Herrmann's father, on giving up the well difficulty in making its way out of his took it into his head to convert the build-throat!" ing which covered it into an oratory. A The doctor's examination was unfastrong floor was laid down over the open-vourable to the major-domo. In vain the ing of the former well: and on the spot latter, having gained time to recover from was erected an altar, before which a lamp, his surprise, endeavoured to persuade his suspended from the roof, was kept burning, hearers that he had merely left the castle Such was the chapel of Lueg, which ex- to discover the cause of some sounds ists to this day, although devoted to pro- which he asserted he had heard. Belgarfane purposes. bo interrupted his explanation. "Thou The knight and Belgarbo, having per- liest!" he said. "God knows what has formed their devotions, quitted the chap- been the motive of thy sally! But I am el. The brow of the former, though sad, prepared to swear, by the principles of had recovered all its serenity. They the science which I profess, that thou art spoke together like friends of many years, hatching some treason. Lord Herrmann ! and Herrmann pointed out to the doctor-I have said it before, and I say it again the singular situation, and explained the-beware of that man!" 66 At this mopeculiarities of the castle. By my faith, and I intend to follow ment they had reached the grand terrace. your council!" said the knight, who had A parapet, of no great elevation, separated been a spectator of the scene. 'His them from the edge of the precipice. From nocternal ramble, without any plausible the platform on which they stood they motive, is quite enough to confirm your could perceive at a fearful depth, the suspicions, and to justify the precautions lights of the besiegers in the valley, and which I disign to adopt.-Frank!" conthe watch-fires of their outpost on the dis- tinued he, addressing the warden, "this tart heights. To their left. was the diffi- man is henceforth a prisoner within the cult path which led upward to the plat- precincts of the castle; and you will not form, with its numerous windings. At allow him, on any pretext, to pass beyond their backs the buildings of the dwelling them.-And thou!"-to the major-domo, reared against the rock, seemed to form a ', go and fulfill thy functions within; and portionof it. The air was sharp, and the remember thy conduct from this moment night dark, although the sky was studded will be strictly watched. If thou attempts with stars. to pass the limits of this terrace, I will have Suddenly the knight paused as if startled thee thrown over the precipice!" by an unexpected sound, and leaned over On the evening of the following day, the parapet, in an attitude of attention. the knight and the doctor seated by the "Who can it be," he said, "that disturbs fire, occupied themselves in arranging for at this hour the watch of my sentinels? their departure on the morrow. The three some one is ascending the path. Come trusty servants of the cavern, admitted se-let us meet him!" cretly into the saloon, received orders to They approached the gate, which was prepare a covered litter, adapted for guarded, as usual, by four soldiers, under passing easily along the various defiles of the orders of the warden. In a few min- the subterranean route, and warmly lined utes, a breathless man presented himself with skins, for the conveyance of the youthoutside, gave the pass-word, was admit- ful invalid. A darker cloud than usual ted, and stood before them.-It was the rested upon the brow of Herrmann; there major-domo! was a look of decp melancholy in his eyes "Whence come you at this hour?" and an almost imperceptible motion about abruptly inquired his master. the muscles of his mouth, which told of "I was going-I thought---" stammer- some gentler feeling, whose influence reed out the terrified servant-"I fancied deemed and controlle.! his sterner thoughts I heard-give me time to breathe, and I and perhaps prevented some wild out. will explain to you. break of his rash and fiery spirit. In truth "Bring a light!" exclaimed the doctor; Herrmann had cause enough for all these "let me look once more upon the face of emotions, the ruder of which were awathat man! His voice seems parched and kened by the thought that he was about husky to me the truth will have great to abandon for ever the castle of his an VOL. III.--2-2 cestors, and his place in the land; and the if thou wilt swear to me here, by thy gentler by fears for his child, who seemed hopes of eternal salvation, that thou art altogether unable to endure the fatigue of not a traitor!" removal, and whose farewell to him that "Here!-oh! not here!" screamed the night had been spoken in words and dar- wretched man, in a voice shrill with terkened by forebodings which had almost ror. "Fly-fly!