= a, rd in tr i , WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATU NEWS “ f 3 WKLY . oh kK AND >. j ———— ~ —_ _——- : ‘ ae a eecareraaae a . " aS em a perro ee , pWARD WHELAN} Chis is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, having to advise the Public, man speak free ——euRIPrDEs. [EDITOR axp PUBLISHER, emmanuel = a ne. TE SSS SSNS ° ' r ~ rv pry . You. VI. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD wSLAND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1856 : MOON’S PHASES. — SEPTEMBER, 1856. going to be married, and I am to be his best man. Come | the moon reigned alone in the deep blue sky ; but now small | the brain, so close to his own face, that the flash of the pis- : First Quarter 7th day, 11h. 18m. morning. —E. {with me; you will be a most welcome guest, and we can have Peevey clouds began to appear, every now and then over-|tol scorched his eyes; the other received a thrust from his ' Fall Moon 14th day, 9h. 29m, morning. N.W. sgme wolf-hunting together. My brother has a rare pack of |shadowing their brightness. Presently a low moaning sound | hunting-kuife, which penetrated his lungs, and he fell beside . 1 Last Quarter 21st day, Lh. Ym. morning. 1 ‘hounds. Have you told your friend to expect you ?” an to make itself heard, as if the wind were rising in the his companion suffocated in his own blood. Eric once more New Moon 28th day, 11h. 9m. evening. N. ¥ Qh no,” answered Carl. “I reserved to myself the pri- depths of the leafless forest. rieseemed to listen uneasily, | free, approached to the help of the noble hound. It was well == — vilege of accepting anything by the way I might meet with | aad to wateh anxiously these ominous signs. nigh time. The wolf had extritated his throat from his Literature smore attractive ; and [ would rather go to Kroneuthal with |¢* I hope we shall reach Kronenthal before a snow storm | teeth, and was now making strennous efforts to free himself . be who _ — we Save os there so —_ ts in,” said Carl, “ I have no desire to be buried in a snow at 7 gripe which the ae ee — fastened on ' ' | But your brother—what will he say to the presence of a th.” im. was some time before Eric could give him an THE SHADOW OF THE HAND. mn en on an occasion when wea hes: teidail are usually ‘1 do not thik it will be here so soon,” answered his |help, so closely were the two antagonists locked ccapeinke ** How varied are life's f ywery paths esent 3”. = 7. - “4 oe -* 7 wet I mae mt soit have it a before - ron poneing his . oortunlie he was ete me na = ; 7 oe ee @-Eunstwillemake you heartily welcome ;-besi oueare lohg. ‘The s sa little brighter again now. However, | direc ow to plunge his knife into him. e wolf ro Bat there, where duty points the track, Hat so great-a-stranger-to him~aseyou may- think. "rhe will drive the Mbties as fast aa they like to go.” over and over, dyeing the trampled snow with the tife blood Is happiness alone.”’ oftgn spoken of -you to him-in-my letters;and he generally So saying Erie touched their flanks slightly with the long) streaming from his wound. The hound rose slowly, shook asks after my friend Carl, the eecentrie young Englishman.” | lash of the sleigh whip, giving them their heads at the same | himself well, and then rushed to the sleigh and leapt fawning i Thus musing as in fancy, far | £* Too bad of you, Eric,” said Carl: “I dare say you| time. The noble creatures again bounded forward with a, upon his young mistress. 4 My footsteps seem'd to stray— have given him a fine character of me.” ;speed which promised to outstrip all pursuers, snow storms} Meanwhile, Carl struggled manfully with the plunging Methou ht some strange mysterious power * | have told him, Carl,” said ric, laying his hand on his Nneluded, horses. It required the full strength of his nervous arm to lmpell’d them on their way. iend's arm, as they both stood near the fire, “ what.youare} “ By the way, Eric,” said Carl, breaking the silence after | keep them from galloping off wildly to the forest. But when It was a shady path I trod togme, my dearest, best, and truest friend. Ah, Carl! many some time, “what became of your last spring adventure ? the scuffle with the wolves was over, and Krie came round euaidaas | — To — ee -~ ee me to — 4 yi see eo nen of ne Sistine chapel again? And pi Son ional the snow, he patted them, and the sound For there were flowers upon the turf eflorts, | should have despaired of myself. 1t was you, and} did you find out who she was ?”’ us wie em. And birds on every tree. | you only, who enabled me to battle with the arduous trials} Yes, and no,” said Eric. “ Yes to the question as to! Eric then flew to the side of the ladies’ sleigh. The wolf- M | which beset my path as an artist, aygd now—” whether I ever saw her again. I saw her three times after| hound stood with his paws on his mistreas’s knees, vainly I loved the flowers, their form, their hue, “And now, dear Eric, you are what yau would always| you and I saw her that morning, but I never could find out | trying to induce her to look up. She had sunk back on her Vheir fragrance, faint and rare have bee ith it} : . y F dI1 did not at. Her face was led in her hand d sh 1 loved the birds, whose plaintive strains, 1ave become, wit me or without me, not only an artist heart who she was, or where she had gone to, an id not even . a ace was concealed in her hands, an she wept Shemenienn Git the aie. and soul, but one w ho possesses the power to render his ideas | wish to find out after a time.” aloud, er companion, still insensible, lay beside her, y visible. And this, owing solely to your own undaunted| « Not wish fo find out, Eric? I thought you were madly |totally unconscious of the deliverance which had been i The clustering shadows of the trees courage, energy, perseverance, and strong faith in yourself,| in love with her, even the first time you saw her.” wrought for them. 4 Upon the ground were cast ; under and through great difficulties. But, come, what do| « (Call it love I felt for her then, if you like, Carl; but it} ‘ Gracious lady,” said Eric, in his gentlest tones, “ you a They seem’d to change their form, each time you say to some dinner? 1 am furiously hungry. What a) js with a holier feeling I think of her now than any earthly |are safe now, Will you not look up and tell me whether ; ‘ A breath of wind went past. keen air one breathes in these night rides,” passion, It seems more to me now as if she had been the| there are any more of your party in need of our assistanee 2” i . lee iii ik a an “ By all means let us have something to eat, Carl ; but it | vision of some saint or angel. I have her still before me! The young girl looked up, and said through her tears, : Were some g ee ett Fo wey ve must only be a hasty snatch, for we have another ride before | there ; those heavenly blue eyes upturned in rapt devotion ; that there were two men servants with them; that one of The figure of a hand [traced | us. I want to get to Kronenthal to-night. Ernst is to send | those twining locks of pure gold descending on the falling | them, who had been driving, had beeu thrown out of the Among the shadows there ' his travelling sleigh for me. it will be a glorious ride by| shoulders! I was very glad when she disappeared from | sleigh when the wolves first attacked them, and another on this glorigus moonlight. The distance is but three leagues.””| Rome. Those three visits of hers to the gallery where Iwas horseback, after trying in vain to stop the horses who had 4 A hand, that ever pointed me “ Don’t go to-night, Eric, it is so comfortable here, and I | making that study of Canova, nearly drove me wild. Day peor off in affright, had disappeared all at once, and she ; 5 Semmertaes prnoatel way: ao had made up my mind to remain here to-night. It is cold | after day I 163ked for her anxiously; and nearly gave up| did not know what had become of him. 4 Thot ; wot es yet OSS GOCE, ow there, and I am tired; I have come a good Jong distance | everything to bunt her out; but my better angel prevailed : | “Here he is!” said Carl, who having contrived to fasten ish to stray ! to-day.” | I righted myself at last, and recovered, not only my serenity, Eric’s horses, so that they should not escape, was searchin 1 Yet off, too oft, I knew not whence, “Don’t have one of your lazy fits, Carl; we will have | but also my e#munion with the spiritual, which is so essen-| in the wrecks around them, ‘Here is a poor fellow half } Gay sounds would reach mine ear, something to eat, and after that you will be all ready for a| tial to the life of an artist who would accomplish anything, smothered under his horse, I think the horse is dead. } Of music, mirth and revelry, | fresh start. I know you Englishmen; you are something | and which at one time I seemed to have almost lost.” Yes, his throat is eat—no doubt, by the wolves’ teeth.” ‘ And I would pause to hear : like your own horses ; there is nothing like a good feed for “What have you done with the sketch you madeof her, ‘That is what those brutes were about when they jumped } | putting your mettle up.”

