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81 ne breakfast table, wAase I, an an
nhssrVea speetaker, Happened to be pges-
anE, CalhAuM was observed I'D gaza FREE
qaantly y hia right hand. and hrush II
Wssh his Iaft IL hurried and nsrsoHH
manner. Hs d. shis 10 oStsn has Ii *.
eis@d assansiom. AZ lsnesh enc III rs
pers0ns Composing the breakfast paEty
Ibis mans, Ishlnk, IL Tc1mbs. ard ha
Il EneRsber al Congress from Georgia
took npOn himself t6 ask EAa oaeasIoa
OF Mr. 0Rlhoansa diagaistuaas
!" Does your hand pain yoaf'' he ask
sd Of Mr.. @.
10 lhis Mr.. Calhoun Esplied. IN EaEh-
AZ 3 Hurrisd manner:
/" PshawI II i nolhiAgI 0nly .
dream had lRst night, and which makes
me see pgpstually . large black spot,
like an II bloteh, upon sac bask OF my
sigAt band. An optical illasiSns sup
pose
OF coarss thsas words excited the Gu
riosisy Of tbs company, bat no one rem
tured 70 beg the dsafails vi this singu-
Lar dream, until Toambs asked quietly
@ What wAA yoar dream likep lam
not very supaFst Hous about dreams, but
sonssimes they bare great deal Of truth
in them"
Bat this was such particular absurd
dream, !" said Mr. Calhoun, again brush.
ing the back d his right hand e how-
ever, If does not iAtrade seo much upon
.he sime Of oar friends, viii relate Il
70 yoa,"
OF course, The company we're profuas
IN their profession Of anxiety 30 know
all aboat tbs dream. lii his singular,
sweet voice, Mr., Calhoun related f.
At lass boar lass night, as | WAS
sitting in my room engaged in writing,
| was aasonishsd By tbs eaeranee Of q yis-
itor, wAs entered, and who without
word took ssat opposite nae, IS mY t.
BILE. This surprised me, IS | had given
particular orders 10 the servant that I
should on no account be disturbed. The
manner ia which the Intruder catered, 80
perfectly self possessed, taking his seat
opposite me, without word, 81 though
my room and ell within IL belonged to
him, excited In nae a. much surpise a.
indignation. As l raised my head to
look into his features, over ths top Of
my shaded lamp, | discovered thai be
was wrapped in thin sluak, paioh eff
fsctaally concealed his face and features
from nay vibw. And Is iraised ny head,
be speks
''Whss are you writing, Senator from
South UaEoiins S7
81 did not think Of his impertinenca
at hrss, bat answered him Voluntarily
" am writing plan Of the dissoia-
ton Of the Amsris2n UnioA.n You
know, gentlemen, that ana expected to
produce n plan Of dissolution, in the
event Of certain contingencies.
6 To this the intruder replied, in the
eollest manner possible:
50 Senator from South Carolina, will
you allow nae 20 look n your hand-your
right hand 20
% He rose, the cloak fell, and bshsld
his face. Gentlemen, ths sight Of that
face struck me like thunder clap. It
was the faes Of dead man, whom ex-
traordinATy evsntB h&d called back 10
life. Tho features we're those Of Gene.
raj George Wsshingten--yes, gentlemen
the intruder was Mons other than George
Washington. he MAS dressed in Reyo-
lutloRary costume, sash as JOS see in the
Patent UH5os.''
Here Mr. Calhoun paused, npparent-
~ agitated. His agitation, need not
tell you, wAs shared by the company
Toombs stlengh1h broke che enbarrass-
ing pause; !
this scene %
MIR. Calhoun resumed
" The intruder, az / have said, rose
and asked me to look at my ighf hand.
As though | had not she power to refuse,
| extended it. The truth 10, felt .
strange thrill perEade me as his touch
he grasped IL and held is near the light,
thus aEording me fall time 70 examine
every feSIare. Ii Was the face Of Wash
ington. C2antlsmen, | shudderad a. |
bsheld the dead-alive Of that Eissaga.-
After beholding my hand for a moment,
he looked 1t nae sseadily, ana said, in
quies way:
- aud with tAis right hand, Senator
from South Carolina, you would sign
your name TO paper declaring the Un-
iop dissolveae''
answered in the Affirmative. Yes,
| will. II q certain contingency arises, !
wiA sign my name to Declaration Of
" But &C that moment . black blotch |
On the back of my baad-an /
inky bloch, winch seem TO see even now.
81 What is that" said /, alarmed, | /
knew not Why, at the bloteh On my hand. !
Rhas, !" said he, dropping. my hand, /
- is she mark By which Benedict AFnsld |
IS known ia the next wurId.n
81 He said no more, gentlemen, but !
drew from beneath his cloak al object
which be laid upOn Ghs tAbls-~laid il up
On the very paper en- whieh was vii
ing. That okjeet, gentlemen, vas a
skeleton.
" There" said he, Sc there are the
bones Of Isaac Hayns, who was hung at
Charleston by the British. He gave has
life in order to establish the Union.~-
" ben you put your nams 30 Declare
ion of Dissolution, why ysa may as we'll
nave the bones Of Isaac Hayns before
Tou ha Was soath 0aralinian, and so
Ire yos. Bat there was no blosGh On his
'ight hand" .
s. With Theses words, the intruder left
he room, started bask Rrom The con.
act with the dead mans banss, and
woke. 0vsFworn by labor, had fall
IN asleep, and had bsen dreaming. Was
I not q singular dream pc /,
All the company answered in the At
irmasiTa, and To0mhs muttered, IS Sin-
,ulaE, very Singular, % at tbs same time
ooking singular At the back Of his right
land, while MIR. Calhoun placed his head
,etween his hands, and seemed buried
q thought.
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