Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-02

friend. feel mos, unaccountably Opprcsset
"a dread sense of III poradcs the bat lei
me hope tha, IN is past"
i "Wel, think Of i,no mofc," ! replied
aud changed the conversation. 81 lhNc pro.
cured a subjcc,-iemale. beautiful and young
but feel more inclined to let /, r-i and Tot
amids, It's fellow clods Of clay, than bare 81
fair bosom to the knife. !, is well that the
living hold Prc-OccuPancy Of my heart, OF
such bcautcous form Of death"
This note has just been left for YOU, sir,
from Mr.. Smith, who requests an immediate
answer" said my servant entering. read
aloud its contcnts;-
Though unknown to you, save By name
/ and the mention OF another, ! call upon YOU
as the friend Of one who was my friend, ia
assist me in unrayclllnC this horrid mystery.
| On TUESDAY, At two. NV dearest Enily went
| out, with the intention of returning NJ four.
/ Since that hour have bccn uuahlgso obarn
| the slightest information respecting her, ]
| have called IN your ahscucc Cor ~. Glare
\ twice be was Unexpectedly out. Surely
! have not mistaken han Hciuuot have fllCi
UP the measure of mankind's deceit, and
abused the trust rrposcd IN him let me
pay YOU, Tor the love of heaven to give the
the lcas, clue that YOU are possessed of that
NAV lead 40 her discovery.
know not what have written, but YOU
can understand rs meaning
Yours, &c, JoHS Swru."
Starting from his sea, with the air Of a
maniac, 81 Clare abs,rac,cdly pa1cd on empty
air, as il to wan conviction. Too soon Z,
came, and scizinr light, he dashed towards
the closet where he knew the body was to De.
For the fir, time a dark suspicion flashed up
on me, and taking the other candle followed.
The face had been again covered, and 81
Glare, scttiur the light upon the table, stood
tr1nsiycd-nst as wc feel III. pressure Of
some nightmare drcam-wihon iho poScr
Of drawing his eyes away, or by dash.ug
aside the veil, to end thi' suspense Of agony,
IN the certainty of despair.
Every muscle Of his body shook, while
his pale Up, could ouly rut,cr--" It must be
so' |, mus, b. So" and hs finger pointing
to the ,hroudcd corpse, silently babe inc to
disclose the truth. Mute, mouonlc's horror
pcradcd me throughout; then, spunglur
from his trance. be tore away the linen from
the feature, r concealed One glance snf.
feed. True, the las, mcn,y.icur hour, had
robbed them Of much that was lovely, but
they were cas-, IN a mould Of such swcc, cy.
preston, tha, once seen was to be remember.
ed forever.
With irdcscribablc wildncvs he ilunE him.
self upon the body, and embracing the pallid
clay, seemed ,ainly trying To Kiss II back to
life. watched his couuicnaucc uU 3, be
came 50 pale, there was only one shade OF
difference between the two. In an instant
from the strained glare of his fixed glance
MS eyes r,IlNyu, ana uiclcss, lnlnimair rN,
preston of noncu,ity succeeded their former
tension, while with his hand still retaining
the hair Of the deceased IN his grasp, he sunk
upon the ground
Assistance was called, and from a state OF
inscnslbiIity he passed into ones q doprcssion.
All our efforts to di,culanglc the locks he
had ~ warmly loved from his fingers were IN
vain, the lock, were, therefore, cut or from
the head, Through an the anguish Of hi,
soul he never spoke The la, wods to
which h, lip. gave uucnncc, were these
'' Il mus, be so 1t mus, be 81, It mus, be 20. ''
I For hours be would stare a, one object, and
/ his look was To me 80 full Of horror and rc,
proach that could not NEE, 1t. Suddenly
he would turn io the hair, and fastening hi'
lips upon 1t, murrur some iRaf,iculalc sounds
and weep with al the bitterness Of iuiautnc
sorrow.
The reader will remember i, 50 chanccl that
| never was introduced to the heroine Of my
tale bu, all my doubt was now removed a,
tn the identity Of the subject Tor dissection
with the unfortunate Emily Smith. How
she came by her death was a mystery that
nothing seemed likely to unraycl,
Not the sllghes, marks OF violence could
be found abou, her person. The arms were
certainly IN IN unnatural position, being bent
with the palu,s upward, as Il TO support :
weigh, and seemed to have been somewhat
pressed, but this might he accounted ior by
the packing OF The body. All besides wore
the appearance Of quicscon, death
She vas opened and no, the slightest trac,
Of poison presented itself Immediate seaicl
had been made for the men They had al
scondcd, and all apparent means Of inquiry
seemed hushcd with the yic;im OF science II
its grayo,
Some years passcd-S,. Clare was dead
the father of the unfortunate Emily was NJ
more Fortune had thr,cn with me, and be
ing indePcndon, of practice, had settled II
the west end OF London and married the OBJ
ject of my choice. was soon occupied viii
the employmenis of my profession, and among
the rest that Of surgeon to the --Dispcn
sary.
Seven years after nv first commencement
/ had TO attend a poor man who was attackc,
Nnh inflammation n the brain. The vio
lcnce of the disease had been subduod, bu
some strange wandcriugs Of dclirium still
haunted him. In paroNysm Of this sort, h,
one day exclaimed to me as | was feeling hi
pulse" Gu, il or, Cut II or it says 50
OF with rw Paving no attention TO this,
replaced his arm within the coycrld, bu
dashing IT out he seized mine, and demande,
4" Does it not say If thy right hand oiTcnC
thee cut 1t OIL" "Yes, my man, but your