The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-29

Doiscs, size aaw the room all in a bl12e, |
and 1 great number o, small luminous /
crosses viii scripts of writing here aud
there, very leeible, among which the
precepi 10 be silent, was most conspicu-
Gus.
In the middle of the room she saw
something OF human appearance, which
seemed covered only with u linen gar
menl, like shirt /; il appeared to DIFF
lust II radiance around il, and nj length,
by slow and silent pace, approached the
bed. When II came up to the bed .ido,
II drew the curtain more open, aud lift
! inc up the hcd-clothcs was about To
come IN. Tho gill now more terrified
than eyer screamed uut with all her pow
er. As every one in the house was up
IN the walch, she was heard nv them
all, bnt tie father only had The courag,
In % In her assistance, aud his bravery
WIS probably owing to cons. drrablc
quantity Of reliqucs, which hc procured
from tie convent aud which he brought
III his hand.
When he came, however, nothing
Wis 10 be seen but some of the little
crosses and Inscriptions, several OF which
we've now luminous only IN pant. Be
IN himself Greatly terrified AZ these up
pearancc,, heran To the iriar's apart
ment, aud with Some diii, uity prevailed
upon him 10 90 To the haunted room.
The iflar nj first excused himself, upon
account Of the young woman being in
be-. As soon rs he entered, aud saw
the crosses, he Frustrated himself on he
toof and uttered many prayers and IN
carnations, IL which the honest landlord
must heartily said amen. The poor
glrl III the mean time lay in a Kind of
trance, aud her father, when the prayers
were over, ran down stairs for some
VINE, II cordial being necessary Ia recu-
yer her-The triar at the same time
ordered him to lieht and bring with him
a eonsecraicd taper; for hitherto they
hid no Other light but that Of iho vision,
which was sill strong enough to diScov-
81 every thing in the room.
In a short time The Old man entered
with taper in his hand, and in a mo-
ment all The luminous appearances van
ished. The girl soon after recovered,
. and cave very sensible account of al
that had happened and the landlord
and The fIiar spent the rcst Of the night
together.
The iliar, however, TO show the pow
er Of the demon, aud the holy virtue OF
the taper, removed ii several tlmes'trom
tho chamber before The day broke and
the inscriptions were again visible, and
remained so TIL the taper was brought
nd Then vanished as AT FIRST.
When the sun rose the lriar took his
| leave 10 90 10 mathis, ard did not re-
turn till noon. In the mean time the
two Ouch officers returned home and
soon leant what bad happened, though
ihe landlord took all the pains to con-
ecal 1t. The reports they hoard were
: cor Iirmod by the pale and terrified ap-
peaidnce Of the gr. Their curiosity
] was greatly exclted--they asked her
, many questions. Her answers, instead
nj "xtlngnIshing, increased it They
assured the landlord lhar hey would not
lpave his house hat on the contrary
would afford him all the assistance IN
! their power.
, As they wore young gentlemen Of the
military profession, and protestanls, they
were al once bold and incredulous.
; They pretended to adopt, however,
the opinion Of the landlord, that the APP
peafanccs were supernatural, but II hap
pened upon going INTO the room, they
found the remainder of the taper, on the
merits Of which the landlord had So
largely expallated, aud Immediately per-
ceived, that il was only candle of .
large size, which he had brought by ms
take in his fright.
This discovery convinced them thai
there was fraud in the business and
that the appearances that vanished AT
the approach of an unConsccratcd liehl
were produced by mere human artifcc.
They therefore consulted together, and
at length agreed lhat the masses should
be continued, that the landlord should
mol say one word of the candle, or OF
the sasPicioI ii had produced, that his
daughter The next night, should sleep in
The apartment quilted by the ladies', and
that one Of the officers should lie in the
girls bed while the other with the
audlord waited in the kitchen see the
issue. This plan was accordingly, with
gtrat secrecy, carried into execution.
foi two hours after the officer had
been II bed all 5 silent and quiet, aud
he began 10 suspect that the girl had Ell
thcr been fanciul or that their secret
had transpired; when all of a sudden he
heard The latch of the door gently rails
ed and percciving something approach
tho I'D and att, tn,t t.ln ,.n H.,