.j 32 V'af;M2,oA7roi a ,I 2 EV° 00 To OF THE THOUSA;SD sovEcps Or THE SUSI.p./lAYSNA. TIT c RLSB 8011A.3. ;idn'ausCowper sing his Ouse . ._ Aligns his flowery. winding Apr, • , ,tt;,oantain stream,., my humble muse poet- 7 thou its care • • tho' m! strain may fleet away ; I t tads upon the passing tide, t. !ink unnoticed irr that sea, , ,e r e nobler songs alone may ride; - grains will flow rejoicingly— Lethean power con smother thee. • winter; but hts icy chain E :tioserw;t l from the rock; the tree, - !gh s horn' , in smiles revives again. d spreads its arms imploringly,—_ ms that summer has looked down , .ou the earth, to see if all t had 'scaped the reckless frown • Winter. and destroying Fall; , Wyalusing, bourtdest gay„. lting in the joyous day. , crusts that lately marred thy course e sin ppm the human.soul, touched by heaven's effective force, _ 't, and thou merest to t by goal,— with the joy the freed soul knows, :as from thy glittering chains dost bound, gladly as thy flows, • :it life and hope on all around— hm thy breast. a holy prayer cpon the balmy air. o'er yon hills in " sylvan war," chopper's echoing axe I hear, mall saw mill front Dear, _ ..sing plays upon my ear lo.jay chirps upon the tree, ' there the agile squirrel leaps, dimming proud, the "grey goose" see, ablitig and diving in thy deeps,— there's life ! tho' summer's gone ; .stream we'are not quite alone. . . ' bark!—the hunter and his bounds— . stirs yon thicket?—'tis a-fawn : k i s in thy *dividing bounds, !aces, fear driven leaves the lawn, . slid! , seeks in yon beech shade-= e reent/is lost—the h'untriten:rave,. are they shall, e'er bard shall aid guide them. Noble creek, to save, • maalerous sport and tyrant, blow, aouldst have all as free as thou. gfory wreathes the taountairt ridge; ifis tireless traveller sinks behind— ' upon a rustic bridge; gaze below with pensive mind . ; en-gilt clouds clear on thy bed ected from their heaveidy 'dome, distant objects near me spread, me of my distant home; fancy, of affection born, • dorms the clouds to those I motet. my heart is as thy stream, ' tfierals those clouds reflecting there ith, while bound to thy bed they ° Seem, I well over thee in midnight air,' • 13111 TOT of thy bosom, bright •ekeioniPdges the glowing gaze, dad s bent o'er one as tile light .nd dark clouds o'er thy glassy face ' looks more beauteous on me come, : led. kora that heaven---home. cream ! thy source is tmong the hills mountains, clasping rocl: and tree,. • feet deer roves, and wild bird-fills calwart sides with nature's glee : • s thou boupdest by my sidlv • th eagle speed and majesty, Proud stream, thou didst imbibe . spirit song r of liberty • ' [roam; • aumg those heights. where thou 'didst fre edom's cradle,and her home. . 32 1 forever tlowthy tides ! smdes are cheering herb and tree ; ?Yin grass upon thy sides - a iu • bowed head and blesses thee,— be thy course! the ocean wide • chsrms7--there spread, dlffuse g?int sad thy mountain pride, ' distant lands where slavery sues • • chains, and bid him drink *ears free, and rt,ve l ettch of the mountains, fare thee Well dams sue fr , ;in'thy,,acene ; • l';aZ, ere spring's enchanting spell, ' h thee thy glorions . garfa . of green, - hips, hills, by other streams, • - I , I w andering (get With grief may preaal e ßill:iurn% our thought's• bright beams, 43 te thy blootriing loveliness ; • ' throtigh . life, twin streams shall share, e will make sweet music there. ft . Shoolioi, Eitraordinarif P ‘ l," cried Al, with joyful look, ~.° 'try Mu fat ducks my dear. 