The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-21


Horace was let. alone in tho silen, aud
mysterious chamber
A strange awe stole over him. snd
mingled with the srfil,astetfde curios.
T ity be felt, TO amine the sealed Lox.
Come what would, be ds,srninsd to have
a, glimpse Of the treasurs" eoncesled
there, and Horace FIintwood, when vpos
resolved upon anything, HSxsver peril
Gus, was ss immOvsble % the eternal
Rock Of Giberaltar ri ss,ei 40
Securing the great door upon the 10.
side, With couple, Of rusty bars whisk
had probably beon unused from tune il.
memorisl tsdrew from bis pscke, ma.
soD's small chisel and applied il 10 The
screws upon the box, They yielded, ono
alter another, aud iu Q sboit space of
time Fiiht~ood drew Jf the oaken cover.
A sight met his eyes which we'll nigh
paralJ zed him ,- Do, yt.yus
The b.dy Of girl, Young and surpas.
siDgly fair, robed in white linen, Lev b..
fore him There was dSsth upon hor
brow, and eternal slunIber foh her Ida
Her long, chestnut hair, swsps hsiQb, and
glisteniog down her wax white neck. and
the lids over her fun halfolossd blue
eyes, seemed but dropping before the fr.
ed gaze Of bin who bent 0vss Nor. En-.
'rsnced, snrsptured, faseinsisdE Ho,sca
gazed upon the corpse ..;.;,.
Speech, motion, everything seemed
gone out from hiin-Aall his factlities were
coneehirsted into QUE ssnse --tbat Of see.
ing r. bee .7't.r.@sro, ,y-ayr!.
The striking of distant clock the
hour Of one, aroused him to o sensv of
bis condition. HIS thoughts came beck
aud rushed through bis 'brSiu with the
raPidhy Of lightning 'sdi
9 Wall up this beautiful creature jp q
cellar, uIniu the damI ness and syerssssise
gloom Who knew What fearful .eerrt
might be buried with hsrI? WHO would
tell the story Of her deAth2 Whist might
not those lips-unsealed from their cold
silence-reveal of foul crime ,apd base
villainy?
' Could he bury be. up from siRh. for.
ever with that dreodful mystssy around
her ? Would be do the deed9 Never
God helping him, neverl 80 &c
Immediately hs oct about An exsmina,
tion Of shewalls Of the esllsr, and BY o.rs.
ful souudiog he vas eBsblsdg to dsseot
the outer WALL He brought some of bis
tools to the eide Of the masonry, and 10
fifteen minutes had msde ah aperture
the size Of q nau's body ahtSaeh the
briekwork. Fresh Air from bssvsss outer
e,ur,s, famed his brow. apd the hssvy
plunge cf rushing water could be distinsi.
ly heard. Evidently the building into
which he had been 80 stfsGgsIy convey.
I'd was situated in the sisinh5 5eof ., nc
river, if not upon it, very banks
A wild, romantic plsn---possibls from
its very impossibility -swept through
his mind, Why not remove lie body u
the shores Of The river fFots wbenos
lie could, he fol, convinced % ub.sQ ueu.ly
discover and take il away 10, nj least
Christian burial, He could brick up the
recess. as his employer IequiIed, end who
would be the wissr9 nnh ,'o'!IJ
Phis plan, once oonceivedsa. was car
red into .tfeo. without Aesits,iop. By
diigen, labor he soon enlarged the cav
ity in the wall sufficiently for bis purpose
aud letting himself carefully out be ~.
copnoitered the premise+. The hight wss
black ss Erebus, aud sloould ascertain
but little beyond the fact that be stood
iu deep drain which surrounded tho
mansion. The assent frcm this drain
was steep and precipitous. but Horace
felt within. himself ihs powerito do gress
things, aud be returned at onSs 10 the
cellar
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