-take me from this spot, broken his strong heart. and you shall know all !" The doctor saw and understood all that "Ah! villain!" exclaimed the knight, as was passing in the breast of his compan- with a strong arm he held down the strugion, and strove to lead him into the dis- gling wretch, "thou wert then about to cussion of projects for the future with betray me-Go on!-Confess all-here, some success. The two friends sat long before God, who is listening to thee !" together; and it was not till the turret- The screams of the major-domo rose clock struck eleven, that Herrmann rose wilder and shriller, and the hair stood to proceed to his accustomed devotions; straight up on his head. "I am guilty!" and, pressing the hand of the doctor, en- he cried: "but, oh! fly fly or we treated him to visit the couch of the inva- are both lost!-the abyss is about to open lid once more before he retired to rest, beneath us!" As he left the hall, the knight found the But his desperate efforts were vain. major-domo waiting at his accustomed The knight, attributing the terrors of the post with his lighted torch. For a mo- writhing villain to religious horror, held ment he hesitated how to act towards this him forcibly down on the fearful spot in man, whose presence had become odious front of the altar. At this moment a loud to him; and he almost resolved to take explosion arose from the foot of the rock. the light from him and proceed alone. But The lamp of the shrine was extinguished, after an instant's reflection, he determined and a deep silence succeeded the shrieks to let him discharge his ordinary service of agony which terrified the warders. for that night, and motioned to hitn to lead The nearest sentinel on parade fancied he the way. heard, after some moments, the sound of When he reached the gate of the cha- groans, and at length gave the alarm. The pel, the Lord of Lueg turned suddenly chapel was entered; and a frightful specround to look upon the face of his servant. tacle presented itself. The sinister expression of the man's fea- Herrmann had died instantly. A ball tures struck him more forcibly than it had from a falconet, guided by a line and lead, ever done before. All the doctor's suspi- descending through a hole bored for the cions flashed strongly through his mind, purpose in the floor to the foot of the rock, and he came to the resolution of having had passed through his lungs. A splinter them cleared up on the spot. Whilst he from one of the beams, broken off by the was meditating on the means to be pursued murderous projectile, had pierced the enfor this purpose, the major domo had left trails of. the major-domo, and mangled him as usual; and, imagining that his them frightfully. Some gold pieces, the master would at once commence his de- fruits of his treachery, which he carried votions, he proceeded stealthily to place concealed beneath his garments, were bu his flambeau on the, edge of the parapet. ried in the dreadful wound. He lingered The knight, having repassed the door of for an hour in hideous torments; and conthe chapel, followed, the man's steps, and fessed, before he expired, the horrible seized him by the arm as he turned to means which he had concerted with the leave the wall on which he had left the besiegers for the destruction of his master, light. and to which he had himself become the Listen!" said he, as he dragged him victim. forcibly back towards the chapel, and com- The Lord of Lueg was spared, by his pelled him to kneel before the altar; "lis- own dreadful fate, the bitter pang of learnten!I have somewhat to say to thee. ing that his daughter was dead. The Here, in the presence of the God who hears young and beautiful Ida had expired in the and sees all things, will I be satisfied from arms of the Doctor Belgarbo, at the very thine own lips as to the designs of which same moment that her father was so sudthou art accused. I will trust thee again denly cut off. 1 The Lordship of Lueg, on the extinc-(contract.. He offered, however, to make tion of the family of its ancient owners, such reparation as could be made in a pedevolved to that of Cobentzel, in whose cuniary sense to Miss. More; but this inpossession it still remains. tention if he really had it at the time, The ball which terminated the life of would, no doubt have died away as soon Herrmann of Lueg is still shown to the as the immediate difficulty was overcome. curious who visit, the castle, It is half The friends of Miss More, aware of that, buried in the vaulted roof of the old cha- pressed him vigorously, and would grant pel; and the traces of its progress have no delay. The sequel was, that rather never been effaced. The peasants of the than stand a prosecution, he settled on Miss neighbourhood