The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-06

guide, finging up his cap AND running to
the brink of the precipice.
Wolfe laid his hand upon his arm, and
drew deep breath.
"Legrice," he said very calmly, but
with awhile, awe struck look in his face,
''yon described my brother Lawrence
age, height, dress, everything; even to
the Scotch cap he always wore, and the
silver badge my uncle Horace gave him
on his birthday. He got that scar IN a
cricket match at Harrowgate."
Your brother Lawrence faltered
"Why hould you be the one permitted
to see him is strange" he went on, speak
ing more to himself than to me Every
strange I wish 4 y but there
perhaps l should not have believed my
own eyes. l must believe yours"
81 will never believe that my eyes saw
your bother Lawrence" said RESI- lutely.
eve must turn back, of course" he
went on, taking no notice of my answer
Look here, Kaufman; can we get to
SchWartzenselden tonight by the old
pass, If we turn back atonce 2"
''TUrn back" interrupted. "My dear
Egg erton, you are not serious ?"
81 was never more serious in my life
he said, gravely.
eff these Herren wish to take tn life, /"
pass" said the aston;shed guide, we can
not possibly get to Schwartzeufelden be-
fore midnight We have already come
seven miles out of the way, and the old
pass is twelve miles further round
"Twelve and fourteen are twenty six"
said I, eve cannot add twenty-six miles
to our original thirty. 1t is out Of the
question"
"These Herren can sleep at the chalet
where we halted" suggested The guide.
"True-I had rot thought of that"
said Wolfe. eve can sleep ct the chalet,
and 60 on as soon as it iSday
Turn back, sleep at the chalet, 60 on
in the morning and lose full half day,
withone of the finest passes in Switzerland
before us, and our journey two-thirds
DONE" cried. "The idea Is too absurd, >
Nothing shall induce me to 60 on, in
defiance of warning from the dead,
said Wolfe, hastily.
"And nothing" I replied, "shali III
duce me to believe that we have received
any such warming. I either saw that man
or I labored under some kind of optical
illusion, But ghosts | do not believe in. D
GAS you please You can go on if you
prefer it and take Kaufman with you.
know my way back"
! GA greed-eXccpt as regards kaufman
Let him take his choice "
Kaufman, having the matter explained
to him, elected at once to go back will
Egcrton Wolfe.
"If the Herr Engllshman has been
warned in a vision" he said, crossing him
self deyoutly, /" it is suicide to 60 on
Obey the blessed spirit, meip Fl r."
But nothing now would have induced
me TO turn back, even if | had felt in
clined to do SO SO, agreeing to meet next
at Standardization, my friend and salc
good by. IVES
God grant you may come to no harm
dear old fellow" said Wolfe, as he turned
} away.
II don't feel like harm, assure you"
replied laughing,
: And so we parted.
| stood still and watched them till they
were out Of sight. At the turn Of thu
road they paused and looked back
When Wolfe waved his hand for the las
} time, and finally disappeared. [ coulC
not repress sudden thrIll-he looked &c
, like the figure of my Illusion!
Fer that it was an illusion, did no
J doubt for moment. Such phenomena
! though not common, are by no means I'm
, heard Of. I had talked with more thar
one eminent physician on this very sub
ject, and remembered that each haC
spoken Of cases within his own experience
| would never disbelieve in hallucina
tlons again. To that made up my mind
but as for ghosts-pshaw how could any
sane man, above all, such man as Eyer
ton Wolfe, believe in ghosts?
:, Reasoning thus, and smiling to myself
| frightened the shoulder straps OF my
knapsack, took pull at my wine flask
and set off toward the tunnel.
And now, with every step that took
!, the mouth of the tunnel grew larger, and
the shade within it blacker and more
mysterious. l was by this time near
enough to sec that it was faced with
brickwork, that it spanned the full Width
OF the road, and that it was more than
lofty enough for an cid ,hioned, top
heavy diligence to pass undor 1t. Inc
next moment, being within half dozen
yards of it, distinctly heard the cool
murmur Of the more distant watdrfs ii
(now hidden by the great mountain spur
through which the gallery was carried,
and the next moment after that [ had
plunged into the tunnel.
It was like the transition from aa or
child house to an ice house-from midday
to midnight. The darkness was profound
and so intense the sudden Chill that tol
the first second it almost took my breath
away.
The roof and sides of the gallery, ans
the road beneath my feet, were all hewr
in the solid rock. A sharp, arrswy G ear
LOT LIGHT. shooting athWart the gloom