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the DEATH OF CIIAsrELAR.

to hnd space Tor the " hole Of ~ ia our columns
We esnno, refrain from giving the following rS-
tract. The Inflated ChsStrlat, having confessed
has love To the object Of IT and been ind;guar,l,
dismissed, the scene is thu, eonlinucd:--
An hour had scarcely elapsed before
the lights were extinguished through.
out the vaoited Halls Of Hollywood ;
the guards were posted for the night |:
the officers had gone their rounds: the
ladies of the royal circle were dismiss.
cd and all IVES darkness and silence. In
Mary's chamber lamp was burning
IN recess before beautifully execut-
ed painting Of the virgin, but the light
was not sufficient to penetrate the OBJ
scurity which reigned in many angles
and alcoves Of that irregular apart
mcnt. although the moonbeams were
admitted through the open easement.
Her garb Of ceremony laid aside.
her lovely shape scantily yelled By a
single robe Of spotless linen. her au burn
tresses flowing in unrestrained Iuxu-
riance,aimost 90 her feet,if she had been
a creature Of perfect human beauty.
when viewed in all the pomp Of royal
pageantry, she now appeared a being
OF supernatural loneliness. Her small
white feet, unsandled, glided over the
rich carpet with a grace which light
degree Of fancy might have deemed
the motion peculiar to inhabitants Of
another world. For an instant ere she
turned to her reposc, she leaned against
the carved mullions Of the window. and
gazed Pensively, and it might be said.
sadly upon the garden, where she had
so lately parted from the unhappy
youth whose life was embittered by
that very feeling which above all 9th.
ers should have bsen its consolation.
Withdrawing her eyes from the moon :
light scene, she knelt before the lamp
and shrine which it illuminated. and
her whispered prisons arose. pure as
the source from which they flowed
the prayer Of weak and humble NOR
tai, penitent for every trivial error.
breathing all confidence to him who
can alone protect or pardon-the prav-
ers OF Queen for her numerous chill
dren, and, last and hottest of all. wo.
mans prayers for her unfortunate ad.
mirer. Yes, she prayed for Chastelar.
that strength might be given to him
from on high TO bear the crosses of a
miserable life, and that by divine mer-
cy the hopeless love might be uprooted
from his breast. The words burst pas.
sionately from her lips-her whole
form quivered with the excess Of her
emotion, and the big tears fell like rain
iron her uplifted eyes. While she
was yet in the very food Of passion. a
sigh was breathed, so clearly audible
that the conviction flashed like light
ming on her mind, that this most secret
prayer was listened TO by other ears
than those of heavenly ministers. -
Terror, acute terror, took possession
OF her soul, banishing, by its superior
violence, every less engrossing idea. -
She snatched up the lamp from the
niche-wavcd it slowly around the
chamber-and there, in the most hal.
lowed spot Of her Widowed chamber.
a spy upon her unsuarded moments.
stood dark figure. Even in that mo
ment OF aStonishment and fear, as IL
by instinct purely of female modesty.
she sEltched a velvet mantle from the
seat on which it had been cast aside.
aud yelled her person even before she
spoke.
"Oh God! il is dc Chas,eiar."
Sweet Queen" replied the intru.
der bright, beautiful ruler Of my les
TIMES. PARDON"
What ho!" she screamed in notes
of dread intensity. "Niy guards -
Seyton--Carmiehel-. Fleming--will We
leave your Queen alone with tfeach
cry and black dishonor .-VillAin.-
slave ".she cried, turning her flashing
eye upon him, her whole form swellcd
as IT were with all the fury Of injured
innocence dids't thou dare 10 think
that Mary, the wife Of Francis. the a.
nointed Queen Of Scotland. would brook
thine Infamous addresses-Nav, kneel
not or spnrn thee--what no. will no
one AID IN mine extremity
p" Fear nought from me-" fAltered
The wretehed Chastelari but with .
voice like that Of some inspired Pythy.
oness. she broke in" Fear! think 81
thou that ! could fear a thing. an abiect
coward, like thee?--a wretch that
would exult in the inTamy Of one ne
Pretends 20 love Fear thee by
heavens. II | could have feared, con-
tempt mast have forbidden IT,"
Nay, Mary, hear me hear but
one word, ifthai word costs my life"
Thy life hads: thou ten thousand
lives, they would be but feather in the
scale against thy mons'rous yillsnvi
What hO" again size cried. stamping
with impoient anger al the DELAY II
her attendants" Treason Ny guards
treason"
~ length the passages rang with tie
hurried footsteps Of the startled IN.
mates of the palace with torch and
brandtshed blades they rushed into the
apartment--psge, sentinel. and cham
beflain-ladies, with disheveled hair.
And faces blanehed with terror. The
Queen stood erect IN the centre of the
room, pointing with one arm, bare TO