yet tell many a tale, which More a handsome provision; my infor tradition has handed down to them, be- mant believes not less, but rather more sides this fatal one, of THE BEAR OF CAR- than 4007. a-year, for her life.. NIOLA. ELLEN MURRAY. MARRIAGE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MISS HANNAH MORE. A FRAGMENT. At the period when our history com What were the exact circumstances under which it took place, I have never been able to ascertain. A scandalous report mences, Ellen Murray was eighteen, she prevailed for many years, and it was even was tall and well shaped; long auburn adopted into books and pamphlets, that tresses curled in rich luxuriance down she had bone an illegitimate child to some her snowy neck and o'er her high clear gentleman, under a solemn assurance of forehead, and wantoned in ringlets down marriage, and that the gentleman had af. her cheeks of blushing red and white, and terwards retreated from his engagements; half concealed the roses blooming there, and I remember well, that a celebrated and the languishing blue eyes which beampoet of our day, expressing his disap-ed with kind and gentle ray on all around pointment upon my discrediting to him her. Her mouth was small, her teeth pearthe whole of that story as a fiction of ma- ly white, and in short, what Milton said lignity. However, there certainly was of Eve might truly be said of Ellen Mur. "She looked a Goddess, and she moved a Queen." some story of a delicate nature, in the ray:knowledge of some of Mrs. More's best friends, conneeted with the rupture of her marriage engagement; and I have recei- Since the death of her mother she had ved the following as the true fact from a resided at the house of a relation some clergyman of great respectability, and a miles distant from her father's; great pains friend of Miss Hannah More's. The and care had been taken with her educamorning was fixed for the marriage; Miss tion, and there were few ladies either in More's friends were all in attendance, and or near Glasgow, who could vie with Miss after breakfasting together, had actually Murray in beauty or accomplishments. proceeded to the church, where by ap- It was with no small pride that Mr. Murpointment they were to meet the bride- ray now gazed on his lovely daughter, groom. They actually waited above an who far more than realized the fondest hour in the porch, looking for his arrival, hope he had entertained of her, and added and as yet with no suspicion of his dis- fresh fire to the ambition he had cherished honourable intentions. At length a single in his bosom that hers should be a "corohorseman was seen approaching; he ad- netted brow." But on this he recalled his vanced to the steps, dismounted, and pre- daughter to his house, and gave a large sented to Miss More a letter, in which the party to celebrate her birth-day, but it gentleman pleaded simply as a reason for was with a heart ill at ease that she for receding from his engagement, that he whom this gay assembly met, received could not bring his mind, at the hour of the congratulations of her noble visitors, crisis, to so solemn and so irrevocable a'and though "she stood amid the glittering throng," yet she could not partake of the was too late, life's vital spark was ebbing pleasure which all seemed to enjoy; she fast, the beatings of her heart were numknew her father's heart was set upon bered, and ere a week had passed, her uniting her to some gay courtier, and as poor afflicted gentle soul was called by the young Lord of N paid her consi-Him who gave it, to realms of bliss and derable attention, she found that it might be joy, where sorrow and disappointment neto him; though he was tall and handsome, ver intrude; where all is peace, and hapyet she could not behold his perfections; piness, and love. his manly form and gentlemanly address could not win their way to her heart, for another reigned there, one who had won her first love, one who returned it with love The story of the great eastern monarch, for love, and one to whom her vows of who, when he surveyed his innumerable truth were pledged; one she was forbid-army from an eminence, wept at the reden to name, and ordered to forget; but flection that in less than a hundred years could she do so?