Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1862-05-15
Whole No. 1882.
A STRANGE STORY.

The following wonderful story is told by .
correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail -
This is the age Of discoveries, and one OF
such a startling nature has just been made in
an English county that il seems out OF place
in the region of sober fact, and to belong pure
ly TO the atmosphere Of the three volume novel.
Here are the circumstances 4; the 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 the old family man
sion. which members Of the English aristocra.
cy regarded with an affection amounting 10 ven.
Grafton. The lady, however, being more con.
tinental in her tastes, after short residence in
the apartment appropriated to her use, express.
cd wish to have boudoir in tho vicinity OF
her bedroom. The noble earl would gladly
have complied with the request, but, upon ex-
animation, it was found that the rooms, as
sometimes happens in antique buildings, were
80 distribute that by no conceivable plan OF
re.arrangement could the desired boudoit bo
fitted in. Thereupon it became necessary 10
invoke professional assistance, and eminent
architect was summoned from London. He
examined the house narrowly, and said here
seemed to be nothing for it but to build. though
at tn. same time he could not resist the ini-
preston that there must be another undiscovsr.
ed room somewhere in that wing Of the mansion.
The noble earl laughed at the idea the Oldest
servants and retainers Of the family were ques.
toned, and declared that they had never heard
even a rumor Of its existence. The ordinary
methods of tapping, etc, were resorted to, but
withou, effect. Still the architect retained his
conviction, and declared himself ready to stake
his professional reputation on the result. The
The earl at last consented to let the walls be
bored. and when an opening had been made.
not only was the room found, but sight pre-.
sentcd itself which almost defeats attempts at
description The apartments were fitted up in
the richest and most luxrious style Of 100
years since. A quantity Of ladies' apparel lay
about the room iewells we're scattered on the
dressing table. and, but for the faded aspect
which everything wore, the chamber might
have heen tenanted half an hour previously.-
On approaching the b.d the most curious sight
of all was seen, and this it is that affords tho
only clue to the mystery. The couch held the
SIX keleton of female, and on the floor. under'
oeath the bed, halfin in and half out, lay another
skeleton. that of man. presenting evident
traces of violence, and proving that before he
expire in that position he must have received
some dreadful injury. The secret connected
with this tale of blood has been we'll kept, for
not merely had all tradition Of the scene faded
away, but even the existence of the room itself
was forgotten. The survivors probably walled
up the apartment al the time, and its contents
remained hermeically sealed up to the present
day, when, according to the best calculations,
afier the lapse Of a century and half, dayli ght
has accidentally penetrated into this chamber
Of horrors which, to the surprise of all coucern-,
ed. has beon discovered in one Of tho noblost
mansions in the county of -.