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and eve

OF MAILS,

. ’ RIVA! POETRY.

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GROWING UP.

Oh to keep them still around us, baby dar- fresh and pure, Mother's smile their pleasures crowning, Mce

ther’s kiss their sorrows cure ;

MOR RRE o ke meanen tenehen suney Carts 19th DECEMBER. Oh to keep the waxen touches, sunny curls and radiant eyes, ~ ~: | Pattering feet and eager prattle—all young life’s lost paradise !

ings,

SE DUE i | One bright head above the other, tiny hands that clung and clasped, About Tuesday, Thursday, Little forms that close enfolding, all of Love's

| Saturday evening, but best gifts were grasped ;

uncertain i

I y, 25th About Tuesday the 30th, and | on the winter hearth, ad rv second every alternate Tuesday Bidding all the bright world echo with their day af rwards fearless, careless mirth. 1 | Oh, to keep them, how they gladdencd all the path from day to day, Halita hicellincertal: | What gay dreams we fashioned of them, as ene cee | in rosy sleep they lay: eae ng . Ort as wele . 10 | Daily, Sunday excepted, 2 How een broken word was we ae d, how p.m ' each struggling thought was hailed, . sPfac § "PY rg ao AWwar t » = xcepted. 9 Daily, Sunday excepted, 2 \seach bark went floating seawa d, love be a . decked and fancy sailed ! p.m Puesday, Friday, 2 p. m. | Gliding from our jealons watching, gliding Wednesday, Saturday, 7 p.m. | ' om ‘ned clinging noid, ' , ee uo | Lot the brave leaves bloom and burgeon ; lo ' . : the shy, sweet buds unfold, i, ® m. Vednesday, Saturday, 2 p.m, :

Fast to lip and cheek and tresses steals the maiden’s Lashful joy ;

Fast the frank bold man’s assertion, tones the accents of the boy

nday, Wednesday. 2.30, p. m. Friday, 9 a.

Friday,

Tuesday, 1,

Neither love nor longing keep them; soon in

i other shape than ours,

| Those young hands will seize their weapons, build their castles plant their flowers ;

Soon a fresher hope will brighten, the dear eyes we trained to see ;

- City delivery, must. in al] | 800ma closer love than oursin those waken- ing hearts will be.

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} So it is, and well it is so; fast the river nears the main. | Backward yearnings are but idle never glows again ; Siow and sure the distance deepens, slow

4. A. MACDONALD, Postmaster. dawning

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LITERATURE, THE SWEDES IN PRAGUE.

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FREEHOLD PROPERTY

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CHAPIER VIL.

} acres for Sale, fronti gon| This evening, which had flitted by UGH RIVER, ebout

e NARM of 1 60

| quietly with the little party at Wallerstein’s

HILLSBOR

10 miles up said River, called PORTAGE. : In front are good Oyster Beds,and a quantity | 47den, had not passed in equal peacefulness of Masse] and Oysier Mad that will enrich |to Helen. It is true, she had no suspicion the s Also MARSH. Itis other-| of having been s2en from the observatory ee ee | during her nocturnal interview, aud scen too \lsc,a Saw, Lath, and Shingle MILL, | by the very eyes which, for many reasons,

she would have most Cesired to shun; yet, | this night had been preductive to her of such care and anxiety as to keep her mind

cutting Scantling, and other purposes, be- sides other Saws, with about 50 acres Land,

yesidee what is under water. 134

h ving a large Circular Saw for Edging, | miles

from Charlottetown, and 5 chains from the } in a state of continual excitement. > % me & n - 1a Lec i ° ° ° ° Railroad. tis f the best Mills on) After their firet meeting, it could not the Island. : < ; ;e-cap? the notice of Odowalsky, that the Also, a BRICK HOUSE and SHOP, 124 | impression he had made on the [ady was not i miles fron Yharlo } t ) | s , miles 'rom Uhariotietown, and about 6 OF 5/ much lees powerful than had at first beea sfrom a railroad station. There will | ‘ ' : rom 10 to 50 acres of jand with it, | Produecd on himself by tho contemplation particulars apply to 'ofhercharms. He, however, was too far

DONALD advanced beyond the years of enthusiism, ee and had experienced too much cf the world,

NAD ca rW3m { to lose himself in those ecstasies and lan- i \ } } S A i 1 guishments which woa'd have rendcroda

* A - =~ @# younger min the most blessed or the most

wretched of mortals.

