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"Ohl no. your honor. She has high connex.
ions, my wife has as luck would haven't, they are
now in Charleston. Perhaps you have heard oi
them, sir-the rich Couran8ys Of V!rania.-
| Mrs. C0uueHay was own second cousin 10 my
wife, aud though she is now dead, her daughter
: Agnes knows Lucy WE'LL for Lucy is Virginia
bora herself and has nursed Miss Agnes many q
rime."
twas well that the twilight prevented his faa.
lures from being distngushablr, else the speaker
would have noticed the agitation Of our hero'i
counlenancc al these words. Though more than
"a year had passed since Lsnnox left Couuenay
Hall, and though in all that interval he had heard
nothing from its inmates, as was indeed not sin.
guIar considering the unsettled condition of the
country, his love for Agnes sill burned as bright.
/ y as ever. Time, perhaps, aud the utter hone.
/ leSsncss OF his suit had nellowed down his pas.
sion somewhat but Agnes still filled his waking
/ thoughts, was sill the subject Of his nightly
dreams. In spite, too, of the apparently uncon.
qurrable obstacles TO their union, Imagination
would occasionally lead him aslray, and he would
picture Agnes as his own at some future. but in.
definite period. Her parting look assured him Of
her love, nor was there day in which he did not
recall il. All! what castles in the air lovers will
build.
Miss Agnes could protect anybody" continu.
cd the speaker, not noticing the starr and look Of
Lennox al the mention Of thar endeared name.
"She is the beauty Of the town, they say, ever
since she arrived. Mr.. Courlenay, as perhaps
| you have heard, sir, had to leave Virginia be-
cause he was sucha biuertory and the colony au.
lhortles were going TO imprson him and coniis-
cate his estate. So he has gone 10 Charleston,
and as soon as his daughter marries Mr. Beau.
fort, they are all 10 sail for England, where they
intend 10 live, at least until this country is rsdu
ced 10 obedience"
"Agnes going 10 be married." said Lcnnox.
with start Of horror incredibly and SUNRISE.
Then you know her, SIR" replied his y,siter
in lurn aslonished.
But Lannox, suddenly cast down from the long
cherished dream that Agnes loved him, had no
thought of what the man might think Of him.
aud IN fact did not hear lhs question, so pre.oc,
cup1ed was he with his own reflections.
Agnes going 10 BE- married." he cried, rising
and advancing towards his viSiter. "Il cannot be.
Man, beware that you deceive me nol!"
The first thought of Stewart was that our
hero was diSoTdared in mind. and he rose also.
almost expecting u personal attack. But sud.
denly LsnnoX paused, and passing his hand over
his brow, for he rlcolcctcd himself all at once,
said
Pardon nc, sir. am afraid have been
rude Aud eNteuo,rg hj5 hand with Il faint at
tempt TO smile, he cUAIinGad--"iale gricis have
disturbed my health. Besides, there is soal,.
thing N your news which surprises me. Pray.
slI down again; and tell me again Of this ute,.
Z nee"
Bat lha visilcr hld little more to relate. All
he knew was lha, Agnes and her cousin were
Said to be engn9 d. aud that th1 preparations for
the marfaga had actually b'gun.
My vile says, sir, that Miss Courtenav and
Mr.. Beaufort have been pledged from childhooi.
the match was arranged by The old folks, though
not 10 take place ul Agnes was lwenly. Mr.
BsauorI has been here courling her. more than
a year, and some says he cares quite as much
for her money as for herself; she's an heress,
you know, in her own right, and has q large pro.
perry in Charleston"
Lonnox had never heard Of this before, but it
accounted tor the presence of The Courtenays in
Charleston. Even now, however, h3 paid no
attention to II, for he was lost in grief and a.
maZamcnt at the marriage Of Agnes.
False, !aS1, murmurad our hero to himself
"Oh! Agucs, and you pledged yourself never to
marry another. But you are like your sex have
ever been; tickle as the shadow cast by sum.
mer leaf ever smiling ON present, and forgetting
absent friends"
But after few moments devoted to bitter re.
hecuonS like these. more charitable feelings took
possession Of our heros heart. When could
lover long continue TO despise his mstrassl
''lt cannot be-" said our hero, still thinking
TO himself, utterly forgetlul Of The presents of
stranger. "lt connol be. lrever woman low.
ed, Agnes loved when we parted; and surely ifI
ever woman was true, Agnes is. There must be
some terrible mistake here. Either she is not
going TO marry Beaufort, or she thinks | am
dead. will go to her. The risk is not great;
can GO in disguise; aud have often ventured
my life on less occasions. | will see her; will
again appeal TO her. if she spurns me. well; but
II, oh! bIlssu thought, if she returns my love |
shall be happy, even if years must eapse before
our union"
To decide was to act, for Lennox had all that
impeluosy which is so frequently allied to high
courage. Recovering himself from his rcverie, !
he dismissed his vlslter accepting his services, |
aud naming that day week for him to rendez
vous. at Lonnox Place, and then, hastily accoul-
ring himself for his expedition, he departing
without any attendant, though sufficient well
armed.
The requirements orour story do not demand
hat we should follow Lennox in his Journey to
Charleston, where he arrived safely, protected
oy his disguise. But here his security was at an
md. lie had not calculated on the number of
individuals acquainted with his person, whom he
would be likely TO meet and he was scarcely in
stalled in the obscure hotel to which he had rid
len, when he observed man, after scrulinizing
1m, rise and leave the apartment. Lcnnux
instantly resolved on seeking some other shelter,
'ul before he could put his purpose in execution.
he manuelurned with Il guard of soldiers, and
'ur hero ut the same time that he recognized the
niormer as a dcSener from his own regiment
nuud hip1snIfn