n hand, and life-preserver under arm, "be sure it
will, sir, since in Providence, as in man, you and I equally put trust.
But, bless me, we are being left in the dark here. Pah! what a smell,
too."

"Ah, my way now," cried the old man, peering before him, "where lies my
way to my state-room?"

"I have indifferent eyes, and will show you; but, first, for the good of
all lungs, let me extinguish this lamp."

The next moment, the waning light expired, and with it the waning flames
of the horned altar, and the waning halo round the robed man's brow;
while in the darkness which ensued, the cosmopolitan kindly led the old
man away. Something further may follow of this Masquerade.

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| Transcriber's Note and Errata |
| |
| The following words were seen in both hyphenated and |
| un-hyphenated forms: |
| |
| |church-yard (2) |churchyard (1) | |
| |cross-wise (1) |crosswise (1) | |
| |thread-bare (1) |threadbare (1) | |
| |
| The following typographical errors were corrected: |
| |
| |Error |Correction | |
| | | | |
| |ACQUANTANCE |ACQUAINTANCE | |
| |prevailent |prevalent | |
| |the the |the | |
| |tranquillity |tranquility | |
| |abox |a box | |
| |acommodates |accommodates | |
| |have have |have | |
| |worldlingg, lutton, |worldling, glutton, | |
| |backswoods' |backwoods' | |
| |it it |it is | |
| |fellew |fellow | |
| |principal |principle | |
| |it it |it