The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-09-03

not be long; | am going onlyto visit pool
Mary Lee, She, has been sinking more
rapidly fofthelast few days, and YESTERDAY
she sent her little brother, ID ask me tc
come 10 her early to-day, for she had some
thing TO impart TO me, and wished to SEE
me alone" 3 ,ss,nff W
"Ever bent on errands Of mercy, my
sweet child God bless you! for you are
blessing to us ALL" There was an un.
wonted iervor In his manner as he drew
her toward him and kissed her brow, as i
some fearful apprehension had taken pos
session Of him, which rendered her dearel
than ever to his heart. She started and
gazed wonderingly into his face, while q
tear dimmed her clear blue eye, and she
said tremulously--eAjj" u Y .i2. =
"llwish my dear father would tell me
what has happened to disturb him."
"Nothing. my precious child.T Now go
but do not let poor Mary'sa secret detain
you beyond the breakfast hour. for our
guests, will miss your sunny iace." Again
he tried 10 smile, but the effort only threw
a deeper shadow on poor Bertha's brow
and she went forth with 9 heart less light
than that with which she had entered. -li
i was not long before her mother, with
a hurried step and pertubed manner, enter.
ed the library. shave come to you" she
said. d."in compliance with Bertha 3 request;
she tells me that you are disturbed; pray
tell me the cause, James. and let me share
it, whatever, it may be-" She drew. her
chair beside him and laid her hand upon
his arm. 1 At'o''s ca h' '9''a'S tH"'
1"She is right" he replied, .'6elieve me,
Mary, some horrible wo is impending over
US. God alone knows what it may be, but
that some heavy, some bitter calamity
hangs, like sword suspended by single
hair, above our heads. | feel as surely as
ilit were all revealed before me now. You
may call it folly, superstition, what you WILL;
and | have tried hard to think it so, but
the awful conviction is ever present to me.
1t has been revealed 10 me IN a dream,
every circumstance Of which has passed
away from me; but the impression left up.
on my mind is Of vague, an underlined, a
shadowy vision Of horror. So intense was
the agony il awakened, that ] sprung from
my bed. and when awoke was stand
ing in the centre Of the room, with the per.
spiration starting from every pore, my
hands clenched in my hair, and as my
eye fell on the mirror near me. . gave back
to my gaze such a picture oil frantic hor.,
ror as. trustinever again to look upon,
Ny hair stood upright upon my head; my
face was lived and ghastly, and my eyes
almost starting from their sockets. You
slept profoundly, and | would not disturb
you. u.dlSlraDge as it may seem TO you, |
cannot recall one feature, of that awful
dream; but when, restless and wretched-
for | could not throw off its dreadful infu.
enoe-l descended to the library, in the
vain endeayor to Danish. it from my re-,
membrance, suddenly our darling child
entered, and in moment some mysteri-
ous influence seemed to cluster about her.
and to connect her with all the horrible
agony of that haunting vision. Gracious
Heavell!l what lis the awful doom that
awaits my ,child!"", ,o.t,-.l ,s... a. or,o.
...My dear husband, surely this is. unlike
yourself, TO be so moved BY mere dream.
Horrible as it was, reflect for a moment
that it was only a dream. Come. come.
free your mind from this impression. it is
mere weakness, Sir Charles expects you
10 Join the fox. hunt to day, and in the ex
ofsthe chase you will forgot these
gloomy forebodings.'a 20 'G6I 9'5poh a
"It is in vain, Mary; ! cannot join our
guests in the sport to-day. At breakfast |
will do my best to be cheerful; but this
daysI must pass alone. Above all, do.
not let Our child suspect what | have told
you." "woG olb 9l9h' 3sH a1aaHt yHJ
j A beliefin revelations to US by dreams,
premonitions ofcoming events.
although regarded as an indication OF
mental weakness and superstition, is more
prevalent than most Of us are willing to
confess; and few among us are proof a.
gainst the impressions which are some-.
lines made. upon our minds, by such oc-
currences. And why, lei US ask, should
It be deemed weakness! In the olden
lime, when the patriarch's dreams excited
the bitter jealousy Of his brethren; and
again, when the -"hlene-mene-Tekel-
Upharsin',a ',appeared ON the palace wall Of
the Babalonial monarch; and, later still,
when id the lie of Patmos were openedth
great seals to the spiritual eye oftheinspir-
ed Evangelist. il pleased the Almighty 50
10 reveal the events that were to come -
And why may We not suppose that. as
or preparation for that which
may befall US, IIeoisstill pleased. : at times,
10 make such revelations TO his children in
The visions, Of the night For ourselves,
We see see no weakness aud no folly in the
belief that the qihihistering angels Who
'waich and duly wardH are sometimes
nttofus, onthe errands ofmercy, in the
hours of slumbsr; and oh, il they be those
who have loved us here, is there not satis-
action and pnspeakable happiness in the
hought? ~ a0f7s.'a1 '7'siq isla sl' .
gnola gaW ~ ldsis - K BgiH9g est ,aeilu
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Meantime, Bertha went forth on her. err