The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-12-28

ahnut NtnmnhpIl
re.appear unon dpck Weken, nrimiti,e
hours in ,he vessel and ,ll hands no,
otherwise employed were N their ber,In
A, len. ana All 'Iiph,s cateGlly es,inguish.
ed 10 ina, I IND bee,f for The lasl hour
or Two lef. solely 10 nv own ruminalions.
and Mad, | suppose, pot ouite lost lin the
tide of dreamy memories. for | remember
starting as though a ghost fell across me
when his vision Of ms moor friend with
his white face and shaking frame thus
preeled ne. He had come mn witbo,,.his
coat, and his whole appearances IN ,,he
moonlight was chas,Iy. IN bpt needed a
glance 10 convince me that Ne was either
very III or else sIeep wa kinp1llhe mans
whole frame seemed TO totler. Beckon.
inc hastily 10 one Of The hands ON deck
IN lake nv place. | approached nearer 10
him, and plae;au his arm, within my own.
walked him uo and down the deck, dis.
coursing carelessly on things in general,
until thus gave,him time to recover him.
self. never saw person so agitaied
His lips moved convulsively, and his
limbs quivered, whilst he gasped and
chOked to give ullerance TO The words that
vel failed him SO completely. i1HlJ --'0
,Ry deorees howeyer he bec.ne more
con M moospd anJ so leaning heavily On nv
arm. drew him from what had thus
disIurbeJ him. I, anpears he had de
scended ,o his berth at ,he usual lime and
had laid there day.dreaminp. rs was his
c,s,om, over his apnroaching happiness.
The moonJiOht had entered through tbe
ber,b, which was liobled from tbe deck
and ,he waves iusI seemed 10 kiss the
sides Of ,he vessel and altogether he had
fallen into one one Of those delicious rev.
cries ina, seem to qiyc os a fore,asle Of
naraJise. Nolhiup. he said, Of fear had
crossed his mind-onlv. as he mused, a
sor, of s,ill presence fell upop him. as
though the spiril he invoked was actually
in nea,ness besid. him. He closed his
ewes 10 greater ENJOYMENT of his feeling,
and hen, as suddenly, lis old hereditary
oif, If second SIGHT (ell uoon him. and he
saw ,he iii he Was betro.l,ed 10. standing
over hin' with ius, ,he same usual appear.
ance. only he iancied her eyes seemed
more spiri,ualised. She as stopped though
10 press Ter lips upon his forehead /; and
,ben he saw that. instead of his bsr,h. he
w.s in her chamber. and that she was
laid m, colJ and dead befure him. and her
mother was pu,liug aside The white dra.
neres az os 10 close her ewes on which
,he film of dissolution already rested. lie
knew no, how long The vision lasted. He
rather though, he mus, have list con.
scioueness. for the next Thing he remem
bered was noticing again the uncertain
moouliph, in The berlh, and hearing vaguely
the oenle ebb and Anw Of The waves
AGAINST the vessel. How he came on deck
he could no, tell mc-he only felt he
said, tha, he was choking for air. and so
rushed forth. or rather totlered forward
upwads by the gapgway. ".r. "
Will .,;d wh,, could n comnosq
him ,honoh ,ba, was. | fear. unsa,isfac.
,nry ror Tho s,roro hslisr or ano,ber in
wh,, & ,hev hare seen ia yerv ant to affec,
vonr.elC He wand no, however. he
reasoned nm, of wha, he had fold me- Il
was useless ,o sneak 10 him Of lravinp
C,lls, ..Isso and be;po f,ioh,ened he :
nigh,mare ar If HAVING dream, wha, had
occ,r,ed-so,allv vain IN sneak If how
moonliSb, nav he io,arinej into firms
and Iea,n,es ~
/ saw he hardly attended 10 what
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