The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-01-31

epoch the forests of LuXemburg anO
Limburg were infested.
About quarter of an hour afterward
Wenceslas StroQbant came in his turn
Gertrude received him very gracious
". He was handsome, and he was rich
and, vain of these two advantages, and
he was not wanting in sufficicncy.
1T is not.your fortune that tempts
me-" said Gertrude.
Wenceslas made d bow, and then
pufed himself up, in the attitude Of a
man Who says to himself, i under
stand we have other attractions.
''My heart is totally disinterested,'
continued Gertrude, ''and l will will
ingly give you my hand if you will rem
der me service which shall prove to
me your worth. .
Speak said the handsome yoUre
man : Il am st your orders in all mat
ters.'
''In that case, it is my duty to inform
Won that one Of our relatives has been
killed in q respectable interment. III
the mean time his body lies near where
he was slain, in the old Roman tomb
AS this sepuichre is much exposed,
would ask you to go. there at half past
nine this evening
"N-hat = to the tomb where the witch
cs hold their sabbath ? What a fancy
"What! are you afraid p
Il am not afraid But what q strange
commission you give me!''
"a fancy, perhaps, as you say. Yet
I can not intrssst the execution ofit to
any one who is not devoted to ne :
No one must know this mystery. Go
there, then, at half past nine, disguised
like an angel Of light, with torch in
your hand. The tales which are con
nected with the tomb will serve your
purpose. Seeing you seated at the foot
Of the sepuIchre those who might have
entertained the project of robbing the
de,sd will be terrified, aud no one will
come near. Do you agree?'
"I agree" said Wenceslas, terrified,
at the iGea Of tic cor lnission. lit still
mere terrific. st Il c ;a<a Of Icsirg lis
mistress.
s'You can come back at midnight
But not a word Of what has been said
that is the price of my hand"
Weneeslas, sitting in his nocturnal
apprehensions, swore that he would be
discreet, that he would be at his post
at half past nine, ard that he would
keep such good watch over the dead
that not even the bats should come
near.
= A very brief time had elarsedbefore
Lambert van Moll made his appearance
also, to pay his homage He was q
young barrister, Of whose future TIE
whole town predicted the greatest
things.
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ana WHO are our enemies WISH 70 al
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oeao ooo} li'o 'ile hoill1i' 'o'i' . ', iiili'
belongs 10 'he l"Mhy WISH ti'e 0o'.s
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shy 90
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a"''eA
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cooraS Se0uS'
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ii''ic'ioN0 q ooii'niiE''i0i
mere ILL., III ''il pro oS''iii'S 'oe iio u
ihs cut eiii',ieh 'lleie 70 "'''eii 'he
corpse to-highV' 0 oIi'e 'ilelli d" "s
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y as you are hahosohie IL lSet' ois-
guise yourse1 as a demon 1t IS d II
dlcuious COMMISSION II You hke' bt'
go to the tomb at ten clock' carry
away tue corpse pf''is 1t mere 'i.N eA-
pect everything from my Sfati'uue'
lambert '''h non lei'' si'er 'li''i"'
1t was not 100 much 10 90 TO WIN SO
far a person as eertfuoe' So lIke the
other two, he PROMISED puhcttlallty ano
dlscretlon.