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THE WHITE GHOST OF BERLIN. 227
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Dating Of Its Foundation Its Origin Alik...
who apparition had been was the doubtless mistress that of of a a Margrave certain Countess of Brandenburg of Orlamunde h , by ,
whom she had two sons . When he became a widower she urged him to elevate her to the dignity of his lawful wife , and on his ht hereafter
poisoned _xaising dispute the the the obj obstacles succession ection that to with her in his ambition that lawful case . her The heirs sons murder , she mig was had however secretly
traced to herand incensed at the unnatural crime , the Margrave ordered her to , be waUed-up alive in that very vault . The spectre mostl
itself was usuall visible y seen to young , it is peop added le , , and every its seven appear years ance , was y ordinaril making y
accompanied with the sound of a harp , an instrument on which the frail fair one had been remarkably proficient . firmest believers in
The White Lady has indeed found some of her the _Morniyig of credulit ranks Post of long of royalt November banished y ; and 8 from the th , following 1 the 854 , halls if true story of , shows Science , cop that ied has from the even sp th irit in
newspaper very recent , y G a , statement times found on hi refuge ghly respectable in forth a palace that authority . on According the had , 6 th appeared to of this the in all the erman setting
previous tea , between October h eig Palace , ht as papers and two Princes nine , ddenl in of a the lad the evening royal covered famil , in with y a were room a black seated of veil the at , Aschaifenburgy y
domestics entered Much surprised by were a door , in one waiting of leading , the , and Princes * from to silentl the asked the y other , courtesied antechamber the door lady low if she before where had int them been the the .
inv general ited to tea tea -room , and , where pointed the her Queen and h her the ladies leading were door assembled bwhich o ,
she but without had entered reply . she One vanished of them throug immediatel sam followed e to y seek an lanation of the servantsbut no one had y seen the strange
visitor exp excep and t no the further Queen trace ' s bod , could y hussar be discovere , who had d of met how her or whence in the
she passage had , comeor whither she had gone , though the palace was searched throug , hout , and examined every person When in the it and every heard soldier of
wh on at dut had y outside occurred strictl she y was quite . overcome , and Queen wept all night at what she looked on as a sure of calamityexpressing
great anxiety to delay if possible the presage journey to Munich , fixed for the next day . As however it would have been very h she reached difficult
the to postpone capital in it , she safety most , and unwilling enjoyed iy perfect departed health , but thoug after her arrival , ht it with
sinister she could forebodings not forget durin what had the _hapiDened twenty , days and she thoug survived over , for on
the 26 th of the same month g she was seized with cholera and died . the White Lad
If as this seems apparition almost to were have reall been y our suspected old acquaint , it ance would appear that y ,
The White Ghost Of Berlin. 227
THE WHITE GHOST OF BERLIN . 227
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/11/
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