The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-02-20

HeE pdlC ulu NeINUlluS CouStoH, GLHiIy
Villiers, as they stood gazing upon the
brilliant 6ijouterie that had been presen.
ted to the latter by the nobleman to
whom, in obedience to the commands Of
her father, she was about to give her
hand.
81 acill marry the Earl of Castleton,"
replied Emily firmly.
"And yet you do not love him Emily"
"It is not love he seeks. i have can.
didly told him that it is in obedience to
my father that | accompany him to the.
altar, and that hands, not hearts, will be
united there"
"'Twas like yourself, my noble spirit.
ed Emily. But what Of Ernest War
wick ?"
"Oh! do not name him! have re.
solved upon forgetting him--of shutting
out all thoughts Of him from my heart;
for now a thought of him It would bo
criminal to encourage"
"You love him Emily, and yet would
try to forget him. IT'S impossible. If
you think you can forget him you deceive
YOURSELF
81 will tell you Florence" exclaimed
Emily impetuously. 81 will lay bare
my soul to you, and seek in your Judge.
ment for my justification. He has scorn.
ed me; he despises me; and yet he said
he loved me-"
"And is he sngry causelessly?"
al never could have desplsed him low.
irg him so we'll. Where true love
dwells no unworthy thought can come
of the object Of the hearts affections. he
loved me not, for he despises me. Icould
have braved everything for him-state-
station-the opinion ofthe world--friends
-father-have abandoned all, and dwelt
with him apart from all the world, enj joy-
ing happier world in our own sweet
home of love; but when he thought that
had given my consent to these detested
nup,ias-that |, for Countess coronet,
had rejected him-while it remained with
him merely a thought, surmise, he sent
me back my letters, dared to call my
conduct filtration, and said he could wor,
ship a true heart, but coquette's he des.
pissed and scorned."
"Well, cousin 2"
"Well, cousion !'' exclaimed the
naughty girl; "what could | do =
Would it have been seemly in Sir Ber'
nard Villiers' daughter to go, cap in
hand, to Lieutenant Warwick, and ask
forgiveness for what | had done, and
humbly beseech him to take me TO his
favor again? No, Florence, no, have
punished him; he despises me, and in a
1ortnight's time Emily Villiers will be
the Countess of Castleton. Will he
despse me then :"
"He will" replied Florence.
"He will not i: he cannot. What |!
the bride of the great Earl of Caslleton
the wealthy Earl Of Castletou. How
much superior my station then to what
it would have been had allied myself to
him !"
"You are Furnishing yourself, dear
Emily said her cousin, throwing her
arm upon her shoulder, "more than you
can punish Ernest Warwick. Say that
you inaict momentary pang on him,
he will remove to other scenes, where
your name is unknown. He is, indeed
negotiating for an exchange into regi
ment destined for India, and there the
Countess Of Castleton, her pomps, anc
splendors will be forgotten"
"Why should he 60 to India :"
"Why should he remain to crafty
your pride?"
"Ah! why, indeed Z" said Emily
mournfully.
"Why should he stay to see your grie
and misery, when the delirium of thu
moment is past, and you awaken to th'
consciousness that you have allied your
self for life--for life, remember, Emily
to man you cannot love-"
"But my wealth will command pleas
ures in which | might drown that grief
supposing it should come," said Emily
while the tears that started into her eye
showed that the words of her cousin hat
sunk dsep into hor heart. Florence ther
left her cousin, unwilling then to force
her argument further in Warwick's favor
She left her 70 ponder on what she hac
said.
The naughty beauty became prey tt
the contending emotions Of pride ant
love. The day was fixed for her marriag,
TO the Earl OF Castleton, and though h,
became more and more odious in her eye
as the day approached, her pride main
tanned itself, and those who watched he
closest saw no mark upon her counte
nance betokening the strife Of passion
within her heart. She talked gaily o
her coming nuptials, of the anticipates
glories Of her career in the metropoli
during the ensuing season, and when he
cousin spoke Of the age and growing in
frmities Of the Earl of Castleton, tn
proud beauty cried, "l shall sec then
not in the dazzling splendor Of my sta
tion."
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