, 1883-11-17

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ncighborhood, supposed to have the
power Of reading the DEGREES Of fate
by spirit rapping. l accompanied
her most reluctantly, but preferred
being present lest the sybil should
infuse any su-piciuns Of my crime
into her mind. On my wifc's ask
ing the question, "Whcre is the
boy >" the answer returned by the
rapping was found to spell out the
words, "With it's motherw My
wife was deeply affected, and | was
ready to sink into the ground, though
| clustered and said the woman
talked nonsense. With its mother !!
Ay, it had double significance to my
ears-with its mother in Heaven,
and in the bosom of his mother
earth! Repeated experiments and
appeals to the spirit still brought
back those dreaded words and | be-
gan to think the woman knew more
than she pretended to do, and had
seen me bury the corpse ion that fa-
tai night.
\ few days after a COmrade of
mine, who served abroad, came to
visit me unexpectedly, with a friend
of his whom | had never seen be-
fore. | could not, however, resolve
to lose sight Of the grassplot, and as
ii was Il summers evening, | told
the servant to bring out a bottle Of
wine into the garden. l then placed
my own chair over the grave, and
thus, feeling sure it could not be
tampcrcd with, | endcavorcd to
make myself easy and enjoy my
glass. My comrade expressed the
hope that my wife was well, and was
not keeping her room, and that she
had not been driven away by their
| was obliged to stammer out in
reply the story Of the childs disap-
pearance. The soldier who was a
stranger to me, did not look me in
the face, but kept his eyes fixed on
the ground all the while was talk
ing, which caused me the greatest
| ftncicd he suspected
the truth. | asked him abruptly
whether he thought-but broke
down without finishing the sentence.
"Whether | think the child has
been murdered ~ said he, with
mild look, ooh, no what could any
man gain by numbering a poor inno-
cent child ?"
could have told him what man
gained by such a deed, for no one
knew better than | did but l re-
maincd silent, though l shivered as
if l had the ague.
Seeing the state Of excitement l
was in, they endeavored to comfort
me with the hope that the child
might yet be found, when we sud
denly heard deep howl, and cou-
pie Of large dogs lcaped over the
wall into the garden.
"Blood hounds !" exclaimed my
guests.
They need not have told me, for
though | had never in all my life
happened to see any dogs Of that
kind, | instinctively felt like one al
ready condemned to death, and !
grasped the sides of the chair con-
vulsively, though l neither moved
nor spoke word.
"They are the true breed" OBJ
served the stranger, "and have
probably been let loose on trial, and
have escaped their keepers"
And as he and his friend turned
their heads they saw the dogs smell
ling the ground and running round
and round like mad, without notic-
ing Us, and ever and anon raising
thclr heauS ana ul'erlhg Il prolongeu
howl, and then again laying their
close to the earth, as if to
get on the rlSht scent PRESENTLY
instead OF turning arouiiu 50 large Il
circle they seemed 10 concentrate
all thclr eilorts on one poiht' Wl''Gh
they shifted more diligently still, i'm
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cried my guest
Ihat Is impossiDle,' cried 1.
"For HeaNeh's SAKE Slld the
one knew, get up OF theyH tear
you TO pieces
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