The following Freehola Properties at the West!

fixed his notice ; her manners had attracted, and be: couvetsition,so animated and intel- lectual, enchanted him. He sew enough to feel convinced that the posersion of her heart would be disputed by more than one Suitor,, butto gain th: effection of socharm- ing a creature—‘he probable hei-ess of the Baron von Zelstow ;~—to become intimate with the owner of a cast! in the vicinity of the cspital; aud to govern the feelings end

GOOD FARM fronting on the MILL RIVER, LOT 5, Seventeen Chains, Cataining 20 Aeres, half clea st covered with a good growth f Ha 1 Soft Wood, Main road ranning ou t. There is abundance of Muesel- | f the farm. Six miles from |

opinions of a high-coaled woman, who che’ Withee’ of Aikasten cat ubbus teas wou'd, he mecomase himse’f,

les from the Railroad Station on the Hals | Fee his p'aus:—al! this appeared to the | adventurous Odowalsky so truly desirable, that he embraced the opportunity with ias tense delight. Bold and enterprising in the re ee formation of his projects, and equally dexter. ous in carrying them into execution he soon by dint of money and flattery (both of which he well knew how to apply, ace rding to circumstances or rank) ducing one of the attendants at the castle to deliver, first of all, a letter t» Lady Helen.

ype of the most desirable Farms 2 @ fine settlement, and a good

- ~~ ss 2 eod d, A Farm of Sixty Acaes, |*°o™

cn the opposite side of the River, similarly in in- situated.

Lot 4. PIUSVILLE ROAD, Lot 4, zg 50 Acres each. Cheap farms with

Ihe lett-r was raeeived :—Lelen paused awhile, ere she broke the seal and read the

rw uy the Pie contents.

Allher fancies and suppositions

cor ) - i amall clearances, near the Railroad track. sncee the !ad seen the stranger were con+ firmed by the appearance of this same letter ;

THE CURRY FABM which, to ute Odowalsky’s own words, was THE CURRY . | meant to make her acquainted with the

Containing 120 4 eres, —_ on a on melancholy fortanes of one who, at first

toad, 10 Chains front, 70 acres clear, we : > 7 .

mand, 10 tained Agee Th gered sight <f ber, hac felt convinced that the

cultivated and fenced with cedar, balance | *' +f : ;

covered with hardwood and c2dar, bitter cup of his destiny was yet undrained,

notwithstanding it had alrealy so long

ro are poisoned his existence, It appeared, he said,

27 x 30, well finished throughout, with | that it was then for the first time bis Jot to | Kitchen attached 12 x 17, Barn 34 x 41, with | f-el the panzs of a hopeless passion, from Pig house and Sheep house. _ There is al80| which Heaven had hitherto preserved his Pe Dwetiine Heuss, 16 = a 7 - tempest-beaten’ youth amid the din of camrs | Farm wil! be sold with or without the Stock, : and possession given in Spring, or Cropped | @nd arms. Next followed a rarrative of and sold with the Crop, delivered next Fall. | the events in bis life, in the light in which Lerms easy.

they appeared to his wounded yanity, and pe | intended to serve to Helen as a proof of his

The Ritchie Property, at | candor, and his wish to unfold his character KILDARE CAPES, | completely toher. Now and then came io-

n the Gulf Shore, consisting of a Store, | stances of self-accusation for past follies and

—~wATS

Dwelling Louse, Warehouse and Stable, | errors; but always in such a’ manner as‘to built fer a Fishing Station. Baildings i ;

matte for 9 OG rn Baildings im | toad a stranger, acd particularly a female, to gor rand but two years old.

Vor farther infetmation anels extenuate them. ‘The le't2r concluded with

’ Aika 5 a acti _ | pressing request for an interview of one

GEORGE W. HOWLAN. | quarter of an hour, that he might see and

Feb. 3. 1873. speak with her previous to biddiog a final

— | farewell,—fer he perecived, he added, the

folly of his passiou—and that he, the ims

Valuable Business Stand | pov rished, discharged soldier, fo whom fate for Sale.

had lefé nothing but his heart and hia sword, ve Subscriber wil

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61 lhen Alberton, J

;}could not venture to contend with the

isetl, by private sale,

Bride ith ghaden “ibe Railroad | S"° fir Helen’s hand; although his own ltotion. As thisis one of the finest and| @Bcient name, it is true, and his deeds dur~ |} moat eouveinent business siands on the | | Island, parties desirous ot engaging in| entitle him to hold rank even with these.