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And through the trees, on either side Titat shady path, would gleam

Bright eyes and glittering torms,—such sights As happy lovers dream !

Aud they would call in wily tones, That sounded sweet and low,.—

And wave to me their snow-white arms, Until I long’d to go.

Bat, while the shadow of the hand Upon the greensward lay’,

[ could not turn to right or left,— A charm was on the way!

I felt, beneath that hallow’d spe!l, New life my being thrill,—

And all things lovely seem’d to take A lovelier semblance still.

The air breathed parer,—from the flowers A fgarer frv.grance given,

And through the leaves above I saw The blue and guiet heaven.

All was so sweet within that path, I ould not from it stray,

And leave that shadow of ‘the hand Heaven-sent to point my way.

There may be sunnier paths afar, With flowers more bright and rare ;

But what of them, unless the hand Have cast its shadow there ?

Not fortune’s brightest beams I ask Around my path to play. If duty, with its guiding band,

IN SEVEN CHAPTERS. CHAPTER I. « Eric !”

** Carl!”

| So the young men rang the bell ; and the waiter appearing, | something to eat was ordered to appear as quickly as possible. Whilst it was being prepared, a cloth, which rivalled the snow outside, was spread on a table, drawn up close to the | fire; and the young men chatted as young men do, who have lived together the rich artist-life of classical Rome.

“ By the way,” said Eric, interrupting himself, “ waiter, ean you tell me whether any message has arrived from Kro- nenthal for me, from Baron” Ernst Walderthorn ?”

‘* I cannot say, honored sir,” replied the waiter; I will enquire of Herr Wirkmann, the landlord.”

“Do,” said Eric, and the waiter vanished, to re-appear presently, ushering in no less a personage than Herr Wirk- mann himself, whose bald polished head shone again in the | bright light of the blazing fire. | Noble sirs,” said, he, bowing low to the two young men, “to whom shall I give the letter, directed to the hands of the well-born Eric Walderthorn, arrived to-day from the honorable castle of Kronenthal ?”

“To me, worthy Herr Wirkmann. Iam Erie Walder-

thorn. So the sleigh is here, mine host?’ said Eric, after ' reading the letter.

“Yes, honored sir, and will be ready whenever your ex- cellency chooses to order it.’

«Then let it be made ready at once,” said Eric, and the | landtord withdrawing, the young mens at down, and discussed, | with keen relish, the excellent production of the kitchen of mine host of the Geldernstern, worthy Herr Wirkmann.

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the hotel, wrapped up in their cloaks and furs. Before the door, a sleigh was drawn up, well lined with the skins of the reindeer ; while two huge black bearskins lay all ready to form the outer wrappings of the travellers. Two fine grey

filled the rarefied air with fairy-like music every time they tossed their heads,

“ What a pretty turn out,” said Carl, biting off the end of his cigar previous to lighting it; “I give your brother

These exclamations of surprise proceeded from the lips of| credit for his taste, Eric.”

