Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-02

AUG lNouUl OF ~ SlA M
When Marlin Luther, conVehine with friend,
walked Ia ths Aeld at Biselbsn, a6l suddenly be-
held The pattpeNol histh0ugh elIuek q 70 earn
~ lightning liiil corpse, WhakWeIs w leel'
H6SI
SOEk6R eSIltl was u emitd ot loldsl Angelo
when, inhist lld0tphonibeg 81 the odiel nanslot'
Ne puTS9td hls Immortal labOD al nllqulyh'' WIN
OPS ccti0s and ghuSlly notla remains lI9e'u
liIl, 10 atJisl thV workings OF genlleh .s,..
You huve read, moreover, oil Tue hspsl9se as
fisher who descendel horrible pfGolpioel ~ ssalSH
Of eOgls's sggsj and Gwllgng In mid olt, Wa. ...
iacked by (li3 enTaged biTds--O thrilling cue
S.uDVesWhiuh blauChtd.hiS ddlk locks, AUG w.
pIiVed him, FORA time Of IsOson, LfA.lstilI
Hut you have neyeEhea Tie a9ly Of tAaI "les.5
and none save can lel ~ GIVE me- thsnl W,
best attention, end DO not aaabt ne, ios 10 l0'
doubt mysslEt u. tltts&4 i5ff
Ihaljaksn supper, and found pleasure In liz
Amlublv with ibt fhaely.tlavodtsd 3cvllss, and
fresh PHnon haddoobs,I rang my bell. t'Now,
landlody,H SAID, 1Sunposs / lptn ,iu, Aga py
the way, lWss father cold lest liight' ~ you
would give M another Olh9kel ia thank yol.'
"RhI yea stu ys'llh6l fash meP'
Aud good Mistress Wilson lePAtted she YES
kind Scotch soul, and therefore had mol hesl.
lat,d 10 pTelet MY request. Presently she told
me all was ready L took my epndlvl sNeklN paue
her goodnight, aid In ssoond was 10 Eny ep9ll'
Der .Htllg 0 M $500
Before Jumping into bed, sludiouglY olf.liSgll'
se7eFol iilllS articles which hal cplleeFsd In my
Tambles, had lately Arrived i Lell iEom hOllpI''
dam, NHd being frejh from Waterloo, naturally
wished 10 uSlIniglten" tile yaiiOuS relics CO.,
which 1 had btourbt m my eogrt. AltS. Wilson
he'd loaned me drawer, and business began The
chesmitS ttom hougomOhL The Ftelch seeglss, The
views Of In HAys Sdhle, Mont 81. jean La
Montague du Lion, elo, wete seVsIallY plaGtd IN
my drawer. together with guids'LoOks, pocket
compass. and other et6sitre! ~ 's
"RoDp ll tobelp Win that thought my oplsE-
sheh was speedily cast OF did my dsv0lions,
anl turned of the goss' he next mVmenl' Iapl
into bed. las
Cone S,Rus sloepl ETHEREAL mIldRess, oOms. "a
EXQUISITE warm sheetsl Iplungel my feet down
into lheit iscesses. How delielousl how ----
HeayensI what was III What could tie my right
foot enc0uneTedi RtoGsn with vogue horror,
snEang from the bed. My bTain positively hiTledj
my teeth ohatteIed--but not will osM. Coldl o.,
would ratheTslep upon an iceberg, than again
experience the thhll which then endured, There
wOssoDe object in the bed. A rude gasp, ssscIet
robbeV, would have chilled me less, lie mysteH.
Gus feel was moi Of aught humOnl
MpmentpTy relapse INTO desperate moOl, and
my spirit said within me, "Gstin again, aud kick
II Outl" 5s %
Kick oul--whAtl n
Searching IN The dark, lat lost found a chaih-
My next thOuvhl was 10 exnInine my foot. Mol II
was not lacTalel-nOt even ScIOtCheI, True,
had notat the moment eGpeiisncel sense Of puinI
bnL so horrible suEprlSe would not allow Of it,
Mental excitement oIlsn deadens physical sulIer.
ing, YsL asl Believed, there was no laloeIalion.
| could not detect the dow Of blood, and, though
in Tie dark, could have Jsltlbls.
