Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-06-27

| "OEC-1 CduuOI I0II Wudb edlu d1u tu0U
on O sudden, felt as though all this ter
ror was useless, and that would not stay
there to die; and jumped up. and wrench
ed at the bars OF my cell window with
force that bent them, for felt as if had
the strength Of lion. And felt all over
the lock of my door. and tried the door
with my shoulder-though it was plated
with iron, and heavier than that Of
church; and | CROPPED about the very waIls,
and into the corners of my dungeon
though | knew very well, if had my sen.
ses, that it was all of solid stone three feet
thich and that, if could have passed
through crevice smaller than the eye of
a needle, | had no chance of escaping
And. in the midst of all this exeTtion, a
faintness came over me as though had
swallowed poison and had just power
to reel to the bed place, where I sank
down, as think, In swoon but this did
not last--for my head swan round, and
the cell seemed to turn with me, and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT sleeping and waking
that it was midnight, and that Elizabeth
had come back as she promised, and that
they refused to admit her. And thought
il showed heavily, and that the streets
were all covered with it. as with white
sheet, and that saw her dead-lying In
the fallen snow-and in the darkness-at
the prison gate When I came to my
self, | was struggling and breathless. In
minute or two, heard st. Sepulchre's
clock go ten; and knew it was dream
that l had had. The chaplain of the
prison came without my sending. He
exhorted me solemnly "to think no more
of cares or troubles in this world, but to
bend my thoughts upon that to come, and
to try to reconcile my soul to Heaven;
trusting that my sins, though they were
heavy, under repentance, might have hope
ofmercy." When he was gone, did find
myself for a little while, more collected;
and sat down again on the bed, and tried
seriously to commune with myself, and
prepare myself for my fate. IrecaIled to
my mind that had but few hours more,
at all events, to lve-that there was no
more hope on earth of escaping--and that
it was at least better that should die de-
Gently like man. Then tried to rec
olIect all the tales that l had ever heard
about death by hauging-that it was said
to be the sensation of a moment-to give
no pain--to cause the extinction oflife in.
srantaneously-and SO on, to twenty 9th
er strange ideas. By degrees, my head
began to wander and gro v unmauagea-
Bile. put my hands tightly to my throat,
as though to try the sensation of strang-
ling--then l felt my arms at the place
where the cord would be tied. went
through the tastenings of the rope-the
tying of the hands together; the thing
that / felt most averse to, was the white
} cap muffled over my eyes and face. If l
: could avoid that, the rest was not so very
. horrible in the midst of these fancies, a
! numbness seemed to creep over my SEN
ses. The giddiness that had felt gave
way to a dull stupor, which lessened the
: pain that my thoughts gave me, though |
still went on thinking. The church clock
, rang midnight; was sensible of the
! sound, but it reached me indistinctly--as
] coming though many closed doors, or from
b far distance. BY and by, saw the OBJ
iects before my mind less and less clearly
g then only partially--:hen they were
gone together. fell asleep.
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3 was seven o'clock on the next morning
n when knocking at the door of my cell
Q awoke me. / heard the sound as though
n ia my dreams, for some moments before
d was fully awake and my first sensation
9 was only the dislike which weary man
d feels at being reused; l was tired. and
d wished to dose on. In minute after,tbe
j. bolts on the outside of my dungeon was
: drawn q turnkey, carrying small lamp,
d and followed by the master OF the Jail and
= the chaplain, entered; looked up; a
8 shudder like the shock of electricity--like
y a plunge into bath of ice-ran through
b me; one glance was sufficient. Sleep
It was gone as though had never slept
e even as never was to sleep again. was
g conscious Of my situation! "R-,'
: said the master to me, ia subdued, but
q steady tone, lit is time for you to :ise.'-
o The chaplain asked me how | had passed
a the night, and proposed that we should
I, join in prayer. gathered myselfup, anc
70 remained seated on the side of my bed
D, place. My teeth chartered, and my knees
J. knocked together, in despite ofmyseiE !!
If was barely day light yet; and, as the eel
is door stood open. could see into the small
m paved courI beyond; the morning wa
ID thick and gloomy. and slow, but settled
le rain was coming down. lit is half past
ID o'clock, R said the master. jus
i. muttered an entreaty to be left alone til
lie the last moment. l had thirty minutes Il
is live.
at IL tried to make another observation
ct when the master was leaving the cell
BIT out this time | could not get The word
or out my tongue stuck to the roof of m
N n,o,,.h - ~ snaaob seemed oona