The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-28
From Belgravia.l
EV ELINEsS VKSITANT.
A Ghost Story.
(CONCLUDED.)

that my cousin Andre had copied the
quaint hunting dress he wore at the
Regents ball. The library was
room in which ! spent a good deal OF
my life, and | ordered a curtain to be
hung before this picture. osfa W
We had been married three months,
when Eveline one day asked:
who is the Lord of the chateau
nearest to this?
/ looked at her with establishment.
"My dearest" I answered, " do you
not know that there is no other chat
eau within forty miles of Puy Yer
dunn"
Indeedl" she said; that is
strange"
[ asked her why the fact seemed
strange to her, and after much en-
treaty [ obtained from her the reason
Of her surprise.
In her walks, bout me parks ana
met a man who, by his dress and
bearing, was obviously of noble rank
She had imagined that he occupied
some chateau near at hand, and that
his estate joined ours. | was at LOIS
to imaginewho this stranger could be
for my estate of Puy Verdun lay in
the heart of desolate region, and UNI
less when some travellers coach went
numbering and jingling through the
village, one had little more chance of
encountering a gentleman than Of
meeting demigod - - 90 Y =
Have you seen this man often,
| Eveline?" | asked. ~.
% She answered, in tore which had
a touch Of sadness, = / see him every
day
Where, dearest?''
Sometimes in the park, sometimes
in the, wood. You know the little
cascade, Hector, where there are
some old neglected rock-work that
forms kind of cavern? | have
taken fancy to that spot, and have
spent many mornings there reading
Of late, | have. seen the stranger
there every morning.
He shas never dared to address
q Never. l have looked up from
my book, and have seen him standing
at Little distance, Watching me, ST.
I lently. L have continued reading,
andqwheh / have raised my eyes
again, I have found him gone.a5He
must approach and depart with a
t'stealthye tread for I never hear his
football Sometimes [ have almost
wished that be wpulda speal9g tonne.
tits 50 terrible to- SEX. him Standing
s'isf He L fz s6e ingJlebbgg ap peasant WHO
| seeks 10 fI oh avyrI y,yrr. l1la- II
My wife shook her head
:" He is no peasant, she answered.
1t is not by his dress alone | Judge
for that is strange to me- He has all
air of nobility which it is impossible
to mistake. "
" Is he young or old?"
He is young and handsome.
[ was much disturbed by the idea
of this strangers intrusion on my
wife's solitude, and | went straight to
the village to inquire if any stranger
had been seen there. [ could hear of
no one. | questioned the servants
closely. but without result Then [
determined to accompany my wife III
her walks, and to judge for myself of
| the rank of the stranger.
For week [ devoted all my morn
ings to rustic rambles with Eveline in
the park and woods; and in all that
week we saw no one but an occasional
peasant in sabots, or one of our own
household returning from neigh
boring farm.
| was a man of studious habits, and
those summer rambles disturbed the
| af, e.
ceived this, and entreated me to
1 trouble myself no further. E
! . will spend my mornings in the
pleasaunce, Hector, she said /" the
stranger cannot intrude upon me
there" ~
| begin to think the stranger is
only phantasm of your own roman
tic BRAIN" Z replied, smiling at the
earnest face lifted to mine. "A
chatelalne who is always reading ro-
/ mances may we'll meet handsome cava-
Tiers In the woodlands. I dare saw /
have Mile. Scuderi to thank for this
noble stranger, and that he is only
the great Cyrus in modern costume
~ All, that Is the point which mvs-
titles me, Hector,V she said. 1.-THE
strangers costume is not modern.
/ He looks. as. an old picture might look
if itscoald descend rom its frame"
Her words panied me, for they re-
MINDED me of that hidden picture IN
| the library and the quaint hunting
costume of orange and purple which
Andre.de BrissaesWoreg at the Ret
gents ball
bEalks to the pleasaunce; aud for many
weeks I heard no more Of the name
Hess Stranger. dismissed all thought
of him from my mind, for a fgraver
and heavier care had come upon me.
Ny wife's health began to droop. The
/ change. inlhef was 90 gradual a. to be
fahn9st inbefcaPtiBle 70 those who