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THOMAS
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OVERTON
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he Mai have been repaired and hereafter It win
e kept to good order. YOtli. "lour, Meal and
I ran constantly on
,band. cash paid for grain at
lo.rgltrniHENßY W. WALLS.
'Stour , eten. June 17, 1160. ,' •
persons
a re forbid
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Anl MeGcrvn, In Overton Township, without
r written consent of 'the:undersigned, under the
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TO WANDA, PENN 'A
GENERAL
Art 11.111741
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.GOODRICH Pabliomm.
VOLUME XLL
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Oveiand Over stain, • '
Ito manna which way I turn,
&twin' And in the book of lifer - -
Saute lemma I have to Nara. ,
must take my tarn s& theteUl ; - •
• I must grind out the &din grain;
I most work at my •task with a tesointe
parr and over again.
We epinot measure the need
OT even the tiniest. tower.
Nor cheek the Sow of the golden sands
That run through a jingle hour;
But the morning dews must fail, •
And the tun and the summer rain
lint do their part, and perforM it all
Over and over again.
Over andorerigaln
The br ook through the meadow tows,'
AU over sad - over wan •
The ponderous will wheel goes:
OnCo doing will not sales, -
Though doing be Doty' sato ;
Atolla blessing tailing us once or twice ;
Miiycorne it we try again..
The path that has once. been troll;
Is never im rough for the feet ;
And thelesson we once base learned
Is never so haul to repeat. ' •
Though sorrowful tears must
And the heart to Its depth be riven •
With the storm and tempest, we need, them all
To render usineet for heaven. •
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CHAPTER I.
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°I do not expect any one to believe
my story. I know it is wonderful,
improbable, perhaps even impossible
to some minds. But everything is
strange about my history. I was at
one time, l up to a certain day, poor;'
so poor that a: long illness, having,
kept me from any work in an otilee,
made my rent and other e.xpensesan
anxiety to me. On that!day I receiv
ed a letter announcing my hairina
succeeded, in defatilt of nearer male'
heirs, to the old family property,
Penryn,Castle, and about £3,000.a
year. I had- no expectations, - and
knew nothing of my cousins. In my
case, certainly, the unexpected did
happen.
I am loot going to' talk abot my
childhood ; . it was very unhapp y, not
from actual unkindness shown, but
from active kindness left out. Very
delicate, ,nervous, and sensitive, I
was an orphan among strangers, and
all is told. When I grew up I had
but one acquaintance whom I cosid
gred a friend. lie was called Bulwer,
and was considered so "odd " that a
arriage hettid.set his heart on had
been broken oft •
We both hated noise, - and lived in
one set of rooms, and though our
tastes differed considerably, we gOt
on well together.' I hated animals in
those days, and I most particularly
bated a big dog Bulwer kept by him,
a great tawny mastiff-, who, ooked at
me with eyes of fierce diifavor, and I
never saw antipathy 'to a human *he
ing so marked as it was in this dog
to me. We . bated each °thy ;cor
dially.
I was fond of languages, and 1
studied them at'every spare moment.
Greek.l knew well, and when 1 had
mastered the language as it is taught
in English schools, I got hold of a
Greek merchant and learned the
medern pronunciation; in which (it
seems quite unnecessary to state in
these learnedlciays) the chief differ-
ence lies. • I had no particular reason
for doing this, for in those daysns I
have just said, I was too far removed
from the' direct branch to expect to
Succeed to, or feel much interest in,
the family traditions, but I learned_
afterward -to understand this And
other things.
A Greek of extreme beauty had
married into the Penryn family not
kia, very long ago, and we inherited
our brown eyes and our good noses
from her. In connection - with her
also was a mysterious crime, not a
vulgar, dishonorable crime, but? a sort
of -murder which reflected no dis
credit upon anybody,. and, indeed,
came to be looked upon almost as a i
patent of nobility in the Penryn
family.
I had been ill for a very long time,
but managed -to creep about and pay
no attention to the frightful noise
going on in; my head, and which
made every word spoken by any one
sound as if it was-keeping time to a
pulse there. There, is somewhere-a
song, which I always thought idiotic,
about the - beating of one's heart
being the only thing one hears. From
painful experience let -me say that
fact is not at all , poetical, but ex
tremely painful, when it occus.
There are a great many many. 'of
these " poetical " ideas which do not
bear the test of trial. " •
For instance„ that- filebmted and
lover-like action of swimming to a
beloved object sounds all right, but a
dripping figure must have been a
very uncomfortable lover.
Bulwer was away at first; when he
returned my illness (which was call
ed brain-fever) was at its worst, and
he was kind in his qwn quiet way,
and came often and often to see me.
Slow recovery, and the doctor's usual
formula, "change of air," fuliowed,
and Bulwer was with me discussing
where we should go (he promised to.
accompany me) when- that letter ar
rived. I made Bulwer read it, and I
remember I was too weak to feel ex
cited.when I found what it announc
ed.
This, at any rate, settled where 'we
w
- ere t o go. Though- the Castle was
uninhabitable, we might go t- the
nearest village, and in a- few dt!Ss we
started. s,
I was not insensible`to the pleas
ure of cashing my first , cheek, but
what really enabled Meito realize my
good fortune was when we found
ourselVes in an open carriage, for the
last five nuke of our way, driving
swiftly through a lovely country,
Spring in all 'its beauty round us,
and its breath a welcome - full of
sweet .scents of larch' and fragrant
things, and to feel that all we saw
belonged to me.
