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Eyes. you were to go to the very
altar maskedl" he replied,
=, mi Ill la,t ,o,,

love you have professed, and I will
be yours--as true as heaven shall
spare my life.
"Oh, crael suspense!"
"You demur?''
Nay, lady, I shall fulfill your in
functions as promised"
;" II at the expiration of a year you
do not hear fror me, then the con-
tract shall be null and void. Take
this half ring" she continued, land
when I suppl the broken portion |
will be yours.
He kissed the little emblem. swore
again and again. to be faithful, and
pressing her hand to his lips bade her
adieu.
He was conducted away as mystic
riously as he had been brought thith-
er; nor could he by any possible
means discover where he had been,
his companion rejecting all bribes,
and even refusing to answer the SIM
ilest que tons.
Months roll on. Colonel Merville
is true to his vow, and happy in the
anticipations of love. Suddenly he
was ordered on an embassy to Vien7
ma, the gayest of all the European
capitals, about the time that Napoleon
was planning to marry the Arch
duchess Maria Louisa. The young
colonel is handsome, manly, and al
ready distinguished in arms, and be-
comes at once a great favorlte at
court, every effort being made by the
women to captivate him-but i'll vain;
he is constant and true to his vow.
But his heart is not made Of stone;
the very fact that he had entertained
such tender feelings for the white
domino had doubtless made him more
susceptible than before.
At last he met the young Baroness
Caroline Won Waldrof,, and in spite
of his vows she captivates him, and
he secretly curses the engagement ne
had so blindly made at Paris. She
seems to wonder at what she believes
to lie his devotion-and the distance
he maintains The truth was, that
his sense Of honor was so great that
though he felt he loved the young
baroness, and even she returned his
affection, still he had given his word
and it was sacred.
The satin domino is no longer the
ideal Of his heart, but assumes the
most repulsive form in his imagina-
ton, and becomes in place of his good
angel. his evil genius
Well time rolls on; he is to return
in few days-it is once more the
carnival season; and in Vienna, too,
that gay city. He joins in the fes-
tivities of the masked ball, and won,
der fills his brain, when about The
middle of the evening; the white
domino steals before him in the same
\ white satin dress he had seen her
wear a year before at the French OPP
| era House in Paris. Was it not a
! fancy?
81 come, Colon ! Eugene Merville,
to hold you TO your promise, she
said, laying her hand lightly upon his
arm.
aTs this ! reality or q dream? ?"
asked the amazed soldier.
"come follow m.. md YOU shall see
that it is u reality" continued the
mask, pleasantly.
az will"
nHave you been faithful to your
promise ?" asked the domino as they
retired into g. saloon.
e" Most trnlv in act ; but, aias, l
fear not in heart !"
Inl..ll" g
"It is true, lady. that I have seen
and loved another; though my vow
to YOU has kept lne from saying so To
her"
"And who is it that you love?"
Il will be frank with you, and you
will keep my secret? o.
"Most religiously.''
at is the, Baroness Won Waldroti,"
he said with sigh.
"And you really love her?"
Alas only too dearly" said the
soldier sadly.