Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-22
CHAPTER f.
AN INTERRUPTED wEDDINe.

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j AN INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
4 1t was the first Of May, the marriag,
lday of the yiscount Montressor Of Mon
tressor Castle, Dorsetshire, and Estelle. only
daughter and heiress of Sir Parkc Morelle
Hyde Hall, Devonshire. ~ : -
\ A glorious morning! the cloudless, blue
sky smiled down upon the green hills and
ldewy dales and deep woods Of Devon; and
the park around the Hall was all alive and
musical, with the joyous songs Of birds,
and the merry laughter Of young men and
maidens gathering to celebrate their May
day festival, and to do honor to the mar
riage of their landlords daughter.
I The m-shaded, winding avenue that
led from the highway to the house, was
arched at each terminus by mammoth
wreath of flowers, and many were the car
riages that passed under them, on their
way to assist at the wedding; and these
contained only the bridesmaids, and the
nearest friends and relatives Of the family.
whose relationship or position gave them
the right to attend the bride to church,
for still more numerous party had been
invited to meet her at the altar. The vii.
layers and tenants, grouped about under
the shade of the great old trees, or wan
dering over the greensward on either side
the avenue, watched these equipages as
they rolled on, commenting as usual on
such occasions.
"Oh-dear met the weddingers won't
NJ dc Ix I.S..l
wait two mortal hoursl said a young girl
to the gamekecper. (, -. {
"Hush! my darling look, here comes
his Lordship's carriage, itself, just as sure
as you're the prettiest lass in the country"
Ittoas Lord Montressor's carriage.
Early that morning note from his
affanced bride had been put in his hands
summoning him to private conference
with her at the Hall, before they should
proceed to the church. Surprised and FL
led with vague uneasiness, his lordship lost
no time in obeying the behest.
Within the most secluded of her suite
of richly furnished apartments at the old
Hall, half-burisd in the depths of a cush-
ioned chair, reclined the bride expectant
in bridal AIRY.
She was alone, her attendants having. by
her own desire, withdrawn.
Estelle Morelle-Or 'sla belle Estelle,"
Beautiful Stella "the Midnight STAR
as, for her resplendent dark beauty, she
was POLITICALLY named--was at this time
twenty-five years of age, and more lovely
than a poets or an artists ideal. Her
form was of medium height, and very slen-
der, though well-rounded, with a graceful
head, over which fell rich masses of Jet
black silken ringlets, shading face Of
pure, pale olive complexion with large
mournful dark eyes, habitually yelled BY
the long, dropping lashes, and delicate,
though full, curved lips, eyer patiently
closed as in silent resignation. The pre-
vailing expression of her dark, brilliant
countenance was profound melancholy.
The announcement of Miss Morelle's
approaching marriage with the Yiscount
Montressor had created profound sensa-
ton in the fashionable and aristocratic
circles. A peerless beauty, the only child
and heiress of the Oldest, wealthiest and
haughtiest barpnet in the West of Eng
land, her heart had been as much the OBJ.
ject of aspiration to the youthful and
ardent, as her hand aud fortune had Geen
the end of desire to the mcrconary and
ambitious. s... ..... t.tr
At the early age of seven years, Estelle
had been placed at one of the first class
female institutions of learning at Paris,
then as now, considered among the very
best of their kind in the world, and there
had been left TO remain until her sixteenth
year, when the sudden and .calamitous
breaking up of the institution, and her
own severe illness, had oocasioned her re.
moval That illness had been attended Nth
npdrked changes d, the constitution and tenn
permanent Of The young girL
Estelle, previously the most careless,
! light and capricious of children,
left her chamber of convalescence a sub
dued, thoughtful, melancholy woman -
The laughing lips Of girlhood closed in
patient sadness; the sparkling eyes sheath
ed their beams under long, shadowy lashes,
now seldom lifted; the siivery elastic voice,
sank into deep and thrilling tones; the
free, glad motions were measured and CON
trolled. nR
She never entered another school, but
completed her education under the best
masters, at home. To dissipate what was
considered a transient melancholy, her
parents travelled with her over Europe,
pausing at each capital and chief town, TO
show her all that was interesting and in
structiye. But though their daughter re-
paid their attebtions with the sweetest