Smyrna times., 1858-01-21
THE BRIDE OF AN EVENING.
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BY EMMA d. &. N. soUTHwoRTH.
CHAPTER /.
THE &sTRoBoGER's PREDICTION.

..5.i AHA AS AhOLV0Eh . PkEDICTION.
Reading, a few weeks since, one of d,
Quincey's ]papefs--i' Three Memorable Muir
DER" to my mind the strange cir
cumstanceS of one of the most mysterious do
Inesiie dramas that ever taxed the ingenuity O.
mao. or required the flight oftime to develop.
The locality OF our story lies amid one OF the
widest aud mOsi picturesque regions of the Ole
Dominion, where the head waters of the Ra D.
pihannock wash the base of the Blue Ridge,
Tae precise sp0t-Crossland-is Sublime
aad beautiful scene, where two forest.crowned
ranges OF mouatains Cross each other at oblique
angles.
AT iho intersecting point Of these ridges nes-
ties little hamlet, named, from its elevated
position, .AbaIhont. 49,.
At the period at which our story opens, the
four estates, in the four angles of the irregular
mountain cross, were owned as follows:
The eastern farm, called Piedmont, was the
life ptoperty Of Madame AaJeriy, a Nngibian
lady of the old school. -
The western and most valuable estate was
the Inheritance of Ilonora Paule, an orphan
heIress, granddaughter and ward of Madame
Auderly.
The northern and smallest one, called, from
being the deepest vale of the tUur-Iiawe's
Iole-was the proPerty,of cd Hugh Have,
wldower of gloomy temper, parslmonious hab.
its, and almost fabulous wealth.
The southern farm-named, from the extra
vagant cost OF the elegant manslon-house, elabo.
rate out-bulldings, and highly ornamented
grounds, which had abSoI bed the means of the
late owner, " Farq lIcr's Folly"-was the hea-
vlly,mortgaged pairImony Of G,dtrey Farquier
Dulane, the grandson of Hugh Have, and now
young aspirant Tor legal hoaors at ihs I'M
verslty Of Virginia.
But little benefit to In, heir was to be hoped
from tue inheritance Of his fathers burIheued
property. In the first place, old Hugh Have
had bought up III his own name all the claims
against the estate OF Farqaler's Foil y-doubl-
less TO prevent foreclosure, aud to save the
property for his grandson.
But, u1im ppy, Godfrey had Inortally Offend
ed the despotc old man by declining an \agri-
cultural life, aud perssling in the study of IA
protessiOn-a course that had resulted IN his
own dsirhcrtance. o."
To make this, punishment more bitter 10 bis
grandson, the old man had lakea into favor his
nephew, DR.. Henry II1we, whom he had estab.
llshed near himself at Farquier's Folly.
AT this time, the dislnherlted heir, having
finished term at the UnIyeraty, had come
down to spend part of his vacation in his ma
tive place. ......'s. ..-. H..
rival that he found the little hotel, and indeed.
the whole village of AllatRont, in a great state
OF excitement, from the fact that the celebrated
heiress, Miss Honora PauIe, had Just stopped
there, aud passed through ou her way home.
Those who had been so happy as 30 catch a
glimpse of her face, We'd with each other In
praise of her many, charms, while those who
had not, listened with eagerness; add looked |
forwafdl to iulemnifying themselves by seeing !
her at church the next morning. .,A
'Fhe next day, Godfrey Dulanie ATTENDED |
church, where he saw aud fell in love with the
most beautiful and intellectual looking girl Rel
had ever beheld. Fromthe cheapness and sim
PlIcity of her attire, he supposed her to be shme
poor dependent of Madame Auderly's, in whose
pew she sat. Godfrey was Completely capt.. 1
Vatea. and he resolved at once to WOO, aud, if /
possible. win this lovely being for his wife, poor
girl though she was. He was glad she was
poor, becaase she cOhld for that reason be more
easily won. But GA accompanying Mr.. Will
lOpghbY, the clergyman, aud his brother-in-law,
Ernest Helne, home after church, what was his
Advertisements and disInay at being in Introduced
to the supposed "poor GIRL" whom he found TO
be no other than the celebrated Miss Honora
Paule, the greatest helress aud belle, as well as
abe best aad ndblest girl, in the State of Vir-
ginia. She greeted him cordially, and in a
few rniautes-the company were bnsliy' ngaged
an cOnsersatiop. 10 topic of "lcspital II punish
Enent" having been stafted, Godfrey turned TO
kionOra. and said - III :. .fi,ta. q, .. .B}sst
-"I take an especial personal interest 10 hay-
Ing capital punishment aboIished--Mlss Paule,
do you believe in astrology g." -..
iHonora started, fixed her eyes intentIy upon
the eqaes.ionef, and then Withdrawing them arl-
swered-,, ......... - 'slai
tallsirs Why did you ask meiif I'belieye in as
trology pi'sit. ,..,..,e | 20, =, - q ~ ~
"Beeauss, Miss Paule, was about TO relate
for your amusement prediction that W as made
eOnssra"g myself bsy a professor of that black
ga predictions lex xclaimed, Mrs, Willoughby,t
drawing near, with eager Interest," ,.,s',,, ...'
,"Yes, madam, replied Mr.. tDalatie. asmilige1
"aprediction which,sF |. believed, would Ger.
iaiuiy dispose, me TO favor tthe aboIishment of
the death penaity.' Three years since, while /
was solourning for ashort time in the city ofE
Riehmend. on my way 20, the, UHiyersity, 4
chancedato hear Of the Egyptian yDeryis, Ach-
bad, vito was az that time ereating quite sem
sauonlInthe city, His wonderful reputation
wss the theme Of every tongue -. 49,, |. = 7ftl
asIdleness aud curiosity combined to lead me
20 his rooms, He required q nig ght to cast my
horoscope, He demanded, and | gave him, the
day and hour Of my birth. and thenI took leave,
with the promise TO return in the morning.
The asKi day I.went--7a", .,/,,,.I,a,, -.