The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-03-17


The next day to the discontinue Of the cour-
tiers, Cadnou and the infant of Spain were seen
together publicly on tho parade; and the secretary
made one of The favored few who attended the
wlmcc at the theatre Ills favor was greater, his
powc r more dazzling than ever it hid hecn known
before No cause for the breach aud reconciliation
being known, some attributed it In cupricc, others
~ the willy design Of The a.,ulc CaId,inn for the
hnmlim,lun of t2rda, whO seemed only 10 haze
been admitted To one smile from the rising sun
in order more Sigually to be RECONSTRUCTED to the
shade.
Meanwhile Fonscca prospercd almost beyond
h' hopes. Young, ardent, sangnnc, the pour
novice had trd from her quiet home and the IN
diligence of her free thoughts To The chin solitude
Of the clo,Icr, little dreaming Of the extent of the
change. Wnh heart tha, o,rrdnwcd with the
warm thoughts Of love aud youth, The sho.,.lao
shapes that fitted round her; lh, icy lorms, the
rlsi ccrcmonmlI Of that life, which Is but the
mlnitry of death, appalled, and shocked her
That she had preserved, against Il royal and most
peri'ous, because inscriptions suilor, her fleli.
'y to the absent Iouscca, was her sole consoM,
ton.
Another circumstance had combined with the
loss OF her prc,cclrrss aud the absence of Don
Martin 10 saddrn her heart and dispose her 10 the
cloister Ga the dcalhhrd of the old woman, who
had been 10 her a nnihcr she had learned a 50.
ere, hitherto concealed from her tender Youth. 49,
Dark and tragic were the influences Of the star
which had ,honc upan her birth; gloomy the herr.
iasc OF memories associated with her plrcnagc
letter, Of which she now became the guardian
and trcasurcr--n letter in her mohrr's hand
woke tears more deep and bitter than she hid c,.
CT shed for hr,sciC In that letter she read the
strength and fidelity, the sorrow and the COON Of
wonan's love; aud drcary forcbodn. told her
that the shadow Of the mothers Gate was cast over
the clil'd's. Such we've the thoughts that hnl
made the cloistcr welcome aiII the dc.pluion of
the shelter YEAS tried aud known. Eut when,
through the agency Of the porter, Fonscci's lei.
ter reached her, all other feelings gave way TO
The burst of natural and Passionate emotion. The
absent h,d returned, again wooed; WIS still r,ih.
iul. The awful ,ow was not vet spoken; she
might yet be his. She answered; she chidcd; She
spoke oi doubt, of peril Of lrlr fur him, cr maiden
shame but her affection coIored every wo,d. and
the letter was fall Of hope. The cnrrr>pnndcncc
continued; the energetic "Reminiscences Of ron.c.
ca, tho pure and Gcr,ent attachment Of The uo,irr
led more and more rapidly and surely to the iney.
table result. Eealiz Welded io the PRAYER Of her
lover; she consented 10 the scheme Of escape and
flight that he proposed
Late at evening Fonseca sought Caderon.-
The marquis was in the gardens of his splcndid
mansion.
The moonlight Strcamcd over many n row If
orange trees and pomcgmnaics, many ~ hire and
-chiy sculplnrcd vase on its marble pedestal ina.
~ fountain that scaitcicd its low music round ,
he hrcalIIIess air. Upon terrace that con,u,n.
led Il stately view Of the spires and palaces ory,-
ird, stood Calderun alone; beside him, one soil; |
AIRY aud gigantic aloe cast lis deep gloom Of shade:
md his moiloness altitude, his folded arms. hi.
ace partially lifted to the slar heavens, bespoke
he enrncSlncss and concentration of his ihouyb,s ,
why does this shudde come over mel g, ii h.
all aloud. 1T was thus in that dismal hour which