The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-29
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wing lost his wife, committed The III IL
agcncm of his family to his daughter,
sprphllv, well made, handsome girl, u
bout twenty.
There was nj that time in the house
Two lades and their waiting women, Two
Ouch officers, aud Dominican triar
II happened, as the young lady oil the
house WIS asleep one nighl in her bed,
she was awakened 10y something that
attempted To drawthc clothes the bed
she was al FIRST frightened ; hut think
ing, upon recollection, that i might he
the house dog, she called h'm by his
name. The clothes however were sill
pulled from her a. She still imagining II
was caused by the dog, attempted 10 STRIKE
him. At that moment she saw a fash
of sudden Ileht ,hat filled lhe Who'll
room upon whrh she shrieked oul j;
all was dark and silent, aud the clothes
were no Ioooer drawn rom her.
h. he morning when she Violated this
story, every one treated ii IS u Dire IN !;
aud the qirl herself, at last, took il for
an illusion.
The night following she was AGAIN n
Weakened bV somethino lhal forged her
and she thought she foit baud in bed !;
upon cndeavoring to rcpresS il, another
fash of lightning threw her into a III Of
terror, she shut her eyes, aud crossed
herself, when she vcntured 10 open her
eyes again, the LIGHT was vanished, but
ina short time she fcl what she snppo-
sed 10 be a hand, AGAIN she endeaNored
10 rrpreSs il, aud looking towards the
foot Of the bed, she slw large and lu-
minous cross on which WAS written
distinctly, as with light, the words, be
silent. She was now so terrified, that
she hai not power to break the inlunc-
ton, bat shunk down N the bed, and
covered herself all over with The clothes.
In tins situation she continued a con-
siderable time and being unmolcslcd,
she veniured once more to peep out,
when to her unspcakable astonisbment
SIZE saw phantom stand by the SIDE oi
her bed, almost rs high rs the ceiling, "A
Kind OF glory cGCirClcd its head, and the
whole was in the form Of cIuciix, ex-
cept that it seemed to have several h lnds,
ont OF which again approached the bed.
Supposing this phenomenon 10 be
somc celestial vision, she cxerted all her
fotnudc, aud lcaping out of bed, threw
herself upon her knees before II but
she instantly found herself assaulted III
manner which convinced her she W.
mistaken. She had not strength 20 dis
engage herself from something that en-
braced her, and therefore she screamed
as loud as she cou Id, TO alarm the house
and bring somebody to her assistance.
, der shrieks awakened the ladies', WIN
! lay in an adjoining chamber, aud the,
sent their woman 10 see what was
the m'ticr. The woman, upon entering
the room, saw a luminous phantom,
which greatly terrified her, and heard II
deep tone, the " ords--dt thy peril be
gOne.
The woman Instantly screamed out
aud Withdrew the ladies' rose in the Ut
most CONSERVATION and terror, bul nobo-
! dy came to their assistance. The old
man, the father of the grl, WIS asleep
in remote part ofthc house, tho friar
| also rested in room AZ the end of Il
lone gallery in another story, aud the
! Two Dutch officers were absent on n Vi
sit TO a neighborlng village.
No other violence, however, was offer
cd To the girl that night. As soon rs
the morning dawned she got mp, ran
down TO her father, aud told him all that
bad happened. The two ladies were
not long absent as they did not say
much, but discharged their arrears and
quilted the house. The friar asked the
gnl several questions, and declared, he
had heard other instances Of the like na-
tute, hut said he girl would do well to
obey the commands Of The vision, and no
harm would come of it. He SAID he
would remain 10 see the issue and in
the mean time he ordered proper pray
ers and masses 70 be said at neighbour
ing convent Of his order, to which he
most devoutly joined his own.
The Girl was comiorted with this spi-
ritual assistance but, notwithstanding,
took one of the maids to be her bedfel-
low The next night. The flaming cross
WIS again visible, but no attempt was
made on either Of the women. They
were, however, greatly terrified and
the servau, said she would rather leave
her place than he in that room again.
The triir next morning took the me-
rit of the spirits peaceable behavior 10
himself. The prayers and masses were
renewed, ami appIlcation was made to
the converts al Liege for auxiliary a>Sis-
lance. The good friar, in the mean
time, was by no means idle AT home !;
he performed his devotions with great
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