The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-03

different timcT but they're bad, the very
child they say when hr cnmrs IN that share,
has the face Of Aatau-GOd bless us and no
h0dy's ever the same thai Hrcs him once"
by this time ! was seated n my vehicle,
aud some six az eight minutes quick driving
Whirlcd ua into the old fashioned street, aud
brought tln cliaisa "a a full stop before the
open door and well lighted hall of the Bcll
I'm To me thurc has alWayh been an air of
iudc.crihablr cheer aud comfort about a sub
stanlial country hosirrccspccially when one
arrive, 10 did, upon a keen wiutcrs night
viii au appetite as.shnrp, and something of
tlat honrc uf adventure and excitement which
bniOre the days Of down trains aud tok cts,al-
wRystin greater or lees degree rave xest
to travelling Greeted with that warmcst of
welcomes Tor which inns, alas are ctlcbrat-
cd, had soon satisfied the opportunities of a
keen appetite; and having for some hours tax o
cn mine ease ia q comfortable plrlor before a
blazing irc, ! began 90 feel sleepy and lr,-
took my self 90 my NO less comfortable bod
chamber,
lt b uot to hc supposed that the adventure
utthc church yHrl had been uhlitcratcd from
my recollection hy the suppressed hustle and
good cheer Of the "liclL" On the contrary IL
lad occupied me almost necessarily during
my solitary Uminauuns and as the night ad-
,anccd, aud the stiffness of lrcpo8c and dcscI-
ton stole over the old mansion, the sensations
with which the train ui remembrance aud
speculation was accompanied became anything
hut purely pleasant
! iclt,l cuuicrs. .lidacty aud uuecr-T scratch
cd the corners and rcccsscs OF the oddly shap-
ed aud roomy old apartment / turned the
face Of the looking glass tO the wall pokcd
the fire into u roaring blaze looked lchind
the window curtains with vague anxiety, To
Ill 81. lot.
there The shutter was little opch. and iIi,
iNicd tower OF the little church aud thetuil,d
tops of the trees that surrounded it, were sis
IDLE over the slope utthr Intervening hil !
ha-tl, shut oul the uuWrlcumc object. and in
a moud OF mud, mist confess favorable &C.
nougl g. any freak my nerves. might plcHvr
~ play me, hurried through nv disposition,
for the night humming a gnN air all the time
Ia rras,uru myself and plunged into bed, cx-
unguishiug the candle, and-shall IacknoWl-
cdg" The Wcakncssf nearly burying NY head
under The blankets.
lay awake F6mC TiHC, M mon VIII do nh
der such circumstances, hut atlcnrth fatigue
ovcr'arr me, and lcll into profound ,lrcp.
From this rcpu.c ! WIS, howcycr aroused IN
the lmhhcr am about tu describe, 4 very
considerable iui,r,dl must have iut.r,pn.d
lhorHwt= cold air in the room very uulisr
the comfortable atmosphere ia which had
composed myself 10 sleep, The fire. though
much lower than when lAd gone 10 bcd.was
sull emitting ilamc enough 10 throw flicker
lng hight over. the chamber. curtain.
wcrc,. however, closely drawn, aud could
10y. ...,.
There had been arTawakcla clankiug a
mong the fire irons, ~ IT, a pal,icd hand was
striving tn arrange the fire. and this rather
unacountabc noise contilgcd for some see
onds after had become completely awake.
Under the impression that | was subjected
to an accidental intrusion, called outal first
in gentle aud ancrwlEl, in n sharper tone,
"Who's there -
At the second summons the sound ceased,
and heard instead the tread of naked feet,
as il seemed 10 nir. upon. the floor. pacing To
and fro, between the hearth and the bed in
which lay. snlersiitians terror. which /
could not combat stolr over me; with an Ell
olt repeated my question and drawing my
self upright III the bed. expected the answer
with q strange sort of trcpiddtion. II came
in terms and accompanied with accessories
which shall not soon forget.
The very sanc tones which had 50 startled
me in the church yard the evening before ,lhc
very sounds which ! had heard ;hcn aud there
were now filling my ears, and spoken in the
chamber where | lay.
.Wil You trouble the dead? Who can
torment rs before thd time ! win come To
ya''- IN niA- le4L. though after my skin worms
destroy this body and you shall speak with
mr face Ia face"
As live, | can swear the words and the
voice WERE very same had heard ON the
occasion had mentioned, hut (and mark this)
repeated TO no one. With feelings which
shall not attempt to describe, ! heard the
speaker approach the bed--a hand parted
the curtains and threw them open, revealing
a form more horrible than my fancy had ever
-sren=an Almnst- -ggAnlie Gaure, naked. eN-
ccpt for what might we'll have been the rot
remnant #, -lttottl--tt,pti close beside
my bed; livd and cadavcrous grimmcd as it
seemed with the dust of the grave, and star
ing ON me with gaze of despair, malignitv
and, fury, too intense almost for human cndur-
ancc.
cannot say whether spoke or not, but
this Internal spectre answered me as it had.
II am dead and yet alive" it said ''the
child of perdtion--in the grave am a muir
dcrcr, hut here | am ArOLLYoN. Fall down
aud worship me-
Having thus spoken, il stood for n morrent
at the bedside, and then turned away with a
shuddrriug moan, and t lost risht ei i, bat
after "A few seconds it came again TO the bed
sdc aS before
"Whcn died they put me under Mcrvyn's
tombstone aud they did not bury me My
feet lie toward the wcSt; turn them 10 the east
and will rcst-maybc will rest; | will rest
v-rest"
Again the figure was gone, ana once again
il returned, and said,
~ am your mastcr--I ana your tcssurrcc-
ton and your life, and thcrntoro, fall down
and worship me" ~
1t made a motion to mount upsn the bed
but what further passed know ,ot,for iain-
ted. ---,-
| must have lain in ihis1statG for long
time, for when | became conscious the fire
was almost cNtipct, For hours that seemed
interminablc ay,scarcely daring to breathe,
and afraid to get up lest should encounter
the hidoous apparatiou for aught / knew, ,lurk-
ing close beside me. ! lay, therefore, IN IN
agany of expectation such as will not at
tcmpt.to describe awaiting the appearance
ot daylight
Gradually it capc, and with it the cheerful
and rrussuriug sounds OF life and occupation
At length | mustered courage to reach the
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