The Castle was quite shut 'up, but
we were surprised to'find, instead of
a ruin, a very substantial home, with
a, square tower springing from the
wound.l _Except where s terrace had
been made, which began bear the
avenue and ran along the whole west
side of the liouse, -the ground fell
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ad fussiest river I ever saw, a river
hose brown_depths suggested trout,
tied where il4Lices wass° narrow
you could almost leap across -
We found the village was only . a
mile from the, house, and as it was
too late to see anything more cif the
place, we retarned, and had dinner,
and went early to bed. I. also re
memember I slept that night as I had
not slept for Weeks, and as indeed I
was not to sleep again - for_ weary,
wen u months. -
;Nat morning, after breakfast, we
went up to the place v and it was real
ly beautiful. I never get enthuslat
tic about scenery, but , there were
great trees all about just where trees
ought to be, and beautiful hills all
round, and a look of : cheerfulness
that imprested me. 'We found the
old woman who had charge of the
keys standing near the front' door;
and it was the - funniest thing to see
her begining to hobos soon as she saw
us, and go on bobbing till we spoke
to her.j -
"'Mrs. Wilkins, Sir; Mrs. Wilkins,
gentlemen," so she introduced her
self, and we soon found she was
stone deaf, -
We went over the rooms, all a
good size, modem-looking, and com
fortable, with the most- hideous ,
papers I ever saw, (I often wondiT
who invents the ugly papers;) but
after going up stairs and down, we
both came' to the samecanclusion ;
the size of the house, as she showed
it-us: inside, in no , way corresponded
to its apperranee, outside. Bulwer
and I went on to the terrace to make
quite snre o and then said : " ‘ i Now,
Mrs. Wilkins, we must. see the rest
of the house." •
She pretended not to hear for a
lon g time, but at length she burst
out intoa torrent impossible to com
prehend, and waddling- down stairs
faster than her appearance gave any
reason to exrre - et, she waved her hand
-toward the end of a passage opening
off the hill, and, throwing her apron
over her head, went down...tire avenue
at the same pace. 13 ,
We stood and laughed a her Bud;
den disaf.peatance, and then went
along the passage she had pointed Uri
It contained only a cupboard, , and'
many shelves full of those accumulal
Lions no one can understand.; brass
chains evidently belonging to old
lamps now covered - with verdigris,
broken glass. the 'most curious
things were there, bits of old china,'
old 'gloves, hairless brushes, -every
thing quite covered with dust. But
after taking courage, and, ;moving a
few things, we saw that behind the
cupboard -were folding doors, and
that these were, barred. .On closer
examination we found it -quite im
poSsible,to move the shelves without
carpenter's tools, and left to go down
to the village and get a carpenter.
It was some time before Ve found
one, and then he 'called a mate, and
we' went up to the house again.
When the rubbish andshelves were
removed we font - Atli - 9 liars nailed on
in the shape of a cross; nailed, in
deed, is not, strictly speaking, the
right term, for they were fastened
with huge bits of iron, the heads of
which had . been filed off. It took
hours to :take off' theire bars; but
once off,-7the doors flew open, and
hastily +eying and dismissing the
workmen; we went in. As I stepped
across the door a shiver ran through
um, of . which I thOuglit nothing at
the moment, and , we went along a
wide passage and opened the doors
.on either side. They were empty
and dismantled, and though I hardly
knew what I expected, a sensenf dis
appointinent came over s hoe. How
ever, we v:ent 'up stairs,' and, with
much less curiosity, we looked into
corresponding rooms there, all empty
as before, till we came to a room at
the end,of the short passeee and on
opening this door •we st ood still in
amazement. It was completely furn
ished, tiot as bedrooms. are furnished
in 'these days, but though dust lay
inches thick upon everything we
could see that all was magnificent.
A lace counterpane lined with gold
colored silk-was over the bed, which
was a wide low couch. zik• -- large mir
or was framed in silver; quaint! em
broidered curtain§ hung near the
windows, and the Walls, instead of
being papered or painted, were hung
with gold colored stuff; the windows
were overgrown with ivy; through
the quivering leaves the sun, sinking
to the west and now low down, sent
long sha ft s of light. Bulwer was
moving forward, when I suddenly
caught sight of something, and, put
ting my hand on . hie arm, I exclaim
,ed, "'For God's sake, stand still!"
He paused, surprised ; but' I was
intently looking at the-floor. I saw
distinctly in the' middle of all the
dust apathway made between the fire
place and the bed, and the edges of it
were tightly swept as though by a
trailing robe. ' .
"Good 'heavens, Penryn! are you
going to faint!" exclaimed Bulwer;
and commanding -myself, I entered
the room farther. As 1 did so I
heard for the first time a sound I wad
to hear often and often. 'I heard a
gentle, plaintive sigh close to me,,
and once again a • long shiver ran
through me. -
I got to , the window. and Bulwer,
throwing it open, began to pull down
the ivy interlaced across it outside : ,
and let in more light. Welhen savf
that over the chimneypieee hung twd
pictures. One was the picture of a
woman leaning for Ward with the
most pathetic expression possible iii
her soft brown eyes; she was dress
ed like a Greek; her hair, iolong
plaits, had gold coins upon it; her
hands-Were beautiful, andlay lightly
clasped together as I ,if she was ex
pectant. I was so intensely.interest
ed in this picture that I *llB quite
startled by Buiwer's exclaiming:
"Look! you might have sat for that
picture;"and looking, I saw a tall
figure with a pale face and large dark
eyes opposite to meows': I felt it was
like me, and again I shivered.
I was glad to get out of the room.
A most curious and uncomfortable
feelingAttok possession of me, and
leaving.Bulwee to , abut the window,
I went down stairs and waited for
him at.the front door. Ire soon fol
lowed me, and was so full ofh discov
eries we had made 'that he never . no-
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tined bow silent and unhinged I was.
We went "down ,to .the inn and
found a cbmicirtable "plain dinner
waiting for us, which revived my
spirit's, and after dinner we smoked
and' ismissed what was inext to be
done. ,
My owntlea - wan to send women
in to clean the place,' and get some
furniture down. from-' the nearest'
town, and two orthree servants, and
go there as soon as possible. .
