. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. castle, enter thewood, and traverse it on everyside. The faithful dog runs beforethem, incessantly moaning. Hetraces the footsteps of his wander thus about an hour,when the dog suddenly stops at aheap of earth, which he endea-vours to scratch up, still pitious-ly moaning. They dig the earth,which appears recently laid ; theydiscover the naked and mangledbody of the count. The cheva-liers take off their mantles, theywrap the body decently in place it on one of their hor-ses : then taking the plumes fromtheir hats, and the
. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. castle, enter thewood, and traverse it on everyside. The faithful dog runs beforethem, incessantly moaning. Hetraces the footsteps of his wander thus about an hour,when the dog suddenly stops at aheap of earth, which he endea-vours to scratch up, still pitious-ly moaning. They dig the earth,which appears recently laid ; theydiscover the naked and mangledbody of the count. The cheva-liers take off their mantles, theywrap the body decently in place it on one of their hor-ses : then taking the plumes fromtheir hats, and the servants andpages, tearing from their clothesthe ribbands and other ornamentsof the day, they sorrowfully re-sume their road to the a voice is heard—not a soundto interrupt the silence of the me-lancholy procession. The company that had seen thenuptial train of the late happybride, now advance to meet thefuneral cavalcade. The priestsdescend to the foot of the moun-tain, to receive, with due solem-nity, the body of their lord. He^ 4^. \3 ^ ^
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