The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-13

lOnethe maid retired, and Ellen sAt
,nce more alone. Suspending the basin
# . apirit-lamp over the dish, she drop
ped i, the sulphur, and IS it fused into
iquit, yellow flame fiickered up, and
halo around the chamber.
She s,ook out her hair from the golden
pins taat bound it, and it fell luxuriant-
y the floor, before she combed it, with
the greatest care, - II she intended to
reb1psh it again. Redressing her tress-
~ ntyer had more; for with scissors she
clipped round and round till her head
vas negress bare, but not half so pictur-
Dsque, for it had no curls! .-.
y Smearing her forehead and cheek
With Oil, the sulphuric vapor arose in
pdl>onous infiuruceus srlc leaned v'c, tne
fatal lish. Her eyelashes were the first
sacrifice to the flme; and her panied
eyebals rolled in their sockets as If they
were lriven inward by gusts of fire.
The fairness of her forehead at first be-
came alark olive hue, and assuming a
the skin burst over
the quiering veins. Her cheeks soon
were beeaved of all blush and beauty,
and herips, if they had any similitude
of fruit, prtook less of the rowan than
the sloe. She endeavored to allay the
pain by averting her head from the
vapor bit the evasion only increased
her agon. for her neck, upon which
drops of he sulphur crystalized, became
actually snsitive to the weight of a
string of paris. One by one she remov-
ed them fpm the smarting flesh but
the clasp bhind had sunk SO deep that
its withdrawal gave her torture intensely
severe.
With inonceivable effort she preserv-
ed herself fbm insensibility, and with
copious draghts of water allayed the
burning feler in her throat. Her
voice lost it, sweetness, and she express
ed her grief n such harshness and mo-
notony that she started from her seat as
the clock stnck twelve. AS peal after
peal swept dsmally along she tottered to
the door, which she opened, and CROP
ing her way along the walls, for her
eyes We're din, searched for hood and
bells, which SIZE shook. The perch in
the corner roc Sed backward and for
wards, as the hawk on it tapped its
wings and screamed SO loudly at the
sounts of its fs.vorlte emblems of the
chase that the chamber rang.
TIE King, who had been walking in
the orridor, approached, bearing in one
ham small chamber lamp, and in thu
othC scabbardless sword. Ellen mus
teri. sufficient strength to speak, for oh
scuely he saw that something wa
amis, and he inquired the cause.
II will tell my lord most willingly,
said he, and the screaming hawk poun
ced divers shadows as If they were it,
prey. Alas! there was now no occasion
to c.sf down her eyes, for little of theil
lustreremained.
IN, Lord l hearkened to your suit
my fther's welcome had been paie
with wrong, and your Majesty's chival
ry ben more eclipsed than my charms
could brighten. Happily brief pair
has peserved your honor"
20 infatuated yet noble-minded girl
what hast thou done?r exclaimed he
casting down the lamp and sword, ane
covenng his face with his hands
"Why didst thou not intimate thy hero
ic resolve, and the possession of worlds
woull not have made us ruin that low
lines which Kingdoms cannot repair
"Y,u would have called it maid-sicl
mart,rdom, or coquetry run mad or ep
ithets equally fantastical," said sh
pressing her hand to her bosom.
"shy, there is yet hope. The injur.
thou hast afflicted is not irreparable,
cried he rushing to arouse the house
hold, when she beckoned him back.
II pray your majesty be calm," sail
she; 'the worst is past.''
"Oheavens, how heartless, We seen
to be the cause of all this wreck. o FL
len, canst thou forgive thy Destroyer
"Indeed can; far better be thus thai
be a furnished thing east away, for maid
to loath and men to scorn me. Now tn
worst they can say of me is that spoi
ed myself of questionable good to e'
cape all evil"
"And what will they say ofme Elleno
That the good King Francis once W
On time, meeting poor, plain girl
an obscure town, was so blinded wit
strange love, that she saw no way to RI
store him to sight than to lose her own
Gracious and all mysterious God! es
claimed he, appalled,, thou dost not sa
thou art blind?'
In sooth, such is my fear. Give m
your hand, and I'll determine whetht
there is water in the well-spring Of tt
brain, said she, with touching tende
ness; and she shed tear, which he kis
ed away as she endeavored to examiI
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