Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-01-30

SINCE VIZ last saw Raymond Talbot q great
change had come over his features. II had
left England within a few days after his last
interview with Eveline and after serving with
some distinction on Tie Continent, had been
received into high favor at the court Of France.
His nnmr sprend far and vide as that of one OF
the most gallant cavaliers of the day, and had
he wished it the hand of more thnn one fair
heiress might have been lis own But though
he mingled with such grate 10 allih omuse.
ments of the court. II was noticed that some.
thing Of melancholy seemed always 10 pervade
his thoughts. To all the solicitations of his
more prudent friend thatihe would repair his
fortune by taking the hand of some of the nu-
merous hciresses, whom be had but to seek "a
win, he answered only by faint smile, ac,
compqnied with the declsralion that be should
never marry.
But fortune had a lotfn store for him, Of
which he little dreamed. His cousin, who by
purchasing the sequestered estates Of the fam.
lily during the days of the commonwealth. and
subsequently, becoming connected By marriage
with the all powerful Duke of Albemare, had
been enabled to hold the lands of the earldom'
against the better claim of Talbot, was killed
suddenly, dithout leaving any children, with
in short six months after the death of his
wife As Talbot was his next male heir the
property once more returned into his hands -
This intelligence reached him bv the same
conveyance with whichcame letter from a
rieud, who, without kn9wing that Talbot was
yer acquainted with EYe'ine Norman, men
Toned her az the belle ef the court; bat added
hat she had lately beeB i'll, snme supposed by
n consumption, and hat a contemplated marri.
sge between her and lbrronet. neighbhr of
,sr father, had been broken Off He added in
oo.,script tho, rumnr hinled The disorder of
he beauty was a setl'd melancholy occasion
I'd, perhaps, by some uniorluna attachment.
On receiving this intelligence. the heart of
Talbot thrilled with strange, wild emotions,
which he had imsginsd would never giiaie
his bosom. Could it be that Eveline loVed
hin! He pressed his hand TO his brow, for
his brain reeed ithlstrange feelings. A
thousand things which le had once Disregard.
ed, or which, at the tine they happened, he
knew not how to Interrupt. now flashed on
him, as he thought, he conviction became
stronger and stronger 4 his bosom that he had
wronged the heart CT Eieline. He determine
ed, at lenst, to return 10 England and satisfy
himself ofthe truth OF Suspicion He was
now 10 possession Of his righliul domain, and
might sue for her as anrqual, if not as a supe.
rior. The dangers of the plague. which had
been raging some time in London, sank into
nothing before his impatient spirit lie would
brave all aud learn his fate Having now &C.
counted for his presence in the midst of the
pe7tllence, let Us follow him to the mansion of
Lord Newman.
Night had gathered on the narrow streets
and thorougfares of the metropolis before Tai
boz. for we shall still call him BY that name,
had reached the abode or which he sought
md gloomy and dismal seemed that city OF
the plague. The streets were deserted; an mir
of desolalion was on all around; the dark, old,
ricketty buildings frownad gloomily on night;
and dim and faint across the distance came The
sound of the city oels striking the hour. Ev-
erylhiug wore look Of melancholy. As he
advanced. the evidences of the infection be.
came more apparent, AID he socn knew, by
fatal 81 ms, that here was no very heart Of the
pssilence. Whole rows of houses were shut
up, with the fearful cross marked on iheil
front; while from olherf, might be hear
shreks and cries, rising ayfuly upon the 81
lence. Scarcely solitary house showed eyi
dence of life, except here md there ligh
streaming from some pindss The waichmel