Mer st Business, will find it to their | He then went on to say that he was obliged |

advantage to cali and

vurchenibg € sewher

examine, before | to leave Pregue in three days, such was the imperious command of circumstances. Might ie, 19 Building Lots, sitaated within| he previously hope the fulfilment of his { the Bridge, avd suitable stands | prayer, which he implored Helen to regard

lor # unches of business : There is also | as the entreaty of a despairing man? ies t ardigan River Sich was the tenor of Odowalsky’s letter, i pacds mee Aye Bridge. ‘and it did not fail in its design. His langu-

ec so'd to puit intending | ‘ c

|age, betraying, alternately, warmth ead a _ | ardor, and grief and compesare, was new to Also.a sow, jah and shingle will, bavicg | poten, Occasionally it seemed, indeed, as , larger circular fo: cunting all Maes of if the strange:’s advances were too bold; ee Pow tod ae | but she reflected that he was to be regarded pon Lie, from | sather as an experieacel end unbappy | sold er than an evamored youth, ‘ Wallen- | steir,’ the argued t» herself, ‘ would not

» Wa'cr lotg, iromtipg

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<0 r, beside other 150 acres of is ¢ Cardigan Bridge.

iber intends to wind up

A the Cubecri

' Sete > reau | : : mis DaiaRede. 10% : ae ® ure Note of | have acted so; butha is a favorite of for- si arties hebt es to peaS | e oOo . ‘ ee ee nee j} tune, and can have no ides of the grief Hand, Beok Avreocunt, or otherwise, to]

tive sedcbnte ed e® before | which devours this mir, and which certainly All'sawse remaining | is but a poor teacher of the winning arts. | Then, how affecting is that air of profound melancholy which is breathed over all bis

let'er! How unbappy must such a man

settle their ress.

phe Ist August next.

unpaid after ti at date will be handed over

ok A.

Sporting in the summer sunshine, glancing |

Helen's beauty had |

readily ems}

wealthy youths, the barons of the kingdom,

ing the war, might, wsen fairly considered, | ordinary woman; and with that frankness

} | he is overtaken by ‘ate, and hu led back |

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,

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The lovers, in course of time, learnt to

pil chet aN il ea a again to chsearity!—to whom, of all that | know each other better, and their minds

he had acyn'red »t so much risk, nothing _ and dispositions become more and more cor-

remains—not even the free use of his !imbs jor his small patrinony;

| respondent, ard who cannot | fold to Helen the bold plans that he had

Odowalsky then began to un-

| reach tho throne of his prinea, to represent formed for betterirg his fortane, and for | to him the misery which bas been the re- overturning the present condition of things

| ward of one of hie best servants ! ’

He'e», and kindle long sappress d feelings of wounded pride, at the recollection of the former ep'encor of ber hou-e, while the state of privation in vhich she herself kad been reered evabled her to sympathize wth an< circumstances. She thus entered completely into Odowa!sty's feel- and excused their bitte ness. His boldness no longer cffended her, and how could she po:s bly re‘use his request !

This meeting. however, as it was the first, She tad nothing to fear, and little to venture ; for on Margaret, who had brcught the letter, she could de- pend, and it would not be dificult to scleet a spot where she mizhtepezk with Odowalsky cnobeerved, although the time must necess | sarily be after the fall of evening. ~ ha 1e-~ plied, therefore, in a few words, naminz the p’ace and hour at which they mizht mest in the garden, provided her relatioas should not leave their apartments; the evening air indeed, was yet too keen tor them, although the garden wore the jbcautiful livery of

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other in simi'a

ings,

must also be the las*.

spring.

The appointed day arrived. He'en aij'! felt some anxiety as she thought of the poss | sibility of Wallenstein or some other of the

she beheld the hour approach whea Odowals

sky would be awaiting her at the small

garden pate, leading to the banks of the

Moldavia, Most fortunately, and to her

great joy, the family reseived no visit that

evening * and when hor unele sat down with

a Visitor to his usual game of chess, and her

| auot, with her spindle, had taken ber station

| near them, Helen s'ipped out into the gars | | garden, and hastened toward the point of | rendezvous.

