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THE BLACK
ISUOTIIEIUIOOD OF ST.
BltUNO.
Duiinc; tho "Thirty Years' War"
which ccnvulsed Germany, one fine sum
liter's afternoon, a foot traveller eamo to
tho little hcBtlery ot tho "Traveller's
Rest," which stood by tho roadside on
the river's bank. His garb proclaimed,
him a soldier. Hih black boots were
drawn half way up to his thigh, in
which alooso pair of breeches lost, them
selves, and a rusty brestplale covered his
bud' leatlierii je'i kin. A broad leaf low
crowned hat, from which a single black
feather depended, was pulled low upon
his forehead. lie was armed with sword
and pistols.
There was somathing in his martial
bearing and linn tread that socmed to
denote tlio.olUcer. So, at lenst, thought
tho liltlo sunny.haircd maid of the hostl.
cry, who eamo forth to servo linn ; for
she said at once :
'What can I servo you with, noblo
Ciptuin ?
'A flagon of Rhenish, nud of your best
vintage, mind, and a bit of something to
oat in the first place,' answered the sol
dier. 'I nm suro i don t know how many,
but I know that wo have inoro empty
flasks at tho end of the week than tho
number of travellers could possibly have
drank.'
'I thought so. Tho closo neighbor
hood of those good monks accounts for
tbo excellence of the wine. St. Bruno,
.your very good health. Do many
travellors pass this way, sweetheart !' ,
'Nut many ; and what seems to mo
very singular,' continued the girl, bond,
itig towards the Captain, and speaking
in a low, cautions whisper, 'notio that
pass this way ever teturn.'
'Indeed!' What Jcind of a road is it
between this hostlery and tho next stop
ping pkco V
'Very lonely and desolate
'Infested by robbers, eh Y
'I believo so; though my uncle always
assures travellers there is no danger '
'Who is your uncle tho landlord V
'Yes i I am his uiepo, Bonita, if you
please, sir.'
'Whether pleaso or not,' good na
turedly chucking tho girl under tho chin,
like one accustomed to suoh familiarity i
'and then a bed for tho night.'
'The first I can supply you with buj
the second, I am sorroy to say, I can
not.' It was a man's voio that spoke
They had been joined by the landlord
of the liOBtlery a short pussy little man,
with a fat faee and a red nose.
'And wherefore not, asked tho sol
dier, carelessly throwing himself on the
wooden ben oh under the tree that shad
owed the hostlery with its brandies,
whilst the girl went Into the house to
procure the refreshments he had be
spoken. 'Because every room .Is engagod, and
I have not a spare bed left The young
Baron Ravensburg, his sister, and their
attendants, will arrive this evening.
Their courier was hero this morning; to
bespeak the rooms.'
'That's unfortunate But I am not
particular- -I am a soldier as you see
so -givo inc a bundle ot straw in one
of the out.house, and that will content
mo.'
'Impossible !' cried tho host with nn
iilaority which rather surprised tho sol,
dier; 'even lis it is, I shall bo compelled
to mako some of the Baron's servants
slt'ep in the open air, Mv house is but
small, as you perceive, hiid tho Baron s
retintio is largo Ten miles further on
there is an exeellent inn. You are used
to marching,' said tho host with an tit
tempt at tacetiousue.ss, 'and the uis'ance
will bo nothing to you.'
'Excuse mi', answered tho soldiei'.
tapping tho heel cl his boot with his
heavy steel scabbard, and all tho jvhiht
subjecting his host to a scrutiny of which
he was unconscious, 'I am not a foot
soldier; and in my long marches I have
been accustomed to use four legs instead
ot two. I did not co.ne all the way on
toot.'
Wlici'o is your horse ?' asked the
landlord quicky, and with some anxiety
the soldier thought.
'Some two mil.s from here,' ho nns
ered carelessly. .
'Two miles from hero !' echoed the
land.ord ; 'there is no house there.
Why did you leave him V
'Simply because he could carry mo no
further, and I had not been in the habit
of carrying him. llo was dead V
'Dead?'
'Yes It happened very strangely.
