The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-09

| ed dellSnt at an incident which created il
her considerable trepidation, that soon sub
sided into calm.
81 was childish enough to be alarmed
/ but l have nothing to fear from a true
knight. His most Christian Majesty would
not Cypress the meanest of his subjects OF
betray confidence where he is an bonored
guest" observed she, drawing chair be-
fore her, and leaning in an easy posture
over its tall, carved back.
| ''Not for diadem would we harm thee,
dearest, said ho. Yet by our sword we
would sooner forfeit every acre of old Ma
varre, and leave Italy the brightest jewel in
our rivals crown, than to forego thy love
Thou must be ours;" and the enraptured
monarch disengaged her from the bulwark,
and embraced her ere she could extricate
herself from his arms.
Hist! heard you no noise?" breathed
she softly, and she held her finger towards
the door. He heard none, nor had she; anc
she twined her small fingers round hel
wrist. 'In two hours hence it shall be
midnight. Meet me here when the towr
clocks chime Pray, my Liege, till ther
retire, 7" said she, and she opened the door
''Dost mock us, Ellen? Say wilt thor
keep thy promise ?"
''Assuredly my Lord does not doubt mt
when | say, yes' Yes, l shall meet your
Majesty. See, the jewellers from the hal
seek you as one lost Join them, and re
member the appointed hour
Frances retired abashed, when with gen.
tie force he had been expelled from the ora
tory; and Ellen quietly resumed her devo
tions for the night
TRANQUILITY she arose, and her manner be-
| trayed neither excitement nor emotion
though from repeated efforts she made to
| trim the chamber lamp. and furtive glances
she cast often at mirror, dull must one be
who could not distinguish that she was il
at ease. She paced round the apartment,
which was small and meanly furnished, its
only ornament being few pictures in EN-
broidery on Scripture subjects. In one cor.
ner were suspended loose sheets of velum
parts of a missal for festival purposes and
in another seemed a perch to have beer
erected, upon which was perched a hawk,
but SO in the shade that it was difficult tc
determine whether it was part of the ravell
ed tapestry or real bird.
At length she sat on low stool and en-.
comprised her knees between her hands
rocking to and fro as if engaged in unrav
cling some painful train of reflections. ''It
inward beauty can be nowise retained ex.
cept by outward injury, better the body
know scath than that the soul be denied, }
said she, reviewing herself in the grotesque
mirror, with a pensive expression which
soon cleared into cheerfulness ''Now van
ity aside,'' continued she, ''Nell did you
nxTn hIT1l l.
conquest of king? Never, Nell, never !
Nell must be lovely to have accomplished
that La, what toyshop of charms are
temptingly piled in yonder glass" and she
shook the oil SO that wavy light fell on the
mirrcr. "Blue eyes and black hair are Pc
culiarities not often found together Yet
here l have them in Milesan perfection, al
belt the average spirit of my eyes is halt
merriment, half melancholy. And cheeks
are here, that though they may not shame
the rose they never knew the blush of coun.
terfeit Teeth, likewise, which, though
passing white, any eephant-hunter would
at one 6 lance discover were no ivory and
lips which truer wooer than nv Lord
Frances told Ellen were gushing ripe, any
wild bird would know at first pecking were
not worth sweet strawberries Well, and
as was thinking, it's pity all this toy
shop should be in an hour or two as sad to
look on as sepulchre."
She called her maid, and babe her bring
chafing dish, heaped with i've charcoal
and sulphur in bar, which done the maid re
tired, and Ellen sat once more alone. Sus-
pending the basin of spirit lamp over the
dish, she dropped in the sulpher, and as il
fused ualln,u Hopoa Aiol~orol
dull halo around the chamber She shook
out her hair from the golden pins that bound
it, and it fell luxuriantIy to the floor, before
she combed it with the greatest care, as if
she intended to rebrush it again. Redress.
ing her tresses never had more; for with
scissors she clipped round and round till her
head was negress bare, but not half so pic
turesque, for it had no curls
Smearing her forehead and cheeks with
oil, the sulphuric vapor rose in poisonous in
f1uence as she leaned over the fatal DISH
Her eyelashes were the first sacrifice to the
fume; and her panied eyeballs rolled in thei
sockets as if they were driven inward by
gusts of fire. The fairness of her forehead
became dark olive hue and assuming {
charred blackness, the skin burst over The
quivering veins. Her cheeks were soon be
reaved of all blush and beauty, and hel
lips, if they had any simiIitude Of fruit, par.
took more of the rowan than the sloe She
endeavored to allay the pain by avertine
her head from the vapor; but the evasion
only increased her agony, for her neck upor
which drops of the sulpher crystalized, be
came acutely sensitive to the weight of
string Of pearls. One by one she removed
them from the smarting flesh but the class
behind had sunk.s deep that its Withdrawal
gave her torture intensely severe.
With inconceivable effort she preserves
herself from insensibility, and with copiou
draughts of water allayed the burning feve
in her throat Her voice lost its sweetness
and she expressed her grief in such harsh
ness and monotony that she started fron
her seat when the clock struck twelve. A
peal after peal swept dismally along she tot
tered to the door, which she opened, an
CROPPING her way along the walls, for e
eyes were dim, searched for hood and bells
which she shoe The perch in the corne
rocked backward and forwards, as the haw
on it tapped its wings and screamed S
loudly the sounds of its favorite emblems q
chase, that the chamber rang.
1u6 mug VIII Hdu Deen walking III tn
corridor approached, bearing in one hand
small chamber lamp, and in the other
scabbardless sword. Ellen mustered suffi
Gent strength to speak, for obscurely he sa,
that something was amiss, and he inquire
the cause.
81 will tell you my Lord, most willingly,
said she, and the screaming hawk pounce
at divers shadows as if they were his prey
Alas there was now no occasion to car
down her eyes, for little of their luster re
manned.
MY Lord had l hearkened to your sui
my fathers welcome had been paid wit
wrong, and your Majesty's chivaIry bee
more eclipsed than my charm could bright
en-. Happily brief pain has preserve
your honor
so infatuated, but noble minded cir
what hast thou done ~ exclaimed he, cas-
ing down the lamp and sword, and GOVERN
! his lace with his hands ''Why didst tho
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