Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-09
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tended by a long train ofinsidens. Nevel
had she looked 90 lovely. II was up
! parent that she was, at least, no I'M
willing bride, for never could lustel
SO sweet I'LL the eyes, nor smile 90 happ,
wreathe the lips Of one forced to the
altar.
"My Lord Of Dalton" said the king
turning to her father, proud but timid
nobleman, whose whole life had beer
consumed in accommodating wealth and
trimming between York and Lancaste,
sit is with your free consent, believe
that You give your daughter away to
the good earl in whose favor I have
asked her hand, / vouching that HE
lineage is noble in all respects, and that
his broad acres equal your daughters
dowry."
1T is, my liege," said he, bowling
low. Your majesty had but to name
the boon, and I accorded it at once,
being eager to testify my love to your
house and my loyalty to the throne"
''Stand forth then, Roland, Earl of
Langlpat.' said the king, advancing
and having his hand on the shoulder of
our hero, who had hitherto stood III the
back ground. "Receive your BRIDE
and with these words he placed the
hand of the Lady Elizabeth in that of
Roland. "Now both of We kneel to my
Lord of Dalton, and ask his paternal
blessing"
From the start of the old earl il was
evident that he had been kept in igno-
rance of the tact that it was his former
page who was to wed his daughter. In
truth the monarch, who ever loved a
jest, had purposely concealed it.
But, my liege," at last stammered
the Old earl, still drawing back and
gazing i'll amazement from the pair to
the monarch, and then from the mon
arch to the pair. This is my own page
who left me not a twelvemonth ago
no knight, much less belted earl"
knight and belted earl BOTH" said
the monarch, laughing, "and holding
Of me, by my free gift, broad manors
that once were his ancestors, and which
| have confscated from the Lancastrian
thieves who dispossessed the old Bohems
whose home and blood he inherits.
Nay, sir earl, put good grace on the
affair, and bless them: don't yon see
the Lady Elizabeth is nothing 10th ?
Remember, have your promise. All
the conditions are fulfilled on my part.
Thus pressed, the old noble blessed the !
youthful couple, though with dubius
and concerned look. as if he fancied there
was some trick about it: for he could !
not, as yet, realize the sudden change
which had occurred in Roland's fortune.
But the next words of the king revealed
Ill to his bewildered mind
land now, lords and gentlemen" said |
jhe monarch: taking the youthful pairin |
either hand, and advancing to the front |
If the dais, "let me introduce you to the |
lady Elizabeth Dalton, lovellest of her |
lex, and to her espoused husband, Sir
Roland Bohem, Earl of Langleat, peer
ess knight and true liege-man, but for
whose arm your king would, last night,
rave died under the sword of the assas-
in."
He had scarcely finished when shout
vent up from the spectators, that made
wen the spacious hall ofthe castle shake
md shake again; and when this had
lied away, q hundred hands we're ex-
ended to grasp that of Roland, while a
hundred voices congratulated him on
lis courage and his good fortune.
A year from that day saw the young
'arl married to his lovely Elizabeth.
History records how king Edward gave
he bride away how there were jousts
md tournaments for days in succession;
md how the bridegroom was the hand
omest knight as the bride was the love-
lest lady mt all these entertainments.
5ut one little incident, which history
las overlooked, VIC must narrate before
We finish.
"Ah did l not tell YOU" said the bride,
when she was alone with her husband,
that if we would trust in heaven, all
would go right 7"
"You did, dearest, and were true
said Roland as he fondly
,issod her. "But," he added, archly,
and yet, after all, and in spite of your
representations of evil, we owe not
title to the moonlight ramble."
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