Richland beacon., 1876-08-19

.uccccdcd in completely running her
mind 10y narraling TO her all the fright
nj stories about vampires that they
'ould remember or invent. Often as
he felt her eyes closing she would
-av Ia ne, For Gods sake de- not
,Irrp. Take nay rosary in on" hand
ind your sabre in the ulhrt aud watch
over me" Nor would she sleep save
With her two hands locked about my
arm, locked so tightly lhor the ron.
vH!>lve grip Of her fingers would leave
Iivid uarkS in my flesh. Nothing
could distract her mind she was
ahicct'v afraid Of death and believed
that she must certainly perish. In
! lew days She hccame shorkinglv thin;
her lips were colorlcss and livid her
great black eyes seemed even larger
and more brilliant she was a pilinbIc
thing 10 sec.
tried to impress her IMAGINATION
hT feigning to believe a. she did, but
unhappily. as had at flst dcridcd
her crrdnliiy, +, could not easily gain
her confidence told her. however,
that naS possessed nf Il patent charm
a"ainS, evil spirits ami that, if she
desired it, | would pronounce il. At
/ first her natural unscllishnrsS and
Scn'lcnc.s would moi permit her 20
allow HE Ia Draw the wrath of heaven
upon myself, but finally the fear Of
death oycrcamc her scruplcs ard she
implOrel me TO try my spell | pro-
nOUnccG loudly and solcmnlv some
lines of Racine Us an i'm ovation then,
after rubbing her neck, pretended to
draw thercfrom a small red agate
/ had concealed between my fingers,
and assured her gravely that had
removed the source of her illness and
that she was saved. But, with Il sad
smile, she said: You have deceived
me; you had that stone in little
cas- et; | had seen it before. You
1rc not magician" Thus nv ruSc
did her more harm than good. From
that moment she grew worse rapidly.
On The night before her death she
said to me, eff | die it is my own
fault! My lover (and she named one
Of the young men Of the villagc)
wished me 10 elope with him, but |
would not and asked him to bring me
1 silver chain. He went to Marraska
to buy me one, and il was then that
the vampire came. After all, if had
! not been at the house, it NIGH have
killed my mother, so perhaps it is all
for the best" Next dav she made
her father promise himself to cut her
throat and open her veins after her
death, that she might not also become
vampire she would have no other
hand but his to commit upon her
corpse these needless atrocities Then
embracing her mother she desired her
10 take Rosary to the tomb of a local
hermit or saint, there to sanclily it /;
then 10 bring it back to hcr ! could
not fail to admire this pheasant
lhoughtiulness in finding such pre-
text 10 keep her mother from witness
ing her dying agonics.
Size took an amulet from her neck
and gave i to me. Keep it," she
said. land may it do YOU more good
than il has done to me-" She then
received the sacrament deovutly.
Shortly after her breathing became
more difficult and her eyes glazed.
Suddenly she seized her falher's arm
and made an effort as if 70 cast her
self upon his breast then ceased TO
live. Her sickness had lasted eleven
days.
A few hours after, had left the
village behind me, consigning heartily
TO the devil vampires and all who
believe in them.-N. Y World.