New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-08

4, a,o,ber moment all has vanished, The
grewsomc vision is past, only the noom sn nrnss
49, The room throwing long slvery beams across i2
the bed with us uhus'uI'ou '
pillows. .. oron and n tall figure
stands on the threshold: ~ strange and
nsuie ~ seek something The baronins hDrgor
src ewes are still stirring into space E.oe e ,h
tho, fn5c in this fresh apparlhon as par" VI 'N'
aHy}u1 naeeant. She begins to speak
- Won roo. Rudolph expected you :. 10 not
,oo o on, m so 90 sterniy did not mean it, How
coud tell what would be the ending yorng s tSen
never Sn 'itb a long, convusive shudder, look
Aa-a.n W. and She draws her skirt aside It IS
only the red silk Soveret t9 mi tell IP Ton what
my life has Ru 9GSnhIO Yes~tO try and forget
have had six children, b9nny BOY; ana lien g,f be
nony roIvned in the lake Pretty little Adele was
noisoned with berries gathered IN the ~uoaS Mio d
nsUeess nurse Ny handsome Eccard was k fef
down T r aee niced up dead Two boys grew to be
tw TIVE then one was killed in Insway hcci
marriea' oyoorrow Would to God were, with
him hi mo now" She sighed quietly Inc WORDS ieii
mechanically, as from the hps VI on "a a. e,,o
Che Sid NOT think it strange that the phantom
'n, Ue was killed in storm ten years aIter
we were married-twenty years asU, NJ oi in
lie 10 six have been taken from me NY SIN
d. ns c,oot hut nv punishment greater, Tor
loved YOU Rudolph, and lost You LOT ever
The TALL erect figure never swerveo. ~ w'1 'Ir1
prd"i,b yonWilding himsclf-nO appariton. III was
W. bito outline of his face that the baronin bad
seen through the window ana taken TOT an Iiusoii;
lilo drnyv back when he saw himself opserVcu' anu
only appeared again to remain "l niUh% eWlui
9nactator of the ghostly phenomena that had lust
taken place. ., M
{" Raronin Ermantrude Won Reichsteinl The
droodfrI scene Won have just witnessed repeats
teaif everv anniversary night OF the real Tragedy
t%ot was enacted here thirty years ago knew
tLie and for that reason caused THIS room 10 ne
prepared for you tonight. lie SPOKE III 'cy r
stern tones she put up her hand as il 70 waro Oh
n blow and bent her head with 1alht moan ,s.l
6ftcr our unnatural duel my uni ortunate oro,ner
was carried in a dying state TO inc loresueI
house close by. My father was SEM Ior' ana ana
ieorno1 at the death-bed the cause OF the faial
quarrel Standing there, he cursed that Ialse
woman cursed all who loved her. ana ali whoIi
sbo should love- The bent head and stretched
out arm at the window sank low, anu SecnieH ri 10
nTose heavily on the arm OF the chair llo
rronred forth curses which reused the dying man
10 protest His bandages burst; deatD was Is
spontaneous My father died the next morning,
I bo1lGbt this house, and here l have iVed ana
shall live 70 the end of my days. No detail VIII
escape nv memory if / live Thousand years
This is the room TO which he was carrlel; ul'O
the bed on which nc Iay' unIs Udio ''i' s1' W.
which lac died. -, ,ior.
silence in the room. The moon still shGne througn
Tho allowed window. The grats DARK form was
deeper in the shadow than DeIpre No Sun, SUI
came from the croucnhg' nioAoiii''0 ~
over A Ig now Baronin Ermantrude, are you s1ts-
fed ?" he continued; true you nav IoN tbat tbe
rcsult Of those sins, which our own foly anu
blindness lead us into, remains our constant our
nearest companion, till deat1 deliver us lroin 'iA
y" He t,rree N 90 The baronn never moved.
Whether it was faint touch OF pity. sugGeh
stirring of remOrse or vague mlHgINhB W..
arrested his steps, he hesltaieu cao III With
few PAGES, hesitated again. his face worilng W.Cl
con0icting emotions She was but q WomHn dlucr
all and had suffered much.
Frau Baronin," he said, gently. NO wGr !
10 motion in answer to his CAL @ iied
he whispered, hoaTsely. Silence sun preIailtI.i,
lie took one stride forward and bent over me
drooping figure lifted her up, and lald her he@'u
back on the cushion.
Just then a silver moonbeam struck rgnt ac[oss
the nalp chiselled features, revealing wlae-9peheq
owes 9roni1ed and appealing, already hNeu WIZ
tLn appalling terrible stiffness OIL ueaIh ItScii
EToantrude. the SHINING, the sunerlhs' Was uvru
3udoDh started violently. 1t was not possible
He seized her hands; they were ICY coll 10 O, =.
touch He bent his head in agony OF SUSPENSE II r.
listen TO the faintest heartbeat. All was sUill'
intensely still. -.
4 tbree-fold murderer" he muttered my
brother my father, and now my-EilhaIld5ruIc
he suddenly shouted lie lnelt on the moor 10y
her side: he fondled the cold little hehas' laiu
them against his cheek and kissed them NJ IluI-
INJURED broken. unmeanng words OF 4ONe anu ci,
dcarmcnt Was it fancy, or ana lhoSe hHeu5;
troubled eyes gradually soften into Huiet cam
suddenly he came 10 himself again. lie sIOou
mn nasSed his Land over his eyes, looked long
and iixedly on that palhd face pressed u hnSer-
ing kiss on the marble forehead, then swiftly lel'
the room.
Listen! What was that? shot, loud ana
piercing It echoed clearly through the Stiffness
of the early dawn. which had risen fIeSn ahu
calm after the stormy night The SOUND dld nor
rouse the two old servants. a rev hoHTS iatcI
| the rays OF the morning sun lightly toucheu INC
rose-spravs hanging over the library WINDOW men
shot downward through the window into the room
and lowered over Il still hfeless figure That lay
stretched out on the floor, face upward, ore hand
clutching a pistol, the other thrown across lht
chest.
.
Hcart-discase the doctors told Ernst Won Kelch-
stein was the cause OF his mothers sudden dcath
lie adorcd his mother, and was almost broken
hearted when the terrible summons reached MIN
She had carefully concealed her weakness ron
him. but had known it herself for the last rev
wears No one could account for the second deatl
i'm that house OF terror that night. there were
strange rumors about for months afterward ano
| tbe heirs of the last Graf Won Nildng would mol
| enter the house 1T was closed up and allowed tt
| fall to decay and rum.-(Ada lnchbold IN The
! San Francisco ArgOnaut.