, 1869-06-16
THE HALLOW.EvE MYSTERY
4 Legend OF the BLACK MnfI.
CHAPTER I.
The ExRSERs OF THE bEES1S1 HkAkfa

CHAPTER l.
THz ExRSERs OF THE scES1S0 HkAKfa
"Thetr ln1o WIS like the lArs Eood
That burns in EtnA1 hie1S- OF HALLE.
Near tie end Of dark anta1un GAY: nos Hsny NAY
seuns eeurs n1 se I'd % city a
Nortoik; and, takiuE hack, drove o1Eec'l' ~ 'oe
IN Gentleman registered himself and bis party
~ HI and Eth Lycu Hetne,s, O. Black A6n' W.
S,n,., and tso servants ,,,,,, and rn.o,,,r
commrnicas.ns fos our own use, md = co7pie OF
bedrooms for cur sessants, said y ny; T. nesnsss.
a. be handed his hat and cane TO tho lowing
~te1t.in1y, ST.. whas would 5ou Ike fos teas"
asked the landlord.
neatIT served, said Mf. Berner., with Nightly
impaueui wave Of bis bind as he would have
teru nd OF hs obaequ1ous host
"Ah-h1. anything please! II is easy to zee
Whist a.,s t1EL Lie lives Upon lore inst now; but
he'll care more shout nts BILL Of taEoa few weeks
hence chnek1cd the landlord, as he lett the pub
uc pa,1or 10 execute hla guests o-ders-
The bridegroom WAS no sooner left alone With
his GI1dc thao he tented her IN the eaaest arm
chair, aud began with ancctto1ate zeal TO unto
her bonne:- strings and uncIasp her mantle.
"Ioa make ny maid nsclsss sppcodase, dear
.es e 9S 9p a ~ s,c ZEE
20 much! Yet not too much either: fot on! II
you snopld sreg cease 70 love me iaA I-I-dare
leng, deep, thndder1ng toac
Why, Syhl, mJ Ftfe-Jou beautiful nsd ercs-
Bespus ot Tie barninF ass1t: 4 Berners ot tho
- th.i i Is almost Is fatal to be loved as to os
Suddenly, in the midst Of the!r converse, they
heard tho sound OF Weeptng|oW. deep, heart
Both ;auscd, looked st each Other, and listened.
The euund seemed 70 come rum rDom On the
opposite side Of the passage to their owu spas:-
What ss thst:' inquired s,bn, ioolng up to
her husband face
.Oh! See r.a: It Is, dear, rtli you:" entEcated
she VAS hezse,f so happy, tna. !: Was really
dreadful 10 be reminded Just then that sorrow
should exist In this world Al all
10 come m 10 neTsei. to hef husband and to The ob.
tect oi her sympathy, she woala have held Lyon
back II with the gr1p Of fste, from the mission
on which she now sent him. ..
For the wceper Was = beautiful wonan-a de-
serted wte-na1ned Kosz Mondelle. who, although
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70 her iaie u snst Norfolk hotel
insisted on taking Mrs Blondellc home win her,
to B!aek hs1i, md Nj. BeEners gase his assent to
But before they got ready to set out on theIr
journey, 6Ebil bitterly repeuted OF the Arrange
ment Mrs. Elontelle VAS so encba1ln9iy ioFely,
that Mt. GernerE 1T once began TO yield to het
charms; and sybl, for the fl!st timc, saw him pay
The noalagc Of celebration to other beauty taau
AGf OHO. -
Tn,1 kic1led the lsres OF Jealousy in her heart,
and ty the tune tncy reached Biack 1Iall those
Gres had become famed in1o IN tne1unguIshahlt
And no Dernezs had ever been Known to forgive
bissk nsiL 1he ahede Of Ar. nnd NH Berner.,
the hesf1 d iae Black Valley, = 1ew miles f1o1
Hiackrilie, the county town. II had been IL ArR
Gerners 111ni1Y for EentratonR and n3 renowned
for The scenes OF Ea8ery and hospitality which hse
uansplred beneath its loof. ...--.
Mrs IerDcra, the last Of her f1ce, to gre venl
TO the emotions Of her RESTLESS Jealous heart, re
Eoived TO reIaEgu1ate the festivities oI the older
time. and fer that pq1pose announced tnssk tsl
about getting all things tn reallncaa
One ttay, whttc Ehe was absent at BlackSille
making purchases, Lyon and Rosa became q
absorbed In one another, =. 10 become oblivion,
keeper, who found them sitting side by side, be
hand clasped In BIZ. On Syhtla return. the oil
housekeeper described this scene to her, VIII
-" o., ~ A<a5t ny hea,t r sne rosned, T. M Msatu
e 1f esrg pae as ''sa 0nE Bsfs ssRs;
scesned: Iangned It. Weti, Teu!o she CO..
t,naed, noddtng g1!mly veil ven. slnes dscs!
y the fashion q the day, ! TOO tEll! be n u q
behind that mnsl will waicE!-Oh, how I vi
WhtcnI Not At my fancy bail alone viii play
PAT p but before 4, and perhaps ansr 7! Non e.
descend with the fell swoop Of the eagle An
heoceiorth let me ttmcnbeF ih4t am Z aauRl
friend or spaGcd q foe, And oh, lei the spiris
ny fsshera support me, for must ENDURE uni
those wanderers On the brink OF q fear1ul Ahy
-base seer the look Of her fsce then. thrJ wou
ha;s aed 1sSm H., each otaef fo5sEe rasasr TIL
But they saw nothing, enew nothing, snspect'
nothtng! ~.