True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-04-14


10 be one Of the most exquisite remnants
Of antique sculpture extant. Its size is
on scale proportionate to its beauty,
and its bowl is capable Of holding one
hundred and sixty odd gallons. AlIho' +
the castellated remains found in England
arc all of them more or less remarkable
for the pictorial loveliness of their sites,
few can excel in this respect, the situation
Of Warwick Castle II does not appear,
however, to have figured very ronspicu-
ously in history, Il was the chief post
of the Parliameniarians throughout
Warwick, and was attacked in the COM
menceInent Of the great war but the
attempt was utterly fruilless.
Quitting, then, tina. portion of its histo-
ry, which is rather more barren Of events,
we shall still find that there is an interest
in its traditions, and we select The follow.
ing for our readers -
More than a century has passed away
since the circumstances of the story we
are about to relate, and dwelling at the
castle was the Lady Annabel Vane,
relative by the female side, of the Brookes,
and who, having been early orphaned,
and of an impoverished branch found
there a lordly and magnificent home.
with brilliant prospects in the future Of
honafs and advancement by marriage,
since her extraordinary beauty and &C.
complishments rendered her perfectly
eligible to marry into family of the
loftiest raEk,--a muniicent provision
being intended to be made Cor her; the
male line being threatened with extinction
and the head of the house lacking heirs
10 those rights which was vested Ill his
own especial branch.
She thought, of course. little enough OF
this, for, being only seventeen years OF
age-possessing beauty Of that fair and
dazzling order which is so captivating
gay, gladsome and cspricious. needless.
and nttery forgetful of that even,ful future
stretched out before her--she seemed to
enjoy life with so much zest, and to exist
SO utterly free from every care or sorrow.
that it would seem that she had been
especially dedicated to the enjoyment of
unalloyed happiness, over which no shad.
ow should ever cast its sinister foreboding,
or any dread Of sorrow fling its omiuous
import across her path.
Gay as lark, and carolling like some
blilhe and more than ordinarily beautiful
bird. ever on the wing, she seemed to
possess disposition the most amiable
. and afectionale it is possible 10 conceive.
She was almost worshipped by those who
were nearest to her in person, and in most
constant attendance upon her. Mistress
Jefries, her waiting woman, and who
had been with her for years, vowed that
she could willingly die for her fair charge;
and she was no vain authority. Lord
Brooke himself admired the personal,
: and appreciated the mental qualities, Of
y his lovely kinswoman. His sister, who
was a widowed marchioness who had
live'l all her life IN the great world, who
! was perfectly at home in the court of her
Queen,-the Marchioness, q naughty and
:, highly aristOcratlc parsonage, was proud
Of the singular loveliness Of the young lady
y Annabel Vane, and had already intimatet
u her intention Of marrying her into duca
y family and. indeed, spoke SO of beauty
and blood, as being the true essentia
J marks by which natures nobility were tt
6 be recognised, that if by the glowing
pictures of the magn6cence she was Il
y take part inland having already ap
2 peared at Court-Lady Annabel might b,
u forgiven if her head was little turned
e These batteries, however agreeable, di'
= not affect her manners 10 her humble
3 friends, and the halcyon days rolled b!
;, without bringing with them any apparen
u change. ....n .....O .....
J Nevertheless, beneath that ingeniou
y face, and under that fair and joyful exte
q rior-under that innocent look, aud lurk
III ing within the very smiles which were s
: heavenly, because, TO appearance, s
>; honest and loyal-lhere lay latent th
y hidden seeds of pride which had n
u bounds, Of that passion for coquetry whic
10 transforms warm and arden, nature int
y one so icy and cold, that the san
. froid of so rare creature becomes some
Is thing partaking of a demoniac nature
20 the light in the eyes a lurid refectio
= from internal deeps-ths warmth Of th
words mere lie-the expression a chei
u and the whole, one incarnation Of hy
10 pocrisy, whose baleful influence, wore
az cannot express; and it is only by III
OF incidents we shall detail in our story, ,hi
y, the render can by any possibility con
ne prehend it.
10 We must, therefore, introduce to h
H. notice an additional parsonage. on who,
y behalf we wish to bespeak an espesci
Ct amount Of sympathy and interest, Th
es was young gentleman, some two yea
W older Than the Lady Annabel, who
le name was Craven Lely, and whose persc
On was as remarkable for masculine gra,
: and elegance, as the loveliness Of lat
a Annabel was eminently conspicuous.
~ Now, Craven Lely, The son of'an Of
ve brave, but impoverished friend Of Lo
cn Brooke, was an orphan. like the La'
or AnRabel, and q dependant on the boun
as ot his patron; sad, ihersEore, thanks