Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-03

when they stood together before the.
altar. the cOusrcrated tapers that burned
on it suddenly went ont Though not "A
breath Of arr WAS stirring. and how her
old nurse had -Jlemnly declared that a
glance from the fiery eyes of tHe terrible
bridegroom had made these weaker
flames tremble and expire. Nor had h
forgotten how Kerct-enyi, when excited
by am argument with one Of her fathers
military guests, had darted at his adver-
sarv a look beneath which Col De Malst
ia strong and courageous man ma the
prime of hfe-seemed TO shrink u
wither like paper shrivehug IN the hre.
What could he b., this man 10 whom
She had bound herself forever: This
man with the beauty Of "a god and the
glance of "a demon, accomplished a. "A
hero Of romance, yet savage a. a wolf Of
the forest. That some fearful tragedy
Law behind the impenetrable mystery
that wrapped him like a pail she felt
only too sure, and this suspicion wa
vaguely but terribly confirmed on the
very day after their arrival at Janosz
castle.
The two earlier meals having been
taken in their W room, the evening re-
past was the princess first Introduction
to the great dining hall, which, having
been built 10 hold scores Of armed men,
looked i~ndescnbably dreary and desolate
when tenanted only by their two selves;
for the silent, spectral ~rctalners, VINO
came and went like shadows in their
black. ~funerrzl dress. only intensified
the crushing sense of Loneliness instead
Of relieving it. The brides eyes wan
dered with secret terror over the hinge
bare walls. the massive pillars ftstOoned
with torn and dusty banners, the vault
ed roof with its mighty cruss beams OF
solid oak. the pine torches hat famed
and cracked IN their iron stands over
=, head, and the vast antique fireplace,
with its fantastic carvings, un her umld
! gaze restsd NJ length upon another oo-
ject more strange and startling thar all.
/, lust behind her husbands tall aiken
, chair stood a life aze way figure Tor
aupeared 70 be SUCH holding a small al
4, yer lamp in it, ouSstrptched hand. 1t
represented a young man Of marvellous
beauty p~icturesquely 81 OH by the
q SNOWY uniform Of a Honved hussar; but
. the face, instead Of wearing the fixed,
unmeluing stare commOn u such hg-
, uus. was wnthed and distorted As II by
! A suasm If mortal agony, which looked
I, 70 horribly real in the ftful glare Of the
q torchlight that Madeleine fairly started.
SIR was Just about % ask some question
RESPECTING this weird ornament. when
i KereL-euyl. catching her lnqulrins
a glance. replied % u with q smile more
herur and cruel and terrible than ms
. black--t frpwu. which trcze the malt
Z formed words On her lips.
i =. tar a. she herself was concerned,
however. the first few weeks gave Made
LEILA no valid reason for her uucpnquer.
able trrror ~ her husband. t. her he
was always attentive and ~aIecuOnate
& though his affection resembled rather
the watchful care of a kind guardian
than thu passionate tenderness Of a BRIDE
groom in his honeymoon. He did III!
utmost IN arOu WAYS % make th'
grim isolation # this strange life NOR
endurable 90 her. Hor<s Of that match
less Hungarian bre-zd which be had hith
erto known only through books u trave
were always az her disposal. and he,
morning gallops over the hills by he
husband's side. with the sun shining II
a cloudleas sky and the fragrance Of tn
pine woods filing the whole air, werl
almost the only bright spots in her drear.
existence.
Kerpteenvi. too. seemed % feel thei
influence A. well a. herself. and .
shake of for "A moment on such coca
sions the mysterious gloom which at al
other times weighed him down like
nightmare. As his horse hoOfs rattle
. along the steep rocky ledge paths an
the mountain breeze whistled thrOug
his long hair he seemed almost happy
but the ome they re-entsred the dar
walls Of the grim old castle the gloom
- spell was upon him once more and upO
his bride likewise.
When they were together in the even
ing Keretssnyi would often tell her e.
citing stories Of the strange people an
wonderful sights that he had seen in h
travels. which appeared 20 have extenS
ed over every part Of the earth, an
which he described with such starthn
mower and vividness hat Madeleine a
most forgot her terror Of him in the IL
terest with which she listened. BJ
then all at once he would stop short,
If something choked him, and she, lool
ing up in amazement, would find hi
- gazing at her with a sad, wistful loOI
full Of pity and Of yearning tenderness.
such a look as Jephthah might have ca
at his only child the moment before
slew her.
~ On n Of these occasions, moved
a strange impulse Of wOmanly compa
- SION which she herself hardly unde
~ stood. she took his hand in both her on
and pressed it 70 her lips. The strOs
man started as if stung by a wipe
81 clasped her p~assiOnately 10 him for Of
moment and kissed her as If his who
soul went into the caress, and th'
thrust her fercely away and rush
headlong from the room.
The morning after this strange OF
burst the prince suddenly announced
~ her that be must leave her that We