With hands clpspsd OH my forehead, SlrOVe 70
hink What were my best TreOlections o( the
cOuiaciI Remembered that the lCtt foot had
touched nothing, but ash the log went down tire
cevsd Rsnilsr rub ITeeollsol alsoi That the sole
Of my right foot had been visited with The feeling
VI hol Otealli as though Il were the breath Of an
animal. But then II had not touched any rough
OF fUnow creature. Atthis point, impressed with
dread Of tile siipeTnat6Ial ! FelnOyelll my rhhig
to tie most remote oOtpeT Of tie TOoip, and iheIs
pursued my Eain Of rsavclibn. slti "
Was tasleeHills edtf tBniangled IN one Of the
sheets, ils fur mint have been covered. leslled
10 mind MANY ihSlunees OF cats which, cot tile
YsTmlh, had oIep1nto Ueds. Still, one so ludely
aroused would have extended lis olbwsj and l--bgd
Ileen wounledls Not TO the best Of my belisl,
In tlle dtsi place, lWaS Crt fdeni that the
plunge Of my ieeHwOuld have awakened such ap
animal, It's impalSe then would be TO bound
away. But no meyensnl apparent to the gpr had
taken plhcel 4N 1ith
On the other hapd--n ~ t'''"
There were two married ledes staying al tho
house. Que ofthem he'd small baby Her SET.
vnnl. maid had been enioined TO put that precious
infanlto Ted. had head this through my open
door at the moment when supper was served,
Before taking supper, had accidentally caught
glimpse Of lhs servant girl en- route 10 her nus.
uess's apartment and her phyalOgnomy caused me
10 think her a stupid, laundering lass Now, how
eati'y might mislnko hive OO0uHe1l The Utus
pldily or CoIgelluIhsss OF the moment night have
led her TO place the little baby 10 The wrong bed.
It's mauma slept in a chamber next Ia minei how
lucile, then, TO open the wrong dOOTl
CeElOiuli, had not felt anything Of the shape
M substance Of baby. But, in that horrible mo,
nenlmy mind lad been completely unldnged, and
could now say whntl lad i.ili
Thought beats the electric Telegraph. These
IeleclOns occurred in less time than lake 10 mar
rate them.
My first vague huron had given way IN feeling
OF calm fright. lily this time my body was lie.
nnmbed, form ones shut the cold strikes in with
effect.
Huddling myself togel her-aud still IMPRESSED
by the supeInaluTalA-I resumed Iuy chain OIanal-
Ysls Thus, for same minuieR--bul you shall not
Ue lrOubled with more detail. Alter turning over
every horrible pTObobllilY, and glancing IN The
dark towards the bed Gas | bslisVed,) went into
tue committee on ways and means-- what TO ,loI
Should | awaken the landladyl BY ITO means;
even though the cirOumStsnces wBnonled Il,
would NOT, Amer tue hrsl horror, ns hGYe told
you, ediD. fright suCceededi and l felt that
feul(u as Was lie poSIlOil-l would have to brave
IL alone.
No! would light the gas, and lookI
SlOwlyl quilted my OhaiE-but at this moment
o STANCE, uleaEhy, kissing sound came from lie
bid II might Dstle Kissing oil serpenii (and
MT. Wilson was, had heard, an amateur collect
OF ofsGch oreaiutes,J OF the suppressed breathing
ola dog. .ltWns sound as though blood was let.
tlngl Saint Bartholomew, nsYed to death as thou
wnsll how my hait stood up as thought OF siOk-
eliug passages in FrankSiTn! Sinking with the
palsy, asst seemed, Itollered to my chair
But something must be jonei Screwing up my
courage 10 the sticking point and muTmuhng a
prayer, agaiu lose found my tTOuserS, and
searched lorny box Of CongIeves (Which as smo.
keT, invariably CaIry.) It was barrenl not a
single match EenaInedl What should dot To
Gloss The spacious ldnding aud to EeRclhs kitchen
was an early thought. The Ere would perhaps
be smouldenng; might peTchance obtain what 1
required. Mrs. Wilson'S matches could not
hope 10 indj knew not their locality. But an,
OLD newspaper (Which had put Into The drawer
loaned me, Os msulioned.) would do. Could hot
carry II, blazing from the kitchen smbeBi Yes
eOuld-but what theni The glare oIthe light
,vnu1d nronVP ihp aIaenaFa and that-1 Nba vprnnH