Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1858-01-06

threw h@f white arms around his neck
exclalming, Dear papa, | see yoh at last
so feared tlte English barbarians hac
killed you!'
My daughter, lei !ue present you to m,
noble prescrver. sand the count, sceudes
ceHd, most iIiustrlous knight, TO see tIss
damsei Of whom spake--thc Lady Ce
Iiae Vidal
Never did groom elect comply viii
such request more boorislIy than dif
our. worthy knight; and never did vaIian
knight gaze upon a sweetcr vision ofioye
illness than uQet liis gaze in the youil.fu
I Lady Cellne, Shades of the brl2 2ht--the
beautifui-she was tairef thau ye all!
Struck with a loveiiaess and grace suc!
as he bad never even imagined, our un.
coulh RHight no suHner saw HE swpeL face
elrued inquirngy towards hiiH, Ihan try.
ing to i'm tale the counE genniirNions, he
laid his huge band upon his br,as,, and
! made profound obeisanee.
'Celine, sny child, would you !ike 10 be
marriedl' asked the count.
1 am very happy here, papa, replied
/ Cehne.
| ASK her if she could fancy me for ii
husband!' asked the straight forward
knight, shutting akwardIy nearer to the
count.
|. 'Ali in good time most honored chew
aier,' returned the count. i would first
that you learn from her own lips of her
rare excellence with tue needle, as well as
Ip pastrv and confectinnS
Sir count, / prithee, yex me not with
such trI1es, said The knight; but just ask
the damsef if she is willing to be my
wife?'
'CeIine,' said her father, this valiant
knight saved my life DIT Agincourt- how
would you feel disposed to accept him for
husband?
a barbarian EngIishman, papal ex-
claimed Celine.
What does she say! again impatiently
demanded the knigEl, drawing nearer aud
twiching at the counts dotAolel. viii
she consent do you tllink!'
'All in good time, most honored cheva-
lier, all in good time,' said the count; 4
am pleading your cause with her.
What does lie ask papa? inquired Ce-
line.
Only that you would consent to be-
come his wife to effect my rel&ase.'
The color, faint at first, rose to her
cheek; deepening over neck and brow, as
bending her beautiful head with coquet~
tish modesty behind her aunt's chair, she
raised her soft, white hand TO draw down
her noviciate veil, through the transparent
fabric of whose meshes she considered the
StaIwart proportion Of the knight before
her Very soon her decision was made.
Papa, would rather be the English
knights chatelaine, than stay here shut up
in the nunnery, said Cellue.
what does The damseI say?' again in
terrupted the impatient knight.
'She consents to be your wife. replied
the count, so you can marry her when>
ever it so pleases you.
Then sir count, it pleases me that the
rite be performed immediately, said the
impatient knight
'Honored cheyalier, returned the count,
"a demoiseIle of Lady Celine VidaFs rank
cannot wed, as might a peasants Siaugh
ter, without fitting preparation of wedding
garments. Let her therefore tarry here
till she be prepared
Wedding gear, fcrsooth!' cried our
hero. Have not enow of such trump
cry? Chests full of kirtles and farhin-
gales, rich and rare enough TO deck a
duchess my share Of the spoils of riaed
Norman castles! I put them alf by TO
save me outlay in case | should meet a
ddmsei to my liking; and now they win
save all delay, seeing they are Of all sorts
aud sizes.
When her father explained this to the
Lady Celine, truth compeis rs to say that
she made not The slightest objection; nor
when on his return to England, Sir Nor
mau Webster presented her at court, then |
held in Whitehall, did the fair and noble /
bride feel in the slightest degree scandal
lied at the manner ia which her costly |
apparel. worn on the occasion, was OBJ |
tained.
The weaver's apprentices might have
sought ia vain, despite his great wealth
and high military achievements, among
he high born beauties of England for an
alliance. But welded TO noble hoffman
,ride, her high descent, backed by his nc
luired riches and splendid military fepute,
yaYe snch position 10 their descendants
hat they afterwards intermarried with ifie
loblest families Of lie land. And to this
las, few, very few Of their widely spread
know that ffeirancient name
md crest were won by a weaVeF's aPpren.
ice, OF that they owed tbeir origin To the
manner IN which Count Vidal paid his