'Pea lad said, " yOu have no right 4° 9. dusk but me while here." WM The.Battrofy.the Fot,'4'.. , 4 " Wherefore' this halt, ~„ Diekro ?" said , Don Matthias de Castro, thru- ting : his - 1 head frem_the window of a me, ill contrived leathern - vehicle, t e hind most of three aiinilarly constru ted con veyances, which attended by' couple of dozen horsemen; armed to tie teeth, had just: at that ~incrinent • come to ; a stand still - in a mountain pas of the Pyrenees. Wherefore hid g here, .and be—to them; Diego ?" _ ried the irascible Hidalgo. • ~ Rideto -r toe front, sirrah, and order the headmost carriage to push forward as quickly as possible. We're in the the 'part of- his ugly road ; and the Seven and forty, "as thou i l well knowest, infest the neighborhood. Spur on, sir. This len° place to be caught napping in." - I 4. will so," said theattendant, spur ring and lashingis horse amongst the press ; for the ro cl being sandy, with high rocks cin eilier .hand, the horse man And vehicles, from, the a xiety of the rear to get vehicles, becorne d somewhat confused and jam ed toge , ther.—Out of the way ther I" cried Diego, clearthe road, and let me to the , front meal- , Get on there cant you-? What hinders us,? Forward, I say ! The general's angry at this all." The beautiful Elvira de , lendoza, leaning lltck in the vehicle "n which she was'seated beside her gu rdian, the ,beforesaid DoniMatthias de astrci, hid her peerless features' in her handsras the vivid flashes, of the forkea lightning darted through the front, windows of 1 the vehicle they - weit passengers in, and displayed-the rocks, precipices and hanging woods they were urrounded l by, brightlras though ', for th nioment, s a hundred flambeaux bad suddenly flashed through the, forest seene. " Get on, sirsk" roaredtth incensed noble, once more thrusting hi impatient ; head froitithe Window. D , sir! move'on ! Drive over thoSe men in front, , coachman, if they do n % choose to move out of the way ! Fire and fu ry ! why don't you mov4 on, you scoundrels ?" "May it please• your lord the serving-man, - Diego, trot where he - was now jammed the press; .. we can't.stir a front. The pass is _tchoked, the narrowest part; a largel 'broken-down carts and tura fore u&ind the men are disk remove the- obstruction. too, 'is so - dark, Seignior, t at, but for the lightning, we shout , not have found out what opposed out progress:" ~L et . them not dismount !" roared Don Mathias. "Bid thetiti stand to their arms: we phall be attacked here. I thought how it would be l Here let me out this instant !" So saying, the Hidalgo seized a pis , 10 from'his waist-belt, kicked open the door of the carriage, jumped into the road, and, plucking forth his toledo, made for the tiont,of the cavalcade., ", Halloo there !.!! roared voice loud er than the thunder-clap,-- alVm there ! Who dares remove our b ggage, and disturb our bivouac? Shoo them, Mat te° ! fire men, upon the Se undrels-! Cbar-r-ge !" No sooner had the words rang out from arnongst the carts - and waggons which obstructed the ad%ance of the travelers, than, from fro t, and rear. and flank, the carriages and escort were assailed. Forty-s yen' bullets whistled / amongst the bele ed travelers, forty-seven swords - leape 1 . from their .ii. scabbards into the air, and 'forty-seven ruffians,-clad in back, bre st, and head piece, dashed upon the- a righted and helpleie party. . A short, rapid, and mu, derousrcom bat instantly.' ensued. ' he horses of the - vehicles, were slaughte ed like cattle. in the shanibles ; the driv is and foot men were cut down and hUried beneath the wheel's; the escort, unable to make much resistance, were 'dragged 'from their horses, "and dealt with to a than ; the male passengers within the carriages were killed ,almost before they could set, foot upon the ground; and Don Matthias de Castro, a -general in -the i l Spanish service, after fig 'lung foi'full five 'minutes like an .in mated tiger. died amidst the hoofs-of he horses 'of his own Serving-men. i f Almost before the co over, the female passenge vehicles_wpre, dragged, their seats, and became tl banditti.' 