Evening star., 1928-03-27
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE.

tEdEsr Alien Poe 1so0.ista vas = "a
hnnuE Amer. an writer ~ taseS fSptf3siiH l''
etarlss of gloom and horror and those uea
fDT with strange events
The Red Death had long devastated
the country No pestilence had ever
been so fatal or SO hideous. Blood was
It's seai-tlle redneSs and horror OF
blood. There were sharp pains and
sudden dizziness. and then profuSe
bleeding at the pores. with dissolution.
The scarlet stains upon the body. and
especially upon the face Of the victim,
were the pest ban which shut him of
from the sympathy Of his fellow men
and the whole seizure progress and end
Of the disease we're the incidents OF half
en hour.
But the Prince ProSpero was happy
and dsuntless and wise When his do
niinions were half depopulated he sum-
nloned IN his presence 900 hale and
lirtt-hearted friends from among the
knights and DANES NJ his court. and
With these retired IN the deep Sc
Clusion Of = castle. A strong and lofty
wall zirdieo It in. This wall had gates
cf iron. TIE courtiers having entered
brought furnaces and welded the bolts
Tilev resolved 10 leave neither means n
entrance nor exit The castle was
amply prov4sioned.
The external world could take care Of
itsen In the meantime IT was folly 10
gTisve or think The prince had pro-
vided al The appliances Of pleasure.
There we're bufToons, there we're musi-
clans, there we're dancers. there was
beauty. there vas wine And these and
Hecurity we're within Without was the
Ted Death.
Toward the hfth or sixth month Of
his seclusiOn. while the pestilence ragged
most fUriouslY without. Prince Prospero
entertained his thousand friends a. a
masked ball Of the most unusual mag
nincence.
There we're seven chambers. from
none of which could you see into an
other. al spiendioly and fantasticslly
decorated In the western or black
chamber The effect Of freight from
tripods with brszieTs Of fire was ghastly
81 the extreme. and produced 50 wild 2
Jook upon the countenances Of those
pho entered that there we're few Of
tho company bold enough n set foot
within II ~ all
N vas ia this apartment also that
mere 5000 against the western wall 4
gigantic cIock of ebony It's penlu.um
swung n snc fro with dull. heavy
sDd nonotonous clang ard al every
hoUr - ne clock chimcd every ono vsr
upset os the phsStly SOUND ~ h. Thrn
ell @Ss asE tfll the clock chinqed again
Ihe nsa4ue wsF brilliant snd mag
rlhcent Costumes na9st strange and
bizsTTs we're there There we're de-
bfiois fsncses such a. only madmen
fsEhlon. Much u the beautiful. mueh
% ne z'aGton. SomethiDs ~ The ter
EToie Snc even some 0f the disgusting
- N they canoe stopping only as ne
greet ci9ck chimes
Evt ~ tFae western chamber now no
n3ASkeFS venture for the night ls
waning aWsY zno there f1ogs Z yuocleg
laht through The blood ~colofed paues.
arc me Darkness " the dfapegy 3D-
pals B4a eikeHB here there we're crowd.
beating fefef.aHiy ~ ihe h-5rt Of life.
A. length there commenced tue S9uuG-
Ing u midnight Upyn tie cloek Ibe
music ceasec and thr eYoiutous ~ 'he
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