Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-07
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my blood and soaring the very Of my bones.
unfortunately, in every nf tho word for my
psc'it comfort. for the chance of recovery had
little faith In them, though to judge from the result
my opinion had less of reason Than of prejudice But
could not help myself; | was far away from those
III whom should have put trust, in the Isle of Jer-
lance, might well have been the Isle oi Mudeira
My physicl,ns had deemed isunRer to bring with
':ieh t"rd-an addition to hbcr that felt
at At the time was oninl''S of 4 good. Still
ifad an Instructive dread OF aski' one plain cues
uul' DO you give mo o:cr'" This would have
ended a'i suspense but en it might have also ended
al hnnc and who would willingly put hope from hn
cndeavorcd to gather from their looks their opinion
which irared to- ask for hot men of this description
''aFe either no feelings to conccaI--or long acGuun-
t'nce with misery has rendered them perfectly
ous-or, rs III the better and rarer case the sronr
sense OF duty has taught them 70 subluc every an
rfarance Of emotion. Hoy eagerly did ! watch
thcir passing Siances as they stood about mo! and
how yet more anxiousy did listen To their hall, w,.is
Eeesed consultation their retiring to the next room
70 decide ur"n The awiI, Question Of lift, or 1cnth
Tor to that knew too we'll my case had come. felt
as the crirnnul must feel when the jury have left the
hoX, Carrying with them tic power to save or
destroy, and much likely from what has rassed
% Use that power fatally. Death, vi. II it siu come
Ei never nave hall the bitterness nl those f,w mi
naies OF horrible suspense. when life the dearest
sake WE can play for, the die and hope is s;rur
"ing, sln"c handed, against tloubt, and fear, and
t'ason listened till | heard, or seemed 30 h.r,r
'hc fhF"hbihSs OF my own heart; but ( could catch
pihG doors that divided the two rooms whj.n were
"ft agar, and the words heard thus n,pertec, only
anhsa 20 my apprehensions Il think not" said the
,n~ Gomer What was it he did not think thar
the Same voice Az, to- morrow" thought T. s:b-
'norrow shall be cold and senseless; she who now
drops the tears ofbnrnlng agony over my death bed
WHO would give her life, were TINT pcssibi,,
to prolong nine but few hours-evcn She viii
si'rlnk IN horror from me. could almost fancy il
WIS written on yonder wall that it should be tins.
fncE'-Wnv 1t rs there written by the same hand ,ha,
wrote the awfu! "Mene, meme teksl upharsin," On
he walls OF the banquet room OF Beshazzar
WI! 1t be believed: was vet in the full possess,
SION OF my senses when this Wild potion seized me:
~ e'st had perfect Consciousness of nv identify
the setting sun shone broadly and STRONGLY throuTh
the red curtains thar had been drawn to exclude ,,e
H@ht, ana Tell upon the wall opposite 10 me in Grim
son lines, ttn rrtsistihly recalled 20 MY oyerIa,od
brain the letters of fire that bronoht tinny ond
death to the heart of the Babvlonian king But I no
peat IT, was still Ill my perfect senses; know tim,
vas at ~. tteefs, in Tue Isle of Jersey; ! could
distinguish all around me- / couli CONT tho rand
alatlngs of INV pulse; Knew too that the rrshino
sound below my window the bursting Of the
waves upon the beach; and could even arrle ,ynh
myself On all that saw and felt. Ifthat were not
t'ai which my eyes presented snch what was rcaE
lhe modn, the sun itself, existed to me but as saw
'hrin and If sight be the evidence of reab,v in ono
case why not IN another: This therefore, was no
Wis yet to Come. a ~
fhe physicians had long since gone. The cvor;,,
declined rapidly, and in those few hours which no1
ne sad to lingrr between liyht and darkness 7 , -;
a state Of comparative quiet. E;,t when ni,I, cn,n
oh-eyeiess, voiceiess, heavy nisht--oh how incv-
pressb!y Wrctched then is the chamber of s;cL nos,
DARKNESS inahe visible by The dim dsll taper, that
only serves to light terrors;--siieucc or deem
mat the low ticking OF the clock falls on the ca
IKE rain drops on stone, fretting and consunnr:
ire array OF phias f! and cropty;.he clothes Ion..
since dstlsed and now hanging on the frame fnm
which is probable the same and viii nnver or.;
r'nove tb"n;--tha old, hard featured nurse wRosa
rssence cannot for moment be senarated from, tba
iIea OF disease and sufFerin~;--tl,e Iiph. oyr;no
c:Fck OF the death watch, fable which health ,r,J
E!aSon laughs ut. but which sickness believes. ali
Ih"s Work upon the mind, and the mind upn the
p"fY' tii the brain is excited to delirium And ~
itia state was fast tending; felt !, tnrs,Ir ~
Hven tired by rnasoningto keep down my rs;n2 ta'
cte5 Bat 1t was aN to purpose; stranrn sianna
'"gan u toat about me, while my hands and foot
,."rh. nke IRON thrice heated in the furnace and INV
n";i toach Scoycled nay feyh. These fautHst;r
shadows, 100, flung from the various pieces of f,yn;
inFr upnn the Wai!-aow they Knocked me bv the;r
Hfung forms. as the rushlight Aickered to and fro
''Wi it never again he rnortinc, Oh ie,&;. io,.
difhry night would only pass! II could bnt agsFn
sff the right OF dayl-Hark! the clock st jkes zn5tb
oF hour has gonc!" '''''
Gfa'nlfcns spirit o. inlormation which nG,cts tL
"ld and h"aTticss when the thing ,e
y give pam lost ne time in setting me right it was
ihc passing bell had heard And What ua,L 40
me more than 10 any ono beside? was NOT The @
~ death because another had lust deceased III
'enn capable OF reason, there was nothing in this for
error; but, in sdcn cases, We do not res ny
feel
Only tho passne Gcll!" said rcpnafipr hcr ,,or,
o1y--he he'll that calls the worm TO a new fast,
On tor morning morning! when will it be 1nornin %
= say, what is the hour"
Zen Sir; it has Just strGck BIT yon had better
t-y 70 slscp." ''''Fi
mo miro than ten! thought is had been fr,too
=! "ast. Sleep YOU say' Ay, but how can ], wben
nat fellow grias at me horribly, and The room ross
-nnnd, and tne lights flicker But Won arc rjr1,i. 7
vi 60 To s'eCp-to sccp---to .leep.'
bnurd my head in the clothes 20 shnt OIL. thc
H1ags hat harrass"d nc, and for time allen, or
~ 10 sleep 7! was however, only foE short trne-
E2rhaP5 an IIour-pnriqys few mnufcs--y tno,,,
Ho'; bit tine grows onGcr a. we APPROACH, Tho
Gay. ''''''' o.