Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-05-03

! absurd ! exclaimed Edgar, 10 an under
tone.
The face 1 had certainly never seen be-
fore, nor was it possible for any human
being to obtain an entrance within these
rooms, for the key Of the only door com.
muuicatiug with these apartments was in my
pocket, and had certainly locked the door
upon entering
Edgar was thoug gbtful,
Folding his arms solemnly across his
breast, and standing directly before me in
the open doorway continued Minnie, 'he
said, in q strange, unnatural tone Of voice
and in the Spanish dialect, 'Fear not, my
daughter. Only heed the command Of your
departed and unhappy father, and all will
be we'll! Upon hearing these words from
the rigid, bloodless lips of the figure, whose
voice seemed to issue from him without the
putting forth of effort or the movement of
the slightest muscle Of the face, became
utterly terror stricken
sYour father died when you were so very
young, that [ presume you remember moth
ing of his personal appearance said Ed
gar; sbut have you no portrait or miniature
iu your possession, from which tolerably
correct idea might be obtained?'
None, whatever replied Minnie, 'but
pray allow me to proceed without further
Interruption My time is limited
Edgar was silent, so Minnie continued !:
sAs 1 said, my time is limited so, it
will be utterly impossible to tell you oil that
occurred upon that memorable twilight
hour. Enough for you to know dear Ed
gar, that am satisfied that the appariton
was my fathers spirit, and that l feel
bound to be governed in future life by his
commands and requirements, be the conse
quences what they may, to myself and 9th.
ers.'
sBut what were those commands and re-
quirements ? asked Edgar.
THAT at once put an end to the init.
macy hitherto:existing between US, by every
possible means within my power, and dis
couutenance and prohibit any further ad
vances on your part
80 this accounts for the change Of man
uer and matter in your correspondence,
eliminating in its abrupt termination, said
Edgar, thoughtfully. But, pray, did your
evening visitor, your fathers very respecta'
Bile ghost, or whoever aud whatever the fig
ure 10 the cloak might be, assign no reason
why his very admirable advice should be
obeyed?' And Edgar laughed aloud con
temptuously.
Il am glad, that what have communi
Gated affects you soag ~oably, said Minnie,
sas to be provocative Of laughter; but not
wishing to alarm the house, and silence
being imperatively necessary under present
circumstances, l must object to a repetition
of the exuberance of mirth and irony which
you seem disposed to manifest However,
said she, after u pause, Il shall simply mar
rate what occurred, and leave you to the
conclusions of your own mind
Edgar was silent, so Minnie continued :
Not only did the figure thus object to a
continuance of the ultimate relationship
existing between US, but it informed NE
that, iu month from that date, stranger
would visit my father, who would ultimate.
ly solicit my hand in marriage, and that l
must yield to his solicitations, or, as an in.
evitable consequence of refusal, reap a
lifetime of neffable sorrow. 1t would be
impossible to express to you, dear Edgar,
the effect of these terrible words upon me
I only know that became unconscious
and fell upon the floor; for when came
to myself, the moon was up high 10 the
heavens and l was alone. To my utter
astouishment the door was found locked,
lust as had left it some hours before, nor
could l imagine how my ghostly visitor
could have vacated the apartment, as the
key was in my possession
After moments pause, Edgar said,
'These things are inexplicabIe, dear Min.
ME, unless the whole affair was but dream
You say, that upon. returning to conscious
ness, you found yourself upon the floor. Is
it not possible that you may have fallen
asleep, and while in that state, dreamed
what you have related of this supernatural
visitor
.Hear the sequel said Minnie, 'and then
Judge for yourself. After the occurrence
of what had been related, left the Green
Room, and went Immediately in search of
uncle, whom 7 found in the library, pale
as death, and in state Of feVcrish, mental
and physical excitement, quite unusual to
him Upon lnterrogating him upon the
cause, to my profound surprise: he informed
ME of the singular and uuaccountable ap-
partition of tall, cloaked figure, 10 which
he recognized striking resemblance to my
father, and who had spoken the identical
words to him as be bad spoken to me. Now,
Edgar, is it at all likely-nay is it even
possibe-that both of US should have had
the same dream and at the same time. If
so, does not that fact, Of itself, give addi-
tional signdcauey to the mysterious affair ?
Edgar was silent.
Sure enough continued Minnie, 'pre-
cisey a month after this singular apparition,
handsome, middle.aged gentleman drove
up to the gate and requested to be allowed
to remain all night, as he was toe much
overcome with fatigue to continue his jour-