'A ferocious ru f . proportions of an Aberde a beard like,. a coppice JD hadd-possession of the,radi and unmatchable Ewa d i she, for .whosits slightest . q cavaliers in , ; Madrid- weii now the hopeless and insei '.l' Regardless or Deint*Wientifront an?, QuetrierGo.i. , Pciwr*l UME21:).149 DaUDYC:72l3:obtz'uz 7 9 IPA* LataPa g'09.22.0440! keveg, of Roderigo Rafisdalltano—a heir-eyed, broad shouldered villiati—the lieutenant of the band of the Forty-seven., . Torches now also flashed from clefts and. crevices of therocks, which immediately overhung that part of the, rnad,where, this onslaught had taken . place,. 'and in a few minutes more the vehicles were sacked, and, aS_ it were. altnoSt ffiined inside out. -Trunks. and packages were strewed about; riCliap parel torn from them, jewels and gold sparkled in the sand, and in fact, a scene ensued which only the peUcil of a Sal vator could have done justice to. Qf the passengers, and escort attendant up on' the three carriage's, which had a few minutes before entered the mountain pasS, , not one, except some halfa dozen hapless females, „remained living to tell tie tale; whilst the lurid " glare of the flaming branches of pine, carried by some ten or 'a dozen miscreants, who . had till maw lain in umbush, flash-, ed from the steel hauberks of theircom lades, displaYing their savage visages, in contrast to the grim and death-stamp .ed features of the victims .whom' they had butchered and who, almost heaped together, lay bleeding *amidst their wounded steeds and overthrown. vehi cles. , The captain of the banditti was the only one of bis party who remained in active whilst the band was engaged in Sitting on his ' horse, a little aloof from the scene, he watched for a rl few minutes their proceedings. After, wiping ills 'trenchant blade' upon the'i' leather sleeve of his doublet, he slieath-! edthe iveapqn, an d, moving up to the' the spot where 'his -lieutenant. Was at: that moment engaged in conveying the' inanimate form of the Lady ElVira from her_carriage, 'he bade him, in a stern voice; call tiff some of the men from plunder, aud hringr, the captured females instantly before-him. . Roderigo, Who had just began to eye the lovely creaturCin his arms with the wonder of a savage who sees beau ty for the first time. upon this order, placed her upon the ground beside him, and grasping - his bugle, wound half, a dezcn notes - upon it, as a sort of call f4reertain of the band to rally around him. hip," said the piece up amidst peg to the ,up here in number of 'rils are be. °unfit - T. to The night, take charge of your prtze for you, comrade," -said . a man, stepping Up close beside him, and extinguishina with hisloot the torch which .Ittiderigo had thrown to the ground, when he had placed Elvira upon the hank.—ell take char g e of your prize, whilst you attend to the captain's order; leave her with me here for a moment. "Not so," returned the lieutenant gruffly ;. mind your ownatfairs. Slie"s mine—l'll not quit' her#* What devil made you put out the light? Attend me . to..the try-sting tree." So saying, he turned, and stooped to raise and bear off his victim; but a deadly thrust met hini as be'did so, and the blow taking effect i his bull •neck, just above the euirass,.he fell dead with out a groan. . In another moment the lady Was seiz-. ed - in the Powerful arms of-this new as sailant, thrown across asteedlike a sack, of flour, and silently. and quickly con veyed into the thickest part of the for, est. • This transfer of the bemitiful Elvira had been so quickly made. arid the-ban- . din" Were so billy occupied withlhe, business in hand, that he who had, thus obi:tined:possession of the greatest priZe had sorne little time for a fair start, be 'fore the incident- became known, and he accordingly made the best use - of it- Lehding his horse -into a' gorge in.tbe mountain, along.which a rivulet formed its pebbly, bed, and iu whose inurtnur the hoof-tread . of the steed was