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ming were really awful !
1.-THE new patient proved to be noted
and very profane boxer. who had in return
ing home dslocated his ANGLE. His pain and
blaspl,emies we're horrible, and during one Of
his imprecations flash of lightning struck
him DEAD ri
hurried home full of agitation at the scene
| had just quilted, and melancholy apprehen-
sons concerning the one to which was re-
turning. On reaching my lovely patients
room, found, alas no sensible effects pro-
duced by the very active means which had
been adopted. She lay in bed, the aspect
of her features apparently the same as when
l last saw her. Her eyes were closed: her
cheeks very pale, and mouth rather open, as
if she were on the point of speaking. The
HAIR hung in little disorder on each side of
her face, having escaped from beneath her
cap. My wife sat beside her, grasping her
right hand-weeping, and almost Supplied
and the servant that was in the room when
entered, seemed so bew!dered as to be worse
than useless. As it was now nearly nine o.
clock, and getting dark, ordered candles.
| took one of them in my hand, opened her
eye-lids, and passed and repassed the candle
several times before her eyes. but it produ-
ced no apparent effect. Neither the eye.
lids blinked, nor the pupils contracted. I
then took out my penknife, and made a
thrust with the open blade, as though in
tended to plunge it into her eye; il seemed
as If might have buried the blade in the
socket, for the shock or resistance called forth
by the attempt. l took her hand in mine,
and found it damp and cold but when sud-
denly left it suspended, it continued so for a
few moments. and only gradually resumed
its former situation. pressed the back of
the blade of my pcnknie upon the flesh at
the root of the nail, Zone of the tenderest
parts perhaps Of the whole body,) but she
evinced not the slightest sensation of PAIN
l shouted suddenly aud loudly in her ears /;
but with similar i'll success. feltan extrem-
ity. Completely ballled at all points ; dis
Outraged and agtated beyond expression, l
left Miss P in the care of a nurse, whom
had sent for TO attend upon her, at the in
stance of nv wife, and FASTENED to my study
to see if my books could throw any light up
on the nature of this, to me, new and inscru-
table disorder. After hunting about for some
time, and finding but little to the purpose, l
prepared for bed, determined on the next
morning to send off for Miss P-'s moth
; or, and Mr.. n from Oxford, and also to
call upon my eminent friend, DR.. D-,and
: hear what his superior skill and experience
might be able to suggest. In passing Miss
P-'s room, I stepped in TO take my fare
well for the evening. Beautiful, uniortu-
nate crcature!' thought l, as stood gazing
= mournfuly on her, with my candle in my
r hand, leaning against the bed-post. 'What
e mystery is upon thee? What awful change
has come over thee 7-,he gloom of the grave
: and the light of life-both lying upon thee
: at once. Is thy mind palsied as thy body
!, How long is tins strange state 10 last? How
II long art thou doomed to linger thus on thu
, confines of both worlds, so that those, il
either, who love thee may not claim thee
: Heaven guide our thoughts to discover ;
e remedy for thy fearful disorder! l coult
: not bear to look upon her any longer; ant
o after kissing her lips, hurried up TO bed ,charg
ing the nurse to summon me the moment tina
;, any change whatever was perceptible in Mis-
p. dare say shall be easily believ
& ed when apprze the reader of the troubles
y night that followed such troubled day.
j. The thunderstorm itself, coupled with tn
81 predictions of the day, and apart from its at
= tendant incidents that have been mentioned
81 was calculated to leave an awful and perma
l., men, impression in ones mind. IF | wer
III to live century hence, l could not forge
+ il, says distinguished writer. The thun
le der and lightning we're more appalling tina
a. | ever witnessed even IN the West Indie.
)" that region of storms and hurricanes. Til
~ air had been long surcharged with electricity
= and | predicted, several days before hane
, that we should have storm of very unusut
IL violence. But when with this we couple iii
s. strange prophecy that gained credit with
j. suspected to be above such thiugs-neilhe
more nor less than that the world was I
" come to an end on that very day, and tn
y Judgment Of mankind to follow | say, til
s. coincidence of the events was not little sir
nc gular, and calculated to inspire common folk
~ with wonder and fear. dare say, if on
'e' could find them out, that there were instal
r. ces of people being frightened out Of the
IS wits on the occasion. own to you candle
I" ly that |, for one, felt little squeansh, an
~ had not little difficulty in bolslering up m
20, courage
ia did not so much sleep as dose Interrupt
,ra eddy for the first three or four hours after &c
80. tiny into bed. l, as well as my alarmed En-
; j., lily, would start up occasionally, and sit lis
ening, under the apprehension that we hea
~, shrek, or some other such sound, prOcet
81, aI from Miss P-'s room. The image of Il
& blind boxer fitted in fearful forms about m
p and my ears seemed to ring with his curse
.ed 1t must have been, should think, betwee
two and three O'Clock, when dreamed III
'be leaped on, Of bed, under an impulse as SUI
!, den as irresis,ibe-slipped on my dressil
ho, gown, and hurried down stairs to the ba
In. drawing-room. On opening the door, fou
~ a. the room lit up with funeral tapers. and /
WA m apparel of dead room spread about.
~" ~ the further end lay coffin on tressels, CO
ho w. cred with long sheet, with the figure Of
'sn old woman sitting beside it With long streal
r u ing white hair, and her eyes, brigh, MS ligl
III. ming, directed towards me with hend
;ns stare of exullation. Suddenly she rose up