No sooner had s'e reiched it than she heard a gentle kuosk, and, on oy ening the wicket with a trembling had, Odowaleky | stood befsre her. Helen strove to recover her composure, a3 they walked on; and when a litle plantation of trees hid them | from all chance of prying cyes, he fell at | her feet to thauk her for ihe inexpreesible favor she had granted, ‘The excit>ment of | the occesion—the beauty of the lady—the step that she had taken for his sake—and lastly, his own warm temperament,—had all | conspired to raise

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Odowa'sky’s previous | liaison to a state of the most passionate | ardor, which was manifested in his whole conduct; and this manifestation, together with thes ldierslike fraukness of his address, proved to Helen « qually attractive and novel, A solt feeling stole overthe spirit of the hitherto haughty meiden, and she felt that caprice or hauteur,even were she disposed to exercis: them, would be here misplaced,

| So much mil&sess, unite] with mental power,—such bewitching charms, eo: joined with lofty purposs, completed Odowalsky’s fascination, Their minds, similarly consti, tuted in so many points, algo possessed in ecmmon the principle of pride, ° following the instigations of which, they spurned all control, and indalged in vague hopes of a brilliant futurity.

The time during which Helen might ex: | pret to remain unobserved in the garden | was now expired, and how swift bal been i's flight! The curfew sounded its warning voice, night was advancing, and the lovers were obliged to part, at the very moment when cach began to frel confident that two congenial hearts bed met.

‘ And when sha!] we meet again?’ im- | petuously exclaimed Odowalsky; ‘T cannot,’

aud he grasped her hand as he spoke, ‘ I cannot part from you 89 so)n !’

* Tt must be!’ answered Helen ; * twilight is far advanced, and I shalleoon be called to partake of our usual repast. and shali be soursht for over a'l the castle. Farewell! for along, long time !’

* Not eo,’ cried Odowalsky, eagerly passionately, you svcn. ble.’

But must you not depart from this neigh borhood ?’ inquired Helen, mourafally.

‘So I thought a short time since; but I now find that I shall remain at Prague, at least in the vicinity. Indeed 1 cannot de- part; I ‘love you passionately ; and if you share my feeling but in the thousandeth de. gree, you will not refuse my request. The fair girl stood indecisive and made no en- swer.

‘You reply not, Helen!’ h> exclaimed, hastily. ‘ You are apprebensive-—and well you may be so. It ean never repay you to venture anything for a poor ferlorn being, who cannot even oer you his right hand in the dance, while the noble and brilliant youth of Prague would willingly lay their riches at your feet; and when even the | proud Wallensteia sighs for you!’

j

and ‘say rather that I sha}l see To live without you is imposesj.

The name thus introduced bad a most un- pleasant effect upon Helen, who continued standing, still silent, and Jost 19 thought.

‘ Then it is passed,’ cried Ollowalsky, ‘you have answered!’ and he burritd away.

Helen’s heart wes torn by conflicting | emotions, but love achieved the victory. She called after the retiring smitor—* Staz ! Odowa!sky. stay ! You sba'l be convinced that merit, generosity, and m:sfortune have attractions in my eyes far ceyond all the endowments of birth or fortune. Learn to | know my heart thoroughly. I am not an

ef which you have set the example, I tell you that love you sincere)y. Fate,’ and the sighed as she continued, ‘has hound us .

The rapturous excitement with which her lover received this confession prevented Helen from completisg it. He threw his arm around her,—nor did the who'e earth appear to Helen, as capab'e »f affording any happiness so nearly approacising perfection,

It will doubtless be inferred by the reader that these interviews were renewed. As the days lengthened their vented hour of meeting became unfit for th solitary delis berations of the lovers; enzther plan was neceseary to be devised, and after long de- bates, the silence of night was deemed moat eliighble. The atrangemert being made, every desirible precaution was taken; and intoxicated with a passicn whose strength she could not have believed possible, a brief space cf time before, Helen consented to carry on, system: tically, a wland:stine in-

HUGH L. McDONALD,

Cardigen Bridge, June 10, 1873. feel, when, in the midst of a brilliant circle.

tercourse, the very danger «itendiog which contributed to htighten its attraction.

