The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-01-23
TIlR AsrnoI.oGiR's pREnIcIIoN

JIw AsrRoLoGIH's PRINCETON.
.fionding, f-w weeks since, ono Of ID,
Quincey's pspers--"Ihrce Memorable Muir
dcrs'--recalled TO my mind the strange cir
cumstanocs OF one Of the most mysteriou,
domestic dramas that ever taxed the ingc
nuity Of man, or required the flight OF time &c
develop.
The locality Of our story lies amid one of
the widest and -.aost- pieinreEque regions of
the Old Dominion, whcit the head waters Of
the Nappdhannock wash the bRs|6f the Blut
Ridge.
The precise spot rossand--is aublim,
and beautiful scene, where two l0rgst-erown,
ed ranges Of mountains cruss zach other al
obliGpo augl0s
Al the intersceting point ~ these ridge,
nestles a little hamlet, namel, IRON lis eleya.
ted position, Altamont.
AZ thu period al which our story opens the
four estates, IN the four angles Of the irreg.
ular mountain cross, 'Nsere ewnud ms follows
The eastern farm, called Piedmont. wis the
life property OF MadaTe AUdvriy, q, iirgini-
an lady Of thr old school.
The western and most valuable estate wis
shc inheritance Of Honora Paulc. an orphan
heiress, granddaughter and vTrt- uf hAffrffaTTrv
Auderly,
3 The northern aud smallest one, called. from
.uCiilk INT uNcptHN NAlt OF tnt TOUT ltaMe h
-.-llole--- Mas the property OF old Hugh Have,
widower Of gloomy temper, parsimon-
ious habits, and almost fabulous wealth.
The southern farmr-named, from the OK
tFayagant cost Of the elegant mnnsion-house.
elaborate out-buildings, and highly ornamrn-
ted grounds, which had absorbed the means
Of the late owner -l'arquiufs FollyT--was
the heavils mortgugcd pNtrimouy Of Godfrey
Fnrquier Dulanie, the grandson Of Hugh
Have, and now Young Aspirsnt for legal
honors at the University Of Virginia.
IIut little benefit to the heir was TO be hop
ed from the inheritence of his fathers burden.
Cd property. In The first place, old !iawe had
bought up IN his own name all the claims
against the estate Of Farquier's Foily--doubt-
lkss TO prevent foreclosure, aud TO save the
property for his grandson.
Tut unhnppiiy, Godfrey had mortaly Of
Tended the dSspniic old man by declining an
agricultural life and pcrsisiing in the study
0f a pr0fussi0n---a course that had resulted
On his own disiaheritencc.
To make thin ,,Hnishment more bitter to his
grandson. the Old NAN had taken into favor
bis nephew, bg. Horny Have, wlrom, he
had established near hinselfnt Farquier's
Al this dime, INC disinhoriled heir having
8uiahel a terrh al The University, had come
Nf~- ~. HFtHN PAT - AA hAAAAhlAl ~ us
native plase. s -. 81
Il was upon the Saturday evening OF his |
arrival that he found The hotel. and indeed. |
the whole sillage Of Altamo ut. in a great
eiale .or VxrttvFspHt from the foei that The |
erlsbrated heiress, Mia Honora Paulc, had
just slapped there, and pasted through on her |
way home.
llloxn who bad been so happy ss 10 catch |
q gsll9pae s,i her face ''ed ~iih zach other In (
Praiae Of her many ehprms. while thoee wh,,
diinct. listeHad with cagerncss, aud looked .
Forward 70 iticmnifying Themselves by seeing |
hers paufFh the iisxi morning.
The next day Godfrey Dulanie ATTENDED
charcli. wllers ~ s1E and lriiin love writ
fht siinrt beaaiigli ard leiIvppalals5kj6s 7
Gih b. had ever bcheid PROM he cheap
nesy But Rswpiirity Of .ar atiirs. 81 supposed I
her V ba F1HTv TpIr doPsndent.pi madamo,
Auacrf y wllnsc pgS shc sat. Oodfrpy