Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-03-23

The gay recklcssncss had l,tal Inuuenv,
on Count Ludwig's harli!lood. lie WIS pule,
nervous, and fast approaching state Of the
most deplOrabis prOstratun. He had always
been remarkable for his high spirits, his haugh.
ty carriage, his courage, aud his numerous
dues in proofs of such courage. lie never
tet fear before this day; hut this msn, who
was or was not insane had ut all events the
advantage over him. for he could jest grim Y
with the most awful kind Of death. while in
proportion l.ulwiss terror ana desire TO de-
sccnd were momentarily increasing. Besi'leS,
he WAS at the mercy of his wild companion.
Another question arose-Were they to pass
the night in this shapeleSs yoil-aJating Oh
and on?
"uuw beautiful Innspruck looks, cried the
stranger; "who would have thought that blood
stains the grass which grows in the glade ln
der the shelter Of thuse beeches-perhaps you
know them?" He looked ut Ludwig aS he
pointed to particular spot, scsrey visible
81 don't know-1 cannot see it" said Lud.
wig.
IL vii; tell you all about that blood" began
the stranger, with wild light in his eyes. "ll
will alnuse us as we travel OIL. Yes" he aa-
ded, ~ remember strange, bitter history be,
longing to that spot. There wis young and
tmid boy at the college some few years ago ;
his name w;.s-ah!-ah II forget. Well he
was remarkable for his gentlenGss of nature,
for stunning the wild riots Of his companions
-abhorring their debaucherics, and retiring.
trembling, from tlleir horrible gaming tables.
There was ut this college, also, Il bold, brave,
handsome boy, somewhat older than my-than
this unofenling youth; ; and for several rea.
sons the stronger hated the weaker, and sought
to wreak his hate upon Kim. 1t is almost III
credible, is not?'
Count Ludwig was rs pale rs sheetcd
corpse. He glarcd upon the stranger and
made no reply.
the mischee-this young man, who coull al:
ford to love all the world, and yet hated :he
youth that Stunned him-vowed to ruin him.
He forced him to the gaming table by an in.
ternal pot-he beset his steps in every way
be robbed him of his gull-he forced him, by
insulting him like bravo, to fight duel,
anu lie killed him y
There was something aexpressiby sboukine
aud narrowing IN this wild iss, told in thai
soienn region.
"This boy died with Ilia heart cleft in two.
He hal mother wElo doizpd him. lie could
neither kiss her lips nor ask her parien; and
she went mai when she hnarl that her beau.
ltul, her bcst.bcvyed child hid become O
brawlur, :: gambler, AMI a duellist: She lid
not live long.
"There was, however, IN elder brother, who
was tigtI.ing in far off lands, and who knew
nothing of this till both were buried, and dust,
| many u day gone by. He loved his mother,
and he loved his brother. Imagine his feel
ings when he came home To- embrace them,
and found them departed left but the
memgnto of the gentle boys assassination
the mothers death 1t was necessary for him
| to know the truth. He did so"
While the stranger spoke, he had let his
cloak for the first time ta!l back, and resting
his face pensively in his hand, exhibited t,
view the fine though faded lineaments of his
once magnificent features. An unaccounta
BILE impulse-a vcrtigo-prompted Count I.rII
wig ut the instant to start rt,up and leap out !;
but the void which his eye caught made him
sit shuddcriug where he was.
The gray and ghosLly Alps hogan to draw
nearer towards them. Gauntsulitudes, drearand
white, or black, like bottomless abyss, met
the eye by turns. Nature, in the repose Of
horror, had taken her seat here, after having
piled up, in splintcred and colossal proper
tons, pile upon pile, of driven but snow.erown-
e,l rock, which, in fact, were mountains up
wards of mile high. The stark and ruin.d
grandeur of the scene below was painfully
vivid inas,nuch as the balloon WAS not y mile
from their SUBMITS.
The mir was keen and bitter cold but wound
up to the pitch of excitement in which both
were, this was not needed. At all events,
Count Ludwig Paulder bad heard thst which