Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-04-05
From Beadle's Monthly.
Three Nights at Coast Cedars.

day. And a very handsome keepsake
It was, even in its primeval state
3 But the bridegroom, ere the honey
moon Waned, had begun repairs and
s alterations, and pending their prOgres.
sion had taken his wife to New Or
. leans. Six months afterwards, her
death was announced A year later.
the inconsolable widower returned
unexpectedly, and established himself
at the Cedars. He brought with him
a second Mrs. Vellauy, an English
woman, and, In the opinion of most
persons, an ugly one.
She was stylish, however; that was
not denied She was stylish and so
was the reiUvenated mansion whereof
she was mistress. It rose, with many
roofs and pinnacles, and with one par
tieular toWeT-since pulled down for
reasons hereinafter pparent-proUdiy
q eminent IN shape, from the summit
Of q Well-Wooded seaside highland
/ During the season it was full to over
flowing. Particular friends sometimes
remained late in October. I was not
a particular friend ; but I chaneed one
autumn to be the guest of Mr.. Vella-
ny's x-father-in-laW, and, as he was
going to the Cedars, he took It upon
I MIN 20 ID Ab u4G VII AALLs ne also. Z
may mention, took with him his only
surviving daughter. So, you see, I
didn' t like to be left behind.
We saw the mansion long ere we
/ reached tia medieval castle viewed
| through 3 reversed telescope, and,
naturally, talking about it, I was in
/ formed, BY Mr.. Hassler, in those
words which, somehow, makes ones
flesh creep, even at MONDAY, that
Ger all there hung the shadow Of a fear;
A sense OF mystery the spirit daunted,
And said, as plain as whisper in the ear,
The place is haunted"
I was told that there had been, mys- /
terioUsly audible to startled ears, on I
sundry chance occasions, sounds Of )
sighing, sobbing, and Waiing entreaty, /
amidst which were plainly distinguish /
able the words
Z" A little more-only little more u
You won't mind sleeping in the
Tower, will you 2'
After delightful evening, ushered
in by a capital late dinner, 1 remem-
bered nothing of what Mr.. Hassler
had told me, and I looked at my host,
in some surprise.
I had had a noddiDg acquaintance
with Mr.. Vellany before his first mar
riage. I distinctly recollected not
liking him much and, now that [
was his guest, I acknowledged, to my
self, a vivid consciousness of liking
him still less. He was a large man,
with large features and a large red
mustache, from beneath which, when
he laughed, his large white teeth
flashed out to an extent which made
you instinctively appFehensive that he
might be going to bite you.
/ certainly should not mind sleeping
in the tower. had slept In a tower
before. Why? Hadn't I heard that,
etc, etc, etc. Oh, yes I had heard
with a smIle.) Strange
to say Mr.. Vellany, who was given to
smiling, did not show his teeth on that
occasion.
' You can take a glass of-of water,
or something, upstairs with yoH, you
know" said he, graveiy. I Il mix it !
for you, and I dare say you'll sleep
quietly till cock-crow." "
tAh said I,
a. tIt was about to speak, when the cock crew, I
And then it started like a guilty thing"
Yes said he. Exactly. Well
I hope you'll be comfortable. "
DE did me the honor, some two hours
later, of showing me the way to the i
tower, remar ked, with thoughtful s
kindness, that mine was the only Z
sleepiDg-rOOm in that part of the build [
ing, and bade me good night, with such I
a display of his teeth as made me feel
that l should be much safer with the
ghost. \
We had made our exit from the I
second floor, aud had walked the en- /
tire length of an arched corridor, to c
the foot fthe tower stairs. I excused
the slight precipitancy Wherewith my l
left me, on remarking as I :
wound up my watch, that 1t was one
minute after midnight. Q
My chamber was neither lofty, nor
dimly lightly. There were no gloomy q
presses. nor hearse- like bedsteads. nor b
chairs. nor profound
closets. Neither was there q cavern $
1us fireplace. On the contrary, the d
room was decidedly snug. The paper
was Of jocHnd spring pattern, the n
ceiling prettily frescoed, and the car v
pet of bright col ors; while the green
and white cottage furniture looked '
fresh, and smelt particu- n
arly of varnish. I saw, with pleasure v
IN extra candle on my bedroom can /.
llestick, and, before [ begun the pro- !,
cess of Wateh-winding, 1 placed upon e
/ little round table at my bedside, my o
-eYOlver, a volume of Balzac and a
sut- glass goblet, containing an amber 8
,olOred liquid, which 1 have strong 4
reasons for believing to have been i
whisky punch Thus fortified, I rObed B
myself In purity and gyrated into bed o
tfO'or haoH fhora h77uo tho zhuG0m
IF a-bosh said opening Balzac c
It that page where his book became G.
viz, the 96th Une Ten
zbreuse Affaire." HUmph "A Dark Il
'-wellI I observe a bcx of
matches on the bureau. I'll read till u
feel sleepy and" v
The sentence was eloquently round a
I'd, by a mute but satisfactory refer
snce to the-liquid amber It is af-
irmed by science, that the pressure OF 8
/ liquid is equal In all directions. u
claim, however, to have discovered T.
that certain liquids exert pressure s
upward, or, in the direction
1f ones head With me, a luxurious =
1roWsiness indicates the action of this
shall we say hydraulic ?-force. and q
ID short, at the bottom of page 1I2, [ e
fell asleep.
L aWOke with a start. The moon 4
was over the ocean. I had a curious
dream of seeing somebody come down Fl
stairs, out of the former, and proceed t
down stairs into the latter. | looked
at my wateh-1.45 A. N. I rolled b
round in my bed and eourted the
sweet restorer. NY courtship was {
without consequences. Then lay :
and looked at the ceiling. Then I
wondered what the wild waves were a
saying. Then I remarked Of my can
die, that, like candles from time imme t
mortal, the longer 1t stood the shorter q
it grew-subsequeDtly hickered-ulti- g
mately went out. Whereupon, I mad 2
a nocturnal sortic and, draped always
in purity, went trolloping over to the
bureau for the match box. d
Having triumphantly illuminated s
myself with the extra candle, l paused g
q rnoueut IN a. onosfroDhizn the 4nsidun s