The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-06-27

iNi''N SdN WV NlIhbM VI II III NSCII.
True. vet still ricro is no cottage" +"
"Wcll. have heard of houses without
windows but | ncvor before heard of
window without a house."
"Yet it is the fact. Traverse the
road by daylght;carefully examine every
portion Of it, penetrate short distance
into the forest on either side, and You
will find no vestigc of any human habita-
ticn"
There is some mystery in this"
"Ayc. and deep one, for soon as the
shades of evening begin to fall. the trnv.
cller bcholds the light shining with sick.
ly lustre amid 'he dense foliage around"
"Ah. I have it this is nothing more
or less than Jack o'lantern, Will o.
the Wisp"
You arc wrtrg; the window has been
seen the very humber Of ranes counted;
there arc six; my boy Hciurich, there,
has seen it,"
The host pointed TO stout lad Of
eighteen who had been attending 10 the
strangers wants
Ah that alters the case. though ]
must say tlls light in tic window is
rather q dark affair." But how chaDccd
it he could approach so near this danger.
ous object. and not lie tie worse for it.
VIXEN | understand you to say all others
have Icrsbod ?"
You shall hear; it must have been
through the mercy Of Providence. One
evening. as Heinrich was returning from
the town, scmc twuty miles beyond
here, he got bc)atod in tie forest. 1t
grew SO dark that he could hardly see
his way by tho time he got within five
miles Of here Feeling somewhat tired,
he stopped to rest by the road side when,
looking into the forest, he bcheld the
light cleaning from the window"
What five miles from here ?" inter
ruptcd the Captain why, where | saw
it tonight must be all of ten miles from
horen
Il have no doubt of it. it is seen at all
distances along the road. but he saw it
five miles from here, on the right laud
side Of the road"
On the right hand side ? it was on
the left hard side when | saw it,"
Oh, for the matter If that. it is seen
on either side by different persons: in
fact, no two ever saw it i'll the same
place
"Tlc deucel but 90 on"
The moment Heinrich Lcheld the
light feeling thirsty, lie determined to ar.
proach the cottage and request draueht
of milk mind, this was DC fore it had lie.
come so notcd-naturaIly surprising that
he was near the cottage of some wood
man. lie made bis way through the un-
derwood towards it, wondering at the
taste OF man who could build his house
amid thick wood of bramblcs 1t secms
he miscalculatcd the distance for when
he thought lie should have gained the
light. 1t was as far eff as when he first
saw IT, He continued TO press on for =.
bout fifteen minutes, yet the light main.
taiued the same distance. He paused
bewldered for moment it grew moro
dlstinct--hc could count the names of
glass, and he almost thought he saw a
strange. wild face gazing out unoo him
a sudden terror seized upon him and he
turned and fed That terror saved his
life bad he followed that fearful light
an Instant longer lie would have been
lost. lie reached home moro dead than
alive, and it was more than an hour he.
fore lie could find breath to tell ms what
| have just related"
So you think the fcnd himself has
something to do with this travelling win.
dow"
l don't know what to think. You
know this inn of mine lies midway be-
tween Waldburc aud MorItz. Manyricb
travellers leave ore Of these towns for
the other. yet one out of every two never
reach their destination. They are miss.
cd between here and Waldburg"
Robbed aud murdered perhaps, by
some ruflans who invest the road.n
Their bodies are never foundn
Hare the police investigated these
mysteries 2"
Yes, but without discovering anv
signs Of a baud of robbers. We told
them OF the window; they watched for
1t, but as they could never see il. laugh.
ed at us, and told us our light was moth.
ing but a fire fly"
Strange that it did not appear to
them
1t was so; after they left the neigh
borhood the window again became visi-
bic, aud the travellers disappeared as be-
foren
Was there anything singular con.
necied with ths disappearance of these
travellers2"
Yes. ono thing; all that were missed
had Journeyed alone Strange to saw.
those who had travelled in parties of two
or three invariably escaped"
We'll, my worthy host, strange de-
sire has seized upon me 10 penetrate this
mystery? 1t seems that am the only
one solitary traveller who has escaped
the dangers of this mysterious window;
that is prestige of success. have
nothing better on my hands at present.
l have passed through somo scenes of
danger, and may be allowed to remark
that | am no coward. This is a promis.
ing adventure to soldier, who finds it
somewhat hard to settle down in quiet
lie alter the bustle and strife of a long
campaign. 3d. my stout Heinrich there
Will bear ne company, III even under.
take a solution of this enigma"
With all NY heart, Captain" cried
Heinrich, promptly.
i Then let US set forth at oncen
Ave. TO night renlied the Conta;n