New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-19

them ~ Icnst mol I'LL my SISTER WAS stitous'S ~
Shs Il the tsme Of papa's death WAS poorly with
inGucnra, nothing serious, She had taken pow
ar ID induce perspiration the previous night, but
Ssariss Isl about next morning, from our cries
ht ~ going shs r rssd from mn ef PEG
him inst as he breathed his last sigh. Then she
refused 10 go to bed again, threw herself down on
the rug in the parlor, with her head to the fire,
where she persisted in lying and kept calling for
brandy and water, which was foolishly brought
her by the servant and nurse we being too dis
iracted TO notice anything The consequence was,
she became feverlsh, and was obliged to take to
ronld. feeling, that as the eldest child should not
give way, but endeavor to comfort the others and
poor mamma; so till nightI never shed a tear, but
went N with every one who called to where papa
self any longer, and had Mysteries. On one of
these occasions a gentleman friend carried me
eainting into the street for air.
II was very quiet when suddenly we both heard
loud voice, from we could not tell where, and
saying in distressed and agonized tones, . Fanny
Z Fanny, Y !" Fanny!n as much as to say, :. Oh, do
not, Ientreat you, distress yourself SOL In mo-
ment was calm and strong. We neither of US said
4 word about the voice, but entered the house at
once. Next day he asked me if had heard it.
told him had, and seeing that the thought greatly
agitated me, he added, g Oh, dare say it was
some one calling Harry but knew better, for
nothing could be more distinct than the voice and
words. A day or two afterwards, i went to my sis
ters's room to sit with her as she was lonely. It
was about seven in the evening. As | assembled
sohsd " hack I. MI IN IN ssa II ta sta;,.
uav r MAS srfss1;nr fnn isanIv ~ fea1 faar On
went on. The figures disappeared as neared
them As entered the room where my sister lay,
4 saw papa behind the door, looking very pale.
Received and On II t;ma 90 I, him thars al dawn
on the bed with my back towards the figure, until
could bear it no longer, when called some one
else TO take my place for knew no one else in the
nd II i,av tha Joctors spi wa mnst al, leave thc
honse * once n wa foo shoud have the fever:
80 we went to thp banse al a friend NIX
One evening :, fa,y Iavs after NV arrival \ loud
rjnr IT ina door-he,i wofa me I ystartrd m and
saw as i manined. one # the ladies' Of the house
~ nv side 1snoke t. the f;gnre ana II vanished
and at the same time heard nv friends saving
about poor Sophia my sisters name
Greatly alarmed. II called to them to bring light.
as was sure had seen some one in nv room. i
then asked who Il was that RING Mt that early hour
(about or S O,clock.l They iold me Il was one
sent out to saw that there was a change n nv
sister. thought they meant favorable change
So fell asleep. feeling happier and more hopefu
than had felt since nanas death The same f1nv
my friends broke the tinrs Of nv sisters death to
me as gently as possible ii had taken Mace about
Q O'Clock in the morning. and mamma had Mt
once sent to acuuaint ne with The 1nelnnchov intel
ligence. ID 49, a z 81 -,
& From that time till last Nav saw nothing Last
Queens birthday had been out, walking abont
came in. and went 10 nv room to change nv
walking-dres i had nearly finished dressinp and
had only to get on my slippers. when. turning
round, i saw papa standing near the door. So dis
tinct was it that felt frightened and. snatcbinr
up the lamp, rushed from the room, When
reached the parlor, where they were ali sitting, I
felt treasured and somewhat ashamed; and as. in
my hurry, / had forgotten my slippers determined
to return for them So, taking the la1np. opened
the folding doors between the front and hack par
lors, and ran up against the figure. met no re-
sisting power; had done SO [ should have hurt
myself severely no doubt / was greatly agitated
when saw it, and rushed back to mamma, who
inquired what was the matter with me, looked so
i'll. told her what had seen
One night, some months after this. a gentleman
friend called. He had not been long present be-
fore had occasion to 60 up stairs for something,
did not take q lamp, not being afraid. but went
in the dark Coming down. lust as reached the
bottom Of the stairs saw psapa standing within a
foot or two of me. soft phosphoric radiance
seemed to surround him. He was very pale as I
saw distinctly by the strange light though ali was
dark around me- was very much frightened, as /
should have to pass close to him to reenter the
parlor. My brain seemed to reel as ran desper.
ately past and gained the room where they were
all sitting When | told them how i had been
alarmed. some one went into the passage. but saw
nothing.
The last and by fur the most horrible vision
ever had, was on the Stl of December last (S5S)
/ woke IN one morning before dawn. hut as
III.
light III our room. l had been awake about ten
minutes or quarter of an hour, and could not 90
to sleep, do what would However as nv mind
was very pleasantly occupied, / did not mind it
much. Of sudden heard heavy stamp as if
some one were irving to attract my attention by
stamping with the foot. Iraised my head, and to
my horror saw an old person, who might have
been man or woman; for the figure had on
white dressing gown, and a kind of black skull or
Glengariff cap. could not see any hair, or should
have been better able to Judge Of the sex. The
face was that Of corpse pinched and drawn long
BY illness and old age. The profile was turned
towards me, and was delicate and regular and
clearly defined against the wall at the side of it.
other hanging straight down / rose on my elbow
the better to make my observations. There were
no clothes hanging in that part of the room. SO
that Icould not have been deceived by ANYTHING of
the kind It stood by mammals side and as /
gazed took three steps, each accompanied by
heavy stamp, and stopping at every step l was
perfectly calm while taking in all these particulars
but after the third step was overcome by terror
as the figure was coming round by nv side: and
claspng nv little sister, as if even her tiny form
would Weld me protection, prayed that the
Almighty would remove the yison, and cause
mamma to wake. I only heard one step after that,
After a few minutes determined to tie knot in
nv handkerchief under the pillow, as | knew
mamma would say in the morning it was all dream.
just as Twas about to do this she woke. Ispoke to
her. and taking courage looked at nv watch, and
found that it was about twenty minutes to six,
dii MT mention what had seen til next day or
rather until II was light L feel convinced that it
was forewarninp Of either nv grandfather's or
iGrandmother's deatb AZ thew have been failing
n