two young men, who, after disencumbering themselves from various wrappings of cloaks and furs, found themselves sud-

denly face to face, in the middle of the coffee room of one)

of the principal hotels of Stettin. In their haste to approach the fire, which was blazing as merrily as logs heaped with coal could blaze, they had nearly knocked each other down, snd it was in turning simultaneously to ask each other pardon that they had each recognised a well known face. The light fell full upon their animated countenances and sparkling eyes, as they stood in the middle of the room, their right hands locked in a hearty grasp, and their left still placed where they had seized each other by the shoulder. They were both fine specimens of early manhood. ne, the tallest of the two, had a noble Teuton countenance. Rich brown hair fell back from a forehead of the finest intellectual developement, whilst beneath eyebrows of a somewhat darker hue, looked forth large eyes of deep violet, which, whatever expression they might wear in repose

, now beamed and flashed almost |

‘ Ernst is a fine fellow every way,” replied Eric, “ and you will say so when you know him, Carl. Herr landlord, are the pistols put in ?”

** Yes, honored sir, they are here,” replied the landlord, pointing to the hostlers fastened on each side of the reversed dashing-board.

“ All right,” said Eric.

“ Pistols! do we expect to meet robbers?” said Carl, laughing.

‘The wolves have been very troublesome this winter, hon- ored sir,” returned the landlord; “but since the last grand

|them, they have not been quite so obstreperous.”

} « What a chance, if we could get a shot ata wolf to- | moon is! and the air how clear! | by such a light.”

In less than half an hour, they again stood at the door of |

_ hunt to which his excellency’s brother, the ncble baron, treated |

kneeling in the chapel, with the dark background of the long aisle behind her, I thought you were going to make a pic- ture from it, and send it to the exhibition.”

“The picture is finished, and 1 have brought it for my mother’s orotery. I could not summon up the courage to send it where it would be stared at by a hundred indifferent eyes. Ieould not bear to let others have a glimpse of a vision which seemed so entirely my own. Except you, Carl, mo one knows L ever saw her; and I doubt much if you had not been with me that morning, whether I should ever have told get, tif aS you age to me.”

« Well,” said Carl, taking the end of his cigar out of his mouth, and lighting another with it, “if that is not what is called being in love, I do not know what itis. What would | you care who knew what impression she had made on you, if | you did not lovesher 2”

I" wy] do not love her, Carl, and I do not wish to love her.’’

‘Not wish to love her! Why, Eric, what on earth do you mean ?”

“Would you have me find that my angel, my vision of purity and holiness, was nothing but a mere woman, perhaps a captious one, too, enough to drive one mad with whims and follies of all sorts. Besides, [ never mean to be in love if I can help it. But, hark! What is that ?”

‘It is the moaning of the wind,” said Carl. “ No!” he exclaimed, springing up in his seat, as a shrill, wild, piercing ery for help, rang through the stil! night. ‘ Hear that ery.”

“Sit down, Carl, I beseech you,” said Eric, “ you will up- iset the sleigh! Look at the horses how they tremble. I ean /searcely manage them as it is, they are so wild. That is the baying of a hound, a wolf-hound,” he said, listening to fresh sounds, his head bent, at the same time that he kept urging his horses On, continually and smartly applying the lash to them, without which goad they would certainly have come to

listeners.

“That is the cry of a horse beset by wolves,” said Car), the truth now flashing upon him. “ Let me out, Erie, let a - that I may fly to their assistance. Where is my rifle ?

« Sit still, Carl, I implore of you; our only chance of getting up to them in time for help, is to trust to the speed of our horses, if I can only keep them going. Get the pis- itols ready; they are loaded. Can you manage to get at my hunting knife? It isin the case which the landlord put under the seat,”

“All right,” said Carl, who, having secured the weapons, now sat, his teeth clenched, his eyes straining ferward in the direction from which the cries seemed to come.

“There they are,” he exclaimed at last, “ right ahead. ‘Heavens! there is a sleigh and two women in it; the horses are on the ground, and there is a battle going on between a wolf and a large hound.”

