The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 29, 1865, Image 4
The Baric that Never .Can Return.
BY SALLIE M. URYAii
Thero floated forth a silent bark
Upon a eolomn sea,
Its drooping flag was torn fend dark,
No light-tower lent a warning spark
Alas! alas! it was the bark
That bore my dreams from me.
That bark-the classic one of yore,
that fled o'er ocean's blue
The mocking, winged thing that bore
Young Theseus from thc storied ehoro,
Looked not so sad in lonely yore ?
To Ariadne's view!
There was a pictured landscape there
That I had knelt before;
Home with blue eyes and gold-hued hair,
Some with dark beauty-oh! so rare!
Wore wandering in tho starlight there,
To meet my gaze- -no more.
That summer scene was sweet with flowers
Of every form and hue;
And dark green trees and myrtle bowers,
"Whore song-birds came in dreamy hours- ;
Ah, me! ah, me! that on those flowers
Should fall a Upas dew!
A palace that the angels made,
And painted for mc there.
Slept softly in the light and shade,
And oft its marble halls displayed
A picture that my heart once made,
Which "looked-so strangely fair.
I watched that bark with weary eyes'
Float on, and on, and on
At last the air grew sad with sighs,
A blackness settled on thc skies,
Winds wailed, tears trembled in my eyes,
Waves rose-and fell-'twas gone"!
Wreck -with the beauty of my dreams
Tlie idols of my love; '
Wrecked-with the* many golden gleams
Caught from .a sun whose farewell beams
Flashed burning mockery on the dreams
Beloved all else above!
THE CASTLE ON THE RHINE.
BY FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE.
[Concluded.]
One morning, she was witness to ft
-scene which dashed out the last faint
glimmering of hope. They were all
seated at a huge oaken table, from
which the servants had just removed
the apparatus of the morning meal.
.'Rudolph," said the baron, aftivr
lighting his pipe, an op?ration of
great solemnity and deliberation, and
taking a few whiffs to make sure that
it? contents were duly ignited-"hii
dolph, do you know why I sent you to
Rosenburg."
"Why, sii%" replied the hussar, "I
suppose it was because you really have
a sort of regard for an idle, good-for
nothing fellow, whose redeeming
'quality is an attachment to a very
kind old uncle, and whose nonsense
and good spirits ure perhaps a partial
compensation for the trouble he gives
?everybody in this tumble-down old
.en-stle."
'"Tumble-down old oo?tlo!" o-rsdainw
;ed the baron, in high dudgeon, the
latter part of the soldier's speech can?
celling the former; "why. you jacka?
napes, it will stand for centuries. It
resisted the cannon of Napoleon, and
it bids defiance to the battering of
time. Yes, sir, Rosenburg will stand
long after your great-great-grand?
children are superuuuatcd. "
"I nm not likely to ho. blessed in
the way you hint ut, uncle," said the
soldier, carelessly. "I am likely, for
aught I seo, to die a bachelor. "
"Nonsense1." said tho baron,
"What's to become of your family
name? Do you think I will allow it
ti die out, like the Pumpernickles,
the Snaphausens, and the Odenstoften
burgers? No, boy. I-sent for j-oti to
tell you that I have contracted for
your hand with my friend, thc Baron
Von Steinburg."
"Really, sh, you dispose of mc in a
very cavalier way."
"That's because you're too careless
or lazy to lookout for yourself," re?
torted the baron. "But then you can
have no possible. Objection to the pre?
sent match. The fair Julia is just
twenty-eyes, you dog-lips yon
rascal-a shape, you blockhead, to
bewitch an anchorite. And then she
has the gelt-the money, my boy."
"A commodity of which I happen
to be minus," said the soldier.
"Aren't you my heir?" asked the
baron.
.'You are very kind," said thc
hussar, with a slight sigh.
He glanced at Adelaide, but he read
no sentiment on her calm and pensive
countenance.
"She's as cold as a glacier on the
Donderberg," lie muttered to himself.
"Well, sir-you haven't given mc
an answer," said the baron, impa?
tiently.
