The Tarboro' southerner., 1870-05-19

INdttdulc IIOuLIUScdu lONeu inc CnllU
from the first, which was fully recip-
rocated by the little one; her salary
was liberal, aud the best apartman.in the
manor had been appropriated 10 her;
it had been the masters room-so said
the housekecpcr. In short, she had
everything her own way, but still she
felt vague uneasiness in this princely
manor, aud but for the love aud pity
she bore the lonely child, would gladly
have returned to her laborious life in
Eoadon. And, as tine sped on, she
felt sure that those old walls held some
fearful secret. The servants spoke iii
whispers, and went about with scared
faces her nights became disturbed,
and, at times, she fancied she heard
stealthy steps upon tile soft, Turkish
carpet Of her al artment; and at other
times she had been awakened by fear
full shriel<s, which would be followed.
by quick, light step in the eorriGpt;,
and a glimmer of light would be visi-
Bile for an instant, then all would be-
come dark and silent again. Three
months passed in this way. and Mad
amc Montrosean had determined to
leave the manor, when, one night, she
was awakened by hand being laid
heavily upon her shoulder, and voice
hissed in her ear, Madame Montro-
sean, arise and secure your iron-bound
Golfers. | will 2eveal them to you
Only leave me the jewels aud take the
gold" Madame Aontrosean sprang
to her feet.
The heavy astral lamp which hung
suspended from the ceiling had been
relightcd, as had also tbs nIantc1, or
side lamps, which, together With the
crimson hahgings, filled the room with
a gorgeous brilllancy, giving it almost
an unearthly appearance, reminding
one forcibly Of 'liades''
As Madame Montrtsean spraug t. .om
her bed, the figure oil a woman, who
had partially concealed herself behind
the hanyiugs of the bed, darted like
tigress to her side, graspec her arm
;6ercely an1 cried:
" Come, I Will show them to you,"
pointing to the further end of the
long room.
This singulas individual was dressed
in faded pink brocade silk; her long
black hair hung in wavy tresscs over
her bare shoulders; her eyes, black,
large and piercing, while her face was
marble white. Upon her alabaster
neck sparkled diamond necklace Of
great brllliancy; and upon Der bare.
arms were clasped diamond bracelets.
Madame Montrosean being paralyzed
partly by fear, and partly by adhira
tion of her strange visitant, whom
she believed maniac, and had recoG-
nzed as the wife Of Captain Harriog-
ton, Of the Sea Gull, allowed herself
to be drawn on by the maniac, who
still pointed to a handsomely trescoed
panel iu the wall. She had recognized
more even, the very jewels with which
the maniac had bedeckcU herself she
had believed buried in the sea The
mamie touched secret spring in the
delicately trescoed panel, when it few
b ,ck, revealing the iron-bound Golfers
of the MoutroScans. She had now
somewhat recovered from her freight,
and, grasping the arm OF the maniac,
strieked for help; but before the SER
wants reached the room, she had torn
the jewels from the poor creature, and
thrust them back into the secret alcove,
and, touching the spring, had replaced
the PANEL. The servants bore away
their poor mistress, for such they ad,
mitted her to be, and she became dan
seroasly i'll. They also admitted that
she had been y maniac since crossing
the English Channel in Il fearful gale
some years before, and that her hus-
band desired it to be understood that
she was dead, She had this night es>
capped from her room through the care
lessness Of her attendant, as she had
done several times before, aud wan
dered about the house.
Madame Montroscan said nothing
of her discovery to the servants, but
went immediately to London, and se-
cured the services of we'll known at
,orney. Mrs. Harrin 5ton, of Harmon
as the servants called her, was fast
sinking; the best medical aid was call.
ed from London, but gave no hope of
recovery. Madame Moatrosean watch
cd over the unfortunate creature day
and night, doing all in her power tc
alleviate her sufferings. One d.y, when
they had watched hourly for lfer death
suddenly she became perfectly sane,
and called Madame Montreosean to he,
side. saying that she wished to make
some disclosures to her before hel
death.
The doctors looked significantly al
each other, and whispered that they
had anticipated lucid interval woule
precede death.
Mrs, Harrington stated, in the pres
ence of her physicians, Madame Mon
trescan and her attorney, that she saw
her husband, Captain Harrington, o
the Sea Gull, push overheard Hcnr
: Montroscai and brother during tha
fearful night Id crossing the Englisl
Channel, which had SO terrified her tha
she had never recovered from its ef
fects and that after he had purchases
: the manor, she had seen him visit tn
, alcove in which the Golfers and jewel
were hidden.
She, poor creature, had scarcely con
cluded her evidence, when a deathl
hue spread ever the already pallid fac'
g she threw up her arms and shrieked
He is coming. my husband!''