The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-06-14
WESTMINSTER, MD. THURSDAY, JUNE IA, 1866


lIermino, and pray for me-"
"Fulmen Fulmen,w exclaimed
Ralph, falling on his knees at her feet
DO not abandon mel love you p
But your love is death"
:. II is happiness 1t is lifew
Ills tone was 50 earnest, so touching,
that the young girl hesitatod.
Let me live eternally with you p he
! persisted
Listen my friend, shesail at length,
as il she could no longer resist his en-
treaties, "in this casket," pointing to
richly carved box which stood on the
table "thcrc is phial containing qdark
liquid"
And that liquid"
Is death
1t il happiness exclaimed Ralph,
seizing the caskct.
l'uImcn stopped him by n gesture.
Not yet, She said, "byand.by--at
midnight--but Grst--rolect,
Immediately the candles we're cxtin.
guishcd, and he found himself in com
pleto darkness.
II Viscount Ralph had bcena French.
min, a. soon az l'ulmen disappeared he
would have opened the window, and let
The cool night air play upon his brow.
Then, the fever &c being oyCr, he would
have said 10 himself
"All this IS fclly nm twenty-five
years old an officer in the kings scr-
vice. aud am about 20 marry young
girl bland as q Madyna, fair as q lily,
who win bring me an income Of q hun
dred thousand livfes. have only to
be quiet and. let things take their
coussc.Y
After which be would have slept qui.
city. and dreamed no more Of fulmcu.
Bat Ralph was Sectchman, with IN
imagination as susceptible Of cxaltti0n
as NEST Of his couutrymcn Of th1 land
ofmoun;aiu and mist. As soon as The
phantom vanished, ho roliahtcd Che
candie by the aid eta haiccxtinguiahel
irebrand and opsuing the caskc,, be
took out the phial
'Fulmcu! Fu,mcu wait .Jr me !
am coming I. be mumufcd, aud swal-
lowed the c5utcgis az o dmught
Tor moment be experienced
strange and inczplicahlc sensation; a
eollBass IN the Ghost a heat ia th
head: then his eyes became heavy; his
liml- tremblcd, an extreme Apguor
ttspt over him, ald lee sank upon the
floor muTmurins family:
"Fulmcn, wait for med love you"
Whom Ralph swallowed tho contents
Of the phial be- expected % awake IN the
other world He was misiakrns The.
plial contained only narcotic nud be
was aslonjhcd on openinr l.is eyes Is
Gpd himself in bed and % see the sup
shining thgoagh the rureliull window
\ woman sat by the bedside IL WIS
rulmea bat no longer che pale. gd
fnineu, with Hvii lps aud lfm co
gelop5i i6a winding fhceG hut l'almeu.
fresh. radiant, Joyous, Ia the same COS
umn De wore nt thn fancy ball.
The reader Till uudertsud thc cxs
pnaHilbn OF Aii th.s more readily than
tho young yiseouut, whose head was
still somewhat confused from tho effects
OF lha narcotic Tho young eir had
wished 10 pa; the suidcu passion Of her
ballroom lover to the test and With
s'aa difficulty ho had persuadcd her
foud DID father nod her cousin lIcrmiuo
10 lend themselves to the myrioation.
4 little ingenuity, some invisible assis.
tauee. transparent glove Of serpent
skin, gidcI by che native superstition Of
She yauug Scqtchmaa, were al that was
necessary TO the SUCCESS Of the scheme.
Noncei not say That the yiseount,
when he recovered his senses was very
glad 10 exchange his phantom bride for
Il living enc,