The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-07-24


am young. but one often secs the Young
die before the old. Shall never sec tllcl
Ngain1'
"Depart, then, my brother. No; by
the Holy Virgin thou hast not loved Inc i
or tho two brothers who remained
Amaury, the youngest, was highly &C.
complishcd; and Maguclonne loved hin,
intensely.
"Denr Amaury," said she, "sing me ono
OF the ballads which please tho knight.
and ladies' so much"
"Willingly, my sister, | will sing rur
thee tho ballad Of Incsille du Bearn."
stop" cried Naguelonne; "tlIat is a
very bad ballad you have chosen for me. y
But while she was talking in this way
the second Of her brothers stopped sud-
denly. Maguclonne understood that this
Que also was going to leave her and re-
trace his steps. She looked at him with
Scorn and anger.
What is it then which frightens thee,
valicnt knight Is it this grasshoppcr
which crosses the road1 All keep silent.
What canst thou say to mcl Go and be
cursed, thou who dost abandon the wo.
man who is thy sister"
Having thus spoken in tit of passion,
for the blood Of her race was rs violent
rs the flames, she lowered her veil over
her eyes so rs not to see her brother de-
part.
Very soon a traveller passed them on the
route:
"Salutations to thco Maguclonnc. Thy
brother who has just left thee was robbed
and wounded by the bandits"
Another passed by soon after and said
to her: God protect thee, Maguelonne
thy brother has fallen in an ambuscadc.
and the MOors have carried him off in
captivity"
y third called TO her from distance /:
"a pleasant journey to thee, Mayuclunne.
Dost thou know that the Duke of Prov
incc was drowned in crossing the river!"
\ fourth passed by and said: "Pray
to God, beautiful woman. The house
where thou vast born has fallen in tho
flames and they arc seeking for tho body
of thy mother in the ruins"
"liearkcn, Maguclonne :" cried Amaury.
by the holy rood! my horse shall feel
the spurs"
"This is overwhelming, said Maguc-
lOnnc. "Wait for me, my brother, and
let us turn our brides AT the same time"
But there passed at this moment fifth
traveller, who crossed OH the opposite
side.
"IIasten thy steps, Maguclonnc; Prince
Herbert is dying Of grief, for hc has been
told his young wife has been carried off
on the journey, and that they do not know
what has become Of hcr."
"Dny Of miscrym cried the poor girl; !;
"ict MS separate, my brother, and LET us
pray to God to conduct me to the man to
whom belong"
They saw her than pale and trembling
press on alone with her horse. But the
sky became darker than night; the tenn
pest broke loose with violence; gloomy
birds flew through the darkness, skim
ming with their heavy wings the soft
checks of the young bride. Her horse,
overcome by terror, rose on his feet. Mag
uclonnc let herself slide 10 the ground,
and continued the Journey on foot; the
thickcts caught her dress in their thorny
arms, the stones tore her shoes of velvet
in shrcds and made her delicate feet bleed.
AT this moment hermit met her. "Ah! |!
father" said Maguclonnc, "takc pity on
my misiortuncs. OC-my three brothers,
the eldest is wounded, the second is Il
captive, the third has gone to help the
other two. The Duke Of Province, my
father, has perishcd in the great river, and
my mother has been buried under the
ruins Of our house; and Prince Herbert
is, perhaps, dying ut this moment, and has
moi God said: "a woman shall leave
father and mother, 20 with her husband
and leave all to follow him. Tell me,
man Of God, il have acted wclI1"
"Thou art noble and courageous wu-
man, Maguclonnc."
Then, how miraculous! the heavens
cleared away, the tempest subsidized in the
distance, and while the rain poured in
drops from tho leaves Of the trees the
birds began TO sing.
"'rcll me, holy father, what does this
signify' Behold the sun shines again,
the trees arc quiet, and the birds sing"
"'This signifies that wc approach tho
domain of Prince Herbert, for joy goes
before the woman whose husband waits
for her."
"liut sec, everywhere my feet res, the
earth is covered with vcrdurc and flow
crs."
"'Ghis is because thy feet will never
more be wounded with stones and briars,
my daughter"
"'rclI inc again, is it not drcaml II
seems 10 me that high and rugged noun
tain decreases and lowers itself to the level
Of ihc plaini"
at is because The dwelling OF thy hus.
band, the Prince, will soon appear.
And So ii was, the Palace of tho Prince
could now he seen; but the front looked
sOmbrc, and tho windows seemed us
though they had not been opened for n
long while.
GLOW gloomy the house looks! They
will say, alas that no ono is living 10 in
habit it,"
"lilc will only enter tlIoro when thou
dost, Mnguclonnc, for il is n noble aud
beautiful woman who il The iJd Of tie
house."
at these words tho hermit disappeared,
and MaguClonna having taken few steps
further, touched The door Of tho palace
with the tip of her foot, the door opened,
and in moment the whole house seemed
illuminated; Tho most delicious music
sounded through the vast galleries, and
Prince Herbert, magnifccntly arraycd,
hurried, followed by his rclnincrs, 10 pre-.
sent his hand TO Mnguclonnc.
"lhou art most welcome here" said
he, "thou who art tic life IF Tie hoWsc!"
Then Mnguclonnc smiled and colorcd
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