The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-12-14

fsscinssoo, ye' ""A"o y" ~
spell. Tbs Baron r.' p.'''"ss'ely
~ Of hssGss, n passed sA
|.f 81. ,imb .v,y h& the s'ls.
|A&,ph duse the uns> COTS tn
bod ID ,hssill of biz iove'y vietis,
- Gghs, .Seshe sovsa ais A
saint, in love with demon. At last
she knew 90 will bu, tbs, Of Adolph,
80 ~ NsA-ssWsysa UAs fssss'
friend-the treacherons brother,
HA hs,banA va - sbsAtse to
her infatuated love. Adolph wished
~ nursw MIN, ~ TO this the bsr-
oscss would net eenssss os oil
o.her points she wss essiIy svaysd,
hst here .the viii Of AdolPh wss
powerless. Bx. The Bsros nsss be
removed, for HE pvsssses bodsd dan
esr. He wss finally bound, ssd con-
easd ia the dssgssa bessssA The
ryeat tower Of ~ esstlc.
A year passed on. and Il vas gss.
.rn'Iy supposed by the Baros'
friends, that he was battling with tia
enemiss Of the Cross, 10 . far distant
land. The gsilsy wife hsd so ar
ranged thst these reports were re-
eeiyed IS the truth, and suspicion
slumbercd.
Meantime rewon deserted the un.
happy Baron, and he paced the
boands of his narrow dungeon,
hopeless. maniac. His wife and her
psramour haunted his disordercd im.
sgination continually His deeper
stion knew no bounds, aud all his
faculties ccutered upon one horrible
purpose-so escape, and then steep
his hands in the blood Of those who
had so fouIly wronsed him.
II was given out by the Baroness
that her hnsband-,hc Herr Won
Eckstein, was dcad-had persisted in
battle Proofs Of his death were
forged, and the authorities we're sat.
is6eJ. A short season Of mourning,
and the beautiful bu, fallen Baroness,
wcdded the false Adolph
Twas the ni,ht Of their wedding
day, and they rcclined in ianeied Sc.
curi'y upon the nur'ia' coue'i
Suddenly the door burst open, and
an appalling spectacle was presented
to their horror stricken eyes-tha, Of
the Baron Van Eckstsin, pale, bag.
gard, chain laden, aud armed with
nn immense bar Of iron. The las,
echo Of the midnight Lcll was echoing
through the drcary castle, when with
a bitter curse, the avenger burst upon
them. A moment, and the shrieks
Of the guilty pair arc drowned in
their own blood. With = scream OF
bitter triumph, their bodies are cast
headlong from the window by the
maniac, to fall with sullep plunge,
in the torrcat below.
A childish voice from an adjoining
apartment attracts the ear Of the mad
Baron, and proceeding thithss, he
soon emerges, dragging his tcrriAed
children BY their hmks over the
granite Aoos. 'i l". 'l a'a .'
"Oh' hthcr, harm N not {"
pleads the voice Of the elder, and for
. nomest the madsaan heslta,es but
with ssrss Ne suddenly screams
81 an your fathss, but the blood
Of your mothes--Acnd thst she VA.
--acws 10 your vsiss, and thou shalt
cot hvei Cuned be the psns Of
Eckstein curses!a thousand times
tsa thousand cures ~
With eager haste, he clasps their
forms IN his arms, and clambs M
the steps Of the great tower. His
torch has fallen upon the bed, and
ha.s ars licking up the tapestry
that sdo-ns the walls. Tho Baron
stands upon the tower. A moment,
and biz lovely children srt cast forth
upon the inky darkness, and wildly
shviokisg, they are dsshed in CORY
Fragments upon the rocks far below.
A laird light bursn forth from the
castle Windows, snd 6ercc, eager
flames rush up the interior Of the
great tower, converting il into sur-
ging hsil OF IRE, The Baron gszes
wildly upoa tas fasa advancing dsmes,
which rush upward on the still night
air, aad with . wild shrek Of
+" Avssgedl" he Issps into thsir en-
A large stock Of double barrel .ho-
uSa41a I1AeA lialt's nsnN navy aud A