The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-12

Die slap 70 VI. .tSHe' ny iies"tt's W .'i'
me ,ady pressed upon the slab with her
feet. and the phoenix was In his former
place. his golden eye scintillating In the
The Iady-or the phantom-the vision,
continued:
ION the other side similar mechanism
Is attached, so that the secret door can
be opened and closed from that side also.
But this is only possible when 1t has been
previously unlocked. The secret door con-
sists of two iron plates. between which Is
an artificial lock, which can be opened
the phoenix can be pushed aside, and
behind II is the keyhole. The dapr leads
into the covered corridor. at thu end OF
which Is a similar secret door. with tn
the iron plate e my bedroom fireplace;
That you. my Princess. did not know OF
this supposed from the fact that have
both keys. This is not Just. One belongs
to you. Let us divide. This must be done
for another reason. IL you are not IN
| possession of the key of your own secret
| door, anybody could. unnoticed, enter
| your rooms and surprise you. This would
be villainy. l have brought you the Key
which belongs to you and must remain
with you. IL you are alone, and 90 not
, wish anybody TO enter your rooms tnrong1
the secret door. place this key In the lock.
which WI prevent the door from peing
opened from the outside
The Warehouses handed to Blanca the
gilded key. and the latter thought how
strange IL was that even In a dream one
sees thugs so distinctly. She could have
sketched the handle of this Key. 1t Is
formed by two sitting griffins, the tails
of which are entwined in the form of the
figure 8. The inner side of the key Is
marked with engraved lines. 1t Is stii.
warm from the lady's bosom. where 1t had
bosom?
This key will enable you to visit me,
just as visit you. continued the vision.
hut that you may be able to do so. one
thing more is necessary. In the CRATE
| there is generally a fire, and every lady
! Is not holy Euphrosyne, capable OF
| walking barefoot over glowing embers.
Here is q flask, the contents of which,
when poured into the fire, will immedi-
ately extinguish it. II is an arcanum
| which chemist has invented expressly
| for this purpose. i will place 1t here up
| on the lower shelf of the mantlepiece."
| The speaking figure really placed bot
s.But II YOU sprinkle the dead embers
\ with the contents of this other phlal, they
| will Immediately ignite. This Is not an
| advisable to try 1t Immediately. 1t is cold
| In this room. and have nothing on but
4 this silk wrapper. / am cold"
Strange that ghosts should feel coldi
The next moment the Goals, which had
| been sprinkled with naptha. and to which
a lighted candle was applied. ignited and
| burned and cracked in the CRATE as usual.
| Blanca now believed that she was, awake.
| But even IL she were, this figure of which
she thought she had dreaTnt was still
standing before her, flushed by the light
of the pickering fire. and with the entire
charm of her warmth-producing living
presence.
Blanca lay upon one divan before the
fireplace; the seductive figure as soon as
! the fire was kindied. sank upon the OPP
posite one and being comfortably seated.
he awfA al ro1d handG toward the
fire. Blanca involuntarily lifted her eyes
to the picture of Sappho. to see whether
II had not actually descended. The lady
now repeated her good-natured laughter.
'Are you looking at Sappho? Does 1t
not sometimes happen that this painted
picture. which from a distance looks as
IL 1t were carved. increases the delusion
by seeming to play upon the Tyre, and
to MARBLE songs? Does 1t not also laugh
| occasionally
Blanca was now convinced that all this
| was but "a dream. She made no effort to
| rise from ther recumbent position. nor to
| ers are as heavy as lead.
1T Is well for you to know these Sc
crets, so that you may avoid exposure to
all kinds of accidents. This whole con-
husband for the purpose of watching his
wife. Perhaps You know the story Of
the ear of the tyrant Dionysius% 20 Here
1t Is verified. A pipe runs from your bed
lie corridor: the sounding-hole of the
Tyre of the Sappho picture is a real open
ing. and is one end of the pipe: the other
end is in my bedroom. They are ear and
mouth. Through this Dionysius ear a
jealous husband once heard what was
said in the apartments of his wife,
Through the same you must hear me
when I play the mandolin in my room,
when 1 feel inclined to trlll. or when 1
have reason to laugh, just as I hear every
sound that interrupts the silence OF your
room; but those are sorrowful sounds!
Sometimes bitter exclamation in a lam
continued sobbing, and no consoling word
No one tries to dispel your sorrow. Three
days ago you began to sing at midnight
That ] understood: De profundis ad tie
CLAIMANT. Dominev'
Blanca felt her arms and rubbed her
eyes.
You are awake. Princess, believe me.
And indeed, l. whom you see and hear.
am the Marchioness Caldariva. or, as they
mostly call me. the beautiful Cyrene.
Tonight l am in your room as an in
truder; tomorrow you will admit me vol
unfairly and the day after you will be
sounding I'm the distance will he carried
hither by means of the treacherous pipe:
then sound of any kind as an answer
Thus we will inform each other that we
are alone and expect no one else. Then
we will learn to love each other very
dearly"
Blanca. in fear, shrank from her Wis
itor, and hid her hands in the wide
sleeves of her dress. The thought that
she and this woman would ever love each
other was terrible.