Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-25

asleep.
was awakened by a sudden shock,
and the sound of loud laughter. When
l opened my eyes I found myself upon
| the floor and my friends from Stony
Cross standing over me, convulsed with
| laughter at, | presume, my ridiculous
and scared appearance. In returning
from Southampton, they had come sew
eral miles out of their way to pay me
visit. Upon hearing | had not risen,
heated with champagne, and ready for
any mischief, they entered my room,
lifted me out of bed in my sheet, and
bumped me not very gently upon the
ground.
We had just sat down to breakfast
when Mrs. Adams put her head in at
the door and beckoned me out mysteri-
ously. ~ beg your pardon, sir, for in
terrupting you, but am SC uneasy about
Mr.. Korner that couldn't contain my
self any longer"
"What is the matter?' I asked, in
great agitation.
"Well, you know he is an early riser
never in bed after six. 1t is now ten.
and have neither seen nor heard him.
| have knocked at his door and can get
no answer"
"Where is the servant Fritz ~ | in
quired.
ale went away yesterday, saying he
should not return for some days, and
that was to attend upon his master in
the meanwhile"
| told her to wait until after break
fast and would see what could be done.
All the horrors of the last night came
wildly back upon my memory, filling
me with evil forebodings. 1t was i'm
possible to conceal my perturbation from
my friends; and after very little press
ing, told them of the housekeeper's
fears, and certain of my own expert
ences; emitting all mention of what |
had seen through the window, which
would have excited only their ridicule
The breakfast table was abandoned !;
, and while proceeded to the Germans
chamber, the others waited the result at
the farther end of the corridor. No an
swer was returned to my knock, and
after little hesitation we decided to
send for a iocksmith and make forcible
, entry. No one thought of entering by
} the windows, and dared not propose
it; l could not for my life have looked
, through them again. In very short
/ time the lock was taken off and the
door thrown open. The room was dark
t ened by the curtains, save in one spot,
! where the sunbeams streamed through
an opening, and fell full and brightly
t upon an awful oblect-the upturned
blood-bespattered face of the German.
/ He was quite dead; his hand still
| grasped discharged pistol-he had
) blown his brains out
i l need scarcely remark that l did not
j pass another night under that i'll
omened roof, but at once accepted my
: friends invitation to return home with
! them.
; OF course you are now anxious to
know the explanation of the mysterious
spectre and all other mysteries. All
t that can tell you upon the subject was
' gathered more from differences than
j from direct information. In Korner's
writing-desk was found the miniature
: of lovely girl, which l Immediately
, recognized as the face / had seen in my
r vision; and beside it was a strange and
horrible letter, of which l made copy
: at the time, and which, as nearly as
can remember, ran thus:
, aWhen you read these lines l shall
( be no more. Living, am powerless tc
+; avenge your wickedness to me; but il
: there is a lust God, my revenge will
reach you from the grave. | have prayed
increasingly to be directed to retribu
I ton as awful as the misery you have
: brought upon me. Ny prayer has been
9 heard, and, mark me, scott as you will
. in your skeptical conceit, it will come
! to pass. in my dark hours of despair
! ing agony, this is the vengeance l have
!. engendered, and which | will execute
a From the hour in which l draw my last
r breath | will haunt you. Fly to the
= Furthermore extremities of the world
4 and my shadow shall still pursue you
/. alone or in crowd, in the darkness O
,. the night or in the brightest sunshine
= you shall know no moment of your life
n in which | may not stand before you
Il And lest habit should in time dull tn,
r. horror of my presence to your hard
! goddess soul, in each visitation you shall
d behold the progress of the corruption
d of the buried body as it testers in tn,
II earth. As the body is at the moment
IS stand before you, in that guise shall yol
/. see me. And when the last stage
20 reached, when the bones crumble int
E. dust, then shall thy earthly caree
% close. Pray, then, if you can, that tn
al GOTIuT6S you Will 0IlOur0 Ill billS lllC Ila
% mitigate those prepared for you in tn
i. next"
le Putting together the little informs
n. ton gathered at various times, chief
through Mrs. Adams, framed thi
st story: At Bonn there lived one Adelin
I'd Sturm, burgomaster's daughter. Sh
ne was the beauty of the town, had bee
id educated far above her station, and wa
err as notorious for her naughty and di
IN dainful pride as for her personal charm
I All the young men were madly in low
It. with her, but upon all she looked dow
It. with equal scorn. Karl Korner was 6
nd that time a student at the universit,
tn he was scion of noble family, str
| kingly handsome, heir to fine fortun
nv and the most heartless hbertine
oh Bonn. The stories he was continual
les hearing of this girls unimpressible n
ed ture excited his pique, and over d
nv baueh he laid heavy wager with fe
IN. low student that he would win her low
of degrade her pride, and abandon he
ed He succeeded too well in all that
yas proposed. 1t was an act of monstrol
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