The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26

tomaton fashion swallowed large glass
OF brandy, undressed, got into bed, and
without any further recollection fell fast
asleep.
/ was awakened by sudden shock,
and the sound of loud laughter. When
/ opened my eyes 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 sev.
eral miles out Of their way TO pay me a
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. Il beg your pardon, sir, for in.
terrupting you, but am so uneasy about
Mr.. Korner that couldn't contain my
self any longer"
what is the matter?" | 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 Pr | in
CURED.
"He 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 ali 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 locksmith and make forcible
entry. No one thought Of entering by
the windows, and | dared not propose
it; 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.
ened by the curtains, save in one spot,
where the sunbeams streamed through
an opening, and fell full and brightly
upon an awful object-the upturned
| blood-bespattered face of the German.
He was quite dead; his hand still
| grasped discharged pistol-he had
| blown his brains out.
| need scarcely remark that | did not
pass another night under that Ill.
omened roof, but at once accepted my
! friends invitation 70 return home with
them.
Of course you are now anxious to
know the explanation of the mysterious
spectre and all other mysteries. All
! that | can tell you upon the subject was
| gathered more from differences than
from direct information. In Korner's
writing.desk was found the miniature
of lovely girl, which Immediately
recognized as the face | had seen in my
| vision; and beside it was a strange and
horrible letter, of which made a copy
at the time, and which, as nearly as |
| can remember, ran thus:
"When you read these lines | shall
be no more. Living, | am powerless to
avenge your wickedneSs TO me but if
there is a Just God, my revenge will
reach you from the grave. have prayed
increasingly to be directed to retrlbu.
ton as awful as the misery you have
| brought upon me. Ny prayer has been
heard, and, mark me, scoh as you will
! in your skeptical Conceit, it will come
| TO pass. In my dark hours OF despair
ing agony, this is the vengeance | have
engendered, and which ! WiU execute.
| From the hour in which | draw my last
breath / will haunt you. Fly TO the
| furthermost extremities of the world,
and my shadow shall still pursue you;
alone or in a crowd, in the darkness OF
the night or in the brightest sunshine,
you shall know ne moment of your life
in which ! may not stand before you.
And lest habit should in time dull the
horror of my presence TO your hard,
goddess soul, in each visitation you shall
behold the progress of the corruption
of the buried body as it testers in the
earth. AS the body is at the moment /
stand before you, in that guise shall you
see me. And when the last stage is
reached, when the bones crumble into
dust, then shall thy earthly career
close. Pray, then, if you can, that the
tortures you will endure in this life may
mitigate those prepared for you in the
next"
Putting together the little informa-
ton | gathered at various times, chiefly
through Mrs. Adams, | framed this
story At Bonn there lived one Adeline
Sturm, burgomaster's daughter. She
was the beauty Of the town, had been
educated far above her station, and was
as notorious for her naughty and dis
dainful pride as for her personal charms.
All the young men were madly in love
with her, but upon all she looked down
with equal scorn. Karl Korner was at
that time student at the university
lie was scion of a noble family, stri
kingly handsome, heir to fine fortune
and the most heartless libertine in