New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-05-25

massive, and Enthusiastically carved in
quaint and curious devices. / did
not perceive whence came the mellow
light that peryaded the room. But it
was not these details that chiefly
attracted my attention.
Seated at the opposite end Of the
apartment was a lady of transcen-
dent beauty. A lutte lay beside her
from which she had, doubtless, called
forth the plaintive strains | had
heard AS I entered she raised her
head and gazed upon me with a
glance of ineffable tenderness and half
rose from her seat; but her expression
suddenly changed to one OF deep grief
and yearning, and sinking back into her
former position she said in a low,
sweet voice, "sAlas it is not he! When
wilt thou return, my loved one?
Long, long have waited weary my
heart hath grown for thy return and
vet thou CONTEST not A feeling of
dread came over me, but, approach
ing the lair vision, | said in a tone /
scarce recognized as my own. "Who.
are you, lady?'
Not a word she answered, but slow
ly rising to her feet she stretched forth
her slender arm and pointed to the
opposite wall / turned and looked
in the direction Indicated. My gaze
fell upon a life-sized portrait of a
beautiful woman. It was she! the
mysterious being in whose presence
then was; but her face had no trace of
sorrow Swallowed forth in it; her eyes
beamed with merriment and her
mouth was curved with a charming
smile. Underneath the picture was IN
scribed in scarce decipherable letters
the following "Olalia de Viedma,
1859" On reading this a thrill Of
horror went through me, and hastily
turning looked for my mystic neigh
Dor. She was gone.
This last inexplicable event (for she
could not have left the apartment
without my knowledge) was too
much for my overstrained nerves. !
sank on the floor unconscious.
X x X
Unjust have lain thus considerable
time. for when regained my senses
the light of day pervaded the room,
entering through a large mullioned
window 1 raised myself and leant
upon my elbow.
Good heavens this could not be the
room in which / had beheld the beaut-
| eous Olalia. twas all but destitute
OF furniture, and had a general ap-
pearance OF having been abandoned
to decay for many years. There was
nothing in the room to remind me OF
the previous night-even the picture
was gone.
Hastily rising to my feet [ left the
room. Although had not entirely
recovered from my fright determined
to take a hasty survey OF the mansion
to ascertain if it was inhabited. My
search, however, was unavailing. In
no part ofthe building could l discov-
er aught but DISSOLUTION and decay,
and at length I emerged therefrom
with a sigh OF relief
The storm had NOW passed quite
away and had not continued nay
journey above half an hour when Il
met .goatherd, who directed me to
the nearest village, when [ obtained
food and rest, in oth Of which stood
greatlyin need.
could not obtain any information
| regarding the mysterious mansion,
beyond the fact that it had. once be-
longed to an old Castillian family.
With this was forced to be content,
and soon after / returned to England.
But it will be long ere the memory
of that lovely vision shall fade from
my mind. Perchance, long years ago,
a knight set forth from that now des-
olate mansion, and met q violent
death far from his home and all he
loved-and a lady fair sighed with a
weary longing for him who could new
er return. Who can say?
must, perforce, think it but G.
dream-a.dream it may have been
but surely one of the most relastic
dreams that ever mortal dreamt.