Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-11

5 will give you counsel. Do not 90 anG
t live on your poor mother, for l will send
you rich AUNT"
) Rich aunt" echoed Lazy, "'where
shall find her o.
) :. You will find her in Proverbs. sixth
chapter and sixth verse"
MORAL,--Ins cad of waiting for an un.
Gle to die. go and see how rich AUNT
Exchange.
MACMILLAN AND HIS DAUGHTER.
LudoIph had faced many dangers with
out shrinking. but the appalling circum-
stances which now surrounded him excl
ted a painful thrill; the blood rushed thro'
his veins with fearful rapidity; his pulses
throbbed, his heart beat, and with strain
ed eyes he gazed wildly around. He was
conducted in silence through gloomy
passage which led from his dungeon. n
door opened, and he found himself sud
denly thrust into square apartment, the
mAssy walls of which. dark and frownins,
were bare, save that at intervals staple
or chain of rusty iron was appended from
the rough stone. Several instruments OF
strange shape were heaved together in q
corner, apparently removed for the pur-
pose of making room for some other ap,
paratus, which was raised in the centre OF
the floor, covered with black cloth. A
grated window afforded sufficient light to
reveal the melancholy accomplishments Of
this dismal chamber, and drawing towards
il, the knight looked out upon a dreary
courtyard, where ne beheld scaffold and
all the insignia of death; the block, the
axe, the heap Of saw-dust. and the grim
headsmcn standing beside them. For
whom were these sickening preparations
made? The manacIes which bound his
lettcred limbs, his close Imprisonment OF
tions Of n conscious heart, returned n rca-
dy answer; and his approaching fate was
embittcred by the conviction that it was
JUS On the fell Of battle, or even on
the git bet, OF the wheel in u better cause,
| Ludolp ph would have yielded his last breath
with heroic fortitude; but TO descend dis
honored to the grave, and leave behind
him the frail partner OF his guilt exposed
| to the worlds contumely, perchancc to y
more dreadful punishment than that which
now awaited the author of her shame,
wrung the warriors heart-strings and sub.
dued his ardent soul.
Ludoph Won Wilmeustcin descended
from younger branch of a noble family,
and was ~ soldier Of fortune. He hal
sought and obtained renown under the
banners oEth Hungarian monarch against
the invading nIidcls; and. after two glo.
rious campaigns, repaired to the court ot
/ Duke MaXImliIn, ul --. To Otfer his
sword in the impending war with Lpm
hardy. Undislin9uished amid crowd of
knights, anxlously pressing their claims
tO high appointments in the same service"
he received very Slight notice from the
naughty Prince who ruled with little less
than imperial splrndor But Ludulph
though ambitious, was also modest. and
cOHtrnt to remain in obscurity during the
silkcn paslimvs Ot c, urt. lie waited, with
unmurnurins patience, the moment where
in his fcats Ut arms shouIl attract attcn>
ton to his prowess. I4udolph'a fine per-
! son, expressive features, and noble bear.
ing. had not passed wholly unnoticed.-
Tie admirlng whispers of the damael5 in
her train drew the regards of their proui
and scorntui mistress, IsmengHrdc, only
child of Macmillan, anA helress To the
hitherto icy heart Of the Princess was
.ouched; the handsome stranger became
The constant subject Of her meditalions.
and she determined, if it were possible, tu
bring him TO her feet. This was an un-
dertaking lraught with difficulty, in con.
sequence OF the immcaSuraole distance
which fortune had placed between them.
and OF the unbendlng stateliness aud Tor
NAL etiquette which. even in those rude
times, IN lrkcd the court Of Maximilian.-
Nlsmengarde, cold aud rcpeiIlng. in the
CONSCIOUSNESS of her high birth and beau
Ly, disdained to mingle with the crowd
who shared in It's festaI splendOrs, and Ell
Ether Withdrew early. or. calling her ladies
Of honor around her, sat alOOt in distant
circle. which none except mobiles of rx ait.
ed rank dared approach. Love, however,
soon pointed out method by which the
Princess might hope to converse with The
object Of her affection; the season Uf lht
Carnival approached; and, in the in;ssktn J,
aud Disgusting which distinguished is
reyels, She contriyed, without excitin4
suspicion, TO engage Ludolph in the dance
, The knight hung enamored over the DARK
eyed beauty, who. reposing on his arm
suffered 5entleswords su escape her lips il
reply to his ardent proIestations. On,
evening the delighted p .ir had wandered
.. away from the crowded haIl-the sount
| Of music stole family upon their ears-th,
! glare Of the tapers threw softened Iigh
from the wide Gothic windows upon bank