American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-01-31

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teen who had been attending to the s,rl,n
gers wants.
'Ah. that alters the case, thonph / mus
say this light 10 the window is rather
dark affair. Bat how chanced It he coult
approach SO near this dangerous object
and noi be the worse for il, when L under
stand You to say all others have persisted?
4 y on shall boar; itmust have been thro
the mercy ofProvidence. One evening
as Heinrich was returning from the town
some twenty miles beyond here, he col
oelated lnethe forest, It grew SO dark thai
ne GOULD hardly see his way by the time he
got within five miles Of here. Feeling
somewhat tired, he stopped to rest by the
roadside, when on looking into the forest.
dow ~ - " =
What. 6yo miles from here?' interrupt.
ca the Captain. why, whore saw ii to-
night, must be all of ten miles from here
4 have no doubt Oft, it is seen at all
distances along ther road, but be saw ii five
miles from here, on the right hand side Of
the road.' ,TG ~ :" :
'on the righthand side? Twas on the
ieit hand side when / saw it.
'oh, for the matter of that, It's seen on
either side by dilfersnt persons, in fact, no
TWO ever saw itin the same place.
The ducel but go on
THE moment Heinrich beheld the light
feeling thirsty, he determined 10 approach
The cottage and request draught Of milk !;
mind, this was before ifhad become SO not.
ed--naturally supposing that he was near
.ne cottage OF some woodman He made
DIS way through the underwood towards
H. wondering at the taste of man who
could build his house amid a thick wood of
branches. II seem he misaalculated the
distance. ferwhenl be thought he should
have gained the light, Il was as far off as
when ne first saw IT, He continued to press
on Tor about fifteen minutes, vet the lipht
appeared at the same distance, He pal,s-
ed, bewiidered;. for moment it grew more
dIstinct~-he could count the paries Of GLASS.
and be almost thought he saw stranre,
wig lace gazing out upon him. A sudden
terror seized upon him. and he .urned and
fed. That terror saved his life; had he fol-
lowed that ltshtan instant longer he would
have been lost. He reached home moro.
dead than alive, and il was more than an
hour before be could end breath to tell us
what / have just related. is Z
go you seem to think the fend himself
has something to do with this travelling
window. w ~. 4 ''''9
Il don't know whatto think of ii. You
know this inn OF mi inc lies midway between
Waldburg and Moritz. Many rich travel.
lers leave one ofthese towns for the other.
yet one out of every two never reaches his
destination. They are missed between
here and Waldburg.
Robbed and murdered. perhaps, BY.
some ruffians who infestthe road
+ Their bodies are never found.'
Have the police investigated these mys.
teries?' +ast
Yes but without discovering any signs
Of band of robbers. We told them Of
the window; they watched for It, but as
they could never see it, laughed at us, and
told us that our light was nothing but a
fre-6y.'
Strange thatitdid not appear to them
1t was SO; after they had left the neigh
borhood the window again became visible,
and then the travellers disappeared as they
did before. '.t
Was there anything singular connected
with the disappearance of any of these
sraveleTs?' =
Yes, one thing; all that were missed
had journeyed alone. Strange to say, those
who had travelled in parties Of two or three
invariably escaped
We'll. my worthy host, strange desire
has seized upon me to penetrate this mys-
terry. 1t seems that am the only one sol
i.ary traveller who has escaped the dan
gers OF this mysterious window; that is a
prestige ofsuccess., / have nothing bet.
ter on my hands at present. have passed
through some scenes of danger. and may
DO allowed to remark that am no coward.
This is promising adventure to soldier,
who. finds, III somewhat bard to settle down
III quiet life after the hustle and strife of
a long campaign. So, if my stout Helm
rich'there will bear me company, III cen
undertake solution of this enigma
with all my heart, Captain cried
Heinrich, promptly.
'Then let us set out at ouce.'
Aye, tonight replied the Captain; It'll
is scarcely ten O'Clock, and l am in excel.
lent trimi SO prepare, my lad, and we viii!
set forth at onoe. 1
The Captain examined the printing Of
his pistols carefully. and then thrust them
into bis belt; he then buckled on his sabre.
Heinrich was ready armed with stout
cudgeI. In this manner they sailed forth.
After proceeding q few steps up the
road, the Captain paused to give his COM
panion a few instructions.
Heinrich he said, the skillul COM
mander always conceals the number Of his
force-for the furtherance OF my plan of
action, il is necessary that we should pass
for onemaH. You are the guds-conss-
quently you must go Grst; I will lock
step with you. lightly. and our mingled
footsteps will sound like the tread Of q sin.
gle man. In this manner---ah, you under
stand--not a bad soldier for beginner.
Now. whatever you see or hear, keep your
tongue between your teeth: il you wish to}
call my attention 70 anything, nudge me
with your elbow; If on the right, why the I
right. Now then, forward--niarohp