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appearance of his nephew than he cared to tell. But very little was said, no explanation was given and the meal was finished in silence.
The next day Josephine departed for her home in "the States," but the effect of that night's experience was more than she could stand. Indeed, the shock to her nervous system was so great that three months later she who had never feared anything, died of nervous prostration.
What this phenomenon was that she saw it is impossible to state. The idea that it was a ghostly apparition is of course absurd. That it was a mental hallucination is scarcely probable. The fact that she saw something seems true beyond a doubt. But however this may be, who and what it was remains unknown. What freak of nature, what slum of the earth, or what evidence of crime or great family secret she may have discovered, will forever be shrouded in mystery. Years have come and gone since then, but the old ruined castle still stands—now more desolate than ever before; only the bats and owls and lonely night birds inhabit it. The damp rocky caverns still re-echo the muffled roar and splash of the waves as they beat against the basement walls. All, save the mystery, is dead and forgotten.
A Winter's Sunset.
Cold white hills with flame lit up,
Rich red wine in silver cup;
A failing, fading, chilling light,
A lingering, golden breath of day,
Before the frosty brow of night.
Visa Mortis.
R. D. B.
Mellow and fresh as the dawn,
But sweeter far
Is the gold when the day is gone,
And the evening star.
And rosy is Life's young light,
And its noon-tide sun-
But sweeter the rest at night,
When the work is done.
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