Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-09-17

Two years aud haIf elapseu uet"co"
this period and that of his death. lie sent
10 beg me to see him once more IN his last
moments but ! thought It necessary not
to comply with his wish. He died, having
with only his domes:ics, and an old LADY, MS
sole companion for q long time. lie lodged
at that time on the kempart, near tie
Chaus.e d'Anlin: resided in the kue de'
Dussv, near the Abbsye ST. Gernain. Ny
mother lived wi h me; and that night we hao
q little party TO sui per. We were very gay
and was singing lively air, when the
clock struck eleven, and the sound was sue
cecded b, a ong and piercing CT, of unear'h.
iy horror. The company looked aghast;
tainted, and remained for quarter of an hour
totally iasensib'e. We then began To rea.
SOL about the nature of so frightiul sound
and il was agreed 10 set watch In the street
in case ii were repeated
1t was repeated very often All our ser
wants my friends, my neignbors' even tne
police, heard the same cry, always Ut thc
same hour, always proceeding from under
my nindows, and appearing to come from the
cmpty air. | could not doubt that IL was
meant entirely for me. L rarely supped a
broad; but the nights | did so, nothing "as
heard; and severa. times, when came nome,
and was asking my mother aud servants II
they had heard anything, it suddenly burst
forth, ss if in the midst OF Us. One night
the President dc B, ut whose house
had suppcd, desired to see me safe home -
While he was bidding me good night at my
door, the cry broke out seemingly from some.
thing between him and me. lie, liSe all
PARIS, was aware of the story; but hc was So
borriheI, that his servants lifted him into the
ca rage more dead than awe.
Another time | asked my comrade Rose-
IL TO accompany me To the Rue St. lionore
To choose some slufis, and then to loy
a visit Ia Nademoiselle de st. p,
who lived near The Porte II Dennis. MY
gliost story (as il was ca'led) was the sub
icct of our whole conversation. This intel
Iyent young man VAS slrnck by my adven-
tlre, though he did not be ievc tnerS was any
thing supernatural in IL lie pressed me To
envokc TIC pha0tom, promising To believe II
it answered my call. With weak audaeiiy
complied, aud suddenly the cry was heard
three times with fearful loudness and rapidi-
". When Ne arrived at our friends door,
roth of us were found senseleis IN the car
rage.
'Aner the scene, | remained for some
months without hearing any thing thought
it Was all over; but was mistaken.
An the puolc performances had been
transferred to Versailles OH account oi the
marriage OF the Dauphin. We were to pass
three days there, but sufficient 40 iglngs were
not provi :cd ior uS. Madam OruadF'I hau
no apartment and | offered to share with her
the room with two beds which had been as
s;oned to me in the avenue of 81 Cloud
gave her one OF tue beds and took the other
! Whie my maid was undressing to lie down
I A., A u.iI E,.r
worlds end here aud it is dreadful weather;
the cry would be somewhat puzzled To get at
US In momcnt 1t rang through the room
] Madame ,irandyal ran ia her night dress from
top 10 bottom of the house, in which nooody
CLOSED an ,yc fOr the rest OF the night. ] his
! however. was the last tune the cry was
I head.
seyea or eight days afterward. whiie |
WAS chat ng wi,h my usual evening circle
the sound oi the ciue@ striking eleven was
! followed 5y tie .cpO.t uf u gan hfed nj one
/ of the windows we Oli head Int noise we
all saw TIC fire, yet tdc windows was nAdan-
aerd. Ne concluded tuat sJnIe o"e sous AT
u,v lI,e. aud tna il Was necessary To tt"e
precautions against another atteNpt. Inc
lntendant des Menus P,aisirs, who was pre-
sent, flew To the house of his triend, " &c
Marvc the Lieutenant Of Police. Inc
houses opposite mine wcro instahlIy searcn-
ed, and f)r sc' cTa days were guarded from
,oo to bottom NJ hDuse wa closely eX
an,ncd: tue street Was filled with spies ~
all possible dis uiscs. Bat nptnwlthslaiid'
ing Iii th.s vigilance, the same eXr rljsl"h was
heard and s. a iIr IT. c1 " olc njLtlS' al
vays At The same hour, and at the same VIA
dow-panc. without auy one being aolc To dis'
c vcr from Tdeoee 1t Proceeded. IhlS iac'
Stands recorded "a the registers ofthc police
Nothing was heard for some days, bul
having been invited by Madcmoisciio Du'
mesmil To in little evening parry az hc'
house nca' tie Bdrriere btddche, got into
a hackney -cOach at c.Uven . ci - WA 'hy
maid 1t was clear moonlight as we passed
along the u Iulevards, whlcl were tucn DC
ginning TO DC studded with houses. whlit
, We we're looking Il thu half iinisiIcd buiid
inss, my maid said, WAS II not IL th's nel.h
, h b,rho,i thnt VI. dc s. diedl 'Fron
Whist have heard, | u swcrcd. thilS
, should be there pointing with my finger Il
, a house before US. From that hodsc came
, the same runs!lot that had heard before -
IL seemed 10 traverse our carriage, a1d tl'
, clachman sar olf az full speed. thishlh3 w
, were attacked by Robbers. We arrived u
Madeinuiscll. DImesnls in state of th
0 utmost terror; feeling did not get rad U
. for n hong tine
; [Mudc.nolsellc Cairon gives some flrtho
details similar to The aoOve, and a0is tha
i the noises finally ceased ia about two year
# and half. After this, intending to chang
d her residence, she put up bill on tue ho"s
a sh- was Leaving; and many proolc make tn
Il pretext Of looking ut the apartments an cS
j. cusc for gratifying their earnestly to see,
% her every day guIse, the grcat tragedlan :
g. the Theatre Francais.
l. 'One day was told that an old lady des
> red to see my rooms. Having always ha
J. great respect for the aged wen, down
IF receive her. An unaccpnntablo cmotid
j. seized me on seeing her, aud perceived ST
y was moved ia a similar manner. begg.
4 her to sit down. and we were both silent i
Q. some time AT length she spoke, aud aft
,t some preparation camo TO tho subject Ut h
IS visit.
So Il was, madomoiscIle. the best friend of