These are troublesome times, I know,
but I thought the war had not invaded
tills quiet province, at least I was told so,
and therefore I rodo along fearless of
danger. When I eamo to that liltlo glen
with rocks and woods cresting in upon
either side, I thought a natural idea
for a soldier that it was a capital place
for an ambuscade, and so it proved ; for
I hud scarcely entered it when two car
bines were fired irom tho thicket. My
horse neighed with pain, reared up and
then tell to tho earth, carrying me along
witli him, 1 knew that he was badly
hurt, for I have had horses shot under
mo before ; so I quickly snatched my
pistols from my holsters, extracted my
feet from tho stirrups anil went down
quietly with him. Fortunately ho lay
stono dead and did not kick. I lay mo
lioidess on his body and waited for fur
ther developments. Two men, with
carbines in their hands, emerged from
the thicket and came rapidly toward me.
When they were within ten feet of mo I
arose and called upon them to surrender,
as I wo anxious to learn the oauso' ot
this tinprovtkuJ attack, there being
nothing in my appearance, I thought, to
suggest tho idea of .booty. But the
rascals, who evidently thought mo dead,
were so terrified that they beat a hasty
retreat towards tlio woods, and so I was
obliged to send a couple of bullets after
them; and being tin indifferent 'good
shot, they did stop, and unhiss some
good Christian gives them burial, fhoy
are likely to stop thre for some lime.'
'You shot them both '' Hammered
tho landlord ; and his teeth chattered,.
and ho grow very 'palo, nil but tho top
ofhifiiose, which, from contrast 'with
tho rest of his face, looked redder than
ever.
'What would you havo mo do V asked
tho soldier, in his usual tone. 'They
might havo fired with better success at
some other poor travelloe. who might
not have got off so easily as I did V
'What could iiavo possessed them to
lire upon you !' exclaimed the landlord,
and it almost appeared 'that ho was ti
ing himself tho question ns much as ho
did tho soldier.
'Precisely the question I asked mysulf,'
remarked the soldier i 'and sinco you
have mentioned the expected arrival of
the young Baron ot Ravensburg, I think
I have a clito to the who'o affair. Some
outlaws having heard of tho Baron's
journey, have formod a plan to wajlny
hira. These two men were sent forward
as scouts, to apprise the others of tho
Baron's approach. Seeing a solitary
horseman approach, they concluded to
plunder a little on their own account.
As I was not molested further on the
way hither, tho rendezvous of tho band
must bo beyond thoro, consequently the
Boron will reach this houte in safety.
Now, ii you cannot accommodate me
with a bed, I shall take up my quarters
to night upon this bench, for I fool it my
duty to warn this young Baron, (tor I
know something of his family), of the
dangor which threatens him.'
Tho landlord gaed curiously at his !
iiiieereliu nious guest. There was no
mistaking the man. Courage and dc
termination' were highly stamped upon
his lino cut features.
'You are an ollicer?' ho said inquir
ingly. ' Yes '
'Captain Y
'Exactly.'
'Disbudded V
'No.'
Tho quiet sniilo that .accompanied this
answer bewildered tho landlord. In
fiict, the Captain was an enigma that tho
worthy host of tho 'Traveller's Rust'
found it .impossible to solve.
The appearance of tho maid of tho
liostelry with a flask of wine and the re
freshments the Captain had ordered,
itit 'i rupted tho conversation.
Tho host whispered to the girl and
t' en hurried away.
'What did ho say to you ?' asked tho
Captain abruptly, fix'ng his keen eyes
upon the girl's face,
'To wait upon you while he went up
to tho monasiory,' answered the girl, uns
hesitatingly.
'Tho monastery Y rejoined tho Cap
tain, leisurely inspecting. the contents of
the flask ot Rhenish, which seemed to be
much to his satisfaction. 'That old ruin
upon the lull yonder. Is it then occupi
rd i
'Oh. yes ; about a year ago a parly of
wandering monks, whoso monastery "had
been destroyed by tha soldiers ot tho
league, occupied it ; and they have res
mained ever since. They call them
selves the 'Black Brotherhood of S.t j
Bruno.' And very pious and self-deny- j
ing men- they are, too, ' They keep
wrapped up in an odor of sanctity all
tho time. They never hold any com- J
miinication with tho world without ; no
stranger is ever admitted tnnoath their
Willis ; and whenever mm ,f il, l.,.ii. .
erliood comes out, ho always has his
black cowl drawn closely over his face.
