tain-scenery, opening towards the ocean, Jhim; it was Viola in deep monrning, look-reposing in all its richness of floral beau-fing more lovely and interesting than ever. ty, with its shady and stately trees, its She presented him her hand through the leafy bowers and gushing streams, like a grate-he knelt, and prest it to his lips, to gem in the wilderness,-like the decked his heart, to his burning forehead. Alonand lovely bride of a dark-browed warrior zo, she said in the kindest and most soothin those stern days of "auld lang syne," ing tone, I have heard from the Abbess of of which one loves to dream in spots like your marriage, and fear that I have innothese. Water-parties to the many, beauti-cently contributed to render, that which ful islands, society and study, were all might prove the greatest blessing, a source tried, and in vain: every day, every hour, of bitter misery. What can I do but to seemed to increase the despondency of entreat you to arm yourself with the resAlonzo; but he never complained, never jolution of acting right? I confess that even touched in any way upon the subject your forcing me to lose my esteem for you, that caused it. Upwards of three weeks would be the greatest pain you could inpassed in this manner. flict, even although your affection for me Alonzo was fond of the society of the were the cause. Promise me, Alonzo-” Abbess; with the unerring tact of her sex, He hastily interrupted her: "I will promshe managed his present mood; she would ise nothing-nothing-Heaven grant that sit opposite to him, employed at her old-I may do what is right, but in the present fashioned embroidery frame, for an hour state of my mind, I will pass my word for without speaking: this was just what he nothing."

liked. One afternoon he had ensconced Viola sighed. "Well," she resumed, himself in his accustomed seat in her little "I shall see whether Alonzo be really grated parlour: he scarcely observed her what I believed him, or not I shall see entrance, but instead of seating herself at whether he be capable of sacrificing the her frame, she stept towards him. "Alonzo, I am glad you have come, for I was just going to send for you."

"To send for me?" repeated he listlessly.

"Yes, a friend of yours has arrived at the convent, and wishes to see you." "A friend of mine!"

"You recollect, I suppose, Donna Viola de Montezuma?"

happiness of his young and innocent wife, and of his doating father-his own honor and principles, to the shadow of a shade; for such is all hope of me. Heaven bless you Alonzo! and support you through this trial! You have my prayers, my best, my warmest wishes: deserve to be happy and leave the rest to Provideuce."

She disappeared:-he still remained kneeling at the grate, apparently wrapt in He started from his seat-the shock thought: at length a ray of light seemed was electric. to break through the darkness that sur"Viola, did you say!-Donna Viola!-rounded him: a single spark of hope saved recollect her!-what of her?-what of him from utter despair. He decided that her?"

"She has become a widow."

in his first interview with Donna Isabella, he would reveal every secret of his heart; he would conjure her, as she valued their

"Go on!" She arrived at Lisbon just in time to re- mutual happiness, to assist him in breaking ceive the last breath of her husband. Af- that tie that had been made between them ter the funeral, she consigned her affairs-he would recall to her recollection the there into proper hands, and delayed not fatal hour of their union, when reluctance a moment in returning to this country, on his side, and the necessity of absolute where they demand her instant attention. force on hers, formed but an evil omen of She arrived yesterday, and remains here future concord. Since that moment they for a short time. She wishes to see you." had never met, and had never even cor"I am ready," said Alonzo. responded; he had formed elsewhere a The Abbess left the room. "This is too deep and serious attachment, and so per-too much!" he exclaimed aloud, as he haps had she. As to the debt he had paced the little.parlour with hurried steps. incurred towards her and her family, with A slight rustling near. the grate arrested a little time and indulgence it would be

cleared, as the property in Portugal was Botafogo. The ladies are somewhat faon the eve of being restored to his father. tigued, and prefer not receiving you until Thus, if they acted with determination, the evening; therefore between seven and and in unison, there would be no doubt of eight Mr. Mordaunt and the carriage will their succeeding in breaking the galling be at your door." fetters in which the mistaken zeal of their Alonzo sent away his untouched dinner; relatives had bound them. "If," he ex- he dressed en grande toillete; and taking claimed, "she be not utterly devout of the down Walter Scott's last new novel strove common pride and delicacy of her sex, to fix his attention on its delightful pages. there is but one step to take:-she will-Alonzo had generally the power of exer she must take it—and I shall become free cising great mastery over his mind; to and happy! an indifferent observer he would appear

Full of this thought, he left the convent; rather cold, reserved, and not easily acted and, on his return home, sought Mr. Mor-upon in any way; but, when his feelings daunt, and laid his project before him. once burst their barrier, it was with a Mr.Mordaunt listened with the utmost kind- violence proportioned to the restraint he ness and sympathy; he saw but one ob- had thrown over them.

