East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-30


hereditary and honorable respects, an,
desirouus of renewing a former inta
macy and increasing is ties. Coun
Walienburg was well known anC
ranked highly among the German
chivalry. Honorable, high-mindeC
generous and and brave, there wer,
but few qualities essential TO what il
that age, was esteemed perfection
which this gentlemen did not possess
Shall we wonder that, admiring the
beautiful Anastasia, he should find nc
difficulty on the part of her family?--
As for the lady herself that was con.
Germ about which Barons, at that pc.
riod, gave themselves no trouble, and
perhaps no inquiry. They dressed the
lamb gaudily for the sacrifice, and, to
make more solemn the cruelty, sacri-
feed it on the altar. His addresses
were paid, and with a ready compli-
ance accepted by the father The an
guish of tho young girl was eXcruci-
ahng on being instructed to prepare
for the nuptials, almost the very first
intimation which she had of the ar
rangement; but assured by her lover,
whom she saw nightly, that She should
become the bride Of none other than
himself, she offered no fruitless obiec-
tiQns, and to all eyes, seemed passive
ly resigned to her fate.
The evening appointed for the bri-
dals at length arrived. The chapel of
the castle was illuminaled the compa-
NY had assembled, and everything was
gay confusion and good humored
clamof. There were aunts, and uncles,
and cousins, friends--the whole worlds
and friendly clements, which
such an occasion so certainly brings
with it. At the head of O long pro-
cession of like connections came the
bridegroom, with as much impotence
for the ceremony as could well com
port with his high dignity and Ger
man phlcgm. But where was She
tho young bride? Why fingered she?
Why came she not, ~ glittering robes
heading in gladness the garland
ed procession of capricious and laugh
ing damsels? The castle was in COM
otion, and a strange anxiety was on
every Countonance. The bridal cham
Der was empty the fair Anastasia was
not to be found The castle was
searched from tulrot tops to donion
bat they found her not. The groups
dispersed over the garden and grounds
about, but with like success. At length
they penetrated the forests As they
the sky suddenly became
overcast and dark-vivid flashes of
added TO, while Illuminating
and making perceptiblc, the gloom
\ storm Of frightful energy passed
over the wood, prostrating everything
before it, and subsiding with equal
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purity, unconscious of a cloud The
ornament had not a speck. The be-
Tlldcred groups proceeded in their
search. \ soft and gentle strain of
melody seemed TO ombody itself with
he winds. They followed the sounds
nto a dark and gloomy inclosure of
nigh oyerarching trees, very thickly !
cnced in with lnotted vines and brush |
wood. The thunderbolt had been
here, and it was scorched and black |
ned. They advanced, the music still |
eading them onward, until, ina small |
.ecess, they found indubitable tokens
# the maiden in the half-burnod rem
,auts Of her hat and shawl. They now |
,ehcld her destiny. She had become
he spirit BRIDE Tho fend had til
unphed in the gar'b of the earthly
over, and the unhappy maiden was
he victim Of deceit which had led to
Ter destruction.
Such is the tradition. But, about
his time, the casle of Holstein-in-
iabited by Albert, said the popular
oice, was restored TO life and habita-
ION; and, in time, there was II bright
naiden singing merilly in its walls,
n whom those who knew found a
TRANCE likeness to the beautiful Ana
tasia D'Arlemont