. ,,t uiiiiii-
J bough I have been here n:i long as lliey
hive, I never yet saw onj wilh Lis face
uncovered '
'I thought you said your undo was
going there ?' remarked the Captain,
carelessly sipping his wine.
'Oh ! ho only goes to '. tho porter's
wicket, ho never goes in. Ho supplies
tho monks with food.' ' I
'And how many bottles; of thisc;
tal wino a month t'
ll-
IIu (Mught her quickly around the
waist, dre w her upon his knee, mid im
printed a kiss upon her cherry lips. The
girl freed herself from uh embraces and
retreated in confusion, but. she did not
seem very angry at the liberty the sol
dier had taken. It was something to bo
a handsome captain even in. those days.
The sound of approaching wheels now
attracted their munition, 'and a light
travelling carriage drawn by two horses,
and driven by a postillion, and accom
panied by four outriders, drove up to
tho hostlery. .
Tho attendants opened tho tarring.-,
dour, and a young man in tho handsome
uniform of l'appeiiheiin's dragoons
j.nuj.euouuami assisted an elegantly atO
: i i . i
in on young lany 10 aiigiit troni the car
riage. They were the Baron Ravens
burg, colonel in the imperial service, and
his sister, tho Countess Adalia.
Tho landlord, who had returned from
the monastery, welcome! them, con
ducted them into the hostlery, while two
rough looking hostlers took charge of
l!u carriage. Tlio outsiders stabled
their own iiniinals.
The Captain had observed ull that had
passed with a very altemivo eyo. Ho
had expected a much larger escort,
Tho lady was without a maid, and' th
B.1I0H .had but five attendants ; and yet
tR. all(urd lo, ,;, lll01 wcro no.
co.mirodations. There was something
wrot.g.
Tho Baron enmo in from tho hostler
ry, f .dlowed by Bonita, bearing a fresh
flask ot Rhenish.
'Good evening, Captain, ho said cotir
teously, touching his plumed boavor with
a graceful action which bespoke the fin.
ished cayallier, 'perhaps you will do mo
tho favor to drink this flask of Rhenish
with me.
'With all my heart,' answered tlie
Cnptain cheoi fully, 'mine Is empty.'
The Baron seated himself on tho bench
and Bonita placed tho flask aud dtps bo
fore them.
'Stay I' cried the Captain, ns stio wss
going 'how many monks are thoro in
yonder oonyont, my pretty Bonita V
'Twenty, I think Captain,' she an-
swe'red.
'Thank you, that will do.'
She went into tlio luiusu. The Baron
regarded thu (..upturn attentively. His
question about the monks seemed to stir
prise I im.
'Do you thmk of retiring from the
world, Captain!' he laughingly inquired,
'and taking up your abode-in yonder
monastery i'
'I faith, not I.' Re filled the cups in
that careless, utl-handed manner, wTiieh
pervaded everything he did, and raised
it to his lips 'Your health, Baron Rav
ensburg ' .
'You have tho advantago of me,' an.
Bwcred Ravensburg, ns ho responded to
tho toast.
. 'Oh! call mo Captain Bernard.'
'I passed a dead horse on the road.
Tho landlord tells mo it 'was yours. I
also saw the bodies ot tho men slain by
you. A narrow escape, Captain. By
thu way. are you in the imperial ser
vice V
'I am not. To bo frank with you,
my sword is at present at liberty.'
'Then lako service with mo There
is something in your appearanco that
bespeaks the gentleman; and tho soldier,
and I lik you There is a majnrship ya".
cant in my regiment which I can prom
iso you '
'On my word, Baron,' returned the
Ciplain, smiling good humoredly, 'you
do me much honor on so brief an ac
quaintance ; but we aro likely to sorve
together in a sharp campaign, which is
nearer than you imagine. . Whether you
or I shall tako direction ot the affair de
pends upon yourself after you have heaul
what I havo to tell you '
'In lleavon's namo what do you
meant' exclaimed Baron liavensbur" in
astonishment,
"Softly in a whisper thero may be
long tars about us. In a word we are
in a deu of cut-throats. Yonder old
monastery is occupied by a bam', of rob
bers in tho disguise ot njonks. The
I... .,11 1 ..f .1 : . i. .i , . ,
i. milium ui ii, is uusiiery is in lea"iie
wilh them. They have been apprised
of your coming, and will either nttack
you here, or on the desolate road beyond.
