Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-01-23

sxquisit. thanjher complexion, over which th'
rich csrnatior stole at every breath Of tht
| wanton wind. Her feet were delicately small
As she moved along the green sward, her lighl
dress flut,ering In the breeze, and her curls
ever and anon escaping from he. hat, floating
in its embrace, she seemed some being Of q
brighter world. or one of those sylvan divini-
ties with which ancien. mythology loved to
people every glade.
Never had the young msn gnzed upon such
loveiness. He was just at the age to be af-
fecied by the beauty of the fair stranger, and
he could not refrain from a halt restrained
ejaculation Of delight Unwilling, however, to
be seen in his soiled and tarnished dress, he
had turned into bye path, and was fastening
to escape observation whea scream from the
fair stranger awakened his attention, and has
tiy turning around he beheld the cause Of her
alarm.
Not three hundred yards upthe road was a
short tara to the right, which prevented OBJ
jecis from being seen unless within that dis
tsnce. As the youth turned he behed bull,
bleeding profusely at his sides. and with sew.
cred cord around bis neck dragging at heels,
tearing madly down the read toward the young
lady. whose scream had just been occosioned
by discovering the enraged beast as he wheel
ed around the turn. Far In the distanc, might
be heard the shouts of peasants. and the bark
ing Of dogs, as il in pursuit; and the sounds, as
they came borne on the breeze, appeared only
to inflame the beast anew. With his head
bent to the earth: the foam flying from his lips;
his hanks dripping with bloed, he came rush
ing furiously on, and was already within few
yards of the now paralyzed maiden, before the
youth had, by regaining the larger road, obtain.
ed full view Of the scene. He did not besi.
tate an instant. The groom of the maiden
had fed afrighted at the first sight Of the en-.
raged monster, leaving her alone, and too
overcome with the horror Of situation even
to move. Gazing affrightedy on the furious
beast, her form trembling as If II would sink
to the earth, 1t seemed as If the maiden was
transfxed by baslisk to the spot where she
stood. The red scarf which she wore had
doubtless caught the eye of the monster, for
he came on, tossing his head and paving the
earth directly toward her. Already he was
within few yards, of the trembling girl. He,
bent bis head to the earth as if to rush upon
her. All hope seemed over. But at that in.
slant the young stranger had gained the oppo'
site side of the road, so as to place the maiden
a little to one side Of him, and, raising his
piece, he glanced rapidly along the barrel, and
fred. Never went bullet with a truer aim
Striking the beast just over the left eye, the
ball penetrated TO the brain. The huge mon.
ster fell hesdlong forward on his knees. and
then rolling heavily over on his side, was dead
almost before the report of the gun had ceased
echoing through the forest The beast was so
nigh to his expected victim, that 10 his fall his
horn just gruzed her futtering scarf.
The cavalier paused an instant after the
death of the enraged animal, and seemed about
retreating to the covert of the forest; but per-
ceiving that the maiden was sinking to the
earth, he sprang forward to assist her. She
caught vainly at the neighboring tree for sup
port, and the next instan, had fallen insensible
into the young mans arms.
His situation was now embarrassing in the
extreme. but he knew not whether after all
pleasure was not his prevailing sensation. He
certainly gazed on the fair young face, repo'
siug on his bosom, longer than was exactly
required and appeared for the instant to for
get that his first duty was to recall the maiden
to animation 1t was only for a moment, how
ever. Shouting to the people who were now
seen hurrying down the road to hasten their
steps. he proceeded to loosen ,be hat and scarf
from the maiden's face and throat. Re had
scarcely performed this duty when she family
opened hel eyes. -
' "Where- where--am II" WINS the first
ejaculation of returning animation, as she
looked wildly around her. f,.. n. ,.,
"Among friends, my dear lady," said the
young cavalier. .t,---,-7
BluIhing to the bosom at the words Of the
stranger, and at finding herself on the shoulder
of a handsome young man, the maiden raised
herself at once to her feet, and poured out her
incoherent thanks.
The position of The cavalier might have been
rendered embarrassing, but at this instant her
groom returned from his fight, and. hurriedly
taking his arm, she relieved the youth. by beg.
ging to know to whom she was Indebted for
her preservation. trai .r.
CHAP. II.-LoVE. .
In proud and gorgeous apartment where
the costly drapery We'd with the richly carved
oak panelliIgs Of the wall, and where the light
stresmed with mellow lustre through the
stained and lofty window, were two beings
whom. at the first sight. you might have recog'
nized as the Lady Eveline Norman, aud her
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