The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-11

| en- to a cloister. She was Well-nfoTmed,
and engaged unreservedIy in the cohversa-
ton with which the evening was consum-
ed Ii was nearly time to retire, when one
of the officers, attracted by the beauty Of
the evening, proposed a walk in the garden
of the convent, which was seen through the
windows of tie room where they were sit
| ting.
This Suggestion met with universal APP
probation, and, leopold offering his arm TO
the abbess the whole party quilted the
parlor. The garden was disposed with
great taste, and was filled with flowers and
fruit.trees, exhibiting-as, indeed, every
thing about the convent did-the good
taste of the person who presided over it.
The soldiers comphmented the old lady
upon the beauty Of her garden; and, as
this was one OF those innocent enjOyments
in which she indulged, and Of which she
was rather proud, their praises were highly
gratifying to her.
there is another part Of my domain
said she,' (which, although it is somewhat
melancholy looks so very beautiful by moon
light, that | will show it you, you will
permit me-
BY all means was uttered Simultaneous
" by the whole party.
'It is the cemetery she said; and, calling
to the gardener; she babe him unlock door
in the gardeu-wa,
They entered the battle-ground, which
was one of the most striking that, perhaps,
was ever beheld. The moon was now de-
Ginning, and threw its strong broad light
are,rsr orc side Of the square, whIle the
other was in deep shade. Expresses were
thickly planted within the square, and the
white marble pillars of the cloIsters which
surrounded it shone in the clear moonlight
between their black trunks and their sorrow
ful motionless foliage.
This cemetery said the abbess, lis one
to which I have almost become attached
and, weak as you may believe it, should
feel great pain i'll thought that my bones
were destined 10 rest in any other. The
perfect tranquility which prevails here-the
beauty Of the situation; those eternal mourn
ers, the cypresses-the soft broad CLEANS of
the MONS light-all combine TO make il, in
my opinion, most fl Tor the calm resting
place of mortal bodies, until that change
which is to transfer them 10 another sphere
shall take place. This is, I knew, weak
ness, and you must think am wrong TO
indulge in il; but, when you consider how
much our lives are swayed by fancies, you
will find some excuse for me-
Leopold assured the abbess that he
thought her selection SO good one that II
needed no apology.
They had now walked down one side OF
the quadrangle, and had passed under that
cloi>ter which was in shade. On turning
out OF il a sight met Leopold's eyes, which
liked him to the spot with establishment.
The moon, which was now at his back,
shone full upon the wall Of the opposite
cloiSler ;--behind il arose The acacia trees,
loaded with their white streaming blossoms,
and waving like plumes in the soft night
air. In the distance were seen the slender
white spires Of the Convent, against which
The moon-beams fell, and showed siincty
the richly carved cruchets which decorated
them. In short, he saw the very scene
which he had beheld in the mirror at oil
Ace's houe He looked again at the
wall nearest TO him. The stone upon
which, in the mirror, he had seen his name
rs bed, was not there; but the bra rc'ts
Of "a cleinalis that had been trained against
! the wall had left square space of exactly
the size ofthe ablet of his vision. Nothing
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