Newbern weekly progress., 1862-05-03
From the Wide World.
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GBe Quaasoou 8ri0e.
A TALE OF GEORGIA.
BY ELLA GORDON.
I Continued from last reeAs paper. ]

COHtEHUeU .}TOHt fu6t tfSCh D paper.
It was not long ere the ardent and
warm-hearted Frenchman surprised
Ilnogene with an ayowal of affection
The handsome impnlsive Victor, was
40 common lover, and with beating
heart and flushed cheek, Imogene
placed her hand in his, and yielded
the enhancing dream of happiness
without thought OF the future.
Mrs. Summers health had now be-
come 80 far reestablished that she was
desirous Of passing the winter in Rome,
greatly to lsnogene's delight. And to
Rome. imperial Rome-the city of sew
en- hills, once the mist ress Of ~tAa world,
whose cathsdrals, temples, ruins and
fountains, are still the glory of Europe
Mrs. Sumner and Imogene proceed
ed.
Imogene was scarcely seventeen, ex-
cessively beautiful in face and figure.
which, added to her reputation as an
heiress of one of the largest plantations
in Georgia, Immediately won for her
crowds of admirers and suitors. As
soon as she was seen on the Corso, or
at an occasional concentrations, the en-
thusiastic Italians became lavish in
their praises of her beauty. In her
mothers pal0zza, gathered the wealth.
est and handsomest men of the noblese.
Poets sang her loyeliness artists por-
trayed it on The glowing canvas. and
cardinals, mobiles and ambassadors
tlronged around her carriage as she
drove at sunset on the Corso, or through
the grounds Of the Villa Borghese.
Conhdlng IN her truth and constancy,
Victor mingled his, unobtrusive atten-
tions with thehrilliant throng that how
cred around her; yet at times he felt
depressed and melancholy !; the sudden
transition from retirement to the aban-
donment of gayety, was distasteful and
often he would leave some brilliant
party for the solitude of his own apart
ment. Wishing to divert him from his
moody fancies, of which his misfor-
tunes, Imogene saw with regret were
the cause. she proposed to visit st. Pc
ter's 10 witness the exhibition of the IL
Illuminated cross.
AS she entered the building, the pro-
found solemnity and vast grandeur OF
the matchless Structure filled her with
blended awe and admiration. The inn
mense dome, the work ofthe iiiustrious
Michael Angelo. with its Mosaic PIC
TIRES. the high altai, with, is magnif
cent canopy of bronze, the gilded roof,
the statues, monuments and Mosaic
ilngs, impressed her powerfully and
WIEN the hundred lamps burning over
the supposed tomb Of st. Peter were
suddenly extinguished. and s,upen-
dous cross appeared suspended from
the dome, midway beneath the altar
and the nave. shedding through the ed
ifice soft, bright light. then as if by
magic, fading away, the lamps burning
anew in brilllancy, and the mssere swell
ing through the lofty edifce, her eyes
filed with tears, dizziness overcame
her and she clung coayulsively to Vic
tors arm. = a
s.Yoa are so excitable, Genie he
rnurmered. tenderly .'look up-it is
over the town is dispensing, let as re-
turn shome.o s = ss..# -.
asssy on think me weak, Victor" re-
piled lmogene, half-smiling through her
tears; sbut this scene IS SO imposing, SO
grand Can anything be equal to St.
Peter 5 u =s $50. "a. - -. s.. -. -.
The crowd was dense, and passing
into the vsstibule, they were compelled
fowait the ebb and huw of the great
living tide The sudden glare of a
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