around him. Fiattered by such a confidence,

Quickly ae the cpark catches the tinder | 80 seldom reposed in her sex, the ties that dii this bitter thouzbt reize the heart of | bouod her to this interesting tne re-

ceived sdditional strength, aad she returned his frankness with equal devotion. All she knew—all she cculd learn, under various pretences, from her uncle a:d other distin- guished characters who visited the castle, respecting the state of the fortifications, and the possible defence of th> capital, was coms muanicated to Odowalsky. She executed sev- eral other missions, also, for bim, with punctuality and skill; and if the charms of her person, and the certainty of being loved by this extraordinary girl, had not sufliced, he would have been constrained to value her, were it only for her usefulness in fore warding his plans,

But this state of matual happines; poss sessed not the seeds of perpetuity. Oodos w:isky was often obliged to be absent for long periods,—his negotiations with the Swedez, who lay at Eger, trequently calling him thither. In these joarneys he used the greatest precaution, and assuming different vames ;— to the Swedes, for instance, he re- presented himself as Colonel Streitborg; and again, i: other places, he bore other desig- nations. The letters and intelligence coms municated by Helen, «nd various agents of minor consideration, were conveyed to him

young friends of the fauily arriving and | by means of eonfidential persons residing in detaining her within. Wit) a beating heart Prague or its neighborhood.

He had continued,{for several weeks, ibis active and mysterious life, when at lengih the suspicions and consequent researches of Predetten detected a clue to the ravelled web, while Wulden also made a similar d‘s- We have alreedy related the communication of these discoveries to Wal- lenstien, and how the latter had himself bes come @ witness of a metirg of the lovers. Previous to that evening it bad, indeed, be» come apparent to Helen that sho was watched; and either consciousness, or some accidental dissatisfaction expressed by her relations, led her to fear that, in ome way or other, the secret had been penetrated. Ske awaited, therefore, the return of her friend from one of his excursions with more impas tience than usual; and at the very hour when, so little suspecting it, she stood ex-

covers.

posed to the scrutinizing gaze of Wallenstein, she communicated hor fears to her lover, aud suggested the expediency of a fresh »rrange- ment for the future, since they were no longer safe from spies; and a discovery at this time, and under existing circumstances, might prove fatal to his important plans,

Odowalsky replied that she was in al] probability right, he himself having observed, for s mo days past, that his motions were watched. ‘I enconpter everywhere,’ cons tinued be, ‘distrust and suspicion. I: would certainly be unfortunate if the knowledge of what [am engaged in should get abroad, in which case all my secret plans would be thwarted. i have been assured, by a confi. dential friend, that a communication was yesterday made to the Governor, which is very probably connected with the operations of these spies. It behoves me, therefore, to be extremely cautious in all my movements! Asfor you, my Helen, there is little fear, politica'ly speaking. No ove ean identify the happy being who, after his Jong and painful wandering, at last finds repose and bliss in your arms! Against sach a discove ery I have provided. Bat it has been obs served thst you have a secret connection, and you have, no doubt, been watebed by some spy. There are triflers enough about you to whom the hope of your fayor—which they know not how to acquire—is so dear as to give rise to their atmost exertions to ree move from you all such as might stand in their own way. Who knows whether this espionage Way not origiante among them? Perhaps with Wallenstein himself ?”

‘That I doubt,’ replied Helen; * Wallen- stein, | know, has renounced tho hep’s you speak of, and i: alogether too noble to be~ come a spy.’

‘It may be so—you must be best able to judge in this matter,’ reptied Odowalsky ; ‘fer you are acquainted with these people, while I scarcely know their names. But let the miscreants, whoever they be, tremble,’ exclaimed he passionately; ‘they may in- deed Hsten, and sry, and spread ovt their nets ia the dark, where concealment screens their cowardice ; but this is al] they, and such as they, can accomplish.’

‘ Be calm, Ernest,’ said Helen; * bethink you, we are perhaps watched, even now.’

‘You are right, Helen; this unhappy warmth carries me toofar. It has often been almost my ruin, and even yet I am not old enough to be master of its wild impulses. Helen!’ he continued, clasping her to bis heart, ‘have patience with me, beloved one, and be my protectiag angel!! And now, proceeded ho, in a calmer tone, * know that almost all is s tiled. Konigsma:k only awaits the arrival of two more regiments of foot, which are to join at Pilsen, and then—’

Ob Heavens !’ interrupted Helen ‘is the contest already so near ?’

