The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-09


By the Respondent moon.
NEELE.
Some, come, my good old dame,' said
Leopold, tell us where yo have hidden
these young ladies. am sure that heard
sounds as came along the heath, which
could be no other than female voices Be-
seech them to come forth now, my gentle
Sibl for, ifyou don't, mnst begin TO court
you. | am pledged to make love to some
one this night
The old bag grinned, and shook her pal
sled head, swearing over and over again
thai there was no female in the house but
herself
EYou have some wine hidden, ifyou have
no women, said Schwartzwald: come, pro
duce that, mother, and then we'll talk about
the other affairs but the wine in the first
place, for my walk and the night-blast have
made me as cold as corpse.
The old woman removed one Of the tiles
with which the floor of her hut was paved,
and produced, from hole which it cover
ed, large old fashioned flask. She placed
it on the table with glasses.
Come, Alice, said Schwartzwad, let lis
have peep into thy mirror
What woull'st thou see ? asked the old
woman emphatically.
may, care not for thy tricks he repli-
Ell; but Meinherr there will like to view
some of thy Juggling; and / can tell thee
also, by way Of putting thee on thy mettle,
hat he has no faith in t-he thinks thee an
zarrant cneat.
The old woman looked angrily at each OF
her visitors; and Leopold, who thought that
m his characterof guest, and an unlimited
a ha fh frua If hrRpd-
ing to afffont the lady of this noble man.
sion, discaimed his friends imputation, and
assured the old woman that he had the
highest opinion of her skill.
The bag muttered some unintelligible
words between her teeth, but in such man
nerthat Leopold did not know whether his
compliment had appeased her, or whether
she was still indignant al his wantoi ialth
in herpractices. He therefore repeated his
request that she would permit him TO see
the mirror.
Schwartzwald, in the mean time, seemed
to enjoy nightly the old woman's angef.
and Leepold's endeavours topropltiate her.
Come he said at length, produce Thy
charmed mirror, and let us see what is TO be
our Destiny
The mirror is destroyed said the old
woman; 'and, if it were not, you know II Is
against the laws to make use of it,
Thou deet mistake, gentle Alice said
Schwartzwald, st is not destroyed; and,
when thou talkest of laws, for whom dost
thou take. u.s. Are we Philistines: are
we meek and hxpocritical tradesmen? are
we like the quaking citizens who come to
consult thy art about stolen spoons; and
who, if they cannot find them, would de-
0snounce thee, or doom thee to that smuggling
from which I once had the honor and the
ihappiness to rescue thee! Come, come,
my good lady, away with thy scruples;
Meinherr is a gentlemaR-the handspring
and life blood, as it were, ofcoilege youths;
true as steel, and secret .as father confes-
sor. Produce, then--bring forward thy
wonders and without delay
Leopold repeated his request that she
would do so; for his curiosity was now ex-
cited as well by the speech OF Schwartz
wald as by the old woman's evident reiuc-
lance TO comply with their request.
The bag yielded to their united importu-
mites; and, still multering, while her aged
frame shook with an increased agitation,
she arose, and began to make her prepara-
tons for exhibiting the mirror. She first
carefully raked up all the embers of the fire
into heap, and covered them with close
vessel, SO that the faint light which before
streamed from them was now wholly OBJ
secured. She next went to a recess in enc
corner of the room, and, removing guam
tity of rags and lumber which stood against
the wall, she opened door, within which
was seen black curtain. She then took
Leopold by the arm. and, placing him di-
rectly opposite this curtain, she extinguish-
ed the lamp, and the room was left in utter
darkness.
Now mumbled the old crone, what is
it you would seer A
Leopold had, in spite of himself, been in
ain College slang it Is common to call the cit