Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-05

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was as dark and silent as before, nor had a
splash been audible. In deep thought, nay,
in wonder, I hastened homeward for night
was at hand, and the rain had begun to fall
Being arrived, i related to my friend,
Grantley, what had occurred. He said moth
ing, but answered me with peculiar smile,
and after supper, put into my hands an an
cieDt and yellow.tinted Ms, from which /
cleaned the following elucidation of the mys-
terry appertaining to the Grey Cat Of Castle
Gaymme:: .."SI. 81. =. aaI
eIn ye year of Grace 400, ye baron Gous
"tran lie Grymme received a granite of landes'
I" from ye kinge, in consideration of ye saidc
'GGoutrap' service, in ye wars, untoe hisliege.
olorde and majestic and.ye saide Goutran
=" builded himselfe Castle, in ye midst ofa
" "certayne forest wherein his landes lay and
" this castle hee called Castle Grymme.
"Now it happened not many longe years
"after that ye baron died, and left wife
" and daughter--ye ladyes, Gertrude and
" Gondoline. And farre and wyde through
" out ye broade realmes of Englande, noe
"more comelie and beauteous maiden than
e" ye ladye Gondoine coulde bee fouude'; in
I" soemuch that shee was sought after by
"manie tho preferred none. Atwhich time,
" there came toe Englande, Frenche
"pnyghte, by name, Sir Godfrey de Greno-
f." BILE; and hee hearing ye fame of her ex-
A." ceedinge greatlovelinesse Of ye ladye Con-
Of Grymme-came thither to gaze
"upon her: nor that longe; for hee soon
"loved her, and she's; him, and SO in short
/" time they we're married; and they had an
" onlie sonne In process of days, ye childe
{" "waxed stout, and was attained untoe his
"second birthe-day, whenne his mother de-
"termined to have him baptized since, hith-
" ertoe, Sir Godfrey had strar GEL, refused,
"and absuluteie forbidden ye 'olie rite
"For his conduct hee gave noe excuse, and
Kit was matter of surprise to allie. Where
/" fore, ye ladye Gondoline, as goode Chris
I" tian, deemed it necessarie, resolving toe
" doe it secretlie, and soc toe elude her per-
p" verse husbande. Now one nighte shee
4" made readie toe take him toe neighbour
L" ing monasterie, where prieste was prepa-
F." red, and shee sette out as shee supposed
&" without ye knowledge of her lorde, and took
Hwith her but few servantes But it soc
" befel that, while they were in ye midst of
eye forest, they were intercepted by Sir
"Godfrey, whoe slew one of ye men, and
" broughte ye .ladye and ye reste Of her par
" tie back untoe ye Castle. Thus was her
" aim saddle defeated by her wicked lorde. .
Whenne they were arrived, ye ladye
" Gondoline retired in griefe to her chamber,
g with ye weeping infant upon her bosomme.
"Shee laid herselfe down on her couch, and
" folded yechilde in her armes, and soc slept.
" But ye nexte morn, whenne shee awoke,
"shee fouude not her sonae upon her bosomme
"but huge grey cate, aoiM eyen Of flame!
" Shee started and shrieked, and ye cate ta-
"king affrighte there atte, leapte from ye,
"bedde, and darted away, and ranne from
aye castle intoe ye court-yarde, and with an
" horrible crye, caste itselfe intoe ye dark
"some streame that girdeth ye wales. On ye
" anniversarie of that memorable day, ye 9th
a of October, 1400, it is stille toe bee scene in
"ye forest, and aboute ye castle, and at even
"tide plungeth intoe ye poole agayne, norris
" scene more till ye next anniversarie. Wee,
" ourselves have ymette it. ~
ellis mother became crazed and his
" father, Sir Godfrey, whoe turned out toe
{" bee mightie necromancere. andwhoe was
L" ye author of this diabolical deed-hoc est,
{" ye transformation of his sonne-was ;ex-
" communicated, and soon after disappeared,
+" nor was seen, or heard Of, more. Ye cas-
" tie fell toe strangers, and was afterwards
" demolished in war.
"This was writ by us, Geofry, brother of
"Grymme-stowe Abbage, near untoe ye
" Castle Grymme. Writ and dated ye 9th
" day of January, Anno Domini, 1902
Thus ran the Chronicle; and own that
it was with wonder, and with awe, even that
I finished its perusal. Further the marvel
lous mystery is unknown to me-all is dark
ness-all is shrouded in as deep a shadow as
the forest.embowered Castle Grymme!
COLUMBIA, S. G. y