-Bulwer agreed to this as quite the
best plan, and we , then began to talk
over the rooms, I and which would be
the best to furnish for the present.
A little to my . surprise, I found
that, he had i l et ills heart upon having
what we called the Greek room.
"I know it ought to be youriiPte
said, "but for the short time I can
stay with you, do let me have it.
You cannot have set your heart won
it half so much as I have." 1
How little, he knew that I had a
sort of- 'horror of that room, while
conscious of its having a tnysterious
and unaCcountable attraction for me,
and that it was a relief 'to feel my
self not obliged to take possOsion of
it just yet ! I knew that in the future
something lay between me and some
thing (there—undefined, vague, but
yet, to' my conviction, true. I must
not enlarge on this. I have been call
ed mad ; thought mad ; nay; but- for
the surpassing and wonderful love
which has been given me to make up
"for the utter blanks round me, I, who
write this, would have been confined
probably in a lunatic asylum, driven
mad by the sights and sounds around
met •. .
We are so mere - Hess in - our judg
ments; know nothing--ean only-con
jecture what the future' is; the invis
ible world around us is peopled with
beings; 'and. because some can not
and some will not see them, when,
-they can bioseen, they call their pres
ence delusions, insanity, and other
things. However, I have promised
not to dwell on these things. : ._
When there is money, and when
two,people work together for one oh-,
ject, it is soon attained. In a few
days—sooner than appeared possible
—we had a . cook and man-servant ;
rooms in the tower , were furnished,
everything was clean, and we sat
down to our dinner in/my own old
house with a feeling of entire satis
faction. '-7
The first disagreeable thing that
occurred , was that, when we were
going to bed, Bulwer's dog refused'
to enter his masters's room ; he bolt
ed-past me, showing all his teeth, and
went out into the night. 'Bulwer
:looked annoyed, but said nothing. I
saw him into his room; saw that a
good fire was blazing there and-that
everything was right, and left him.
Next morning, as I was dressing,
I saw him walking up and down the
terrace I havebefOre mentioned, and
hurried Co join hir I was shocked
and astonished to see howl, pale he
looked ; but he , irritably put all my
questions on On. side, and changed
the subject. -The whole day he was
- .
odd in his . manne ; 'then we had a
long walk, and ho seemed 'himself
again ih the evening. .
When bed-time came he showed me
1 that he had secured his dog, and,
[ slipping his hancliterchiet through the
'collar, he led i s him off upstairs.
Though I disliked the dog, and he
undoubtedly disliked me, I Could not
help feelin i g sorry for him. Now he
was evidently frightened out of his
senses; he -Crouched, whined, and' held'
baekwhile shivering' as thoughlerri
fled, his hair all standing. '
Bulwer's face was. 'white and set;
and when I asked him' if I should
share his room, he answered angrily
he - was neither a fool nor a child.
at was early nest morning when I
was awakened by. a' prolonged cry,
and starting up, hurried on some
clothes and went to Bulwer's room.
Once there I found that the door
could only open about an inch;, that/
something heavy was lying behind
it. ' I called Bulwer, but' in vain, and
fear giving me additional stren gth, I
'succeeded in opening it sufficiently
-to get in.,
.. c
When lentered I &find Bulwer's
body lying on his dog, -with out
stretched arms, and on lifting him up
I found that the dog did not move ;
he was dead! To get my servant, to
send for - a doctor, and do all I could
to recover . my J unfortunate friend,
were my first actions. The doctor
came soon, and Bulwer revived. I
could give no account of the cause
of his illness. My manner.. was, I
dare say, odd, and ' I had not. had
time to-dress, and I was recalled to
a sense'of my neglected personarap
pearanee when I saw how strangely
he looked at me.
' When' Bulwer came teNmself his
first words were - words no one but
;myself could interpret. Stretching
'out his hands in a peculiar-way, he
said, - feeblY,-\ "Find my head," in
Modern Greek Now Bulwer did not
owreek. - .
Whit did this mean?.
.His dog was examined by my
orders, and his death was caused by
nothing any one codid discover:Mad
he been a-miin, and 'an inquest held
1 upon him,' - the verdict wenld have
been, "Died by visitation," tic. It
was very-mysterious.
- As soon as. Bulwer was 'better he
annoyed me by to* declining main
another night under my tocif. I
argued in vain.' ":Yon 1109 bad a
bad dream," I saki among other,
things/ • ..,:,
"Did a dream kill my- dog?" he
'said, looking at , me fixedly.
So he went; and as I _felt ill and.
upset; I asked the Doctor, who , was
to see ;Sim into the Amin, to come
back to dinner and stay :it few days
with me, and agreed to this I felt re
lieved: Then ' I remetibered• that
now Bulwer wan. gone, I mast go
take possession of-his room: Must ;
that is *hat I felt. I was Impell
ed by some power I did not under,
stand to do - what, in smy secret,
heart, I was afraid of doing; and
the word _"afraid" is not a pleas
ant word to own to as connected
with one's self. - • i
However, the Doetortedked away .
cheerily, and told me a good deal
new to me, among otter things
that the daughteri of the -distant rel
ative I bad snectee ded yak left al-
• --
Mil
MEE
-'-; , = - 'iiiiLiti§ aitiiiiitiithiii6iiilioi:Qii:',..',
mint penults* and that , sitewas
Rome, training for '=an attist. I felt
so Bony forher, Oul was angry that
no one had 'put it in my power to n do
a simple act,of plaice ill providing
for her.-
The Doctor went to my room with
me, and gave , a start whin he saw
the picture, which. hung In: its old
"It is enriongly like--" . he began.
." Like - whom, Dixtiii?"