-no! Was he not in a not one of all that multitude would remain, foreign land, driven thither by her father's has been often mentioned; because the pride and his own disappointed hopes ? particular circumstances, in which that reand this because he could not boast a title. mark occurred; naturally claim the thought or lay claim to wealth. These sad and and strike the imagination; but every man melancholy thoughts would oft protrude that places his happiness in external obupon her mind, and recurred so forcibly to jects, may every day with equal proprieher on this festive evening as to render all ty make the same observations. Though around her dull, insipid, and disagreeable, he does not lead armies, or govern kingand it was with difficulty she received the doms, he may reflect, whenever he finds attentions of her noble lover. But time his heart swelling with any present advanwore on, Lord N-proposed to her fa-tage, that he must, in a very short time, ther and was accepted, and their wedding lose what he so much esteems; that in a day fixed; but now the grief which she year, a month, a day, or an hour, he may had hitherto concealed, and suffered to be struck out from the book of life, and gnaw in secret on her heart, was visible placed in a state where wealth or honour to all who saw her; her face grew pale, shall have no residence, and where all her bright eyes dim, her ruby lips were those distinctions shall be forever obliterawhite and pale, and withering consump-ted, which now engross his thoughts, and tion seemed to have marked her for an ear-exalt his pride.-Dr. Johnson. ADEL GORDON. ly tomb. Lord N-beheld this change, and kindly asked the cause, which she, relying on his honour, and with tears of anguish streaming from her eyes, revealed; the crimson mantled on his cheek, and passion swelled within his breast while I am an old man now-years have Ellen spoke, but soon his generous heart passed since the events which I am about was filled with pity, and he only gently to record, transpired, but they live vividly chid her, and then fondly said, "Though in my recollection, as though they were Ellen you have never loved me, yet I love but things of yesterday. Many may deem you still, and I will plead most warmly my story a fable-the creation of a heated and strenuously with your father to recall imagination-would that I could persuade young Montynville." But this was too myself it were so; would that I could much for Murray's pride to do, ambition persuade myself that the whole of a long would not let him stoop to this; and it was life has been but a shadowy dream-a nonot till he saw her palid cheek grew paler, thing; that I could wake and find myself the fire and lustre fade from her bright a gay and happy boy, with all youth's eyes, that he thought on what she had freshness of feeling, and none of these been, what she was, and then his soul was grey hairs! Alas! it is all true! The smitten with remorse, and conscience told burning brand was thrust upon my brain, im he had caused it all; but now grief searing, blighting every vision of youth, every happy and joyous aspiration. Myjed more brightly upon me than on any nature undervent a change, and now other; I listened to her sweet voice, and though I strive to believe that the world is deemed that it grew sweeter and softer at what it seems, it is in vain: I cannot be- my approach; and I loved her. I loved lieve in human honesty again. I look upon Adel Gordon till my very soul was wrapt all who approach me with a cold suspici- in excess of adoration. If ever thoughts ous eye, and a heart which fain would and feelings were uncontaminated by the open itself to kindness, if it felt that it dar- world, thus were mine; not an unholy ed and could. And then to avoid the ago-thought did I ever entertain concerning ny which the knowledge of its inability her. causes me, I strive calmly to bring before At length I confessed my love, by me the incidents of my blighted life. words, in the world's fashion, as if love I was a dreaming enthusiast from a very ever needed telling; as if looks and tones child; one that loved to sit alone hour af said nothing; as if love could be concealter hour watching the beautiful stars and ed, unexpressed till the lips pronounce the pale moon, with her mild,'holy light, which formal words and measured sentences! I beam it ever so brightly, still looks sad and confessed my love and sued for a return. sorrowful, as though it were grieving for -I am now an old, deserted man. Years the sin and suffering of the beings of the have passed since Adel Gordon and. I sat world it illumes. I had a favourite seat together in the starlight, but still, and in in a large wild space, they called a gar- spite of all that I have since suffered, I fanden (and truly was it an Eden to me!) cy that I can see that beautiful face turnwhen I used to sit and inquire what ed towards me with a look which required those orbs could be; my favourite con- not words to explain its meaning, which clusion was, that each was the bright ha- told me that I was the possessor of what bitation of an angel or guardian spirit, one I had hoped and wished for. of whom was allotted to each human be- The recollection of her gentle beauty them; and I have often caught myself The day was fixed for our marriage, |