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There Sir Norenii out

of the "Arabian Nights" had suddenly turned him into stone (a trick they

were much addicted to), and destined him to remain there an ornamental

fixture for ever Ormiston looked at him distractedly, uncertain whether

to tryhi

down the stairs, when a providential but rather dis along the street, a bell was loudly

rang, and a hoarse voice arose with it: "Bring out your dead! Bring out

your dead!"

Ormiston rushed down stair to intercept the dead-cart, already alue-pit The driver stopped at his call, and

instantly followed hi at the

body with the ut-froid, he touched the dress, and indifferently

remarked: "A bride, I should say; and an unco as she is, and strip these nice things off the body when

we get it to the plague-pit"

So saying, he wrapped her in the sheet, and directing Ormiston to take

hold of the ter ends, took the upper corners himself, with the

air of aOr what they were about to do, and

knowing there was no help for it,ht hold of the

sheet himself In this fashion the dead bride was carried down stairs,

and laid upon a shutter on the top of a pile of bodies in the dead-cart