ioo THE HAUNTED 



a dark sea, it gave one the impression 

 of an enormity of distance, an immen- 

 sity of space, too great for the mind to 

 conceive. One felt that he was look- 

 ing through that vast mountain range 

 towering above, and across an illimitable 

 sea beyond. Then a cold fleecy vapour 

 swept past, mountain and lake were 

 blotted out, and the trout were immedi- 

 ately silent. 



It was then only that I instinctively 

 felt a kind of sympathy for my super- 

 stitious companion, who was hurriedly, 

 and with nervous hands, disjointing his 

 rod, while he ever and anon turned a 

 worried, scared face towards the home 

 of the raven. He knew full well that, 

 with the first glint of dawn, the dread 

 bird would glide out of its rocky haunt 

 like a messenger of evil with fell in- 

 tent. 



We were far away from home, high 

 up in cold cloudland. It was wet and 



