THE SECRET CHAMBER.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 17

THE SECRET CHAMBER.

Mold upon the ccUlds. Mold upon the floor, 'Windows barred ant. double barred. Opening nevermore. % Spiders in the corners, Spiders on the shelves, Weaving frail and endless webs Back upon themselves. Weaving, ever weaving, Weaving in the gloom, Till the drooping drapery Trails about the room. • • Hist! the spectres gather, Gather In the dark, i Where a breath has brushed away J Dust from off a mark. Dust of weary winters. Dust of solemn years, Dust that deepens in the ellencc. As the minute wears— On the shelf and wainscot, Window-bars and wall. Covering inilnite devices With its stealthy fall. Hist! the spectres gather, Break and group again. Wreathing, writhing, gibbering Bound that fearful stain; Blood upon the panels, Blood upon the floor. Blood that baffles wear and washing, • Red for evermore. See, they pause end listen. When the bat that cliugs Stirs within the crevices Of the panelinge. See, they pause and listen, Listen through the air, How the eager life has struggled That was taken there. See, they pause and listen, Listen in the gloom; For a startled breath Iβ sighing. Sighing through the room— Sighing in the comers, Sighing on the floor, Sighing through the window-bar* Ihat «sen aemmorp,.