The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-01

love snon succeeds, aud, thu bridal tas
Is fixed. II comcs-aud among the IT.
tendanls of the bride is an old woman,
who eXeit"> the aversion of Emlins.
Who is lhatugly old woman he at
length asked, that is So busy there, 20
ng backwards and forwards in her grey
cloak 2 She IS one of my aucndauts,'
sad his bride she is to manage and
overlook nv waiting maids aud Other
urls. How Gun YOU bear 10 have any
Ihtug 50 hudious nj your elbow 7 replied
Emlllus. Len hcr alon,,, answered the
young lady: God meant the ugv Ia
live Is well as the handsome aud she
5 such a good honest creature, she may
be OF use to us.
\ ball is proposed 10 the wedding
quests. and aereed 10 by EmlinS. pbo
mlsqucradcls adopt strange aud fanlas-
nc dresses, and The gayand volatile Re-
derrick obilins by accident the scarlet
bodice, which The old hay che brides al
tendant) had worn Oh The night of tho
murder. The masked procession is
formed, TO conduct : the bride from her
chamber
The bugles were sill playing; the
company were walking about the garden,
or sitting before the house. The sun
had gone down behind thick murky
clouds, and the country WIS lying IN 4
ereat dusk, when parting gleam sud-
denly burst forth adl~arl tho cloudy
veil, and flooded every spot around, but
especially the building, and lis galleries
aud pillars, and wrealbs of flowers, rs it
were with red blood. At lhs moment
the parents Of the BRIDE and other
spectators beheld d tram Of the widest
appearance move towards the upper
corridor. Rodelek led the way ~ The
scarlet old woman, aud were followed
by humpbdcks, monnlaln-pannchrs, lc-
male figures embarked by enormous
hoops and over cauopied with tmoe
feet Of horse han, powder and poma-
tum, and by every disgusting shape
lhat can be conceived, as though Il nlehD-
mare were unrolling her stories. They
Jumped, aud rwilled, and ro1ered and
stumbled, and sifaddled, aud strutcd
aud staggered, along The gallery, and
lhen vanished behind one of The doors.
Bul few of the belIoders bad been able
to laugh ; 50 ultcrl Y were they amazed
by The Str 'nge sight. Suddenly u per-
eng shrek burst from one of The rooms,
and lhelc rushed forth INTO The blood
red glow III The sunset, The pale bride, ia
ii white iiock, round which wrralbs 81
flowers were waving, with her rich locks
streaming through the air. As though
mad, with rolling eye md distorted lace
she uarled along the gallery, and bllud-
cd ty terror, could find neither door
nor s,aII cast aud immediately after
) rushing EmlIUs II ca 81 Of her, with The
sparkling Turkish dagger in his LlgI
: upfaI,rd hand.
Now she WIS At the end Of the pas
, ,aet, She could % no further; hr roach
ed her. HIS masked friends aud lht
grey old woman were running diler him.
Bur he had already iufIoa,ly pierced hrI
bosom, aud cal through her white neck
her blood spoalrd forth ulo the radi-
anCc oi the setting san. The old wo-
man had elasped round bm, to lear hun
back; he struggled with her, and hurled
, himself together with her over tie rail.
M, and they both Tell almost lIelcs,
down al the feet Of tho relations who
had been staring IN dumb horror At tlI,
bloody scene. Above and below, ol
Fastening down the stairs and along the
galleries, were seen The hldeous masks
standing or running about, III various
clusters, Ike hcnds of hell.
Kodellck took his dying friend in hf'
arms. He had found linn III his wln's
room, playing wlh the dagger. Sht
was almost dressed when br entered
At the SIGHT Of the hated red bodice hl'
memory had rekndlod, and the horrible
VISION OF lhdt night had risen upon hi,
m.nd, and gn1shlng his teeth lac HAD
sprung after his trembling, flying bride
, TO avengc thal murder and all those de-
Wish dolngs. The old woman ere she
expired confessed the crime that hao
been wrought, aud the giadnc,S and the
mirlh OF the whole house were suddenly
changed mo so1ow and lamentatlor
', aad dlanay.'
Thus ends the LoyE-C CHARM, n charm
woven IN SIN, aud lnyolviug N ruin the
innocent a, well as the mlsled and the
gullty-begun III passion and closed II
death.
Shakespeare Chdmber-Such is the
idola,y manifested for the Chamber
wherein Shakespeare first minded thu
breath Of like, thai its walls were literal
I ~ covered throughout with the name'
Of visitors, traced in pencll by their owl
. bands. Tue surface Of the apartment
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