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love , and Avhont be daily took for an hour or tAvo from the care of her friend , Miss Sherill , and wandered Avith her doAvn beside the blue waters of the Lake , or took her to ride with Mm upon their calm bosom . No one kncAv even Avhence bo came , and no one

sliOAved any desire to intrude upon Ms privacy , or ask Mm questions concerning himself or his antecedents . Mr . Clark , after spending Ms mornings as above described Avith Ms daughter , Avas in tho habit of leaving the hotel after dinner and

Avandoring away by himself until supper time ; and frequently remained out until nearly bed time . Some tMec Aveeks bad thus passed aAvay , Avben on one bright and beautiful day , after taking little Belle to ride upon the lake in the morning , Mr . Clark walked

off in the direction of Erench Mountain , telling Ms daughter that lie Avas going to climb to the mountain ' s top , and if at about three o ' clock she Avatcbed a certain tree on the mountain ' s broAv , she Avould see Mm Avave Ms handkerchief to lier . Little Belle and her kind friend , Miss Sherill , at the promised hour , saAV tlie promised signal . Some hours after , as the sun ivas

siiikinoin the Avest , a sudden and very severe storm arose and soon sivept across the country . The Avinds HOAV almost a hurricane and tlie rain fell in torrents . So suddenl y had the storm arisen , that many Avanderers from the hotel , although but a little ivay off ,

were drenched by the rain before they could reach shelter hi the bouse . Night bad also suddenly fallen upon the earth , and soon after the advent of the storm all nature seemed shrouded hi abnost impenetrable darkness . Some of the Avanderers

from , the hotel Avere compelled to seek shelter in tlie houses of citizens residing in the neighbourhood , Avhile some half dozen young men and maidens AVIIO bad been paying a visit to a pleasant place about one mile from the hotel known as Kiss Hollow

found themselves at the approach of the storm , in the immediate vicinity of Gfao-e Hill school bouse , of AVMCII they took immediate possession , and Avben darkness came on , they lighted some pieces of candles AVMCII tboy found in the houseleftno

, , doubt , from the last evening prayer-meeting held in the school-room , and thus provided , tliey set about enjoying the time of their imprisonment as best they might . Tliree of the strollers from the hotel Avere lets successful , and Avere compelled to

endure the full force of the storm . These tliree Avere Laivrence Clark , last seen on the summit of French Mountain , and Albert Colby and Ms inseparable friend and companion , Henry Neivton . The two last named had been visiting Bloody Pond

and its vicinity and Avere there overtaken by the storm , and in endeavouring to find some kind of shelter hi the blinding Avind and rain , they lost their Avay and wandered some time before they found even tlie big road leading from Glen's Palls to Caldwell .

Staggering rather than Avalking along in the direction of the hotel , amid darkness so deep it could almost bo felt they neared Gage Hill . Suddenly , Colby , AVIIO Avas a little in adA r ance of bis friend , struck Ms foot against some object hi Ms patlrway ,

and fell headlong into the Avater and mud of the road . Before lie could sufficiently recover to Avarn Ms companion to beAvare , be too bad struck the same obstruction , and met Avith the same misfortune that had befallen Ms unfortunate friend . Eising as sooon as possible , they both simultaneously stretched forth their bands to find if

possible , the nature of the obstacle that bad caused their fall . The reader may imagine their horror Avben they found the form of some human being lying prone in the MgliAvay , Avitb face upturned to the merciless pelting of the storm , and apparently lifeless . " My

God ! " exclaimed Colby , in a hoarse AVMSper , ¦¦ it is a man , and dead ! what shall ire do with him ? " " We can do nothing , " said NeAvton , in the same frightened tone , " there is no bouse near that I knoAV of , and I even do not knoiv where I am myself . " " Let us feel about us , " said Colby , " and see if Ave cannot find some bank beside tlie

road Avbere we can lay tlie body out of this terrible mite , Avhile Ave seek aid at the hands of some charitable citizen in this neighbourhood . " They immediately set about the search , and Avere pleased to find Avithin a feAv feet of the body , a high knoll at the foot of a tree or stump—they could not tell

which hi the darkness—Avbere the body might be laid until they could find help to remove it . Again feeling their way in the mud Avitb their bands they soon found the body , and taking it hi their arms , they made their Avay Avitb it to the place they had found to lay it . As they straightened out the lnnbs as best they could in that