Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-05-18

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thea comes the door. ut marble, ar "f iron
We walked through patio after patio,
opening into each other 10y arohways,
aud were struck with the dreary same
ness Of them all. In one patio, however,
there was AN exceedingly beautiful tomb,
belonging to one Of Ctdiz' most wealthy
families. Life-sizei figure. Of sorrowful,
weeping angels stood at each side of the
door. The owner of it, SO We were told.
lives, even now, almost death in life,
for she sleeps days and weeks At time,
without her attendants or friends being
able to waken ber. Food is given her in a
LIQUID form, and thus her life is sustained,
but what lifel
In some of the patiOs the four walls
were entirely filed, and they had COM
menced burying the bodies in the ground,
not burying them lcngthwise, as We do,
but placing them perpendicularly.
As the marble slabs were laid perfectly
fat and even with the ground, we were
quite dismayed to find that VIC had
walked over several graves before motto
ing them. We wandered on, reading the
Inscriptions, until we were thoroughly
tired, and at last we sat down to rest
almost Immediately the bell at the little
chapel commenced tolling, with that
heavy, solemn sound which says--Dead
Dead so plainly that it falls like a lead.
en- weight upon ones heart. Through the
open gateway came little funeral pro.
ccssion 1.-The coffin, with its black pail show
ing us that it was an elderly person, was
borne on the shoulde of six black. robed
priests. and following, two by two, came
several more, chanting with deep, melo-
dious voices, misererc. They all went
into the chapel, but in few moments
reappeared, and, crossing the patio ut a
brisk pace, placed the coffin before one Of
the open places in the wall. A short
service followed; then, with much cross
ing of themselves, and still chanting, the
coffin was lifted into its last resting
place; and sooa the black robes, like
shadows, had vanished.
We sat silently for some time in the
deserted patio, which still echoed the
mellow, sonorous voices Of the priests,
until rything was hushed, and the
silence was only broken by the waves out
side, as, with their mournful swish, swash,
they caressed the yellow beach; then we,
too, went our way.-EilIon', in the Port
land, (Ne) Transcript. &c.