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He knew that he had been a very wealthy, and therefore most respectable, alderman of the town; that he had been very fond of horses; and that he had died in consequence of a kick received from one of his own, as he was looking at his hoof. But he had not heard that, just before he died, a black cat "opened the casement with her nails, ran to his bed, and violently scratched his face and the bolster, as if she endeavoured by force to remove him out of the place where he lay. HE KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY WEALTHY AND THEREFORE MOST RESPECTABLE ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN HE HAD BEEN VERY FOND OF HORSES AND HE HAD DIED IN CONSEQUENCE OF A KICK RECEIVED FROM ONE OF HIS OWN AS HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS HOOF BUT HE HAD NOT HEARD THAT JUST BEFORE HE DIED A BLACK CAT OPENED THE CASEMENT WITH HER NAILS RAN TO HIS BED AND VIOLENTLY SCRATCHED HIS FACE AND THE BOLSTER AS IF SHE ENDEAVORED BY FORCE TO REMOVE HIM OUT OF THE PLACE WHERE HE LAY
eufelsbürst, who had been already out of doors, reported that he had found the marks of strange feet in the snow, all about the house and through the garden at the back; stating, as his belief, that the tracks must be continued over the roofs, for there was no passage otherwise. There was a wicked gleam in his eye as he spoke; and Lilith believed that he was only trying an experiment on Karl’s nerves. He persisted that he had never seen any footprints of the sort before. Karl informed him of his experiences during the night; upon which Teufelsbürst looked a little graver still, and proceeded to tell them that the storm, whose snow was still covering the ground, had arisen the very moment that their next door neighbour died, and had ceased as suddenly the moment he was buried, though it had raved furiously all the time of the funeral, so that “it made men’s bodies quake and their teeth chatter in their heads.” Karl had heard that the man, whose name was John Kuntz, was dead and buried.  EAKFAST IN THE MORNING TEUFELSBUERST WHO HAD BEEN ALREADY OUT OF DOORS REPORTED THAT HE HAD FOUND THE MARKS OF STRANGE FEET IN THE SNOW ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE AND THROUGH THE GARDEN AT THE BACK STATING AS HIS BELIEF THAT THE TRACKS MUST BE CONTINUED OVER THE ROOFS FOR THERE WAS NO PASSAGE OTHERWISE AND THERE WAS A WICKED GLEAM IN HIS EYE AS HE SPOKE AND LILITH BELIEVED THAT HE WAS ONLY TRYING AN EXPERIMENT ON KARL'S NERVES HE PERSISTED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANY FOOTPRINTS OF THE SORT BEFORE KARL INFORMED HIM OF HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE NIGHT UPON WHICH TEUFELSBUERST LOOKED A LITTLE GRAVER STILL AND PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM THAT THE STORM WHOSE SNOW WAS STILL COVERING THE GROUND HAD ARISEN THE VERY MOMENT THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR DIED AND HAD CEASED AS SUDDENLY THE MOMENT HE WAS BURIED THOUGH IT HAD RAVED FURIOUSLY ALL THE TIME OF THE FUNERAL SO THAT IT MADE MEN'S BODIES QUAKE AND THEIR TEETH CHATTER IN THEIR HEADS KARL HAD HEARD THAT THE MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN COONS WAS DEAD AND BURIED 
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