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A ROMANCE BY ANN RATCLIFFE J
Synopsis Of What's Gone [ torrupteii by t he sound of the carriage llsl'
1 wheels, which were to bear ;uv?y
Before. Adhere and Emily. Valancourt start
<'d from bis chair and went to the win T
i <low: it was indeed the carriage, and vvot
1 hestory opens in (lascGiiy, iuncc, returned to seat without sposii' the
date 1654, characters so iar are ''u" 1,1 '"lent was now come when whi
. i hey must part. St. Aubert told Val- the
At. St. Aubert, his wife and daughter .... , ,, u ' v *u ..
anconi, t hat lie hoped he would never the
fcmily, Emily is musical and charm- piss L;i Valleewitho.it favouring him ter
ing, blue eyes&c. '\. Quesnel is ft. St. with a visit: and Valancoiut, eagerly ^ol1
Aubert's brother-in law. Atadam St. ' hanking l.im. assured hiiu that he oan
Aubert dies-St. Aubert and Emily go "eVl'r u"u",: as he saiil which, he tow
? ,, ., . , I ?oked timidly at Kmily, who t ried to P"r
to M. Ouesnels meet two Italians si- L
smile away the seriousness of her "m:
gnors wavig: i and Hontoni-St. Aube- spirits They passed a r.-w minutes in to 1
t's health fails lie is ordered to go to interest ing conversation, and St.. A lib tilU
l.anguedoc-Emily and her father start '' '' way lo tin- carriage, 'tS!
. ... 'hnily ami Valancourt f? Mowing in shai
on the journey get into a very wild ,, ? , h ,
- - silence I In* latler lingered at the mel
country get lost meet a huntsman ,i,,or several mi mites after they were s'
named Valancourt a young gentleman seated, and none of lhe partv seemed l*ur
St. Aubert shoots Valancourt in mis- to have courage enough to say?Faretake
for a highwayman; he is badly wHI" A 1 lc'nh''l>. st. Aubert pronoun l10Cl
ced the melancholy word, which Emily l,,(i'
wounded in the arm V alancourtagrees v . . r, >
K i passed lo valancourt, who returned it 'ee'
to occompany St. Aubert on his jour- with a dejected smile, and the carriage rest
11V>. move on. [e"
The travellers remained, for some- two
yj time, in a state of tranquil pensive- 0,1'
ness, which is not utipleasing- St. 'eas
1 n the morning, Valanenurt break- Aubert interrupting it by observing, s0l,t
fasted with St. Auhert and 1-mily, "This Is a very promising young man; ba(l
neither of whom seemed much re- it is many years since I have been so bop
freshed 1<\ sleep. 'J he languor of ill- much pleased with any person, on so Pak'
in ss mm h st ill bung over St Aubert, short an acquaintance, lie brings ffie
and *.0 Kmily's fears his disorder ap back to my memory the days of my on *
pea red to be increasing fast upon youth, when every scene was uew and iln('
him. She watched his looks with an- delightful!" St, Aubert sighed, and ,u>r
xiuus affect ion, and their expression sunk again into a reverie; and, as Km- bo>'
was always faithfully rell- ctcd in her j|> looked back upon tlie road they in '<
own. had passed, Valancourt was seen, at '>etl
At the commencement of their thenoor of the little inn, following to N
acquaintance. Nalancourt bad made them with his eye*, lie perceived her ^cn
known his name and family St. Aub antj w; v d his hand; and she returned
ert was not a stranger to either, for the adieu, till the winding road shut 1,10
the family estates, which were now in her from his sight. {tori;
t he possession of *nn elder brother ot remember when 1 was about his hesi
Valancourt. were little more than aj,P," resumed st. Aubert, "and I beci
t wenty miles distant from La Vallee, thought, and felt exactly as be does. a11>'
and he bad sometimes met the elder The world was opening uponjne then, >' l(
Valancourt on visits in the neighbor- now?it is closing" *he
hood. This knowledge had made him "My dear Sir. do not think so gloommore
willingly ie -eive his present com jk,' said Kmily. in a t remittitur v??w.? it w
panton: r< r. lliouph !iis countenance "I hope you have many, many years 1 *"rv
and maone -would li ve won him the to live ?for jour own sake?for my
ae<|uaini > c of M Auhert who was sake." rear
v. i j apt i ru-t 'o ihe it tellipence of ??,\h, my Kinily!" replied St' Auhert ^cri
hi-own eves s\ tli respect to count* n- of0r thv sake! Well?I hope it is so " ,ie '
anees, he would not have aceepli d He wiped away a tear, that was steal- "1(1
t iiese, as sunhdent introductions lo^ j,,^ down his cheek, threw a smile mill
that of his daughter. upon his eountananee, and said in a l'0,,!
