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Guuiieg benedth a pertine, which'wes seiesall Uy on cava: lm, Goan steps; sail wi wntrblc tall eithin' was setreunted ty sues of arascur end mmer- ble statues. The parapet of the aynde enue eattlo- milénteds aml utoach ante ‘Chere wae-a tow spire: of eline=werk., This frontage looked towards the ugewase Steuil: Set she wouthern whe of Gre Prioty wus the mivat sertiontiand tad preserved it ncdestic appétrance, att iteenastive wate, long anf san indows, low déore, ‘aml bigs potted rests. northern Gife~wes only tro ‘meteye high and ess Somewhat in ‘the ‘iizdbuthaun wtyle of ardhhettuse; ard ‘the weeeern portion ef the Pricry ‘was a-cunhaed yauibie of ‘eid' towere and @ocedeu -emt-housse—a portion -of a-wheltiter dad «'spacius ‘etabling-™ ‘Sach o-targic,>vanieling, ‘end ill-comnected edifice: hal uevevsarily several Goors epesielg tuto ‘the grounds, and jikewiewsuy-pasngeound Ralveates etthin. Bet the taterior wae very *henbseridly fiused-wp ; aud ali the rverms-in the Truntpart df the bell lingewere feruishoS inas motiern ewyleas oui’ tatte -vudhi qwessibly render ounsistertt ‘with ‘tho avdhitweveral povuiiarifies of winbewas, comics, Chiatweypicevs, wd reddsses. "Fhus tive Briory' ware, waneion wherodiegatice and spicadver tun- bined Me-cusvre the existence of every comfert ‘atrd luxury, withowt ‘comptetely g the ~ficct produced upon the eye and the imagination by the solemu graudeur of the structure itself. Such was Belleadea -Priory, the foundation stone of which was said to have been laid in the reign of Richard i, — that well-meaning but mistaken fanatic whv was the cause uf millions of lives being lest on the plains of Pulestiwe. Brom tire earliest date wf its cxintense, ‘die Priory iki Beloaged ww | the Betiensen fauily, which wasdven more auctent: still: for the genealogical tree traced its deseent from eoe of ého Norman roffians ‘who came ever with “Villian the Gunqeerer. Sat although ‘the Priory -had‘veamtacd fur so matty ceatuties in the ) hands ofthe Beendcas, an imtveramniayze With the. equally ancient fantity of Moatgemery ‘had by seme rmeaws er odver grventise ty SGy eoting the wf he mansion andthe duaexed catate 5 yand these law-suits had-esmmenved ‘about thirty yours to the date eof our-tale. There ‘were Mkdvine estetes In Warwiciniiiie which had ‘belonged to the Bellendens frem gemerution ‘to sbet which wWere-evenmore periigudly in- volwid ¢han dhe! Petery property, on soveunt of the claims of the Muntgomery family. Touvhteg these mapess, Geweeer, we shall ate Sp “eet mevre in | deni hepeelear’: Sue tite puasettt we wast epenk of of the Peters. This lady was now in her thirty-seveath year, ' ishernects, (aud wasetemetferterduaty herassep: resolved (uwanuse Seer asioce w Gcilliamt:peuition ‘by | peampef a“ goed amarciage.” Thoms, wcavesly Gad | seoneumaed her sevewteenth year, whun-he-imne- cet, aptiess, and benwiial Lau was commande | to receive the ad.iresses of the Marqguis-f Bellen- | den am-obd nan in tis slnsy-seeundwinter? Then ee eel these was aiand amd even ernble sven Sctween tees Muutgemery: aad withough there were wm witweesds %w Shet soon, ‘% was neverthebess ra- meonred at cheese thc Lawn ded threwn herself at bor undt's Seut and beni eonfeuced that bar aBen- tioua were already enyvaged. Betwhatever were the semnons dat deess uicedagaiuet che warriage pro- pesnd.wva her bebel, wurisin & isghatthe Quwager. Uemntess Mentgemery was nexveiido; ‘aud it was pepresented %o the aulmppy ‘Laura éhat daily Seusuas requited dee twemeuloas userdive-at her kaads, Mmamnash es the litmatiun which Ga4 then ' bewn ‘in. propriees whet teu yeurserenh! be antioably ‘geatied &y shis second fucesmmrviage wf the owo fentilies. dn chert, iauecn was dragyed.as Kt were te he ahar., wai the young creature ef seventeen Levacee the wife of the old acblenman of siaty-tavo ! "Die ‘honegmwon feuch a honey wiewn as itment'harve ‘been ') waspasecl at the Beliemben eatate in War. ‘wpksitre; ani hen tise Shavquis bvougist heme his ibeidetu she Prieny. Mut dvaltd uwtdeag survive | cheba apeet seh; eal el inewesinto wisicl: ise bent forged ‘his youthful victiin; and his death took gimpe ith 'a amildounsoes rine aveined toenrear of uw jwit re- tribuzdens Sur dais -ormetay im dlighting all the best aud pause ¢ afiectiuns of ber young beast. The famiy physeian pruneunted 4is death te hare ‘quieva from apephexy; asd ihe remaine uf the last \eamp dato Warwielelire, to tnin teeved ie thefumily iveultet slse uldwhurch wheee wil his amvesion hal lpeen iaid in duceacoewien. Whe-deasth of the Marqais of Belleadun without iemte insao ftustamtamevead y vovivud tiny luw suits re- specting the ‘teritase ef tho enates. Tse Adur- chipness howeverhept pousesdivea; and der eppo- wem.s were ie-aidie wembers vi the Muutgomery femily fem whivh she herself was sprung. Vatuly di ‘her auat, the Duwager-Guuutess, emlearour tu iudace her witos t) cume Gu an aurivable vettic- mest: the young widew was-resokace m her refusal —for she fult thu she hud been basely saeriived in the -mest iuspuvtant event of a woman's téfe, and she would themture show uo duveur tw ‘thoes why had :chus asmde hor the victim of a svelhsliues passed on — gears celled by and the Jew-veit dragged #0 elew iength aleng im What troueudves tetpand of Modern ‘daquicitim — the Cuus of Ohaacery. The Doewager-Comunns Memguanry soon grow wearied of aiusking évertdres to her nisee, er else wes too proud ap semeorate rem 5 -— asd thus at the poried when we tencoduce the Mar. chieness of Belicudeato eur veadere, eke had Leen a -whlow Qwenty 5 caTsu—ebo wes etill én possession uf dhe Pelory oud the Warwieksnive emmese~—tho obd Dowager was etid ai:wo--and Ghe law-nait ap- peared as laretf Gem acottinnent a ever. Tes-—-the Marvhiouces uf BSoltenéen wus avw thirey-seven ; and sever vace during ‘her tung wibowheud of twenty years had ake tld aside her meeraing appure!, Khe teunsity wits Whisk she clung to it-Wen aes, singulur— mest eemeteksblig— - regretted Sho secaguuattan who aed Oven Her hus- baud fur-a ‘few enuuths, ole terelf did net fer a uiemt pieteuts du tact, we shehad wever levea un, aud had seen chewed Wo him againet wer in- clamtion wad Cespies Of her mest durvewt prayers (CO SG (C DOO (CO