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TALBOTTON, TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1878.
The Poisoned Kiss.
It was a dark hour for the gallants
of Franco when the sun went down
upon the of August, A. D.
1340.
Creey has been fought, and thirty
thousand Frenchman lay on the fatal
tb Id. The power of Philip has been
j broken, and the crest of John, bis
| Bobemiin ally, was in tin. posses -
; Mon of ihe Black Prince.
[ A few French nobles, by dint of
; hard riding, escaped from the bloody
I melee. Among them was Philip de
j ,4 venal, or Philip tin Red, as he was
I called, from the color of his long
j hair. He whs no coward, as he had
j fought l*side Ins King until victory
had decided for the English Edward
and i ven then he would iiave re
uinined beside tlie royal standard if
His J/igesty bad not remind and him
that the victor had already sworn to
execute him, and urged him to ily
for his life.
Mounted upon a prinoelv steed of
acknowledged blood and bottom, the
j French Count galloped from tin
battlefield and rode through Abbe
j ville (tenmiles smith of Creey) with
out once drawing rein.
The night was gathering about
him. He lowered his vizor, for its
iron bars seemed to burn Ins cheeks,
and did no’ gl (lice fiom the road.
At last he came to a spot from
which a narrow roil 1 branched ob
liquely to the right, and the horse
man for the first time reined in his
foaming charger.
He was twenty mi Vs from Creey.
As the road over w hich Po and Phil
ip lmd been riding led directly to
j hiscstle, one would have supposed
! tint it was his destinab n; but, in
[ —tead of keeping' in it, be turned
aside, and left the castle on his left
hand
Moody, ns if he had been brood
ing over some deep plan, no word
escaped dt A venal’s lips until lie had
! turned from tlm wi-’l defined road;
for the ground over which lie was
! now riding seemed little better than
a bridie path.
“Constmice mn-t listen to me to-
night,” ho muttered, with startling
delermiimtii li.
‘I have fought for Philip, not
mainly because there was a price
set upon niv head.
Do I not know that Edward’s
hunters will follow me not on the
fi. id ? The Eng’ish king lias not
forgot ton that I bore the beauty of
his court away vrlien I was in Eng
land. He gnve orders concerning
me before the bade opened. ‘Kill
not Philip (le Avtni d,’ lie sai l. ‘A
thousand guineas to the soldier who
brings him a captive to the royal
tent!’ Ha,ha! King Edward, the
bird is flying from tho fowlers’ snare;
and vim must lie-more than human
if yon cateli the man you mill. Bn
foredawii I will have non another
triumph ill love, or make the fright
ened French have cause to remem
ber iny ride from Creey!”
The by-road soon became lost in a
thoroughfare more pieten i us, and
the fugitive count found himself at
ihe foot of a beautiful lisa, which
was crowned bv one of those grand
castles now seldom seen in France.
‘There is a light in the ad n ral’s
Tower, where, if I am not mistaken,
the lovely Constance has her bou
doir,’ Philip tho Red exclaimed, be
holding the glimmer of light above
him. ‘lt’s well that my lady has not
retired, for I w mid not wish to dis
till b her with the terrible tidings
that I beftr.
He crossed th3 ponderous draw,
and rode bodly up the bill, nor
pursed until lie reached the spacious
emit. No retainers greeted him,
but, as the hour was late and the
place secluded, the fugiiive nobis
did not take ranch note of this.
He dismounted, and the rattle of
his spurs soon sounded in the lofly
hall.
Then he saw the first servant, and
the fellow’s face was white as ashes.
He. trembled before the warrior, and
would have fled, shrieking, if the
gnautleted hand had not fallen rude
ly upon l i- shoulder.
‘Lady Constance hag not retired,’
the noble said. ‘Tell her that Philip
da A venal wants to see het at once.’
The flash of the speaker’s eyes was
enough to make the servant’s teeth
chatter; but the stuttering fellow
shrunk to the wall and gazed inersd
ulouslv at the soldier.
‘Aren’t yon going fellow ?’ cried
the iiiipat’ent man, taking a mena
cing steptowaul tlio underling.
‘I dare not carry your message fo
the Lady Constance at this hour.
Her husband—’
Philip the Red started back as if a
rattlesnake had suddenly flung itself
into his path.
‘What I’ he eri and, ‘is tho Lady
■Constance married?’
‘Ay, Count.’
‘To w hom V*
‘The Chevalier B mvilount.’
‘A boy !’ and de A venal’s lips
closed mmllv behind the last word.
‘Go and tell her, nevertheless,” lie
said a moment later. ‘Do not let
her husband overhear yon. Stay !
t-ke Ili is ring. Ir is a pledge that
lam here. If she slum and hesitate
say that I am fresh from the great
battle.’
With tho co-’tlv l ing in his hand
the servant darted away, and de Yv
enal began to pace the corridor with
rapid strides.
His brows were knit in anger, a
b ilefnl light darted from his eyes
•mil ever un i anon he would stop to
clench his h inds, and then resume
his walk impulsively.
‘Wedded to a boy,’ he hissed.
