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! ball. IT o .fnIl .rupomnhis knees and
|tell her how ,muchsi i:he thought sof
lher since, their separate that his
Thoughts had never; left her, that,
lie loved her &. .deyottedlly,, was. as nat at
lt,ra1 as"to breathe, and he did 50
gallantly and sincerely" 's"' '"'
"Shall I believe all you say?" -
7 sLady, ,'let'inc proveNi By any
teat you may put upon me- .@7"'i -
B u. "Knowyi itheu,; that, tho feelings
! Gou ayoW,,arer .mutaalr;tNay, un-
| loose your arm from. pay waist. ]
fbaye Something mpree TO say-"s2I "a
u 'Talk 7on forever, lady Your
Voice ice Is %nhtisic to MY heart and ears
3olssWbnrd' you' :" "mHlarry mic, know!
1irg no more Of me atIlan you now
d5?' '''' "i
eyes, if yeur were to 60 to the
very altar masked ''>he'repIied. g.
"Thcn,I will test you.""7" oil =
:, "How, lady,? reg: ',':,s"G,... ri,
,1"For one year be faithful, to the
love you have proEesscd, and l will
BE yours truly as heaven a2.a shall
SPARE my life" - .,..'..,... ( &
id1"Oh, cruel suspense r''+'.' ,,, , ~. ~
1""You demur ?" 81 '~i,.'' -
"Nay, lady, 1 shall fulfill your
in:junctions asI promised" "
|. !, ttIf at the expiration of'a year
you do not hear from.me, then the
eontract shall be null! and void.
Take tLis, half ring she continu-
h, "'and when l supply the broken n
portion I will be yours - :.
J. He kissed the little emblem,
swore again and ;agai,1 to be faith
tal, and pressing her hand to his
Ilips bade her adieu.o y'"""2 n"" :
He was conducted away<as 'mys-
teriously as he had beeno;brought
thither; nor could,he by,any pos
sible means discover where he had
bean, his companions rejecting all
1'bribes, and even refusing to an
swer the simplest questions.
I'F'Months roll on. Colonel 7Mer-
Vile is true to his VOW and happy
lin the anticipation of love. ~ Sud-
denly he.was ordered on an en-
bassy to Vienna, the gayest' of all
the European capitals, abont, the
time that Napoleon was planning
! to marry the Archduchess Maria
Louisa. The young Colonel is
handsome, manly, and already dis
tinguished in arms, and becomes
at once a great favorite at court,
every effort being made by the
women to captivate him, but in
9ain !; ,heis constant and true to his
VOW =: =" y =. s.' =
+ But his heart, is not made of
stone; the very fact that he had
entertained such tender feelings for
the white domino Lad doubtless
made him more susceptible than
before. !" ~ - '..' - -
AT last he met the young Baron
ess Caroline Verr Waldrof, and in
spite of. lis vows she ''captivates
him., and he secretly curses the
engagementshe had so blindly made
at Paris, She seems touwoDder,'at
what she, believes to, ,be his devotion
and yet the distance he main
tuaihs The truth was that, his
sense 'off' lio'hor was SO great that,
though he efelt' he lovcd'theS young
baroness, and .eren she returned
lis afertion, still he had, 4siven-shis
word, and that was sacred i">,.4
4, Tue. satin ,domiuo is no, longer
the idol Of his heart, but, assumes
the most rlerulsive form in his i'm
agination, and becomes, in place OF
lis good angel, the evil genius.
Well, time rolls on; he is to run
in. a few, days--it.is once .mores the
carnival scasons aud lin Vienna,
too, that cay city. % Hcjoins in the
festivities Of, the masked, ball, and
wonders VI, fill his brain, when, about
tic 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 i'm Paris.
Was it nota fancy" '' g '%'' .,'
81 come, Colonel. Eugene Mer-
Vile, to hold you to your PROMISE.
she Said, laying her hand lightly
upon: his arm; ...s.a,,..ors, tG,o,,,, -,
els this a reality Or a dream "a
asked tho amazed soldier; .: ."a.I
.!"Come,, follow me, and You shall
see that.it is a reality,'' continued
the mask pleasantly. i".' '''r.. ..., "; $50
,"Iwill." ,1.J ;~''a "E. ''i ''7''
"Have you beenrfaithfnl to your
promised" asked thci dominoysas
they itetired into a saloon. 81 - ''.'
ssMost TRULY in act; but, alas, l
fear notir heart" .''" ~ -. ., ::
tIndecd." i'...' '''. +,
ssIt is too true, lady, that I have
seen and loved another; though my
VOW to you has Kept me from say
ing go to her. % .' -
SAnd who is'lt that you love p, o. 2.
''"I' will be, frank With you, and
you viii keep my secret. -, ..nIt.
"Most religiously.' .,
DIT is the Baroness Won Wall