Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-17
A WOMAN SCORNED.

In the courtyard of Castle Ostrog gay
company of guests were assembled. Count
Zamofski, one of the masnates of Poland,
had invited the mobiles of the neghborhood
20 bear hunt. The guests were eagerly
Awaiting the signal to set off. In the
courtyard of the castle the carcass of an
OK revolved slowly upon a great spit before
huge fire Of logs, and a colossal cask OF
Hungarian wine had been preached
The most remarked among the whole
company were Count Mikronowski and his
fair daughter Constance The young lady
was to make one of the party of hunters.
Her courage was, it seemed as great as
her beauty. The son of the host, the
young Count Stanislaus Zamofsk, at
tached himself to her side, and when the
signal for the setting out of the cortege
was given, and the huntsmen. surrounded
by their yelping leaping pack of hounds
had departed in the direction of the forest,
it WAS into the young counts sleigh that
Constance was lifted by it's owner, who,
leaping in after her, took the rcins of the
fiery horses harncssed three abreast before
it, and drove swiftly off through the snow
and mist.
Arrived Mt the spot where the huntsmen
We're drawn up in expectation of their
game they dismounted, and standing
there side by side silently awaited the com
ing Of the bear. Fate that day smiled upon
Constance. A large bear was driven by
the beatcrs directly across the path where
she and Stansaus had taken their stand.
At sight Of them the monster reared him
sell up threatngly on his hind feet, but
the girl lifting her rifle, calmly shot him
through the heart
Completely fascinated by her beauty and
coutaEa, Stanislaus yielded himself will
INK captive to her charms. From that mo-
mcnt his passion grew daily. The love
which her courage had inspired was deep
ened and strengthened by the sight of her
at home, seated modestly before her spin
ming wheel. AS the wheel revolved and
the white hands OF the maiden drew the
thread from it, StapislauS, sitting by her
side. murmurod in her ear, to an accom-
panment of the whirring music of the
wheel, his vows of love and plighted her
hi troth
The bctro1hal was publicly celebrated
soon after at the house of Constance's
father. The parents Of the bridegroom,
however, saw with deep though secret
dislike his infntuation for the daughter
of their impoverished neighbor, Mikro-
now7ki, and they persuaded their son,
shortly after the celebration of the be
trothal, to take n journey to Dresden,
where August the Strong, king of Poland
and clcctor Of Saxony held his court. The
Polish ambassador at Dresden was secretly
instructed by Zamofski's parents to lead
the young nobleman into the gay and
proAga'e society Of the capital.
To the beautiful young widow, Antoin-
et,r, countess Of Ognska, the favorite
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