Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-03
Selected Expressly for the Ne,cs.
Herby and His Twelve Wives,
a MOST SINGULAR AND YEAGICAL
NARRATIVE
From an old English Magazine.]
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the road, to take all the by-ways he
could find to the house, and not to
take them up till the dusk of the
evening. In the letter, their daugh-
ter enjoined them to be secret and
discreet, and assured them her for
tune was made beyond expectation.
All these precautions being taken,
the good people, who We're rather of
the lower class Of citizens appointed
the evening for making this extraor-
dinary visit, and Mr.. Herby promis-
ed himself much satisfaction from
the confusion and surprise Of the
parents. TO add to the magniticence
of the apartments, prepared as before
described. they were elegantly illumi-
mated with wax candles, eleven of
his wives We're dressed very gen
teelly, aud not without jewels. But
as for their daughter, nothing could
equal the splendor of her apparel !;
she almost sunk under the weight Of
her jewels, and seated under a cano-
py in the largest apartment, with
her companions standing on each
side Of her chair. In this manner
She received her parents who were
led in,o the presence chamber, by Mr..
Herby himself,-who, on this occa-
sion, appeared as master Of the cere-
monies. The Turkish servants were
ranged in the antichambeI 20 com
p!ete the scene; which succeeded
beyond expectation. The old cou-
pie concluded they We're in one of
the royal palaces, and that their
daughter had made a conquest of
some prince Of the House Of Hano-
Yer.
Supper was served with the same
protusion and mayniticence aud
when the guest We're fully satisfied
with the situation of their daughter,
Mr.. Herby made them present of Il
purse of gold. Thus the evening
passed very agreeabiv, and a little
after midnight they took leave of
their kind host, conformablv v to a
condition mentioned in the letter.
The father, however, was not so
blinded by the elevation ofhis daugh-
ter, as not 20 perceive, that all this
mystery could onl y be necessary in
the case Of a dishonourable connec-
ton; and concluded, that his daugi-
ter was ruined. His suspicious de-
terlninrd him, if possible, to find ont
the place of her abode; and the
night was not so obscure as to pre-
Vent his observing some particular
marks on the road, and at the en-
trance into town, by which he thought
he should be able to trace it the next
day. But that lie might not give
any suspicion to Mr.. Hrrby's SER
wants, hr and his wife Quilted the
coach in a careless manner in the
streets, and walked home
But the following day he succeed
ed SO we'll, as to find his way out Of
town by the road he had entered.
and prrSuinY his course to about the
distance he Imagined tue coach had
carried him, making allowance for
he turnings and windin@S the coach
man had made, he arrived in the
ut no great distance
rom Mr.. Hrrbv's house. where he
carnt sufficient to confirm him in the
opinion thar il could be no other
han the Turk, who was rrpu; ed
q be so immensely rich and who
who had decoycd away his daughter.
With the cunning OF the worldly
minded man, he determined to bear
he loss Of his daughters honour
as an evil without remedy;
md set about making an advantage
o himself and family of this disas-
CT.
lie wrote Instantly Il menacinS let
er to Mr. llrrby, representing to
llm the CONSTITUENCIES of the dishOn-