Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-08-07
t-r-, me Bread'esy Journal
TIE MASA OF TlE X ED DEATH



Zen Ilinc's. sol Then pfoflsc bleeding o.
rhc p-rc-, with dissolution The scarlet
sans upon the body and especially upon
the face Of the vicim, were the psf ban
which shu, him DOT from the aid AMI II m
Be ,ytnpalhy Of tis fellow men And the
wholcs rutc prcgrcs md termination Of
ofihc dis asr were The incidents Of ha!an
l. 3ur
B1, tic Prince pfospero was happy and
dluo,css ani ssracious When hrs do
m'n,ons wcrt hall depopulaiod be summon.
81 10 h'. rtcscncc, thousanI hale and
4 >, hc1r,I luouls from nmongihc knights
nd DANES Of bis court and with ihesc re.
ur,1 TO 'hr le,p ''clu'ion of one Of III. cas-
,rlI,.eIallcy This was an extensive and
tn7rn ,iicenl structure, the Great on Of the
Princes own eccentric yet angus, taste A
rron: and lofty wall grdled II IN Thus
wall had gates Of iren. The couuicrs hnv.
.nc entered through, furnaces aud massive
tanners weld Cd The boM They rcsolv.
Gllo Ave means reitLcr Of ingrcss or e.
cros to sudden impulses Of d.sHnit or OF
ltcnzy from within. The abbey was am
r.y ptovisionod With such pteca atoms
Ia. couuicr might bid defiance 10 onia.
",on. The external world could take care
1t uscIf H. the mean limo ii was folly TO
4ncv,, or l'nk The princc hal pfovid.
Il oil lhc appliances Of pleasure. There
wcic buttons. there were imptoyIsAloh,
".crc wctc ballet dancers, there were mu
s,,ilns, there was beauty, there was vine.
al. lh,,c AMI security wcri within With
ou, was the Rcd Death
/, was ,owa;ds the close Of the fifth or
sixth month 0. las sccluslon, md wbllc the
pcs.lcnco rclgncd most iuriously abroad,
that the pnnce ptospcro entertained his
thousand friends n, n masked ball Of the
most unusual magnticence.
l,WoS n voluWuous scene, that masqucr-
ndr. But first let me tell Of the room in
which il was held There were seven an
imperial suite In many palaces however
such So ties form long end s,raighi vista,
while the bllng doors slide back neatly to
the walls on either hand SO that The view Of
the whole cx,cn, is scarcely impeded -
Here the sc.was very different as migh
have been expected from The Dukes fuve
o. The Gi-Grre The apartments were so
,ucculnrly disposed that the vision EN-.
lfaccJ but liuc more than one al time -
There was . sharp turn a, every twenty or
thiny Yards. aud al cnch,urn novel effect
To The righl and left, IN the middle Of each
wall la! and narrow Gothic window
looked out upon n closed corridor which
pursued the wlndnGs Of the suite These
windows were Of stained glass who's, color
,adcl in accordance with the prevailing
luc Of decorations Of the chamber iulo
which it open 4. That at tie eastern OK
,romny was hung, for example, IN blue
and wildly buc were It's windows. The
second chamber was purple IN us ofna'
rn,U.s and tapestries, aud here the pnne'
were purple The third was green though
cat, aud SO were the easements The tOuni
was furnished and hghlod with otangc-
the Gdh with white--thc sixth with violet
Me seventh aplumcn, was closely shrouicC
IA Hack velvet tapestries that hung all owe
lhc ceiling aul down the walls, falling IL
heavy folds upon carpc, Of the same ma
tcral and hue But IN his chamber only
the color Of the windows failed 10 cores
p5uI WIh the decorations The paucs her
were scarlt--a deep blood color Now II
no one Of the seven apartments was Their
any lamp or candIlabium, nmid the pre-
fusion Of golden ornaments that lay scatter
Cd 10 aad fro OF depended from the roof -
There was no ligh, Of any kind cmanltin;
f,om lamp OF candle within the suite o
chambers But in the corridors that fol
lowed the suite, there STOOD opposite to cacI
window. n heavy tripod, bearing brazlc
oflrc that projected ils rays through tn
tinted glass and so g.lrlngly illuminate
tAc room And thus were produced gaui
and inalN- Appearances Eu IN the Yves
ca OF black chamber pe I'll ct OF the hf'
HIGHT lhnI slrcamcd upon the dark hanging
through the blood tinted panes was shaaI
1.-THE c1ITema and produced 80 Wild a loo
upon the coun.cnanccs OF those who cnlefc
'hl, there were few Of The company bold I
rough to sct foo, 10 the precincts al all.
l. was 10 this apartment also, that thci
rood against The western wall, glgant
dock O.! ebony. Is pendulum swung
and ilo Wrh a dull heavy, mono'ono'
elng IuI when the minute. hand mac
the clyeut q the face, ana The hour was /
be stricken, there came from tho bTazC
longs Of tue dock sound which was Gle.
ana loud sul deep aud exceedingly mu,
cal, bu; Of 50 pecuilhra note aud emphas
rhlI at each lpse 0. an hourthe musician
II lae orchr,lr were CONTAINED to paus
mom,nuu.y, IN their Performance, 10 ha
kuu to the souul an ,Lus the wal,zc
pfei1Tcc ceascl their cyoiIuons ana the
wasa biiel d ,sconccu of the whole Ct
e0mpany; and while the chimes Of 4
clock yc' yanCII was observed that the g
dies, grew rale, and the more aged and
da,c pls,cl lter hands over ,h,ir broas
Il IN confused revere OF mediation. y
when The &C hoes had fully ceased, a liz
hugh a, once peryai,d the assembly /