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Show iDriginnl Cmitnlmtioti. TIIE TXtXh QFEBK, nv Atcs. .orr. t)x a stormy winter evening of the year ft?02, lo.a byo. strtct of Uio fity of Paris, BidtJergl,maii,,in tho inpilcst garb of awrrir. iwtts lfurrylug home. .The Igbty,',i(!tropoIis presented o toky, dreary osiicct, Jtows of sullfiu U',vne4 i)imy ia tho streets, cou aitingtraogely jlth tho murky sky. ' of efcry tlctcrlpttou were passiiig. tadi other.bilo, a, qtultitudo-of niulllcd CgnrM" were gliding along liko dark phan-W.fortiithejlo-iming bnildingff, An "WaaJ cqlt) blast driringthe tnovrl ??M.h largo Jlakci, in tho face, of the Pr mechanic irho vaialy cmlcavorctl to hk hinlyrclad bqdy; against tho rattoiffif!iciL. A hq .atrodo on,; SMorjnd. of, neighboring church-bell,, ilin ibo-stbrrajtapk. upon his car, jBi(aeaIy( whilo torning into ntiptheri to ,fouu4 blbucU, accosted, . by a-ltrDSert a-ltrDSert irranpetl "in a largo .cloak, and v i hi Jfedrawn, partly, OTer his face, t ,wcr, Wol4yo,'Iiktto,got rich?" Parlta, certainljvif 1 could," replied Ktonishcd, mmf, .--t'XWjCari, if jQuwish to do some work tor me," answered tho stranger, in a low, Vwpering tono pf Tpico,. Too mechanic, bardljf bclieriog bis ojvn KMti, followed, inYolnrttarljy, tlip stran-Trh,o stran-Trh,o conducted ,hira to a carriage iK.aU little distance. Mtniwir? t,he mysterious ac- ok,7 -juaitanco, "ona ifilng mofej jou must alfoyoUrsclr to bo blfndfol.lctL' Ifyo submit to lt this shall bo Veursjr niiD;tat the safno.llme, ho showed him, by the dim light of a lantern, n heavy pt'irso" full of 'goia,, - ' ' . "f- ;. 4 Men" rcpKetl, tho- mqcJfirmiCf c6n-sideHrig c6n-sideHrig the porcrtyof his largo" family, and thinking- no Wasrncrcty gratifying Hie foolish builiarmtesit hin of .somo rfch ttrtstocratj "i 'ncctnt your terms. "Then,, step Iri, sir," said tlie stranger.; . lltftig-scalcdf thtfvmeclmniqi was directly blindfolded; whcrcupoh.ttcl'. carriage motfird rapidly along. "Ij'ull of ' anirci'pa-, Uou of- what was to come, and While alH sorbed hi tliecotdciiiplatioaofilic slraugp, adventure,, tliq mtiritr obscrvjfd silence; which hit"mysttribns cowpanionldid not deem projxsr tp tfisturb.; iA.t,'las,t, o(tcf -a rido of .about' two jicfure during whjqli time they tnnst' liavo jirtsed thfongli ,n labyrinth-of strtctsj, the corrtagosndijcnly slopped" on the ivoaden' floor' of soirio buidiugV J v, " ' ; -r ' 1 follow, rae," whispered, the1 stranger j and, helping '-Hue iirtfcr out. of. tho -enrv riage,, hd;' conducted "hinr tlirpugh' What seemed to lie so many, passages,' At lat they stopped, nud" tho" baudagc whs-rc morcd, .Ouj'caM.lojf htj eyes .flfouml the meclianitifniid hiftufeifjir a laxge'fl.oomy-oo1d,ugajifjnm.en' laxge'fl.oomy-oo1d,ugajifjnm.en' -(vhfclf was. '. dimly lighted' liy. iicttfiri lamp jBiispciidcd: front tfrd cvHfrtkr ' ,.' An air of. mystery, niid.scercpyii'nng about' ttio ivhQlej-witIioiif;'ilw.farntwnii log bf thti'.wiifdrwihg' at -irdervali'JntQ a rushing 'sound, as if .soincthhig jifcre. sweeping lhyouglilthc.a.ir'jo,uiid"tho room, andvpausliig' to'sitik "Into ret huslicd jand monriiful'sig!i. ,(Vhtto,.th'ns?wntcliig llie checrlfss . scene, ft';cmd( mist gallicrcd ro'uud;.tht?""inuid or, tlicjpoorl'jncctiaulc '06 'sbw, hfonotonons ticking ! from "a large, thnible (ilock struck his