drown-, ed, he pushed onwitla cautjon and•des .patch. After hnrying onwards . some few liundred'paces, his further progress . was stayed by coining to the end of, the gorge; a huge flat .rock ing, like qlvall , of alabaster before him, ,from,-whose high top the waters deity-- ed ; whilst themarrow passages on Mih- . er hand were so. precipitous and over grown, with 'brushwood, that cumbered . .With the inaniiriateferm of the lady, it Was extreinely' hazardous to adventure', down. Pausing Mr . . an , instant to lis ten, he found that his: exploit was de tected. . and that several of the band were dispersed in pursuit - . He heard -plainly . the rapid ;Approach of-.horse men up the path .heihad, :jest- . traversed. Dismounting., the lady, , -he . turned :his , horse's .head inte opening on the right;. *AMOY -With his rapier, the _steed , plunged into _tlie, ravine; .liethen took . the weapon bettieen te'eth, .'anddeicen4ing into little basin' the cascade- , iminediately:Toshed through the-torrent; and entered aimalL fusion was ..e:of the three fainting frern p prey of the i an, with the i • , n, porter,-and fignehwood, 1 ‘ 'lance ail the •dying,; was nitible captive • cavern; or. grotto Yon .the - other side, a place so .effectually concealed by the falling ,stream and requiring so much resolution" to reach it, that unless same,: fortuitous aedident had discovered it, no one , would possibly conjecture its exis= l tence'. '. When the lady. awoke to coscions.' ness, the situation in which`-She was E l placed was sufficiently startling. .and' alarming.' 'She found herself feclining upon the-hard floor of a tapacious cat-'I. ern, amidst the roar of waters, which' falling over ; its entrance; threw their spray over her damask cheek. ..4 small lamp hung . in a recess at the further end, and at the entrance stood 'a tall figure his drawn rapier being grasped in one hand.. anti v a petronelin the other.. Hastily 'partinglthe long tresses from before her eyes, as recollections of the horrid slaughter she had so recently Witnessethflashed across her brain, she , coral - audio gaze upon-the dark form before her, and which stood with its back towards her: without being, able to find' words to utters single sentence. After - a while,.the fixed Sentinel-at the cavern's: mouth, slimily and quietly quitting his guard, turned round and approached her; and ElVira, casting herself at his s, feet, and ' clasping his knees, besought his pity and. protection in accents of despair and horror. The' -stranger -was a 'tall, stately and noble looking man ; so much the Lady Elvi ra discovered by the feeble glimmer. of .the lamp which' hung in the recess of the grotto the moment he turned tow ards her.i He stooped, and, raising her from the ground, addressed her in words of Comf;rt and re-assurance. lf, as she surmised; he, was the captain of the robbers,' he at least showed symptoms ,of some nurture, and there was a•grace and dign4y .in his- - deportment which bespoke' him/descended ',from • a better and more honorable station. " Be of good' comfort, madam," he said ; .4 , 1 trust that' the immediate dan ger has . paised. You have been for* nate in having escaped. the clutches of the Forty-seven,--a horde.of the most infernal miscreants that ever infested : the Pyrenees !" Merciful heaven !", cried Elvira; " then,l am not in' the power of that: dreadful band ?" • . •" You are not,lady,7 tie returned.