The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1856-12-11

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'FoplP hissed ~.
arm wth the gRbs
! teffN Yell like
that, : you p
Are, telf, TO be
scared you have any
/ by a ia earth Don't
/ you kno found in grave
.II;5H sured me. though
| WEI late lsigh, to
bc oT an aTIy, who all
! fell to with a laughing at
me, and soon reS Fe coffin. Split
ting the lid with Achet, which Lad
been brought for1 1'TpurpoSe, they quick
ly lifted oattiA corpse and then BeN-
son and another THE party taking hold
Of it, one at the tgad aud another az the
feet, they hurried it away, bidding me
follow, and leaving the other 10 ill up the
grave, that it might not be suspected that
the body had been exbumed.
Having got the corpse safely over the
walls Of the cemetry, Benson now cal ed
upon me to perform my part OF the horri-
bic business.
Here, you quaking simpleton,' be
said. want YOU to take THIS on your
back, and make the best Of your way 10
your room and remain alone with it all
night. If you do this brayely. we will
claim you as one of US to morrow and
the first man dares to say word against
our courage after that, shall fnd foe
in me. But hark you If you make any
blunder on the way, and loose our prize,
it will be better for you to quit this place
before set eyes on you again Do you
understand me?
Y ye-ye-yes! stammered, with chat
tering teeth.
Are YOU ready?
Y-ye-yes, | gasped.
Well; come here, where are you ?
All this time it was so dark that |
could not see anything but fai t line of
white, which knew 10 be the shroud Of
the corpse but | felt carefully around
ill | got hold of Benson, who told me to
take oil nay cloak; and then rearing the
cold dead body up against my back, he
began fixing its cold arms about my neck
bidding me take hold of them and draw
them well over aud keep them conceal
ed, and be sure and not let go of them,
on any consideration whatever, as | val
ued my lite.
Ali, the torturing horror | experen-
ced, as | mechanically followed his dtrec-
tions Tongue could not describe i'll
At length having adjusted the corpse
so that | might bear it Oft with compsra-
tive ease he threw my long black cloak
over il, and over my arms, and fastened
it with cord about my neck, and then
inquired
Now, Morris, do you think You can
find the way to the room
'I-I.do-do-don know, gasped, feel
ing as if should sink to the earth at the
first step.
'WelI you cannot loose your way, if
you 60 straight ahead, he replied. Keep
in the middle of the road, and it will take
you to College Green, and then you are
all right Come, push on before your
burden grows 100 heavy the distance is
only good half mile
set forward, with trembling nerves,
expecting to sink to the ground at every
step but gradually my terror, instead OF
weakening gave me strength and | was
soon on the run-splaShing through mud
and watpr-with the stormr>ho owling about
+Ts-,o fury and the cold corpse, as l tan
ciea, ,elinging to me like a hideous vap.
pire.
How | reached my room, do Not
know but probably by sort of instinct;
for | only remember of my brain being in
wild, feverish whirl, with ghoslly rban
toms all about me, as one sometimes Gees
them in adyspeptic dream
But reach my room | did, with my
dead burden on my back and was af-
terwsrds.! told that made wonderful time;
for Benson anff-fa fellow student. fear.
ing the loss of their saorsli.-whlch on
account of the difficulty of getting gt0AsdIlss,
was very yaluabe-followed close behiRI
me, and were obliged to run at the top o
their speed to keep me within haiIing dis
lance
The first remember distinctly, after
getting tp my room, was finding myself
awake in bed, with dim consciousness
of something horrible having happened
though what, for some minutes, | cou
not for the life Of me recollect. Gradual.
| y, however, the truth dawned upon me;
and then felt a cold perspiraton start
rom every pore, at the thought that per-