Year: 1860

NOW, | nave MN, sue muttereu. wv nc
do you see2a His lips moved but he uttered
not word. "Speak who are yon looking
4 at?'


"peggy Drew, the Witch Of the Brandywinc,'
4 was the quiet reply.


"You are wrong, sir; look again, you'll SEQ
Anna Croasdale.n The eyes of the young man
fairly sparklcd, again, whcnhe exclaimed
4 'saTTs she Ills she the witch told me could
4 expect no favor at her hands, but here see
her in all her beauty smiling upon me- I will
never believe that accursed sorceress again"


a"You won't, won't you, ! am not Anna,Croas-
dale, but Peggy Drew, the Witcbofthe Brandy
wine; look and see fory YOURSELF "A nervous
chill ran over the frame Of the young man.
He placed his hands before his eyes, but they
fell heplessly by, his side. He realized the
horrid fact that he had been undera delusion--
that he had seen mentally Anna Croasdale,
while, in fact he had only beheld the counte-
nance of the sorceress. Had it been in these
days of science and improvement, one might
have inferred that he was under theological
fascination. The young man felt that he was
in the presence of superior but mysterious
being; he was not himself, but moved and
acted at the will of another. What was this
spell that deceived his senses and led him to
believe that the miserable wretch before him
was his idolzed Annai Gould it be possible
that any human being could possess that much
influence over another, equally as intelligent as
| ones self to produce such an effect. But such
was the case


nYou will believe now that have super
buman power. That can foretell the desti-
| nies of mem"


| ~ do lo |" replied the young man.
"Then why do you hesitate to belive my
prediction concerning your early death, and
the aversion of Anna to you?"


81 no longer doubt anything. | believe
every word you say


The sorceress chucklcd to herself as she
saw the power she possessed over her victim
'Can you keep secret =


81 can.n


nThen let me say to you that Anna loves
apother-that her whole soul is wrapped up
in another being beside yourself, and that they
have set the day on which they are to be mar
ried.n


slight flush passed over the cheeks of the
Young man, and then ashy paleness once
more resumed its sway. A sudden contortion
of the countenance gave the unmstakablc evi-
dence that slight nervous conyulsion was
operating on him internally. The witch
or.bbed him in h,r arms and him,
or he would have fallen to the ground. She
laid him gently on tn Green sward, and slack
ened his nccktie; in instant sae was ut the
brook and procured ter il her hands, with
" hicl shc bathed complies Sh, continued
the chain operate pun his headanl neck
until life once lhpfc returned ~ he first
symptom oi rplarnna ttlits, She whispered
something very quietly in his ear he started
as il thunderbolt had stricken him. but, on
looking around he saw no one near but the
sorccress An instructive shudder ran over
his whole frame; he would tain have left the
scene of so much nervous excitement, but the
hand of Peggy restrained him.


"Stay, young man; your hour of emancipa-
ton has not arrived; will own you body and
soul nothing human can libcrate you from
my tolls My bonds are the strongest kind OF
shackles, they imprison the body and chain the
mind. am sovereign; my realm is the hui
man intellect; my mandate is obeyed ia every
country and cline, and empires and realms
bow before my shrine; call me human or
super-human, it is all the same. live for
ever; neither grow older or pass away, but
continue the same. A thousand years hence
l will be as young and as gay as usual


"Demon! demon, is it possible that am,
transacting business with the prince of dark
ness? Have been holding communion with
an evil spirit. But will be man ;sno spirit
Of the Internal regions shall hold dominion
over me y


The young man made an effort to raise from
the ground, but Peggy placed her hand against
his breast and prevented the movement.


ulIold sir did not tell you that you were
in my clutches, and that no power could iibe-
rate you Here do not intend you shall re-
main long, for require your presence else
where; therefore prepare to take up yonr i'he
of departure along with me-


AT the word of the sorceress, the young man
arose from the ground and followed his guide
She led him through winding paths, studded
ON either side by underwood, and led him over
rocks and prccipices until his legs almost gave
way under him. Weary and forlorn he drag
ged his way after his agile guide. AT length
they arrived at ledge of rocks that raised
their heads far above the surrounding trees
Peggy proceeded to an aperture in the ledge,
The entrance of which was not more than two
feet high The sorceress entered this low
doorway by crawling on her hands and knees !
the Young man followed they had not pro-
ceeded far, before the narrow passageexpanded
into room probably of ten by twelve feet IN
dimensions with ceiling twenty feet high
The old finder box was soon brought in requi-
sition. and the bright spark added to some
burnt rags soon made the requisite light. The
Young man looked around the dingy room
Int few of the comforts of life were to be seen !
nm old rickety table of dimensions that suited
the entrance, and two three legged stools COM
noscd the entire furniture of the domicil of the
woman who had foretold his destiny, and who
held him in as abject bondage as eyera master
held a slave.


"For what purpose are we hercW inquired
the young man.


"To show you that am something more
than the mere being seem to be--that ! am