The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1856-11-06

ration ot law
! They had b,Sn sepcra,,d bat short tine
when gidiy Young friend spcni an evenine
with Mary She had known Geofga we'll ana
Mary innopntlv h., her into their sccrct. ~
4 ter the parting kis, had hcvn given. she soi-
cn,nly declared to Mary that Georseh,d iccev
e,l her..-thal he WAS engaged Ia aUn,hcr. The
loved onc was rnfasei, She sat down. AMI in
a leuer 90 George poured ioSh tenlcrly, the
| iiw of All injured wornnnS soul Shc mauwd
him false and heartleVs'. without ovrn an dn
siun 10 the nature oi his iault. SlN declared
that his uamc should never again pass from her
| lips. aud forbade hiai 10 visit her 90 write her.
or 10 attempt reconciliation in any manner.
whatever might be his cxuusc 'lheu, the SAINT
ewening-~O hasiy revenge - sho allresssl y
letter toher iormcr suitor. accepting the cnyr
Of his hand The sealed messengers had hardly
takcn their flight. the onr bcaring death 10
plans long cherished the other life o. hopes
soag deferred, when Mary wax told by her
friend that IL was only II Jest, And when the
latter saw the deep wrong she had done, she
threw her arms around the neck Ut the iunrcd
ouc and weeping IN despair &souaht her Tor
givcncSs. such, however, was the elect upon
Mary's mind. that Tor soaietimc ste would not
iistci, 10 Recommendation witt, hin ron WHOM
she had 81 ru,lcly torn. Hat n mutual irmnd
brought thcm together, and again II was sun
shine ior poor Gcorg,
We had thus lived together f,r nearly three
weeks when ohc day " was announo'd that
a ieuialc had been barIed IN The village with
whcsc sudden death many remarkable INSTANCES
had been connected, The family were strangers
Their daughter had been taken i'll in the cars
aud died as was supposed. Of 'nosi rare and
Interesting form oi DISEASE, "A iow hours after
their arrival al the hotel, That night n NUN
ber oi collrgia,es met at our room Tor u social
entertainment. II was IN the month Of Dccem
btr. aud y iurlous storm was driving over the
iand Seated at tho table VIZ would now aud
tL,ii pause aud Listen 10 the winds howlIng und
shricling around the old coll,gowalls with u
funeral wall. Il was such night ~ ono loves
not ~ remember.
The recent death WAS alluded 10 The sup
possi disease became tuhloet oi discussion.
Warm words followed. In tho heat oi The
controversy one Of my companions proposed
that we should obtain the corpse aud hy an au
topscnl examination ,itle the disputed point.
From this most OF tL,.a appcand at first Ia
shrink. Not one ui ui had cyer played the
par, of resurrcc,ionii hu, the novelty ot
the thing The spirit Of adventure 10 which il
appealed, AMI the scientific enthusiasm oi many
ofmy COMPANIONS outwcighcd all possible acru.
pies and objections. Not onc among them.
however, possessed augb, of that balE spirii
which would wanlonly disturb the silent hoa,l.
not one ri ,htia wond have wished 10 rob even
the grave "l u victim for purely selfish or i'm
proper purpose.
We learned that the deceased had been bu.
ri,,l Temporarily IN the nrghbofing comctcry,
and was 'o bc removed to an Eastern city IN
the spring. Hence IT was determined 10 ac-
coinpliSh our purpose 10 such manner IA never
To excite suspicion. oYen should the face Ol The
dead he afterwards cspoaed Everything was
to be restored precisely a. We found it. and the
work sas Ia bo donr with such noatns@ that
not cve0 the grave itself would ever JiKcipae
the dreadful secret Of that night.
With slow and solemn stroke the old village
clock pcolel forth the hour of eleven aa wc
dt'scobdcd ,nto the streets well inuflIed and sup
piled with spades and dark lanterns am IN
10 danger of forgetting that dfcadlul u,abi
how the bird killing storm swept pasi. driving,
the Haow Ike cutting SHEET. whlrlng II 10 md
mir and piing IL here abd there In wavy ian
as,ic drifts. Oue who had wiiD,,,ssd The bnr.
,ai IN the afternoon led us 10 the rreslily.elossd
grave. Nothing short Of absolute uaoessiiy
could have driven IA forth Oh such "a night, bal
nnr of our number was stationed AT the gate tn
guard against possible Surprise. think ihcr
wsrr gloomy thoughts in tLc miwis III ~ nil ~.
No opo Wa INCLINED u spak. lIia ir,ah
mound o' clay Was not yct deeply Irozei In
twenty IDInn'ct We had almost reached the eof
tn when all AT ohec bright light twinki.d
lDr "a moment 10 tiW' direction tJt the cete and