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the table, he pulled it hastily open The eight that met his eyes fairly

dazzled him It was full of jewels of incomparable beauty and value,

strewn as carelessly about as if they were valueless The blaze of

ge co forth sparks of rainbow-fire

before hinificent diamond necklace was entwined a

scrap of paper, on which ritten: "The faiven to my sisters when I

am dead"

That settled their destiny All this blaze of diaetic rapidity characteristic

of our young friend that , he swept them out on the table, and

resumed his search for papers No document was there to reward his

search, but the brief one twined round the necklace; and he was about

giving up in despair, when a sht his

eye Instantly he was at it, trying it every way, shoving it out and in,

and up and down, until at last it yielded to his touch, disclosing an

inner drawer, full of papers and parchlance showed them to

be what he was in search of--proofs of Leoline and Hubert's identity,

with the will of the marquis, their father, and numerous other documents

relative to his wealth and estates These precious ether in a bundle, and placed carefully in his doublet, and then

seizing a beautifully-wrought brass casket, that stood beneath the

table, he swept the jewels in, secured it, and strapped it to his belt

This brisk and io, and

in turning, saw the skeleton porter standing in the door-way, looking on

in speechless dismay