Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-09-26
Life for Life.
A LEGEND OF PoMRoY CASTLE.

Berry P"mroy Castle is situated in the hun
dr'd ot Haytor (ronnty Of Devon) and derives
its nnme FROM the Pomrrny who rame to Eog
land with William the Norman. aid for hi.
services was rewarded with fifty eig' lord,hip.
in this county built a castle here-the magni6.
cent ruins of which, seated on rockcy em
nence rising over pellucid brock now form
in coDbinat on with the other fra,ures of the
scenery o. Of the most delightful views in
| Devon>hire
The ruling mistress Of Berry Pomerny Cas-.
tie (4i the peri we are about wiring Of - and
II lies in those remote knightly days when ev.
cryihng Improbable was possihle) was a proud
and hanghty lady, Dame Eleanuur Pomeroy
reIict OF one of those tough warriors whose
doughty AIMS had done so often and So much
good service in the field that while he added
lands and baronies to his fame and name, this
gave him no immunity from meeting hs fate
in due time; and cleft helm, gashed skull
and the corpse of thorough warrior. with his
fhgy and stately tomb. became all that was
lett Of the stout lord of Berry Pomeroy.
| Yer we are wrong. for he left stately and q
loving widow, stern and naughty to those who
displeased her, womanly and winning toward
those she loved; and, wirha son barely
twenty, the very pride and jewel of her eye
whose mare and title was now Lord Rahy
Berry of Pomeroy, and who had returned
home with d's'irction from the same field of
fight in which his father fell, and whose body
he hnd acc panied from the carriage brought
TO his casile, fnlllwed TO his obsquies; and
with the widowed mother and the son our story
commences.
Dame Eleanour, beautiful woman vet, in
her for'ie,h year, doated upon her SON. Lord
Berry Pomeroy, but her affection had fierce
ness in its strength and a certain strength in
It's herceness, that were unquestionably anoma.
Ious IN their form OF contrast. Jealous of his
love, she exacted it wholly. Fierce as she
wolf TO those who did mt love him, she would
have consigned them, one and all. 10 the in er-
nal godS-on'y that as yet the opportunity had
not occurred.
1t occurred soon enough, as in the progress
of our story will he seen.
There had heen living in the suit of the no.
HE Dame EIeaaopr Pomeroy II beautiful young
orphaned maiden. daughter to her own sister,
who had welded into a family Of much less
degree than was her own. Unri the death OF
both father and mother, Dame f eanour had
tai en- no note of either the parents or the off.
spring, hut when thar bereavement did HAPPEN.
she had Genevievc Mon'acnre (ihe name of The
young maiden in question: brought to her Gus
tie. where she becnme her adopted chld-a
love which the young girl, then about fifteen or
sxiecn repaid with afc,lona,e interest, and
wh"re her life was very huppy spent up to the
time when young Lord Berry of Pomeroy re-
turned from his campaigns and then CON-
mcnced that lite of peaceful pursuits AID hap
py home enjnvmenls which in an age, when
they are only the interregnun of long aud con-
'inucd warlikc troubles, are so rich in the souIc.
es Of the tranquil Pleasures they bestow.
The Dame Eeanour, the Lady Geneveve
and Lord Berry Pomeroy, are three prominent
persons in our prose drama; aud for time all
went On veil aud happily among them,
We must not omit, however, to make mem
tion Of fourth individual, since he is to play
an important part; and since it is by him and
through him that a complication Of plot takes
place, ii is fit that be should be introduced to
the reader.
THIS was a Doble.looking, soldirrly young
man, only two years older than his lord but
his prowess and his might, his dauntless cour-
age and daring, had made him renowned; ; and
he was called (s'n and scion Of an impovcrish-
ed family Sir Raby Copeland of Champer-
noune, and held the honorable flee of banner
bearer to the lords Of Berry Pomeroy when
ever they went forth to do battle with the foe
lie had been for some years page and pro.
tege of the late lord, and now held command
though subordinate one, over the men-at-
arms, archers and lauoers forming the usual
garrison of castle Of the period. Between