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latter ana statue Of Venus that stood

latter and statue Of Venus that stood
by its side,l when her attention was ar
Erested BY the sight Of men advancing up
Eone of the walks shat led to the lake.
EThey were three In number. and two ap-
Epeared to be dragging the other. They
Preached the margin or the lake. The
Emoon, which had been obscured by q
Ecloud, at that moment shone forth upon
1.-The scene, and, to- her horror, Adrianna
saw the dress and countenance OF her
Hover.
The life blood turned to her heart as
she saw that he was evidently q prison
Ler. One OF the men-at-arms walked to
1.-THE statue Of Venus, aud: seized 1t by
door was discovered, which one of them
raised. She saw one Of the; men de-
Escend,, then Edgar, and then the other.
The statue swung back to it's old place,
land all was still again. Still Adrianna
Egaxed, as If fascinated, upon the spot
lWere' they had disappeared. Suddenly
1.-THE statue turned again; first one and
the other of the men-at-arms came forth;
Ebut the third person, Edgar, was not
with them. Again one of them touched
the left hand Of the Venus; again the
lstatue was restored, and all was as be-
lfore. Adrianna rose and tottered to-
tward her couch; But before she reached
lit, she fell inse1siblei upon the floor.
When she recovered, she found it was
Ebroad day, and tnat she was tupoli her
Fbed, surrounded by her attendants.
Complaining of sicknessy she disnilssed
them all. AS soon as they had left her,
she rushed to- the window. All was still;
the lake shone in all its placid beauty,
and tire statue looked as If it had not
tbeen moved for ages. Could it have been
Ia dreamp No; the terrible scene was
impressed too strongly on her mind; ID
Emust have beenreafity.
4 But how came Edgar there? Why
was ne prisoner2 She pondered on IL
i for a moment, when tile Thought Oh tile
Holy vehlne suddenly crossed her
mind. All tKat she ever heard OF this
terrible tribunal rushed upon Her. Her
fathers supposed connection with it;
the G olHt OF Palatine. All, she saw IL
the Count, his great passions-his iron
!, will: this must have been his work. But
hUw TO save her lover? She thought 16r
moment, and decided Upon her plan Of
action. 40 .,. .,
i Eight had come, and silence reigned
over the castle Of DrfckenfelS. A figtfre
steals from a private portal ana glfdes
!, very rapidly across the garden, tow ard
theslake. Il is Adrfaffna. Gliding be-
hind the trees she at length reached the
! statue: She places upon tae ground a
lamp ana sihail .se pas saesHl % paosisioiis. s,s.
Inen reacnihg dpMalu sne siasps tne
. is heard; and Che trap door lies open be-
lore fler. She finds, as she had expected,
: ia flight OF steps; slowly she descends,
pauses and lights her lamp. She looks
around; she is iii What appears to be a
, small chamber; before her is an iron
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falls, ana tne statue resumes iss place
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