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THE MYSTERIFS. a2 SA | UD ata HUTT iin aN TRS ANA Hail ih —— ———— ae eZe= fe Aw LCN QO) ACs ~ i> » x SY Soe ew BAN AY ~ \" i \ . NS Ss Y YY ™ \ al CHAPTER XCI. THE CHURCH, Tar party entered the churchyard which was crowded with tomb-stones that gleamed with spec- tral-like ghastliness in the cold moonlight; and the Magsman began to wonder whether the employer of himself and the Beggarman intended them to per- form a little business in the resurrection way be- fore he parted from tliem. But the nobleman passed straight along the nar- row path which, intersecting the cemetery, led to the church door; and here he stopped. The bag, of which the Big Beggarman had taken charge, furnished a bunch of keys, one of which speedily turued in the lock. The door was thrust open— and the nobleman entered the church with his companions, Gi ——$ re OS it et ecm i en ATI LLL an i] | | iit PPh : ASSN Ae. ~~) 4 ~ a vity\ Cl SS Hid ny AP =7) Cie — 4, WLI Lh COLLET fe The deep silence of the placé struck as solemnly upon the heart as the intense chii! of the atmos- phere did upon the exterior senses; and it was evident that the nobleman felt a species of super- stitious awe steal over him—for his hand trembled | as he produced the dark lantern from beneath his cloak. As for the Magsman and the Beggar- man—they knew not fear of any kind ; and the effect of the profound stillness upon their minds was of the most evanescent description. Passing along the aisle, the nobleman led the way to a small cloistral-looking nook, separated from the body of the church by a screen of sculp- tured stone, and evidently set apart for the monu- ments of those families which possessed hereditary sepulchres there. Stooping down and throwing the light of the lantern in such a manner upon the pavement that he could read the inscriptions graven there, the nobleman in a few moments pointed out a particular —— ia - DOO CONMIC Ho CO)