New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04

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-, ~ man sorrpy or anxiety or deep uou9lea
Thought Looking ut thar ia ar,rhaipca!iy and elo.
like listening to q story TO q emp a tnnt rva
nmsntiv IN some musical foreign language 'n"' "0
| do not understand. ., II. % ber compan-
| TO-; ~ zoo, "a thew we're left clone, wnere arc
your brains gone Who ever saw NY h"ve set
| funeral with face Ike yours lr that I shall
| tho whole town talking. uoh A
But. ma charmanfc' began Maurice wnose
| tepance still certainly did not seem u
.ManrrsJ interrupted Fifne, have zone ,,, "iS or
your pretty words aud speeches there d ,,'i0 yon
| Ihem dary say. bur it's certainly nov nov. ,oh
insf mind what you are about. and don MAXI SuoH
| n fool of yourself again .a.Js f,ua
! IL wos IN. nIUht after the young countesss Iuno
~ =" fniI roTnd SILVER moor was looking down
upon the old Florian chateau whicl stooG In Tic
ing ground at about mile from II ND few inmates
honse wns sunk in deep repose III uau ICY tGn
now only the servants. among whom were ,nIU
and Maurice the old steward son VINO han i"'0''
"nr,a home to helm his aged father IN MS once. ,
'oI,o t Inn sbadow of the wall two ngures stood
vh;sner,ng together TINS il the door when tle
Kew will Opeu,i said n wOmans voice. h n"'o
kent IL ever since | was IN service hoio
~, tbonVnt II was lost: nave al,
ways fancred it might come useful some day. ana ana
now the time has come. 90 in at once ie.io, ",u
he mick about 1t. / have told you all me re-
crptacles where money and Jewels ana plate arc
kept. You can't make mistake: .,,o ,v,,h me,
Wa should do it all the quicker TWO oil Us toeetaer,
and it's always so much pleasanter at nisTt 70
have company In an oia nouse ns1 death b,re 40
lately. Oh sweet Babette, do, please COINS win
me-
.unvI be slowed in a pot-du-yeu tirst' answered
,hot yonno lady very forcblv and aconically.
Yun 90 along Pierre. and look sharp, aud don pe
such a mixture of mule ana milksoP 1 sn ,s
stay here and watch so saying, 5hc pnsneu h'I
trne knight without further ceremony through inc
door which she had opened. . II i
On went Pierre his teeth chatterlng and MS
heart heating IN unison. the moonlight as u stole
tb,onyh the long narrow windows of the old house,
PLAYING strange. nncdnny games win hiT as 10
went. Now dark gigantic hgure seemeu iul RIMS
| IN wonder corner, now pale hand DecNoned 10 nun
Ia n benm now the shadows formed Them
selves into long black procession which came 10
| meet him. With carefully held BREATH ana lee1
| that scarce dared tread he passed near Tue cor
| rldor whore las knew. from Babette thAt tue ser
wants rooms lay but TO his Joy ana reliei ho heaI1
no sound there. The family PORTRAITS as ne P"fSou
trem IN the long parry came TO lie, no" ana
hru IN "A ray of moon shine, and glared AT MN tno
| wind whispered something mysterious am starr
| ling ~ HIM through every keynote; tine rows Ol
chairs in the looms looked as II theY were Wa'tIns
| Tor "A party of -ghOss. But the worst Oh az was
! that carefully as he bad been scho"le1 before
n nd by llahrtte as 20 the hereaDOus OF an me
yaiual les I'm the chateau, he got nothlng loI DIS
rains lie rausscked the pantry "hlcu ho nau -
prcteu to find iul of plnle, bat lounu nothnE oo'
Than "A pewter spoon. lie sought hither anu th''Dtl
| m the dead countes-'s araT nrnts IOr tue ca'AvV
OF diamonds Int 10 nal vanished Ike gems S'eu III
! "a orram lie discovered the strong non box "heie
! the count usually kept hls money III large SUMS,
fof IN those days It was not 80 easy 10 7enu - o
/
| IL WIS open and had not sou In u. ,.o
II was terrible to have to return empty ha9Hen 10
! his liege Lady, VINO would De c'ftHlh 10 I"l 'Lo
whole blamr Tor tho failure ol theIr eh"IlI'So va
ms shoulders. AMI 10 NIKE 10 no lRht puIdeh 'o'
still such fate was better than rakinG mtct,hg tue
| ghosts any longer. With living steps ne SpeH alons
| III, corrl,Ior which he had tO traverse before no
| re .rhed the barrow starcnSe at the bottom OF
! vhi.n Wns the door where Babette waited Tor nm.