‘The L idy Constance, whose grace,
learning and beauty have been the
theme of songs all over France, wed
ded to one beardless as a child! Is
she mad ? And to think that I have
loved her—that 1 have ridden from
death to find her in the arms of the
hovisli cllevalies ! This is too muc’i ■
Mv lady, you have made me a devil
incarnate, and though yon are his. I
swear by my sword, that I will kiss
yon before I go!’
The lust word had scarcely left his
i ips before I lie lnyely Constance de
Clerry stoo l before him. Magni
fluent and queenly—for she possess
ed the figure and loveliness of Juno
—looked the wife of a f n tniglit. and
the maddened soldier ottered a cry
of admiral ion.
‘Constance!’ he cried, stepping
risli’y forward wi;h ungloved bunds
imtstreched, ‘wo lime*, again. The
day has gone against us, and France
is pros rate at Edward's feel 1’
Her face grew suddenly pale, for
liei father and brothers had un
doubtedly taken part in tho con
flict.
She (daggered toward tho wall,
and perhaps might lime swooned if
the strong arms if I’mlip the Red
had not quickly encircled her.
A moment later she started from
him with offended dignity.
“Fell me of father, and 1 will tell
Burdount about the disgrace.”
“Your kindred fought on the left
They were opposed to the Black
Prince's bowmen. I fought near
His Majes y, and c insequentlv did
not see them. lam a fugitive to
night, but I ask no sin Iter at your
fair hands. Constance, I hear the
name which‘in me blind adorati m
I have fondly hoped would never
fa 1 from yonr lips. My sword has
been sheathe I for the last time’. The
only thing for which I would draw
it again—your love—has turned
against me. A price is °et upon n<i\
head. Philip de Aveiad is a haun
ted man, and von, C instance, have
stigmatized the life that has flamed
over courts and tourneys like a blaz
ing star.”
Lady Constance almost groaned,
and covered her face with her
hands.
The fugitive’s hand was quickly
plunged beneath his breast plate,
anil the chevalier's wife did not see
the small metallic object which it
conveyed to-his mouth.
‘I must ride agon!’ De A venal
said, suddenly, as he salted toward
Constance.
There was a strange light in his
eyes now,
‘Gut’s blessing go with you;’ said
the chevalier's wife. ‘Should you
ultimately escape, send a message to
thecistle that we may rejoice. l
‘That I will. Bat a kiss before I
ride away, my Lady Constance."
‘Ao, count,' anil the beautiful la
dy, whose face was quite pale, put
out her hands imploringly.
‘ln all my love I have never
kissed you 1’ ho cried.
‘Do not make me false to my
lord, the chevalier. Here, take this
signet. It. will prove a part.ug
token, and, when far away, you wiiJ
think of n.e '
But the impetuous fugitive from
battle was not to he deterred from
his fixed purposo by tho woman’s
pleading.
Ho sprung forward and seized her
in his strong arms.
‘A kiss and nothing less!’ he
cried, ‘Yield, my Constance, and let
me go in peace.'
She was as a child in his arms,
and with a deep blush she closed
her eyes and ceased to struggle.
For a single moment the noble
man feasted his eyes upon the
matchless beauty of the face that al
most touched his lips then he drew
it upward and implanted a kiss up
on tho blushing chi ld; 1
A shiver pasted over the wife’s
frame as his lips be-towed the kiss,
and she opened ln r eyes with a s'
• f sudden pain.
‘Farewell 1’ he cried, with fiend
ish joy, as he released her, and she
-tnggered back like one under tho
influence of wine.
‘Mv Lady C instance, good-night.
Yon are poisoned. I kill whoe'er I
kiss 1’
She did not hear the last words,
uttered in triumphant tones that,
would have done credit to the King
of Topliet. One wild, cry pealed
from her throat, and at the foot of
the stair, guarded by golden lions,
she sunk pale and deadly.
Philip the Red cast one look upon
ihe tinitionless form, and bounded
from tho corridor.
He had not. departed one moment
too soon, for n figure darted down
the steps,and stood beside the strick
en countess.
It was tho youthful chevalier,Bur
(lomit.
A glance seemed to satisfy him
T1 1 : 1 1 his liemrifill wife was dead,and
tin sound of hoofs on the draw told
him that the murderer was flying
from the scone of his crime.
‘Not until I return with the blood
of De A venal on my sword I’lie said
to a servant, who had ventured to
question him concerning the burial,
and away ho rode in the night.
He looked like a boy, for he had
not passed Ins twenty second year,
his hands and hair was white, and
golden like a girl’s. His face, now
darkened by vengeance, had lost
that expression which had captured
the heart of the unfortunate countess
and Ids . yes fl ishod like a maniac’s
ot I IS.
He did not sueni to think that Dn
A venal was his superior in every
thing save greatness of heart. He
was following the bust, swordsman
in France —a Schamyl in tho saddle
a very Goliah in arms.
It was the thought of the wife ly
ing (lead in her wedding robes at
the font of the lion-guarded sbi.r
that urged the young chevalier on.
The constellations sot.; but young
Bind'unit was still in the saddle.
