Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-11-20
KEN0SHA WIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 90 1856

"lsc, my oeautiIW mother! She laugh
me secrets OF nature undreamed of in tn,
broad beaten track of popular science
she taught me the stars, and how-Ob
my poor mother!-how they spell on
our destiny; and highest of all, she tauob
me to read the fate stamped on eaci
mans brow, and to spy into the heart
through the book of the features; anG
these were secrets more valuable thar
cookery or embroidery-although an
not without the knowledge of these
either" she added, smiling. $50 yo,
see now the reason Of my sayageness o
nature" she continued, caressingly: 81
is aninheritance. Mypoormothershow
ed her uncivilized blood by restlessnes
and ceaseless wandering; mine, by con
tempt of appearances and war with
conventionalities. And it is from thi.
feeling that have kept my birth secret
although it is high enough to satisfy the
most exacting. 1t is this instinct which
has made me live without pomp or par
ade, content to be sufficient to myself
and to let my enemies SANDER me at thei
will was too much at war by natur,
with the world to conciliate it b,
declaring myself. This pride may BE-
foolish, but it has made me strong
strong, Paul, in the strength of truth
and carefulf for Heaven decentralization
for MANS"
"And you wish still to preserve this
secret, my Maud?"
"No,' she said softly, and she put hel
nd 10,
than my own pride to think of, and
have no right to lay my self-made bur
den on another. No, Paul; you may tel
to all the world-all whose social APP
probation is dear to yOu-that your zip
sy-wife has the royal blood of Spain il
her heart; and, what will perhaps sounC
higher to English ears, that she possess
es wealth, that could buy the old Hall
and yet not be exhausted. Maud of the
Hollow-Maud the gypsy, who lived in
the haunted cottage, and had dealings
with Satan-Maud, who has been met or
the heath barcheaded in storm, and
barefooted, too, is no dowerless vagrant
married out ofpity! But let all that pass;
shesuddenly exclaimed, interrupting her
self; let me but be the cause of your hap
piness, and | shall be queen, and hap.
pier than onen
And you will not, my Maud, when we
are married, refuse to be tanned? or shall
| wake some morning TO find my gypsy
wife wandered away, like the bird-maid
en- of the Eastern tale?'
when | am married. she said, Il viii
| h GOOD Eno,licb c+o,y Of
love my lord, livein his smile, and--earnit.
Maud! Egeria! pray for me to become
worthy Of you; for how far below you
ann
we will pray together, Paul, to be.
come worthy OF each other, and of the
priceless gift Of love graciously laid OF
| the hearts Of both; for to love truly, one
must be worthy. True love never lives
in degraded heart. BY love the worlf
was saved, by love the truth is accepted
by love the eoul 10 purified. Let MS h,
worthy OF our love, my Paul, and thel
we shall be faithful TO the godlike charg,
we hold in the hearts of each
calender was greatly shocked at thi
marriage. Paul was positively cut fo
some weeks, and Maud's reputation as
sorcoress was confirmed. Paul snd Mauc
were notmuch disturbed at the smaller
pest they had raised. They bore it very
TRANQUILITY, and forgave all their SANDER
ers; and by degrees and in time those
even who had been most bitterly oppos
ed to them became appeased, and the
old power of virtue and kindliness was
again, as ever, proved in the softening
of prejudices and the opening of affec
ton. Maud-the despised dwarf, the
dreaded gypsy feared witch-at
last won herself the esteem she deserv.
ed; for her patience; her great-heart.
edness, affection and knowledge, made
themselves felt, assunrays thro cloud
And as, after her marriage, she became
wise and sensible, and gave up the role
of witchcraft played in her thoughtless
maidenhood, the thick intellects of Oak
enden were no longer obscured by shad-
ows, and could at last afford to recognize
her as she was.