Show THE MYSTERIES OB CRIME d the following story was told me by fl lady she was the wife of a rich squire in the east of england after whose death she ebe married a well known italian she was a woman of remarkable 1 ability and of great information though somewhat eccentric abe had bad beard the stoy story with dates and names of persons these she bad forgotten and bad never been able to lipply them abe ee declared however that she was positively 4 dively assured that all the details bad ad been verified by the french public authorities where the events related had bad occurred and that the records still existed somewhere if the place could only be found during darin toe first french revolution two Frech frenchmen men of high dish birth count A and viscount bi were by the royalist party on a missori mission to en ell land during their journea on horseback I 1 to a northern port of france where a i vessel awaited them they were on od one mccamon occa eion benighted in the middle of a wide heath riding hiding slowly forward thiv perceived a light from frodi what lurked out to be a large and solitary chateau after come Enoc knocking klug steps were heard beard slowly coming in the yard within and at lart the door acor was vas cautiously unlocked A porter or caretaker beert d through the narrow gopear jug iu and asked vie tie reason of the litwock log ios we have lost our way and are tired and hungry ingry we require shelter and food tor for ourselves and horsey 1 impossible was the churlish reply and the door was about to be closed when one of the travellers trav ellers intercepted it with his foot and producing aflato said owe we are quite ready to pay for our loigina lod gina ginz and sapper but we cannot go further to nigh nashi 11 tte bareto bare care to asker ker paused for a moment as though reflecting and at last said 1 I will give you on shelter forthe for the and f floo aoa for yourselves and your beasts on oh one condition viz that you give me your word 0 flonor as all gentlemen which balb I 1 arti sura sure you are t that t will induce you to leave the room I 1 give you and no mat tomorrow to morrow at day bicak cak you yoa will go on your journey without asking any aby questions 1 the promise given iveli the door was 0 opened ed ano and 14 h horses calif n to the which alere within the court the porte then led the cwb travellers trav ellers up a splendid staircase and through a long corridor hung with tapestry at length tu turning ruing into a large empty room furnished as a orating room and evidently 46 long the th dwelling of a 6 nome beai door waa a large fere place in aiva a fire stion son blazed candles were lighted and the trav travellers ellers saw two large aad beds with rick rich ha hannings hangings hang ings U oud one nearer to the entrance than the I 1 other A table was war placed near the tire lire and before long a substantial lal Ls e upper was brought the 06 utensils supplied for the meal and all the belongings of the house bouse show showing app U considerable Iii luxury xury after eating their supper the two travellers trav ellers went to beat est the took the bed bad nearest the door leaving the other at some feet off to his companion lage had beeb placed on theAre the alre tor for the he night bight the door was locke dand the wayfarers wayfare rs dably betook retook themselves to sleep about an ah hour OU after going goin to sleep the elder woke uz in his bed Ile could zoula riot 1 ot account f for or this sudden waking the he loom was strongly lighted by the nrc fire there was waa no noise and count A yva ws w s about tolay bolay himself ace e 0 again mn op on when a rei yb le edyt inet mth him lm A man of striking tig appe appearance aranci ta with a grey int beard but atelmo in 4 blouse linuse bained toward the tho bed when he had approached walthia a few feet he beckoned three himles to the count as ab thrusa usa wanting him to follow aba count gazed at him without movina stphen thu figure bowing bodwid courteously teon sly eif round and walked slowly away stopping from time to timia time and looking back xo his hia 1 beckoning gesture coture with au an imploring kase aze till he be he ahe dour door bhea he disappeared ppe sred naturally startled tit at this run usual appearance aprien rance count A rose from his bis bed and xo to the door tolee it if ltha it bad beala tampered tamo ered with but it was very weary helu he once more tell fell sleep asleep abongan Abon tan kibur libur later he agaid started in the bame sudden mannar again be saw the same figure this time nearer the bel bed again did it ul beckon him to jollow mud covingto moving to tor ward the with great eager nes fessand sand detill of oftener tener than before to repeat the latue satue motion with his tand hand tae 11 N awas was that of ota gen genjian joan small aam white and with a ifa PS ou one of the fingers w I 1 Print ened si ac this extraordinary apparition pari tion count A this time woke his companioni companion 1 andi narrated what had bad passed nonsense replied the lather pr you ate tev v too much supper and have hava been awakened ened by a nightmare I 1 t am really too tired gred to ao talk about it e nervous earnestness earnest nees with which i the story atory boever hlo wever im tae younger until lie he proposed that th atthe curt alna of the coni befitted to the bed clothes clo lhea of hla BO abst in the tae case of a third visit ike he coul could d be awakened without noise after securely fastening the curtains ot 0 one bed to iche he coverings of ahe other returned to his bis awa own couch A third time 4 ae count was awakened iu ill t HU I 1 une a ta rUins manner TU the figure e 0 his bed and the face ol of w visitor dokea booked down on that ot of the awakened wakened sleeper the tea feature Os I 1 bp were plain i JY larae bithey they exhibited great pain and sadness s toe aunt gra grasped the hannings hangings hang ings the apparition held op his bis az jerked at his bis curtains both batey I 1 ey f full 1 bacu back without re oz T mi enot 1 p had ad become un tio baoe the th figure retreated aorl but seldom to ste quo ad aa khouli th ouli the attempt had bad up in despair dapa lr 0 lc afas daybreak the cooj his bis doo and they sat aaa up together till Aug ag i 1 sho y after da dawn n twe th according cording to 10 p previous r avious agreement at it the door which the count un