Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-11-17

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mamma slep, in the chamber next to mine
no" facile, then, TO open the wrong door
Certainly. | had not felt anything Of the
shape or substance Of baby. Bot, in that
horrible momen, my mind had been complete.
ly unhinged and could now say what |
had felt
Thought beat, the electric telegraph -
These reflections occurred in les time Ihin
] take to nauale them.
My first vague horror had given way tn a
feeling Of cslmfrirht. By this time my body
was benumbed, for in ones shir, the cold
strikes ia with eject.
IIuddling myself togs,her-and sIili i'm.
pressed by the supcrna,ural-l resumed my
chain Of analysis. Thus, for some minutes
but you shalt not be troubled will more De,
tail. A0ei turning over every horrible pro-
liability, and rlaneing in the dark towards th,
bed. (ss bel,'ed,) ] went into the CON,
mitiec, tall alOns) on ways and means, what
To do
Should awaken the landlady By ne
means even though the Circumstances war.
ran, II, would not. Alter the first horror 4
cllm irgh, succeeded, and islI that fcar..
ul a, was the po,llion-l would have to
brave it alone.
. No would light the gas, and-look
Slowly quilted my chair. but At this mo-
men, a strange, unssrhly kissing sound came
from the bed 1t might be the kissing Of i
serpent, (and Mr.. Wilson was, | had heard,
an amateur collector Of such crealures,) or the
suppressed breathing of a dog. |, was a
sound a. though blood were letting Saint
Bartholomew, aaysd to death as thou vast
how NV hair stood up As though, Of sick.
ening passages in Fr@1laiar' Shaking
with the palsy, as it seemed, ! iOilered to my
chair
/ But somsihin. must be done Scrswing
up my Nurlge to tho sticking point, and mur.
muring payer, | again rose, found my
trousers. and searched for INV bnr Of con.
grove, (Which, as a smoker, | invariably car.
U) 1t was barren not a single match re.
manned Wha, should do To cross the
spacious landing, and to reach the kitchen,
was an early thought. The hre would per.
haps be smouldering, might perchaneo ob.
tain what I required. Mn. Wilson's mat
ches could uo, hope to find, knew no,
their locali,y. Bot an old newspaper (Which
. I had pa, into the drawer loaned me. as men.
'ionrd.l would do.
Could no, | cary IL, blazing from the fii.
chen cmbersi Yes, | coull, bat Nhatthe
The glare ofthe lich, vouli arouse tie sleep
ris. and lhsn-lhe second mruiei lady W1s,
| bad heard Mrs.. Wilson say. fearful Of frc,
and / frlt persuaded that, after the m1nner
or other whom know, she sIrp, with her
door arr'
/ flt fr INV clne,--lhs one which ! had
brought from llougoumont. Desperate,
thought ofSriking the coVcrle, until that Oh.
rct moved Bu, suppose it were an infin, :
All could pass my cane gently over the
,nriace and do no harm.
/ approached ihe bed, nni did so. Then
starting hack, nv summoned resolution len
me, knew. I felt iha, the ohirr, wa, still
there With 4 beating heart. | dressed my
self as could. and cautiously feeling my w,y
to the siinr.room. lay down on the sofa, and
drew my coat over me.
For a time | was unable to sleep, nv
nerves were too much strained. at lcngth |
irnppci or into m uneasy slumber.
The clock Of an adjacent church struck
four awose Morning had come, golden
aoI silver rays we're f,shing through the
crevic,s or the shutters. T,ro,c With q per-
feet memory oflas, night. occurrences, shook
myself. ani, rslssured by the day, proceeded
to my chamber.
! w, not M ease when | entered I.iop.
ped on th, threshold, bnt a, ll', slowly wen
in With hated breath approa,hei rhr t'd.
Oh, shall | ever erase from memory that rs.
violation
Ghoul vampire! monster, mIshnpPen,
and creatures charged to freeze the blood :
No marvel that had thought Of ye
My terror had been acuiely excited nv
nerves awfnlly startled, and discovered the
cause at iho bottom Of the bed, in the share
Of a "fooi.botile 2" Mrs. Wilson pray for
the future inform your guests when YOU give
them bed.iellow, which a bad conscience or
active Imagination can conjurc in'o 4 fright
/ fnl and mYsiernns monster.