The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-10-29
II @ Equal and Et Justice to Ausi, F :, 10 N,e ~
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y Wy "'''S hiS Nv sAOst the secouu cry. stl d
-. rose and dressed myself, and sat ,dowr
. -bY the IRE. that now. burned up cleare
: and brighter, The Aiekeripg. dancing
lights leaped up around the armor tha
hung in the recess; the mail was rustec
s dold, yet there were still many point,
: Tor the fire to shape fantastic figures on
81 Watching these eyer1yarying pictures
and absorbed in reflections that naturally
arsoe from my night adventures, / did no,
heed the rustlng of,thg tapestry, nor tbe
slow movement Of th$ h5avyt curtains a.
, round my bed, till lou3 crash caused
me toJump TO my feet vii rror From
the universal din, far above aad distinct.
rose again that fearful. unea.Ly cry
that clear, distinctly womanly Shrek
the Ike lprayI may never hear again
Fof several moments l stood still, pctr-
'tef %itlf horror, staring aghast into tbe
7 tafAafss. All was quiet; the measured as
4. N.a a. Hs s.a. 4s. a. u
Fdrorpihg Or the rain on the leaves. and
Tue moaning OF the wind, were the only
sounds heard, Through an open door. at
the end of the long dark corridor, saw,
'hrf9,agh an open window, the moon strup,
gug Slfodgh the heavy rain clouds, ana
shining with a 'ghastly light On The dark
floor a'At 1900 @ NJ ist i.eie7
closed and fastened tle door, which !
had not seen before, but now the .apestrv
deing disarranged by The fal! Of the ar
NOR, revealed. l then sat down again i
Fowait with listening dread FOR tbe : NOR
ming was now my occupation. At last
the heavy gray curtains were rolled back
and, with mist. clouds around Kim he
sun came up from the horizon. With The
morning came to lift me. l arose from
my seat, and paced with quick steps p, the
,floor, revolving in my mind the scenes n, 4 of
the previous night and their meaning.
When, some hours after. the servant
came into my room, he went to my bed.
side, and, not seeing me. he glanced a.
round the room, and looked astonisbed
when he saw me by the opened easement.
For the first time ! noticed that in nv
confusion ! had put on the scarlet and
gold coat Francois had left in my room.
This, with my disordered looks gave me
a grotesque and horrible appearance. =
With the aid of Pierre, | put myself in
more presentabA appearance yet Mad
anne D'Auvigne was startled by the al
tersllon in my looks; the careless, gay ar,
with which | had parted from ,hers-.was
succeeded by q languid, e staTh ldek. /
Wit With true politeness, she av Il any par,
ticular inquiries as to the of this
change.
where was Francois? He had been
sent for just as he was returning to
neishboring chateau; she did not know
what for; some urgent business, she sup
posed, or he would not have gone at such
an unreasonable hour; and the storm
coming up, she supposed he staid all
night. Would ! be hgliied to some om-
tlAt ~ ttti bna .ssafaa DN ue@ skf
| ate my breakfast Rl5Hanically. l
wRs snxiousIy awaiting F'f9po9laid who |
hoped would give me some solution of
this mystery ,o4l aasssai9
After we had gone into the drawing I
room, walked up and down, keeping
wstchsfor him. The rein now fell denser |
and heaNier;a tbiok fog pervaded the air {
SO that could just barely see the fig f
Dres Of the servants ia the court {
y&fa au11 7sa,g5 vlsy-y +
= At last, to dispel the wearisome quiet, $
sat down by my hostess, who sat knit
ting BY the frs and asked i.er If there q
were are no legends attached to, The house t
"oryeS! of course there were q great '
many and some efathe most prominent J
were the Well water Spirit, the Abbe's .
Crime, and the Warning, Shall tell you 6
one?", y. ,.. -.
.0t'Yes. if she. would be kindl enough" o
(which one?" 7se "
'@Any4st6e Warning, 4friss pleases 4
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1sA s,fg is}s ,Hca ,si.islui 20. ,sfg !.
ss'I am afraid youlsihl lire o. an old
sonan's garrulty. Francois says my /"
tories have an alpha. but no omega.
1T was, of course. some centuries ago
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