The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-07-27

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commlt,e) that Andrew Allen would ap.
pear IN he door OF his chamber, and i'm
pIore tim not to leave HIM. Long be-
tore dahght the house was again throng. .
ed crowd rushed up STAIRS, to the !
great ielet OF The watchers, who hasten
ed to'c4ua'nt them with what had oc
cure. Great excitement began to be
mahes'ed. lhe people needed some one
to led them, and no one had the cour
ageo approach with the Intentlon OF
opeing the door OF the terrible apart
met. AT this Juncture some one cried
ou, !
nm Tor the curate: r'G Tor the curate
This good man, MIR Handyslde, lived
II" he'Shoor'"S nan'e'' preterr'ng the
P'et he erJoyeG mere to the noise III the
Lisy Town OF liadd'ngton. lie Is suIi
I'VE ana beloved oy everybody on''
'"ce us participation IN the mysterious
""''"rS % "e W''G "'y"I' he mas oeeh
regarded A. man having knowledge OF
'n'nSS "h'ch no man ought 10 possess.
ne c'eer'u'E ooeyed Ihe summons
S"u a. '"P''reu TO tue oIacNSm,,h Ut, mouse
- w" 'o" "'te' su"''Se' Inc people
S"''''e" "''"'u '"e'' p"S'Ur anu '?'u
wv" "''' "a" ""Pie"e"' ne Pauseu
'''''','"' }" "e'P "'e",'"''"'' ""u '''en ="
'er"h lhe dreaheu chainncr. mol more
than three persons accompanied him
the others, AS each one passed the door
an! looked into the room, pressed their
hands over their eyes and fled into the
street, uiterrng loud cries.
remember the distant chimes of St.
Giles reaching our hearing at this mo-
mcnt, accorded sadly with the whisper to
which Mrs. $ had again lowered her
voice
The two benches, supporting the feet
Of Andrew Allan, were found thrown
some distance from where they originally
stood, aS il they had been kicked with
some violence. The dead body wa, con
| SequentIy in a half sitting posture. The
eyes were again opened, and this time
gazing at something uearer-very much
nearer, than what they had stared at on
the previous night. The hands were un-
locked and thrust forward rs il to i'm
| pIore or resist; the physioSnomy, with
ont any change i, the facial lines, beto-
kcn"d the most agonzjnS alarm; while
| the general attitude inclined the beholders
. To the belief, that the body had been
.,''r. ''t,A - '-'' '''r' % -" ~ "a
'I'NI ns q H. t''"Pe, some III 'hT persons
/ |"' ''''' ''",' 'l.e n""Se n"I AIiah
"e"'" S''uSS'e 80 '"rc'oiy recaled oy these
appearances 'n'' .'.eE 'ec'"'eu MS voice
was ':S","S ''"' '''S ro'H's' a"u 'ePea'.
'"S US u! '.S ""'"S' nheN o'ch-7"a
,Ge "' sac "''''e"
.. O",!e' "'o e"'o"'"s se'"e"' AT" ",Iec
Wv" " '"' o"''''' '',' oo'y was "tJ'N.
r. w '"' P''p'o t""'
'"e' I''o''' V"'S ~" o"I' ""' Tue!
"'"'" ''o' ,U'"'' '''' wv - s'''"'' Gus.
'o"!' eSP'e''''! S'"'e u WAS o"' "te n'Sh'
'""n W,
."' "'"' """ uS 'n'' "'"o p'e"I III
e''l ''''T'IO" %' '''o1S '"'''e '''''' r-i
t"ou'S "." vi 'SS|"' Nro""S poured II"
To'' ~, ,"e "r.S.oo''"S 'I"I' ",' nam,
,J'', "''', ~ '"'',' I'U'N ,"r streets "'
ii"I''"S'o" Io"'u no' "o'U '"e'''' No
"ou"' '''o'' '''"" e." '''o"'"'" Pe'"o,'1 WIS
'''u ','e 'oo''S UP T'"'S E" '"e "'aeh
n,','n ,', ~ a. "" ,rI:I "'"":Iu' ",'e'o'' ~
.aa, ,; &c." w. ,L ''", I"I ''"'' M. ,, ",cI''',
p""y en- Gu. '".o , s"o oe"" I ''rI |f on,'''oe' ,
o. '"o n''' ""uou"' 'V""u' w, S"c'' WAS
~ VIC ,La p'P',l' ,L, "Sq"e%' SHqu.N "'o%eu -" "
m,o, ~ ''o ,lI .T"'Se .s " ."I u"y y ou' wnem EI
mounted the stairs with his candles and
liz RIJ. orl, c,,, MAJ, c,I,o,naJ Ill.,.
SaI nc" 'iI 'o'I." ~ r''''
seated NJ 'ao'e' ne caIIned the Tears o'
his companions, by boldly investigating
the awful facts subjected TO their conside
ration. lie acknowledced his belief n
Oe mat a supernatural agency was al
Work, ana INSISTED 'hat the citizens o.
'i"uu'ne'o" S"ou'u treasure up me CIR
cu'hs'"hces "S warning against d'sso'
'u'e"eSS ternaPS; Sa'd ne with nes'ta
uon' as II tue 'he" ne wished TO advance
was 'hcomPITnenS''e even 10 himself
perhaps IN t'l'S case de"tn mas been toe
e'Ser.so ,ii"' Disease cou'd not complete
us oillce' OF O"1,y punishment and there
Is yet IN 'ne disturbed corpse son'ies'