Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-10-24

unknown tongue, but an inarticulate
sound, choked in the throat that attempt
ed to give it birth.
" Hark p exclaimed Irving, raising
his finger, It's the moving of the waters;
the angel has descended"
As he spoke, figure in white drapery
rose out of one of the pews. She raised
her arms high towards heaven, like the
priestess of Delphi, and uttered sounds
so wild, sprill and unearthly, and with a
cadence so melancholy and musical, that
they thrilled us to the marrow, and made
our very hair stand on end.
When she ceased, Mr. Irving rose,
and said, +" To one is given divers kind
of tongues, to another the Interpretation
of tongues" and sat down again.
A man then rose, and attempted an
Interpretation of the sounds which the
female had uttered. After this, the
priest pronounced the benediction, and
dismissed the assembly.
/ scarcely exchanged a werd with my
friend, on our way home. l felt tremor
in his hand and arm, as they rested with
in mine; but the morning being cold, I
said, You are chilly. Let US walk
faster-I am hungry"
There was large party at breakfast
that morning, and the conversation was
bright and sparkling, but my friend
took no part in it. He looked sad and
moody; so much so, that [ slapped him
on the back, and, told him to cheer up
that there was "money bid for him. -
He replied by as ugly and malicious a
grin as ever saw on human face. The
next moment he was lying on his back
on the floor, foaming at the mouth. He
was mad-stark mad. He had been
fundamentally bitten, by Edward Irv-
ing, or the white prophecies. l thought
it was epilepsy.
We raised him from the floor, to con-
duct him TO his own room. l held one Of
his arms, the mistress of the house, g
matronly woman, the other. We ascend
ed a long fight of circular stone stairs
with iron balustrades. 1t struck me thai
my friend cast suspicious glances dowr
the well of the stairs, the precise impor
of which l did not comprehend at the
time. When within step or two of The
top he cried, Halt ~ planting his foo
against the landing. l increased M
grip on his arm. He turned round hi
head and showed me his teeth. white ant
; strong set-took the last step reluctanth
and walked on. We laid him on the bed
but laying did not come up to his idea o
the use Of a bed. He stood upon it, an,
: began to beat his hands about his body t.
, warm them; and then to leap, like mai
trying to warm his feet His bed beinj
: hair mattrass, which had a spring, hi
) agility appeared the more remarkable.
"What is the matter with my child ?
+ inquired the lady of the. house, taking hi
e hand afectionately in hers, rubbing
Y tenderly to restore animation to the tip
o Of his white fingers. He looked at he
e for a moment or two with interest, place
o his bands ON her cheeks, pressed ther
e ON the borders of her cap between h
:. palms, bending his head towards hers.
S He is going to kiss her." thought
1t l was mistaken; he contemplated I
e more than a Sandwich Island salute
e After bringing the point of his nose I'M
'f contact with hers, he roared out, 3" Boo
IS What can all him ?"
ID Ha! ha hap replied my mad frien
at jumping and slapping his hands on b
le thighs.
K kept my eye firmly fixed upon hiI
s. of which he now and then seemed co
IL scious, and remarked that he cast Il
same sort of glances in the direction
at the window he had done down the we
ry Of the stairs. was now fully convinc
as of his madness, and saw he meditat,
by self-destruction, which he would accol
e. plish, if not closely watched and w
er guarded. / therefore resolved not
lis leave him. There were five or six stro
n young men in the room besides mys
a and the lady Of the house, who drew u
he under my direction, round the foot of t
d, bed; but his agility became such tha
er feared he would bound through I
es window over our heads, and thereto
sss watched my opportunity to catch him
de the legs and trip up his heels.
We let him 90, on receiving an asst
es, ance that he would be quiet; and he
lth still for the space of half an hour. AT
.est this he began to humble something
aid himself which did not understand, a
ter did not interrupt him. By-and-by
m imagined himself in the pulpit.