The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-23

t-t f--.tt ~ 80 t1eSs'fp ~. 8~N--rT~ -
goblins, BY way Of calming my excited
nerves. bot, 40 l have before observed old
women stand round feverish patienii and
crohk out their experiences in seeing awful
sufsrings aud fatal terminstiOns Of Just such
malsdies as the ose With which their help.
less victim Was then afflicted. ~ .s7un4,5a
5s"Is Il expectedJh should 90 aIoDe!"-
I ehquifed in d tone that trembled' In spite
Of me. and my knees almost knocked togeth.
Yet and felt as II my very lips were.white.
.ir"Well, no, "hrepiied Benson, my most
dreaded tormentor. ssit would be hardly fair
to send ycu alone, for one individual would
hardly succeed in getting the body from the
grave quick enough, and you q mere youth
without experience, would besu to fail al
together. No, we will go wilh. you, some
three or four OF us, aud help you 10 dig up
the corpse !; but then you must take il on
your back, bring IL up to your room here, and
spend the night alone with it." = .,r'''M u
!, was somerelief to me to fnd I was to
have eompany during the first part Of my
awful undertakings; but still felt far from
reeao'e' sSure you. ahu O'' cn'anc'ns "
look into a mirror, as the time drew near for
setting Out, fairly started at beholdiDg the
gIras,ly object reflected therein. -' ., !tir
eo"e' ooyS, so'o DenSOn' VINO wa. a''
ways cy genera consent sei tne 'eauer oi Soa''
ever lroiic, expedi1lon or Undertaking ne WIS
10 nave d nana in' lone ooss'" f" Is ''mo
70 oe on the move. a glorious nisn' ior
U.s. ne aodeo' throNwins up the inc" window sle ana
le'ung IN . gus. OF wind ana rain;7 7"'he
devli 'wouid nard'y venture out IN
snch storm."''1 :" ~ ,-''g' lA' ~ s,.t 20,
lie III darS lantern, then threw on his
long heavy eiosk, took up space ana LED
Inc way. down; the rest o. u.s. three beside
Myself threw on our eioaks' aiso' look each
aspaue and to'ioweo 'i'' MN. s.' ',a.i ~.
we . took 'I roundaoost course % avo 10
oslns seen oy any eitizehs 'nat misns chance
TO- ,De s'lf'iag' ana Va somethmg 'ess 'han
halt on hohF wefeacae1 tue cemetery seal. 4
ed ne wan wilhout dlncuity, ana s'eathils
searched Tor the grave TIL We lound i IN
tho p'tchy darkness-the wind and rain
sweeping past US with d'smfi ho~is and
moans, tnat 70 me, tremol'ng WIN terror
seemeu 20 oe tne uheaFH'n'y waliingS OF 'pe
spHts Of 'he damneut 4 .tnyns IS .H,
-"Ashere we are, whispered benson 10 me
Us we AZ 'ens'h stopped az mound o. l,' lresn
ear'h' over whlsh one Q! 'he party stumo'ed
'".Come, leet rosrd' Aossls' a''d su'ke u
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9 MI up 'hs grave. "a' - "'s"' "'s - ~
q Pected shat sae oo'y "'u Oes" ss'l s~"''s1'
!. Having got 'ne corpse sa'e'y over ). !.
q walls Of the the cemetery fbenson new cai'
g. upon me to perform my P't' q she A0sf'O
d business.