The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-09

WnHhi ana hll Wnn night ana Darkness
and dealli-when 10 ~ nn opposite difer-
zion, the veil 0fheayen was Tilted np The hu-
Tdp of new and iranscendeuthily beautiful
creation wee revealed, ils sun shining with q
radiant and yel uudalllng splandnG and The
mir was secuted wilh aromatic odOrrnnd fair
hpired angel, towering On rnseale wings,
struck their golden harliH, Hliunlng their dhl-
Get and mhOdiouH YpireH 90 n choral anihnW
NJ iiay majeHlirnlly nonied around q central
throne, upon whose ineiiabla FOries no hu-
,nnu eye could hear a. gaze, How lOug my
faculties wHrr absorbed iu the contemplation
at this vision know not, bui some hours
i'''in' base Slipped aslRy ,iaF sshen Il wns dis,
PEELED by lhe n0ise Of n Storm rushing across
Tho church yard, lhe clock was striking
Twelve, lleay ily dad ils iron olang Vibrae
through lhe building, and send 10 solOeH iAr
yNd near upon Tho Piuions Of tho sweeping
tempest,
Mdnigml superailious M Il may appear
an underlined fear aud awe ever hang about
u like q Hhfoudi bnl how immraauuhly more
impressive must have boon the Influence of
the hour, with ilA ghosHy aud ghnslly nsso-
oiniiOns, a. me, inhumed aud yet alive sur
rounded by uio inoulderiug remains Of count
lees generations aud IN actual coniart with
the eofpses ~ the skeletons of my own fore,
fathers As ifior the purpose ofaocumulal'
Z lug horrors upon hdff0H, The wnr 0f the eie.
mcnls became more loud and 6irinuf. The
wind, which had previously noanod aud
gronned, now burst into fierce how'll tho
yew tree crcAkcd aDd usllcd ~ uH hougha
wer' lusbed by the gusii llo rain was driven
In rnulinF plHshcs against lhu door of the
vault, tho steps that led down 10 " not having
yet been covered overland n splitting peal Of
l.saenel
a. .la~N a II. a.llH
beneath me. ln this terrific ouibursi Ihe
storm had spent In fury, for n lul succeed.
ed, during which n faint sound fell upon
mino enr that almost mnddened mo viii, ex,
element
"Grncious heaven" exclaimed, in thought,
edo my seuHes deceive mo2 can That bo tlIo
tramp OBJECT II is-ig ial Thoy come
nearer ncHrer--neArer- descend the
rtcps-hist l-hark the hey THtllos in tho
lock lit tufns-lhc door IL oponud-tho door
IN opened the door II opened 81
Miraculous " the tightening speed with
which, In crisis like this, thoughts rush
through the mind. IN less thnnn second
mine had solved the whole mystery, aud
could nccount for my dcliycrnnco from the
FfdvU- even hFfnrc II Ind huru accomplished,
Dr. Lnncl had returned sooner lhhn was oX-
pecIcd; his previous suspicious had hecn
confirmed 10y the indecent haste Of my burr
nl he Ind Instantly despatched tho people to
disnier me; his skill would quickly discover
that | was only IN a trancei ho would restore
mo to life; should bc enabled to award my
dutifnl and nilrctionnte daughter, 90 punish
NV unnatural son, 70 enioy perhaps, several
years orun existence made happy by the con
sci1usncss TINT Il wns free ftom repronch IN
the sight Of Heaven, and not uuhcnetcn TO
my fellow creatures. Noycrno, never were
10 live for n hundred years, shall ! forget
The fash pf ecstncy That electrified my bos-
om nj this moment Hope, meIhougllileNp.
ed upon my throbhng heart, aud clappcd
her hands and shouted aloud IN transport
ofjoy.-"Sayed saved saved ("
CHAPTER y.
The parties who entered the vault us
quickly discovered 10y their voices, were the
sexton, aud Hodges, the foreman, who bud
supcrinlonded all the arrangements Of my
coffin.
"What q precious wild night Master
Griffith y said the latter, "buI not more wild
aud out Of the way than tho whole OF
this horo days business. Only to think OF
Mr. George, nhen his fathers hardly cold, MS
a man may say, instead of riding home de-
cent, nflor the funeral, giving regular blow
out to all our fellows at the Jolly Crckoters,'
making some on 'em rs drunk ~ tddlers,
aud then setting them to play at lcnping-lroRi
and he aHd SIS Freshman Dashwood lnughing
TITO EPrTl Wrcn rTey WnbIed over Que nd
other"
"Well, call that downright scandalouP,
and dsgraceful to oil parties, specially ns
ho mover axod nie, }" replied the sexton.
The burning Indignation with which lis
tened to this wicked aud wnnton insult to
my memory, this outrage upon all dccencl,
was in some degree nllnycd by the recoilcc-
ton that my quick delivoranco and nntlci-
paIod revival would enable me 10 show my
seHso OF such unnatural conduct
1--WE shnn'nt have much trouble with the
coffin y resumed Hodges; "ile lid nlnt hull
fastened, and hu'n't screwed 1t down close,
you see, not 10y good eighth ofun inch."
This explained the disuuctness with Which
had heard anything that passed around
me,whle the mir admitted through the crew
ice may have assisted 10 preserve my liie,io
presume somo sort Of imperceptible respir-
alton must have been going on.
"You see, Griffith" continued the torcmnni
"if you have but the lcnst opening IN the
world, IL do help e-keep the stiff uu 40 un-
common fresh. All we don't often got
such prize as this; only three or four days
dead; sweet as n vilet; almost us good as u
hc were alive. can tell Tall llallowny one
ihng-hc shall pay me double for this here
corpse before he shalt slick n knife IN him. n
From the pinnacle of ineffable transport
and ecstacy upon which my soul had perch
ed, in the conviction ofmy roprieval aud res
toraiion to life, these withering words hurl-
ed me instantly downtown to nn abyss of
uuutterable louthing aud horror and DESPAIR
that mado all my previous suiierings appear
n heaven. Tall llnlloway wnsethe familiar
name of professor in the ncighboring town
who gave lectures on anatomy, always Illus
lrnted by the dissection of human subJe,ls
and il was manifest that the inlruders Ia tile
vault instead Of couIing as my deliSorers,