‘What, my bold girl,! said Odowalsky, ailing, do youtremble? You, who bare all along keown our plans and sanctioned them? You have, irdeed, and I say it with pride, shared therein, and will likewise share in the glory and svecess of the undertake ing.’

*Could I only be certain that you would come safely out of the danger!’

‘Shame on sou, Helen! you, the soldier's

tide—at least,’ exclaimed he, ia a triumphs ant tone, ‘soon to be so—yor, the wife of an honored deliverer of his vative land!— you—to be thus dismayed !’

‘Nay; be not angry with me, Ernest; I am perfectly capable of estimating your prows ess, and you shall never find me disvouraged ; but nature will occasionally quail; and the idea of a night of battle, of bloodshed, and ofhorror, may well fill a woman’e breast with fear,’

‘Yes, if stepping there, you extend not your regards to what lies beyond,’

‘ Bat,’ inquired Helen, timidly, * must 80 much misery be the necessary precursor of the good that is to follow?’

‘It must; gentle measures would here be unayailing The ax? must be Jad firmly to the root of the ‘rez to ensure its fall, and Bohemia must tremble at the scund of it. Then shall the lungvoppressed raise thems seives, and celebrate their triumph o1 the ruits of their oppressors! Then other names will be heard than those which are pow s0 vociferously shouted, and possession, also, will pass into other bands.’

‘Gracious God!’ exclaimed Helen, | balf'

ONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1874.

aloud, for she ehuddered a: the idea of what must happen before all this could be real, ized.

‘Thave already, in fancy,’ pursued the conspirator, ‘divided the spoil. I, for my share, will take the the Wallenstein Palace ; the Swedes canzot refuse me that,’ added he, musingly, ‘when my services are cons sidered.’

‘And why the Wallenstein Palace?’ in- quired Helen, not without emotion.

‘I feel attracted by the fame of the title, —a fame which, from the first, has been a star to guide me cn my path. As for this puny creeture, this Aitert, I hate him, al- though I know him not; for to go no fur- ther—he has, I understand, dared to fix bis love on you.’

Ob, bauish that from your thoughts,’ res plied Helen ; ‘ my conduct to him for a long time has been anything bat encouraging ; yet, since he still troubles you thus, I will engage to océasion his utter absence from the castle.’

‘That is precissly what you mus: not do,’ rejoined Odowa'sky. ‘Let him continue to flutter,’ said he, sneeringly, ‘around the flame—-to singe his wings, and sigh, and languish, til! suddenly the blow is strack, which sball crash him and all his confeder~ ates in the dust. Heavens! can he b2 the nepbew of such an uncle? There—there is bis second crime The pigmy does not even ven‘urs to dwell in the hous which his gi:nt kinsman built What not a man with Wals lenstein’s possesstons— W allensteio’s name— and Wallenstein’s mind achieve at this mos ment: Ard what does he?’

‘ Aibert’s principles are strict,’ interposed Helen; but mark me—I do not think bim so deficient in courage as over-predent.’

‘Ay, prudent,’ replied Odowalsky ; ‘the plea usually set up by cowards. They are scrupulous, merely because they are wanting in power and resolution. Should success at- tend tho underiaking, by another, of what they themselvesehrink from, it then assumes all the characteristics of right and jostice ; for it is always the result which ennobl-s or stigmatizes. ’

‘ Odowalsky, you inculcate dangerous doc- trines.’

‘Never mind; you understand me, and the world may judge as it pleases. But now to business. We must part forja time.

‘Part ?’ exclaimed Helen.

‘I see no other means of putting our spies on the wrong scent; besides, my affairs call to Eger and Pilsen, I have still, however, some business to do ia this neighborhood, which being arranged, I then go to Konigs- mark to complete what* we have resolved on.”

‘And again?

‘I can scarcely promise it; our safety and the success ofour plans demand the strictest precaution. And now, let me hint that, in order to deceive our spies, it would be well if you were believed to have formed an als tachment in another quarter ; look, therefore to this, and seek’ once more the society of Wallenstein.’

‘Of Wallenstein ! exclaimed Helen, with emotion.

‘Yes; nothing need be apprehended from him. I think I could, without perturbation, behold him by your side.’

