The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-12-24


declared that she was to be his wife, and
, that he would kill any one that touched
her. So there was dancing and great
feast and the young lady sat by the wicked.
lord, and was frightened by the wicked
things sshe. heard and saw. One thing
| was
$50 on with what happened" said Mr..
Sandon.
"They were all drunk, sir, and the old
lord called to them to drink his new wife's
health, meaning the young lady. They all
shouted and screamed, and she cried out
that she was not his wife and never would
be, and would go home to her father. They
all cried out that she should not, and she
ran away all through the rooms that you
see, sir, and they ran after her, shouting,
and locking all the DOORS"
"Poor girl" said Mrs. Sandon.
"They hunted her up and down till she
was nearly tired, but she would not give
in, and at last they came round her at that
window" (and Joe pointed to the ruined
window through which the moonlight was
streaming), "and Now says the wicked
lord Il have got you and we'll be married
at once. Tell the black clergyman to be
ready, says he.
"The lady fell on her knees, and begged
to be let go, but they only laughed and
swore at her, and my lord laid hold of her.
to drag her to be married."
Exactly reversing the modern custom, 9"
said Mr.. Sandon.
80, let me go home" says the lady.
| What's the nearest aoay h0me,n said the
wicked lord, pointing at the window, and
down at the cottage at the dreadful depth
below, but never thinking that she would
take him at his word
"Then, that way 1 Co." said the poor
lady, and she jumped out of the window
and was killed.
"They all set up dreadful shout, sir, at
her getting away from them, and the lord
the most furious of ALL But it was no use
and they turned back to the eating and
drinking; and when they were nearly mad
drunk, the castle burst out on fire in twenty
places. They tried to get away, but they
had locked all the doors to catch the poor
lady, and nobody could find the keys. So
they were all roasted to death. And what
I've heard, sir" added the rocontew', sink
in his voice, "is this, that every Christmas
Eve they are obliged to do it all ovor
again"
But the poor lady, surely she has not
to return" said Mrs. Sandon, actually in.
terested in the history.
"No, MN, she's an angel. But-but
-" said Joe, hesitating.
"Out with it joe"
ats only her likeness that is taken by
-by-"
"a wicked spirit, suppose, ell ?"
eyes, sir, him.; and after they have hun
ted him, he turns round, and grows hidcous
and hunts them, roaring all the time, Che
nearest way home-the nearest way home"
and then the fire breaks out. But grand
mother can tell you great deal more about
it, sir, than can"
"You've told us quite enough, Joe, and
tod it very well, and so come in and get
your supper, as there's nothing going on at
your uncle's. And remember this, joe
whenever you think of that story
there is not a word of fact in it from be-
ginning to the end, but still there is a truth
in it, and that is, that wicked people are
always punished"
Especially if they are wicked to ladies, :"
added the pretty wife, as Joe withdrew to
the kitchen.
you be silent, madam" said her hus
band, and don't spoil my sermons. Would
you have a clergyman hear such story as
that without adding moral p