Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-06-22

whispered something in the ear of her question:
er, which made him tremble still more violent
| Iy. Then beckoning him, she passed through
the deepening twiight towards the house, while
he, with bris,Iing hair and lalterng gait, follow
ed her. The terror stricken man, the gaunt
woman, and the white child, looked like three
corpses moving in the heavy and uncertain
shades of evening, against the order of nature.
After waiting an hour for their friends re-
turn, the guests who had now recovered from
their first panic, became impatient TO solve. the
mystery, and determined 10 seek the owner Of
the house, and offer such comfort as his evident
trepidation required. They accordingly drec-
ted their steps towards the room into which,
they were Informed, the woman and child and
their host had entered.
On approaching the door, pi,eous groans and
incoheren. exclamations were heard--above
which these words were plainly audible in
female voice: Remember what have said!
Think of my slaughtered husband? A more
terrible intruder will on some night come into
thy house! Thou shalt perish here and here
after"
Hearing these groans and these menaces the
party instantly burst into The room followed by
the servant with light. The man, whose face
was buried in his hands, was standing alone
But as his friends gazed around in amazement,
shadow of the woman with her infant in her
arms was seen to flicker on the wall, as if
moved about uncoulhly by faint wind. By
degrees il faded away entirely. No one knew
how the stately widow herself had disappeared,
nor by what means she had obtained admt!ance
through the outer gale
To the honest enquiry of his friends the host
would give no answer; and the party LETT the
place perplexed with fearful thoughts. From
that time no feasts were given in the Manor
House. The apartment where the secret inter
view took place, and which is, TO this day, cal
led The Room Of the Shadow, was closed, and,
it is said, has never since been opened. Ii is
the chamber Immediately above this, and is now
the haunts of bats and other night birds.
After having lived here several yearsin COM
parative solitude mortal sickness came over
the owner Of the house. But, if his bodily suf-
ferings were grievous 10 behold, the agony Of
his mind seemed ten fold greater. so that his
friends who called TO cheer him in his malady,
were amazed to see one Of SO pure life (as
thev thought) given 10 the torture of remorse.
He felt that he must shortly appear before the
Supreme Judge; and the anticipated terrorS OF
the judgment were already upon his spirit
His countenance underwent many ghaslly cha
ges, and the sweat of dismal suffering pouredln
heavy drops from his face and breast.
The throes of his conscience were too strong
TO be endured and hidden; and, summoning one
or two of his neighbOrs 10 his bed side, he con-
fessed many sins of which he had been guilty
in another part of England; he had, he said en-
riched himself by the ruin of widows and or
phans; and he added that the accursed love Of
gold had made him murderer.
1t was in vain that the pastor Of the parish,
who saw his bitter agony, slrove 10 absolve him
of his manifold crimes. He could no, be COM
fOrted-His works, and aims, and all the good
endeavor of the latter years ofhls life were of
no avail They were as chall, and flew off
from the weight Of his transgressions. Th4
vengeance of eternal fire haunted hlpi WI llle
living, and ne did not dare even TO pray 'Alasl
my friends said he, to those who besoaght him
10 lift up his voice in suppIcau on TO the Most
High, 4 have no heart to pray for am already
condemned. Hell Is even now in my soul,
there 10 burn for ever Resign me, pray you,
10 my lost condition, and TO the iiends lowering
around 10 seize me
The menace of me strange woman was now
about 10 be lr'.lfilled.
On the, last nigh, Of this persons miserable
HE, or of his neighbors, benevolent and p-
Gus man, sat up with The expiring wretch by
h.s be-. sde-le had for some time fallen into
STATE of s'upor, being afraid to look any hu-
dan being in the face, or even 10 open his eyes.
He slept or seemed to sleep for awhile then
suddenly, arousing himself, he appeared 10 be
in clerable agitation of body and mind, and
with anindescribable expression OF lcountenance,
shreked ont, "Oh, the in'olereble horrors of
damnation."
Midnight had now arrived. The servants
were in bed. and no one stirring in the house,
but the old nurse, and the friend who watched
the last moments of the sufferer. All was quiet
profound as that oflhe sepulchre; when sudden
ly the sound Of loud and impatient footsteps
were heard in the room adjon ing the lorlorn
mans bed chamber.
"What can lha; be-" said the nurse under her
BREATH and with an expression Of ghaslly alarm.
"Hark! the noise continues"
as any one up IN the house?" inquired the