New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01

with the grip Of wise he seized the leg of the
! Judge and locked the ring round his ankle Inc
other lie said, with a grin. is welded" Inc
iron band that was 10 form the ring for the other
/ leg lay still rcd-hot uson the stone lloor. with
brilliant sparks sporting up and down its surface
His companion. in his gigantic hands, seized the
judges other leg and pressed his foot immovably
10 the stone floor: while his senior. in n twinkling.
with mastery application Of pincers and ham
mcr. sped the glowing bar round his ankle 50
tight that the skin and sirews smoked and bubblcd
again. and Judge Iarbottle uttered yell that
seemed 10 chill the very stones and make the iron
chains CULVER on the wall.
Chains, vaults smiths, and smifhy. all vanished
in moment. but the pain continued. MI
Justice Tlarbotte was suffering torture all round
the ankle which The Internal smiths had Just
been operating. His friends, Thayies and Teller
we're startled by the Judges roar i'm the midst OF
their elegant trhng about a marriage a-ia-mole
case which was going on. The judge was in panic
well as pain The street-lamps and the lights OF
his own hall-door restored him. I'm very bad, .
foots blazing Who was y that hurt my foot?
IT'S the gout--'tis the gout." he sad awakening
completely; how many hours have we been com
ing from the plav-housr? 'Sblood! what has
happened on the way? I've slept half the night
There had been 10 hitch or delay, and they had
driven home nj good pace.
The judge, however. was in govt; lie was fever
ish too: and the attack. though very short, was
sharp. and when, in about fortnight. 1t subsidized,
his fcroc,Ous joyiaty did not return. lie could
not get this dream, hc chose 10 call IL, out OF
his head. The copy of the parchment aud .etter;
which had announced his trial. he would real
over and over again. and the scenery and people
of his dream would rise about HIM IN PAGES me
most unlikely. and steal him in moment from al
that surrounded him into a world of shadows.
The Judge had lost his iron energy and banter.
/ lie was growing taciturn and moros'. The bar
remarked the change. as well they might. Ills
friends thought I'M i'll. The doctor said he was
/ troubled with hypochondria, and that his goat
was still lurking in his system and ordered him
TO that ancient haunt OF crutches and chalkstoues,
Buxton. The Judge sent most OF his servant;
down TO Buxton 10 make his lodgings and all
things comfortable for him. He was 10 follow In
a day or two II was now the ninth and the
next day well over, be might laugh at his Visions
and augurlcs
On thc evening of tho ninth, Dr. Hedstones
fOotman knocked at the judges door. The doctor
ran up tie dusty stairs to the drawlng-ro om'
Judge IIarhott,c had fallen again among his Dlue-
devils, and was thinking OF retiring from the
bench and Of fifty other gloomy things. But the
doctor would listen 10 no croaklng' tod the lu9Sc
he was full Of gout, and In his present condition
30 Judge of his own case, but PROMISED y
leave him TO pronounce on all those melancholy
qucstio ns q fortnight later. The doctor did rot
think him. perhaps. quite 50 well as ne pretended,
for he told him he wanted rest. aud would he
better il he went forthwith to his bed. His valet
assisted him, and gave him his drops; and the
Judge told him 10 walt In his bedroom till he
should 90 TO sleep.
Three persons that night had specially odd
stories 10 tell
The housekecper had given her little girl leave
to run about the sitting-rOoms and look AT the
pictures and china on the usual condition OF
touching nothing. II was not until the last CLEAN
Of sunset had for some time faded, and the tWi-
urht had SO dccpcned that she could no longer
discern the colors the china figures on the
chimney piece or in the cabinets, that the cnld
returned 10 the hOusckecpcrs room 70 hnd her
mother To her she related. after some prattle, an
adventure Of an extraordinary kind. In the hall
WAS placed the scdan-chair which the master OF
the house occasionally used. The doors OF TINS
old-fashioned conveyance were locked. the win
dovs M and the blinds down, but not so closely
that the curious child could not peep underneath
one of them and see into the interior. y parting
beam from the setting sun, lighting on the
chair shOne with n dull transparency through the
crimson blind. 10 her surprise the chiG saw
i'm the shadow thin man, dressed IN biock, sea'e"
I'm IL: he had sharp, dark features; his nose she
Ionced n little awry. and his brown eyes were
looking straight before him. his hand WAS on his
Thigh. and he stirred no more than the WaNeh
dgurc she had seen at Southwark talr. II was
NOT until she asked her mother who Tins man
vas and observed her scared face as she qucS-
toned her more minutcly upon the appearance
Of the stranger, that the chli9 pesah 10 u9Gl
stand that she had seen something unacc'uh'apr'
Mrs Cor,yeu took the key OF the chair from
its nail over the fOotmans shelf, ana lcd the
child up the hail having a lighted candle III her
hand She stopped at distance from the chalr
n,,d nloccd the candlestic1 in the cbld's hand
Poem In. Margery, again. and try II there's any
,hinr there" She whispered; hold the candle
near the blind, SO as TO throw It's lghC through
the curtain.
The child pceped, this time with very solemn
face, and intimatcd at once that he was gone
fook again. and he sure" urged her mother
The little girl was quite certain ana Mrs'
Carwcll, with her mob-cap Of lace ana cherry
colorcd ribbons, and her dark brown halr, Aot
cot nowdered over very pale face unlocked
ibc door, looked in, and bcheld emptiness
All a mistake, child, you see:
"fhere. ma'am see there! He's gone around
the corner. said the chlld o.oooirc b,cl.
ward.
~T" rD chill cSiId twas the shadow" cried Mrs
Cerwcl, angrily, because she was irSht "mn
tho nolcs of thr chair, which leaned against the
wall in the corner, and pounded the floor tnrlousy
with one end of it., being afraid 10 pass the open
door the child had pointed to.
The cook and two lltchcn-maids came running
upstairs not knowing what to make of this I'M
wontrd alarm. They all searched the room, nut
it was still and empty, and no sign OF any one
"' ibont two hours later Mrs. Flora Carwcll was
poinQ up the great staircase with poSs't Tor
The nudge in a china bowl, little silver tray.
Across the top Of the wc-staircase there runs
massive oak rail- and raising her eyes accident
ollv she saw an extremely odd-lOoking stranger.
slim and long. leaning carelesSly over with
nine between his finger and thumb. Nose lips
nj chin seemed all TO droop downward into
extraordinary length, he leaned his odd. pcering
face over the bannistcr In his other hand he
held coil Of rone, one end Of which escaped
from under his elbow and hung over the rail
Mrs Carwcll. who had no suspicion at the mo-
mcnt that he was not a rcal person. and fancied
that he was some employed in cording the
iudge's luggage called 10 know what hc was doing
there Instead Of answering, he turned about
and walked across the lobby NJ about the same
lcisurey pace Al which she was ascending, and
entered room, into which she followed
him II an interpreted and unfur-
nishcd chamber An open trunk Law uDon
the floor EMMY. and beside il the coil Of rope but
except herself there in the room.
Mrs. Cafwel was very much frightened aud
now concluded that the child mist have seen the
same ghost that had Just appeared 10 her. Per
hans it was n relief TO believe so for the face,
figure and dress described by the child were