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Schalken strolled down to the church; he found it open; notice of the arrival of the funeral had been given, and the vault in which the body was to be laid had been opened. SHALKIN STROLLED DOWN TO THE CHURCH HE FOUND IT OPEN NOTICE OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FUNERAL HAD BEEN GIVEN AND THE VAULT IN WHICH THE BODY WAS TO BE LAID HAD BEEN OPENED
 ponderous body. No trace of Rose was ever after found, nor was anything certain respecting her mysterious wooer discovered or even suspected--no clue whereby to trace the intricacies of the labyrinth and to arrive at its solution, presented itself. But an incident occurred, which, though it will not be received by our rational readers in lieu of evidence, produced nevertheless a strong and a lasting impression upon the mind of Schalken. Many years after the events which we have detailed, Schalken, then residing far away received an intimation of his father's death, and of his intended burial upon a fixed day in the church of Rotterdam. It was necessary that a very considerable journey should be performed by the funeral procession, which as it will be readily believed, was not very numerously attended. Schalken with difficulty arrived in Rotterdam late in the day upon which the funeral was appointed to take place. It had not then arrived. Evening closed in, and still it did not appear.  THE SUBMISSION OF SOME PONDEROUS BODY NO TRACE OF ROSE WAS EVER AFTER FOUND NOR WAS ANYTHING CERTAIN RESPECTING HER MYSTERIOUS WOOER DISCOVERED OR EVEN SUSPECTED NO CLUE WHEREBY TO TRACE THE INTRICACIES OF THE LABYRINTH AND TO ARRIVE AT ITS SOLUTION PRESENTED ITSELF BUT AN INCIDENT OCCURRED WHICH THOUGH IT WILL NOT BE RECEIVED BY OUR RATIONAL READERS IN LIEU OF EVIDENCE PRODUCED NEVERTHELESS A STRONG AND A LASTING IMPRESSION UPON THE MIND OF SHALKIN MANY YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH WE HAVE DETAILED SHALKIN THEN RESIDING FAR AWAY RECEIVED AN INTIMATION OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH AND OF HIS INTENDED BURIAL UPON A FIXED DAY IN THE CHURCH OF ROTTERDAM IT WAS NECESSARY THAT A VERY CONSIDERABLE JOURNEY SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WHICH AS IT WILL BE READILY BELIEVED WAS NOT VERY NUMEROUSLY ATTENDED SHALKIN WITH DIFFICULTY ARRIVED IN ROTTERDAM LATE IN THE DAY UPON WHICH THE FUNERAL WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE PLACE IT HAD NOT THEN ARRIVED EVENING CLOSED IN AND STILL IT DID NOT APPEAR
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