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Louis Brahant, valet de chambrc to

 iranels the First, was a capital yentri-

 loqnist, anda great atcheat. He had fal-

 len lnloye with q young, handsome, and

 rich heiress; but was rejected by the

 parents as an unsuitable match for their

 daughter. The young lady's father dy-

 ing, Brahant made visit to the widow,

 who was totally ignorant of his singular

 talent. Suddenly oh his first appear

 ance, in open day and in presence of se-

 veral Persons who were with her, she

 heard herself aocosted, in a voice per-

 fectb resembling that of her dead hus-

 band, alad whiehseemcd to proceed from

 above, exclaimilg, sGite my daughter

 in marriage to Louis Brahant. He is

 man of great fortune, and of an ex-

 cellent ntcharacter. now endure the in-

 eXpfessiblc terments of purgatory for

 having refused her to him. If YOU obey

 this admonition, ] shall soon be deliver

 ed from this place of torment. You

 will at the same time proyide.a worthy husband for your daughter. and procure everlasting repose to the soul of your

 poor husband.' The widow couldnot for a moment resist this dead summons,

 which had not the most distant appear aace of proceeding from Louis Brahant whose countenance- exhibited no visible

 change, and whose lips were closed and

 motionless, during the delivery of it, Accordingly, she consented immediate ly to receive him for her sonsin- law.

 Louis's finances, however, were in ye- ry low situation, and the iormaliiies at tending the marriage contract rendered Unnecessary for himto exhibit soile show of riches, and net to give the ghost the lie direct. He accordingly went to work

 upon a fresh subject, one Cornu, an old

 and rich banker at Lyons, ,who had ac-

 cumulated immense wealth by usury

 and extortion. and was known to be

 haunted by remorse of conscience on account of the manner in which he had acquired it. Having contracted an in- timate acquaintance with this man, he | one day, while they were sitting togeth-

 erinthe usurer'slittle back parlor, art | fully turned the conversation on reli- l gious subjects, on demons and spectres,

 the pains of purgatory and the torments

 of hell. During an interval of silence

 between them, a voice was heard, which

 to the astonished banker seemed to

 be that of his deceased father, complain l ing, as in the former case, of his dread l fuI situation in purgatory, and calling

 upon him to deliver him instantly from l thence by putting into the hands of iinu.

 is Bralant, a large sum for the redemp- 1 ton of Christians then in slavery with

 the Turks: threatening him at the same time with eternal damnation if he did

 rot take this method 10 expiate likewise i his own sins. Tine reader wiilnatural I ly suppose that Brahant affected . due | degree of astonishment on the occasion

 and further promoted the deception, hy ;, acknowledging hishaving devoted him T self 10 the persecution of the charitabi, design impaledto him by the ghost. Al