The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-01-22

tly and sincerely.
"Shall | believe all you say?''
"Iady, let ne PROVE it Ivy any
test Won may put upon me-"
'Know, then, that the feelings
yon avow are mutual. Nay, nn-
loose your arm from my wrist. ]
have something more to say"
Tell on forever, lady! Your
voice is music to my heart and
cars"
"W"uld you marry mo know
ing no more of me than you now
du!"
"Yes, if you wero to 60 t" the
very altar masked!" he replied.
Then will test yon."
"Ilow, lady?"
"For one year be faithful to the
love yon have professed. and !
will DO yonrs-as truly as heaven
shall spare my life."
ooh cruel suspensc!"
"You dcmur?'
NAY, lady, | shall fulfill your
injnncrions. l promised"
"lfat the expiration of a year
you do not hear from me, then
the contract shall be null and
void. Take this half ring" she
continued, "and when | supply
tho. broken portion l will DC
yonrs."
lie kissed the little emblem
swore again and again to be faith.
FIJI, and pressing her hand to his
lips bid her adieu.
lie was conducted away as
mysterlously as he lad been
brought ,hither; nor could he by
any possible means discover where
he had been and even refusing to
answer tho simplest questions.
Mouths relied on. Colonel
Marville is true to his vow, and
happy in the anticipation OF love.
Suddenly he Was ordered on an
embassy to Vienna, the gaycst of
all European capitols, abont the
time that Napoleon was planning
to marry the Archduchess Maria
Louisa. The young Colonel is
handsome, manly, aud already
in arms. and be-
came at once u great iavorite nt
court, every effort being made by
the women to captivate him, but
in vain; he is constant and true to
bis vow.
But his heart is not made Of
stone, the very fact that hc had
such tender feelings
for the wl,ito domino had doubt
les made him more susceptible
then bef1re.
AT last he met the young Baron
ness Caroline Won Waldrof, and
in spite OF his vows she captivates
him, and he secretly curses the
engagement lie had 80 blindly
made at Paris. She seemed to
wonder at what seems To be his
devotion-and yet the distance he
maintains! Tho truth was that his
sense OF honor was so great that
though he felt he loved the young
and even she teturne
his affection, still he had given his
word, and that was sacred.
The satin domino is no larger
The ideal of his heart; but assumes
the riiost repu!sivo form in his
imagination and becomes, in place
,f HE good angel, his evil genius.
We'll, time rolls on; ho is to ro-
tnrn in few days-it is once mole
he carnival season, and in vi |
,ana, too, that gay city. lie joins
N the festivities Of tho masked
Dall, and wUndtr fills his brain,
when, about the middle of the
evening, the white domino steals
before him in tho same white
latin dress ho had seen her wear
, year before at the French OPP
IRA House iu Paris. Was 1t not
. f,lncy'
IL come, Colonel Eugene Mer.
Tillc, to hold you to your promise"
he said, laying her ha"d lightly
lpon HE arm.
"Is this a reality or a drcam!"
skcd the amazed soldier.
"Comc, follow me, and you
hal see that it is n reality" Gun
inned tho mask, pleasantly.
81 will" !"
"Ilave you been faithful to
our promis,l' asked tho DOM
no, a. they retired into a saloon.
"Most truly, in act, but alas, |
ear not IN heart"
"Indecd."
ut is too trnc, lady, that ]
ave seen and loved another,
iuugh my vow to you has kept