Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-05-21
~ rntre Is a Gttdass efSs5 II. d. r. s
Read it." added Claude.

heau II, added CiauGe.
NJ. de I. broke the seal, the letter be-
ing addressed to him. It was dated on
the very day when the old baron went to
his room to die. He said in it that lie
was going to kill himself in order to es-
cape from kind of melancholy which op
pressed him. He added that his will was
written, and that it would be found iii the
hiding place where he kept his most val
liable papers,. He described where this
was.
Evidently the baron who had passed
the day in hunting, had gone out with the
intention of putting the letter in the post
He had forgotten it. as was not strange
and he had killed himself on his return
home.
When he had done reading the letter,
NJ. de.'T. who at once understood all
looked up at Claude. The eyes Of the
game-keeper had not been turned from
him, and he was stilIsneosshded with the
CHASTITY light as well as the GOODNESS of
snow.
Claude walked towards the door, M.
de I. following him. He obeyed mechan-
lcally, an impulse stronger than his reas
on. He felt no other sensation than that
Of intolerable cold.
When they had got into the room where
the gamekeeper first appeared he stop
ped.
This is all" said he; follow me no
'urther at present. But remember what
you have promised me-
He pushed open the door by which he
had entered, let it swing again on its hin
ees, and disappeared. NJ de T. heard
for some seconds the sound Of his foot
steps. which slowly receded. resembling
heavily in the gallery and on the staircase.
When the sound ceased, dreadful chill
seized him aud he fell PROSTATE Gu the
hooc..
f.Ra fhs people IA 1ss.s Ssas s dss
cred around him. They had had placed
him upon a sofa.
+" We came" said his servant, IAN hour
ago, not finding you in your room. You
we're found lying upon the floor; the
bowling of your dog attracted us to you.
Pray sir. what has happened to you'll"
| do not know said VI de L.
lie still held in his hand the port folio
and the letter, and then he remembered
all once more
The same chill that he had felt in the
night again seized him in every limb. He
ran into the baroa's chamber. The sealed
BOX in the wall belild the branch Of box
wood was open.
Have you not seen nothing, heard
nothng?" said he to those about him.
Nothing
He then related what had happened
to him. The steward of the castle laugh
ed at the narrative.
Il is, said w. a's,sessa.h or halluci
nation, which ever if you please; and in
your dream you have recolected what
you have witnessed in your childhood :
That is the reason why you opened the
concealed box. Everything was there to-
gether, the letter and the portfolio"
N. de I. turned around, and said
how about that hunting pouch which
hung against the wall yesterday, but is on
the floor to day?"
1t has fallen down; see the nail is no
longer in the wall"
NJ. de L. returned to the library in a
state of confusion.
All said he, / seem to see him there
still, sitting i'm the arm chair before me
with his dripping clothes and his wound :
Oh" exclaimed his servant, is tina.
the reason why the arm chair is all wet
and covered with blood?"
+ NJ de I. uttered a startled cry and
touched the arm chair. The blood and
water were really there
Heavens! how cold it isl" said he
drawing away his hand, all wet and blood
stained.
He ran into the gallery almost frenzy
with fear. The picture in which the flo.
ure OF Claude was represented as lying
on the ground. The corner Of it had fall
len in'the fire place. and it was partly con.
sumed. The figure of Claude had disap.
poared. At the sight of this NJ. de L.
made the sign of the cross.
He was soon after attacked with a VIC.
lent fever. His strong constitution saved
him. When he could go about, his first
care was to have the remains Of Claude re.
moved to the vault where the baron was
Inferred. The two bodies were placed
side by side, and M. de 4. followed the
bier, arrayed IN deep mourning, and with
head uncovered.
That night. terminated the suit which
had lasted for ten years. But NJ. de 7.
could never, uttrar'sss sEsiilarsEole remainder
of.his life, recover from the sensation OF
the terrible internal chilliness which had
then settled upon him.