Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-02-03
! which onlyssufhced to itnpars an ndduionaI
air Of gloom olhe various objects in the

air Of gloom toihe various objects in ii
ROOM, z-,-t.
1 Fhe light from such lamps rob ihe con
4plexien of every particle Of color; and
ihe face beiplaced near tosthe lf1ame,. ii &c
quires the .ghastlys hue of death. Doc,o
J-----: purposely placed himself close TO III
lamp, and he being a man of Aorid com
fplexlon. tile palled hue that lie flame CAV
to his face wassall4the more remarkable
and Itook carelihatMr. Harrington shoul
nouce IT,. zzgeS.y y .asssatsTyaa s;f4 sgg 4si.z
Doctor ~ 4 snid, you look very i'll
perhaps you would rather no, go an,
further 10 this matier yourself. Mr. IIar
Iring,on and Ican manage think wilhou
kyouj taso 7.q g.t, oi gsa efoGA .I:hless
I. 'Ne-no.'. replied Doctor. ''I'll stay
But the real fact is, ! do feel q strang,
NERVOUSNESS creeping over me.' 90 E5937
tod sSoAso do j said Mr.! Harrington asg
Eaosfhen,' saidsL, solemnly theslampais be-
ginning 10, act.' g4s vs.if disc, gg a3ss7a
The lamp?'' cried Harrington r. .,..
Yes; it's very singular, but that lamp
Fif il be continued for any length Of time
attracts around il the inhabitants Of anoth
or world ID a s4seila val sd3 aoidw eiaa
Indeed. IL wasn't aware. you ,hae
begun. s,ammered Harrington. - lf;.-
= ~ What was that, Doctor ---!' | sale
suddenly pretending TO hear something
|ts!Hiush---hushl'i replied Doctor =A-- ,aoI
nm sure one is .heres'asos asiyslss9grs Al ia
Vi, tOne!--77ehP cried Harrington, giving
a start. You don't really mean
~ sNow Ismeil it, remarked. 1881 va :.
b sotSmen hf'i ala2!a9 ayso sid s&aas 81 sat
Ii sHush--hush!' / said, laying my hanc
on, Harrington = arm. Say asli.sle as pos
sibls Don't you smell strange cd sodo.f ~,
p" Yes ~. ' '''''sF S'''' '''' 's''''
LAS IL from some long pent per, up up tvaultasd
RsstYss-yes.'.'sss sgsstat sss&t 7obHeq ssq
.ssa Where.the dead have been rotting fol
centuries in all the, ghastly corruption 9o
the silent tombgk y3:v. s,,;q s,44se; .ss1
yes; II smell just that, 1It's-it's ra
ther aw full ''-- -
be The fact is, that the pyroligneous ethe'
has a singular .charnei house kind OF smell
and approaches nearer to the peculiar oder
from graves than Al anything else / al am aware
Of. -,
g 'Ths-e, again ? suddenly cried Docttoo,
a-a----, did you Eearp = ssasg 80 :s3t So
said i, "a rushing sound = sgssg z,s
sissf.Y yes faltersd Harrington, Il heard
it too.' .,s.;, -. ...,,..4..., "a ..--,gs...
.My dear SIR ] said, you will soon b,
gratifed. 1 hope you will not again ash
!. !, av ;l;t,nS1 ell -, M
be days before the impression leaves my
jmind.'} .sssa5- a5 gtas tia;lz 81 i5.g !.3ssa
zI.!tY yes, it is certainly very dreadful sale
Harrington. H.. -, =
y Twas beg inning 10 be disappointed tbav
our patient did not back out Of the expert.
ment before this, for | was scarcely prepar.
ed TO go any further; and how to show him
any thing thatawould do. for ghost, could
not conceive on, the spur Of the moment. 4;
pretended 10 be busy about the room, and
as / passed Docter. | wbispered-.5
When l say, now it's coming, put ou
the light Doctor -A-.a5 hSs -{ts3l,ais2ai
He nodded assent, and j went to idra W.
er in which were some osteelogical speci.
mems, and selected a ,fnely-w whiteneds and
well-articulated arm, with all the finger.
very perfect
sssNow it's coming said I. and at thai
moment Docter 49, epntiout the'light.. "a
sThe lights gone out,' cried Harrington
sHilloa? Light $ lightp af3 ~ 4D8E
> gave a deep grean. q gl.gs} ls azae,I
What's thatp' he cried-'Doctor ~,
where are you? Il don't like this. ]. God
bless me! how very dark-eh2 :, What?-
Didn't you speak? = What an odd smell
Really now, ] eh?'nf ,or ssfr,. ia aes.
o.. Another groan.g g.ss,F, azsg %
Somebody in pain, Doctor ~. i say
Doctor ----. upon second thoughts, do you
know, I think you-you need not trouble
yourself, After all, it's better toto leave
ghosts alone g.,+.-,s.s,s} SO ~
Here made most unearthly noise
which nearly threw Doctor into fit.
of laug hter, which he was nearly smother
ed in suppressing.
stfThere-there,' cried Harrington F9don ;
want to see one. That'll do. Let them go
Isay. Pm done with them. 'Hilloa, there
-help-murdef good God murder
Iglided behind Doctor ---'s chair, ant
giving him lucifer match, l said Ia ''2.: !.
Light the lamp again sF'St ..'s2s.,.5, ...,..
He did so, and having the skeleton arm
in my hand, I placed the long bony finger
over Doctor = = s shoulder. e~ sf'sS'S
Mr.. Harrington turned his eyes toward
the light. and the first thing he saw wa
the seeming hand Of a skeleton graspin
the shoHlder Of Doctor - .a"zfS =
s'The Lord help us!' he cried, making
spring to the door. There's one!-there'
onei1 sa sGast8 #E1ss 5selsiIs@ atss SIS
Nov, it never occurred to me that Do,
tor -- was a nervous man himself, an
did not know what was doing at all, an
when Harrington, with horror depicted G
his countenance, called out, There's on
there's onev he thought it merely the effe
Of an excited imagination, and he said
Where, Mi. Harrington--where!'
Help cried Harrington, trying to ope
the door, which / had unlocked, sOn yo,
shontder--' ,el ssissl ,9as'':le} sf9sf;l1 s'sia
Il Doctor - turned his eyes to bis shou
der, and saw the hand apparently playir
with his collar. upon which, 10 my surpris
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