"Like Miss • Penryn," he said,
- gravely, and then he bade me good
night and left me. -- -
I fiat for some time; thinking over
his words imd making plans for the
iminediatif assistance of my cousin,
in some way , she *mild accept—;-my
cousin, who was so pretty and so like
thitt picture, and then I went to bed,
lulled to sleep by the pleasant creek-
Bug sound of a blazing wood-fire ' and
thinking, heaven knowEi l little of But
wer. or his dog, or the incident_s of
the past few days: _
I slept, and then something roused
ne. What .was it? A sigh was
breathed close ,to my ear. I was de
termined to listen to no fancies, and
impatiently turned round and tried
to go to sleep; but a sigh still louder
and very pathetic made me sit up in
bed, and as I did so, the rustle of a
woman's dress fell. distinctly upon
my ear. Stiff with horror, I turned
my head to wheie it was, and saw—
shall I ever forget , that fearful mo•
ment—the headless body of a wo
man, slowly gliding on 'between my
bed and the fire-place: Shel was
dressed in some sort of tissue; and
her movements made the unmistaka
ble froufrou noise of a rich and
trailing garment . She was moving
from mey but I knew she (wali it not
rathir it ?) would / turn arid come_tt
wavd me. I watched this figure, con
scious of all the dread. I saw it turn;
it came closir and closer; then a hand
Witched. - me, and a voice said; in
modern Greek, and soft and liquid
Unme t "Find my head." I could
bear no more, ani I fell back upon
iiy.pillow unconscious. .
CHAPTER H.
"You must have change," said the
Doctor, and he • rubbed his hands.
I bad been moved into his room;and
he had nursed .me most kindly.
"1 must have change," I muttered.
"I must find the, heap. As I spoke
that sigh again fell upon my ear.
I was roused by the expression of
the Doctor's face, and I guessed then,
what I found afterward was the fact,
that be was afraid my brain was
touched. At that moment, a great
resolution came upon me, and .a feel
ing which proved of great service to
me afterward. I fletermlned to con
trol my feelings and to conceal, them,
and began talking to the 'Doctor
ur on indifferent subjects. I knew if
a told him ray story he would not
believe it, arid 1 felt afraid of being
deprived of liberty. I had heard sto
ries, and I knew_of people 'considered
insane on slight grounds enough. 1
mqst be careful.
It was, however, terrible to me; to
hear that sigh - perpetually breathed
into my ear, and to feel that perhaps
at any moment 'that horrible . figure
would appear before' me. As once
ste , hid done, so once again she
might do. Ono day, driven to des
peration, I said 'aloud, forgetting that
the doctor might.heir.,flie, ."I"sw4ar
—I solemnly swear—to find your
head ; only relieve me of your pres
ence." Luckily'all my associations
with this vision were in the language
she or it spoke; therefore Lin speak
ing,unconsciously used that language ;
lien, seeing the Doctor lookup, and
feeling what ap(extraordinary speech
it would havi sounded to him had he
understood it; I could niit help linrst
ing out laughing, and I laughed long
and loud. The oCtor's face recalled
me to_royself, and my position began
be emost peculiar. one. If the
question is considered carefully, by
.
any. one it will seen that, assume
g le
a man to be m k ,
his commonest ac
tans are eccentric. if he laughs,
he laughs•madly ;-- and if he tries to
explain ideas that may, be sound
enough, it is taken for granted that,
as he propounds them, they must be
most insane. •
My private thoughts were pOnfnl
enough. I had solemnly sworn to•
tind a head fora headleil body. Why
should I shrink from'putting it more
definitely ? Ihad solemnly. sworn to
Ond the head for the headless batty.
How was I to do it . ? Looking at it
from every .side, 'my wretchedness
was inconceivable. If I spoke of it
I should be considered mad. I could
speak of it to no one. I must bear
my burden alone. I have heard that
people have skeletonsenough in their
cupboards, and I telt.that if my bur
den was only a skeleton it would be
more easily borne.
One afternoon I went to the family
burying-grouni, : Jig - I often Acted
now, without any definite purpose.
It wail, a pretty place, with. horse
chestnuts in_ great beanty, and the
cheerful sound of bees' humming all
!el and. I sat down upon a bank,
when my eyes fell upon two Greek
crosses I had never before noticed.-
Strange how this creek influence
seemed to - be ever present . With me!
I rose and went to them. One had
an inscription upon it. I was not
surprised to find this was also in
modern Greek, but, the wotde ,were
most surprising; "AU things will be
one.day I.nown, it is said ; even the
crime which has so' cruelly parted us
for a time. I waft for thee. - -
Looking ut the other, which was
blank, I saw that - theinarble slab lip
on the gauss at ite foot_ Was loose, so
loose that I could lift, it up-a little;
and doing so, find looking into it, I
saw it was -empty.
What.was the meaning of this
empty tomb, and of the perpetnal
presence of .-a restless figure, and the
mention of a crime Y.) It wss an, awful
hought that upon me—yes, upon me
--devolved
.;the quest, the horrid
quest,/ had to find that hem'.
I was packing in the room in.
which I had been taken 111, and, get
ting tired, I sat down to rest for a
moment. As my eyes wandered over
.the fireplace,' saw what, till theft, I
had never liciticed—on one side it
was open, the other was blocked - up.
I had learned to be wise in conceal-
lag;any emotion; and 11. nothing:
till the Doctor was:there, and, - ,then,
in a tone of indifference, I called his
attention to it, and said bow - oddly.
it was built. Re Ancamined it. care
fully; and speed with, me;, and J
added, in a tone as careless as I could
assume, "I shall have it put straight." .
• The same, workmen we had.
ployed before were told to bring a
mason; and when they came I show-,
ed them the fi replace, and told them
to pull down the projection; so es to
make the; fireplace - even 011 both sides.
