M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-05-25

hnu tue 'oice VI the young girl grew
faint.
'Where shall see himP p said the
Car, with threatening aspect.
Tomorrow at the review
'How shall recognize himP' de-
manded the Gear, with a stamp ofhis
foot.
BY his green plume and his black
sleed..'
'It is well. Go, my daughter, and
pray God to have pity on that man =
The princess withdrew in faintihg
condition; and the Emperor was soon
lost in,shoughh bses s..s.s..s.i ssassl
"A childish CAPRICE he said to him.
self at length. i am foolish to be dis,
turbed at it. She will forget it. She
shall forget it and his lips parted not
to utter what his heart added. 1T must
be for all my power would be weak
er than her tears
On the following day at the review,
the Gar whose eagle eye embraced all
at a glance, sought and saw in his bat
talions naught else than green plume
and black charger. He recognized
in him who wore the one and rode the
other, simplya Colonel of the Bava-
rian Lighthouse, Maximilla Joseph
Eugene AguSte Beauharnois, the Duke
OF Leuchtenberg, youngest child OF the
son OF Josephine, who was for brief
time Empress Of France, and Of Au-
guste Amelie, daughter OF MaximiIlan
Joseph, Of Bavaria-an admirable and
charming cavalier, in truth, but as far
inferior then to Marie Nicolewne as
simple soldier to an emperor.
is ltpoSSible!' said the Gear to ohim.
self, as he sent for the Colonel with a
design Of dismissing him to Munich.
But, at the moment when he was
about to crush him with a word, he
stopped at the sight Of his daughter
lainling in her catache.
There is no longer doubt though,
the Gear; it is indeed he.
And, turning his back upon the stu.
defed stranger, he returned with Marie
to the Imperial Palace.
For six weeks all that prudence, ,tem'
pered with love and severity, could in.
spire, was essayed to destroy the i'm.
age OF the Colonel in the heart oil the
princess. AT the end OF the first week
she was resigned; at the end OF the
second she wept al the end OF the
third she wrpt in public; at the
end OF the fourth she wished to sacri-
flee herself to her father; at the end of
the filth she fell sick at the end oil the
sixth she was dying.
Meantime the Colonel, seeing him
self in disgrace at the court OF his host,
without daring to confess to himself
the cause, did not wait for his dismis-
sal to return TO the regiment. He was
on the point OF setting out for Munich,
when an aid de.camp ofthe Gear came
for him.
'I should have set out yesterday,
he said to himself. Il might have
avoided what awaits me. AT the first
flash one should save himself from the
thunderbolt.'
The bolt in reserve for him was the
following: He was uSbered into the
cabinet, where kings only were allow
ed to enter. The Emperor was pale
and his eye was moist; but his all
was firm and resolute.
Colonel Duke,' said he, envelopine
and penetrating him with his glance,
'you are one OF the handsomest officer,
in Europe. 1t is said also, and be
lieve il true, that you possess all eleva:'
ed mind--a thorough education, lively
taste for the arts, a noble heart anc
loyal character. What think you o
the Grand Duchess, my daughter, Ma
rie Nicolewna?'
This point blank question dazzleC
the young mali. 1t is time TO say tha
he admired, adorned the princess
without being fully aware OF it. A
simple mortal adoins an angel OF Para
disc as an artist aGores the ideal o
beauty.
The Princess Marie, sire J. ex
claimed he, reading at last his owl
heart, without daring TO read that o
the Gear. your anger would crust
me if told you what | think o
her and should die of Joy if yol
permitted me 20 say it,
'You love her--it is WE'LL resumed
the Gear, with benignat smile. AnC
the royal hand, from which the Duke
was awaiting the thunderbolt, deliver
ed to the Colonel the brevet of General
Abide Camp of the Emperor-thC
brevets oil Commandant oil the Cayal.
ry, OF the Guards and OF the Regimen
oil Hussars of Chief Of the Corps o
Cadets and OF the Mining Engineers
Of President OF Arts, and Member o
the Academy of Sciences, and the Uni.
versitieS oil ST. Petersburg, OF Moscow
OF Reason, ofthe Council, of the Mil
itary Schools, &c. All this was in
addition to the title of Imperial High.
ness, and several million revenue.
Now said the Gear to the young
man, who was beside himself with
Ijoy, will you quit the service of Bava'
rla, and become the husband oil the