"My dear uncle," said the soldier,
jumping up, and snatching his fowl?
ing piece, "it's a glorious morning
for sport; and I'm much mistaken if
I don't add half a dozen brace of birds
to your bill of fare to-day."
"But the fair Julia Von Stcinburg?"
said the baron.
"Oh, I forgot," said Rudolph.
"I'm entirely in your hands. Do
with me as you please. My profes?
sion, you know, has given mc habits
of obedience. I suppose I must sac?
rifice myself. Good morning. "
And away he went to enjoy his
sport upon the mountains.
-
"Young, lovely, and rich!" said
poor Adelaide, with a sigh, when she
had regained her room. If this be
true, she is indeed worthy of Ernstein.
He will love her-they will be happy
-and I-I can but wish them joy and
die."
There was great preparation in the
castle Von Rosenburg, that day week,
for the reception of the prospective
bride. Everything was cleaned and
, furnished up, from battlement to
dungeon keep. An old flag with the
family anus was hoisted from the
rampart, and the butler, who had
served in the wars of^lliance, mount?
ed an old swivel on the ramparts with
the intention of firing it off, on the
approach of the old family carriage of
thc Von Steinburgs. Capt. Rudolph
Von Ernstein, in his splendid hussar
uniform looked the beau ideal of a
soldier lover. Even the baron was
rejuvenated by a court suit that had
not seen th? light since the nuptials
of Maria Louisa mid the Emperor
Napoleon.
At last thc carriage appeared. The
.villagers and hangers-on of the estab?
lishment hurrahed in the court yard
as it drew up, the old butler applied
the match to the priming of the
swivel and was prostrated by the dis?
charge, while the baron oiime ne:ir
tumbling over his sword in his eager?
ness to welcome his old friend and his
old friend's daughter.
The Baron Von Steinburg alighted,
and bowed his thanks; while Captain
Rudolph handed out the lovely Julia.
As her light foot touched the pave?
ment, Adelaide advanced to ofter a
bouquet; at one glance she appreci?
ated the exquisite beauty of her rival,
and dropping the flowers, retired to
an obscure corner of the court yard to
conceal her anguish and despair.
The festive train swept into- the
castle. All wns gaiety and uproar
within doors. The baron could scarce
contain the transports of his joy; and
Von jSteinbnrg- was equally excited.
The excitement, however, seemed to
be too much for the fair Julia, whose
cheek was paler than the satin robe
she wore, while Rudolph, perhaps
from svinpathy, was uneasy and agi?
tated. *
At List the bell off the castle was
rung for ?linner, and the party pro?
ceeded to thc great hall. But Ade?
laide did not make her appearance.
Search was made for her; she. was not
in her apartment. An angry flush
overspread the brow of old Rosenburg
at this announcement, and after some
minutes passed in waiting for VIA? ?P
luwnuioo, Ko 01 vi i od duiner to bc
served without her. The repast was
not a very gay one, notwithstanding
thc efforts of the master of the house
to make it so. Night had long fallon,
and Adelaide did not re-appear. Thc
family, from being vexed, now became
alarmed, and it was determined to gr
in search of her. Rudolph and thc
baron went forth with two servant;
and torches to scour the woods, aftei
vainly searching through the castle
One of the men went on in advance
He had been gone but a short timi
when he came back speechless wit!
grief and amazement, Rudolph anc
his uncle pushed forward through tin
thickets, and on the banks of a smal
stream, dammed up to form a lake
they found the bonnet and shawl o
tho missing girl.
"Good God!" exclaimed Rudolph
'.she has destroyed herself. I hav<
noticed a strange wildness in her ap
pearance for several days past; in ?
tit of meutal aberration she has wan
dereel away, and here found he:
death."
A piercing scream was heard at thi
moment. The baroness, who had fol
lowed them, had recognized the gar
men ts* of Adelaide.
"My child! my child!" she shrieked
"my own! my beautiful! she is m
more!"
"This is worse and worse," said tin
baron, wringing his hands. "Thi
will make us all mad."
