Charlemont
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Our chronicle of Charlemont is ended. We have no further object
or interest within its precincts. William Hinkley is gone, no one
knows whither, followed by his adopted father, the retired lawyer,
whose sensibilities were fatal to his success. It was not long
before Ned Hinkley and his widowed sister found it their policy
to depart also, seeking superior objects in another county; and
at this moment Charlemont is an abandoned and deserted region.
It seemed to decline from the moment when the cruel catastrophe
occurred which precipitated Margaret Cooper from her pride of place.
Beautiful as the village appeared at the opening of our legend,
it was doomed to as rapid a decay as growth. "Something ails it
now--the spot is cursed!"
But OUR history does not finally conclude with the fate of Charlemont.
That chronicle is required now to give place to another, in which
we propose to take up the sundered clues, and reunite them in a
fresh progress. We shall meet some of the old parties once more, in
new situations. We shall again meet with Margaret Cooper, in a new
guise, under other aspects, but still accompanied by her demon--still
inspired by her secret oath--still glowing with all the terrible
memories of the past--still laboring with unhallowed pride; and
still destined for a lark catastrophe. Our scene, however, lies in
another region, to which the reader, who has thus far kept pace with
our progress, is entreated still to accompany us. The chronicle of
"CHARLEMONT" will find its fitting sequel in that of "BEAUCHAMPE"--known
proverbially as "THE KENTUCKY TRAGEDY."
END OF CHARLEMONT.
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