The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-02

consider them rs cufiuua rnIn.iacn1ss IN
tally nnconnrctcd with tn Startling anna
r'tlnn which shof,ly afterwards l4saiird
ne.
| indifferent as II death mys.'f, an ftle
Lherted by II III othcls. The donm is 81
afNiiah'e II IL II certain. ihd w. cutter
hof nj all into tins calculation, but benaiI
hn deprivation, whether at snciei,, prl'rr.
non ar en"lunrni, with gli.t purely sci
lsii, that run 10 risk of plari : III, srlf H.
the prcdlcanent of the iac"nsol BILE widow.
who VAS approached by Franklin with got
ha'iaS Yet forgiven God Almighty. Still.
however there was snnrthine ~ awful IN
the manner of my friends death. the hllar-
W had anticipated from his presence for.
'nrd ~ appalling u contrast with hrs actual
condition, That mind naturall, sunk into
a m"od al deep sadness aud soirnnIiy.-.
Reaching the hOnr in this frame Of tho't.
closed the library window shutters as |
passed, and entering the room hy glass
door, sraicd myself IN chan that fionprd
the garden. Scarcely minute had rlaps.
ed, when WAS thrilled b, the strange, vail.
tni howl of my iavuf1lr spaniel, who had
followed me into the apartment, and came
! trembling ard crouehIng AT my feet, occa-
Hhhally turning his eyes 10 the back OF the
chamber, sud again tNerting them With
every demonstration of terror and agonv
| Wine lnslinctlvely took the same direction,
when, Notwithstanding the tlimnrss of the
light, | plainly and indispntahly recognised
the apPartlon Of my friend sitting notion
less in the great ,rm.chair Il is easy To
be courageous in theory, not difficult Ia be
| In a.,
In collect its INT, les but taken M | was
by surprise, confess that establishment aud
terror So mastered Ill my Faculties, that,
without daring 10 cast . second glance to-
wards the vision, | walked rapidly back
lnto the garden, followed by the dog, who
still testified the same agitation aud a..
| larn.
Here had leisure Ia recover from m,
| first perturbation /; aud rs my thoughts
rallied, | enica,orcd 10 persuade myself
that had been dcludrd by some conilra-
ton ol The mind, or some spectral deeep.
ton of the visual organ. But in either
case, how account for the terror of the dog
lie could neither be influenced by suprrsti
ton, nor by alarm, yet il was incontcstibie
nj we had both been appalled, by the
same object. Soon recovering my natural
foriItnde Of spilt, resolved, whatever
might be the consequences, to return and
address the appariton. | even began to
fear II might ha,e vanished for Glan,ille,
who has "rilteu largely on ghosts, express.
/ ~ says II is Il hard and painGh thing for
to force their thin and tenuous bodies into
visible consistency that their bodies must
needs be exceedingly compressed, and that
! therefore they must be in haste To bc de.
livered from their unnatural pressure"
returned therefore with some rapidity to-
wards the library and although the dog
stood tinmosably otll OF some distance, in
sn''eof my solicitations, aud kept earnestly
gazing upon me as l. in apprehension of AN
approaching catastrophe, proceeded on.
ward, and turned back the shutters which
had closed, determined MOI To he imposed
upon by any dubInnsness OF light. Thus
fortified against deception, rc-entered the
rom with firm step, and there in the full
sIare ~ day did again clearly and wildly
behold the Identical appariiion, sitting in
he same posture as before, aud having its
eye closed
Ny heart somewhat failed me under this
sensible confirmation Of the vision, but sum
/
char, -XcldInlng with desperate energy,
In the name OF heaven and all its angels,
What dot thou seek here - when the ii.
gnre, 'loNty rising, opening lis eyes, aud
stretching out It's arms, rrplird-" A leg Of
mutton with caper sauce, With a bottle Of
pune old port, for such is the dinner YOU
promised mr." " Good God ~ riacula-
ted, what can this mean are you not
really dead :" " No more than you are"
replied the figure. " some oprn.inouth.
I'd fool told my clerk that | was, and
he instantly wrote To tell you of ii bat il
MAS my namesake, George Staples, of Cas-.
lie street. not ar, nor sycn Onr OF my re-
iatlohs, ~ let US have dinner as soon AZ You
| please, Tor am as hungry as il hunter"
The promised dinner being soon upon
The table, my friend informed me, ia the
intervals Vt his eyer-ready laughter that as
soon ~ he had uudcceicd his CLERK, nv
walked over To Star Cross to do me the
SANE favor; that he had fallen asleep in The
armchair, while awaiting my return from
the grounds aud as 10 the dog, he remin-
ded me that he bad severely punished him
At his last visit sor killing chicken, which
explained his terror, aad his crOnchnF to
me Tor protection, When he recognised his
cliasllser
London .Ntv .Nonthl1 .Bugazin..
NAro1ToN BoEArARTE. during his nj
iiiary career Taught Jyiy Pitched bntHeS---
ten morr than those Of Usar.
."e%s.".
The following IL the record Of tie first
blood sPlit ia Vermont in the Revolution II