The Ripley advertiser., 1845-11-15
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.

MRS CHiLD's letters from New Y.rk, which
nave ia'ely ten published by Wiley 4 Putnam,
contain some very interesting reminisce noes,
among which Is the tollowi ng.curious inc,den,
which occurred ~ the family Of the au,horess,
while the yellow fever was raging in thai, ci,y
One ofmy fathers bro hers. residing in Bos
Ton at the time, became a victim to the pes,i
ence. When the first symptoms appe AIRED. his
wife sent the Chi dren into the country. and he
self remained 10 attend upon him. Her friends
warned her against such rashness. They told
her It would be death 10 her, and no benefit 10
him; for he would soon be too IN 10 know WIN
attended upon him., These arguments made
20 impression upon her afaciionate heart
sne ielt that Il would be l!fe: 10 facion
not She accordingly s,ayed aod watched him
with unreDitt,ng care. The, weves. did no,
avail TO save him: he grew worse and worse,
and finally he died. Those w,o went round
with the death carts had visited the chamber.
and seen that the end was near They now
came TO take the cody. II wife refu sed 10 lei
II 60. She tod them thai she never knew how
to account Tor II, bu, though he was perfectly
cold and rigid, and 10 every appearance quite /
dead, there was powerfur rinpressIoa on her
mind that ''fe was not tx met. The men were
overborne by her conv,c,i0n, though their own
reason was pposed olt. Tie hat hour again
came rouad, and again the solcmn word. s.bring
out your dead" The wife again resisted their
impor u,it'es; but this time the men were reso
lutte. They SAID The duty assigned TO tn m was
a painful one; out the health OF the city requir
cd punctuaI OBEDIENCE to the orders they re.
ceived; 1t they ever expected the pestilence to
abate, it must be by a promp, removal Of the
dead, and mmt date tumiga,inn Of the infec ed 4
aparmen's. She pleaded and pleaded, and even
kuell to them m agony oftears, continually say.
ing,"l am sure he Is not dead" TIE men rep I
resented The utter atslrdHy OF such an i,'ea; but
tina ", overcome by h.r 'ears, they again depar.
led. Wrh trembling haste she renewed he.
efforts to restore life Sac raised h,s mead roll h
ed h's limbs IN hot fan Ell, and placed hot on i
ions on his feet. The dreadful half hour again
came round, and found him as cod aud rigid as
ever. She reptwed her enireaties SO desper-
a'ely, tina, The messenger began to think little
gentle force would be necessary They accor.
dingly attempted 10 remove the body against
her viii; but she threw herself upon il, and
ciung 10 II with such frantic strength. tha, they
could not silly loosen her grasp. Impressed
by the remarkable energy OF her will, they're
Iaxad their Efforts. To sll reu,ons,rancas shs
answered, .lf you bury him. you sha,l bury me
with him." A.last, by dim ofreas1ning on the
necessity OF the case, they 0btalned.from her aI
PROMISE, that II he showed no signs Of lite be.
fore they again came round, she would make
no opposition to the removal. Having gained
this respite, she hung the watch upon the bed
post, and renewed he: eff r,s with redoubled
zeal. She placed kegs oi hot water about him,
forced brandy between his teeth, breathed into
his nostris, aud hartshorn to his nose: bu, s,;n,
the body lay motioness and cod. The looked
anxioosiy at The watch; in i've minutes the
promised half hour wouid expire, and these
dreadful voices would be heard passing through
he street Hopelessness came over her-she
dropped the head she had been sus, aiming; her
hand trembIed violently; and the hartshora she
had been holding wac spilled on the paiiid face.
Accidentally, the pcsion efihe head had be.
come igh,ly tipped backward, aud The power.
sOl liquid flowed into his nostris. instantly,
there was . sharp quick gasp-a sirugge-h,s
eyes opened: and when The death men came
again. they found him sitting UP in the bed! He
is.still alive, end has enj,yed unusually good
thealih. How very strange flie.
i Mr.. CALaoun.-There appears to be no
Iidcubt thai NJ. Calhoun viii return 70 the cen.