--- My presence near the scene of ,your disaster enabled pie to render yen the service I have done in rescuing you." " To whom am I indebted for so dar ing and so humane an act ?" eagerly inquired the lady: ,"Oh ! tell me your name, gallaht stranger, that I may ever rymember it in my cirisans." Ask it not,, madam," said he, , . lest you return, the trifling seri* I ,have been so fortunate As to render ; you, giving ine a pang sharp, as the , Stiiette of the bravo from whoSe power I even now snatched you. lam nameless,madarn, 'but riot homeless. I have a refuge .not far from this place, w,here, Heaven will ing, Iwill convey you in'safety. fice it, I am no robber, but al - night of Alcontra"; and . my- vow enjoins' me to: the assistance and protection of beauty in distress. CircumstanceS . ltaKe niade me nail . up : my, gates' . forever..fret - a Abe. World ; but.. yonr, hapless 'condition must absidve froMbrealtingthrOugh a .resolutioti I' had l'formed'i to: with manhind no more. 1 And my guardian, and : our atten-: dance ?" said givira i covering her face with her hands,' Have eorupait: , ion in my •escape . • • They are. past help, ledY,' l !flere - turned. "We musttpot think.Oftherric since we need 411 our ; energies toavoid, the pe'rfls,,Which still surroned : ns,,arid; reach the refuge which I 44:‘,0 . retiiatts:' 'Tie not ,often,. nay,4 helinve : this to - he the, first time, that., the, k•erty-seven, have ventured . inn! part. - of' our mountains; ,and it would .. .I::e' ; '‘vbit . for . tie to remain in Cotic6althetit' herei till morning dawns but I fear.the , stream is becoming -,morestvolleri by the pre-, sent stored...in which case ti e,rnttiht.be imprisoned, and, perhaps'. StarVed death: :in then; it would impoesible.,to,pass.nitt,witl27', out being heaten down and tilletirithe . , - attempt." ' • • •• So Elaying:Abe cavelier..; . orice 'more: bade - her hPrit . .nn fent- of!his,fidelity:;, , and saying: that it,would for him to reconnoitre before he remove , froin conceal - Mint,: pursue their :journey; .:I*prepAred:lii leave.ttle " Shop r. not retetl::j.e:4l4o. 'Peurc. lfidy;, ' ittid . he; ''"'reinairi'ltete'ne len; get., but 'follO4 through the waterfall, 11t1"egain.:1,40.40- p.oshe hank; . "!fiii": -. 4214. concept your,: ] Self in' the..:raiiini'nfintiidtitVetittitir couple Of:Miles; and'.thoz-ivirbedel;be;:, will,behold . the turrets ; give , this Icikett:Olay, the sentinel whit' c6l ivwill be - admitted. 'rn hither in a quarter.ol old Unit this is yourlui-. fore you, you of my chateau signet ring) ti lenges, and y Pve, I tvill re an hour. -$h . ly chance." ' - . . . Then leapi g through the lorrent,llie e. left the lady a one in the cavern:_ For the first few . tibutei after Elvira Was left in solitud in fits - strange .refuge; she felt inelin d i to follow the example' of the mysteri us'stranger,.and eqea -40; to.esdapti- both J . rarn him and The sort of grave in which she was entonib-, ed, by rushi g through the waterfall . which thus se -rned to shut her out from. t h e worh!.. one 'moment - she gazed with hOrror at The roaring -cascade, Which, in Alt. • darkness'. visible Of the flickerthg.la ,‘ p, looked black-a.4* ink; and the _nes she reflected - uplift the doubtful cha j . actor of him whoprofessed! himself her ; fprotector. I What if, 'after . all, he stunt d prove a member of the: banditti, who had thus conveyed:her to his lurking place for ' his own sinister ends? The thought was dreadful ! She/doubted . whether she, possessed strength to struggle through the torrent,* and 'Paused as She was about to make. the attempt. .Then, again, the, frank and noble baring.of her champion imit his.apparent devotion in thus venturing from the ca' ern in, her cause,,re-assur ed her, and she resolved . to. obey his instructions and bide the hour and the event. . i i, • . ( 1 ) "Wet and hivering with the damp air of her prisp -hotise,_she wrapped her in tit embroidered cloak which, the strangetr had placed upon her on their first entranee, and seating herself on the rock. patiently awaited 'his coming, an' before niany minutes bad passed ''he leaped breathless to her side. , . 