Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-06-30
THE HALLOw EVE MYSTERY,
A LEGEND OF THE BLACK HILLS.
OHAPTERI
TUE DRRNEHs OF TIM BURNING HEARTS
N'sTbeir love was like tho lava food
THAT burns In Etnn's bfeast Of flame. :"

Nf OHARIElvA NI
THE prRNrRs OF TIM BURN MO HEARTS.
av,a,r ,oyo vaa I,l,o M Az, ,0ooa, t&
That burns in Etna's bfeast Of flame. I"
Mar ,bo end of n dark autumn. div. not
~, ,,oors 400 n vonnp connie retnrninp
from their bridal tour. arrived by steamer
o. % ths Old old c;iv Of Norfolk: md taltina a
6ocL drove directly to the best inn.
fThA oentlemanI registered himself and
h;s norty "a Mr. and Mrs. LYON Berners,
of BLACK Hall, Virginia, md two servantsr
awe shall need A private parlor. and
chamber communicative for our own use,
endaoi connie of bedrooms for our servants.|
sSia Mr. Berners, as he handed his hat and
cane cam, 10 tbo bowlng walter. 'U' ]. F'4 -
: 'asGsrtain,v air. What would YOU like
fo,. TOO p" asked the landlord, iaff Boa II,
'D,t0b onwtbing Won please, so TINT il is
nice and neatly served" said Mr.. B6rneIs,
with a sliqhtly impatient wave Of his hand
os IL he wonld have been rid of his iobse-
on;ous host. iaa. So 2Tols "a
N..Ab. hal anythina,I please I It is easy
10 see what aiiS him. He lives upon love
inst now: but hell care more about his bill
Of fare n few weeks hence, " chucklod tho
landlord, as he left the public parlort TO ex-
ecutc his guests orders. gf
The BRIDEGROOM was no sooner left alone
will bis Lride than he seated her in the
easiest arm. chair. and began with affection
ate zeal to unite her bonnet strings and nm,
closp her mantle. tHH0Naf r
"You make my maid useless ap-
pendace, dear Lyon, said the little lady;
smiling up in his eyes. "Yoh love me
so much, dear Lyon You love me so
much! Yet not too much either for OH
If Won should ever cease to love me, or
even if YOU were ever to love me less, II
: dare not think what l should dol" she
muttered in o long, deep, shuddering tone.
"Why, Sybil, my wifo4-yon beautiful
mad creature You are q true daughter of
yonr house! A Berners of the burning
heart A Berners of whom it has been
said, that it. is almost as fatal TO be loved
as TO be hated by" r.M J NJ ., ia
Suddenly in the midst of their converse
they heard the sound of weeping-low,
deem. .heart-broken weeping. ''I''I ...
Both paused, looked at each other, and
listened. ''al .G,.l'W..g ..st
The sound seemed to come from room
on the opposite side of the passage to their
own apartment Xxx. '..." 10.
what is that2" inquired Sybil, look
ing up in her husbands 5 face.
9It seems to be some woman in Distress"
answered Lyon. .E.. .....
"Oh see what it is, dear, will your" en-
treated Sybil. '.'' .'.l Z ' 81
She was herself so happy, that it was
really dreadful to be reminded just then
that sorrow shou Id exist in, this world at
all. ..'-4. a.,. 10
, But if she could have foreseen the Voc
that was TO come to herself, to her husband,
and to the object of her sympathy, she
would have held Lyon back, MS with the
grip of fate from the mission on which she
now sent him. ..''h'.lg .'-r
For the weeper was a beautiful woman.
a deserted wife-named Rosa Blondelle,
who. although but q few days landed from
the vessel which had brought her from
Europe. had been robbed of her Jewels
and money by her husband, and then left
TO her fate in that Norfolk hotel. q, 3u.''
Sybil was deeply moved by this lady's
story and insisted on taking Mrs. Blon-
dele home with her to Black Hall, and
Mr.. Berners gave his assent to her wishes.
But before they got ready to set out on
their Journey. Sybil bitterly repented ofthe
arrangement. Mrs. Blondelle was so en-
chantinply lovely that Mr.. Berners at once
began to Weld to her charms; and Sybl,
for the first time saw him nav the homage
of admiration to other beauty than her
own. t..t..... 80
This kindled tho fires of jealousy in her
heart, and by the time they reached Black
Hall. those fires had become famed into
IN inextinguishable flame.
And no Berners had ever been known to
give an object Of jealousy. a
Black Hall the abode of Mr.. and Mrs.
Berners was palatial old Virginia mansion,
situated in the heart of the Black Valley, n
few miles from Blackville, the country
town. 1t had been in Mrs. Berner's family
for generations and was renowned for the
scenes of gayety and hospitality which had
trnnspired beneath its roof .e ''s .'
Mrs. Berners, the last Of her race, to
give vent to the emotions of her restless,
Jealous heart, resolved to reinaugurate the
festivities of the olden time, and for that
purpose announced n mask ball for the en-
suing All-Hallow Eve, and at once set
about getting all things in readiness.
One day while she was absent at Black
vile, making purchases, Lyon and Rosa
became so absorbed in one another, as to
become oblivious of the entry of Mrs.
Winterose, the old 'housekeeper, who
found them sitting closely side by side,
her hand elapsed in his. On SYPHILIS re-
turn, the old housekeeper described this
scene to her with many exaggerations.
The revelation seemed to freeze Sybil into
ice. H. 'ras-..
"Oh, my hearU my heartl" sho moaned,
long siIence. she bitterly added ~Deceivedt
Scorned Laughed mt Well