The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
THE LIFE OF THE HOUSE
AnAucIent French Legend.

An Ancient French Il esend.
The Duke of Province knocked
on his daughters door with The hilt
of his sword: "Arise, MagnelOnne !;
it is break OF day and the Angelus
will soon sound j; the brothers wait
for thee below the horses paw the
pavement In the court ; it is time to
depart"
1t was just after bloody war i'll
order to cement treaty of peace,
that MaguelOnne was married,
while a mere child, to Prince Her
bert, who was of the same age. AT
ter that day they had grown up,
separated from one another; but
the time had now come to conduct
Maguelonne to her husband.
Maguelonne made the sign of the
cross to commend her soul to the
virgin. She rose and put on her
bridal robe, with the long veil
hanging to the floor. Then, very
pale, she went below. Her brothers,
looking at her admiringly, placed
her in the saddle.
SIS the realm OF Prince Herbert a
great distance from here ?" she ask
ed.
"Oh, a long way off. To get
there we must traverse plains and
forests, and ascend II blue topped
mountain"
Then MaguelonBe bowed heI
head in sadness. Nothing before
had ever separated her from the
home where she was born. Thus
mounted she could touch the ivy
which covered it's walls; but now
her father aud brothers said, "Let
us departp just then the mother
of Maguelonne came out from the
house bathed i'll tears, and, with
trembling arms, again pressed
against her heart the little foot o.
her daughter, which rested on the
stirrup.
"ThOu leaVest. me-" she said
"whom nOurished with this breast
The room where thou did'st sleeI
(Oh, NV heart y will remain empty
and shall seek in vain for thee il
my deserted home"
"Alas !"ansWered Maguelonnc, "ii
il not you and my father who have
given me to Prince lleI bert 7" Blu
il was in vain the tears glittereC
like drops Of dew in the eyes of tn,
noble girl the cAValcade moved
and The foot of MsguelOnne drop
ped from the hands of her mother
The stirrups jiDgled, the spur
clankcd, the pebbles struck fire un
der the hoOfs of the horses. Thu
Duke of Provence and his three
sons were powerful hOrsemen GOV
cred with black armor, the terror o
the SaTacens. In the midst of thi
double hedge of iron rode the fai
Maguelonne on Il white horse.
They rode on aud on; they trav
ersed the plains; they disappeared
uLder the green vault of the forest
then they could be seen on the sid
of the steep mountain.
Their thoughts were sad and Meth
Ell song nor ballad did they ut
) ter to divert themselves by the way
; Nevertheless days and nights ha,
gone by since their departure
when, AT the ford of u river, the oil
Duke stopped his horse entirely
GAS truly MS the waters of this riv
err will never dow past here again
so tiue is it," said he. shat ] viii
not go on one step further. Tn
brothers, q MaguelOnne. will &C
company thee further, my road
now behind me-"
what will become of me if tho
dosI abandon me :" said Mague
Tonne, ia tears.
"is il not right ! should go {
console thy mother? Farewell
: dear child years have accumulate
over my head, aud perhaps | sha
die without ever seeing thee again.
"The will of GOD be done! Bu
YOU, d my brothers. promise IN
} never to abandon me-"
Her brothers bowed their head
, in silence.
"How long and tiresome tn
: journey is! My brothers, we. pas
, without cessation from forest {
J mountain and from mountain
plain, but we do not arrive ut on
destination. Are we not lost ia III
country of dreams p
"NO, my sister but Prince Her
, bert lives a long distance beyo
those blue mountains there"
= s'Still on, my brothers does
not seem TO You that as We advanC
r the sky darkens behind US, the IRA,
= WitheIs, and the trees bow Ihei
weeping branches to the earth ?"
i, Eyes, MaguelOnne, sadness eN
tends behind thee because thou wi
never pass this way again. At thi
r hour our father travels alone, d
: heart black with sadness, and OF
+ mother wrings her hands la de-
pair"
aDo Vou think said NTsOnaloDn
r ''that l have not my portion {
? grief? but what do 1 see? Is
thy horse which rises on his fee
or thou who FULLEST the bride p
"Do not accuse my horse. Tn
oak at my right marks the line tn,
( / ought not to pass. Ny brother