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 who have witnessed the agitation which the mishaps of a great man cause among his friends. Even the poor relations paused for a moment from the indefatigable labours of the trencher; when the aunt, who had at first been struck speechless, wrung her hands, and shrieked out, "The goblin! the goblin! she's carried away by the goblin!"

In a few words she related the fearful scene of the garden, and eoncludedconcluded [sic] that the spectre must have carried off his bride. Two of the domestics corroborated the opinion, for they had heard the clattering of a horse's hoofs down the mountain about midnight, and had no doubt that it was the speetrespectre [sic] on his black charger, bearing her away to the tomb. All present were struck with the direful probability; for cventsevents [sic] of the kind are cxremelyextremely [sic] common in Germany, as many well-authenticated historicshistories [sic] bear witncsswitness [sic].

What a lamentable situation was that of the poor baron! What a heart-rending dolcmmadilemma [sic] for a fond father, and a member of the great family of Katzenellenbogen! His only daughter had either been rapt away to the grave, or he was to have some wood-dcmondemon [sic] for a son-in-law, and perehanceperchance [sic], a troop of goblin grandchildren. As usual, he was completely bewildered, and all the castle in an uproar. The men were ordered to take horschorse [sic], and scour every road and path and glen of the Odenwald. The baron himself had just drawn on his jack-boots, girded on his sword, and was about to mount his steed to sally forth on the doubtful quest, when he was brought to a pause by a new apparition. A lady was seen approaching the eastlecastle [sic], mounted on a palfrey, attended by a eavalicrcavalier [sic] on horseback. She galloped up to the gate, sprang from her horse, and falling at the baron's feet, embraced his knees. It was his lost daughter, and her companion-the Spectre Bridegroom! The baron was astounded. He looked at his daughter, then at the speetrespectre [sic], and almost doubted the evideneoevidence [sic] of his