Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-01-13

''S''@N StSS 0Suiu-
DO you still feet pain in The breast, Nj
Valdemar?'
] The answer now was immediate, bu
even less audible than before.
No pam Il am dying
/; did not think it advisable to disturb him
! father just then, and nothing more was
said or done until the arrival of DR.. F.,
who came q lille before sunrise, and ex-
! pressed unbounded establishment at find
ing the patient still alive. After feeling
: The pulse and applying mirror TO the Fps
he requested me 10 speak with the sleep
walker again. did so, saying:
NJ. Valdemar, do you still sleep'
AS before, some minutes elasped are q
reply was made; and during the interval
the dying man seemed TO be collecting his
sncrg IS to speak. AT my fourth repeti-
ioa 81 the question, he said, very family,
almost inaudibly:
Yes; still asleep-d, ing
1t was now the opinion, or rather the
wish OF tina phys clan, that M. Valdemar
should be suffered to remain undis,urbed
in his present apparently tranquil condition
until death should superyene-and this, i:
within few minutes. | concluded. how
ever, to speak to him once more, and
merely repeated my previous question.
While | spoke, there came marked
change over the couuienance OF the sleep
walker. The eyes rolled themselves slow
" open, he pupils disappe ring upward
ly; the skin generally assumed a cadaver
ouse hue, resembling not SO much parch-
ment as white paper; and the circular hec
tic spots which, hitherto, had been strong
ly defined in tho center Of each cheek,
,cfnt o,:t q, once. use this expression,
because tho suddeness Of their departure
put ne in mind of nothing so much as
the extinguishment OF candle by puff
Of the breath The upper lip, at The same
time, wrihed itself away from the teeth,
which previously covered completely /;
while tho lower jaw fell with an audible
jerk. leaving the mouth widely extended,
and disclosing in fell view the swollen and
backened tongue. | presume that no
member of the party then present had been
{ accustomed to dealh-bed horrors; but SO
! hideous beyond conception was the appear
ance Of ii. VaIdcmar at this Toment. that
there was general shrinking back from
; the region OF the bed.
: Inow feel ,halI have reached point Of
: this narrative at which every reader will
be startled into positive disbelief. 1t is my
business, however, simply to proceed.
There was no longer tie faintest sign
. Of vitality IN vi. Vaidemar; and concluding
S him 10 be dead, we were consgning him
e TO the charge the nurses, when strong
vbra,o,y motion was observable in The
: tongue This continued for perhaps a
j minute At the expiration OF this period,
there issued from the distended and mo-
r ii0niess Jaws voice-such as il would
a be madness for me to attempt describing
b There are, indeed, two or three epthcts
6 which might be considered as applicable
g to it in part: | might say, for example
5 that The sound was harsh, and broken, and
5 hollow; hu, The hdeous whole ii indescr
: babie, for the simple reason that no SINH
lar sounds have ever Jared upon the ear
= of humanity. There were'two particulars
: nevertheless, which thought then, and
s still think, might fairly be stated as char
Y acterislic OF the intonaion- as we'll adlp-
\ ted to convey some idea Of lis unearthly
4 peculiarly. In the first place, the voice
4 seemed TO reach our ears--at length mine
5 from vast distance, or from some deep
D cavern within the earth. In the second
5 place, it impressed me q fear, indeed, tina,
it will be impossible 10 make myself com
j prehended) as gelainious or glutinous
/ matters impress the sense of touch.
o have spoken both Of sound and OF
= voice mean TO say that the sound was
/ one of dis,inct-of even wonderfully,
: thriIlingly distinct -syllabiGcalion. NJ.
e Valdemar, Spoke-obviou5ly in reply TO the
: question had pronounced 10 him few
minutes before. had asked him, it will
) be remembered, if he still slept. lie
: sa id:
$ .Yes;-no;-I hare been sleeping-and
, now-now-- an dead.
Y operson present even affected 10 deny
e or attempted 10 Iepress. the unuiterable
: shuddering horror which these few words,
e thus uttered, were so well ca!cula ted to
t convey. Mr.. L-,(ihe studen) awoo
F.. ned The nurses Immediately left the
G chamber, and could not be induced 10 re-
turn. My own impressions would no
!. pretend to render Ineligible TO the reader
: For nearly eli hour, we busted ourselves
, sIenlly-wihou the utterance of wore
n in endavors TO revive Mr. L.
c When he came 10 himself, we addressed
s ourselves again 10 an investigation OF M
G Vademar's case.
e 1t remained in all respects as have
y last described il, with the exception tha
e he mirror no longer afforded evidence Of
}. respiration. An auemp, 10 draw blood
, from The arm failed. | should mention
too, that this limb was no farther subjec
q to my will. | underworld in vain TO make
n i, follow The direction OF my hand. Tbs
/ only real Indication, indeed, Of the mes
n meric influence, was now found in the vi
d bsatery movement Of the tongue, whenev
$ or addressed NJ Valdemar question:
z He seemed 10 lie making an effort at repl,
y but had no longer sufficient yoiiloa. In
v queries put to him by any other perso
e. Than myself he seemed utterly insensibi
+. lto-ailhough enieavored TO place eac
member OF the company in mesmeric SUI
q mort with him. believe that have mo-
r. related all that is necessary 10 an unde
as standing Of the s.eep walkers state at tn
ID epoch. Other nurses were procured; az
is al ten o'clock lel, the house 10 compan