The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-07-31


cd substances. distant persons and events
may be bchcld Ifsuch power resides
in anything, ii surely ough,,o be found
in this
lo looked intcnlly in the broadcsl
part Of the brigh, steel. His imnglra-
lion was probably over excited by what
Arthur Leigh had seen, 70, he saw pre-
scntly, as though he wcrc looking
through the metal, the Interior of a
homely cottage. Upon the bed lay u
quiet figure, covered with sheet,
This was turned back from the face,
and he saw distinctly The features Of his
mother.
Cameron dropped the belt, and utter.
cd deep groun. Mastering his emo.
tons, he packed i, up, aud cndcavorcl
a second time TO obtain sight of the
strange vision, bu, it came not again;
and shortly before day break he law
down once more, aud obtained brief
and unrcfrcshing sleep. Tho next dav,
being Sunday, could bring 10 news, so
he spent j, in taking long walk many
miles away, among hills thni in their
widest parts slightly recalled those over
which he had ramblcd in, his boyhood
When at night he returned 10 his lodg-
ing. extreme wenrncss procured him u
deep and tlrcamlcss slumbcr.
When he awokc in tho morning, he
saw his friend Tom Dunslord standing
beside his bed.
ST am glad 10 sec You sleeping so
sonndly," he said; hope did no, dis
turb vo,:7'
"No-nc,' replied Cameron; "I only
wonder that should have slept so long.
was much fa,igncd yesterday. Whu,
is the honr! Is il pas, nine yc,'
1T is only halfpnst eight answered
Dunsiord; "comc along nnti breakfast
with me at the col;c-hoHsc over the
way: we shall hcartl,c post.mon when he
is coming down street, and then VIC can
run out, and sec what hcsbrinSs fnr you.
Come along. Perhaps3yon may huvc n
letter in your mothers oWii5iialii. .ewhich
will a, once dispel all yo1rglnotny for.
bodngs' 81 y
"Ifl should t,pye pas sffl.pm her, [
sl,oaldnof l,lgS bs Inc ess ~! ,as she
sure OF Inc fac, as If had seen her.
"'nhccd!' said Dunsf,rA, thoughtful
ly: "wcll, time will show. The ;Ica is
too deeply grated into your mind 10 ad.
nit Of being urged away. and rnilcrv
would he INDECENT OH such subject.
Wc'!!lrv 10 divert Your thoughts from
il, and wait The healing hand Of time to
console or disahusc YOU
Il was with difficulty that Cameron
could he persuaded 10 take n lille re-
ircshne",. He sal watching from the
window of the cntlGc- house for tho ar
rival Of the pnS,'nnn. He came al last. .
The letter was seized. There were the
black seal, the haui- writing Of the min
lister, the post mark of his na,ivc village
Cameron cast one look o! anguish upon
his friend, and rushed up 10 his own
room, closely followed bv Dunslord
The letter announced the death Of Mrs
Cameron on the previous Saturday, after
an illness Of n few hours on.v. The
writcr concluded hv saying .ha, the de.
ceased had consigned 10 his care the
keys of some chests containing her little
valnabIcs, an: some important papers,
winch were to be given up 10 no one bu,
her son.
Good good exclaimed Dunsforl,
turning as pale almost as the paper
which Cameron had handed 10 him in
silence; "w!Io after Ibis viii deny The
existence of mcsmari>,n, or any olhcr
thing, because it seems inCrmiihlc, and
run, counter othr pro. conceived idcas?'
Every one replied Cameron
"ion Viii doub; il yourself after a few
years.
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