locket without and the wa broutis brou tit tri n the careta caretaker looked curiously at the two visitor its a aleu tl eu gh inclined to ask ques questions tiong afe ui however weier tv did not carryout carry carr out his tue tile trav tr aTeY 11 of their promise fet adte 46 tio no te re marR maric the horses bo rais ddll wo 11 ll gro groomed orned and refreshed r buxe ready lor for their joarnt y and the wo two e companioni it f the the careta caretaker kv r is to 10 accept aby pay abent debtor or gra talty the two iwo men rude away hdm tapir tair point ot embarks embarkation and ana arrived sitta y in Eng england lanct not rany amri later the ear rider of the two returns returah 19 to t o yantice and accepted the new state ol of tanga ane boba pane government Govern meni affred win an ad post iu in the north this thid count aunt accepted jy aid ai d lamona laoc the other led io 1 0 his bis acceptance was the chance of eu ci cida dating liBS the mystery which constantly recurred fecu to liis his memory A very short time elapsed after assuming his duties when he be made inquiries as aa to the chateau and its owners the story told him bim was that t tin chateau belonged to the isel A a gentleman of great areat wealth and 84 A retired habits when somewhat ad danced in life he be bad married a girl ot of low cx extraction traction but of great beauty the daughter of the peasant who now took care of the chateau A year or er two after their marriage ge a halt half brother of the marquis marritte marrit nad had I 1 kit it tho the army and come to with his big bri briber ather and some months later all three d disappeared appeared from the country to together gethers without leaving any address the chateau being placed under the care of the fattier father of the marquis Mar duif aa old gamekeeper the rapid 11 succession u of rici dents in the it ion by absorb absorbing irig public integ ela eat had prevented inquiry the caretaker led a gloomy solitary life at the chateau he was little seen except when he be went out to make purchases buu but be always appeared to be well provided with money anant aiming himself with the necessary legal authority probably lent len it self aalf easily to the of the state the count prepared to investigate the mystery he accordingly repaired to the chateau with the agents of the law and a priest well known to the neighborhood to whom tile the story had bad been told on arriving at the house the caretaker endeavored to withstand with stand the intrusion but yielding to force the gate was opened ind and the count and the priest proceeded straight to the where the incident occurred 1 I think said the priest this affair at present belongs more tome to me then than to the law allow me to spend the nigh here alone all I 1 require is a lantern and a pistol there will be force within n hoaxing hearing but I 1 believe the mystery will be solved more easily by tay one man than by many the fhe brave old mans mana offer was accepted the countant count Coun tand and his attendants posted themselves to in other parts of the house keeping the care laser with them aare was lighted in the large room and the priest was left there alone wito the prayer book he had not remained long when the figure appeared beck beckoning to him and heathi liea ce rose to follow it passed through the door always looking from time to time thoe to L lee bee ee that the priest was behind it led the way through a lan corridor then into kroom a room which contained all the appearance of bf a ladys in the corner was a small staircase down which the priest followed in obedience to co the summons of the apparition it led to a small vestibule which opened into a chapel the alie I 1 figure walked slowly up the aisle ascended soi asi i the steps of the altar then suddenly disappeared the priest following with hla his latero laterio antero anterio perceived after some search a dram brass ring on OB the very spot where the figure had bad vanished it was evidently i the handle bt bf a trap door which however desisto all the attempts of the priest to iora raise ise it he fired vis Is pistol and soon the count and nis attendants came to his bis help the door raised a steep ladder ladber staircase led into a vault at the bottom of the ladder lay jay a human in clothes similar to those WOI H by the apparition and with a beard still hanging to the chin A ring was on the finger i tue earet akef anade little didi difficulty culty in confessing the real facts toe marquis maiquis who was a man of thu the kindest disposition and had bad treated nis brother with unwonted indulgence had discovered that two intimate relations idis existed between him bim and his wife frightened at his bis orders to them to leave thi the house the two had bad murdered him as he be slept in the laree room and conveyed his bis body along the pass pa alre through which the figure had bad led the priest the caretaker was taken into lito arient con confidence ence and left to look afterpe after the house and aad property while the crimi criminal pal couple had ha d left e t the country and wre wore living in belgum under an assumed 9 name supplied f u plied with money by ho he woma comans womans s f father acht fath tr r the caretaker f from the resources of the proper which the half brother was the natural heir beir he and the woman were brought back to prance france tried and executed this story was told nearly forty years ao ago at jersey during the year felir of the first exhibition though in simple language it was related with great dramatic force and undoubted good mith the lady decla declared to ton ma tuat she gully fully believed the story had t beeri ed officially recorded in the archives of ox some municipal or provincial department part ment in france she was by birth ot of considerable renk rante atad abd members member of her family had bad bega in close with many emigres emi gres she promised ao to let me know if she herd heard of it ago but I 1 saw little of her afterward aud she is now dead it would e interest juato ins to know whether tier her narrative hail bad adv foundation some one who may hake have heard this thia tale way may cupply thein the information forma flon I 1 have never heard hear it from any other source nor read it in any an book tile the narrator told me that who had first related the story were eviden evidently believers iu in its |