Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-12-06
A Strange st cry.

The following wonderful story is told
by correspondent of the Dublin EUenims
.lInH:
This is the age of discoveries, and one
OF such startling nature has just been
made in an English county that it seems
out Of place ia the region of sober fact
and to belong purely to tho atmosphere ol
the three volume novel. Here are the
circumstances-thc names for the moment
| am not at liberty to indicate
The Earl Of married not long ago,
and brought his bride home to one of thc
| old family mansions which members o.
the English aristocracy regard with ar
affection amounting to veneration. The
lady, however, being more contin entail in
/ her trstcS, after Il short residence in the
apartment appropriated to her use expires
scd wish to have boudoir IN the viciu.
/ ity of her bedroom. The noble cal would
gladly have complied with the request
| but upon examination, it was found that
the rooms, as sometimes happens in antique
! buildings, were so awkward y distributed
| thst by no conceivable arrangement could
| the desired boudoir be fitted in. There
upon 1t became necessary to invoke profos-
slonai assistance, an architect was
summoned from London. He examined
the house narrowly. and said there seemed
to be nothing for it but to build, though
at the same time he could not resist the
! impression that there must be another un-
discovered room somewhere in that wing OF
! the mansion. The noble carl laughed at
the idea; the oldest servants and retainers
OF the family were questioned, and declared
that thoy had never heard even a runor OF
! its eSistrRce
The ordinary methods of tapping, etc,
were resorted to, but without effect, Still
the architect retained his convictions, and
declared himself ready to stake his proles
slonal reputation on the result The carl
at last consented to let the walls be bored
and, when an opening had been made, not
only was room found but a sight presen-
ted itself which almost defeats attempt at
description. The apartment was fitted in
the richest and most luxurious style of $50
years since. A quantity ladies apparel
lay about tho room, jewels were scattered
on the dressing table, and, but for the
faded aspect which everything wore the
cham. cr might have been tenantad half an
hour previously, On approaching the bed
the most curious sight of all was seen, and
this it is that affords the only clue to the
mystery. The couch held the skeleton of
female, and on the floor, underneath the
bed half in and half out lay another skele.
ton, that of a man, presenting evident
traces Of violence, and proving that before
he expired he must have received some
dreadful Injury. The secret connected
with this tale Of blood has been well kept,
for not merely had all tradition of the scene
faded away, but even the existence Of tue
room itself was forgotten The survivors,
probably, walled up the apartment at the
time, and its contents remained hermeti
cally sealed up to the present day, when
according to the best calculations, after the
laspe of a century and half, daylight has
accidentally penetrated this chamber Of
horrors, which, to tho surprise Of all oon-
oaDel, has boon discovered in ono of rhe
uobe,' mans,oua iu the county Of