Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-02-15

ness IS complete. May Heaven bless our unlOn "
"l753. On the twelfth of July our first child
born He shall be called Hans Christoph.'' A
cross follows and the remark, "Died at midnight
on the first of January, ammo 1852
"l755. Annunciaton Day. Our second son
born. am very glad. God bless him. He shall
be called after my brother, Peter Michael.'' A
cross follows, and the note, "Died at Walpurgis,
1851"
"1755. St. Hubert's Day. Won the silver
cup with master shot. The lord count praised
my shooting before all the gentlemen"
"l756. st. Anne's Day. A daughter born to
me. Heaven bless her. She shall be called Ger
trude Johanna
"l75s. St; Esidius' Day. My wife Gertrude
Maria died of Shot IN the wood will not
curse her. God be merciful judge to US both. !"
"177l: My lord the old count died on st. VAL
entine's Day. The young Lord Leonard Joseph
Francis takes his place"
There were no more to read. One en-.
try in the list excied the same ,hough. in
both the lovers. This man i, was eviden,
had killed his wife on 81. Egidius' Day; and
they had on the same date whispered their
hearts love over the murdered wOmsn's
grave. Then. agsin, Why did the old hunts
man register his sons as born into his house.
bold. bu, his daughter as born only TO him
self? These things The lovers noticed as
they read the li,,e chronicle; but they
spoke only Of the hunting cup, The marks
mans prize, s.il in the window, looked q.
it, end returned into the other chamber
Another door seemed 10 lead from it into
other rooms. They walked in tba. direc-
tIon, and the young man saw that they were
following trail of dark s.sins on the floor.
He did not poin. them ou, 10 his compan-
Tho 1nnr lol
haps the trail was there, but there was no
| light by which !, could be seen. The stair
LED to room ,ha. had been pret,ily furn-
ished, and of which the window opened al
once upon broad terrace ,hs, swept back
towards the wood. The moon bad BY ths,
| time risen, end shone through this window.
One pane had been broken. Splinters OF
glass lay close under it. The table was
over,hrown, a broken lamp was on the
floor; also book, handsomely bound, which
seemed TO have been ground under the heel,
rather than lrodden upon, by strong man.
The English lady stopped TO pick ii up, but
as she did SO she saw, by the moonlight,
stains upon the oaken boards, which made
f hsf io7ef for 63p sSPpoi RI Rey i06bkss %:
wards the sofa, an old piece of furniture
covered with blue dsmask upon that, too,
there was large dark stain, and over j. The
brigh. moon cas-. the shadows Of The two
young people. The shsdow Of young
man erect-lhe shadow Of young girl
cIinging 10 it, violently trembling.
81 ok look Eustace," cried The girl.-l
I"Those are no, our shadows"
t.Jndeed. love. they are"
"Did you not Tell me this was ST. Egidi.
US Day -
Both started for there was a sudden flu,-
Ter in the room, distinctly heard. The
young man promptly saw end pointed OF.
that This was nothing super Beside
an Impressed bed in one corner Of The room,
there were some mnre handsomely bound
books upon a table all in gilded red mo-
rocco covers. One Of them Icy open, and
The evening breeze .hs. entered through the
broken pane Of z lass had touched some Of
its leaves.
"The lovers are long time absent"
whispered The partners TO each Other, as they
danced their last dance on the grass about
the guidepos.. ''If they be lost in the wood
and We have to 60 hunting for them, it
will be pretty midsummer nights Dream
Shr|l whisllug and loud shouting present.
ly grew to be The whole amusemen, Of the
company, and were kept up until The miss-
ing pair appeared. ''Bu' you do look as if
yon had been seeing ghos.s," somebody
said to them. "Wha, s,e they like -
"The nearest thing 10 a ghost that we
have seeu," said Mr.. Wenu," ~ seized and
uaro ~ 10 - lo
took little book Out of his pocket-a book
bound in morocco, and beset with 'arnish-
ed gilding-which he offered for inspection
Of the company.
"Wby, what frui. is this to bring out OF an
oak wood ~ cried mine host; "a corrupt
French romance -
The account brought home OF the forest
er's deserted house, tina, had been al last &C.
tuaIy seen by an English gentleman and
lady, was in a day or two town news, and
the story to which it belonged had by that
time been duly fl.ed to it. This is the s.o-
ry:
Conrad Ducker and his daughter one
morning So. q. breakfast, many, many years
sgo. -.
"You are spelling nv coffee, Gertrude"
said the forester, stern dark-Iooking
man ''your thoughts are as'ray. You
have been reading those de'estsble red
books. You mus. &c. married be house
wife, girl.
~ father ?;
"Yes, you. Peter from bey ond the noun
tain come 10 ask for you this morning. A
Husband like ,ha, would be good luck for a
princess"
"Bu, | csnno. leave you, father, and my
hear, is in The forest. ! should no. like
marry ing into the open land"
"One msy breathe the more freely in The