But at this moment a boat was seei
approacning. It was the miller, win
brought with him the body of Adc:
laide, dripping as it had been drawl
from thc water. He laid her fai
form upon the bank. The baroness
who could not be restrained, hre\
herself beside her, and kissed ? he
pale lips. Rudolph, too, seized th
cold hands.
''She lives!" he exclaimed. ''She i
not lost to us!"
"Rudolph--dear Rudolph!" mm
mured the poor girl.
"My cliilfl! my child! she lives!
cried the baroness.
And it was indeed so. She ha*
thrown herself into the water, ir
deed, but the [miller, who happene
to be at hand, had flown to her rescue
and she wa? now, by the united effort
ol* hfr friends, restored to conscious
ness.
"Dear, dear Adelaide!" cried th
baroness; "your life repays me no'
for all my sufferings, Yee, dearest
i i II I liilir -jg
you are my own,, my ouly child. Yes,
baron," she added, noticing the in?
credulous* expression of her husband,
"the supposed death of a daughter
has wrung from a mother's heart the
despairing cry that betrayed her se?
cret. In former days, I married, se?
cretly, Col. Schonf eldt, a brave soldier
of the Emperor, against whom my
parents cherished a deadly enmity.
He fell upon the field of battle, and
this poor girl, the,* fruit of our love,
committed to the hands of strangers,
till such time as I could take her to
my heart. I avow it without shame;
nor can you, baron, whose noble
qualities won my heart, reproach me
with the love I bear this dear girl."
"She is my child now," said the
huron, "as well as yours." Let us
hike her back to the castle; she is a
precious charge."
"I will see to her," said Rudolph;
"and it shall not be my fault if she
ever has another protector."
So the party regained the castle,
where. Von Steinburg and Julia were
anxiously awaiting their return.
When Adelaide hud been carefully
attended to. Rudolph sought his uncle
and guests in the great hull.
I "Miss Julia Von Steinberg," said
! the soldier, "since confessions are the
I order of the night, I must place mine
on record. I met you to-day in obe?
dience to orders, believing my heart
was my own. The event of to-night
has told mc too truly that I had un?
consciously lost it. But I am a mau
of honor, and if you will accept my
hand without my heart, it is yours."
"Captain Ernstein," replied thc
beauty, "I thank you for your frank
confession. I cannot possibly accepl
your hand without your heart. Naj
-do not frown, father-I have ti
secret for your car, and if you do not
wish to wreck your daughter's happi
ness, you will urge me no farther."
Von Steinberg frowned and pshawed
and pished, und then, clearing his
voice, addressed the baron.
"Come, Von Rosenburg," said he
"confess that we have been acting
like a couple of old fools, in tryinj
our hand nt match-making-it is s
business for tho young people them
selves, and not for old soldiers lik<
us. Say, shall wc reduce the mufi
neets to obedience, or shall wc let then
have thou own way?"
"Circumstances niter cases." an
swercd the boron. "When 1 propos?e
for Julia's hand, I didn't know m;
wife had a daughter to murry. An?
if that were not the ease, 1 nm in
ellnert to thiuk the secret alluded t
by the young lady would prove a
insuperable obstacle to the ratification
of our treaty."
This secret was no other than alov
afluir between tho fair Julia ?inda cei
tain count who had waltzed with he
at the baths of Baden-Baden the prc
ceding summer. We are glad to sa
that the flirtation thus happily com
menced ended in matrimony. As fe
Rudolph, he was shortly after unite
to the fair Adelaide, on which occs
sion the huron gave such a rouse a
the old towers of Von Rosenburg ha
not known since the rollicking days<
its first feudal masters, lt was ilium
nutcd at every window and loophole
so that the waters of the Rhine rolle
beneath it a sea of tire, or as if thei
channels were overflowed with gent
rous Asmanihausen; and the old bm
1er discharged his swivel so man
times that he hud to bc taken dow
from the battlements with Rhenish t
preserve his lifo.
Thus ended all that is worthy con
memorating in the modern history ?.
the Castle on the Rhine.
THE following gentlemen are rcspretful
suggested as candidates for the Conventit
to bc held in September next:
WADE HAMPTON,
A. ll. TAYLOR,
W. A. HARRIS,
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COL. WM. WALLACE,
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