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Show 52 TilE LILY A!'iO Til£ TOTE;',!. 1\Tonalctta, the sp0nsc of Gucrnnchc, was not only one of tl1e lo\·clicst damsels present, but she was well known as tlJC niece of Kiug Audusta. Her beauty and royal blood, equally commended he•· to the f;wor of our captain. She stood apart from all the rest, stately and graceful as the cedar, not seeming to care for the merriment in which all were now engaged. 'l'hcrc was a dash of sad ness in her countenance. Her tbought~ were elsewhere-her eyes scarcely with the assembly, when the approach of Albert startled her from her reverie. He came as Cmsar did, to ccdain conquest ; nnd was about to l:\kc her hand, as a matter of course, when he was equally astounded and enraged to find her draw it away from his grasp. "You will not dance with me, Monalctta ?" "No," she answered him in broken :French-" No dance with you-dance with him!" pointing to Guernachc. Speaking these words, she crossed the floor, with all the bold imprudeneeofa truly loving heart, to tho place where stood our sorrowful and unhappy violinist. Tic had followed the movements of Albert, with looks of most serious apprehension, and his heart had sunk, with a sudden terror, when he saw that he approached &lonalctta. The scone which followed, however grateful to his affections, was seriously calculated to arouse his fears. lie feared for Monaletta., as he feared for himself. Nothing escaped him in the brief interview, and he sa1v1 in the vindictive glances of Albert, the most evil auguries for tho future. Yet how precious was her fondness to his heart! lie half forgot his apprehensions ns he felt. her hand upon his shoulder, and beheld her eyes looking with appealing fondness up into his own. That glance will! full of tho sweetest eollJKllation,-nnd said everything that was grateful to l1is Wrrifiod llffections. She, too, ho.d soon the look of hato aud anger THE l.F.GESD OF GUF.RNACIIE. 53 in the face of Albert, and she joyed in the opportunity of rebuking the one with her disdain, and of consoling the other with her sympathies. It was an unhappy error. Bitter, indeed, was the look with which the aroused and mortified Albert regarded the couple as they stood apart from all the rest. Guernache beheld this look. lie knew the mcauing of tl1nt answering glance of his supct·ior which encountered his own. His looks were those of en~ treaty, of deprecation. They seemed to say," I feel that you nrc offended, but I had no purpose or part in the offence." llis glance of humility met with no answering indulgence. It seemed, indeed, still farther to provoke his tyrant, who, advancing midway across tho room, addressed him in stern, hissing accents, through his closed and almost gnashing teeth. "Away, sirruh, to the pinnace! Sec that you remain in her until I summon you! Away!" The poor fellow turned off fwm Monaletta. He shook himself free from the grasp which she had taken of his hand. He prepared to obey the wanton and cruel order, but he could not forbear l!nying reproachfully as he retired- " You push me too hard, Captain Albert." "No words, sir! Away!" was the stern response. The sub~ missive fellow inst.<mtly disappeared. With his disappearance, Albert again approached Monaletta, and renewed his application. But this time he met with a rejection even more decided than before. lie looked to King Audusta; but an Indian princess, while she remains unmarried, enjoys a degree of social liberty which tho same class of persons in Europe would sigh for and supplicate in vain. There wc1·o no answering sympathies in the king's face, to encourage Albert in the prosecution of his suit. Nay, he had tho mortification to perceive, from the expression of his countc- |