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 sake, to desist from our undertaking: "If you go," added he, "then all of you will be dead before to-morrow morning: For heaven's sake, dear gentlemen, do not run into the very mouth of the devil thus wantonly!"

"However, the railery of the Lieutenant put him soon so much out of temper, that he left us in great wrath, swearing in the height of his anger, that the devil would make us smart for our fool-hardiness and unbelief."

"Gentlemen," began now the officer, "pray let us take a walk to that terrible place, where we are going to spend the night, and reconnoitre it before dinner."—Approving of that proposal, we went all three to that residence of terror"

"We approached and beheld the gothic remains of a half decayed castle, the gate was open and we entered the fabric. The arched walls, overgrown with moss and ivy, echoed