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 thee Glanville acended, and oon reached a uite of rooms, dirobed of every article of furniture. Extending his earch, he reached a door, in which he dicovered a key, but o covered with rut, that it indicated its refual of executing the office for which it was deigned. Its ervice, however, was unneceary; for, on touching the lock, the door immediately opened, and dicovered a small but neat apartment, which, from the furniture it contained, had the appearance of having once been a lady's dreing-room. On a table, placed between two gothicGothic [sic] windows, tood a mirror, near to which lay a mall caket. Glanville, reting his lamp upon the table, took it up, and placing his finger on the pring, it flew open, and preented the miniature of a youth in the habit of an officer. He approached the light to have a more perfect view of the face, and, tarting a few paces back, exclaimed, “Father of Mercy! what do I ee? My very elf in this counterfeit preentment!” In the greatet atonihment he took it from the caket, and on the obvere ide read the following words: “Wentworth, ixth lord Raymond.”

“From this it appears,” aid he, “that the reemblance of the late lord Raymond is here preerved. I have heard the preent baron did leave the catle of his ancetors on an idle report, that his immediate predeceor, after death, was often wandering among the chambers of his earthly habitation. If in this there be any ene of truth, then, it hould eem, I am now incloed within the walls of this deerted manion. A thouand thoughts,” “ [sic]continued he,” [sic] “ruh into my mind, and would be heard. I do recollect me, walking in the park one evening, to have een the baron bending on the vacant air his diordered eye, and holding with the wind dicoure: his frame hook, as if his hour of diolution was drawing near, and, as I paed, he hrieked aloud, and fell lifeles on the ground. Often has he eized my arm, and gazed with dreaming eyes upon my face. Once, I well remember, repeating this frequent practice, he heaved a igh, and cried,