Graham's Magazine
Archibald Dundass was a rich Jamaica planter, whose estates were situated in one of the most delightful regions in that garden of the West India isles. His wife, an English lady, of great personal attractions and highly connected, died when Helen, their only child, had just en...
Among other artful devices agreed upon between Mr. Donaldson and Perozzi, previous to Mildred's return, was that of keeping her entirely secluded from society, lest some other s...
20. CHAPTER VI."I will seek _him_--yes, _he_ will not refuse my prayer. I will tell him I hate him. He will be only too glad to release me when he knows the depth of hatred I bear him. I will...
14. CHAPTER VII.The next morning three strangers--two old men and a young girl--were admitted to the palace of Whitehall, on showing the king's order to that effect, but only one of the men was...
16. CHAPTER II."My lady!" exclaimed a bustling, good-natured little old body, entering the room, which Wilhelm Gottfried, Baron of Arnhiem--the Lady Isoleth's uncle and guardian--ever pleased...
11. CHAPTER IV.A fortnight had hardly elapsed since the retirement of Rochester from court, when the reputation of a German doctor--said to be a wonderful astrologist--began to be generally no...
6. CHAPTER VI."_Hist--hist_, Pedro!" and a tall, swarthy Creole, obeying the finger of Perozzi, glided stealthily behind a large tree, where stood the Spaniard, both screened from observation...
5. CHAPTER V.How beautiful was Mildred as she sprung to meet the embrace of her old grandfather; and how fondly did the old man gaze upon his recovered treasure, almost incredulous that this...
3. CHAPTER III.Norcross Hall, the ancestral domain of the late Mrs. Dundass was situated in one of England's most charming nooks, about forty miles from the great metropolis. It was an ancient...
17. CHAPTER III.In the saddest of sad moods the Lady Isoleth betook herself to her favorite retreat among the rocks, and there within her own little vine-covered bower, was--not a bird, nor a s...
4. CHAPTER IV.This gentleman was by no means as rich as many supposed him to be. His plantations were valuable, and located advantageously, but whether from mismanagement, or from circumstanc...
13. CHAPTER VI.In a house remote from the one in which King Charles experienced his last adventure with the pretended astrologer, he sat again, disguised in the undress uniform of a naval offi...
1. CHAPTER I.Archibald Dundass was a rich Jamaica planter, whose estates were situated in one of the most delightful regions in that garden of the West India isles. His wife, an English lady...
18. CHAPTER IV."I am glad to see thee safely at home, my dear child. Where hast thou been? Thou knowest I hate to have thee rambling about the castle-grounds after night-fall. I have already s...
19. CHAPTER V.With a buoyant step and a sparkling eye the Lady Isoleth sought her guardian early the next morning. He was deeply immersed in papers and parchments, while huge, formidable-look...
2. CHAPTER II.A few years and Helen, more beautiful than ever, again made her appearance in society, and again Mr. Dundass cherished his darling dream of her forming some high connection. Lit...
9. CHAPTER II.The wittiest man at the wittiest court in Europe--that of Charles the Second of England--was undoubtedly John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; and innumerable are the anecdotes that h...
10. CHAPTER III.Rochester left London for a day or two to conceal the traces of his whereabouts; but disguising himself completely, and assuming the habit of a simple citizen, he soon returned,...
12. CHAPTER V.When Rochester casually stopped, an hour after the king's visit, at the humble residence of Colonel Boynton, he was surprised to find much confusion there. Two rough-looking str...
15. CHAPTER I.How shall I describe her? Who ever described the sun, or one of the glorious stars, or the white, witching moon; or who, even the least and simplest of the exquisitely, perfectl...
8. CHAPTER I."We shall see," gentlemen, said King Charles, as he strode with a hasty step across the apartment, "whether my lord of Rochester's presence is as essential to the court and to t...