The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-27
= ,IysTERIOUs HUSBAND.

made IN Heaven, they should be happier +;
Are H'u' " 49,; ,.retcb7 Isabella.


H. lived and died abandoned; and, L must
teIl Won. before snatch you from peacelu
home. that nv lot is hardly enviaole. oohtuue
IS nv very birthright; and II, perchahce' hiiS
f1rt,ine should one day reach us, can you par
dom ~ ,ha ,orcb-
ed the small crucifix hanging ronhd ter neI I
<taupht US forgiveness when lie paraoue0 i'''
dis eyecutionersr repeated the young man;
with shudder, and for moment some palhiul
idea seemed to take possession OF his mlhu.I
sRut. come he said, recovering himself III Hie
face of heaven will claim your pfoihiSe' Aou
do not reply, sgnora.' ,.-,.,.ooor,,,
Camilla held out her hand, wtilch ne edSeiS
seized. u,,r; ,rbom
At this m ment his servant, ventura "'uln
he had told TO be in waiting as WITNESS 70 '''e
marriage. came riding up Ia g[e't 'a', -
sS;pnor Benno,' cried the man, mere Is you,
cloak, which the podesta mas Sent ~ 10 rc,e
the same moment handing his master 'dis
INV cloakr replied the signor, in tone tull
of anguish. "a titng marriage present YIN
INV father. how dreadful AN inheritance mast
thou left me. 100.
They approached the church. A priest,
who was in waiting, celebrated the holy once.
AS he turned round to bestow The nuptlal DeHe-
diction on them, he happened Involuntary 10
M, his iaot AMIN the cloak, which the young
man had let fall upon the steps oil the ailar; AS
the ewes Of the priest encountered ms c'oaN'
he stepped back, as if he had trod upon ser
nent. but. recovering himself III moment, ne
finished his solemn office. Then opening ihe
Scriptures. lie read that part Whlch con'diis
the history of the treachery OF Judas, anu elus
Tha
with the Words They that take lhe S"o'u'
shall perish with the sword.
The priest, as he concluded, shut tae oo"h
violently, and retired IN manner Whicil Seeiii-
ed to surprise the persons present
sAnd you, toO-ministers OF the gospel-do
Won alse ioin the common cry against me-
murmured Benno, as he led his bride out o.
the church. He then gave orders to his ser
want to prepare for departing immediately; and
the first dawn Of the morning was just ABOUT
TO appear. when Camilla and her husband qul-
ted Maiano to return TO Florence
One Of those passage boats which ply upon
,he a no and which are rowed by the unas-
sisted labor of our waterman, was slowly max.
inc its wav up the river; there were several
persons OK board, presenting that variety o.
character and appearance, when IS commonly
met VITA in companies whom chance naS
thrown together. A conversation, the topics
of which were suggested by the various Oh
iects they passed, ensued between three per
sons. one OF whom was the notary Grandohio,
already known 10 the reader.
Have you ever been in Germany? asked
vouno man of rustic appearance, but who
had alse the air of stadent. He was dresser
in suit of browa cloth, with CATERS oil the
same coler: he wore thick shoes, large sword,
and his hair was combed smoothly doWH-
'Oh, ves.' replied the notary, 10 whom his
oueston was addressed. have seen 1t, as
Messieur riosto saws he saw foreign countries,
without being Obliged to spend his money al
inns or fearing foul weather; that is to say, III
The map
sFor nv part said fat monk, who was
also one of the passengers, i prefer Italy TO all
other countries. Tnere it is that religion is
duly observed, and IFS ministers properly re-
spected. There churches and chapels'-.
There il is said the student, interrupting
him, in ban+ering tone, [uaat the monks drink
the best wine, and reap the most plentiful har-
vests
sAnd there il is said the hoatman angrily,
that one meets with the greatest NUMBER Oh
ugly German faces. Never he added, lifting
up his oar as he spoke, as if he would have
liked to use it as a weapon, was any thing
lllDIt True IhOFNipt ""A~'
"ltaly's three SOURCES are the typhus, Ter
mans, and monks.
Many thanks to you, my brother,' replied
the monk with an air of humility.
'Ob, don't mean you, holy father said the
boatman, as he replaced his oar IN the water;
you do US much less harmthan those cursed
foreign swords which abound amongst US, and
which may heaven eoniound! If the people
of this country were not true descendants OF
Cain, and always busted in trying to kill one
another-
sWhat is that villa on the left ealled!' asked
Grandonio, who saw that this conversation
was likely TO lead to no good, and that it was,
AT this period, even dangerous TO be listener
10 sucn rebeIIious discourse.
1T is the Casa Macchiayelli,* signor,' replied
the boatman.
fAh 7 cried the notary, is it possible 10 pre-
fer another country to this, in which the most
iustrous recollection crowd upon one at eve.
rysep? Where every thing combines To remind
one Of the days which are passed, the places
and the times in which Boccaccio, Petrarch,
Tasso, Dante
'Yes, adeed, cried the student, who saw an
opportunity olinterposng, talk to me OF Dante.
He was man indeed! How delight IN the
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