Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-07-30

louder; and the fearful thunder of the waves "A
they ragged among the pointed crags, was min
gled with the hoarse roar of stones along thu
| beach.
There was no attempt to sleep that night il
Forvie castle, and Sir Evan sat before the fire
with his hands covering his face, shuddernp
every time fierce gust yelled along the roof.
Had anything awakened conscience
Towards morning, the moon in her last quar-
ter, rose red and garing, uplighting the broad
belt OF foam that skirted the shore, which was
heaped with huge wrealhs Of SAID upborne by
tue storm. Ii was n fearful scene and as the
drift continued 10 fly like snow, there seemed no
signs of the tempest abating.
Heaven have mercy upon us = cried group
oil terrified domesics, bursting into the ROOM
wrlnging their hands.
How now, mtnials, what means this disre-
spectiul conduct Y demanded Sir Evan haughti-
WOES me we shall perish the weird is
coming upon u.s. exclaimed an aged seryitor,
every hollow between the castle and sea is
spnshed deep with sand, that glitters TO the
rising sun. We must leave the castle or be
buried alive =
Cease, fool = cried Sir Evan, fierccly, but on
gong towards the window, be started Gu behold
ing Inc desolaton n fewsshOurs had made; then
WIN a calmness he did not feel, he added it is
melancholy prospect, indeed, but let US not
form hasty conclusions. This wind will probably
fall ms the day advances, and the storm pass
away as suddenly as it arose.
The superstitious domestics Withdrew to talk
over hnu discover n cause for this scene OF ter
ror; for many of them had served the former
laird, and guessed that dark means had been
taken to despoil his hapless daughters They
limited tAut since that deed of violence that the
castle had never been free from strange noises
ina 4
sound ot steps on the great stairs, or IT "a heavy
man pacng the floors OF the upper apartment
some even declared they had seen the nppari-
ton OF gray.harel old man. sitting nj window
oil the room in which he died. and as they abhor-
red the religion Sir Evan tried TO force upon
them, they were the more strongly inclined to
believe the curse Katherine Gordon PRONOUNCED
upon his apostacy would surely Ne fulfilled "A
very busy man has Sir Evan been in bringing
the serVice-book into Buchan, and urging matter
TO extremity with such as would not conform to
the religion Of the State but the Almighty will
aVeDgc his people that have been deprived Of the
comforts OF earth for his sake, and as Saul was
smitten OF God, so will the weird Of mistress
kathrine alight on the head other false kinsmanl
observed the venerable domestic, who had assist
ed the young ladies to escape
'Trrly, trnly !! chimed In the awe.stiickon
hearers, drawing closer together, whilst the
N"fNoh AnBoNJ hhu iio iuBIy mast snflekeu anu
screamed in the wide kitchen-chmncy.
Still the storm howled on, and nearer and
nearer approached the ridges of sand, driven in
clouds on the wings of the gale filling the court
yard, and piling itself in heaps against the walls
Foryie castle, until the alarmed Sir Evan began
to recognize the finger of heaven. For uine days
did the storm continue without any intermissiou
and with violence never paralled before or
since but long before it had spent itself the
castle was abandoned, and when the storm had
passed over, it found that the fertile locality
was hopeessly obliterate ed by deep covering Of
sand
This catastrophe is said to have happened in
the year 1860, and, at this day. the scene is more
in accordance with the desolntion of an African
wilderness than the rich, productive soil of Gale
donia. No trace OF human habitaticn can he
seen; huge piles of driven sand stretch for
miles in every direction, presenting no vestgo of
life or vegetation, and were II not for stray gull
overhead, the beholder would experience the
same feeling of lOnliness and desolalion which IL
traveller may be supposed to realize in the vast
desert Of Sahara. Not far from the center OF
the lands are the foundations AMI part Of the
walls Of what used to be the gray old castle