The old MIN WhO was a Mason,
looked round the room with evident
curiosity, and then, seeing My eyes
fixed upon be said "I've many
a time heaid of this reed; Sir.;
the haunted room. ,-My mother lived
housemaid here long ago,- and this
part of the house was shut up. .No
one Would live in it."
I showed as little interest as I
could but the sound of a laugh I
gave was accompanied 'by the deep
sigh, which . r now began to expect
always. The workmen set to work ;
and. the old man, who Wasyond of
talking, said :
"No workman ever built this up,
Sir.; it's an odd job altogether."
As he spoke, a Bell-directed blow
made a big hole ; , and, breathless
with . excitement, saw a chest stand
ing.erect. Lining myself-command,
I grasped the Doctor's arm, and said :
Before that chest is opened, I
pnow what lies there, There is the
headless body of a Woman , dressed
in gold stu(f."
" For 'God's 'sake, control yourself
before these men !" iiaid the Doctor
earnestly ) "or they may l . think you
mad !" •
But I looked forward ;' the lid was
hinged ; and when they opened it,
there lay before us the headless body
°Ps's woman, dressed *a gold stuff.
The body was embalmed and perfect;
the small hands lay - elasped tightly
together; on the dress was pinned a
slip of discolored paper, on which the
one word " Vengeance " was written
in Greek.
The strong aromatic smell, the
suddeii sight. in the flesh of, what
Lind seen; in the spirit, quite overcame
me, and I was led 'from the room 14.
the Doctor. I gave orders, however,
that the chest was to be laitl 'as -it was
in the Greek tomb ; - 'and.l remember
Vividly the,look on the doctor's face
when I told him it was empty. And
as soon as I was able, I left home to .
go to Italy, oii my way to Greece ;
but I did not tell this to the Doctor,
whose patients were clamoring for
him ; he only thought 1 was going to
Italy. I . did - not tell him. more, be
cause, though I felt that in Greece
alone Lmight find some clue to
ghastly thing I was kound-to sea ell
for, he would htive been inquisitive ;
and we parted on very.good 7 ternis.
One thing alone.he refused to do for
me he ,would not give me the ad
dress of toy cousin, if ke - knew it. I
tried in vain; he got quite angry at
last, and I was ob iged to be content
I knew why be y readed our meeting!
He considere' me "odd," and he,wtis
afraid of b 'aging us-together Yes ;
had he • en able to do so,- the being
to who owed all my happiness, all
my peace, would have been withheld
from me. I owe him.nothing.
VIAPTER In.
It visas - very wonderful to mei to
mix with a number of strangers—all
commonplace people, and thihking,
of ordinary things—and to.feel what
an, extraordinary - differenCe ,lay be
tween their pursuits and mine. What
a commotion I might have made bad
I told my story ! But I knew better.
I know - many people who are quiet,
sober, and matter•of:fsct, and who
acknowledge that it , is curious how
ererythitg seems w bear upon the
particular thing they are discussing:
No'one can understand the wonder.
Tut sensation it Tvas, hearing in the
conversation that was going on round
me reference to Greece, and to the
many crimes committed by the bri;
gands. An old Italian was. very;
Much excited because it was reported
that Casen no; whose crimes and hard
ihood hid been the theme of every
foreign newspaper for long, had at
length been captured. '
" Dig crimes were nothing
.. to his
father's," said Signor Twain°, hav
ing Puffed his cigar to an end- " His
father, he was a hortor l Did ki:Pu
ever hear what he did to the girl rhe
watto hive maarled, and - who fell )n
lo&With and married an
Engiish
man.?"
Here I rose, and went as near him
as I could. My heart' began to ,beat
in the most extraordinary way, and
every one else listendi attentively.
" She was *very beautiful, and the
English husband adore* her. He
was rich,and she bad a glorionatime
of it , for a little while. They had
been traveling, and were going home.
Casenno pere managed to get' hold of
her. •He killed her; he cut off her
hesutend sent her body in a chest to
her,. husband. The poor man" went
ma. -He , had the body embalmed,
took it home to Etigland with
anditept it in his room. He died a:
raving lun Mc, always imagining her
to be talking to him."
"And the head Signor? What,
became of it?"
I asked this in a suppressed tone,
trying to conceal my agitation ; .but
they looked curiously at me, and I
-felt myself changing color.
" Well, since Monsieur wishes to
know." said the man, "
.he put it in a
casket, and kept it. 1.1 se* it; for,
gentlemen,. I once was a prisoner of
Casennp, and he told me the story ;
so I- know itis true. •I also. know
that his daughter, who ran away
from him because she could no longer,
put up. With all the horrors she saw,
took it to 'Rome with her, and that
she'talight painting there. If Mon !
sieur Is so interested, heonight trace
her, and recover it." And he laughed
Fihnly. Many true wonis are spoken
,in jest.... • •
When we landed I went to this ,
gentlemen' and asked , to speak with
blip privately He looked surprised, I
but we went into a quiet street to
gether.. Then 1 said,:
't Yon must not be surprised when
I,aik you if , you know whainante
old Casentio's daughter took On.sr- .
I riving-at
,Arriff,
-
.vTS.j~:y r.C+j. Vii. _yry.
"Blanes," hei'- answered, without
hesitation.' '."She must be.dead now.
Bqt -why does' Monsieur sitillf And
he fixed hisamall,brillitutteyes nixm
me.
Impelled tk-3 speak, I said earnestly:
"Bees Use, Signor - Torsinu, I~ am
the only mile descendant'Of the per=
'son you speak of. I found that head
less hody,,ind I Am, now searehipg
for the bead." - '
" Dior he eiclaiined, "I thought
be looked - mad t And I have been
risking my life with a raving lunatic I"
He, rushed pagVne, and-I could
not help laughing as I saw his fat
figure scuttling along; but I knew
the -name ot Bianca, and that was
,alwnys a 'great thing.
