Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-23

name OF Ferdinand the just. canno
solve the spell this water norman ha:
thrown about my child, but l am awar,
she loves him. Her tell-tale cheek anC
haggared looks have proved that he ha:
made strong impression on her heart
Your majesty will surely not consent
that he should wed the matchIessRosalie ~
II have scheme l wot Of" said The
willy monarch, ''that shall battle all hi:
hopes, and still preserve my daughter for {
nobler mate I long have wished to learr
the awful secrets of Charybdis, the dread
whirlpool of our Kingdoms coast, and who
so fit as this same Nicolo to bring US bach
intelligence from the dark wonderous cav
! erns of the sea 2" TzSa
"Shoulj he suoceedw exclaimed the
courtier-"what then? ?"
f.sAs Ferdinand the Just, may no more
refuse that he should wed the Princes:
Rosalie" g- rr-- a.
"And what if he declines the task?'
81 will post him through the isle as 9
mere braggart and coward, who is unworthy
of her love. But still / think he will &C
cept the task, although the chances are al
in our favor; for who of women borne
could ever search the 7ast Tartarian abyss
where Neptune holds his choicest secrets
and yet return to mother earth again!"
"And has your highness made the Prin-
cess Rosalie aware yet of your purpose?' y
Tonight | will unfold my scheme tc
her. and at the same time dispatch mes
senger to Nicolo, to acquaint him of my
wbim, to which, if he accedes, he shall pos
sess the maiden he has dared to love-
Good night, my lord, but by tomorrow S
dawn let it be trumpted throughout the
isle that Nicolo Pesk will brave the dan
gers of Charybdis, to win the hand of Prin-
cess Rosalie"
The courtier bowed low, and left the
apartment, after promising to fulfil the
kings wishes to the very letter.
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The sun had scarcely raised his golden
banner in the east, ere a brilliant throng of
hisbborn danes and courtiers assembled
together, on a lofty pinnacle of rock, that
iutted far out from mainland in the open
sea. l: way eyrie for the eagle, where the
king and courtiers stood, while fathoms
deep below the malstorm of Chaybdis his
sed and boiled.
And in the center of this group of lords
and ladies fair, stands Ferdinand the Just,
and by his side bis pure and peerless
daughter, who had learned to love'a hum
BILE fisherman. z----s ..i,-f.3
Her cheek is deathly pale, her auburn
ringlets scattered to the morning breeze
Her white lips seem to utter something like
whispered prayer, as she gazes on the
form of him she loves, who, though he
cannot boast of noble birth, has still no.
bier mein than any titled lord of all that
gay and brilliant throng.
SIS all -prepared?" exclaimed the mon
arch as lie held a golden cup aloft, about
to hurl it in the black abyss below.
'sYet stay one moment, father,' said fair
Rosalie, imploringly, I have a boon to
crave, ere this brave youth, who peril's
life and limb to prove the earnest of his
love, performs thy strange behest.
"What is it daughter?" said King Fer
didand, while the courtiers drew near TO
listen. s-e, .-.a.s 5fss.- SCI
"a single kiss, dear father, from the lips
of him love-perhaps the first and last.
The moDalch trowned, but among the
crowd of courtiers there were none but
deemed that Nicolo would never more re-
turn to earth, and many felt kindly sym
pathy, and pressed the maiden's suit.
He marked the spot where the bright
goblet sank into the waves, drew in his
breath, and, with one last, fond look al her
he loved, leaped from the crazy parapet in
to the foamipg sea. .r .s.....r.a. -
1t was an act SO brave, that not all the
respect due to the monarch's presence
could repress loud huzzah of admiration
from the courtiers at the daring feat, and
then there followed a long interval of 81
lence and suspence. e t .s
With cheeks as pale as death, her form
as motionless as any marble statue, fair
Rosalie is gazing on the spot where all her
joys and hopes oflife went down, when,
suddenly, she shrieks. .sa.
eHe lives! he lives! Father! he brings
thee back thy golden cup, and comes to
claim thy daughters hand !" ...f T. .gJ
The eyes of love discerned what Others
sought in vain, the form of Nicolo, tiny
speck upon the sea, but soon they all de-
fined the gallant fisherman holding aloft
his prize, and then a shout of triumph rends
the air. .gE
In Il few moments afterwards he laid the
treasure at the monarch's feet, and then he
had the right that even Ferdinand cannot
deny, to fold his bethrothed in his arms.
He gave wondrous history of all he
saw in the dark caverns of the sea; huge
snakes an hundred fathoms long, gigantic
polypi, that sought to twine him in their
Shiny folds, a magic history of things till
then unk known. He stated that the current
of the whirlpool had dashed the cup be-
meath ledge Of rock, and that the suction
OF the sea had also borne him there.
King Ferdinand pretended to be charm
ed with his strange, wild adventure, and
asked the daring man to undertake the
journey once again, to bring him further
news from those mysterious realms of hor-
rOr.
But Nicolo shuddered, and said moth
ing would tempt him to perform the deed
again. o.
-' "This heavy purse of gold, palace and
adukedom, thou shalt share with thy young
and lovely BRIDE"
The offer was too glittering bait for
Nicolo to resist, and Notwithstanding the
appeals of his betrothed, he dove once
more into the foaming sea.