Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-06

ueteTUineu, III Ills own mlnd, 10 aVOin
any disturbance Of the present festivity
IL would be better, he thought, to repre-
sent TO the government afterwards the in
suit they had inflicted on him there
fore, while most of his guests had thrown
off their masks, he deferred his intended
proposal that they should all do so, ill
the close Of the entertainment. Univer-
sal admiration was excited by the extra
ordinary luxury displayed at this final
banquet. In the variety and excellence
of his wines, our host surpassed all that
had been hitherto known at Venice, and
yet ne was not satisfied. He lamented
especially, that misfortune had hap
pened TO his red champagne, so that he
could not produce single glass Of that
liquor. AT this time the party seemed
well disposed to make up, as fast as pos
sibIe, for that want Of .joviaIty and high
spirits, which they had betrayed through
the preceding entertainments. Only in
my neighborhood ! mean where sat al
tabIe) it fell out very differently. We
had only one unanimous feeling, that of
curiosity, which completely triumphed
over every other. I~as placed near the
lady who wore jewels exactly resembling
those of the bride, and observed that,
besides never touching food or wine,
she did not vouchsafe to return a single
word when spoken 10 by the other
quests; but, mean~ bile, kept her looks
constantly fixed on Filippo and his
bride, who sat together Her presence
and strange conduct could not po, sibly
remain unobserved, and the remarks that
were, by degrees, spread about from one
guest to another, once more damped the
spirit of convivIality. which, for short
time, had been revived. There arose q
whispering all round the table, and the
prevailing opinion was, that an unfortu-
nate attachment To the bridegroom must
he the cause of the incognta's eccentric
manners. However this might be, those
who were nearest her al ihe supper
table left their places, on the first oppor-
lunity offered for change, and sought
elsewhere for more agreeable situation.
Afterwards, however, many of the party
assembled round her, for the sole pnr-
pose of discovering who she really was,
expecting that after all, she would un.
mask, and prove TO be a well knbwn
friend-but in vain.
AT last, when white champagne was
handed around, the bridegroom also
drew near, taking the chair next but one
to the silent lady and now, indeed, she
seemed to be more animated at last she
turned round towards her new neighbor
when he addressed her, which she had
never done to any one else, and even Of
fered her glass as if she wished him to
drink ou, oft. 1t was visible, how ever,
that by her attentions Filippc had been
excessively agita,ed. He held up the
glass III his left hand trembling like al
aspen leaf, pointed to il, and said, "How
comes it that the VINE is red ] thought
We had no red champagne - Red
said the brides father, who had drawn
near, with his curiosity stretched to the
utmost what can you mean?' Look
only at the lady's glass; continued FL
Iippo. Well-it is is filled with white
wine, like all the rest said he old gen
,leman and he called the bystanders
to witness, who, with one voice, decIar-
ed the wine to he white. Filippo would
not drink it, however and when the ST.
lent lady turned round on him second
| time. he trembled even more than before,
insomuch that he Quilted his place at la
BILE, took his host aside, and after they
had conversed for some time privately,
the latter, having taken his resolution,
addressed himself in loud voice to the
company For reasons said he,
(which are afterwards to be explained,
| must request, as particular favor,
that all my worthy friends now present
will, for a moment, take off their masks
As in these words he only expressed a
general wish, his request was complied
with in all instant, every countenance
was uncovered, that of the silent lad>
excepted, on whom the looks of the
whole party were turned with an express
sion of disappointment and suspicion.-
You are the only mask left among us,
said her host after a long pause dare
not hope that you will indulge me so
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