The break fart *<ns almost as silerd 1 cheering\? ice. " I here is some! hinp in r,'0(
um t lie suppei o the piecidiiiK mj-ht: j the ardour and ii genuoteness of youth I *on<
hut their musing was at length in-> w hieh is particularly plet?.-in? t(? thejhad
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ntemplation of an old man, if his J soul, whicb spoke M their expres
? 1 in}js liave not been entirely corrod pressed to her menury. and she s
by the \VOr!d. It {g Til'' ' "ver the nrtumnriat jif his ntToet.inn
viving, like the view of spring to a ?*rr'" '1 AV*-*tr; r.x?j nr
:k person: his mind catches some- af? ley air|^or ,.t Perpignan s<
lat of the spirit of the season, and ^ r sun"set? where St. Aubert fo
s eyes are lighted up with a tran- n> ^ expecte , letters from M. Qi
mt sunshine. Valancourt is tnis ' ie contents of which so evide
T' . y ana grievously atTected him, t
1 Emily was alarmed, and pressed 1
rally, who pressed her father's as far as her delicacy would permit
d alfeotionately, had never before disclose the occasion of his conc<
iied with so much pleasure to the but he answered only by tears, ;
s-j.s he bestowed; no, not even when immediately began to talk on ot
bestowed them on berselr. topics. Kun y. though she forbore
bey travelled on, among veneyards, press the quest ion ... > terestinj
ids, and pastures, delighted with her was greatly affecteu . .. . h??b
romantic beauty of the landsbape, manner, and passed a night oi
.. 1 .^1 _ . , . ? II..!. ...1
v-n ' uuunucu, on one side, by less snituuQe
grandeur of the Pyrenees, and, on In the morning they pursued tl
other, by the ocean; and, snou at- j'?nrney along Llie coast towards L
noon, they readied the town of cate, anot her town on the Medit
inure, situated on the Mcditerran- rancan. situated or, the borders
. Here they dined, and rested till Languodoc and Rousillon. On
ards tlie cool of l lie dax, w lien they wa-v- Emily renewed the subject of
sued their way along the shores? preceding night, and appeared so d
<e enchanting shores! which extend affected by St Aubert's silence ;
/ mgucdoc. Emily ga/cd with en- dejection, that lie relaxed from
siasin on the vastness of the sea. reserve. ' I was unw illing, my d
surface varying a> tiio liglits and Emily," said he, to throw a cl
lows fell, on its woody banks, over l,ie pleasure you receive fi
lowed with autumnal tints. these scenes, and meant, therefore
t,. Aubert was impatient to reach conceal, for the present, some circi
pignan, where he expected letters stances, with which, however, ;
n M. tjuesnel; and it was the ex- must at length have been made
tat ion of these letters, that had quuinted. Rut your anxiety had
jced him to leave t'olioure, for his 'caled my purpose: you suffer as nil
ile frame required iinmediated from tliis, perhaps, as you will
. After travelling a few miles, he 'r'mi a knowledge of the facts I hi
asleep: and Emily, who had put r? relate. M. Quesnel's visit pro'
or three hooks into the carriage an unhappy one to me; lie came
eaving La Yallee, had now the tell me a part of the news he has n
lire tor looking into them. She contiimod. You may hare heard
;ht for one, in which Yalancourt noention a M. Motteville. of Paris, I
lieen reading tlie day before, and y?u (1'(* not know that tlie chief of
ed for the pleasure of re-tracing a personal property was invested in
5, over which the eyes of a beloved hands I had great confidence in 1:
nd had lately passed, of dwelling and I am yet willing to believe, tl
he passages, which he had admir d ue is not wholly unworthy of my
of permitting them to speak lo teem. A variety of circumstaiv
presence. On searching for the have concurred to ruin him, and
<, she could tind it no where, bin im ruined with him.
is stead perceived a volume o St. Aubert paused to conceal
rarch's poems, that had belong d emotion.
'alancourt, whose name was writ "The letters I have just receiv
in it. and from which he had fre from M. Qucsnel,"' resumed he, str
ntly read passages to her with al <ling to speak with tirmeess, "
pathetic expression, that charac lose others from Motteville, wli
fed tlie feelings of tlie author. She -ontirnnd all 1 dreaded,
tated in believing, that would have "Must we then quit La \ allot
i sufficiently apparent to almost said Emily, after a long pause of
other person, that he had purpose- lencc ' t hat is yet uncertain,"
ft this look, instead of the one died *t. Aubert. "it will depend u{
liad lost and that love had pronip the compromise M ?t tevi 1 le is able
the exchange; but, having opened nake with his creditors. My incor
itli impatient plear-uie, and oh- ou know, was never large, and n
ed the lint sot his pencil drawn t will be reduced to litt le indeed!
