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From the Olive Branch.
THE WRATH OF ERNHEIM.
BY soPHRoNlA cURRIER.

BY sOPHRoNIA CURRIER.
The Baron. Albert Won Ernst. returned
after an absence Of years, 10 the castle of
his ancestors. still a widower; and though
the repor, had several times reached Ern-
helm that its lord would soon bring
home young bride. which report seem
ed 10 be confirmed by the instructions
which we're, from time 10 time, sent TO
his servants. the old senschal, as he look
ed on that pale. melancholy countenonce.
shook his head. and replied TO the eager
ques,ion;ngs Of the other GomeslIcs:
No. no. the Baron will have no bride
till he is welded again to his own Maud
in Hesven.'
But the servants were incredulous-
Why. then. had the suit Of rooms, de-
signed. unquestionably. for lady's use.
been added to the castle? Was any one
fool enough to believe that the Baron had
prepared them for his maiden sister.
whose tastes and habits were as antigua
ted as the castle itselfl Would she. whose
ears never opened 10 livelier note than
Deus Missrere. find pleasure in singing
birds. in dalicately toned harps and Span
ish guitarsS Would she. whose costliesi
esti-. urAs .rnrcely be ter than that Of the
brgear who received aims at her naDc at
the castle gnte. and whose coarse dress
concealed a garment of sack cloth, be
pleased with Persian carpets. tapestries
Of velvet embroidered with gold. couches
Of elder down. with their curtains oil the
richest damask? Would she admire TO
see multiplied. by those costly mirrors.
that tall. spectre like form. and the fea-
lures, which, naturally without beauty.
had become positively ugly by sour, ascot
ic disposition, and by long :as.irss and
vigils.
No! and none oi these things were de-
signed for the Lady Agatha. The Baron
loved his sister; he felt more inclined to
| pity her than to be vexed at her peculiar
tiles; he would not offend her so much as
even to ask her 10 look upon such vani-
ties.
The servants were sorely puzzled. and
| man, impossible things were imagined BY
them. but no one ever thought OF any
thing so absurd as that the Baron's he'll
the young Count. Wilhelm. was cou'
tenn plating marriage would have
been beyond the belief of the most cred
ulous. The monkish student would new
or allow himself time even to form the
acquaintance of a woman, and beside his
aunt and the old housekeeper. he proba
! bly, had not spoken 10 female for years
Wilhelm had become moiherless at an
early age. He was naturally a feeble
sickly boy. and some years after the deaif
of his mother. the lingering. curabl'
disease which had brought her to th'
grave was believed 10 have fastened itsel
on him. 1t was probably as much to o
void witnessing repetition OF those suf
ferings which the most devoted care coul'
not mitigate. as grief for the loss of tha'
cherished wife. which caused the Baron
90 long TO absent himself from the castle
! for the Lady Agatha. to whose care th'
/ youth had been entrusted, was so anxiou'
lest his guardianship should be resumed
by his father. and thus all her COUNSEL
aud instructions be lost. that she hat
kept the Baron 90 ignorant OF the fact
respecting his son, it was only six month
before his return to the castle that M
learned from an unknown source. that II
all the States there was not more 70
bust. finely formed. and handsome youns
man. then his own son, and there was
! perhaps. no one of his age better tsugh
in the learning Of the schools; but he wa
so sadly deficient in all really indispen
sible knowledge. that he was ss unfittet
as indisposed to mingle in society, shut
ting himself up in almost monkish sec'u
sion, and passing his time in abssrus
studies and wild dreaming.
On his hsturn to his castle the BaroI
found that the information he had receiv
ed respecting his son was, in every par
ticular, correct; but what impression tn
young man produced on his father, no
even the keen sighted Lady Agatha coul'
tell. 1t was very evident to Wilhelm
however, as we'll as to every one else
that the Baron cared very little for tn
society of his son. and il gave him mucl
! satisfaction to think so. fearing. as D
1 bad done. thai his. course OF life woul'
be intsrfered with BY his father. bis lie
'erty was not at all inffinged on. and o.
mornings were spent in the ssudy. OF oil