intruder glided away
again.
Nandon du Chastel may have dreamed
that night of a spirit; but if his dream
was anything near the truth. then he could
not have wished to dream it over again
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