The bright light of the moon revealed the scene distinetly

| Standing upright in this was a young girl, clasping in her

upon me, as I came round,” said Eric, stooping to help Carl to remove the dead horse from the top of his rider, in which operation they were assisted by the wolf-hound, who alter- nately scratched in the snow and fawned upon Eric. When they had succeeded in getting the man disinterred from the mass which half-suffocated him, they found he was quite whole as far as bones were concerned; but so bruised he could hardly stand. Whilst they were busy with him, another man ran up from the direction of the forest.

‘God be thanked !” he said, “are the young ladies safe ? Noble gentlemen,” you have saved usall from death. I was thrown out of the sleigh a quarter of a mile away—wheu the horses first bolted. Heaven be praised for your arrival. I expected to find my dear young mistress dead.”

Ail this had taken some time. The wind now blew in gusts, and the clouds were coming up fast before it.

‘“We must decide what had better be done next, Carl,” said Eric; “we have no time to lose, the storm will be upon us soon. I think the ladies had better go back to Stettin in our sleigh, it is the nearest shelter. If you will drive them, /{ will get these fallen horses up, and will follow you with ‘the man who is hurt, as soon as | can.”

But Carl insisted on staying behind. Erie pleaded the coming storm,

* You do not know, my Carl, what a snowstorm is; I do, Let me remain to get the horses up and bring the sleigh back, while you make the best of your way to Stettin with the ladies; and send more assistance to us; but if we make ‘haste, we shall be in Stettin now before it comes.” | It was of no use. Carl was inexorable as fate, he said— | “You had better lese no more time, Eric, but take the | ladies as fast as you can.” | He helped Erie to put them in the sleigh.

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‘had fainted had now partly recovered and sat close nestled

But point my onward way. horses, evidently of the English breed, pawed the ground /a stand-still. “That is the yell of a wolf!” he exclaimed, | beside her sister. There was scarcely room for three; they ! fa a impatiently, and snorted, anxious to be off. Their crimson |as a loud yell reached their ears, whilst wild shrieks again | were obliged to sit close. They were now ready for a start, ey i z body cloths, ornamented with silver, sparkled in the moon-) followed in quick succession, and then a ery of agony and | and Eric, pressing Carl’s hand, said : ; i ERIC WALDERTHORN. ‘light, and the silver bells which hung from their head gear | terror, so prolonged, that the blood froze in the veins of the} ‘I shall be back in less than an hour, Make haste, dear . :

Carl, and whatever you do, keep moving. I know you do not want for energy and a strong will, Have you your cigar case? Is it well furnished ?”

«“ Yes, here it is, and plenty of cigars; and here is the brandy flask. I shall do well enough, don’t fear.” | Eric turned the horses’ heads in the direction of Stettin, ,He had no need to touch their flanks now with the lash. They flew back along the road they had so lately come, winged with the double terror of wolves and the coming storm. The sieigh glanced over the ground like lightning. wind now raged in furious squalls, tore off the icy branches of the trees and showered them on the heads of the fugitives.

« We shall have a frightful storm, I am afraid,” said his golden-haired companion, who now sat next to him, muffled up in her cloak and hood. “QO, why have you left your friend to save us: your friend whom you seem to love s0 dearly. Do, do, let us go back; it is not too late; we will | wait till he is ready to come with us.”

At this moment the moon broke through the thick mass of

night,” said Carl. “ And what a night! how bright the | to the eyes of the two young men. Erie forced his now | clouds driving before her, and fell full upon the upturned face One might see anything frantic horses alongside the sleigh which Carl had described. + of the beautiful speaker.

