Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-27

che co'finned. however, to tighten them by the
sssistahce Of Mr.. peder, and by now aud lhrn
grooming and gazing over the silent hickering
progress Of her turf hre, till about midnight as
near as she could guess, the gentleman began
70 breathe heavily and appeared very uneasy;
as, however, he spoke nothing sne thongnt per
haps he was asleep, and was ri1ing 70 go To-
wards him, when she was surprised 10 see Id
dy seated on a chair ne ar the head Of the bed
beside him. Though something startled al this,
she was by no means alarmed, and making
curtesy, was moving on as she hao 'h'e"ue"'
when The lady raised her arm, and turning tae
palm oe her hand, which was covered win
mite Glove. towards her, moiioHed her silently
TO keep hear seat, She accordingly sat down
as before, buy she nov organic wonder WITHIN
herself how AMI when this lady came IN: II was
rue she haa.rot been looking towards the
door. and j, might have been opened without
her perceir.ng Is but then II was SO coia n'sn''
and so late an hour, il was IBIS whicn rhaue
i, so remarkable. She tLrned quicliy rouna'
and took a econd view oil her Ylslter. one
wore Hack vii over her bonnet, ana, aS
her face was turned towards the bed OF 'he
invalid, she could moi IN the gloomy ehan'"
Ter perceive her features, but she sa" mat 'he
shape and turn of her head and neck were grace
full and elegan, in the extreme; the iPSl OIL he'
person she could not 50 well discern as " WAS
enyeloprd in green silk gown, and the iash-
ion al tina, period was not so favorable 70 as
play Of figure as now. IL occurred 10 ner '',"'
| it mast be sonic particular t'maie ir'eha VINO
| had called in, but then the woman had 'n'1 her
that ro y,si,ers had ever come before: altogether
! sbe could not welI understand the matter, but
she thought she would observe whether she
| wen, eff as quietly as she had entered; and Tor
tina, purpose she altered the position OF her
chair so as 10 command view Of the door, anc
fixed herslf with her book on her knees, but
her ewes in,entIy set upon the lady IN the
green gown In this position size rem aimed
| for a considerable tine, but no alteration TOOK
Mace in the room; the stranger sal eVoeniy
gazing on the facepf the sick gentleman, "hl's'
! he heayed and sighed and breathed IN agony
a. if night.mare were on him.
Nurse second time moved towards him IN
order TO hold him up in the bed, OF give MIN
some temporary relief, and second time the
mysterious visisant motioned her to remain
uniet; and unwilIingly, aat by kind OF 'asci
; nation, she complied, and again commenced
her wa,c ~. But her position was paintu'
one, aud 4 Bat SO long and SO quietly that at
las, her CLOSED for a moment, and "heh
she opened them the lady was gone, tie young
man was once more composed, and, alter YAK
, iup soma NO relieve his breathing, he Tell
mo a leep, from which he had not
awaken En- her colleague arrived IN inc
morale Ike her place, and nurse re'uincu
, to her use abou, day break
III no nigh, she was again al Her
d,,v he rather beyond her time, and
IA rn,s,,, 66sna,,ion saiFeadv moflle d. and
i=sT % nc sTdsfs and ,feafd het close The nall
+ door behind her; when, OF returning to the
room, the wind, as she shut The door, blew GU,
her candle She rrllCh,ed it, however, from
the dying .enbcrs, rowsed up the tire, and ie-
sumVd, as before, her seat and her volume oil
Prophecies The night was stormy, the dry
crisp sIret Kissed on the window, and The wind
sighed in heavy gusts down the spacious Chin
ney, " hils the rafting OF the shutters, and the
occasional clash Of door in some distant part
OF The house, came with a dim and low echo a.
long lhe dgeary, and silent passages. She did
not lecl so comfortable as the nigh, before; the
whistllng OF the wind through the trees made
her Resh creep involun,arily; and sometimes
! the laundering clap Of distant door made her
start Ind crop her book, with sudden prayer
for the protection of Heaven: She was think.
ing Of giving up The engagement, and was half
resolved to do SO on the morrow; when all at
once her ear was struck with the heavy throcs
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raising her head, she saw the same lady in the
green grown seated in the same position as the
/ night before. Well thought she, this is unu-
sually strange; but it Immediately struck her
| that ii must be some inmate of the house, for
what human being could venture out in such
dreary night, and at such an hour?-but then
| her dress: it was neither such as one could wear
in the streets on a wintry night, nor yet such
as they would be likely to have on in The house
a, that hour; it was, in fact, The fashionable
summer costume Of the time. She rose and
made her cursey, and spoke TO her politely,
but got no reply save the waving Of the hand;
by which she had been shenced before. Al
length the agitation of the invalid was
so increased, that she could not reconcile il
to her duty TO sit still while a stranger was at
tending him. She accordingly drew nearer to
the bed, in spite Of the repeated beckonings Of
the lady, who, as she advanced, drew her veil
closer across ncr face and retired TO the table at
The window. Nurse approached The bed, but was
terrified on beholdng the couneaance of the
patient: the big drops Of cold sweat were roll