M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-01-21
SrIttteO Stories.
The Bride of an Evening.
BY EMMA D. +. y, soUTHwoRTH,
CHAPTER I.
THE AsTRoLoGER's PREDICTION.

THE ASTROLOGER PREDICTION.
Reading, few weeks since, one ot
De Quincey's papers-"Throo Memo.
rable Murders, ,"-rocalled to my mind
the strange circumstances Of one OF
the most mysterious domestic dramas
that ever taxed tho ingenuity of man,
or required the flight OF time to de-
velop.
The locality Of our story lies amid
one ofthe widest and most picturesque
regions of the Old Dominion, where
the head waters Of the Rappahann0ck
wash the base of the Blue Ridge.
The precise spot--Crossland--ie a
sublime and beautiful scene, where
two forcst-crowned ranges Of noun
tains cross each other at oblique an
giles.
At the intersocting point Of these
ridges nestes little hamlet, named,
from its elevated position, AItamont
At the period at which our story
opens the four estates, in the four an.
giles of the irregular mountain cross,
we're owned as follows:
The eastern farm, called Piedmont,
was the life property of Madame Au-
derly, a Virginiau lady Of the old
school.
The western and most valuable cs-
tate was the Inheritance Of Ionora
PauIe, an orphan heress, grand
daughter and ward Of Madame Au-
derly.
The northern and smallest one, call
cd, from being the deepest vale Of the
four-Hawe's Hole was the property
of old Hugh Have, a widower Of
gloomy temper, parsimonious habits,
and almost fabulous wealth.
The southern farm, named, from
the extravagant cost OF the elegant
mansion-houSe, elaborate out-buiId-
ings, and highly ornamented grounds,
which had absorbed the means of the
late owner, "Farquier'S Folly"-was
the heavily-mortgaged patrimony Of
Godfrey Farquier Dulanie, the grand
son Of Hugh Have, and now young
aspirant for legal honors at the Uni
verSity of Virginia.
But little benefit to the heir was to
be hoped from the inheritance Of his
fathers burthened property. In the
first place, old Hugh Have had bot
up in his own name all the claims
against the estate Of Farquier's Folly
doubtless to prevent foreclosure,
and to save the property Tor his grand
son.
But, unhappily, Godfrey had NOR
tally offended the despotic old man by
declining an agricultural, life, and per.
sisting in the study of profession
a course that had resulted in his own
disinheritance.
10 make this punishment more bit
ter tO his grandson, the old man had
taken into favor his nephew, DR.
Henry llaWe, whom he had establish
ed near himself at Farquier's Folly
At this time the disinherited heir,
having finished term at the Univer-
sity, had come down to spend a part
of his vacation in his native place.
1t was upon the Saturday evening
OF his arrival that he found the little
hotel, and, indeed, the whole village
of Altamont, in a great state of ex
citement, from the fact that the cele
brated heiress, Miss Honora Paule
had just stopped there, and passed
through on her way home.
Those who had been so happy as tc
catch a glimpse Of her face, We'd with
each other in praise of her many
charms, while those who had not, list
ened with eagerness, and looked for
ward to indemuifying themselves by
seeing her at church the next morning