ig the various passages he had > for you. Emily, for you, mv chl
I aloud, and under et hers more de- hat 1 am most afflict ed." His 1
ptiue of delicate tenderness thai vords faltered; Emily smiled tende
had dared to trust his voice with, ipon him through her tears, and th
conviction came, at length, to her nneavouring to overcome her emoti
d. For s? me moments she was- My dear father;" said she, '"do
if ions of being I cloved; then, a rrieve for me or for yourself; we i
illcction of all the variations oi et he happy;?if T.a Vallee renin
I and countenance, with which he for us, we must be 1 appy. We will
recited these sonnets, and of the tain only one ervant. and you si
7KO ADVOOAlfA "
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U KNOW?
uld govern your n
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our prices are as low as i
JTY GrOO
SHODDY OR A l< *1
ers offered you and you v
lity goo
1 MILL SECONDS AND
JJM C
URQ, S. C.
Mr. Joe Watson, who lives
| Tt. F. 1> was in town Sunda
iwireless work in noor. Joe dosn't come to tov
Mile and St. Mich- as often as he did a while a^o
p7 miles. General
f'o?fcp?rrt0'11,0 JACKSONVILLE
it completed^ a
ding
s in the'
: Augi
sion scirccly perceive the change in your and c
vept income, Be comforted, my dear Sir; his 4
we shall not feel the want of those shad<
ryyrt ati ytir 1??a n- vrl.rh h|s cl
Jon TuffivWTfpy ifrrrfiTT ??
and ly. since we never had a taste for was i
jes- them: and poverty cannoL deprive us smile
n'- of many consolations. It cannot rob achin
hat us of the affection we have for each fortui
trim other, or degrade us in our own upon,
, to opinion, or in that of any person, It ^
?rn; whose opinion we ought to value. a sma
and St Aubert concealed his face with where
her his handkerchief, and was unable to but tl
' to speak: but Emily continued to urge beds;
T to to iter father the truths, which him- the vi
?r's self had impressed upon her mind. procee
"Besidis. my dear Sir, poverty can- ro*
not deprive usof intellectual delights. tUrne(
U lr In canrMt deprive you of the comfort mec*'
,eu" of affou.ing me examples of fortitude uow a
or and benevolence; nor me of the de- there
0 light of consoling a beloved parent. Micha
ll,< It com ot deaden our taste for the The
1 IL grand, and the beautiful, or deny us exhibi
etT the means of indulging it; for the with t
^ scenes of nature?those sublime spec- n? Ion
"s tacles. so infinitely superior to all ar- pleasu
c'11" titicial luxuries! are open for the en- mourt
?ud -tnvn^nt .
ui me- pi or, as wen as we are oeaut;
U"1 not in want of necessaries? Pleasures, bis lai
' ? such as wealth cannot buy, will still he con
'* be ours. We retain, then, the sub- perhaj
you limer luxuries of nature, and loose on- world
*jc~ ly the frivolous ones of art."' mount
Klh St- Au,)trt could not reply: he caught. k'azed
do Enil,yt^ his bosom, their tears flowed stretc
lve together, but?they were not tears luxuri
ved of sorrow. After this language of the cheerf
i heart, all other would have been ^Iom r
ow feeble, and they remained silent for aut'
me some time. Then St. Hubert con- n0 lonl
oul versed as before: for, if his mind had The
my not recovered its natural .tranquility, ecl to 1
jjjs it at least assumed the appearance her fa
dm of face, v
iat They reached the romantic town of (^er P'
es- Leucate early in the day, but St, Aub- from e
ees err w;is wearv, and they determined a,,fj ,u
?I to pass the night there. In the eve- must:
niug, lie exerted liimself so far as to tectioi
jlis walk with his daughter to view the en ^ret ^
viruns that overlook the lake of Leu- remah
e(j cate..thc Meditteranean, part of Rou- upden
UJr. sillon, with the Pyreness, and wide ex- hishai
en. tent of the luxuriant province of Lan- t,ie
jcjj guedoc. uow blushing with the ripen- The si
ed vintage, which the peasants were the wi
beginning tojgather. St. Aubert and the gl
Kmily saw tlie busy groups. caught the so
re the joyous song that was wafted on appeal
Mie hrPP'/P nnrt nnti/>inoto^ morbt
TTIVI1 llW*
>on . ... .
to parent pleasure, their next, day s set air
no jouiney over this gay region. He de- evenir
ovJ signed, however, still to wind along from t
Jt the seashore. J-'o re'urn home im- thegli
)() mediately was partly his with, but fresh ii
as^ from tliishe was held by a desire sickne
rjv to lengthen the pleasure, which the the wi
journey gave his daugh er, and to try creasi
oi)' the effect of the sea air on his own anxioi
' disorder. journt
not '
naj of their prospects, while on their t0 enfl
iin;3 riglit. was the ocean and. on their left, lo t,u
I re. wide extended plains melting into the milestall
olue horizon. St. Aul>ert was pleased 01110,1
I quire
, - *' ' \
urchases.