‘But would this be acting honestly toward him?’

A smile of scorn played upon Odowalsky’s features. ‘ What pleasant recollections,’ ex- claimed he, ‘has Colonel Odowalsky con« nected with these great and powerful ones, that he should be scrupulous in his treatment ofthem? Ido not mean that you are to plight him your troth, but suffer him still to hope.’

The first rays of morning, beaming from the east, flashed on Helen. ‘It is now day,’ cried she, hastily, ‘1 must depart; and when,’ she added with a sigh, ‘and under what circumstances, shall we meet again ?”

‘Away with doubt and fear! I feel certain of success. Only be you circumspect, and manage things adroitly with Wallenstein.’

‘Ernest ! she exclaimed, ‘ you know that since our first acquaintance your will has been mine; yet,'—and she hesitated— is it really necessary that I should practice des ceit?

(@dowalsky knit his brows. ‘Why,’ said he, ‘should you want either the power or the will to allure the stripling? Do you fear for your own fidelity,’ he added, suddenly.

‘Nay, if you speak so, all my objections are at an end, Odowalsky; even in this I will do as you desire.’

‘ Thanks to my dearest wife, for such you will shortly be, beloved and honored by all Bohemia!’ Once more he passionately em~ braced her, and then stepped into the boat. Helen was proceeding homeward, when 4 sudden rustling among the branches on the shore startled her. She fooked anxiously around, and this was the moment when Wal- lenstein descried her through the telescope, and became convinced of his nnhappiness.

shall I not previously -see you

The noise merely proceeded from a startled bird, which had flown from its nest. Helen, therefore, pursued her road through the garden, but with a heavy heart ; for if, on the one hand, the prospect of that danger which threatened her lover, in common with every other warrior, made her tremble, so, on the other, her present duty was almost intolerable: for she had engaged to deceive a man whom in her neart she high- ly esteemed, and designedly to increase that wrong which she had already occasioned him,

Wallenstein’s visit at Troy was according- ly expected with restless anxiety by the fair conspirator ; but five—six—nay, more than ten days elapsed, and stil] he came not! He had never remained so long away before, and she knew from his friends that he was not confined by illness. Her wayward fancy was piqued, and she pondered over every imaginabie motive that could occasion his indifference. During this interval, too, she received no tidings from Odowalsky; and the increasing uneasiness and abstraction of of her manner at length called the attention of her friends, whe vainly endeavored to ass certain the cause.

There was one thing necessary to be done, in order to enable Helen to meet the coming storm with any degree of resolution; and that was to remove her mother from Prague. For this purpose, she succeeded in creating in the minds or her uncle and aunt a desire for the society of some person of their own age and condition; at the same time repres senting to her mother a residence in the country, during the hot summer months, in such glowing colors, that her plan eventuals ly sugeeeded, and Madame vou Berka, to the satisfaction of all paries, became an inmate of the castle of Troy.

Albert, meantime, passed three days of seclusion in a very gloomy state. Jealousy, backed by offended pride, aroused the bit- terness of his heart against Helen. The re- collection of her beauty, and his desire for its possession, struggled with these emotions-

His fancy exhausted itself in attempting to account, in a less suspicious way, for the events of that night; but his reason was dis- satisied with the result, although he had witnessed, it is true, no recurrence, of the scene.

In this conflict his pride gained the mass lery ; but though he abstaimed from visiting Troy, he felt exceedingly unhappy, and the only soothing thought on which his mind could repose, was of the tranquil! evening he had spent in his own garden.

One morning he ved a visit from bis friend Wulden, who after a short preamble, introduced the object of his call, which was to slate, that every one at Troy was greatly astonished at not having seen Albert for so long atime. ‘The old Baroness has inquired after your health with the affectionate solicis tude of a mother, while Helen is sensibly hurt at your absence, and has expressed her- selfon the subject with evident mortifica- tion.’

‘Leopold!’ said Albert, ‘ you know what you releied to me yourself, and what I heard from Predetten ; how, then, can you possi- bly think or speak of my visiting Troy?’

‘Do you seriously intend going there no more?’

‘Helen has some secret connexion,’ said Wallenstein, evading the question; ‘ which, of whatever nature it may be, does not be- come her, to whom I had devoted my heart, and who one day might have borne my name.’

‘ You consider this now, as quite evident, do you?’