Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-13
NflSCHE . ANx.
THE WARNING.
"A German Tale.
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il escaped Camilla's notice, that he had
been greatly agitated when he was Ofle-
red the glass Of wine and she began to
fear that some mad attachment to Felip-
20 had been the cause Of this extraordi-
nary scene. In spite ofall her objections
however, she could not prevent her faith
er from following the unknown and
when she had got beyond the door, he
redoubled his pace ia order to keep up
with her. But at thai moment The same
horrible shrek whirh mad been heard
at the dinner was repeated with an effect
tenfold more frieh,fnl amid tie stiffness
of the night and when our host had got
beyond the outer gateway, not trace
was to be found of the mysterious visitor.
The people in attendance there knew
nothing of her: and though the banks
Of the river were crowded with Condo
lers, not one could acknowledge ever to
have seen her. These events had such
an effect on the whole company, that only
one desire now seemed TO prevail among
them, that of returning to their own
homes, as fast as possible and the old
gentleman was forced tC order the gon-
dOIas to be in readiness at IA much earlier
hour than he had intended. They de-
parted, accordingly, N mood very DIFF
lerent from that in which they had arriv-
ed in the morning. On the following
morning found Felippo and his bride
again in their usual spirits. He now be-
gan to think, as she did, that the incog
nita was some unfortunate person " cra-
zed with hopeless love; )" aud as TO the
frish.ful cry that had twice alarmed the
party, it might have been only an absurd
trick of some intoxicated gondolier. 1t
was not so easy to account for the lady's
arrival and departure without being oh
served but this, too, might be explain
ed by the hustle that prevailed, and mat
tenlion of the porlers. As to The disap-
pearancr of the wedding ring, it could
onl, be supposed that some one among
the servants had slight ofhand and dis
honesty enough 70 conjure it mo his
own pocket, from WHENCE of course, it
would not be recovered. In short, they
seemed resolved 10 overlook all difficult
ties aud objections that might have been
made to these explanations, and were
only distressed that the priest, who should
have come to pronounce a blessing on
their contract, was now declared to be
at the point of death and on account of
the old friendship subsisling betw cen him
and my friends family, they could not
properly think Of the final ceremonies be-
me performed within the very week af-
ter his decease.
On the day Of the Clergyman's fune-
raj, however, a fearful check was given
to Feippo's Ievity and high spirits. A
letter arrived from Clara's mother, in
forming him that her unhappy dangh.
ter had, in her grief and disappointment,
died for the sake of her fa,thIess lover
moreover, tina, she had declared in her
last moments, ,ha, she would not rest IN
the grave, t,il she had cou.oelied him to
fulfil his promises. Tbs alone made
such an impression OH FelippO, that the
mo,her's added maiedictions were quite
surer1uous. He found, also, that the
mysterious shrek, which had been heard
when the rings were exchanged, had
been uttered precisely a, the hour aud
minute Of ,he poor eiri's death. lie
was forced also To believe, however um-
willingly, that the uuknown lady had
been his torsaken Clara's ghost: and
this thought deprived him at times Of
all self possession. Henceforward he
always carried the letter about with him,
and sometimes drew it uncOnsciously
from his pocket, and stared at its agoni-
zug pages. Even Camilla's presence
co"'d not always prevent this, and as
she Of course aScribed his agitation to
The paper which he thus impoitely and
,,Ieutl, peru,ed, she availed herself of
an opportunity when he had let it drop
on the floor, and seemed quite lost in
thought, to examine, without ceremony,
what had caused him such Distress
Felippo did not awake from his reverie
all she had perused the letter, and was
folding it up, with a countenance deadly
pale, so that she must have fully UNDER
stood her own painful situation. He
then threw himself al; her feet, in a mood
of the sincprest anUli.h h am, r.rant,uc.