Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1854-10-13

held the partner Of his thoughts struck t. the
earth hy Il ishIn;ag-a Evid corpse, what Were his
feelings
Or, how excited was the raind OF Michael An
gao, when. in his silent chambers Of the Medic
he pnrsued his immortal lsbours at
midnight, sstli opened cofins and ghastly NOR
tai remains around him, 10 assist tie workings Of
his genius!
You have read, moreover of the Hebriiean
fisher vino descended horrible preciple IN search
of cages >ggs; and swinging IN mid ar, was
attacked 5y The enraged hirds-a thrilling cir
cumstance which blanched his dark locks and
deprived hira, for time, OF reason
But yo'i nave never heard the story Of that
ntgaf. ant. none save can tell it. Give NE, then
YOUR best attention. and do hot doubt me. f5r
do nqt dopbt myself.
I lad taken supper. and found pleasure in IL
Amisbla with the finely favored coffee and fresh
Finnon haddocks. rang my bell Now, land
lady, said, suppose turn in. And by the
way, [ was rather cold, last night Ii you would
give ms aaogher blanket I'd thank YOU.
"Eh! YES. sir; veil no fash me-
And good Mistress Wilson departed She wa,
a kind Scotch soul, and therefore | had not hesi
tated to preier my request Presently she told
1ne all was ready. l took my candlestick, bade
her good night, and IN second was in my cham
Der.
Before jumping into bed. I studiously arran
aed yeral fttIe articles which had collected in
nv ramhles ! had lately arrived at Leth from
Rotterdam, and being fresh from Waterloo, l ns-
turallv wished to ''straighten' the various relics
etc, which had brought in my coFre. Mrs.
Wilson had loaned me drawer and business
began The chesnuts from Hougouont, the
French eagles. the views Of La Haye Sante,
Mont s.. Jean, La Montague du Lion, etc, Were
severally placed in my drawer. together with
guide-Iooks, pocket compass, and otheret catera.
'.Nose I'll to bed!'' With that thought my
outer sIall was speedily cast off. | did my de-
votionssand turned off the gas. The next mo-
msnt, + ss4zsot inso bed
y, gentfe sleep, ethereal niIdne.s, cerne.
Exauis.ts warm sheet! / plunged my feet down
into their recesses, How delicious, how
Heavens! what was it? What could il be my
right foo, encountered7 Frozen with vague hor-
ror, spnng from the bed Ny brain positively
whi:led; nay teeth chattered-but not with cold.
Cold' .. | would rather step upon an iceberg.
than again experience the thrill which | then en-
dured There was some object in the bed.
rude grasp, a secret 1ohber would have chilled
NE less. It's mysterious feel was not of augh.
human
Mon,entary relapseinto desperate mood, aud
NV spirit said within ne, "Cet IL again and kick
il out''''
Kick out--what?
Searching in the DARK al last found a chair
My next thought was tcexanine my foot. No!
it not laeerated--not even scratched. True,
had not at the moTnen experienced sense Of
pain; but so horrible surprise would not allow
Of it. Mental excitement often deadens physical
suffering. Yet as l believed there was 40 acer
alton. ! could not detect the flow of blood and,
though in the dark, | could have telt TINS.
With hands clasped on my forehead, | strove
IL Ifp1 hat hast t.T .
contact! | remembered tha. the lJt foot had
touched nothing. but as the leg went down It re-
ceived gen.ie rxb. | recollected also, that the
sole Of my right foot had been visited with the
feeling Of hot breath though Il the breath
OF an animal. But then it r al no. touched any
rough or furry creature At this point, impress
ed with dread of the supernatural, removed
my chair to the most remote corner Of the room,
and there pursued my train of reflection.
Was it a sleeping catS Entangled in one oi
the sheets, lis fur might have been covered
called to mind many instances of cats which for
the warmth had crept into beds. Still, sc
rudely aroused would have extended its claws
aud had been wounded? Not TO the bes
of my belief.
In Ire first place, l was confident tha. tks
plunge of my feet would have awakened such al
animal. It's impulse then would be 10 bound a
way. But 40 movement apparent to the ear hac
taken pace
| On lie other hand
/ There were two married ladies staying at III,
| house One of them had a small baby. He
serv ant maid had been enjo;ned to put that pre-
/ cioas infant to bed | had heard this through m,
open door at the moment when supper was Sc,
we'd
| Before taking supper, l had accidentally caugi
a glimpse OF the servant girl en- route 10 her mi:
tress' apartment, and her physiognomy cause
me TO think her stupid. blundering lass Nov
! how easily might mistake have occurred Ih
stupidity or forgetfulness of the moment migi
have led her to place the little baby in tie wron
bed. Its mamma slept in the chamber next
mine; how facile, then. to open the wrong doorl
Certainly. Rad not felt anything of the sh a
or substance Of badly. But. In that horn
moment my mind had been completely unhinge
and could now say what had felt?
Thought beats the electric telegraph. The
reflections occurred in less time than take
narrate them.
Ny first vague horror had given way to a fe'
ing Of calm frioA. By this time my body V
benunlbed. for in ones shirt the cold strikes
with effect
Huddling myself together-and still imp.e.
ed by the supe.natural-I resumed nv chain
analysis. Thus, for some minutes,-but y
shall not be troubled with more detail AZ
turning over every horrible probability, and gar
fbo Aarh Nr-~pds thHh ho,3 Il. R,o1:ov~J