Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21

girl, 2 whom he found to be no other than
the celebrated Miss Honora Paule, the
greatest heiress and belle, as well as the
best, and noblest girl, in the State ofiVir-
gin a. She greeted him cordially, and in
a few minutes the company were busily en-
gagged in conversation. The topic Of "capi--
tai punishment having been started, God
frey turned to Honora, and said :as9e
Il take an especial personal interest in
having capital punishment abohshed-Miss
Paule. do you believe in astrology %
Henora started, fixed her eyes intently
upon the questioner, and then Withdrawing
them answered. M a3 -. s#ar
>'sir, why did you ask me if F believe in
[astrology ?'.s a.s - 4s.s 3.aSf7zI
s Because, Miss Paule, I was about to
relate for your amusement prediction that
was made concerning myself, by professor
of that black art. D
"a prediction exclaimed Mrs. Will
loughby, drawing near, with eager interest.
Eyes, madam replied Mr. Dulanie,
smiling ga prediction which, if I believed, ),
would certainly dispose me to favor the a.
bolishment of the death penalty. Three
years since, while I was sojourning for a
short time in the city of Richmond, on my
way to- the, University, I Glanced to hear Of
the Egyptian Dervis, Achbad, who was at
that time creating quite a sensation in the
|cityD His wonderful reputation was the
theme every tongue. E2aea - ID
..Idleness and curiosity combined to lead
me tothis rooms. He required night to
cast my. horoscope. He demanded, and I
gave him, the day and hour of my birth,
and then Itook- leave, with the promise to re-
turn in the morning. The next day I
went 5..,..7 ..zF b.. .,....zys5 .f. 5:,yi
.sWell?V questioned Honora, earnestly.
MY horoscope was a HoRRoR-scope in
deed! It predicted for me-a short and
stormy life. and sharp and sudden death. !"
Jf'Good Heaven!. But-the details p;
e'It prophesied four remarkable events,
the first of which has already come to pass. y .
'3And that wasp -.
ae'The loss Of my patrimonial estate p
singular coincidence n' interrupted Mr..
Willoughby, as he, arose and joined his
wife and brother-ln-la at the other end Of
the room. s.ss. slis..I1l,5 I'd
81 thought SO when the prophecy was
fulilled,'' replied Godfrey. :. '..ff5le.s a
! -as. And the other three events p softly in
quired Honora.1 .....3 is ...taq .z.ste
-ssThe other three eventss7if they follow
as predicted, must happen within the next
two years, before I reach my twenty-ffth
The first Of these is to be the
unexpected inheritance of vast wealth. - : :.
Upon hearing this, bright smile played
around the lips Of. Honora, and banished
the clouds from her brow. She waited a
few minutes for him to proceed, but finding
that he continued silent, she. said -, Fl, -
s"sWeH, Mr.. Dulanie, 60 on! what was
the third predicted eventp' g3.l has.s
"De you command me to inform you?'
"No. Sir; I beg you, Of your courtesy
to do 500 .....el.- a,<.5.r.
..Very WELL" he said, dropping his voice
to low undertone, 1t was to be my mar
riage with the woman that I should wor-
ship e a. ea t5 -.l''.- s..ie..
"A deep vivid blush supplanted the bright
smile that .quivered over Honora's variable
face. There was pause. broken at length
by her voice, as she gently inquired '9.'
,s.And the fourth p = -
The answer came reluctantly, and in
tones SO low as to meet only her ear. ~ >
''The fourth and last prediction was, that
before my tsenty-1fitfA birth day I should
perish on the scafold." /" .,55s s.-...
A low cry broke from the lips of Honora
as her hands few up and covered her face.
After minute or two she dropped them,
and looking him steadily in the face, said
with quiet frmness-
| 'sYou doubtless wonder at my emotion.
Now hear me. On the autumn following the
summer in which that prediction was made
to you, I was in Baltimore with my grand
mother, and with Mrs. Willoughby, who
was then Miss Heine Curiosity took us to
the rooms of the Egyptian, who was then
fpraeticing in that city And after some such
preparations ashe hadJused in your case, he
cast my horoscope and read my future. 1t
was this, that before my twentieth birthday,
[ should be BRIDE, but never a wife, for
that the fatal form of the scofold arose be-
tsoeen the muptidz bsaledictior, and the bridal
chamber Such were the words Of the pro-
lphecys".e She spoke with a solemnity that
seemed to overshadow every other feeling.
-a-GHAPTER II.----~
THE sYB1L's CIRCLE.
The next day, Honora informed her
grandmother, Madame Auderly aef God
tfrey's presence, in the neighborhood,. and
the old lady sent her only brother, Colonel
Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont. God
| frey accepted the Invitation, On his arri-
val, he found that General Sterne, the gov-
Iernor elect Of Virginia, and. his son, had
just taken up their quarters. for several days,
with Madame Auderly; and the old lady in
his honor. at once sent off cards Of invita-