The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-24
A FINE CELLAR OF WINE.

oil fTleIrl OF nv family, the EeN. MIR. Chant
hey, who hal living in one II those renlott,
old-worI Villages ~hich are scattered akln.,
tin. crd>t IL Norfolk.
IeAI-St.sl the very simpsSt Of fare in the
humt.k, L,,tI-' IT my frieni, AMI my exI.eta
tioifs, y, tar ~ fish, fowl. anil ftsh we've con
c-nsd wtp nalia,L hut When had tasted
a ,ltS> nf part MA, strlck With ths' ex-
traoulII.ly rineh>S Of it, flavor. its t..iy,
amt H., t.aE ,lht. thai | Wis otll.ssi t. ash
him sttal-iltlN wh,r,' b. ulaiG.stst L. pix W.
slIh Treasure la th,>r DAYS ii aiulteritkn
alri hi prhse
IN tell Yea to n"rrow,T h rslsllsst, after
wa have i>It.,i my church
The as. .,iaton ii splendid port vim With
an uls.ura Norfolk rhun'h >.ensl a. mr. IL
httle nIp,t.., hut kn..w from tn. DBL ;,tntk
mans manner that h hal story tStell, 81
sail M norc.
Accordingly tho mkt morning | a,rum-
Iani,i him Ia ths church IL MAS one II
tAose sIaci,u>, imp sing eSilt,ss ~ frs'iaently
a. la S.Sn in the eastern c,Hints !, huilt al
MIST upon thu verge II thu sa MY hast
showed me "a very oil tomb With battered
canopy anal snnn, half eta al e4,ut, htuns ami
much ,kliy.t. tr,,rty
"l"lah "a thu ir,t lnnl II thu mallur, eX-
pliilsd my "a yron,. Name unknown. date
unknown, but IspuEirly call.sl sir Dicks
slab 1hsr' are hits If similar t"mis about
hare as ahnut every witS but you don't so
anything extraordinary ab'ut thu structurr
al thu totnh i,Sli. M, Well, lm not sur
ITLsd at 1t. laut hoax herr"
NJ >,l ing lIe pla.ri his thumb on the topof
the htlnst >ursuuntin. the kfa.rd coat of
arms, AMI Immediately the whol, IT Tn. front
II the tnnnb uni'r the slab lsgan "a sink la
k,w the Is,,snhut. AZ tho same time Ills. / ~iu,
dark vault, up whth rang that damp,
earth, snail peculiar Ia eryItS AMI charml
hai.s. Thin, st.linis down ami pressing
TIM little stone h,llnt again, h. ca,r,Ni thu
stone IA Ascend Ia IL, n"rnnl lp ittun
az cour~' my curiosity WAS intensified,
| wanted Ia hear thu story M once. hut ill.,
,Lt gentleman sail
M, ultlnarh IL not n hong yarn, il can't
very we'll L. todd rs W. arr standing here; sa
wen have il over another glass ii that Il
port toni ht.'
~, when Ne hai drawn our chairs "a
the iir,, amt taken our first silsof tho fam
pDrt, he l.gnn:
i've h,u herr nonrlv fifty years, and when
was first aIlsmtd there wasn't hotter
place in all ENGLAND for smuggling-eNccla,
perhaps. Cornwall or Scotland ar ltonIn'y
marsh
Il never saw my prslrcsor, for tho very
gu,i M, an that the living hal h,n vacant
for ten years pr,ioily Tor reasons which
you shall hear presently. Nv Surprise, thcrc.
for', may L. inas,imsl when, IN the collrSr II
my inspection II the prcniS~, | cam" upon IA
cellar iilld with all sorts 81 wine ami slari,
How it was that th,y hal remained umliSp
cr,l and intou rhui during thu ten years II
tcrvul l.twecn the departure IT my pSsl
ossor could MT ilml out until tppk int,
my service ~ gardener an old fellow VIII,
tOkl mr. ahat followsi
''fhe last rector, the Rev. Mr.. AllIort, WINS
appointed herr in lHla. Mt many daysafter
bis arrival he came into the church for some
lairi"~e or other, and, discovering u curious
oltregistcr in the v,stry, took it into tho par
snniigc pew, which stands exactly opposite
sir Dicks slnh, to examine Over the vol
ul,v, he fell a,krp When h. awakened thu
church was quite dark, and, rs it was mid
winter, very cohl, Of course M j,inIssl up,
HnMS.V AMI h'd u Ittbu hW"i NJ ms Position,
Tor there w'ss ~ much superstition IN thoso
days amongst educated folk w there II now
amongst the bower class~. lie WIS aissit ~
gri" his way out 81 IN" lsw, when In was
arrested hy an extraordinary noise which was
not the sound III rats nor Of the winl, but
whh'ii ~slirsi oH suppressed suit"rraI"an
thaMi'r.
Suddenly h. saw u faint ray Of light WHERE
h. knew was sir Dhk's slab. Brighter ani
br s,'irr It grew, AMI tlhn, much "a his relief,
but still norn 10 his ni"ni'hn~nt, n human
head appeared inside the tnInh, followed by
the renl,urL'rof avery ldg and burly human
buiy, which was succeeded by more heals
and bolns, until n group 1T half a-lonn nrii
stph on III" pavement Of the aisle.
"Snu ssh'rs II r"'ir" they were, and now
the poor par~'n was s"insi 10y u dread Tho
st Ei"aI'is SinnSgieis were notorious as
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