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my one can make you
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be convinced our p
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i out on
y after>n
quite
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r erritor
usta, Geor
conversed much with Emily, yet on the rot
heerfulness was sometimes a us j0r the
s of melancholy would steal upon the carru
ountenatce. and Ijetravmim. This whix> in t
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soon chased away by Emily's on the ful
; who smiled, however, with an most faim
g heart, for she sew that his mis Emily loo
ies preyed upon his mind, and dow, and i
his enfeebled frame. some littU
vas evening when they reached whom the:
11 village of Upper Languedoc, when he v
t they meant to Dass thp. nitrio- <>?? *
lft place could not atiord them commodat
for here, too, it was the time of hat he kne
ntage, and they wert obliged to chateau ii
:d to the next post. The lang- on the rigl
illness and fatigue, which re- lieve it ret
J upon St.. Aubert. required im- shew you
te repose, and the evening was stranger h
far advanced: but from necessity ing to ask
was no appeal, and he ordered concerning
el to proceed. abruptly p
rich plains of Languedoc. which sideration,
ted all the glories of the vintage ceed slowh
he gaieties of a French festival, | ment now
ger awakened St. Aubert to increased 1
ire, whose condition formed a > road. Am
lful contrast to the hilarity and, passed.
r whicli surrounded him. As chateau in
iguid eyes moved over the sceDe < ael.
stdered that they would soon. "Thechi
3S, be closed fur ever in tbls claimed th
'Those distant and sublime that with
.ains," said he secretly, as he | ' ! don't
nn o r*?r ?u- n ?
?v.miu ui me ryrenees mat ! you call it
lied towards the west, "these that white
ant plains, this blue vault, the* see at a di
ul light of tlie day, w ill be shut-; tree*."
ny eyes! The song of the poas- j "Yes, tl
ne Peering voice of man?will are you, th
?er sound for me." sajd the m
intelligent eyes of Emilvseem- st. Aub<
ead what passed in the mind of question,
ther, and she fixed them on his t,one with
vith an expression of such ten- ed cut froi
ty, as recalled his thoughts travellers,
very desultory object of regret, search of z
; remembered only, that be forthenig
eave his daughter w ithout pro- ^?
a. This reflection changed re)
agony; he sighed deeply, and CHEAK
led silent, while she seemed to* fiATl
;tand that sigh, for she pressed KA 1 1
ad affectionately, and turned
window to conceal lier tears 0n acc0t
in now threw a yellow gleam on- Nl'At ti
ives of the Mediterranean, and FA IK AS'.
oom of twilight spread fast over } 1
, . . . tickets fro
ene, till only a melancholy ray 0f south C
red on the western horizon. Ga.. at ra
rig the point where the sun had FA HE l'L
lid the vapours of an autumnal M0 ,
_ 1 10th.. incl
!g. A cool breeze now came * Charle
he shore, and Emily letdown n tb.,wit
last but the air, which was re- 190&.
ig to health, was as chilling to* Souther
ss, and St. Aubert desired that tra coache
Indow might be drawn ud. In- 1 leston No^
ng illness made him now mure slve and al
js than ever to finish the dry's tageof th
;y. and he stopped the muleteer , do s0 apd
juire how far they had yet to go roo,m w?ll
n?tp?t. He replied. Nine
"I feel I am unable to proceed >1
further,''said St. Aubert, "en- I
as you go, ir there is any house.
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lire, and Michael cra/rlcir
^>r, y.t 1'g " street"
i; 4 r. IT v." .IMHT. ^fiXCSSH^r
1 gallop, till St. Aubert, alting,
called to him to stop.
ked anxiously from the win- I
law a peasant walking at
2 distance on the road, for
7 waited, till he came up,
ras asked, if there was any
lie neighbourhood that ac I
ed travellers He replied, 1
w of none. "There is a A
ndeed among those woods 4
it," added he, "but I be- 1
:eives nobody, and I cannot '
the way, for I am almost a
ere." St. Aubert was gohim
some further questions * v
: the chateau, but the man I
assed on. After some con- '
he ordered Michael to pro7
to the woods. Every .mcdeepened
the twilight, and
the difficulty of finding the
other peasant soon after
Which is the way to the
the woods?" cried Michiteau
in the woods"' ex
e peasant, "Do vou mean
the turret yonder?"
know as for the turret, as
s?id Michael. "T mpon
! piece of building, that we
stance there among the
iat is the turret; why, who vl
at you are going thither?"
an witn surprise.
jrt, on hearing this odd
and observing the peculiar
whicn it was delivered, looknthe
carriage. "We are
" said he, "who are in
i house of accommodation
ht; is there any hereabout?"
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