The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-11
NAUSEOUS NUPTIALS.
FOUR HEADLESS MEN DANCE A
QUADRILLE IN A BRIDES
BED-CHAM BER.

The following grotesquely horrible
story is translated from the Paris Figaro:
This day eight days wedding was cell
ebra.ed at A. A merchants clerk,
named Msrius Crampin, married a young
girl Of eighteen, called Anna R.
Anna R was an orphan from child
hood, and had been educated by an old
priest, dead six months ago. Though she
was very attractive, and had dowry Of
$4,000 francs-a respectable sum for
simple clerk-Crampin was tar from jubi.
liant when he left the church. Some of
his friends, in fact, on hearing OF his mar
rage, had sneered at the matter in rather
. singular manner, without offering any
explanations, and had declined to be pres
ent at the wedding. Besides, when the
sacrifice was contaminated, Crampin
felt tormented by suspicious, which,
before marriage, he repealed with con-
tempt In order TO dispel them he drank
deep, and towards midnight he was pretty
mellow. 1t was now time to retire to
rest. The bride went first, and extin-
guished the taper. Crampin in turn ar
rived. "Halloow he exclaimed, STUN
bling tiny wife pretends to be asleep.
We must light the candle again But
just as he was about to light the candle
with match he heard rustling of cur
tains, and man appeared-a man of
great height, wrapped in white shroud
that was spotted over with blood, and
without head. He carried red lantern.
Crampin uttered stihed exclamation,
the bride arose hastily, and the two re-
manned spell-bound by terror at the
frightful spectacle before their eyes. For
from the corners of the room emerged
three other headless persons, all clothed
in white but blood-bespattered winding
sheets, each with red lantern in one
hand and his head in the other. They
stationed themselves in front Of the
fireplace and saluted the young
couple in ceremonious man
ner. Then, strange to tell, spoke. Cram
pin, in terror, knew not whether the
! voice issued from the body or from the
head. Good day to you, Citizen Cram.
PIN said one Of the hesdless beings II
am Joseph Grigols, client Of thy wife's
| great great grand father" GIVE me thy
hand, Crampin, said the other sneeringly;
MADAME knows me too. lost my head
in 1888 at the hands of her grandfather /"
BY this time Crampin was down on his
knees, and his bride WAS moaning in a
state of distraction from her. But they
were alone in the house, which was situat-
ed ut the gates of the town, and nobody
came near them. The third phantom then
advanced. Little cne,' he said, in an
amiable tone "thou canst boast Of having
had a grandfather who did his work ad
mirably. j, too, passed through his hands.
GOOD God, goaned Crampin, in despair,
.'the man without head speaks through
bis nose" "Step out children" called gu,
/ No l.,t 1. l.t he ts.l Ill Z.
about 10 begin. Forward, BOTH And the
four gullotined persons, taking their
places, broke into Dances supernatural
csncan that froze the blood in the veins
OF the young couple. They lesped up
| spread wide their winding-sheets, like
| glers with their heads. Il was frighiful,
and all the more when suddenly they
burst out in chorus, and sang some slaves
Of a horribly.grotesque song. Then, all
AT once, opening the door, they disappeared
in the dark lobby, after having deposited
the four heads on the knees of the bride.
Merciful heavensG' gasped the latter,
with horror, "the clients of my family ~
What family, madame ?" yelled Cram
PIN, horriied, in the midst of his terror,
by the exclamation. " Forgive me, "
duplicated the bride, throwing herself on
her knees before him, "Grsndps was an
executioner." The wretched Crampin
sprang to his feet, and then fell senseless.
As soon as he returned to himself, without
taking time to pack his trunk, he pre-
cipitately left the town, and has not been
again seen. The investigation of the POI
lice into this mysterious affair resulted in
the discovery that the fonr guilotined
persons were none Others than the friends
OF Crampin, who had heared, one knows
not how, Of the unfortunate connections
oil me BRIDE The four heads were four