Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-11-13

your grounds unperceived by all except
your children, and seeing strong resem-
blance between them and their father, my
very dear friend, sought to win their love
by sweetmeats precious and rare. Strange
to say. they one by one left this heartless
world for a SUMNER cline. And your
blue-eyed, bonny bride. too. has left you
to buffet alone the hardships Of a cruel,
uncompromising world While you were
away on your search fft6 for your Gypsy queen
I, in pity for her loneliness and sorrow.
sent her often rare flowers; but behold
their fragrance stole the 1lovelight from
the sweet blue eyes you loved better thai,
the, black ones of Zara, and stiffened her
dainty limbs for their narrow bed. Your
wife is lying in yonder churchyard. . She
died during your absence; and the domes-
tics, terrified by the tragedies enacted in
this house fed, leaving it to ruin and de-
cay. Therefore I took up my abode here
awaiting your coming. I leave you now,
and maysyou never prove so sungrateful
as to forget Tara, your gypsy queen. :,
During her heartless revelation. bis
limbs stiHened, and he sank helpless to
tts L. =
the floor. Lying there, mute and rigid.
bis ears drank in every. taunting word
ne: Nothing was, heard Of the GYPSY until
many weeks after, henathe body of a
woman was found in the forest, wrapped
in a long scarlet cloak It was identified
as Tara. How she came by her death
will remain amystery till that last day
when all secrets Shall be revealed. -;
"All through that terrible night Judge
Linwood lay ion'the floor, raving in deli
rum Kindly neigh bors found him there
the following day and took him away from
the scene So fraughtI with misery Ten
derscare and, quietaae rescued him from
bis illneasas.a but his ] reason had fed, i For
several years he lived a.quiet.f melancholy
man, sometimes talking in loving tones tc
his loved ones. whom helimagined around
him, but oftsnsst gaziins 8 il s sadly out 81 the
window. as iawatchiug for some familiar
face. - ; :, ~
''His reason partially returned to him
a few days before bis : death, and he told
his sad history to the kind hearted ones
who. soothed his, troubled heart. 4 edi bel
a',Gently and uncomplaining he passed
from the world so full Of misery to the
shore where his lost ones awaited
him t.igi1I slI "oa Vi'a sss1bta iaa. pois 10
'''The place sYfiPfa IS fast falling to decay. No
one could be induced to occupy the house
after; the, tragedies related. The lofty
rooms, which once echoed to merry voices.
now resound withLha heoting Of owls, aud
but little of the splendor. of'eLinwood re.
mainsyus ,l,ais,1e y asaw bof1sq sds gains
a'Tis said midnight brings the shadow
form Of the mutrderess4 70 The house. and
cries and groaanss1 sound through the rooms
and lights flash from the windows, show
ing the restless H spirit IF the gypsy, as she
fits from ROOM to room till the faiutgleam
Of dawn drives her1awaya How true tbis
is I cannot say; but true it is that Lin rood
Graugeisshduued slike'by'n,auand'beast,
5'"And now TO- your rest dearies, But no,
to dream1of the story I have told you"
With tender er'sympathy for the, ,w1retched
master Of Linwopd, we took our lamps and
hurried p Up the st' broad d a staircase. l! casting
timid glances around US, noe breathing
freely till llsthefbars and bolts Of our xooms
told i US that I'VE werca safe. u Nor did; VIC
draw aside the curtains tofgazeiup the
moonlight ruins Of the = @ range, as had
been our wont sfesripg4 TO behold the
ghostly lights flashing from the windows
Of the haunted house. Sc. 'd''.N d. '''9s'' III