! But wny was it that, before he nad pitse,i H"Ii
| throupb the passage winch was lit hl srEeial win,
| aows through winch the mOonbrams Tell ne phusou
! with a start aud a shiyeri itte way lAr'ucr gu
! IN front of him. IL seemed to hm that hr "a"
| Ggne. A desperate hope that this shape would
! melt iu;u nothing like AL the other appatlllohs
| winch had hitherto haunted MN to.h'Rut'
fsahng that at an, cost. he must pass 1t 10 irach
his iUngod-IOi Eval tho outside OF tho house-thrHo
| things prompted tho lucklo-s I4rre 10 hasten GU
! warI ono more But whrn he drew ncar.r ~ the
form IL was still there. Visible IN terrible realty Va
| a patch OF moonlight. few steps tuttner' ana
| Pierre threw bus arms above his head win 10"
| cry there, not many PAGES nom Nun s'"gi a
| frfnae figure which exactly resrmbrd the urau
tomtrsso dc FlorIuu. whose funeral he mad seen go
~ n" he pa",ei the phantom Pierre could never
| afterwards tell. The next thing which he coud
! remember wnen in future days he Thought over
| the matter was standing the cool night
| AIR ana tie moonlight. blubbernS IN mosl hoalS
| aud open fashion, with Baoeue pouring upon n'ln
| from her fair lips what was not exactly shower
| OF roses. such should meet returning DerO She
rejected with rcorn. like the advanced Iftetuinher
! that she WINS, his story about the countess gho>t
and called the whole thing the produce OF Dis cow
| ards fancy.
| Next morning the Mayor OF Verreville made n
legal inspection OF tue chateau, TO secure IoL me
Government as he said, but IN reality Tor himself
for he hal no absolute right for such prOcrenihS-
| any valuables hes might md hare. lie was now
ever no moro fortunate THAI poor Pierre had been
he did not mud a suglc object OF Valu' or s'ngio
| gold coin Ia the chateau ilis wnishP no" NV
rage and insisted on having the serI ants ana the
| servants rooms searched, but win 40 success
! Fi6ne. Maurice. Hul their companions suhmilleu
outtc calmly TO the lndlgnlty, though rue mayor hu
| r,,re than once shreWd and unpleasant susniclon
| "a arb a suppressed
| hind hlrn but when he looked back he only saw
! Mile FIGno and II Maurice following MN win
! re.prct fnl gravity The whole business was GER
family t. say the least Of IL. singular TOT II was
we'll known that there was a deal Of Hch plate ahd
jewelry IN the chateau. ana thht the count neioI9
his arrest and removal % me prison 81 louoh' hdu
collected considerable sum of money preparatory 10
the irving with his vile to make their escape from
| France.
IL WAS some few months after the events Just mar
rated that the GOOD folks of Norfevlie began 10 DO
! duturbot by stories which went hoiting ahout 10
the town concerning the church being haunt d.
! wa. said that sieople who had paSSed tho "iu
| binding at idnight had seen my slerlOhS llSnI
| RlrMnlng through the windows; but hitherto moss
who told tho ar had ono Il them had The courage 10
look further into nr matter The ola church was no"
| compr tely deserted: religions services hdi. IL IL
| t-ur begun aysiu to be publicly performed IN INC
land but IN VerreVe they were at TINS per'ou car
ried on In pretty chapel which h9u D'eu he'ID
bnt before the troubous days began. and Iately M
| IHhed Thus the old church had become Pi1'o
| well fitted tor ghosts TO lrtqnrnt' . - MI,
| ", uust mention here that tho Count de floron
| ban escaped IN some way that had never Deen ef-
| nlained from his prison at TOulOn, tue very day
,fter his " ilo. funeral and bad made MS home ~
| was SAID since then IN England As LOT 'ulc unu
| Maurice they had married soon after their ms
| tresss death aud were now living on niue farm
| winch they had taken near tho town anu WHICH
they cult sated with care and success NJ. l. A..
| But To return to the mysterious liRht ia me
| old church. Que night Babette aud Plnrre.
| who were still phgbted lovers. though tue
! extreme contempt OF tho maiden Ter her htiorer
| had hitherto prevented the final knot beng
| tied were coming back from friends hon,e,
| where they had spent tho evening. when lhev
reached tbe old church. both OF them perceived that
there was mo certainly. light Jainins through It's
| windows Prrre's Immediate inpnise was sudden
flight but bette still true to her colors ~ pull
oso phic Ireel thinker, declared her intention oil clear