Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-10-30

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The student llkaa il1cessantI,
r about spectral IilIusii.b5i bl1t his com
{ loarlloils did notlisten to Him the,
i = Il NlIped their hot water and whisk,
III sllence, occasionally holding thei
| breath at t:sone iancied sounsl. III,
: night wore ot,. The town clocl
: struck the first peal of'tl,e naidnigh
hour Each stroke swelled On tn
sllr Ike agroast. 3 twas midnight
lh1 student burst into a boistero,uEfs
| laugh t asas At first, d langh d
dsflslon hut Il soon ce..sed. The
= Young, tfis /, man rose i I'VE one look
/ taWard5 the platform at the head 81
tie stairs, and fell L wn swoolling,
/ for the l1alfcrown pieces ilingIed
upon the Il ore ebounded aud fell
again-tWo benches were turned
.IEs1Ter, the ends Of the planikss wltiel.
they supported dropped g own, and
the. corpse vas distinctly heard 10
Islide along the inclined plane. The
lIsfs1lers al sprans Is their feet,
! under an impulse 70 make their es7
caps, halt they dare not=paas tile
/ dreaded platform, SO u ,ressed were
they with the rtaiinty CAS- tII,ev. All
afterwards testified before tllezin-
vestigatIng committed THAT Andrew
Allen would appear ii the door of
his chamber, aud iulplore them not
T. Leave him Long before daylight
TIC ho1is was agailt thronged. 4
crowd r'.shed upstairs, to The great
s:l=ef OF the watchers, who hasten :.
sd 10 ac41lalllt them with what had
occurred Great excitement beyan
e be allifested. The people need
ed some one to lead them, and no
one had the courage to approach
With The intention II opening the
=dpt,rof the terrib, lie apartment. At
this janetnre some one cried out: !:
.Rin for the earate' rim for the
eurate p
This good man, d Mr.. Handysidis
lived ID 9 neighboring hamlet, pre-
ierring the quit he enjoyed there
GO the noiso in=the busy town Of
Haddington Heis still alive and
beloved by eTerybody; but since |
his participation in them Ysterious
horrors Of the third night, he has
beet regarded as man IavingfE
knowledge ot.tl1ings which no NOR
tai ought II Ilosse
lie.cheer1t lls1 IL olsYed tile sum |.
mons, and repaired to tho black I
smiths house. It was now afterzI |.
sunrise. The people. e.gaihsrsd round /
thaif pastol.=and told him wIfat had +
happened. lie paused a luoment.E
IN deep meditation. and then enter
ed tlle53readed chamber. Not more
than three persons accon,paniadll
him the others, a each ons passed
the door and looked into the room,
pressed their hands over their eYesI
and fled into the street. uIterin p
loud cries.
{ remember the distant chimes
Of +. Giles, realel our IlearingI
as this moment, accord "a sad " with t
the WlIiaperto Which li lf5r n. ---
tad again lowered har voice ! !
The two benches, sur pnorting theI
fseto Andrew AZ llIstl, we're thrown
some feet from Where the II originally ! /
st1pd, as if they had been kicked Il
RitEnsolne violence. The dea bodyl:
vas c.1nsea aaettly ir=a ha sitting
posture. ! be eFes1 were again opsu.
81, and this time gazing at some
ling near-very much nearer, than
what they had stared at on thespre-l
pious night The hands were un.I
oeksd and thrust f1,f ard ~ If tel
znplora or resist; the phys gnon1y
without any change IN the facial
ines, betokened the most agonizing|
.lar4n while the general attitude.
Inclined the beholder to the belief
hat the body had been stiffened in:
he attempt t. rise up and make its !
escape. Some Of the r ersons who (
rad fled from the house had Aliens {
leath-struggle 50 f,rcibly recalled1
oy these appearances, that they de- It
;lared his voice was issuing from ,
lis corpse, and repeating his dying /
words, "Back back--wa' vi ye =! s
t is Ia sac writenn' |e
Under the announcement and d. Le