Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-08-07

Bot IN spite oil these things It was CAV
and ma IN bcont re,el. The tastes OF tie
Duke were pecul,sr Ne had a tue eye
for colou aud ,f,eu lie drsfegarded The /
dccora Of mere fashion. Ills plans were
told md fiery, aud has conceptions glowrd
wnh Lafbane lus,fc. There are some who
would have though him mad His follow.
crs felt iha, he was not IL was necessary
10 hear and sec aud touch hlm 10 be sure
be was not
tie had directed, ~ great part, the nova.
bic embellishments OF the seven chambers,
upon occasion Of this great ftic; and 1t WINS
LIS own guiding taste which had given
character 10 the maaqucIadeTs he sure
they were gtotcsquc There were much
glare aud glitter aud piqnnney and phan.
lasm much Of Whist has since been seen
IN ucrnaul' There were nTabcslue hg-
ufcs With unsui,ed limbs nnl appointments
There were dcliuous lAucics such us the
tnadman fashions There was much u the
beautiful, much 81 the wanton, aud much o.
The j,;arre something ofthc terrible, and
no, lHrie oftha, which might have excited
disgust To and fro 10 the seven cham
bcrs there sln!kcd, IN fact u multitude OF
dreams And lhcsc--lhe dreams -writhed
IA aud about taking hue from the rooms,
aud causing The Wild music Of the orchestra,
TO seem as the echo OF their stems And, a.
non, there strikes the ebony clock which
stands in the hall OF tho vclve, And then,
for 4 m7mcn,, oil is still, and all is silent,
save the voice of h, clos. The dreams arc
stiff frozen as they stand Bet The echoes
OF tho chime die awav---,hev have endured
bot an ins,anl--nnd hight half subdurd
llughlcr floats after them us they depart
And nov again the music sWclls, and the
dreams live, and wtlthc 10 and fro more
merrlly than ever, taking hue from the ma.
ny tinted windows through which stream
the rays from the tripods But 10 the cham
Der which lies most wostwardly Of the seven
there are now none of the miskers who
venture; for the night is waning away; and
there flows ruddier light through the
blood colorcd panes and the blackncss of
the sable dropcry appals; and to him whose
100, falls upon the sable carpet, there comes
/ from The near clock Of ebony 1mufiled peal
more solcmnly emphatic than \uny which
reaches their cars who indulge 10 the more
remote gaielics of the other apartments
But these other apartments were dcnscIy
crowded, and in them beat ieverisbly the
heart of life. And then the music ceased
as have told aud the evolulIons Of the
WALKERS were quoted and there was an
uneasy cessation Of all things as before
But now there were twelve strokes TO be
sounded by the bell Of the clock, and thus
it happened, perhaps, that more Of thought
crcpt, with more Of time, into the media
tons Of The thoughtful among those who re-
vclcd And thus, too it happened perhaps
that before the last echoes Of the last chime
had utterly sunk into silence, there were
many individuals IN the crowd who haC
found leisure to become aware oithe pres
,nco Of masked figure which had nrrestec
the attention of no single individual before
Aud the rumor ofthls new presence having
spread itself whispcringly around, there a
rose al length from the whole company
luzz. or murmur, expressive Of dIsapproba
ton aud surprlsu-then, finally OF terror
OF horror, and ofd'sgust
In an assembly OF phantasms such rs
have painted, it may well be supposed tina
NJ ordinary appearance could have excite
such sensation In truth the masquerade
license Of the night was nearly unlimncd
but the figure in question had out.llcrodo
lerol. nud gone beyond the bounds 0
oven the Princes ind, finite dccorum.-
There are chords III the hearts Of the MOI
, reckless which cannot be touched withou
, emotion Even with the utterly lost, K
whom life aud death are equally Jcsts, thcr
O.. nre matters Of which no jcsl can be madC
The whole eotnpaRg, lniecd, seemed no"
, deeply to feel .hll ia The costume and boal
inr oi the stranger neither nj, nor proplIc
~ existed The figure was tall and giuni
, and shroudcd from head to foot IN The b;
: bhmcn.s Of the grave The mask whic
p concealed the vlsnge was made 50 nearly
A resemble the countenance OF suiiene
= corpse that the closest scGu.ny must ha'
|, had difficulty in detecting the chcn, An
B. va all this might have been endured
$ not approved, By The mad jewellers nrounC
: bui the hummer had gone so faras 10 a
!, sumo the type Of the Red Death II
4 vcaure was dabbcd in blood and his broa
; brow. with oil the features OF the face, wa
besprlnk led with the scarlet horror.
@ When the eyes OF Prince Pfospcro fc
C upon tins scemral image-whleh was
q slow aud solemn movements II more fall
!. to sustain lie role, slalked TO and fro anon
b he wal,drs-he was seen to be couvuIsn
a IN the fra momen, with a strong shudd'
n either ofierror or disa ste, but IN the ne
!, his brow REDEEMED with rage.
!. who dares2 he demanded hoarsely
the courien who stood near him-'wf
!, dares insuh US with this blasphemous moe
. cry Sclze hm aud unmask han tina, q
r. may know whom we have 10 hang al 81
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