Eric gazed down upon her in mute ‘rapture; but, for only answer to her entreaties to go back to

Carl stepped into the sleigh. ric, gathering up the reins, arms another, who appeared to have fainted. Her hood and wait for Carl, he shook the reins, as he raised his head from

as brightly as the fire. The other, who had been addressed settled down into his place; the bear skins were spread over | cloak had fallen off, and her golden curls streamed in the that silent gaze. On they flew, and the ringing of the silver as Carl, had a Saxon countenance, the fair hair, the bright | them, and tucked in all round; and then, with a Good night wind from under a light blue Polish cap, bordered with | bells sounded faintly throu +h the increasing din of the coming blue eye, the rounded chin, and, despite the fair skin, the) to all, responded to by a chorus of grooms and stable-helps, ermine; her large blue eyes were raised to Heaven, as if) storm. On they fiew, and alongside the sleigh the noble bold fearless bearing which distinguish that hardy race | who had gathered round to see the handsome sleigh and the seeking from thence that help which her wild cries had vainly | wolf-hound galloped in company.

amongst all others.

«“ Why Eric,” said this last, “ it seems but yesterday that | last, and they bounded forward ; the sleigh skating smoothly |

I parted with you in sunny Rome. [ little thought to have met with you here, in the frost and saow of a Pomeranian winter.”

« And little did I expect to meet you here to-night, my dear Carl. Where are you going ?”

“Tam going to Rabenstein, to the house of a friend who

| beautiful English horses, he gave a touch of the lash to these

‘over the frozen snow. The silver harness glittered in the bright moonshine, and the silver bells tinkled merrily in the cold night air, as they left the streets of Stettin, and emerged ‘into the open country beyond.

For some time they proeceded in silence, as if each were | communing with his own thoughts, or were awed by the deep

implored from Harth. Erie stood for an instant transfixed in amazement, but it was only for an instant, the next moment both he and Carl had sprung to the ground, ‘Lay hold of the horses’ heads, Carl! Don’t let them go, for God’s sake! We shall need their best speed soon.” Seizing his pistols and the hunting-knife, Eric ran round to the side Where the battle was going on between a large

| Eric’s head seemed to whirl, he thought he must be dream- ‘ing. She, she sat behind him, she who had been his thoughts for months, by day, by night; she, his pure vision; he bad 'reseued her from a frightful death ; he was carrying her away from the dreadful storm; and now there she sat, and when- ‘ever he turned to look at her, her blue eyes swimming in tears, ‘sank before his ardent gaze. His heart beat fast, his eyes

flashed with an emotion which seemed too great for words. }

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lives in the meighborhood. I made his acquaintance in | stillness of thé night. Nota sound was to be heard, not a/ wolf and a magnificent wolf-hound, ‘This latter had seized He sat silent till the light of Stettin Pree —— ‘or Munich last winter, and he promised me, if I would go and creature to be seen. They seemed to be traversing a vast his antagonist by the throat, with a gripe the wolf tried in darkness before them; and now they stood velore the door o 4 see him, to give me some wolf-hunting. And, asI was tired desert of snow. Everything was wrapped in the same dazzl- vain to escape from. They now rolled over and over on the the Gelderstern. hindi’ an aiid of Paris and the Carnival, I thought 1 would try Rabenstein ing uniform, by which the eye was almost pained. The light snow together ; fierce snorts coming from the hound, and; In a moment: all its inha eee a ot y me

by way of a change.” of the moon reflected from the thousand points of snow, faint stifled cries from the wolf. As Eric approached poured out to enquire why the beautiful grey horses wer

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~~ , I should say, very much more to your taste, my Carl. But you are going my way; why not come with me, an old friend, instead of going to see this new friend ? I am on my road to Kronenthal, as you may guess. Ernst is

sparkling like silver in its rays, Was increased to an intensity

forest, along which they now skirted, stretched out their branches, encased in sheaths of glittering crystal. At first,

which almost equalled the light of day. The trees of the

the scene of the fray, two wolves who had been gorging themselves on a prostrate horse lying behind the ladies’ sleigh, sprang fiercely upon him. These, however, he soon despatched, after some little difficulty; gue he shot through

‘turned, Every oue quesiioued, every one answered. The ‘wolf-hound jumped up, and fawned upor Eric, as he banded the ladies out of the sleigh ; and amidst the confused words of

| “the wolves—the gracious ladies—the noble hound—the storm

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