The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1825-05-18

tmoveable looks. At Ie pth /, va,l
J 'ai'ering female voice was aea,d:
am AFRAID have done wrong, i
SAID, but must have been in a dream:
40 not be angry with me-
| Tod! God! my wifei-Hows is this7
No, no, no; it cannot be. She is in
her ,omb!-and We, this coun,enance
and these grave clothes strike away nv
senses with wonder.-Eliza! ElizalY
ohe cannot speak again. Yet she is
NOT quite cold. VIVA, can this myste-
fions visitation portend?-Eliz4!-Let
me once more hear thai voice. Silent,
Silent.-Liit her up. Look, il is her.
fslt, her own self; her lips move; and
God pea sI5t fnntt-R tfat6e is wet with tears
10 pass; but will thank him for it Cor
ever There. gently, lay her in my
arms, and some one go before me with
a light"
Ii was indeed bis wife whom he EN-.
braced. He carried her to his cham
Der, laid her in the bed, and ordered
warm restorativeS to be prepared
These he administered himself, and she
slept for two hours. On awaking she
said:-
'Are you there, my deare Let nae
hear you speak. Something strange
has happened TO nae. am sure. Have
| been deiirious? | wish they had
watched me belter-for am certain
that have been wandering out in the
open air. 1t terrifies me TO think oft.
The dream have had since saw You.
dear husband, last night, presses on me
with an intoIerab!e sense of reality. TX
must must have been those ghastly vi
sions which scared me Qua of the house
in my sleep. am full of pain. NV
feet are sore and bleeding. Reach me
your hand, and comfort me with your
voice. iiancied thai i was Just now
staying obstinately and yet unwilling
ly in painful, dreary, dark place ,and
was startled there bv sudden rush Of
cold wind seemed 10 fall many
times and to bruise myself exceedingly
in endeavoring to struggle out towards
/ the light. This must have been dream:
but | am certain | have been WANDER
ing out of doors in my sleep, for
thought should have gone mad when
ny perceptions came TO me and found
myself alone, bareiooted, and the wide
AMI silent park stretching far around
me. | have endeayored, but it is in
vain, to recol!ect any circumstance
connected with my leaving the house,
Her husband shook from head to
foot atthis- The coffin and the hearse
swan instantly in his eyes. He was
sick at heart with the oppression, of
pystery,b but he looked at his wileagain,
and blessed Heaven.
Having addressed a few cheering
words 70 her, and promising not to
leave her side, he exhorted her to be
composed and TO endeavour to sleep.
In the marning the whole thing was
explained. Some rustics passing by
the church had observed it to be open,
and going in saw that one of the fami-
~ vaults was ENCLOSED, and that there
were an empty coffin in it. This in
formation they carried forthwith to the
sexton, who, alarmed at the probabili-
ty of being detected (as some one
might have seen him escaping by the
moonlight and fearing that his guilt
would seem greater than il was, went
to Woodley Hall, and confessed the
whole business, making a restitution nf
thc loUi1er, bat declaring that he knew
nothing whatever ofthe removal of the
corpse.
He was readily enough forgiven, and
believe rewarded. II was plain now
that lady Fanshaw had been buried
in a trance. 1t was now of the ut
most consequence that the subject of
the interment should be kept from her
knowledge. The sexton was enioin-
ed to slience-but it was not easy TO
quell the tongues of the village. Be-
sides when the lady recovered sulici-
emily to go out, every object she saw
in tie direction Of the church perplex-
ed her with some dim and uncomforta-
bic Renaissance. She might some
day stumble on the truth; aud Sir Will
liam, in fear Of this, sold his estate, and
purchased anotberin distant country.
In this lat e place lady Fanshaw gave
br,h to a large family, and lived many
years with her husband in health and
comfort.
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