Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-10-05
Raleigh, Y. O., October >, 1868.

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hands, /. fear that all other search is use
| less, Alas my poor. ill-fated daugh-
ter. Perchance at this very moment
the monster is're7elling upon thy flesh.
The blood of Wilfred arose and fell at
the recital of the Baron; his lips quiv-
cred, and his hand grasped tightly the
| hilt of his sword
MY friend-my father exclaimed no, /
falling at the feet of>the heart broken
Baron, .and clasping his hand forgive
me. | an the guilty cause Of your be-
reavement; but ] will atone for my fault I
with nv dearest blood Blanca shall be I
returned to your arms, or Fllfred fall a
prey 70 this agent Of hell What have / !
now to live for All that was dear to /
me in life is wrested from me; alktharI !
fondly doa:ed on has passed away like i
beautiful dream. | go! All the spirits !
Of the Internal regions shall not bar my !
way
Sod be with you,' CALCULATED the old
nan as the youth passed toward the door.
For days and weeks Wilfred trayersed
the widest Businesses of the mountains
, he penetrated loathsome meraSses; search
ed dark and humid caveTns, and. when he
: clambered to the lofty sua mils Of the
Alps, he looked around, reckless of the
awful splendsr Of nature, in hopes Of fix
ing upsn spot wild and gloomy enough
. for the retreat OF the Wild Hunter The
!. calm and peaceful waters of the lake, the
: bright mirror rejecting the grandeur
4 and supliaity of nature, possessed ne
e charms for him. The proud brow of an
i Gent Jura, lowering above the inferior
II
4 beams while yet the veil of night rested
a upon the valleys below, did not win a
glance, or the saffron beams of ss> de-
q declining sun as thsy gilded the Irregular
is lines Of the horizon, and seemed to bid
re farewell to nature; they did not cause
"a one burst Of admiration as they were
81 went to do in other. days. All that was
Id bright and splendid all that wss grand
ve and sublime, was unmarked, unfelt. bJ
= Wilffed. His thoughts were on the fate
da of. his beloved Blanca. One glance sol
her were ,worsh the sublime s ylsw.in th
q The gathering of heavy clouds warnet
mr. the youth to seek shelter ftom an ap
,rt preaching storm. At the foot Of to
rn mountain On which he was stationed, h
We espied the hut of goatherd, haIf con
ell cealed amid the deep forest growth :
r. Thither he bent his steps, and was kind
ow ly welcomed by the good man and hi
wife, who spread before him a rough Su
ot. wholesome repast. ..-a#.
no In the course Of conversation, tn
,eT subject turned upon the fearful valley {
i'm the Wild Hunter and the haunted hous'
- and from the goatherd and his dam.
,U. Wilfred cleaned information respectin
,vo the direction to the spot, which mad
On him desirous of proceeding immedatel,
y T The cid man stared and the dame thrit
q . crossed herself when he made knswn Ii
,sr determination. They begged him fc
ar his own sake and for the sake of tt
friends and relatives he had left behin
oa- not to hold any intercourse with Il
". hellish spirits of the valley. No one
and said they, returns without being po:
sessed, and many never return at ALL
Vii Besides, it is a fearful night, the mour
Of tains torrent is no tridins thing and u
his may perish and nobody ever be the wis
"A . for it.
;nto Wilfred at length agreed to remain
.;so, night, but his impatience to know t
Via fate of Bianca destroyed sleep, and
IN the morning, which was still stormy,
,ora arose unrefreshed, and bidding farew
Won to the geatherd and his wife, he procee
,es- ed tswacd the valley of the Wild Hu
n;ch ter. .. -. .