worthless bodies to the kite and crow.

Constance

saw there was not a moment to lose. She rushed through the gate, and,-seizing the bridle of the Duke's horse, with her small, white hands,-entreated him to spare the lives of those who had preserved his trusty knight. Adolph joined in the prayer; and, more dead than alive, the two delinquents were released from their perilous situation. Hans Vane dergeld, at whose intercession the Count's execution had been delayed, was likewise pardoned; and, these three being the most deeply implicated in the rebellion of the burgesses, the Duke could not, in jus tice, visit others with severity, but contented himself with the offer which they made of purchasing his mercy, at the price of thirty thousand gilders.

It was long before the Jansens could comprehend the possibility of Adolph's concealment in their house. But, highly delighted with the result of the contrivance,-when the Count asked the hand of their fair cousin, in marriage, they gave her a larger portion than any one of the daughters of the family had ever, before, received.

EMMA R.