Well, they took all the gold and jewels, and buried the skeleton--and now,--do you know what happens?
At midnight a number of strange persons are seen searching on the shore and among the rocks for the lost treasure, and it is said they often utter cries of anger and despair.

And those who robbed the tomb all died suddenly." "Served them right!" said Lorimer.

"And now they are dead, I suppose the wronged ghosts don't appear any more ?" "Oh yes, they do," said Gueldmar very seriously.

"If any sailor passes at midnight, and sees them or hears their cries, he is doomed." "But _does_ he see or hear them ?" asked Errington, with a smile.
"Well, I don't know," returned Gueldmar, with a grave shake of his head.
"I'm not superstitious myself, but I should be sorry to say anything against the berg-folk.

You see they _may_ exist, and it's no use offending them." "And what do ye mean by the berg-folk ?" inquired Macfarlane.
"They are supposed to be the souls of persons who died impenitent," said Thelma, "and they are doomed to wander, on the hills till the day of judgment.