Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-07

profound, so ardent, that it can conquer
even the desire 10 live. A tomb will
me must have attractions for You, and
you are but twenty-five. Al your age
life IS sweet.
The Earl shook his head
To live wSthout you is death; to bC
united to you, even IN the tomb, wOulC
be life.
Take care, my friend
'Of what, dear Fulmen g exclaimed
Ralph, over whom the smile of the = youne
girl seemed to exercise an overpowerine
fascination
DO you know she said, shat if yot
utter such wish God may hear your
prayer
'Ah, if he would. An eternity by your
side would be infinite happiness
Ralph, my friend. interrupted Ful.
men, while a smile Of celestial Joy shone
in her face lake care. you will die il
you love me
4 wish 10 dle'
But you are betrotbed to my sister,
An exclamation of anger escaped him.
i hate her = he said, yehemently.
why 2
Because she is alive, while you are
dead What has she done that she should
Eenjoy the light of the sun, the perfume
Of flowers, The melody of birds Was
she any younger or more beautiful g
Ralph, you are unjust. My sister
had no control over her destiny or mine.
You are right, perhaps, but l swear
to you thatI will never marry Hermiane.
l wish to be yours, and only yours, for
ever
You are mad, my friend; l cannot
accept happiness at such a sacrifice
She rose slowly.
'Adieu, Ralph she said. Marry
HermInne and pray for me-
'Fulmen, Fulmenp exclaimed Ralph
falling on his knees al her feet. Dc
not abandon me. love you
But your love is death
10 Itis happiness-it is life!'
His tone was so earnest, so touching
that the young girl hesitated.
Let me live eIernally with you,' be
persisted. T
Listen, my friend, she said at length
as if she could no longer resist his en-
treaties. In this casket,' pointing to &
richly carved TX which stood on the Ia
BILE, there is phial containing a dark
liquid
And this liquid q
rs DEATH
1t is happiness exclaimed Ralph
seizing the casket.
Fulmen then stopped him by gesture
Not yet, by and BY, at midnight; bu
first reflect
Immediately the candles were extin,
guished and he found himself in COIN
plete darkness. s...--f
If Earl Ralph had been a French
man, as soon as Fulmen disappeared he
would have opened the window and le
the cool night air play upon his brow
When the fever fiji being over. he woulc
have said to himself, All tins is folly.
am twenty-five years old, an officer in
the Kings service, and am about to mar.
ry young girl, blond as a Madonna
fair as lily, who will bring me an in
come of one hundred thousand hvres.
have only TO be quiet and let things take
their course.
After which he would have slept qui-
ely, and dreamed no more of Fulmen
But Ralph was Scotchman, with an i'm
aginanon as susceptible of exaltation as
any of his counuymen As soon as the
phantom vanished, he relighted the can
die by the aid of a half extinguished fire
brand, and opening the casket he took
out the phial
'Fulmer! Folmen wait for me!
am comlngp = be murmured, and swal-
lowed the contents a draught.
For a moment he experienced a strange
md inexplcable sensation a coldness in
the chest; heat ia the head then his
eyes became heavy; his limbs eTbled.
an extreme languOr stole over him, and
he sank upon the floor, still murmuring
family, 'Fulmen, wait for mel love
you
When Ralph swallowed the contents
of the phial be expected to awake in The
other world.
He was mistaken. The phial contain
ed only a5nareOuc. and he was very much
astonished on opening bis eyes to find
himself in bed and TO see the sun shin
ing through the curlained windows. A
lady sat by his bedside. Il was Fulmen
but no longer the pale, sad Fulmen. with
livId lips ard form envelOped IN wind
ing sheet; but Fulmen. fresh, radiant.
Joyous, in the same costume she wore al
! the fancy ball. ,eH
The reader will understand the ex.
PLANTATION of this more readily than the
young Earl, whose head was still some
what confused from the effects of the
narcotic. The young girl had wished tc
put the sudden passion of her ball room
loveF 10 the test F; and with some diff
Guilty she had persuaded her fond old
| father aHd her cousin HeFminne TO lend
themselves 20 the myspfcation. A lille
ingenuity, 5ome invisible assistance. 4
transparent glove of serpent skin. aided
By the native superstition of the young
ScOtchman, were all that was necessary
TO the success of the scheme.
We need Dot say that the Earl, wher
he recovered bis senses, was very glat
to exchange his phantom bride for lv
ing one.
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