The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

had Induced him t. leave the country. and
that he would see him no more. Proha.
bly, his remorse vas too great for him To
enter the Dukes service Ms he had prom.
iSed.
Foolish man. exclaimed the Count 4
would have screened him from all harm,
il he had cND6Ss5 in me-
A greater misfortune than PieTre's de.
fiction swsi,rd the Count. The court
was removed from Amboise To ChnmbOrd,
for the purpose Of hunting in the forests.
Chateaub:Iund there received the news Of
his wiie's arrival. He sprnng upon his
horse, not stopping Ior TIE bIiefest apollo.
gy to the noble huntsman who had &c.
romPanied him that morning, and, in a
par0xysm of wounded pride, amaz. ment
and regret, be rushed into his wiGp'S pres.
ence, upbraiding her with her diSnhedi-
ence to his strongly expressed wishes.
What does this M All. then 7 asked the
distressed and mol titled wife, holding up
the two rings.
1T means, | suppose, that you have HAD
one made to deceive me- was the cruel
answer.
U, Jean. Jean you are cruel. Here
is your letter, in which you command me
to come, and here is the ring. am in
nrcrnt. ! swear before God and the
saints. that have never caused my ring
To be initiated, and M eyes hut mine have
seen it, save thoSe Of my uusty AIDE.
Iaide.'
Poor, fond, trusting child! She was
diSbrlievtd, accused of dec ptior,, and Was
taken to the Quccn'S lever that night in
state almost bordering On diNlraction.-
Her emotion only made her look more
beautiful and interesting, and few days
convinced the court that ChattaubIiand
and his lovely wife were not Oh the best
Of terms.
Plrying the beautiful Countess, for her
husbands evident dis pleasure towards her
without any apparent cause, the c"urtierS
were continually rrvi>ing new aud varied
anu. .emenIS to cheer the broken hearted
h' auty. She heraIne Star al the count
Her lnnth aud intxptrirnce rendered her
more likely to be spoiled ith the adula.
tl"n she rec, ivc'i; and, in fit of despair,
her huShar d might have saved her. lie
had been IhreHt' ming to inpiS n her in
the gloomy old castle at Brittany, where
she could lO"k back upon h,r gay lif~ ut
court, and u II, Ct il she had gnintd or lost
hv her deception. That night She fled tn
other Arm$ {" escape the dreadful captiv
ity.in the lin old castle, ard Chateau
hrand rrtu' ned, chce less and deS"late to
It's reti'' tn ut. to dwell upon his injuries;
io'V' t'i"g NV he had wronged his " ife
Had it not heen for. his child he would
have sunk herealh the wreck ni his hap
'incS>. The King had been mistaken in
>uppoSlnG the infanta boy. Alas! shame
falls heaviest ou the most helpless, aud the
poor girls inheritance was the shame OF
her mother.
Tue PRESENT IN THE PAST. - Sir Walter
Scott presents the follow ing suggestive
picture in the closing chapter oi The
Brihfn'hri" The close Of the twelfth
century is the .riod to whl,h the sketch
r. f'r>. hut every reader oi it nov will l-tind
M difficulty in making an application Of
It to- condition uf things that exist in
the n'idd.t i the ninttr, nth century.
" liauuihn had, lnr some time been the
inhahtant "f what our agr would have
termed dungeon, hut which in the an.
cient days they caIl d priNnn. But this
Is a vrnlal error compared to that of our
ahc, St"r>. who. considering n charge aud
u c"nvlrtIIn a. svnonymuuS, treated the
n cn>td b, fore the sentence in n manner
u hlch would have been uf itself severe
: lurl>hmcnt after he was found guiy.-
lIamian therefore. nntW outstanding his
distinguished rank, was confined after the
manner 0f the most airnciouS criminal,
Was heavily frttered, fed ON the roar>eSt
f"ot. and experienced ouly this aiirvialinn
that he WAS permitted tn indnlge hIs mis-.
erv in solitary separate eel, the wretch.
ed furniture of which was a mean bed.
stead aud a broken table and chair. A
coffin and his own arms and initials
painted on it - stmrd in one corner to- re
mind him Of his approaching fate; and n
crucitix was placed in another to intimate
to him that there vas world beyond
that which must Snon close upon him. -
No vnice conld penetrate into the iron
silence of this priSon-no rumnr either
touching his own iaier or that of his
friends" This picture by Sir Walter
Scott Of the treatment of unc0nvict d
prisoners Of state in the darkest days Of
lrudal deSpnti>m, with perhaps the coffin
emitted, aid the cru"itix replaced hy the
Bible, have, under Republic, which pre-
tends to guarantee to even its mtanrSt
rtizens n speedy trial, has become-ctll,
,ience, furniture, feiterS--a reality Of now
>omr months continuance in those case
Intnt< nf Fortress Monroe assigned to MIR I
Jefferson Davis, Mr.. John Mitchell and
Mr.. Clement Z. Clay.
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