66 Quick, lady !" said he,; " there is no tithe nor to lose.. We . have. no foe to ercountT m nut' path ; but the wa ters ai.e 'Mt the increase,'and . that which was even ow Our:safety, will in : a short time; prove our.greatest danger." • With di, se words,;•hiseized her in •lilsarms,-' nd once " more darting thro'. •the filling' tream. they stood the ne'xt' 1 , moment -"n safety in-the glen.;- Their sittingsheronhex' feet; he took her hand, 4. and lett . he ; down the . ravine. ' • . • .. ' . The tw miles he had mentioned to •her, in the rOcky,and overgrown path' they pursned,Were es much as fen 'in any ordinary .road,-ind '-lrequently the stranger itvas compelled to carry his . companiotimver the _dangerous ground. With the calmness of a stoic,, however,, and the trite duty.of a loyal knight, the stranger j(ierfortned • his task ,t - and 'at len'lll halting in - the forest, he pointed 1 ton solitary = light before them,' and the red hiS wearied fellow.traveler with .the kiews,that,their haven was inAght.. Elv)re now.-found herself , under - the walls of r . lone.:and 'Melancholy look ing lEMilditig.‘sitnitid in the depth of . , .. . v , the forest. ~,- 4 , '', ' . ': .' . 116 sfer - in-had..nearly passed away, rand as theclondt . rollek beneath the, minnt . ,.thelhattlement.s showed black as thel thiekTtiondi around them. The night breeze _sighed drearily-"as 'the". ..63 1 4ageri:'Pattsing before this ..ominons Ipoli:itag... place, ~ glanced, cautiously. around !flits, whilst the wolf howling in "the forcit tilrai answered by Abe .owl6t . in. the torer..'- - ; I•seemed.• in short, the. very situalicin for the strong hold. 'of a robber bantl4_ and,, accordingly, the'la-_ . 4y:was•orpe mere. seized with feelings feelings • litidderett While. she- gazed :upon the • dark building - - before- -her, and. ahribst. 'titehcled:Ali,lteir.-. her : conductor propose. to her to enter its ' walls. - There, Was., :Something, singuliwtY, cold and Stern,. tort;licfbis'ilintiner,sincciohey had left ;01044* ;of the ; caverh.: ; 4 e „had ; : scarcely - ,Tadiltes . se . tl:riv,ord.tO, her as he . litidied,•:nOW:iftl ; and, although, it ':is , trVeiliatle 'hid aided hee; l. and: giien . "eVerkassistance along - the:difficult:patli :titer bid : traversed, still his,wianner 441 ‘. 'Nett rather that .of a, gnard•te reapttve,, I.tlian-of,tin attendant, escort-of a damsel ~ iii•iiiiities. • :- ITOwa.vei:', 'there was nevi . . I tiir theme l in the matter ; ' • she felt •,that she ' ‘ iitii4{ . -Fitibrace"..the!fate-ofthe 'hour, ibe..it for.vod. or evil t, she was in the piavver'Of her 46'6106'0,0 . , 'and to heaven. :ilititemmitted het fittnre.fate. -• i :."..1 . After patiiing foie fen , ' moments; the ;os:eller took , his bugle .in hand, and ,wound faint and' long drawn. Math :thereon . : ;it teas instantly replia 1 :a 'ilia ctict.frnm - tilititin the vallti; . . ! - - I -A- Ow minutes inore. , atiell the Cleat and ,elbtter_Of arms resounded through The; flashed' from! its loop, `l{4l towers; a 'sentinel ,4allenied obi fire ~b s te~iouse .' tfie'dravi bridge 44 lqiiere'd; and ialtinir 'his , coin pan. I I -) CP iiorOy the hand, the Mysterious caysli9r: tue- zoc, (16 licoqopactua: at,..gtcah Eli MI entered his ominous .looking dwelling obierxed, that they passed' through . • olerably strong- beefy 'of 'men . atarme,-- who stood enranked • within. ;the first bidet., and who did' the hon or's to her 'conduntor pretty mach in the same style that the turned out guard of 4 - garrison in Lt ie present. day pre, sents arms td .the commandant. A sort of Major-domo also met• :then,* within the court yard,: and. ushering therdiritolhe hall of the building, bow, ed, and. withdrew. - .The hall of the, castle, 4 or chateau, ,to which the lady .. now found herself .introduced, of ample ditnensions; and (for that rude age) displayed a considerable share of comfort, as 'Well .as feudal state. An ' ample fire glowed . Upon the • hearth ; a massive table stood before it; and wine together with more solid refreshments. seemed as though'. they had prepared for:expected guests, Banners