carVlyicE' ttbk, ,t"cklrandlii thought uocous-ilously. fdshioncdflthc ..sound Into at warning word "bewArc, beware, bcwarcl - ', ' ' ",Vhilc;.tlius haunted. Mo' 'a chaos of gloomi.ircyerics, the low.murmur of whisP' penng;'volcc9fell suddenly pu hfs carT' "At the s'ameidne, it secret" door; opened," and a tjuinhet' pfiacn( thc!rrfuccs tqiaskcd.terY-tercd, tqiaskcd.terY-tercd, ttarryitr .ft't''yOoiig and bcautifn) female, her l.oitgi dark Imir hanging WscTy oivcr her "slipulders, iicr jfTco'wns. tlcadly pale, and' licr 'yes, as sh'ojoofced at 'the inechauie, -,wipre;tspressifo of tho greatest horror siio tried to" fjsiakv tpp'rdduce Some sound; but, O Opd, she was gaggcdl "MoniktLx" said the ' mysterious stranger,, stran-ger,, firmly, "y6u ice tho 'nichd at the wes't 0ml Of tbts rtom; that you will hare To; wairin, There 1 overyth'infc ,ra'djf for yonr work," , , , -t. , Tlfe0rpgt( of ,li(6'ught9, .rcvealcd to tho oatrcKf hc trnth atohci A. sense of dreadful libr ror swept upon hint liko a hideous pliati-tai'mal pliati-tai'mal shadow. His. hcartjiaiil; .within turn, a'nd'lt seemed as iT lie had'tou'ehed a jiutrld corpse,' . 1 , "drontitur! for .pod's sake;' Jet nib lie gone from ricrc--poor as t ,ant,:I would rathcr'starVff than'bc" guilty of thq'horri blc critfte of ifqiiGriing a humafi.bi Ing'tq a living t6mbjandJholropietl onjijsku'ees at, jho. fict, of tlidvRtroi)ger, jnvbkjng. his fincrcyTil h'alf of the lovely-victim.-- J'i'du, lavo tp yhocso cither Jifo, qr, death! 'replied "the inexorabte .stranger j "if yourcfusB.obcjiug meyoararo -dead. manfbutlf you.dd aslbld you, you shall be richly rewarded." IJelng awnrft of the imminent peril be .was iii, and of, ttic entire imppsil)tl(ty of rendering aid to tho. doomed Tcniah), the poor mechanic, resigned to his fata, and. with a ghastly pallor spread over Ins face, and with hands clammy with the perspiration' perspira-tion' of unfpeakabio anguish, ho commenced com-menced his fatal work, wbilq tho miserable) victim was placed within the niclic, her white hands laid togetlier as if in supplication. suppli-cation. Larigongo has no apt words, the intellect, in-tellect, no complete imagination to describe .tho reality of that dreadful scene. At last the fatal work was performed; ft faint, bfoken souud, like the siah of a dviiii? foul, was lien rd from within the walled-urj liicho, and the earKft overcome with horror, sank fainting on thu floor,. Hours had waned away when tho mechanic me-chanic awoke,. aud found himself. On tho very same fyofc.o.n vbkh. ltd hod.ccn accosted ac-costed by the stranger on that fa'tal wen-ing. wen-ing. Tho sullen lights In tlia street burned, liko funeral lamps ppon sumo dusk'yroad tod&ith, Ho was bewildered nmaied, liardlywdltiug the reality of hU dradfnl eXpcrieuce, wihebt finding heavy purso full of .gold- in his. po.cket, evcjry donbt vanished from hfa rajw. . Il'ucrying to tho tiest- policc-statipn,.ha tgavp information conpeniing his, dreadful advenfuro. As.soou.as tho particulars of Ibis horrible murder h.ccamo known,- tho, greatest exeltement prevaftpd throogjiout tlio metroiwlis. By order or the flrstxon-suj, flrstxon-suj, Xopolecn, tho greatest exertions wc.rc nlado by tho police to discover tho perpc -tratqrs of so fyul.and heiuous.q, crime,.but no clue was foiind tQ solve the mjitery. v ' .. J |