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the chapel. It was twilight--the lights burn cd dim and faint l approached my bride, who, trembling and weeping beneath her long veil, had not dared to look at me. |" Behold mem said l, "my bride, my beloved, ,--bc- hold your husbandp' raised her veil: she saw my countenance glare full upon her, uttered one shrick, and fell senseless on the floor.

 raised her not--I stirred not--I spoke not. saw my doom was fixed, my curse complete: and my heart lay mute, and cold, and dead within me, like stone Others entered; they bore away the bride. By lit- tie and little the crowd assembled, to gaze up- on the monster in mingled derision and dread; then recollectcd myself and arose. l seat tered them in terror before me, and uttcring . single and piercing cry, rushed forth; end hid myself in the wood,

 But at night, at the hour in which l had been accustomed to meet her, l stole forth again. approached the house, ! climbed the wall, entered the window; was in her chamber. All was still and solitary; I saw not living creature there; but the lights burned bright and clear 1 drew near to the bed; beheld figure stretched upon it; df-ST dt tiit lett, diiu Il ldpSI at lic Htstts-SO there was plenty of light for me to see my bride. She was corpse did not speak, nor faint, nor groan; but laughed aloud. Verify, it is q glorious mirth, to behold the thing one loves, stiff, and white, and shrunk- en, and food for the red, playful, creeping worm! raised my eyes, and saw upon | table near the bed, something covered with black cloth. lifted the cloth, and behold, Ina ha ha l--by the foul fiend, dead, but beautiful likeness of myself La little in- fant monster! The ghastly mouth, and the laidlcy features, and the delicate green, corpse like hue, and the black shaggy hair, and the horrible limbs, and the unnatural shape: there---ha ha !--there they were-my wife and child3 l took them both in my arms; hurried from the house; carried them into the wood. concealed them in cavern; I watched over them; and lay beside them; and played with the worms; then played with them--ha! Ina !! a!---it was u josial time that, at tho old cavern! @

 And so, when they were all gone but the bones, buried them quietly, and took my way to my home. My father was dead, and my brothers hoped that was dead also.

 But turned them out of the house, and took possession of the titles and the wealth. And then went to see the doting old wo- man who had nursed me; and they showed me where she slept-a little green mound in the churchyard-and 1 wept--oh, so bitterly! l never shed q tear lormy wife--or-ha! ha! ha for my beautiful child!

 And so lived happily enough for short time; but at last they discovered that was the unknown philosopher-the divine poet whom the world rung of And the crowd rooms were filled with eyes---large, staring eyes, all surveying me from head to foot and peals of laughter and shreks wondered about the air, like dsembodied and damned spirits---and was never alone again.