Arrivel in Rome, I-was much too
deeplyabSorbed in what lay before
me to - -be. affected by the various
things I ea* ; bet it was a slight
comfort to 'me atj - present to think
that though I bad sworn to do an
apparent impossibility,' bad also the
hope of finding my, cousin, and help
, ing , her; and though the , dreadful
weight on. my .mind was always there,
I 'seemed able to dwell les4 on that
and-more on the chance of being of
some use to thnorily perion in the
worlit'conne.ded with me, though so
distantly. _
made mile' inquiries about Sig
nora Bianca. Many people knew her
by name, and Bile was known to be
dead; but no vine could I get to any
one who knew her personally.
`One, day, however; I went to a
small color shop, where I had been
befOre, attracted by a clever sketch
of soMe_Oreek boatman. AsJ went
iii; a young girl turned her head, and
I saw before me the living image of
the picture which hung in my haunt
ed room at home. '
" The Signor's arrival'id a happy
event," said the map who had talked
with me before. " The,Si,gnpra has
`paintings of the Signora' Dianea's,
and wishes to sell them." `‘
To ,this day I cannot make out
how I managed to control my erne ,
Con; but itmas no surprise to me to
have r a- card with my cousin's name
put into my hands, and to be d to,
to.
be
there 'next (fay to see Sig nora
Bianca's pictures. Mom to' were I
hours; - but at last, brea3hless, I ar- I
rived at the top of an 4 Eli palazzo. I
was sho9n in, by a • spectable,look
lug oldifroman, a i found my cousin
at her easel, pa ting.
She was as young, so fair, and so
dignified, I iid not know how to be
gig my story._ Maria, the old woman,
got ott•ii great portfolio,and assisted
her young mistress in showingoff the,
paintings, sand as I said nothing, - a
4uiver of disappointment made itself
heard in my cousin's 'voice. -
" You do not admire these things,"
she said at length, "and yet they are
beautiful!"
"I admire thein all," I' said hur
riedly. " I was only wondering What
I 'ought to offer you for thCzn." ...
" - For the whole of them f" she
,
said, with evident surprise,
. 6 Yes," I answered. "They would
look well 'all framed alike, and hung
in one room." She looked a 6 me for
a moment, and I said, " I will give
you whatever you consider them to
bo worth."' -
I saw her color come and go, and
I guessed that, with all her pride, the
money was an object to her. She
tiembled a - little, and I saw tears
rush to her eyes., and I couldno long
er act the part of a stranger. to her.
As, quietly as I' could I told her who
I was, and asked her if she had over
heard of me. :3 ..
Yes, she had heard of me, and then
reserve gave *ay We were both so
lonely that we could not afford to be
distant or unfriendly to each other.
She - bad heard evidently I was very
odd; - Which had conveyed , no idea to
her beyond My having, - perhaps,
whims, and not taking the same views
of life other people did.
'She was touched when she found
that I had from the first wanted .to
befriend her, and her manner was
kind and sympathetic.
All love stories are very much
alike; and ours soon- became, a love
story." I loved •her passionately, as I
love her now-r God bless her I—and
yet I. was too' Much of a coward to
tell her my'Story. At - first it was
a struggle. I felt she.,ought to knew;
but by degrees everything faded from
my mind.. I dreamed of her ; I
thought only of het; ,she was an ever
increasing joy, to me; and when final
ly she; agreed to become my wife, I
never id? a second remembered thal,
there was
.a terrible duty which Fluid
sworn to perform. The past; the
wretched past., was blotted from my
mind, and. I weal happy? Then we
.married. Ten days were,granted me
'of the most perfect happiness. We
wandered about like two children,
taking the same intense delight in
flowers and in music. When my wife
,sang, it waslike a flood of melody'
from hearen—the liquid round notes
baa such pathos in them ; and ,used
to think, if ever I was ill orsuffering;
her voice _alone would restore me.
To a man *ho had neverknown what
beauty there is in a womanly charac
ter, the touches of sympathy, the ex
quisite refinement and purity of her '
thoughts were velation. Day after
r ze
day things ' med to show me what
a new, fres , and , beautiful world lay I
around C; and my secret was com-
pletel forgotten. ' ,
0 e d ay , wk had been riding, in
the' early morning, in the Tyrol, when
a packet of letters for her arrived ;
they were mostly in Italian, from
friends sh e had. made in Rome; but
there was with them one English let
ter in a hand I recognized. 'At the
sight Of that letter, all my uncomfort.
able feelings seemed to come back to
me in an undefined way. ..4 ,
I watched My wife reading it, and
I saw her flush and grow; pale, and
then a cry of anguish burst'from her
pate lips: Waving me off, she let
the room, and locked herself into her
own.
,j. Surelyi surely my pnniahmmt was
too great. I lifted the letter she had
ilirown , down, and read it. 'lt was
from the ddetor who had attended
me it Penryn. •
"Dm' Wm PEONS: At the risk
of being considered impertinent and
interfering, I writa to you a caution.
Your cousin, Mr. Pent7olhaketaTted
=M=EMEI
ENE
- , •
.4
$l.OO - per . Annum I*llldvancle.
forltaly, with the avowed .object of
seeking you out; 'havingexpressed
very kind intentions regarding you,
which I trust he will carry out, and
that you will not refuse. But as he
is good-looking and plausible, I write
to entreat lon to lie -on ,your guard
against him. Inc has madness in-his
veins, 'and will gradually:become as
insane as his unhappy - grandfather
and the cousin, whom you may have
heard of, , wbo live'd with his; wife's
body in bis'roorn. I am , sorty for
this lad, who has a great' deal . that is
lovable in his .character ; •but.he had
a dreadful outbiesk here ; be nearly
murdered, a friend staying with him,
and killed the dog, and did all. sorts
of eccentric things; so, fon God's
sake, beware of him!" You for
give an old males 'advice, remember
ing- the long' friendship with your
fathei. assure ion he has visions
and allusions, and is at: times danger
ous. Your sincere friend,
JOUN HosTclt."
