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The following night, Wolkenlicht, lying awake, heard unaccountable noises in the next house, as of things thrown about, of kicking and fighting horses, and of opening and shutting gates. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WOLKENLICHT LYING AWAKE HEARD UNACCOUNTABLE NOISES IN THE NEXT HOUSE AS OF THINGS THROWN ABOUT OF KICKING AND FIGHTING HORSES AND OF OPENING AND SHUTTING GATES
 found in just the condition of the bodies of those who in the eastern countries of Europe are called _vampires_. They buried the corpse under the gallows; but neither the digging up nor the reburying were of avail to banish the spectre. Again the spade and pick-axe were set to work, and the dead man being found considerably improved in _condition_ since his last interment, was, with various horrible indignities, burnt to ashes, “after which the _spectrum_ was never seen more.” And a second epidemic of the same nature had broken out a little before the period to which I have brought my story. About midnight, after a calm frosty day, for it was now winter, a terrible storm of wind and snow came on. The tempest howled frightfully about the house of the painter, and Wolkenlicht found some solace in listening to the uproar, for his troubled thoughts would not allow him to sleep. It raged on all the next three days, till about noon on the fourth day, when it suddenly fell, and all was calm.  BODY TO BE DUG UP WHEN IT WAS FOUND IN JUST THE CONDITION OF THE BODIES OF THOSE WHO IN THE EASTERN COUNTRIES OF EUROPE WERE CALLED VAMPIRES THEY BURIED THE CORPSE UNDER THE GALLOWS BUT NEITHER THE DIGGING UP NOR THE REBUARYING WERE OF AVAIL TO BANISH THE SPECTRE AGAIN THE SPADE AND PICKAXE WERE SET TO WORK AND THE DEAD MAN BEING FOUND CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED IN CONDITION SINCE HIS LAST INTERMENT WAS WITH VARIOUS HORRIBLE INDIGNITIES BURNT TO ASHES AFTER WHICH THE SPECTRUM WAS NEVER SEEN MORE AND A SECOND EPIDEMIC OF THE SAME NATURE HAD BROKEN OUT A LITTLE BEFORE THE PERIOD TO WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT MY STORY ABOUT MIDNIGHT AFTER A CALM FROSTY DAY FOR IT WAS NOW WINTER A TERRIBLE STORM OF WIND AND SNOW CAME ON THE TEMPEST HOWLED FRIGHTFULLY ABOUT THE HOUSE OF THE PAINTER AND VULCANICH FOUND SOME SOLACE IN LISTENING TO THE UPROAR FOR HIS TROUBLED THOUGHTS WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO SLEEP IT RAGED ON ALL THE NEXT THREE DAYS TILL ABOUT NOON ON THE FOURTH DAY WHEN IT SUDDENLY FELL AND ALL WAS CALM
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