Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-16

his companion rejecting all bribes. and even
refusing to answer the simplest questions.
Months roll on. Colonel Melville is true
to his vow, and happy in the anticipatlons OF
love. Suddenly he was ordered on an embas-
sy to Vienna, the gayest of all the European
capitals, about the time that Napoleon was
planning to marry the Archduchess Maria
Louisa. The young colonel is handsome,
manly and already distinguished in arms, and
becomes at once great favorite at court ev-
cry effort being made by the women to captl-
vate him-but in 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 Waldroff, and in spite of his VOWS she
captivates him, and he secretly curses the en-
gagement he had so blindly made at Paris.
She seems to wonder at what she believes to be
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 imagination, and becomes in place Of
his good angel, his evil genius.
Well, time rolls on he is to return in few
days-itis once more the carnival. season; and
in Vienna, too, that gay city. He joins in
the festivities of the masked ball. and wonder
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 year before at the French Opera
House in Paris. Was it not fancy? .
"I come, Colonel Eugene Merville, to hold
you to your PROMISE" she said, laying her
hand lightly upon his arm. 49,
"Is this a reality, or dream?" asked the
amazed soldier.
"Come, follow me, and you shall see that it
is a reality" continued the mask, pleasantly.
II will"
"Have you been faithful to your promise p
asked the white domino as they retired into a
saloon.
"Most truly in act but, alas, I fear not in
heart"
"IndeedP'
"It is true, lady, that I have seen and loved
another; though my vow to you has kept me
from saying so to her."
"And who is it that you love?"
II will be frank with you, and you will
keep my secret?'
"Most religiously."
"It is the Baroness Won Waldrof," he said
with sigh.
"And you really love her?"
"Alas only too dearly" said the soldier,
sadly.
Nevertheless, I must hold you to your
promise Here is the other half of the ring ;
can you produce its made?"
"Here tis," said Eugene Merville.
"Then I, too, keep my promise" said the
domino, raising her mask, and showing to his
astonshed view the face of the Baroness Won
Waldroff!
She had seen and loved him for his manly
spirit and character, and having found by in
quiry that he was worthy of her love, she had
managed this delicate intrigue, and had tested
him, and now gave him her wealth, title and
everything. :,
They were married with great pomp, and
ccompanied the Archduchess to Paris. Ma
poleon, to crown the happiness Of his favorlte,
made him at once general of a division.