jection to the attempt: if Donna Isabella At half-past seven, the carriage drew in spite of all he could urge, should refuse up to the door, and Alonza immediately to enter into his views, how much wider descended to it. "I am glad to see you would it make the breach between them! are quite ready," said Mr. Mordaunt, as how much would it diminish their chance he entered: the door closed; and they of happiness! But to this side of the drove off.

picture, Alonzo absolutely refused to turn; "You have seen Donna Isabella?" inand Mr. Mordaunt, seeing him perfectly quired Alonza.

resolved, gave up the point, glad, at all "Yes I have," was the laconic reply, events, that Alonzo had even this slight with evidently a wish of saying no more. support to lean upon until the crisis ar- After a considerable pause, Mr. Mordaunt rived. asked whether he still kept his purpose. At the top of the Marquess' small and "Certainly," said Alonzo firmly—and rather inconvenient abode, was a room, no further conversation passed. which, on account of its height and airi- Half an hour brought them to their des ness, and the view of the harbour it com-tination: with a throbbing heart, Alonzo manded, the gentlemen preferred to break-descended from the carriage. They were fast, and to spend the morning in: a spy-shown into the grand sala, brilliantly lightglass was fixed here, to which of late the ed. Here were assembled Senhor Josef eye of the Marquess had been often and and Senhora Theresa, the Marquess, and anxiously applied. One morning, about a the Abbess with an attendant nun; the week after the scene just described, the old lady had not left her convent for many Marquess seemed more than usually on the years, but on this occasion she was deter alert, watching the approach of a fine mined to be present. Brazilian Merchant-ship. "Is she near the Alonzo saluted Senhor Josef and his fort?"-"here she comes"-"she is abreast sister, with gravity, but perfect and sinof it," now for it !"-and as he spoke, up cere kindness; he kissed the hand of his flew a private signal, to Mr. Mordaunt, aunt; then, turning to his father, begged "Thank heaven, there they are at last!" to know where he might find Donna and the two gentlemen instantly left the Isabella.

room.

"She waits for you in her garden-room" "Well," thought Alonzo, "I am not replied the Marquess. Alonzo bowed, bound to know that there they are at last, and left the sala.

until I am informed of it;" and he tried He struggled successfully to continue again to rivet his attention to his study. the same appearance of composure, as he Three intolerably long hours passed away passed along the corridor which led to the a note was then brought to him from the garden-room: the door was ajar; he Marquess:" "Donna Isabella, her aunt, entered and closed it.

and father, have arrived, and are now at The room was only lighted by a single

Grecian lamp, suspended from the centre; "Come in," said Alonzo-the first word the latticed doors leading to the garden he had spoken since the denouncement were thrown open, and the moon-beams Their entrance dispersed, in a great quivered brightly on the rich festoons of measure, the consecrated feelings of flowers and foliage that twinkled around Alonzo, and he became attentive to learn them. Leaning on the harp near the tur-the mechanism by which his present hapthest door, stood a lady magnificently piness was effected. It appeared that the dressed as a bride; one hand hung preposession Isabella had conceived for listlessly at her side, in the other were her husband at the alter had produced a gathered the folds of her veil, in which striking change on her, as love did on her face was buried. Alonzo advanced, Cymon.. Ill health, the absence of the and though somewhat prepared for a usual means of education at St. Paul's, favourable alteration, he was struck with the ignorance and weak indulgence of astonishment at the exquisitely fine and those with whom she resided, had allowgraceful form that stood before him.ed weeds to spring up and choke the rich "Donna Isabella, I believe:"-no reply, treasures of her mind. However, she acand no change of position. He approach-companied the Marquess from St. Paul's, ed a little nearer, and ventured to take and was placed by him under the charge the unoccupied hand, whose slight and of the Abbess, where, in three years, her delicate fingers were covered with gems, improvement in health, beauty, and mental but on the arm was only a slight bracelet, attainments astonished all those who oband that was of pink topaz. "Donna served it. The two years she passed in Isabella, I venture to claim a few minute's England, under the most judicious care, private conversation with you, on a subject had brought her to that point of perfection that deeply concerns the happiness of us to which she had now arrived. both permit me to lead you to a seat." Alonzo had not the slightest recollection He paused-the emotion that visibly per-of any of her features except her eyes, vaded her whole frame convinced him which on the day of their union had that that at least he was not addressing a statue. large size and troubled expression which Suddenly she raised her head, clasped her usually attends ill health. He could now hands, and sunk on her knees at his feet. account for the startling recollection that Alonzo recoiled, as though a supernatural had passed over him one evening at the appearance had presented itself, while chess-board; the look she then gave and with a tone that thrilled through heart and that with which she had impressed him on brain, she exclaimedher leaving the oratory, were the same, "Alonzo, can you forgive me?"-It was "And you, my grave and worthy tutor," Viola! said Alonzo, addressing Mr. Mordaunt, you join in this powerful league