of an ancestral chivralry, also floated. froth the roof on each 'side ; suits . of armor ‘ 4 hung unscourid by the wall," whilst arms of 'Various denoininations also festooned and ornamented the ap'artnient numerous enough to furnish forth an' infantry regiment of modern times. The cavalier, regiment , his high crown ed beaver, formerly welcomed his love ly guest to his' strong hold. "It gives me pleasure, madam," said in your favor to break through a firm resolve, never to taste the pleasures of the world, or open my gates in the way of hospitality again. The peculiar. circumstances of your situation, however absolie me'from my, oath, and all I pos sess ik this•wild domain is ,at your. ser vice. I must however, promise to you, _that the same circumstances which have made me a recluse here will- alio impri son yen within these walls loran indefi nite-period, since the dangers with which I am at present surrounded will not per mit of my offering you the protection of my own escort or suffer me to parrwith any of my retinue. .Suffice it whilst be neath this roof tbat'yoor comfort shall be cared for, and all.your wants supplied. "' In saying. this, the cavalier.proceeded `to offer the Lady Elvini the refreshnient's; of which she steed in some need:; and, summoning an •attendant,, desired, that the evening.ineal should be instantly ser-, ved; whilst a chamber was being prepar ed for her. Hot and savory viands were accordingly brought in, as an addition - to , the supper, by a train of serving men, at, one end of the hall ; whilst from 'the door at the other extremity Aim& what the lady first termed a funeral proces.sioti : since it consisted of some half:a dozen fe-. males elail in sable suits, and veiled from, lieQd to foot. , They advanced to the table arid requin ed stationary, as if waiting for leave to sit down and partake of- the4epast pre-: pared. - The cavalier, whose browhad grown, black ,as midnight as soon as he became, aware .of this accession to the party; was ahouttocinvite the Lady Elvin' tei a seat: when the-loud and'repeated blast of a bugle without the walls suddenly arrest ed his attention. :Making a , sign to the . attendant steivart, that funetinnaly . ,left ,the apartment, in:order' to •• ascertain the meaning of ,suc'h summons,' and quickly returning; announced• that tWo - Strangers,. who had, apparently. been attacked by some of the Forty-seven, and Who'Were moreover, belated' and bewildered in the` inountains, craved adinittanceand harbor ,rage within the NV ails. -elite; some slight. struggle, apparently between his firm re-, solve and his hospitality,thVitern :Cava-, aave'Orders to have them condicted to his presence.- . '-•;• Thenew accession to the party,"con. 'sistedns had been mentioned, of two cal valiers 'and both were as, far frOm the common run of chance waYfarers as it %ids' possible to 'conceive: Both were clad in rich traveling • suits, such .:as the. wealthy, utereliant,,or the-noble' , of .ihat period might be suppnsed to tra- Vel in. Their equipage, however, shotit-' 'ell both 'tokens of . a recent fraY;'-fiti for and a toilsome journey.. They,ati 7 yanced. into the room, with all that bear r ,,, ing and dignity which belong to men ac-, cu mingle with, the nnblei of 'the land: .and the first 3vurds•therspoke of apology for their neessary.intrusion,,, proclaidedbY, their accent drat 'they were ' The. taller, and more bulky bf thel two. ,- -seelned tó assume though'; not -the,,; least superiority: o .. Ver his,rooro quiet and, dignified companion about whom "there ii;as,:indeetl, once -and bearing w hreh • •elaimed respect and hliniage-at the' first glance:. and accoidlitglY;24is mere free:and , as -0On:14g Cconiratle was unregarded-in preseriee i. aild the attention-'tt the host' instantly beitnwerr"upon Ihnl Younger and Anieter "of the: new. Omer., [CONCLUDED 07 . N ., rotarrn "soma II woo r 46640.