knowing the unknown, of seeing those things usually unseen.
A cold breath emanated from the figure as it drew close to me, until I seemed to feel the very atmosphere of the tomb. I even longed for death!
Now the steam from the goblet wafted hot and heavy upon my face. I was going mad—mad!
At the other end of the room a deep-toned clock began sonorously to strike the hour of twelve. With a shriek of ungovernable fright—-that sound of the striking of the hour breaking the spell that held me silent—I fell back unconscious upon the pillows, and knew nothing whatever until the dawn arrived.
With the morning the storm had passed, and I was aroused from my lethargy by the bright, cold rays of the winter sun.
And as I dressed and prepared once more to mingle with the people and the surroundings of bright reality, I made a vow never again to try and penetrate into that other world, remote, mysterious, beyond the grave! Never again to show even curiosity about the life of those spirits which inhabit that world; but to leave them to the companionship of other ghosts.
THE EVENING WOLVES
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Monte staggered to his feet.
"You yellow devil! he shrieked. "You mean that a man must try to find a way out under the water?"
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"Exactly, Mr. Monte Jerome. You will perceive that I myself am facing the same odds!"
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