"Can you forgive me for all the decep-"did tion I have practised, and caused others against me?" to practise? May the prize I strove for "I confess," replied Mr. Mordaunt, --my husband's heart-plead my excuse that I was in the service of the enemy; I know it will!" so much so, that on the evening you first

While she spoke Alonso in some degree met Donna Viola, and were introduced to recovered himself. He raised up the her at the opera, I knew beforehand that beautiful suppliant, and folding her in such a meeting and such an introduction silence to his breast, kissed her with pure, would take place. I take this opportunity intense, and devoted affection. He could however, of hinting, that you may thank not speak; he thought not and cared not your impetuosity that the discovery was how it had been brought about; he only not prematurely advanced on board of the knew and felt that his wife was in his Lisbon Packet; for Donna Viola, terrified arms, and that that wife was Viola. at your vehemence, would have revealed

The party in the drawing-room, to the whole truth, could she but have prewhom the duenna was added, were in an vailed upon you to stay and hear it." agony of impatient expectation. The "Alas! for my vehemence," exclaimed Marquess at length led the way, and they Alonzo; and trying to collect his puzzled all crept along the passage: "May we thoughts, he turned to the Abbess: "And you too, my dear aunt,-you too, my Lady

come in?"

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Abbess! it is well you have the power of the windows on one side, and the dirty op absolving yourself for all those little fibs acity of the glass on the other, I was obliyou told me the other day." ged to defer the internal survey until to "May Our Lady grant me absolution," morrow. On returning to the parlour of replied the good Abbess devoutly, "for "mine inn," taking his ease," in the chair whatever stain of sin I may have contract- which I had recently vacated, was a resed by playing a part in this masque !" pectable dressed, unctious little personage "Supper -Supper!" cried out the whose latitude and longitude presented Marquess, as he marshalled them the way the same relieve proportious as those Alonzo seized his Viola (for thus he ever usually bestowed on a collar of brawnafter named her, as if he dreaded that the resemblance there unto being still fürsome magical delusion would again snatch ther maintained, in the mottled lustre of her from his sight)—and never did a set his visage. This worthy lay coiled up, of happier creatures meet than those like a hedge-hog; in the extreme recesses which now encircle the sumptuous ban- iu the capacious chair, and proclaimed quet, prepared in honour of this Brazilian triumphantly through his nasal trumpet Wedding.

Scene in Ticklebrook Church,

(FROM FRASER'S MAGAZINE.) BOTTOM.-I have an EXPOSITION of sleep come over

the victory he had achieved over the cares of this world. Being somewhat tired my self, I left him to the society of Morpheus and his empty rummer, and soon tumbled into bed, to the mutual anoyance of myself· me. Midsummer Nighi's Dream and a prolific colony of fleas, whose claim to the .title of "industrious" was During a short tour in the month of Ju- amply established on various parts of my ly 1830, I became weather bound on Sa- body corporate during the night. Having turday afternoon, in the pleasant little vil-taking summary vengeance on some score lage of Ticklebrook, and was compelled to or so of these flea-bottomists, I descended throw myself on the tender mercies of to breakfast to the tune of the matin mine host of the Pig and Blunderbuss.. It chimes; and in due time repaired to the was desperately hot-the sky "pall'd in church, where accommodation was profthe dunnest smoke of hell"-the barome- fered by a well-to-do looking family, eviter and thermometer on the most "distant dently of some note in the village; from terms"-the result of the whole being a the spacious seat in baize and brass thunder shower, which might have passed bedight, and the stalworth built of their muster with Noah for a sucking deluge; prayer-books.-Almost in a line with my on the termination of which I was glad to locale, on the opposite side of the aisle, escape from that catacomb of spittoons, was a large aristocratic looking pew, unsaw, dust and defunct backy pipes, yclep- occupied, save by sundry scarlet cushions ed by courtesy "the best parlour," to the of estimable plumpness, and corner pillows more satisfactory atmosphere of the neigh- to match, right portly in dimensions. The bouring church yard. The only visible service had proceeded to the end of the tenant of this place, beside myself was a first lesson, and I was speculating with huge he goat, who appeared to be nuzzling myself to what magnate of the land this among the tombs, as if endeavouring to luxurious chapel of ease might appertain, awake to companionship the ghost of some when a bustle in the aisle immediately departed bachelor of the "anti-Malthusian leading to it interrupted my cogitations, club," when perceiving me, and fancying and, lo! perhaps, that I may be the said Malthus or Miss Martineau in unwhisperables, he approached with such indubitable symptoms of hostility, that I was under the necessity of rebutting his attacks with the

