Telegram-herald., 1888-01-22

tualng TO England. by way Of Venice, ar
rived aE the hosel and occupied Number
F0arJsea
Stll mindful OF tho slur that had been cast
on enc Ok his best bed chambers, the manager
took ocras4cn 10 az To travellers the next
morning Nv they l1ked their room. They
LETT him - judge for himself how well they
were satlaAsd, by remaining a day loager in
Venice than LneY bad originally planned 70 do,
solely FOR the purpose Of enjoying tao excel
lcnt accommodation oGsred 10 them by the
new hotel We have met With nothing Ike 10
Ia Italy, they said; You may rely on our re-
commanding you - AL our friends
Ca the day when Number Fourteen was
again vacant an English lady, travelling
alone vita her maid, arrived At the hotel,
saw the room, and % oace engaged IT,
The lady was Ms. NorbuYy She had left
Francis Westwick at Milan, occupied IN neo-
gotiating for the aspearancs Sc his theatre OF
the new dancer at the Scala Not having
heard 20 the contrary, Mrs Norbury sup
posed thar Arthur Barvillo and his wife had
arrived a. Venice. She was moro interested
in meeting the young married couple than in
waiting the result OF tho hard bargaining
which delayed the engagement OF the new
dancer; and shs volunteered 10 mako her
brothers apologies II lbs theatrical business
caused Ain. 70 De late in keeping his appoint
uent a. the honeymoon festival
Mrs Ncrbury's experience OF Number
Fourteen differed entirely from her brother
Hcnrys experience OF tire room
Falling as.eep as readily as usual, her re-
poss was disgurDei b. e succession OF fright
ful dreams, the anal f.-uTe Ia every cns OK
them beng the figure OF her dead brother,
the 6rst Lord Aontbarry. She saw him
starving in a loathsome prison; she saw him
porsued By asssSsins, and dying under their
knives; she saw him drowning in iInmeasur-
able depths Of dark water; Sle saw him IN a
bed Of FIRE, burning to death in the flames;
she saw him tempted by shadovy creature
% drink, and dying Of the poisonous drauEht
The reiterated horror Of these dreams had
such al effect on her that she rose with the
dawn Of day. afraid 10 trust herself again in
bed In the old times she had been noted In
the family rs the one member OF it whs lived
on aIectionate terms with Montbarry His
other sister and hiS brothers were constantly
quaTreling with him Even his mother owned
that her eldest son was, OF all her children,
the child whom she least liked. Sensible aud
reSolutc woman as she was, Mrs Norbury
sbuddersd with terror as she sat az the win
dow Of her room watching ths sunrise and
thinking Of her dreams.
She made the first excuse that occurred to
her when ber maid came in at the usual hour
and noticed 40" III sho looked. The woman
was Of so superssitious a temperament that it
would have been IN the last degree indiscreet
20 trust her with the truth. Mrs Norbury
merely remarked that she had not found the
bed quite TO her liking on account OF ths
large size Of II She was accustomed at home
As her maid knew, TO sleep IN small bed
Informed OF this objection later in the dav.
the manager regretted tnat La could only
cfTer the lady tho choice OF one other bed
chamber, numbered Thirty eight, and stu
f.5cl Immediately over tie bedchamber
which sac desired 70 leave Mrs Norbury
accepted the proposed change of quarters.
She was now about to pass her second night
in the room occupied in the old days Of tho
palace by Baron Rivar.
Once moro sho fell asleep as usual And
once more the frightful dreams Of the first
night terrified her, following esch other in
the same succession. This time her nerves.
already sha-sn, we're not equal 10 toe re-
newsd torturs OK terror inflicted on thsD.
she threw Oh her eressing gown and rushed
Ogs Of her roor- in tie middle OF the night
The porter. alarmed by the banging of the
door, met her hurrying headlong down the
stairs 10 s-srch of the first human being she
could fad to keep her company Consider
ably surprised st this last manifestation Of
toe famous English eccentricity." the man
looked at t,ie motel req ster and led ths lady
upstairs sgaiR u the room occupied - her
maid Th1 maid vas not asleep. and more
wonderful stlll. was not even undreSssd. Shs
received ber mistress quietly. When they
we're alcns, ard when Mrs Norburv had, AZ
matter Of necessity. taken hsr attendant
into hsr cou6dercs, the woman made . very
ssrsngs rspiy.
81 have been asking about TIE hotel Al The
servants supper to-nigb.,r she aid. The
vaies Of oue Of the gentlemen staying here
sas heard thar The late Lord Moutbarry vas
the last person who lived in toe palace before
is vas uiasls into hotel The room he died
in. na'ani. vas sha room you slept in last
night Your room 20 night is the roor, Just
above is. I ssid nothing for fear of fright
sning you. For ny own part. have passed
the night ~ Ycu see. keeping my light in and
reading ny Bible In my opinisn. no mem
Der Il your family can hope to ss happy %
comfortable in stss horss.'
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aFiesse so let r1e exrlaiu fnyself. Es'sn,
Vhen Mr. H.srT WeSrwicx vas hers-I have
this from tie valet. eo0--he occupied tia roor,
hrs brother died in -issout knowing it-like
ycn. Fer two nights he sever closed hisey--
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