THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM.
like most great men, oo digni?ed to utter any joke but a dull one; it able, served up ible. Many good ts t bear repeating, except on similar occasions; many sly speec almost convulsed ter; and a song or t by a poor but merry and broad-faced cousin of t absolutely made ts heir fans.
Amidst all tranger guest maintained a most singular and unseasonable gravity. enance assumed a deeper cast of dejection as trange as it may appear, even to render times in t, and at times turbed and restless bespoke a mind but ill at ease. ions and mysterious. Loo steal over ty of remors to run tender frame.
All t escape tice of ty s ed; ion, ales and supernatural legends. One dismal story produced anotill more dismal, and tened some of to erics ory of t carried aory o excellent verse, and is read and believed by all the world.
tened to tale tention. eadily ?xed on tory dreo a close, began gradually to rise from , groaller and taller, until in tranced eye
to too a giant. t tale . tly truck.
quot;! going to leave tle at midnigion; a co retire.quot;
tranger seriously: quot;I must lay my co-nig;
tone in tered t made t misgive ed able entreaties.
tranger sly, but positively, at every offer, and, alked slo of ts ely petri?ed; tear stole to her eye.
tranger to t court of tle, ing ience. al, , tranger paused, and addressed tone of voice, ill more sepulchral.
quot;No ; said ;I to you t----quot;
quot;; said t;cannot you se