Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-06

rastie tney expected TO make Ii their
home. They proposed to SIegei to
buy 1t, and he swors at them. saying:
You think TO buy the castle. do
your You wish to deprive me Of my
interest in It'll Do you know who owns
It'll Well. | viii tell you. Baron
Muhlenberg. the last owner. when he
died left II TO the devil
Hildegarde was so shocked at this
that she crossed herself and cast her
eyes up to heaven. muttering a
prayer When she looked again at
siegel she saw him striding away as
rapidly as possible. He passed out OF
the castle and down the hill. disap-
pearing behind a rock The Schom-
bergs. astonished. followed him to see
where be would go. but. though they
waited a long while to see min reap
pear. he did not do so. nor did they
see him again that day.
Frau Schomberg gave birth to a boy.
her first child. Not long after this son
came siegei appeared one day and Of
Tered his congratulations. Schom-
berg. finding him apparently in good
hunor, vegtured to mention the mat
ter OF repairs. All the tenants plans
to make the castle habitaoie had fail
ed He had employed workmen to tx
their sleeping room. but after the job
was finished the roof leaked worse
than hefore. A foundation wall that
supported one of the towers having
crumhled. Schomberg attempted to
prop 1t up aud in doing so brought a
part OF the tower down about his
ears.
Whatever he touched gave way.
He told his landlord of his bad luck
and asked him IL he would not at
least make habitabie the room occu-
pied by the newborn babe and its
mother, explaining that both needed
warmth. Siegei said that nothing
would give him mere pleasure. He
would so ut once to examine the
apartment to see what was needed.
Schomberg took him mp to the room
where his wife was lying in bed. en-
deayoring 10 keep warm under the
clothing. while the babe slept In its
cradle. Siegei went to the cradle to
see the child and took him up in bis
arms Then. with a look Of malicious
triumph, he turned and moved toward
the. door. schomberg seemed rooted
to the spot, having 40 power to stop
the fiend from carrying away his
child.
"HeIplf HeIy motherr' cried Hide
garde. and In moment the father
dashed forward, and Siegel dropped the
babe on the floor Schomberg took
him up and was so anxious TO know II
it had been injured that he ceased to
regard the would be kidnaper. When
schombers and his wife, being satisfied
that their child was uniujpred. looked
again for Siegei be had disappeared.
One day priest came up to the cas-
tie aud told Schomberg that Siegel had
admitted at the confessional how bad
IL he had treated his tenants. had re
pented and had been given absoiution
He had sent the priest to him 10 say
that he was the sole owner OF the cas-
tie and bad made deed for IL to
Schomberg and his wife forever. All
that was needed was that they should
sign receipt for It The couple were
pleased at this for since the. castle
cost them nothing they could well af-
ford to employ n first class architect TO
put it in repair and live comfortably In
IL for the rest OF their days
Schombsgg signed the receipt. and
r.Jo .x-uu af.oszt n 40 iEarviSn
when II occurred to her TO read it.
She did so and found nothing but an
ordinary receipt She took up the pen
she had laid nsite and was about to
write her name under that Of her bus
band when she noticed that the priest
had not a cross on his person.
Father" she said. "how is II that
you wear no cruciAxF
The priest seemed surprised and said
be had omitted to put 1t on.
II have Il cruciax that will give
you." said Hildegarde.
She went TO her bureau and. taking
from il a crucifix. came back. holding
II up that the priest might see IT. He
trembled and shrank away Ike
whipped spaniel Scnoihpcsk anu uiS
wife looked at each other wondering
ly. listening TO the footsteps OF the
man as he went quickly down the
staircase. He had dropped the deed
and left the unsigned receipt on the
table.
"He was no priest" said the hus'
band. but the devil. who came here
for some unhoIy purpose"
They took up the deed and read II
carefully. Hidden among number
of legal phrases they found consid-
Grafton for the castle, and that con-
sideration was their son when be
should reach the age Of twelve years.
Dropping on their knees. they gave
thanks TO heaven that they bad been
spared being trapped in this nefarious
transaction. then rising determined
that they would no longer live in cas-
tie that had been willed to the devil.
So the next morning Hildegarde took