Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-05

cry OF sorrow which simultaneously burst
from al present. The bride sank ex-
hausted into the arms of the old woman
behind her, and relapsed into her former
state OF lnsenslbility and SO tie ceremony
ended. The bridegroom rose up and
bore the lifeless form of the bride to her
former pace, and the old woman and the
gigantic man followed them. The pastors
hrst conductors then appeared again, and
blindfolded his ewes as before. and led
MIN, not without some trouble, through
the crowd, and having pushed him rudely
through the side door they boted it on
the inside, and left him standing alone in
the churchyard.
Here he renamed for some time be-
wildered and confused, uncertain vheth-
er all he had just witnessed Was not a
dream. But when he had torn the band
age off his eyes, and he saw the church
before him still Lighted up, and heard
the noise Of the people within it con-
tinue, he felt convinced Of the realty of
the mysterious event he had been an act
or in. In order to observe as much as
scene, he concealed himself in the corner
OF the porch, and anxioasly listened, as
every moment the noise within became
louder and louder. 1t seemed as if
warm strife had arisen; he thought he
could distinguish the rough voice of the
bridegroom, who loudly commanded
silence. Then followed a long pause,
which was succeeded by the piercing
scream of a female voice. After that an
other silence, and then voice of loud
lamentations, which lasted nearly
quarter of an hour. The lights were
then suddenly extinguished, the confused
nelse OF the crowd was again heard, and
the whole multitude came streaming out
OF the church, and fastened noisy down
to the Seashore.
Alter little while the pastor crept out
of his hiding place and fastened to the
village. He then awoke his friends and
neighbors, and still laboring under the
effect Of his fright, related to them all
that had occurred. But SO peaceful, still,
and monotonous was the usual course of
events IN the community, that an alarm
OF quite different nature seized on them
They believed their respected pastor had
lost his senses, and 1t was not without
some trouble that he persuaded some
OF them to accompany him with pick
axes and shovels, and follow him to the
church.
In the meantime the night had passed
away and the sun had appeared; and as
the pastor and his companions were as
cending the hill on which the church
| stood, they saw ship in full sail leave
the shore and steer northery direction.
Such an ususual sight in such a solitary
nelghbOrhood made them little more
inclined to credit the old mans story,and
it was confirmed when they found the
! church door had been forcibly broken
open. Full of curiosity, they entered
the church, and the pastor pointed out to
them the grave which he had seen open
| during the night.
1t was easily perceived that the stone
had been lately displaced, and the tools
they had brought with tn. N soon enabled
them again to remove it, and in the
opened grave was tonnd new and richly
| decorated coffin. With almost youthful
| Impotence the old man descended into
the grave others followed him-and the
pastor soon found his horrible fobodings
confirmed. In the coffin lay the form of
| the murdered bride. the magnificent
diadcm was gone and pistol bullet had
apparently been discharged through her
heart. The traces of grief and horror were
vanished from her features, which now
wore placid smile of almost heavenly
expression, and she lay there like an
angel. The old man threw himself down
| l>nc Il az Il
der, horror, and astonishment seized all
the bcholders
The pastor found himself ia duty com
PEELED to report this strange occurrence
10 the Bishop of Zealand, and before he
wen, for the purpose to Copenhagen, he
requested his parishioners Oh no account
to mention what had occurred, The
grave was again covered up, and no one
ventured again to speak Of the matter.
A short time afterward a man of high
rank arrived at the village from the seat
Of government, desired them to show him
the grave, and commended the pastors
prudence in preserving silence about the
matter; he ordered the whole affair to be
kept as private as possible, and threat
cned any one who dared to speak OH the
subject with the highest dlspleasure OF
the authorities.
Alter the death of the pastor, among
his papers was found detailed account
of the transaction attached to the church
records. Some believed that it was in
some way connected with events which
occurred in Russia in the period between
the death Of Peter the Great and that of
the Empress Catherine. 1t is hard, and
indeed impossible, to satisfactorily ex-
| plain this dark and mysterious occur
renee; but the very rough and brutal
manners of the Russian nobility of the
highest rank, and even of the imperial
family of that period, render it probable
that some of them were concerned in
this tragedy, of which the victim is sup
posed to have been a princess of Cour-
land, and the principal actor gran ison
OF Peter the Great