He heard the sound of hoofs far
in advance, and knew that sword
would soon meet sword.
In his haste he had lint donned
his polished armor, find did not
seem to think that the man whom
lie pursued wore armor tested on
twenty liittle Halils. * *
The resplendent god of day was
rising and throwing his golden
light upon hill and valley when
several servants, stationed upon a
castle’s lofty tower, beheld a horse
man approaching.
The animal was jadeil and seemed
to walk with difficulty, whi'e the ti
ller appeared to bo faint and un
steady in the saddle.
It soon became evident to the
watchers that the horseman was
wounded, and they hastened to the
court wln re they encountered him.
All at once there was a cry of hor
ror, and the white faced retainer!
lifted the man from his steed.
The young Ohevalier Bnrdonnt
had re. ui'iied to his castle covered
with the most terrible wounds—in
fact almost hacked, to pieces. He
could not speak, and was borne in
to the castle.
A company of his men rode ifway
to the unknown battle field. A trai
of blood led to the awful spot.
Evidences of the most terrible
combat wore nt wanting. Philip
the Red lay on the field beside his
horse. He bled from five arid twen
ty wounds .and was quite dead.
The tiny instrument with which
tie had injected the subtle poison in
to Lady Goustitncfi’s ebook was found
iu bis lnn.o i>
I His last kiss had sealed his own
doom.
The Chevalier recovered from his
wounds to fling his life away iu bat
tle.
A Bit of Experience.
‘Good natured editing,' says some
wise man, ‘spoils half the papers iu
the United States. ‘Yea, verily.'
‘Will you please publish the poetry
I send ?’ says one; ‘it is my first ef
fort;' and some crude lines go into
to encourage budding genius.
‘Our church is in grout peril,* says
another; ‘will you please publish our
appeal* and a long dolorous plea is
inserted.
‘My father took your paper for
twenty year-," writes another; ‘I
think you ought to publish the res
olutions passed by the sessions of the
Big Brake church when ho died;'
and in goes resolutions of no in
terest to a majority of *he readers.
‘I am particularly anxious that the
view s I present should go before the
church this „pek.‘ Out go a covey
of small pity contributions to make
room for three columns from a pon
derous D. D.
‘lhere is an immediate necessity
for tho exposure of one who is a hit
ter enemy to the truth,* writes an
other, as he sends an attack upon an
antagonist which will till an entire
page.
‘I am about to publish a book
identifying tho great image of brass,
iron and clay, and I would b oblig
ed to you to publish the advance
sheets of the first chapter which 1
herewith enclose to you.
‘Why do you not publish in full
‘ R‘s great speech iu the Geneially
Assembly. It would increase your
circulation largely. 1
‘lf you will publish the sermon 1
transmit to you, I will take eight
extra ci)|iies.‘
‘The church must bo aroused on
the subject of foreign missions.’ says
a pastor ns he forwards tho half of
his lust Sabbath's services. A good
natured editor surrenders to them at
once, and they go away happy, ut
terly unconscious that they have
helped to spoil tho paper.—Prcxby
tcian.
Rote was out sawing wood yester
day and didn't come home till rath
er late Inst light; and while he was
mis ing by an open lot some ot e
j imped out and said; ‘Your mon
ey or l‘!l blow your brains out.'
■Blow awny,‘ sai l Pete, ‘tor I niigli
as well be widout brains as widoilt
money.’
A genius in NevuTn ims conceived tin
happy idea oi importing and raising alliga
tas in Hint State. He pti'poscH to procur
tlirei- hmntreil living winug ones in Missis
sissipi and piano th ,u in the “Sink of tin
Carson, *‘ N- itda. That leilow would no
doaiit let 1 aivtnlly distressed it he shout
go to Ihe to ver regions and find that aboil
without a devil. He would wtnt to send t
C linage or It 'S*on for one immediately.
A teacher in struggling to make n
tough brained boy understand what
conscience was, finally asked; ‘What
makes you feel bad after yon have
done wrong?’ ‘Mv daddy’s big
leather stt up,’feelingly replied tin
boy.
‘lt was simply Mil informal i,ffuir‘‘
wrote tlie editor of a liMlo strawber
ry party, at a neighbor's bouse. ‘lt
was simply an infernal affair,’ read
the compositor, and that editor will
never get any more invitations from
that quarter.
It’s very well to talk about econ
omy, lint the difficulty is to get any
thing to economize. The little boy
who puts his toes in his mouth is id
most the only person who makes
both emlH mi et.
Murk Twain, speaking of canibtib
grew serious foi once, and solemnly
declares tl at for his own part. In
would go hungry for two days : a In r
than eat an old personal friend,
“Have you ‘Blasted Hopes ?’ ”
asked a lady of a green librarian
who had a severe toothache. ‘No
ma’am, but I have got a blasted
toothache.’
■ —- • ♦-
A cynical lady rather inclined to
flirt, says most men arc like a cold
-very easily caught but hard to get
l id of.
U A Vi L D
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WHOLE NUMBER 412.
LeVert College,
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THF. Spring Session will hecin on MON
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