The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-02-23

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ban1t trr8qNiae Thea the rxieH
sa meira aua9 aud there IVES enl
ihe l'l apanfd eF@cs al ihe rid ~ ~
ouidaf 10 uidsh hsd issen used
Thinking lhefn mHn b. eeGasAta.
the nlailY with mF e1r pHt as
agsina each ~ them and gave llsru
prolonged ruiaaaK Whsn ig.9l
ny fsss assay fof another lo8k ihsrl
was fhe mysterious lads coming 10
wand Rae
Flic Smiled % size passed ne res
saisy my aenslhllties were much over
wrought End my imagination crae
gsfaina everything. bui II seemed {,
me thai smile wss the sweetest bod
earr seen On w0nAns face
Again my snTcrsti'ioas iusilnet'
caused nae 10 stand stock SIN while
might have determined whether ID,
vision we're ghost Or nesb aud blood
hy means 81 touch But II seemed q
ne that ] hnd been swung hack q
medieval times and this woman wat
moving within the ralaEzio as she bad
moved there several centuries before
When size had passed beyond me. ln'
stead ~ following Der ! erammed my
fists again against my eyes 20 restore
a norIaal SIGHT When ] removed them
the vision bad disappeared
That was the last view / had Of the
mysterious lady az the palazxio. In
vain waited for her TO appear again.
towine that II she dld would seize
her and detuin her til could deter
mine whether she were flesh and
blood. But after several weeks pa.
tent waiting. since she did not appear
and / met her nowhere In Rome. '
was forced 10 conclude that IL she
were a ghost she had been exorcizcd
and II she were flesh and blood she
bad left the Eternal City. ! made no
effort 10 ret an explanation. for IN the
FIRST place didn't care 20 LET any one
know how guperstItious or perhaps
STUPID had been. and the secret was
one tha, preferred TO keep down al
the bottom Of my heart. left Rome
stu uncertain whether ! had been he
witched by a medieval ghost or my
charmer were a real person.
Fate brought me solution. Return
Ing 20 America. n few days out from
Southampton one morning on deck ]
passed the mysterious lady sitting In
n steamer chair
looked al her IN amazement. She
burst into laugh
You and ! don't need an introduc
ton" she said I'VE have met before
BE seated pointing TO a vacant chair
beside her. "nnd ] will tell you all
about H."
accepted the invitation. and she
continued:
y occupied rooms In the compart
meni next TO yours IN the palazzlo
One who knew every nook and corner,
every secret passage. In the building
showed me wall dividing corridor
lllod by mirror Touching spring.
he wall swung on pivot. and when
reversed mural painting was where
he mirror had been.
1T occurred 10 me that | would like
d astonlsh some one BY passing
Trough this passageway To heighten
he effect ! wore dress which Is n
costume OF the sixteenth
century. The first person biz upon
vas you, and | enjoyed your look Of
Wonder immensely. The last time
10 you when | was passing
he wall ! saw you near the staircase.
'rouchlng. turned the mirror toward
ou, thus giving you reelection o.
be corridor IN which you stood. This
knew, would cause the hall 10 ap.
,ear 10 yon continuous. Then when
on covered your eyes swung back
Aa reverse"
what n fool was.' | exclaimed.
! have been In doubt whether you
we're an apparitlon OF a medieval |
anne or flesh and blood"
Have your she exclaimed, with de.
ghi Had ! known that how mucl
lore pleasure should have derived
rom the freak"
u presume" said muslngly. that
te passage through the wall was
uilt and used by the fox who first
wned and occupied the palazzioT'
"ies. ] was tod that on one occa
on Il saved bis life"
"lle must have had skilful work
zen 10 make H. examined II care
NY, even knocking on It. but could
10 nothing more than blank wall"
The next summer the mysterious
dy and I made wedding trip TO
ONE, stopped OF the palazzio, and
ade a very critical search for the
ring that opened II Ny wife was
lilgcd 10 show me where II was.