Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-21
SflisttIlaneous.
From Blackwooi's Magazine.
TREV ANIONs
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Il will!' exclaimed The young man with
energy "Mary's image can never have
terrors for me; it carntt be bit that her
voice will be gentle, and her countenance
serene and lovely as in life. : ,.;.... .. u.
"My dear boy" said the father, clasping
his hands, while the tears fell fast~from his
eyes, Il no longer doubt your SINCERITY,
and, thank Heaven. my poor child will at
length know repose Oh John, you have
! made an old man happy mean, as happy
| as he can be on this side of the grave. &c
| then, and fathers blessing 60 with you
To morrow night, when the South Zeal
clock strikes twelve, 60 to the abbey where
you last parted from Mary; lay this charmed
branch reyerently on the Abbot's tomb; then
invoke the name Of the departed, and wait
the result. And now leave me, John; you
have need Of repose, and SO too have /, fol
the events Of this day, have half maddened
me-" and SO saying, Mr.. Mordaunt motion
ed Tresanion from the room, who instantly
set out on his retnrn to the Hall.
CHAPTER XII.
Though brave and quick witted when Cir.
cumstances demandedit,, yet Johns natural
tendency was to the romantic and the ina:
ginative; and thotgh his late worldly ekpe-
| rience had sobeted his feelings il this re-
! spect, still they we're ;iscotched not killed.
aud the gloom by which he bad been sur
rounded since bis return Eome,- Mary's
dsath-his fathers melancholy solita-
&ry character Of the old Hall-and, above
all, the mysterious figure which had twice
encountered his gaze brought them back
10 nearly all their former, Intensity. But
notwithstanding this, lie Vac n'ot their slave
far otherwise; BIZ, Was the calm, resolved,
and thoughtful air Of one bent, at all haz-
ards. on the accomplishment Of some Cher
ished purpose.
During the early part Of the day, not Ii
king to trust himself wholly to solitude. he
remained with his father, whom he endea-
vorcd to amilse by some further details Of
his adventures with the pirates; though had
the Baronet been less engrossed with his
own sad thoughts than he was, he would
have discerned in his sons random attempts
to divert Elm, evidences Of ! mind whose
thoughts were constantly playing truant.
So passed the time-varjieedl only by q
short stroll with Sir Hugh in the park-till
the dinner -Four arrived, when John began
to think the night would never draw on, and
still more slowly did the lame hours limp
on. when the west was rosy with sunset, and
twilight began to frown along the. lawn.
From this period every moment seemed an
age
At last day closed; confirmed night APP
preached; and John, just waiting till the
Clergyman Of South Zeal entered, as .usus.,
to partake of SUPPER with the Baronet, rose,
Under the pretext of retiring to his own
chamber, and made his way towards the
moor.
It was now nearly ten o'clock; the lights
were all extinguished ID Che cottage win
dows Of South Zeal, fo5rr tie wearied peasap-
try had long since retired to rest; and with
the exception Of the occasional bark Of dog
OF the startling rush Of wings as the bat
went whirring past him in the course Of its
fight round the elms on the village green.
not sound but that of TreYanion's heavy
footsteps woke the echoes Of night.
In short time the young man FAD pass
ed the village, ard entered Upon the long,
shady lars Nihiok terminated at that part Of
the moor Oh whose edge the abbey stood
Myriads Of g!ow-worms lit their little lamps
for him as he advanced, and the quiet toad
crawled from his path, rustling with gen
tie stir among the dead leaves that lay thick
beneath the hedge on either side. just as
he came within sight Of the ruin, the distant
church-clock struck eleven. At this mo.
ment John fancied he heard footsteps be.
fore him, and looked about to see if augh'
was in sight; the gloom of the night, how
ever--for the late moon was but just tegin.
ming to rise-prevented him from clearly
Distinguishing any object; snd concluding
that his ears had betrayed him, he seated
himself for few minutes OF bank, to col
lect his scattered thoughts, and then lno7ed
! briskly forward, and soon reached the ab.
hey, beyond which lay the moor blackening
far and wide before him.
Fl was an imposing objecs, that forlorn
pile, grey in years, Standing sentiiicF over
the graves of tho dead, yet itself momently
dropping to decay among them. The dim
haze of night deepened the awe with which
Trevanion regarded it, by softening off itt