The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-05-10

young girl dressed IN Spanish costume.
Fuimen!" he murmured :" The pic.
ture has descended sfromyits, famer
Il WAS indeed Fulmen, just rs she
was painted. save that the lips were
pale, the eye mournful. the whole ex.
preston unspeakably sad. r,s,.., .t
Fuiinen ~ repeated the, ,yiscouut,
with q tone Of terror. in which was
mingled a sort offeverish joy.
!" II is L." she said. do yop 70.
member your oath Z They have told
you lliat I am dead" sr..tm -, geo,
The teeth Of Ralph chattered;. :. bu,
the voice was 80 pure; 80 ineiodious,
that il aided him to shake off the tor;
por which was creeping over him.
(" No, you are not Dead" he exclaim,
ed, with an effort. i, ,... e.. ...s, ..r
Il have been dead a year." replied
Fulmen, sadly. They buried me in the
chapel. You can read my epitaph ON
the marble slab, the third from .hs high
altar" ..s-... 10 ..s...,.- -..
Ralph could not detacb his eyes from
this singular creature, whose marvel
lous beauty countered in some degree
the terror which the apparalion would
otherwise have caused. .r.. .....'
Alas u resumed the spectre. -drap-
ing the shroud about her form with all
the coquetry with which living belle
might wrap an opera cloak around her,
i am dead, really dead, at seventeen.
when life was full of light, and perfume,
and mnsic; when tears, even, were so
sweet tha, they resemkled smiles when
the present was SO happy that the future
WAS quite forgotten. And then, | loved
you. trusted in your oath but you
did not care for me. You have come
here TO marry my sister," .... .,..
Fulmen !" murmured Ralph, who
felt pang Of remorse at his heart, II
have loved you {; love you STILL"
She shook her head. ...... 10. ...
The dead are never ioved," she
said, sadly. .,.-.. .-... .. ......,.
Ralph lrembled, He felt his blood
curdle in his veins. lie remembered
his oath. Yet Fullnen did not com.
plain. She did not overwhelm him
with reproaches. She seemed resigned.
lie saw her lean her head upon her
hand; tear shone in her eye, aud IA
shiver passed through her frame. -
II am cold," she said, and, rising
from the chair in which she had seated
herself she approached the fire, place.
aud bent as if 10 warm herself by The
halft-exlinguished brands. "'rhe dead
are always cold," she murmured. =.-
Heavens" exclaimed Ralph, You
are not dead; but dead or living, you
are beautiful, more beautiful than any
living woman, and love you as on the
day first saw you" ..... .... ...
The dead are never loved" she re-
peated, mournfully.
"But you are not dead. The limbs
Of the dead are rigid; the flesh corrupt !;
they connot speak you are not d cad
it is impossible" ......r-. .a.si
II anu dead" repeated Fulmen. in a
lone Of authority which admitted Of no
question; " dead-and yet suffer-
you suffer u the viscount exclaim-
ed. ..,E ..,. --.I ..: ,.. ,.,.- '....
Yes. Because died with guilty
thought in my heart. remembered
he ball where met you. II WAS earth
" love, not penitence, that engrossed
my last hours. Yet, if you VINO are
alive can love me still, God will perhaps
pardon me, and | shal: suffer no longer"
II do love you.'' cried Ralph, gazing
at the young girl so beautiful in her
sadness. Yet secret voice said within
him, "Ah if she were only alive "
r A pale smile pas ed over the face Of
the phantom, 1t rose and advanced to
ward him. Ralph involuntarily -shrunk
back al its approach, n,ast. ,rg brs..
You see," she said mournfully, at
is always 20. The living fear the dead.
No, nor said. he, eagerly, ashamed
Of the m"mentary ,error; NO, Fulmen
my beloved, come J" g.r .st M
She extended her hand. and took that
of the Young man. Ralph uttered q
cry. His and was press. d by the cold
clammy fingers Of corpse. She lei
his hand fall, -.. r e.
No." she repeated, in half .sufo
Gated voice, " You see It cannot be
shall psufier alwaysg'
Aud she fed while Ralph was SO
overwhelmed that he had no power to
speak or move. The candles weni out
suddenly; silence reigned again in r6e
chamber the phantom had vanished.
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