As they know that I am here, from tho
landlord, and may warn you, I should
not be surprised if they assailed us here
to-night.1.
'(rent Hevons! my poor Adalia 1 1
care not if I can save her. Twenty of
'In the girl said and havo but' Dvo
men twenty against six !'
'Kxeusu me ; your calculation is er
roneous. There are but eighteen against
seven, You have counted two who are
killed, and yon have not counted inc.'
. V Ml . 1 r
-nm win inn mo men! My dear
Cnptain, this in generous.'
Uly dear Baron, n is nothing of the
kind. I merely -enter into an alliance
wilh you tor our mutual benefit ; as you
Have tho strongest party the advantage
is decidedly upon my side. You, I hey
might possibly plunder and suffer to de
part, but me they would cortainly kill in
revenge for their comrades slaughter.'
'Captain, I place tho diiection of this
nir.dr in your hands-
myself and people
are at your orders. What is your best
course of action Y
. 'Invite mo in to supper with you when
landlord announces that it is served. I"
will secure him. Then your pooplo must
secure tho ho-dlors and put them in a
safe place. Then collect your whole
force into the house, and let us barri
cade, it to the best of our ability. .Eigh
teen men will find it difiieiilt to dislodge
seven, oven out of this small wooden
fiameswork. Having deprived the rob
hers of all means of obtaining inloruiiis
tion in regard to our plans, I will make
tho landlord divulge theirs. You have
no idea what a persuasive way I have.'
This plan was carried out to thu letter
and a pistol held by tho firm hand of
tho Captain at tho head ot the guilty and
trembling landlord, compelled him to
divulgoall. The Baron and his sister-
wero to bo held tor ransom, und tho
Captain killed, ho not being considered
worth a ransom. When nil had retired
to rest, tho landlord was to admit tho
robbers into tho hostlery.
Tho Cnptain laid his plans at once.
Tho front door was left unfastened, but
every other avulablo aperluru .was se
cured as firmly as was possiblo under
the circumstances. Tlio Countess and
Bonita were placid in the upper story
for sooiiritv, wifh the postillion as a
guard. Tho Captain, Baroiii ami others
cauh armed with a sword and. a l race ot.
pistols, oocupied tho largo nppartinent ,
on the ground floor. The landlord was
to admit thu robbers one at a lime, as
had been arranged by the captain of the
band himself, and as fast as they entered,
they were to he secured, gagged nnd
bound.or killed outriglit.-iscirciinislaiions
warrant.
Thu hour for attack drew near, and
every Ii .art beat anxiously. Tim cool
est man of thu party was tho Captain
Unconsciously, ho had assumed entir
direction of the nffiir, and the young
Baron and his followers obeyed him
implicitly, seeming to recognize Ids lit
ness for the position without question.
A stealthy footstep approached the
door, and the landlord, assisted by tint
cold barrel of a pistol, which felt disa
greeably close to the back of his head,
admitted a robber, who was instantly
secured. Another followed, mid another
until it eamo to the eightha stout braw
ny fellow who. by a herculean ellort,
twisted his throat out of Captain Ber
nard's grasp, and shouted at tho top of
his lungs.
'Wo are betrayed !' .
Two other robbers, who wrc close
behind, discharged their carbines in at
the door, and instantly retreated. A
yell ot pain answered tho discharge, and
ono man fell in the hostlery. The door
was iiistaul v shut and barricaded. Lights
word brought forward, nnd the man who
had fallen was raised. It proved to be
the landlord, flu was quito dead, both
bullets having taken effect in his body.
Alter a brief consultation tho robbers
advance! in a body against this door,
attempting to hew it open with axes
which they had procured from the stables.
