Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-24
$500 PER ANNUM.

some monks who were carrying coffin to his
cell. Rest his soullp said |, as buckled on
my spurs; and having heartily thanked the
good prior for his hospitality, I mounted my
horse and rode away"
Here Charlie Lisle rang the bell and asked
for glass of water. lf4
+" Is that all?" said Lady Araminta.
mot quite,p said Charlie I" the sequel is to
come. Ny visit to the monastery of Pierre
Chatel had occurred in the month of June.
During the ensuing months travelled over
considerable part of the south of France; and
at length l crossed the Pyrenees, intending to
proceed as far as Madrid, and winter there.
Amongst the lions had been recommended to
visit was monastery of Franciscans in the
neighborhood Of Burgos, and turned some
what out Of my road for the purpose of in
specting some curious manuscripts which the
monks were reputed to possess. II was in the
month of October, and bright moonlight
night, when rang the bell and requested to
see the Padre Pachorra, to whom had letters
Of introduction. found him a dark, grave,
sombre-looking man, not very unlike my old
friend Brother Lazarus; and although he re-
ceiyed me ciyilly enough, there was something
in his demeanor that affected my spirits. The
whole air of the convent, too, was melancholy;
converts, like other establishments, taking their
tone very much from the character of their SUI
periors. As the monks had already supped
when arrived, was served with some re-
freshments in the parlor and the whole inter
nal arrangements here being exceedingly strict
Immediately afterwards retired to my cham
Der, firmly resolved to take my departure the
next day. am not in the habit of going to
bed early, and when do, | never can sleep
By the time my usual sleeping hour is arrived,
| have generally got so restless and nervous
from lying awake, that slumber is banished al
together. Consequently, whenever am under
circumstances that oblige me to retire early to
my room, | make q practice ofreading till find
my eyelids heavy. But the dormitory assigned
me in this Franciscan convent wass chilly, and
the lamp gave so little light that either re-
naming out of bed or reading in it was out of
the question; so I yielded to necessity, and
stretched myself on Padre Pachorra's hard
couch and a very hard one it was I assure
you 9o"' ! "as very coiu' 700. ihere were no.
cofer'"ss ehougl On 'ne pea 'oheep IN my AMI
NAL heat and although spread my own
clothes over ne also, still lay shiverng in
very uheoin'or'apie iianher' and' am airaiu'
uttering sundry harsh remarks on the padres
niggardiy hospitalty' In TINS agreeable occu-
pa''oh' us you may suppose the night OF time
was soine"ha' o' 'he siowes'.t iao moi KNOW
now many hours had peen there, but had
oeguh 70 'hink u never would De morning,
when nearu something SURFING IN 'ne g"iiery
outside my door. Ihe silence oil convent al
hight Is the silence OF the grave 100 iar re-
iioFeu rom 'he pusy Woriu Wi'hou. ior eAter-
MAJ SOUNDS 10 penetrate 'he thick walis' whist
within no summing door, nor wandering loot,
nor sacriegious voice breaks IN upon the stili-
ness 'he shgn.est NOISE s'rikes upon the ear
win iearlui d's'incthess' nau no shutters
to my window, so that was aware it was still
pitch-dnrk without, though, within, the feeble
light of my lamp enabled me to see a little
about me. knew that the inmate of monas-
teries not only rise before daylight, but also
that they perform midnight masses, and so
forth but then had always observed on these
occasions they were summoned by bell. Now,
there was no bell; on the contrary, all was
still as death, except the cautious foot which
on earth can it be thought !, sitting up in