The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
A cH1EFTA1N LOVER.

At the time when the Crescent, owe
: thrown under the walls of Vienna, b
gan to grow pale in Hungary, the chi'
of the Eriap Guerrillas was Leikep,
!, young and fiery patriot. He CONSTANT
harrassed tins garrisons of Erlau, Ha,
van5 Sxeine.t sud other places, by cat
turing their conveys and defeating thei
troops On one occasion he accom-
plishcd very successful expedition b
unexpectedly falling upon treasur
convoy in Gyopgyos, on its way from
Erlau to Buda, and cutting down tn
whole escort.
While his men were engaged in 6
combat with the Turks in the street:
of tie town, Leikem heard cry fol
help from a neighboring house. He
leaped from his horse, rushed in, and
found Turkish soldier i'll treating o
Hungarian girl. With "a stroke of his
flashing sword he split the infdel's head,
and liberated her from his grasp Ex-
hausted and subdued by terror, the girl
lay sensless upon the ground Leikem,
with the aid OF some women, soon re-
stored her to consciousness. The girl
was the very type of Hungarian beauty
with black eyes aud hair, the charm
ing expression of her face heightened by
CLEAN ofgratitude toward her deliv-
erer. To the young man she seemed
the fairest ofall the maidens he ever be.
he'd. The girl, too, on recovering
thought the chief just what she, in her
living fancy, had ina agined a true Mag.
yam hero to be-tall, stately, with spark
ling eyes, the etefror of the enemy, and
the friend and willing protector of the
helpless and unhappy.
In our country love soon takes roots,
and increases wish rspid and marvel
GUS growth. The young man had re-
mained but shozt time with the maid
en- still it suffiesd to Fill their hearts
with sentiment not easily to be effa.
ced. Leikem left the girl, whose name
was Irma, with promise of soon re-
turning, but thatpromisc was more CO.
silly madc than ful8lledi for scarcely
had the news of the loss of the costly
convoy reached Erlau, than the infuri-
ated Pasha sent strong garrison to
Gyongyos, and ordered hot pursuit
after the bold guerrilla chief; SO
that Leikem, for time, was an un
willing prisoner in lis inaccessible
lurking place in the Matrs.
As punishment for the loss of the
money, contribution was levied on
the town of Gyongycs; and, at the same
time, to insult the inhabitants in their
most sacred feelings, the Pasha com
manded the delivery of twelve of their
most beautiful daughters for the harem
of the Pasha of Buda. The consterna-
tion of the. poor town's-people as this
two-fold outrage knew no bounds; but,
conscious of tn .ir weakness, they sub
mitted to the sentence. and, as neither
nor promices could soften the
Turkish commander, presen-
ted their girls for selection to the Off
Ger sent for that purpose from Erlau.
the number choaan was the un-
happy Irma.
Leikem speadily received this dread
ful Intelligence. His instant deter
nination was to prevent the maidens
rom being carried off; but for mo-
nent he was quite at a loss to devise
plan likely to prove successful against
he numerous garrison of fGyongyos. In
he midst of this dilemma he was inter-
up;ed by the arrival of messenger
rom his uncle, the prior of a menasta- /
Y of Carmilites in this neighborhood, {
the chief to al immediate
conference, which Leikem did not delay
n attending to, ksesing his uncle, who
ad already often assisted him with
ood advice during his expeditions, to !
e wise. good, and patriotic man.
He found the prior in great excitement |
g to the fate of the town. The monk con 9
nred Leikem by his Christian faith /
nd his love for his country, now to
how what enthusiasm the Hungarian 3
'as capable of in the defense of his !
ights and his eountrywomen. He '
hen proposed to him to go to the town r
ressed as monk, aud there to agree q
pom scheme with the Inhabitants t
he first part of this proposal was easily 9
fected, as few hours previously Dulo, c
ne father of Irma, had sent to the a
lonnstery for priest to pray for his e
aughter, who was then dangerously ILL., il
,eikem was for a short time unnamed d
y the sad Information, but by a vio- t.
mt effort he choked his feelings, and s
eclared his readiness to comply with G
he wish of his uncle He hastily put n
q cowl and left the monastery, mount d
/ upon mule. He had the good for p
Inc to pass the Turkish outposts IN t.
iked, and arrived at the dusk of Fl
le evening, accompanied b. Dulo's U
essenger, in Gyongyos.
With the capuchin drawn over his Il
sad, Leikem entered Irmass room.--I G
he was much changed during the 81
W weeks that had elapsed since be saw tt