They were met with a fusilac'e of pUol
shots that thiiined'them to one-halt bo-
fore they hud forced tho door, and then
it was the bo.-ieged that sallied forth, and
not they that entered. Tho survivors of
the band lied
Tho tight was over. Fifteen of the
band wero killed, wounded and prison
ers Tho prisoners wero treated with
tho summary justioo of military time,
being shot, at sunrise by Baron's follow
ers. Tho Baron and his sister renewed
their journey in tho morning, being nt-
tended by Captain Bernard, whom the
Baron furnished w ith a horse by dis
mounting ono of his own followers, and
Bonita, whom tho Countess had enga
ged as maid.
The Captain loft the Baron at the first
stopping place. They parted witn mu
tual expressions of regret. But they
wero destined to meet again. On ih"u
bloody field of Lutzeno, when Fiippon
heiin fell and his routed cavalry fled in
dismay before tlio impetuous charge oftho
Swedes, Rnvonsburg was made prisoner.
He was ld bel'oro tlm victor oftho well
fought field, Bernard Van Weimar, who
had a 'sinned command oftho Protestant
army on the full of (liisUvus Adolplms,
mid in tlio brave soldier and skillful tieu
oral ho recognized Captain Bernard, the
destroyer of the 'Black Brotherhood.'
A SUMMER DAY IN HAYING.
I! V 11 TAVI.OIt.
Five o'clock and a summer morning!
A silver mist hangs all along the streams,
afewdony clouds mo afloat and the
landscape is heavy with dew. Tlio cows
turned out fiom the milking, are tinkling
their way along tho winding path to the
woods; the robins are calling to each
other in tha orchard, and an enterprising
hen in the barn is giving "the world as
surance of an egg. Somehow, earth,
on such a morning, looks as if it were
just finished, the coloring net dry, thu
moulding not 'set;' without a gravo or
grief in it.
Nothing 'the way oftho wind,' nnd
remembering that tlio sun 'cnine out'
us it set last night, it is prom iinoed a
good day for haying. So forth to tho
meadow, tho farmer, tho neighbors nnd
tho boys, 'armed and equipped,' a
young Uarelooicd commissary limning
up thu rear with earthen jug and bright
tin pail. Much talk of wido swaths.'
and 'mowing around,' with luucrh and
jest, beguiles the journey through tho
Hold af pasture to tho field of battle.
I Coats und jackets fly like leaves in winter
weather, and moves tlio phalanx with
stop and sweep through tho I nil, damp
grass, One bends to t' o scythe as if it
was an oar, and pants on in the rear of
his fellows. Another walks erect nnd
boldly up to tho' grass, the glittering
blade tho while curving freely and easily
about his feet.' Tho follow in Kentucky
jean expended his strength in boasting
on the way, and labors like a ship in a
heavy sea, whllo tho quiet ehnp in tow,
that never said a word is the pioneer of
tho field
On they move, towards tho tremulous
woods in tho distance' One Dnusps.
brings tho swath to un 'order urins
and you can hear the tinkling of tho
rifle, as it sharpens the edco i f Time's
symbol. Another wipes "tho beaded
drops h oin his brow, and then swath
notes blond ngum in full orchestra
Onward till, they HrO liiddou in tlio
waving grass-all but rt broken 'row ot
broad brin.inul hats, that, rising and
tailing, seem to float slowly over tho ton
of the meadow.
Ten o'clock and a doiidless sky. Tho
l".'ds nnd the maples .ileut -nnd still;
"t n flutter ... tho b'uo sky, a solitary
hawk ,s slowly swmging , niry cn.c,8 -over
tho farm. Hr down in tho breath,
less ako swep -,is shadowy fellows.
ll.o long. yello,v ribbon of road leadine
to town is a quiver with heat. "Brin
die" nnd -Bet' stand dozing in tho
marsh; the sin ,,,, ni-0 ,,nnljMEf j tj,e
angles ot the fences; tho horses ae group
ed beneath tlio old tree ; 'Pedro-'
tliufaiiht.il guardian of the nicht. has
crawled under tho wagon for its shadow,
now and then snapping in his sleep at
tho lhesth.it hum around his pendant
ear; the cat has crept up into tho leafy
butternut nnd stretched herself at length
M'' a limb, to sleep- the canary is
reaming on his drowsy porch, and even
the butterflies, weary of flickering in tho
sunshines, rest, like full blown exotics, on
the reeds. The children ot a neighbors
ing hchool; all flushed and glowing
conio hounding down ll.o elopo in coup.
