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Then it seemed as if soft white wings aoated
above and around him, while gentle voice whis-
pered:
Awake, awake! The night is far spent, the
day is at hand. Look up, and be comiOrted."
Whipped in the banner, whose weight helped
to preserve his equilibrium, Gabriel still held on
with his numbed arm, and with o sensation al
most Of joy watched the first dawn lightning up
the roof Of the city.
Far below, in the sacristan's dwelling, the old
man sat fondly clasping the hand Of handsome
sunburnt youth, his long lost son Arnold, who
had sat by his side the livelong night, recounting
the adventures which had beiallen him in foreign
lands without either father or son feeling the want
Of sleep. At length Arnold said
~ am longing to see Annie, father / dare say
she has grown fine girl. How Is my friend Ga
briel, who used to be 50 fond Of her when we were
all children together?"
The sacristan sprang from his seat
Gabriel! Holy Virginl ! had forgotten
him."
A rapid explanation followed. Master joss and
his son hastened towards the cathedral, and met
Albert on their way.
"where Is GabrielH" cried the sacristan.
al don't know; / have not seen him since be
climbed through the trapdoor."
"But who helped him DOWN."
"Why, you yourself Of course" replied Albert,
with look Of astonishment, Lawrence told me,
when we came down, that you had undertaken to
do it."
"Oh, the villains the dOubledyed scoundrelsl
Now l understand 1t al" groaned the old man.
"Quick! Arnold Albert Come, for the love Of
God; look up to the spire"
Arnold rushed To the souare and his keen eve
accustomed TO look ont Al great distance at "a.
discerned through the gray, Uncertain morning tWi
| light something futterinQ on the spire. Silal
ats hel Il must he he. still Iivin0.n "A
40. God n cried Master Jos. q where ara INV
keysH o, that we may not be too later
fThe KEYS were found n ire oIj mans nocltat
and ali three, rushing through The cathedral Tate
darted up he stairs, the sacristan in The dread ex
citement Of the moment, moving as swiftly as his
young companions.
Albert, knowing the trick Of the trap door, went
through Il first.
"Call out to him, ladw exclaimed Master joss.
A breathleSs pause. !
q hear nothing stirring" said Albert, nor can
! see anything nom this III Climb over the
rose, al, L...s
Brayely did he surmomt the perilOus projection
and, aiter 1ew moments OF intense anxiety, ne 70
appeared at the traPdOor.
There certainly Is figure standing on the rose,
but tisn't Gabriel tis ghost"
"a ghosti you dreaming dunderhead" shouted
Arnold: =" Let me up.
And he began to climb with the agility OF cat
Presently he called out. va a
"Come on, come on, as Tar as you can have
MN, tnsnk Gcd But quick time = precious.
Speedily and deitly tney gave MN aad ana ~
banner, was Drought down IN salety'
Ihey bore nim into ,ne : Adam and Eve, lag ia,d
him IN q warm bed, and poured ~ degrees niue
wine down his throat. Under this treatment he
soon uncovered iscolsciouness and began TO thank
ms dellverers. suddenly ms eye ieu % mirror
hanging on the wall opposite the bed, and be ex-
claimed: si ~ An..
wipe the hoar rost on my hair, and that yei-
low dust on my cheeks" ge
In truth, his curled locks were white, his rosy
cheeks yellow and wrinkied, and his bright eyes
dim and sunken; but neither dust nor hoar frost
was there to wipe away; that one night OF horror
had added forty years to his age
In the course Of that day, numbers who had
heard Of Gabriel's adventure crowded to the inn
and sought to see him, but none were admitted
save the three who sat continually Dy ms pedsloe.
his weeping young sister, the brave Arnold, and
Master JOS, tne most unhappy o. an iof ms con
science ceased not 70 say' IN avoice mat ~oae9 pe
heard: .. M
"You alone are the cause OF all this" tt
By way Of little selEeomfort, the sacristan
used to exclaim, at intervals;
III only had hold Ct tnst LAwrence' w IL
once nad tnat Ot,.ar py tne Inso1tE =
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a., ,;,Ine T,e S;Ie ~, h,;aSt rng,ets rroe5 with
he poor " r,av iocks. snI ArnoId's bandsome facc
crew yery nd as he thOught:
The noor fellow Z rieht; there are few things
that Young girls dislike more than gray hairs and