The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-30

/ forts, be fell deeply In love with her, which
+ you know, was a mortal sin for 4 man OF God
Such was the excess of his love, that his health
commenced to fail, and he made application to
J the Pope to get absoiutions that he might
marry nv mother His Holiness, refused even
to listen to his supphcation, and my father,
yielding to the promptings Of affection, mar
ried my mother, and retired to a small estate
that she possessed. / was born Of this union
ard after my birth, my mothers health com
menced to decline, and gradually she faded
and died FIVE years from the date of her mar
riage."
MY father was inconsolable for her loss,
and looking upon the event as retribution OF
heaven, for the breaking Of his VOWS, retired to
these mountains, where he spends most Of his
time in prayer and penance for atonement OF
his sins. Every day he deyotes three hours to
my education. and the remaining hours | spend
with my fiocks in the pastures, or in the cul-
ture of some hardy plants, that can live in these
inclement mountains"
The beauty, the intelligence and adiuette OF
the young shepherdess were irresistible and
the heart Of Charles welcomed the romantic
attachment which he felt was fast binding
him in It's silken fetters.
lie had become satiated with the accomplish
ed beauties of the Court, who owed SO much
of their attractions to the advantages of COS
tune, the polish of manner, and the circum-
stance of birth He had, by accident, dis
covered one whose artless manner was more
captivating, and whose superior beauty owed
nothing to the adventitious aid of art or orna-
ment. He fingered as long as possible in her
society, without wounding her delcacy, and
bidding her adieu. was vending his way to
where her father lived, when he saw one of his
cavaliers approaching him. who had made a
circuitous route, and Unexpectedly found him.
Charles then, as there was no necessity to
visit the cot of the father of the shepherdess.
after again bidding her adeu, under the gui-
dance of his attendant, started to join his re-
tinue, who were alarmed at bis absence. AZ
ter this period, the neighborhood where Mar
celia, (for that was the name OF the youn-
shepherdess.) dwelt, became the favorite hunt
ing ground of Charles, who would, on these
occasions, absent himself awhils from his at
tendGnts, who were too well drilled in their
duties to pry into his motives, and visit Mar
celia, who would be alone on the mountain side
with her flock
After the coyness, natural to a young maid
en-. had vanished from frequent interviews, it
was not unnatural for Marcea who had seen
nothing Of the sterner sex, except the rough
goat-..cc::1s ac:1s G c! tie mountains with the tender
affections Tet all her own; should become ia-
terested in one possessed of such gallant ey-
terror and accomplished manner; and finally
to love him. She had been reared in the sim,
pliclty of country life, and knew not that the
presence of royalty were as deadly to the
existence of beauty and innocence as the poison
Gus Upas tree.
That Charles loved her there could not be
the least doubt for, though he had for years
pursued the life of a yoluptuary, yet he had
never met with being to whom alone his soul
could offer its worship, without leeling-a desire
to bow to another shrine, but the principle
implanted in him from his birth, "that royal
blood should not bend in wedluck but with
royal blood, retained so wildly It's impression,
that, though Marcella had the first offerings
Of his heart, he never dreamed of taking her
IN marriage. The royal blood OF CASTLE and
Arrago must be transmitted pure and unadul-
terated by peasant blood He could offer to
her wealth. station, power-eTerything but
the sacred title OF WIFE
Marcela from maiden reserve and timidty,
had neglected to inform her father OF her first
interview with Charles and as each succeed
ing one widened the chasm and rendered it
more difficult, she resolved to keep altogether
a secret the new epoch which had marked her
existence-this being very easy, as the inter-
views between the lovers always took place
when Marcella tended her flock upon the
mountains.
For more than year, Charles libertine as
he was, made no attempt upon the virtue Of
Marcella. Though passion, ike a boiling lava,
was seething in his veins yet, in her presence,
every unchaste desire was quenched, as her
ives bent on him their food of light, in which
were blended the confidence of trusting afec-
ton and the holiness of virgin innocence. At
the expiration Of this period her father died,
and as she had 10 protector to whom she could
look to, in the hour of her desolatQn she ac-
cepted the offer of Charles, who placed her IN
4 noble family, where she was treated with all
the attention bestowed npon rank, during the
year of her mourning, and after which time,
she was introduced at court, where she became
renowned for her beauty and the preference of
the most powerful monarch Of Europe.
In tie glare of a disspated court, Marcalla
forgot the purity and innocence OF her former
life, and yielding to the witching influence Of
the splendid vices which fiourished in the sun
shine of royal favor, became follower and
then leader of the vicious crowd of beauties
which adorned the court of Charles the Filth,
Emperor of Spain and Germany. For many
wears she was the favorite of the Emperor,
and when taken with her last sickness, wrote
TO him most affecting letter. in which, after
rendering him thanks for his love and devotion,
which, for years had never waned in its force,
she commended to his care and affection her
sou, 1nen ten years of age, who had been
placed under the charge OF careful and expert
enced teachers.
The young Garcia THAT was his name,) af
ter completing his p eparatory studies, entered
one of the most eminent universities OF the
kingdom He knew the stain which rested
upon his birth, and was very sensitive on the
subject.
The young Garcia was always popular with
the students, but was far from being favorite
with the professors, for he looked on his stud
les with dislike, and the wholesome restraint
to which he was subjected as slavish thTaldom.
lie was the leader of all the mischieyous pranks
played at the University, would elude the Wig
t Hence OF the professors and with band OF his
( dare devil associates would visit the town at
/ the midnight hour, and with their yells. tlnk-
ling of cymhals and sounding of horns, would
arouse the inhabitants from their slumher, aud
frightened almost into commissions all the Der
vouS old maids in the neighborhood If the
police interferred, unless they were in large
{ force, these scaDe oraces wOud attack the