Ies tha old red pail sivung up between;
and the clatter ot tho windless betokens
the old oaken bucket' already dripping
up into the sun, with its brimming wealth
of water.
Twelve o'clock, and a breathless noon.
1 he corn fairly curls in the Steady blaze,
tho sun has driven tho shadows around
under tho west and north walls: it has
reached tho noon-mark on the threshold
and pours thd broad beams into the hall
the .Homing gh.rios havo struck their
colors, and a httlo vino trailed up the
wall by a stiing of a shroud, shows de.
culed symptoms of letting go. Tho horn
winds for dinner, but its welcome notes
surprises tho mowers in tho midst of the
meadow, and they'll cut their way out
like good soldier.-, despite their signal
Back wonro again to tho field, ay'o,
an, back too, upon tho threshold of
childhood. A eha.iw breath wafts to us
tho sweet, rld-fashioned fragrance of the
new.n.own hay, and we are younger in
memory than we'll ever be aain The
angry hum .of bets just thrown out of
house and home, and tlio whistling quail
as she whirled timidly aivny beforo the
steady sweep of the whetted scythes: and
the shout oftho children as the next
stroke laid open their summer hopes to
day; and the bell tones of tne bob-o.links
swinging upon tho willows in the "Hol
low." Can't you hear don't you re
member them all?
And havo you forgotten the green
knoll under ll.o wide-spread beech rr
was it maple? And how hungry you
were, at the uion.iiig lunch, just from
sympathy, though you hadn't 'earned
your salt' for a week? And tl. u
' Mi 1 .i "lUffll
jug (il.e.l with pnro water, and in theso
i ' Know tho Httlo black
bottle with something stronger, iust 'to
qual.ly'it.asthey Mid, that nestled to
gotlicr, muin the cool and dewy grass in
the fence corner. Wo are suro you re
member how magnificent loads went
tumbling into the barn, you upon the
top, nnd .how they heaped the now hay
into tlm empty -mows till it was half as
high as the ladder up to tho big beam
up to the swallow hole; and how you
crept up with a young group, and hid
away in a dark corner, festooned with
cobwebs, and played you wore a 'painter'
or 'cataino.tninin, nnd growled terrifical
ly, to the unspeakable dread of your lit
tle brother, or cousin, or somebody. Or,
weary of the bolic, how you lay upon
the hay nnd counted tho dust sunbeams
ns ihey streamed through the crevicesof
the 1 lose siding, ami wondered how they
got out again, and how many it took to
make a 'day, and passed your finger
through them to and fro, and marvelled
that you felt nothing.
Many a time, voir know, you crept .
through that samo mow with Mary
Gray Don't you remember Maryl She '
men Ml lliu lioiisu jusi OVCr tllO lllll
Have you forgot how you wont straw
berrying together? You picked in her '
basket don't deny it you always felt?
happier than when you 11. led your own,
though you never-k"ov why. You had '
a queer feeling sometimes about the
hoart, though you never knew what.
You have found it all out sinco, no doubt' '
And Mary what has beconio of hor? '
Why, 'thoro is a reaper whose name! is
Death,' that goes forth to tho harvost in '
sweetest Spring nnd latest Autumn, arid
deepest Winter ns well, nnd Mary and ''
cuen .iiiiio wero long ago bound lip in
tlio samo sure bundle" of lifo. , 1
Seven o'clock, and a clear night.
Tho shadows nnd tho mist are rising in !
tho valleys tho frogs have set tip their
chorus in thu swamp the fire-flies, are '
showing a light off tho marsh tho whip-poor-wills
begin their melancholy sontf
- a star blazes gbenutifully over the
top of ll.o woods, nnd the fair beings
that ptoploour childhood come abont
us, in tho twilight the fair beings,
"Who set ns sots tho morning star, that goes '
Not down behind tho darkened west, hor tildes
Obscured amidst tho lompest of tho sky,
Rut melts awny. Into the liht of hcavou."
"
"Strange how some people will look ,
nt things," ns a lady said who went up ;
street with tilting hoops.