The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-24

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iIs flowing sails for the white cliffs
Engisnd.r--.i..r rI-TT.v7s ,E7EcfIE
With them ssiled Maedonald OF Il
. Islee. He std incurred The untime
end OF his TREND From the day
Q the disappearance OF the Douglsp, 4
d bad t-eep q changed man. No Ionge
smiling aspect Was borne upon hi
/ coouteDance, but il as shrouded i
4 gloom. and sadness fingered Wher
al before was gsiety and life.
Two years have passed away-tWt
years WITH their joys and sorrows
their Tears and their changes. Sin
cerely had the Lady Helen mourneC
the uutimcly disappearance of bel
lover. Her cossks once suffuseC
with the delicate rose-tint of health
no longer doomed in, beauty. TheJ
we're pale with the aching OF WearieC
heart. CoIroding care had driven
the bloom from Der face and sent tbs
rudy curren, back in troubled
stFe .mslo the fountain of life, Hel
eyes had lost their Joyous sparkle;
their liquid limpei fires we're extin'
gulshsd in a night OF darkness and
gloom.
The Lady Helen and the Lord
Macdonald were engaged Long and
earnestly had she opposed his suit,
telling him truthfully she had no love
to be.t0W upon him. But the un
bending will OF her father, the stern
old Earl of Avon, Was no. to be with.
stood, and abe had to submit. And
now on the evening just two gears
after the loss OF the Que she had loved
and mourned so truly, she stood in
her bridal attire before the altar of
the chapel attached to her fathers
castle. Hy her stood Macdonald
ready to claim her for his own. Her
hand be might gain, but her heart
that had long since been brried in the
grave OF the lost one.
The impressive marriage services
had commenced and they were on the
point OF being united in bonds OF life
long union, when a commotion was
created at the entrance of the
chapel. IustsnIly all eyes were di
rected that way, and the throug
started with surprise and wonder, as |
q man OF noble mein, clothed in a |
Moorish habit, his features covered |
with an inpenetrable mack, forced
his way through the domestics and |
advanced to the altar.
Hold " said he in a ringing,
sonorous voice, L forbid this mar
rage"
And who art thou that dsrest ven
ture here and thus forbid the seryice?'
cried the groom. /
Who am |, yillsiu? Thinkest thou
by victim sleeps beneath the burn
ng eands of Syria? ThiDkest thou
by treacherous blade drank the
hearts blood eff thy dearest friend,
Tho trusted thee? No / heaven Willed
t not; aud here I am, to snatch from
bee, even in the supreme moment
II thy fancied triumph, the precols
,rize." II
1t would be impossible to describe
he despair and CONSERVATION which
eli upon Macdonald. he was r
hastily in his palior-his hand played
ervously with the ieweled hilt of his
aeger, and his features worked con
With the fi:ndisb passions \
Ihich fred his besrt.' n
1ReveAf thy self, that | msy see if
Re dead come out the tsmb to se- a
use me " cried Macdonald in q bol-
wv voice. =
Then haze thy -wish," cried the e
ranger, removing the mask which 7
oncealed bic face. La
:" Great God ! can this be co."
lnrmured the oonscience-sIricken 4
reich. in a painful voice, sis the 5,
ouElas again Returned ?'
What means this unseemly inter- q
lptiorf" said the Earl of Avon, ad.
.Dcing. :
ut means. my lord" said the in s.
uder IN q courteous tone, .ahat yon-
sr crouchiug Villains plans have r.
zen defeated. It is now some three d
ssrs since the army OF the brave and r
livalrous Richard Of England lett
IT isle to swell the number OF those I
me to the relief OF the holy sepulcllre. ~
18th him went two Scottish youths, ]
no thought serving under the Eng. 4
III King was no discredis-though i
wing no allegiance to him they bs
ught side by side under his banner 4
ldleafned the noble art OF war 10 Pr
II his vslorous teaching. Deserts {.
ere crossed-bsitles were fought and =
90 and cities we're taken. The two j
,uths were friends. Together they ~
AIRED their substsnce-together they
ced each danger ard slept beneath ca
e same canopy at night. But the eli
ssrt Of one Of them was filed with 40
non. His compsnion before leav IA
g bis native LAID bad Won the trust Is
g heart Of a fair Rnd gentle girl, be
I'd bis companion, enviou5 OF bis su- sal
and filled with bitter ty
IS By the i'll success Of his own pas Su
IN, secretly determined to remove ye
sfival frem his path. To accom- Pr
ish this dast4ldiy design. be dare i
nst no aim but his own. One even pI
& after hard-iought field, his IN +
spicious friend, thinking OF no evil, o
-olled forth to breathe the fresh, ssdd
Hay air. He watched his chance VII
ID then swift as the serpent darts q,
ION its prey, or as the veDgeiul IS
,er's LEAP, 'down descended the sharp
Ittering steel upon the bosom Of his :,
end.
sThe crusaders sailed for home,
It with them was one only OF those
uths. The other it was thought,
'pt beneath the burning sands he
ID often watered with his blood.
0t so. however, for 8 kind Provi-
nee preserved him. A s!rolling OF
rvish CHANGED to pass that way snd
cling stranger wounded and sense
IS. but yet living, hied him to the inc
ares! cottage. TO where, with help, i
conveyed the well-nigh dying man. 8
" year, or more, be stsid with his ]
I'd friends. and he fought sore Ep
tile with death but conquered.
zen procuring mears, he started for !
) native land determined TO punish tat
d bring to justice bis one time =
end,n Ap
'sWhO art thou in heavens pa
'mei" cried the excited EARL Sn
81 am the Douglas, the pIighted =
e OF this fair lady, and that tEeach- n
Gus friend is ~ IL
believe him not, my lord" said