The Kanzas news., 1858-07-31


send over two young ladies from my board
ing house, to watch with the dead. All
this occupied some ten minutes.
Suddenly Mrs. Miles screamed, and Mr..
Hayden started up from the bedside, where
he had been sitting. The supposed corpse
was sitting erect in the bed, and struggling
to speak, Her eyes were. still closed; and.
save her open mouth and quivering tongue,
there were all the looks of death in her face.
With great heave of the chest, at last the
single word came forth % ..asc.' 6sl7i
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Her jaw fell back to its place, and she
again lay down, as before. now examin-
ed her minutefy That she was dead, there
could be no further possible shadow of doubt;
and so left the house. s~ea So ale5 Z
On the following day. DIR. Williams made
careful and minute post n,Ortem examina-
ton of the body. ] was prevented, by bu.
siness, from attending; but was, and am
Informed, by the Doctor that he found the
brain but very slightly affected-an unusu-
al fact in persons dying OF typhus fever
but that her lungs were torn aud rent ex-
tensively, as if by a sudden, single and
powerful effort, and suffered, partially, with
coagulated blood. These were all the no.
ticesble features:of the case. Sbewas buried
on the afternoon of the same day :
About two weeks after the death of his
wife, I was called to visit Mr.. Hayden
On my way, met DR.. Williams and told
him my errand, expressing some surprise
at the preference of the family for myself,
as knew him to be a safe and experienced
practitioner. He replied that nothing could
hire him to enter that house. He chad
seen things that-well, I would find out
when got there asas -
was considerably amused by the Doc
tors manner and warnth,. and beguiled my
way by fancying what had alarmed him-a
ply ysician-from his duty. -
On my arrival found no person present
with the patient except Mrs Green. who in-
formed me that the spirits had been playing
such pranks that not soul, DIR. w. inclu-
ded, could be induced to remain. The chill
dren had been gone for some time. They
were at her house. - eRi ~
] found the patient very low. and with no
prospect of surviving the attack, He was,
however, quite free from pain, though very
weak. - 40
While I was in the house, noticed ma
ny manifestations of the presepee of that
power called spiritualism. Chairs and sta-
bles were moved and removed, billets of
wood thrown upon the fire, and doors open
ed and shut, without any apparent agency.
l heard struggles and unaccountable noises.
too; and felt an unusual sensation, caused,
no doubt, by the mysteries which surroun-
ded and Knocked me. f..-e..
Noticing my manner, the patient OBJ
served: fH
"It is nothing. You must get used to
it. Doctor
81 should not be content unless could
explain them, as well as become Indifferent
to them,'' replied
ton, during which l probed my patents
mind to the bottom. but without detecting
a shadowgof belief Speaking of his wife,
he said: ae;s - ascz3
'fYou heard Ellen promise to. warn me of
my time to die?"
ri did-but do you believe her?''
''No. If it is possible, she will keep her
word, in spite of heaven or hell. But it is
simply impossible. She promised to come
in the body and speak to me. I shall ac
cept no other warning from her, save the
literal meaning of her words"
"And what then?'
s.How much of her body is there left.
even now, Doctor? and she has not come
vet. She promised to come from the grave.
Can she do it? No, no; it is all humbug
Ia de1usion. Poor Ellent Thank God,
Doctor, the devil which so haunted her life,
and stood between her soul and mine, can
not reach her now sfts 7lt Aa- sss
But if she should come; you may be
deceived" -,
"I cannot. Others must see her too, and
hear her. | shall believe no spectre, if
there are such things Her body as it is,
or will be, let that speak if it can!''a e
From that day to the hour of his death.
l was with him almost constantly; and was
daily introduced to some new and startling
phenomenon The neighbors had learned
to shun the house, aAd even the vicinity, as
they would the plague; and strange stories
Travelled from gossip to gossip. acquiring
more OF the marvellous at every repetition
Nevertheless my practice increased.
On the morning of March Goth, called
earlier than usual. During this visit ths
manifestations of supernatural presence.
we're more frequent, wild and violent, than
ever before. / was informed that they had
been exceedingly violent during the preced-
ing night Their character. too, had great
ly changed Beside the moving of all moy-.
able articles. the tinkling of glasses. and
the rattle OF tin-ware, there wefe frequent,
and startling sounds, as of whispered con-
versatiOn. singing and subdued laughter.
all perfect limitations of the human voice,
but too low to enable me to detect the words
used, if words there were. Still, however,
none of these unusual sounds had entered
the sick room. They followed the footsteps
of Mrs. Green like demon echo; but paus-
ed on the threshold of MGt room, as if de-
barred. by superior power. from entering
there.
found Mr.. Hayden much worse and
sInEinnr Ear1, fast IL, k.ai ..a..--l h-I