"Like some infernal demon sent
Red from his penal element,
To plague and to pollute the air"-

butt end of my horsewhip. The exterior or rather, like a twelve-inch globe, in flame of the church wore a character of aniqui- colored taffeta, appeared the burnished ty, which bespoke my curiosity for a fur-frontispiece of the very worthy whom I ther investigation; but from the height of left snoring on the previous evening in the

Pig and Blunderbuss. That he was a church yard, I know not; but certain it is stranger, was evident from the enquiring that my bearded enemy of the previous glances he shot off in quest of a seat; yet evening, the he-goat before noticed, made nobody took him in.-Either the pews in his appearance in the porch, immediately the immediate vicinity were already occu- within my ken; and after executing a prefpied, or the proprietors of any chance atory pas seul, not strictly of the Taglioni vacancies manifested no great alacrity in school, he gradually insinuated himself seeking a nearer contact with this little through the aisle, until he came directly ignus tatuus. In this dialema his eye at opposite to the open pew occupied by the length lighted on the gorgeous vacuum unconscious contemner of the text. Here before mentioned: and entertaining with he planted himself, and deliberatety surDame Nature, a charitable abhorence for veyed our sleeping hero with a curious atsuch a taste, he made for, the open door, tention. Naturalists, learned in the doand without more ado trundled his poggy mestic economy of these animals, assert periphery into the snuggest corner of the that they are, for the most part, of a headpew, and appropriated a brace of well strong disposition, and much given to warstuffed pillows for the especial solace of fare among themselves; and, moreover, of his dorsal extremities. Here he nestled that their signal for. battle is invariably like a mouse in a meal-tub, and, if I mis- conveyed by three nods of the head. How take not, slept, until aroused by the pul- far this is worthy of credit, I am unable monary efforts of the choir and congrega- to verify beyond the instance now narrattion in giving due effect to the old hundreth ing. Howbeit, the immediate object of psalm. But scarcely had the latter tumult the goat's contemplation, had by this time dwindled into a calm, ere his loins were taken a far journey into "the Land of again consigned to the smothing embraces Nod," and soon acknowledged the attenof cushion and pillow-his hands, linked tion of the animal by a bow of a lolloping together, reposed in affectionate guardi- profundity. Billy, as if perceiving some anship on his ample diaphragm-his lob- indefinite symptoms of capricornity. about ster-like eye-balls paled their affectionate him, answered it with a short nod of defires the lids flittered like an expiring fiance; a second declension of the head rush-light-and he gradually merged into met with a similar response; and the third. a state of total oblivion, with the startling dip had hardly reached zero ere the chaltext "Awake, thou that sleepest," for his lenge was accepted by the goat, who, lullaby. In spite of the zeal and eloquence lowering his horns, rushed full butt through of the preacher, which were of no com- the doorway, and pitched into his supposmon order, I could not prevent my atten- ed antagonist in a style which would not tion ever and anon swerving from the have disgraced the palmiest days of Crib subject of the discourse to the sensate or Game Chicken. In a few moments aflump of mortality in the opposite pew; ter" the collision" the church was in an more especially as the recollection of his universal uproar. The seat-door was last light's nasal powers begat a nervous closed on the combatants; and our hero, apprehension lest a similar performance thus unceremoniously recalled to his senses, should subject his present untimely eclipse and a half consciousness of the scene of to a public rebuke from the pulpit. his delinquency, verily believed himself

My anxiety, however, on this head was delivered over as a prey to the arch-fiend speedily diverted to an object which threat- in person. In the extremity of his fear he ened an interruption of a more formidable seized one of the pillows, which he brandcharacter. In consequence of the exces- ished as a shield, and which at the next sive heat of the weather, some of the doors onset became fixed on the horns of the of the church were necessarily left open enemy. In this state, an energetic kick. during the service. Now, whether it was deposited the latter in the opposite corner that he only meditated a retreat from the of the pew, where our little man pelted fervour of the noon-day sun, or that he him, with prayer books, bibles, pillows, was compelled to seek the shelter of the hymn books, hassocks, and every other sacred edifice from the wanton annoy-extempore piece of ammunition within his ances of certain profane loiterers in the reach. After which, in a paroxysm of