This was a nice letter for a young
wife to receive -ten days after her
. •
marriage. .
- I lay on the, seta speechless and
tearless ; •tlie, agony of mind I suffer
ed cab be imagined. Hereditary in
/sanity stared me in the face; the cru
el destruction of Jail , my happiness
came so suddenly that I was stunned.
I . clid not dare - to meet my..wife's
eyes I *should only see reproach in
them.' Vhat wasi to 'do? Full of
pity for her, remorse et my having
blighted Sber. life; —pity for • myself
also,l lay the . prey to the most, ter
rible feelings, how long I do not
know; throug h all my sufferings the
idea of her leaving me (of course she
would. leave' me) kepLinessing upon
me. ;Y:
The door opened,und. she eime in.
I did not dare look *up. I covered
my face with my hands ; I expected
the worst.. 'Shcbadbeen crying, and'
tears were in her voice. When she
came up to me she laid her cool hand
upon' my burning forehead, and her '
face upon mine, andtkissed me. .
"My pOor darling." she said, I
I do , not,. believe all that man Says ;
happiness never makes' men mad,
and I will make you so happy, dear.
• We will both be - so happy, that the
enemy will be driven: away."
• And then tears Came, and, with
her arms round me, I felt that I
might be saved. : * * *
Paint and - more thoughtful than
before, we pursued Our journey, and
all went well till we - got to Cologne.
I badapost fearful headache there,but
I knew - that my darling wished to go
out and see the sighis;and that without
'me she would not go, so I said noth
ing about it.. Unfortunately for me,
among other things we: were shown
the three ghastly skulls of the , Kings.
,The sight of these brought a recollec
tion of my oath, and my brain seem
ed to go on fire. It, was all I could
do to conceal my sufferings. We
were going to ConatabcC, then to Ge
neva, and thence to France by the
jars. When we got . to' Geneva I
was so ill I could no longer conceal
it. We had pleasant rooms, not very.
noisy, and, after suffering intensely,
I lay the evening, feeling_ ill and
neivous;:but not tortured with. pain.
It was ;Risk, and the .windows were
open ; the room was full. of violets,
and pretty things we had gathered
in our travels; but the . sweetest and
fairest 'object was my wife's• figure.
MI at once, withorit warning, that
terrible dread • came upon me. I
knew—l knew tha". that vision -was
edming: I sit upt s :l stared 'and it
came and.the head! s'wonian - stood
behind my wife: A voice ' said in
those dreaded tones. '" Your oath—
remember your oath ;" and the figure
staid there, pointing—pointing to
the adored head of my wife I
" What is it?' omy husband, tell
me 1.7'
But how could I. tell her, and what
did the figure mean? Was she claim
ing thy wife% head as the fulfillment
of my oath ? Not one hair of her head
should. be' injured, if . I remained per-
Jared all my life., But the awful feel
ing of being agaiii subjected to this
terrible figure, of never 'being free,
threw me into a sort of nervous fever,'
and I was long ill.
But what it was to be nursed- ten
derly and - devotedly, as I was now !
I looked back on times, and I
felt us if nothing_ mattered so long as
r was sure of my wife's plesence;
and yet her presence had not - kept '
away thUt ' frightful /apparition !
Whew.' was well agabt we went on,
and stayed slew days at Neufchatel,
and so on through France, and found
ourielyes in London. Here we chose
furniture and papers and were busy
in - various ways: We had been mar."
ried some months now, and my wife
had been writing many directions
home ; then came the last evening of
stay in' Lobdori and my wife
'rose and sat doWn beside me, and I
felt from a. little movement s ofher
hands, which was the only, sign she
ever gave of 'nervousness, that she
was going to speak seriously to me.
"Before going home," she began,
in a low voice,." lam going to .ask
my husband to have ;confidence in
me. Ile has a dread and a sorrow,
which destroy his rest and make him
wretched at times. His wife must
~know it."
" I dare not tell her."
"Is it a crime you. have Commit
ted, then ?" ehe said, andj as she
upoke she looked earnestly and
pleadingly atme.- I j
" How can you suggest such a hor
rible thing?" rsaid. "Noll a thous.
and times no! and yet is perjnrY a
crime?" .
%, "Perjury ! My darling," said my
wife," we shall never be really hap
py now till Welave no secrets from
each other. /Do not be afraid of tell-,
ing me all. You forget that if I
know nothing I 'cannot help you ;
"why are you_afraid of telling me?"
" I am afraid of losing you,". I
muttered.
D o yocithink of - anything or any
one that would dristeme from your
side ?" she exclaimed. " Trast mei 0
•my darling, do you not know what a"
claim a man, so tried as you are
.tried, has' upon one when a _ woman
loves as I love' you?' Every sorrow,
every atom of trial, leohly, an 'addi
tional reason foi lotting more and
trying to make up for
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"ad blessyou ix -those .
I sidd ;And then Isteldistr odkesest
AO the" herrOr 411 1116
Intr desibead. - "." -
My wits-said little till I bad dose,
and. psting , her arms round mi l
she said in a tone ofeempaaden sad
beartrailllPPat -
My Poor dart g," how you have .
suffered! 'Thank God you have told
me, and that we can face this togeth
er. your wife's boVe sball save you.
We will liy . thie ghost to."
We Wersdetained in London for
some time l ".and then went down to
Wales together. •Aar-we left the train
to drive home, my . wife took my
hand in hers, and said gently,
"I also have a secret," she said.
"You must promise not to be angry."
"Angry with you!"
"1710 - tower would have post too
much money to repair, and it is all
pulled down." -
The relief it was to . know Ws!
"There is another thing my der
ljng'oust know," and my wife's voice
trembled a little.
