MELINCOURT. CHAP. I. ANTHELIA. ANTHELIA MELINCOURT, at the age of twentyone, was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year, and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland. It follows of course, without reference to her personal qualifications, that she had a very numerous list of admirers, and equally of course that there were both Irishmen and clergymen among them. The young lady nevertheless possessed sufficient attrac tions to kindle the flames of disinterested pas |