Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
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THE BRIDE OF An EvENING.
CHAPTER
THE AsTRoLoeERs PREpfTIo,
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4, =, BY EMMA D., E. N. .soUTHWoRTH.. IL

The ASTROLOGERS PREpfT1ON.
Reading, a few weeks, since, one of De
Quincy's papers Three Memorable MUIR
ders, ~ recalled to my mind the strange
circumstances of,onei Of the mostimysterious
domestic dramas that ever taxed the inge.
nuity Of mar, or required the fight Of time
to develop .l.l ,.,a.l f,syiH ..eb.oI Il. :;
sfThe locality. of our story lies amid one of
heiwildesti and most picturesque regions Of
the Old Dominion, where the head waters
of the Rappahannock wash the base of the
Blue Ridge. Of eaTsfil debut 7t!l4-7 li}afi
~iThe precise spot Grassland is d sub
lime and beautiful scene, where two forest
crowned ranges Of mountains cross each 9TH
eraat obique angles. etsH eiei@1i it--s'o'l
iAtjthe intersecting point Of these ridges
nestles a little hamlet, named, FROM its lele-
waited position, sAltamont. 97ea .e99Aa.G'
Atethe period at which our story opens
the four estates, IN the four angles Of. the ir-
regular mountain cross. were owned as fol-
lows; ii So ls9s 81 - ss.:t .7a5 oiI
Thea eastern farm, called Piedmont, was
the life property Of Madame Auderly,, a
Virginian lady of the old school ~ aegss sae
The western and most valuable estate was
the inheritance of Honora Paule,t an orphan
heiress, granddaughter and ward of Madame
Apderly.. s.e,, !. S Is. ..55E ajs.t gqas
The northern and smallest one, called,
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. 3. iia .a.tsslg els asstoi flea
The southern farm-named, from the ex-
travagantcost of the elegantmansion- house,
elaborate outbildings, and highly ornament
ed grounds, which had absorbed the means
ofdhe late owner, 'sFarquier's Folly ''-was
the heavily-mortgaged patrinony Of God
frey Farquier Dulanie, the grandson of
Hugh HAVE, and now a young .aspirant for
legal honors at the University of Virginia
But little benefit to the heir was to be
hoped from the inheritance of his fathers
bpftbened property. In the first place, old
Hugh Have had bought up in his own
name all the claims against the estate of
Farquier's Folly-doubtless to prevent a
foreclosure, and to- save the property for his
grandson. .7i .is asl
But, unhappily, Godfrey had mortal1y Of
Tended the despetic old man by declining
an agricultural Life, and persisting in the
study Of profession "a course that had re-
suited ID. his own disinheritance.
To make this punishment more bitter to
his grandson. the old man had taken into
favor his nephew, DIR. Henry Have, whom
hehad established near himself at Farquiers
Folly -
sAtthis time the disinherited heir, having
finished a term at the University, had come
down to spend a part of his-vacation in his
native place. isis8 s.sssas s.e. ,ei's3.lsss 80
It 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 excitement, from the fact that
the celebrated heiress, Miss Honora Paule.
had Just stopped there, and passed through
oplherew eway home. S. 9tssse Feis s7'sEas 5
Those wholhad been SO happy as to catch
. glimpse of her face, ,syied with each other
in praise lof her many charms, while those
who had not listened with eagerness, and
looked forward to indemnifying themselves
by seeing her at church the next 1norning.
.iFhe next day, Godfrey Dulanie attended
church, where ahe. saw and fell in love with
the most beautiful and d.sintellectual-lookin
gill he hade dever beheld. From the cheapness
and simplicity Of her attire, he supposed her
t6 be. some poor dependent Of Madame
AudsrlEs, in whose pew she,sat Godfrey
was completely captivated. and he resolved
At once to WOO, and, if possible to win this
lsTely. being for his wife. poor girl though
she Wasgos=Hee was glad she was poor, be-
cause she could for that reason be more
e$silg won. But on accompanying Me-
Winoughby, the clergyman, and. his broth.
er-iuzleu; Ernest Heine, home after church
what fwas bis astonishment and dismay al