"When' you. told me about that
dreadful thing—about the. headless
woman, dear—l remembered that •-
among the, things which, when ,poor
old Signora Bianca died, she left me
was a casket, such as yciu describe.
In it, with some jewels of no great -
Value, in it there was a skull. It did.,
not shock me or frighten me, dear,
because in every studio it is mural to '
paint from one. A deeper' meaning'
lies around it since I know your sto
ry-, and it. is in Wales now. I think
there cannot be doubt that,'treas
ured in the casket. it is the -head of -
the poor murdered Greek:, lady, and
we win give it and her . body Chsis.
flan burial in the Greek tomb."
Can any other person realize what
it was to me to bear' this ?, •
When my first excitement w a s
over, I could not help asking my dar
ling why she did not.'believe all my'
story, having proofs of part of it. .
"Because,"she said gently, "the -
very fact of your dwelling upon what
you may have heard your infancy
—the sight of the picture—Bulwer's
driam--all working upon you when,
you were ill and nervous, probably
produced .the image' you saw. At
any rate, you- have promised not to
.think of it more. Rememter, dear,
that giving way to ' imagination, be
lieving all real, and insisting upon
Others believing it, is one great cause
.
cif—insanity."
We found - everything ready for us.
- Of the old tower- nothing remained,
and a pretty Airier garden - was in
progress on tike-repot where - it bad
stood. Bright chintzes and loads of
flowers bad transformed the place,
and, as my wife remarked,- it was
now quize big enough for our income.
lathe evening she showed me the
casket and its contents. Had I been
inclined to doubt I could no longer
have done , so, for wrapped round it
was a piece of gold' tissue, now tar
nished and faded, which was exactly
like the staff in which ii was painted,
and in which I saw— But I have
promised no mote to assert it. •Bat.
are not many' mysteriei round us?
Are nOt'our lives mysteries?
Yet how Can I contradict her who
is the blessing .of my life, when I
think of-what. my fate might have
been had she left mei - instead of bar.
ins the courage to remain_ by .my
side, courage which came oat other'
devoted love for her unhappy hus
band? _ • , .
Horton was shy of us at first,
hut. we were both happy and could
afford to forgive. The only sign my
wife gives as she remembers, is when
I hit. upon . some 'good plan for the
benefit, of others,' or have
made whetter speech than usual at a
County meeting ; then she bcidi her
'right face at him with a mischiev
ous smile, and we both undenitand.
her.; and this is her only revenge.
Bulwer,died not long after. I. was
filarried—died insane. When I heard
of his death and the manner of it, I
Could not but reflect that his, fate
might have been mine but for the
sweet, brave nature which had link
ed itself to mine. I have written my
story for my children and others; .
for my children, that they may know
what I owe their mother;, and for :
others, because I think it May inter
est them to know how my ghost was
laid.— Tinsley's Magazine.
Children's Fancieta and Sayings.
" Wm . ," aiskedn Sunday school teach
er of a little boy, I "did Jacob marry the
two daughters of Saban?" "I dunno,
except perhaps he was satisfied with one
mother-in-4w."
- A LITTLE girl read acompesition before
the minister. 'The subject was "a cow."
She wove in this complimentary sentence:
" A cow is the most useful animal in the
world except religion."
SAID a school teather : "If _ I have ten
apples and give you five and. yourbig
brother five, what will beleft 1 11 " . ' I'll
be left," responded the younger brother;
"for he will get swiy with all of them. .
That's the kind of a Presidential candi
date he is."
A CHICOPE, Mass. small buoy declined
to eat soup at dinner the other day on the
ground . that he "hadn't any teeth that
were litle enough for soup."
a
'alt. BOY of twelve years, - .dining at his
uncle's made such a good dinner that his
1 1
aunt observed : "Johnny`" on appear to
eat well." ''Yes;" repli4 the urchin,
"I have teen practici eating all my
life:" -
"MA," said a little. boy, looking up
from an illustrated pottier, ""I wish I was
a little South Africa boy:'• " Why,
Georgie'?" aged his ma. "Why, 'cause
their mothers don't wear slippers," he
feehngly. replied. ' •
A irrux. fellow, on going foe the first
time to church where the pews were very
hign, was asked on coming
replied
be
did in the church, .when he replied : "I
went into a cupboard and took a seat ma
shelf."
.
Ma —raEn" Now, GertY, be a good girl
and•give Aunt Julia a kiss and say good..
night." Gerty—" No. no ! 111 kiie her
she'll box my ears, like she did papa's
last night."
130,9 r Cint.D.—" And so -you :are very
poor, warm Y" Aged - Party—"Ah? rd
be glad of a copper from • anybody." .
Sharp ohild—"l've got a bed sgning ;
will you have 'it ?" Aged Party- "kind
. shilling - ain't no use." Sharp Child—
" Oh, ain't it ! That shows you don't go
to church and never puts - money the
plate."—Fus. • -
111110117 little girl, who had suonna.
fully spelled the word "that," was asked
by her, governess whatwould remain' af
ter the "t" bad been taken sway. "The
dirty ;upwind cancers," was the reply.-.
Pottery palette.
"Is. yen don't behave yourself bat
you up in the chicken house? said a Gal
veston mother to her bed little boy.
"You may lock me up in the chicken
house as much as you plass, but I won't
hay eggs; no,indesd,l won't"—Gales.
ton News,
Biummuur dies so realistically that it
is said a coroner who saw her ran atoned
to the stage door and wanted to hold an
hulneat•
• Tuniwesirnes of some animal spots on
the alai leads us to suppose that the Re
publicans have also been victorious in
that *chict.....ideata C'inutitutint.
Turas wasayounigtossminsdßillory,
who drew but every smug Warp. When
he went to a show purse ukaiiiidat
to &seat in the -uppermost ow
York New.
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