The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-14
THE DOOMED CASTLE.

NORTH wALES-Tobe BE- sold or Iet-A cottage
reSidenee. situated In one Of the most roma ntc
parts Of that beautiful country, containing draw
ing, dining and breakfast rooms four good bed
and skulleTy, Teplete with every modern eonvs-
nienee. The above most desirable residence stands
srlose TO the Ses. in lite own pleasure grounds Of
about an acre, within . mile Of church, and ave
miies Of . railway station. Rent only 50 per an
nun. Address Mr.. J. SnOokS, &C., &c.
There, Emily. don't you think that is
the house for uS = exclaimed, after read
ing the above advertisement aloud with
MI the emphasis could give to voice and
manncr.
Ny sisters only answer vas q sigh,
deep. prolonged, dcspairing. To explain
the cause Of that sigh, I must inform the
reader that fOr the last two months we had
been engaged in oil the pleasures Of house
hunting. Daily had We wadcd through
the ncvcr.cndins columns Of the Times
advertisement sheet. Innumcrablc were
the letters we had written and the answers
We had r, ceived. had Travelled north,
had Travelled south. had Travelled east, |
had travelled west, had Travelled 10 every
intermediate point Of the compass within
the limits Of this island, in the character
Of CRlrbS IN search Of House, and all
this travelling had resulted ouly in the de-
triment Of my purse, the wearing Of nv
body, and the disappointment hn1 vrxa
tion Of my spirit Daily had wc met with
some advertisement which described the
very place for u.s. as daily repeated to
Ernily, and every time ] went to prove,
nay feelings received a shock similar to
that ~ Which McsStS. ChuzZlcwit and Tapcly
experienced when thev first sct eyes on
the real Eden. Either the excellent draw.
ing and dining rooms dwindled into mere
closets. in which, 10 uSc elegant language,
1t would have been impossible To swing
cat round, or the park like pleasure
grounds, st"@l confessed neither more nor
less than turnip-hcld: the magnificent
'icwn. commanded a drcAry. uninhabita-
lie waste, or the moderate rents varied
from El50 To $500 year.
Then. again, there was another thing
which made our choice vet more embar.
Ia>>ing and difficult; most people have
preference for some particular country, or
nt all events, fnr some parts Of the country
above Others but in our case the land
wT all before us where 10 choose from
,J6hn o GrOatS to the Lands End, iron
the Irish Channel 10 the North Sea. In.
lnnI or marine residence, We were indif.
irrent tue only point upon which wc had
. preference was in favor of country
above town one.
And now. the better 10 explain our pres.
cnt quest, I must give brief retrospect
of our personal history. Emily was the
only relative had in the world. She was
many years younger than myself being
quite child at the time we l0st both pa
rents, within few weeks Of each other,
by cholera. The property they left be-
hind Was very small, aud was to be divi.
. dcd equally between my sister and my
self was between seventeen and eight
cen years Of age at this time. and had not
yet made choice Of profession. | had
long had hankcring after Australia, but
my parents had set their faces against it.
Now, however, that they were no more,
it seemed the best thing for me 10 do.
without friends as ] was, TO forward my
career in England. But what was to be-
come Of Emily? At this juncture,a "A kind
hearted woman, the proprietress Of fash.
And respected our mother, stepped forward
and offered 10 give Emily home and ed
.ucation for much less than her usual
terms. which our small inheritance would
have been quite inadequate to afford. So
il was settled. The walls Of the boarding
school closed upon Emily, while | EN-
barked myself and fortunes OH the broad
waves for Australia. There toiled many
years, and prospered had remained as
many more, l might have become rich
man. But Emily, meanwhile, had grown
up she wrote me she would burden her
kind benefactress no longer, and was
about to look out for situation as gov.
erness. This must not be. She should
not eat the bread of strangers. | could,
and it was only right that ! should, pro.
vide home for my sister. The question
was, should send for her to come to me,
or should 20 to here After due cOnsid-
Grafton, I decided that Emily should act
the part Of the mountain, and would be
Mahomet.
What happy meeting Was oursl l
could scarcely believe that the tall, woman
ly girl now led forth in triumph from the
,galOs Of that grim boarding school. Itself
unchanged, was the same little sister had
carried in there that long timeagO. Then
she had thrown her arms round my neck,
and tcarfGlly begged me not to leave her,
with many . fond caress and now, she
had grown 30 shy that she could scarcely
bring her lips to utter my name, and un.
der the shade Of those long dark lashes |
had no chance of seeing whether the hrge
violet eyes were still the same. II The
fairies, however, had substituted change
ling land Precision Court did not look
a likely place for them to carry on their
,tEicksl was quite satisfied with their
,perSpimance. And very soon the shyness
were Of, the violet eyes were raised to
mine IN trusting con6dence. and we both
lelt.that We belonged to one another, and
that there was no mistake about It.
'Tt,wasS early in the month Of Nay CHEN
I landed. We had taken lodgings ct .
small wateFing-place on the south coast,
and it was, thence weOaTried on our search
after . permanent abode.
and now, must hurry forward. -
went to see this most desirable reSi.
,dence' In North Wales, snd--tOOk Il. !
was, indeed, 50 delighted with the drHt
.yisWs that the agent nearly persuaded me
into buyingit. But when Irc0ectsd that
] .mighi not hare Emily 80 yery long with
me a am not like most nan who thIpk
nothing Of their sisters locks ] thouG Ght
my sisters 20 beautiful that was as silly