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quired into the cause; and he after some |
fcncing) admitted that his spirits had been |
dashed by an unusual dream. This was cal |
culatcd to draw on the baron-a superatitious |
man who affected the scorn of superstition. |
Some rallying followed; and then tho count !
(as if suddenly carried away called on his
friend TO beware, for it was of him that he
had dreamed. You know enough of human
nature my excellent Macleiar, to be certain
of che thing: I mean, that tie baron did not
rest till he had heard the dream. The count
(.,ilo that he would never desisD kept him in
play till his curiosity was highly inflamed,
ana then suffered himself with seeming re-
mctance to be overbornc. Il warn YOU SAYS
he, evil will come of it something tells me
So But since there is to bc no peace either
for Won or me except on this condition, the
blame be on your own head! This was the
dream. | beheld you riding, | know not
where, vet | think ii must have been near
Rome, for on your one hand was an ancient
tomb and ON the other garden of evergreen
trees. Ilcthought | cried and cried upon you.
~ come back in very agony of terror;
whether you heard me, | know not,
but you went doggedlv on. The road
brought you to q desert place among
ruins: where was a door in hillside,
and hard by the COR Il misbegotten pine.
Hero vou dismounted Il still crying on you
to beware. tied your horse TO the pine tree
AMI entered resOlutey in by thedooH Within
il was dark but III my dream ! could still see
vou and still besouGht you to hold back
You fciJ your way along the right hand wall,
took q branching passage to the right, and
came to Il little chamber where was a we'll
with railing. Al this Il know not why
my alarm for YOU increased thousand-fod,
>, | ff,g
WARNINGS. crying it was still time and bid
dug YOU begonc ut once from that vestibule
SUCH was the word used in my dream, and
il seemed then 70 have a clear Signiicancy,
hut today and awake, / profess know not
what it means. 70 all NY cutlery you rem
lrred not the least attention, leaning the
while upon the rail and looking down in
Gently in tho water, And then there was
made to You q communication, | DO not think
! even gathered what it was bat the fear
II it pluckcd me clean out of my SUM
her. and ! awoke shaking and Ssh
bing. And now, continues the count,
j think YOU from my heart for your insis-
tencv. This dream lay on me like n load ;
aud now have told it in plain words and in
the broad daylight, it seems no great matter.
j do not know says the baron. 1T is in
some points strange. y communication, did
/ YOU say. Oh, it is an odd dream. 1t will
make story to amuse our friendS,' | am
/ not so sure says the count. i am sensible
! of some rcuctanCv. Lev Us rather forget it, )
/ 'RT all means says the baron And Qn facD
. the dream was not again referred to. Some
DAYS after the count proposed ride IN the
fields. which the baron since they We're daily
/ growing faster friends very readily accepted
On the way back to Rome, the count led them
] I,t- lt-
he refined in his horse, clnpped his hand
before his eyes, and cried out aloud Then
he showed his face again (Which was
now quite white, for he was a con-
/ sunlrate actor and stared upon the baron.
J What ails vOuN cries the baron. What is
wrong with youN Nothing cries the count
IT 5 nothing. a seizure, | know not what
Let Us hurry bacl; to Rome But in the
meanwhile the baron had looked about him,
and there, on the left hand side Of the way as
they went back to Rome he saw dusty by
road with a tomb upon the one hand and q
garden OF evergreen trees upon the other.
Yes saws he with a changed voice, let us
by all means hurry back TO Rome | fear
Won are NOT well in health on, for Gods
sake cries the count, sLudIering, back to
Rome and let mo get to bed They made
heir return with scarce a word and the
count, who should by rights have gone into
society, took to hi. bed and gave out lie had
a touch of country fever The next day the
5arons horse was found tied to the pine, but
himself was never heard of from that hour,
And now. was that a MURDER says the mas
ter, breaking sharply of.
Are SOU sure he was Il count?' asked.
Il am not certain of the title said he
"but he was gentleman Of family; and the
IS SUBTLE
These last words he spoke down at me
smiling, from high above; the next, he was
under my feet | continued to follow his evo
lutiors with u childish fxity; they made IN
giddy and vacant and spoke as in a dream
'He hated the baron with a great hatreds
asked
His belly moved when the man came nea
him. said the master.
Il have felc that same" said |.
''Nerily.n cries the master. Here is new
indeed. / wonder-do tlatter myself, or al
| the cause of these ventral perturbations;"
He was quite capable of choosing ont
graceful posture, even with no one to behol
, him but myself, and all the more if Their
were any element OF peril. lie sat now wit
! one knee flung across the other, his arms o
his bosom, fitting the swing Of the ship wit
an exquisite balance, such as a featherweigl
might overthrow. All at once | had the vi
, ion of my lord at the table with his hea
upon his hands; only now, when he Shove
mo his countonance, it was heavy with II
proach. The words of my own prayer
were liker a man if | struck this creatur
down-shot at the same time into my men
e ory. | called my energies together, and 9TH
ship then heelng downward toward my Ell
+ envy thrust at him swiftly with my foot.
u was written | should have the guilt of tn
4 attempt without the profit. Whether frol
i my own uncertainty or his incredible qucl
> ness, he escaped the thrust, leapmg to h
5 feet and catching hold at the same momer
of a stay.
: ! do not know how long a time passed b,
Il lying where | was upon the deck, overcon
: with terror and rcnorse and shame; he stan
y ing with the stay in his hand, backed again
@ the bul~arks aud regarding me with q
Il expression singularly mingled. AT last
: spoke
10 "Mackellar,n said he, II make no +
9 proacheS, but | offer you bargain. {
Il your side, donot suppose you desire to hay
this exploit made public; on mine, | own