East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-06-14

dem upon her head and haiiea her
Queen Of England.
As if to punish Charles for the sac
rifice Of a child, as yet scarcely .welve
wears old, Etholwulf received intelli-
gence that his eldest son Ethelbald
had risen in arms against him, and
when the welded pair returned to
their dominions, the King was forbid
den to enter because he had given his
wife the title of Queen without the
consent Of the country, had eaten at
the Same table with her, and had
placed her beside him in a chair Of
state, thus violating the laws of the
West Saxons. Ethelwulf shuddered
at the prospect Of civil war and sur
rendered to his son the larger portion
of his kingdom. He was more firm
with regard to Judith's coronation,
and it was performed with great sol
emnity. Afterward they retired into
Kent, where they lived in much pri-
vacy.
Ethelwuf survived his marriage
only two years.
Baldwin still remained q bachelor,
and Notwithstanding the gentle court
esy and loving care which had marked
her husbands manner, it was not
strange that Judith's heart turned to
him when death released her from her
enforced vows. But she was doomed
to new disappointment. EtLelbald,
the son-in-law who had 80 violently
opposed her, had passed from enmity
to admiration. Already despised by
the people for his proaigacy and hated
by them for his tyranny, he filed the
measure of his sin by compelling his
stepmother to marry him. The whole
country was aroused, and the clergy
denounced the bridegroom in most
unmeasured terms. The royal tyrant
trembled. His religion, scruples were
awakened, his passing hncy had been
gratifed He put aside the bride he
had SO eagerly sought, and passed the
remainder of his days in what appears
to have been sincere penitence.
r~aA nnca moro, Judith sold tho
possessions she had received as her
dover, and set out for France. On
her way she was splendidly received
and entertained by BALDWIN, who ex-
hausted for her pleasure all the re-
sources of his little court Still he
had not troops enough to venture upon
any decisive step, and Judith forgetful
of her fathers cruelty and ambition
hoped that her new dignity would
protect her from his violence. No
sooner, however, was she fully in his
power, than he shut her up in the
convent Of Senlis, till he might sell
her to the King Of Navarro. For
this sovereign she felt the strongest
aversion, and Mt the same time heI
affection for Baldwin had been i'm
measurably increased by their recen,
meeting. He commended himself tc
her womanhood, as he had Away.
done to her childhood. His rare en-.
dowmen;s satisfied ha- Indignant. hi.
love satisfied her heart. They wer,
drawn more closely together than they
had ever been before, and believed
themselves necessary to and sufficient
for each other. She resolved that she
would marry no one but him, and she
was sustained in this determination
by her brother, Louis, (the Stammerer,
who fully appreciated the injustice
with which she had been treated, and
was willing to brave even his father
wrath to aid her. No long tim,
elapsed before circumstances favoret
The lovers. Louis was left Regent o.
the kingdom during tho absence o.
Charles, and Judith, with his conni
vance, escaped from the convent ant
joined her lover beyond the walls
The ceremony of marriage was quick
ly performed, and Judith fled to Elan
ders, while Baldwin defeated the troop
sent against him by Charles.
The latter breathed only fire ant
slaughter, but as preliminary stel
he ordered Anselm, Archbishop o
Rheims, to excommunicate his new
son-in-law for carrying off widow
For moment Judith's courage failed
Had sho dared 80 much and suffered
30 much only to be disappointed a
last? The memory of the past settlet
darkly upon her. Her child-dream
delicious indeed, although eager ant
unrestful, had none of the vividnesl
and power impaired by mature wo
manhood, yet how painful had beer
its close How bitter were the tears
shed over its memorials when they
were carefully locked from sight
What an agony of passion had swept
over her as the wedding ring wa,
forced upon her reluctant hand! All
that ring, how it had fretted ano
CALLED her!--,how it had rasped anc
stung herl-how it had ruled hel
movements, tyrannized over her i'm.
pulses, fettered her very thoughts
How its baleful CLEAN had flashed
over her whole world and struck ou
for her all its light and beauty! And
alas! now that welcome band re-
placed the hated circle, band which
shot from its golden round a thousant
hues of promise, it might at any mo
ment be broken with contempt, anC
be tossed into the flames like dis
carded Joy! All Flanders tremblet
for its lord but Baldwin, outwardly
at least remained unmoved. In tn,
dawn of the affection which was t.
control his life he had hesitated.-
: Numbering and measuring the obsta
cles before him, he had to some exten
checked his fancy and curbed his in
clinations, but of late he had giver
himself wholly to his delirious passion
Forgetting the past, ignoring the
future, he had loved only in the pass
ing hour. What he had won, too, h'
was ready to defend. He had Otter
raised his sword for the Emperor; i
driven to extremity, he would try it
edge against him. Tho case must