San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
How Tickle Young Count
Von G0tmark, Last of
His Line, Met
Mysterious Death on
His Wedding Eue, Full
filling the AncientDo0m
Placed on His House
by Wittekind, Father
of the Beautiful Aurora
BIZ Elliot O'D0nneH.
(The Ghost Man,

HE most haunted region the world the famous
Harz Mountains in Saxony and among the many spots
there permanently ghost ridden and aecursed is wood
of pines and beeches through which flows stream locally
known as the Silverbrook,
the early eighteenth century, close to this wood there
stood huge building with ordly turrets, battle
men great tagged yards 1t the castle
Of Gotmark and at the time writing about its
the young Count. Falcon Ven Gotmark
Falcon had only just into the property and the peculiar
circumstances under (which he inherited made him both
gloomy and His cousin the late count whom he
greatly attached had been engaged to be married to
charming girl On the evening just prior to the nuptias both
of them the prospective bride and bridegroom struck by
lightning and killed instantly,
But this all The strange fact was that for
turtles past grim tragedy had always attended every
rage in the House of Won Gotmark the owner
CT the Castle became engaged to be married. his bride in
variaby with violent end the night before the marriage
and sometimes he himself persisted believed that the
family at time other must have been cursed, And
his broodng this that upset Falcon and made him
Now there was living in the Castle with him an old priest
of the supposed and morning he burst into Falcons
al he s while examining nave ehss fun %
old books and manuscripts in one Of the cellars last night
ment covered with scarcely eg5e characters in monEish Latin
Il viii translate it to yOu, he added And this in BRIEF
$50 that future generations of the Won GOtmarks shall
their forbears on the eve of marriage Count Abreeh Won
Goma have instructed my father eonfessor to pen these
"Ths origin of the troubles began with great uncle
Hubert the tenth count One or his reaner named We
kend, had a lovely daughter whom he called Aurora,
Count Hubert though years her senior became vo
enty enamoured Of her and taking II for granted that his
servant Wtekend would be only too delighted to have him
for sonnaw he visited him evening his house. beside
the Sverbrook and made formal request for the hand Of
Aurora To Huberts unmtgated astonshment however,
Witekend shook his head.
"No, my lord, he said, Aurora cannot be thy BRIDE
She is merely a poor girl
Count Hubert then few into passion and said whether
Wiekend wed or not he should Aurora one
should him That evening and for several succeeding
evenings he stole down to the Syebrook in the hope Of
ing Aurora but without He was beginning TO wonder
could become of her. when he her morning
in the pine beech wood Throwing himself her feet
he besough her TO 90 with him and be married, and
eventually she yielded, .
THAT night she stayed in the Castle of Gotmark with
him. the following day. accompanied by page,
they set out together to the nearest priest the castle chaplain
being the time in distant part Of Germany Their route
led them along the banks Of the Svbrook and they had got
far kind Of half grotto and half well known as the
Godborn when their infinite dismay, Wekend suddenly
rushed cket and confronted them huge cleaning
hand and in the other long, wicked looking ponard
when Count Huberts frail sword suddenly snapped of
in the fight that ensued Wtekend without the slightest COM
junction. Glove his skull ssunder This brutal deed accom-.
phed Whitehead then turned his face towards the distant
Goark Castle and shaking his fist at them shouted
Aurora who nearly fantng with horror and said,