Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-12-25
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Who can hihom the depths Of fu-
tuniy: who can tell the precise point
where death commenccss The darL
s,de Of nature IS closed TO our view, and
the sunny SIDE, mans terrestrial exis-
tenee, Is not hess an enigma
FrOm whence ARISES the IpexnresS;-
bic horror which = felt in the presence
Of the dead whence the fear Of their
re-aPPe1rance whence the dread Of
Nocturnal daTknesSs whence the icv
shuddeuns before those Who once had
hie and dow appear before US divest-
ed "' the we'd Of mortality which Co
vercd them
The elastic SPiritS % youth sur
mount the influence of fear-in the
zenIih of nv manhood and youthful
courage. ordered the trap door N HIGH
CONDUCTED To the family vauh Of INV
aDoeSso0 90 be unlocked, and enter
ed alone Al midnight
% Three cothns were previously open
ed al NV request When found my
sell IN the caTnei-ho1se OF centuries
j experienced An understandable senxa-
tion-st was not fear, nor pity, nor
horTor- AZ the hSdeous forms before me
but u seemed almost as If the very
sPnnSS u Efc were frozen within me-
n II Vas myself oospse.
My Grandfather Who had died At
the age d eishty-six. Mas the first Oh
Ject examined: has snowy locks had
become, through the influence Of the
Iea6en mantle which enyeiOped him. OF
biSod coloE. has head was noa IyIng
IN the usual petition upon the piIlow.
bot ~HS turned towards ne, and has eve
le&s sockets we're staring as ii IN re-
proof toE violating the sanctuary Of the
dead but ] oOnsoIed myself by re-
membenng. that # my beloved parent
vas living. he would not frOxn upon
me; has Character xas too mild, and has
mind too candid and enlarged.
i nOw passed on 10 the other recep-
tselr Of the dead. II contained Slele-
ton wTaPPed In cloth en.bgusdered - nh
gold tbiS had been a brave and now
.eTful waETIor who Commanded an the
thirty years var. and Was gOseEnor ID
the margT7vafe q L1sasia: a superb
portrait q ham now hangs IN the an
oestTei hall u nv castle. a. b. APPEAR
ed a. the head q the cuiraSsis-rs. IN
der PaPPenheim. charging the aSing
Suesies-Ah bDE long y the laferns
fnaE1ca eNtingBished. which once IIlu
Fnsns'ed thai beautiful Paiatsngi one e
the remaining fragments a winch a.
BOw before me-
The third cOfiin contained a Ia3v No
during her iife was called the Jrsusl
the small skull had assumed disagree
able DARK brown color. the whoIe boiv
va enveiOPed in a IOnx wrapp<r a
fame oolored ak. in a wonderful state
II T'-rs,TS tiSun. I wished 90 ra,-e her
uP bat n the frst movement sh~ cv.rn-
. bed Suto du,s. and rDvTsads a nYslle-
T-rcies or1S BID ShrOszh my fnrprs and
tbe broken iossss q fie rnoulderlng
sseictrn-
] nedifsiesl 81 soasc GrBe over the
long range q cOsins. as.sorf,~d IA de~r
confirm pia'Ioa ti~n fen UPON nv
knees and prayed untd IN ice Whsch
bid truzen useT ny bFvast dissolved Intu
cnrnPoetng tears Nha'sver ! had ~
q hnrroT. sugersiItfon a. kcag, vanasA-
81 before my Col having only deev
! feeling a nv ressgnafiun. kissed
; wIihoaif sNTruene,ng the highest r..
. PUgn4noe. the ccldfgehead Il nv zen.
/, erzble parrnf and severed frrgn hss 49,
, lock - hii barr ~ nsemeuso a. m,
. vrSat, and e b. bsd a that rnou-a
. Er'se - has oofisn and taken my had
q = would nof have esosed the 2sxhics
{ shoider q isTr0s ~ my bososa.