Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-10
came wilder and shriller, piercing. like an ar

,ured senses found Temporary relief IN in.cHsl-
billy.
My f.iniing fit probably lasted n consdcra.
| ble time; for, Wien ] recovered, IL was long
| before l ,oud understand my situation, or 10.
| call any thing that had happened TO my mem
ory. At length, pe,e by pccr, The truth
came before NE. ana could Ierl the cold
sweat trIcklng down M brow The voice
had heard eAi,ed prob .bIy in Imagination. fnr
| II was how silent. A l"w deep sound VAS
| hmnming IN my ears, which could al length
| distinguish To be TIE siinnli ancous pr0ans Of
, human beings, separated from me either by
distance or some ihlck and dcadcning barrier.
W ear enda,voreI in vain TO divide !. INTO lis
component paris and Ia recognize the voices
Of those | nnew; and there was someih;nr
more horrible IN THIS vague mysterious Uonot-
ony than # II had been siincily iraryit with
the dying accents Of the one loved best on
earth felt as if my 10, must be bntcrer than
that Of tie rest. was alone ! was cut o.l
| even from The tomG.un on %! suilorin.: whi.e
they, | imagined, nero together, and in the
soLfd OF ono anoihers voices. and the teach
even Of ore ano:her's clothes. iec.n ed some
! relief iicm lie idea Of total uLaEdomcnt, Of
agony unimag ned. nnshnr-d.
| My senses, believe, began to tn'tcr; Cor |
! complained a'ord oi my lonely fate: knew
! that l was behaving absu-d'y: but could hot
! help II; bca; The non walls of n,y dungeon
with my clenchcd hands Til they were wet
with blood, and rendered terrific 10y ho f:rv &C
despair The voices Of the rest appeared to
DO startled mio si'encc at tho souDd or per-
hsps IT fell upon their ears Ike u cry of om,ort
and hope, an answer to their groans fiom The
/ snrfa"e of me earth. After n pause ] heard
another dull, heavy sound. Ike That produced
~ 'nui cd drum; il WAS IN reality. IA drum,
! "A nd hal, ,Is h,.a, l,xa Of II,
more powerful n.caus of awakening attention
than his onn voice. The sound. in such en-
cninstanceS, was mexpress'bly uwil; and
! when the hand that smotc The instrument in so
uniCcu-tOued Il scene wandered by h,hi INTO
regular tune, my sensations were exaggerated
! INTO spctics OF horror which | can liken ohly
to that whirh might be supposed 20 visit re-
| l'gious mind on witnessing some shocking and
! biaspherDOus imp.ctv.
II may seem u species or insanity 10 mention
II; but when the roll of the dri'n and the
| sound of human voices had ceased, and afier
had been LEFT for considerable time, ns II
were, To myself, even in these circumstances
! "f terror. and loneliness, aud mystery. | pos
sessed species of know led 20 which the d.nl.
zaHs OF ine su.i ace would have drcmco equal
! iy useless and unn'ia'uaJle to ;hnsc under
ground. knew the hour uf The night Like
the IDIOT "ao mmcked, at the proper inter-
| walls the audible medsIr, mcni at tune, af er
! the clock ~ as removed. which Il ,d tauyhi hin
| the practice, my inclination for drinking.
| winch had been converted by habit INTO an AL
most unconqacrabIe passion, returned at the
| a' cis'omcd time of its gratiiicaiion. In spite
! OF surrounding circumstances | fLncicd ~, sell
III the midst OF my d.ssoutc companions, m the
scene of our coarse and Vulgar ra,el-. drank,
bat without being filed; became drunken
VITA 'initina'ion; and the close and po snuou-
atmosphere, which before had been hurihcnen
| wan my groans, no" rang with song., and
! Laughter and imprcca;Ions. The state OF IN.
natural excitement passed away. but the rcac-
| tons which took place exhibited all the syinp-
! toms that attend The awakening Of the You o
and inexperienced druntard With head, che.
| sickness, ftnncss, fear, inrabr ny, trnrni-
ancc,-I awUke, in ian horror of great dark
| ness"
Then the IDEAS, wholesome in Themselves.
| but which in such circumstances are fell Lk-
! daggcrs. crowded round III, hurircned and
ncared heart. Ny fnhor my f,m,ly NV
arrogance-mv ingratI'udc-my dishonesty
my mIsspent time my forgotten duties ~,
| blisphened and unregardcd G"d! bnr cd my
face in my hands, bu could not hide them
from my soul. Slowly and slcrnlv they passed
before me; but the last idea swallowed ND it,
| precursors, and with II star, and u shu,licr,
found myself renbltng on he verge of eicrni-
| ty on the very steps of Tie Judgment scat. &.
entering into the presence Of the awful aud
, eternal JIjge.
! 1t WI he esteemed an example ofih. prtho.
when ! mention next my hulgr and thirst, l.,
| and say that these passions %: the pei i.s,ine
body almost ncu'ralKcd The einct nf the ab"vr
sent mems of ms immortal soul. Hunger. in.
| deed. may be borne, at least to the OK cnt j,
was NV lot Ia endure Il: bat ,hiis, is trul, u
! chas'iscment '"t seriousness"
l have not described NV feelings; have
SIMPLY cafn'ogucd, and in very incomplete
| manner, Their proxi,naie causes. ] sank by
degrees into a sort of siupor. from which was
Awakened hy the light of heaven streaming
:ul' in my face, i!rorgh an aperture mrlo N
the runs by my delivercrs. The apparent ap
a'hy. "r. as some term il, philosophy. which
displayed. has been attributed to wrong causes
The tt'iih rs, that although at first ~, body was
awake, my nnd was almost wholly nsrus BILE /;
u recovered ITS consciousness bv very sloy de-
.rres, and 1t was not uniil va. len alone a,
night. ,hat / became completely sensible OF
lay iclverance.
| We have much satisfaction in saving, ih,t
| The un!or'un,ic and lnprudcnt young man. f,r
whose interesting narrative We reckon conf.
DENLY on the thanks of our readers. il now
Pr"p"uhred 10 hn ont OF danger. He has been
removed TO The house of u friend Of lis father,
an eminent solicitor in Gray's ion; bnt even
wi:i!c IN the hospital. he was visited by m NV
persons of The highest responsibility. lis
| most constant att. nddnt. however. was a
young female, who had been du. oui ofihe -u-
ms, 'lmos, unhur. very soon fer thc accident
happened. We are restrained, by con.;dcr,.
tons Of delicacv, from advcriing. in a piri;cu-
lar u.anncr. To her coDncx ou with the nara
tive; bi. II she ,cos the lady who stool uo,n
The Stage AZ tho time Of The cn,a-,rnpt", M.
Wlllinms's inforncr must have been misiakc,
~ her person. for she is no, Mrs. -. bat
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