a shy glance of inquiry on the stranger; and was cast again to the ground. The words dicd away; but there was a sweet smile playing abont her lips, and a soft dimpling of the cheek that showed her glance had not been unsatisfactory. It was impossible for a girl of the fond age of eighteen, highly predisposed for love and matrimony, not to be pleased with so gallant a cavalier.
The late hour at which the guest had arrived left no time for parley. The baron was peremptory, and deferred all particular conversation until the morning, and lcd the way to the untasted banquct.
It was served up in the great hall of the castle. Around the walls hung the hard-favoured portraits of the hcroes of the house of Katzenellenbogen, and the trophies which they had gained in the field and in the chase. Hacked corslets, splintered jousting spears, and tattcred banners, were mingled with the spoils of sylvan warfare; the jaws of the wolf, and tho tnsks of the boar, grinned horribly among crossbows and battle-axes, and a huge pair of antlers branchcd immediately ovcr the head of the youthful bridegroom.
The cavalier took but little notice of the company, or thc entcrtainment. He scarcely tasted the banquet, but scemed absorbed in admiration of his bride. He conversed in a low tone that could not be overheard—for the language of love is never loud; but where is thc female ear so dull that it cannot catch the softcst whisper of the lover? There was a mingled tenderness and gravity in his manner, that appearcd to have a powerful effect upon the yonng lady. Hcr colour came and went as she listened with deep attention. Now and then she made some blushing reply, and when his eye was turned away, sho would steal a sidclong glance at his romantic countenance, and heave a gcntle sigh of tcnder happiness. It was evident that the young couple were completely
