Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-08-26

nan If was we'll the conductor discovered you
did, and capital thing that some one had botte OF
By the conductor in passing through
the cars had me @'ei either faint dead Hast
" calling my friends had been laid near the door, and
rubbed and and had h
The spread like widfre through the cars Inat
dying in @ aaa bs2 to
me with penkne woman, who always travelled prepared
er aSe ana e of
Accordingly they poured brandy in my mouth ana
with he a all brandy
life Not wishing to explain to any one the real STATE OF
tainted but the thought about it the more uneasy
did become All said appeared exactly IKE corpse tPs
NV BODY must have been dead while my spirit alb
could think calmly the subject, and srove
with success to turn my thoughts INTO some oer
Ragey kept constantly me- and could not shake
him off, when he found was going the Bay route ne went
that way too though convinced he had not intended
first By he contrved to occupy the same
staeroom that did and though very impatient did not
The sight that my eyes, WI at last transported my
spirit home made my blood boil with rage On the sofa
by the my eldest daughter girl of seventeen sat
young man, whom account of his dsspated, unprnc
pied conduct had commanded my tamy never 70 aH
His arm was around Sarahs waist, her mead was
leaning his and could nave ha o tine tine ""e
him press his lips repeatedly to the hand that he held
enraged with him. for taking such liberties or with Sarah
for allowing them could not bear leave, and know
that such Sinton was alone with my dangh
ter but still he stayed watched him till my heart
bursting, and thirty minutes nearly out that
dared longer. Returning to my body staid in
Just long enough the torpid numb feeling
which always pervaded after spirits absence When
again wished my self at home, sinton was gone, and
flew my pictured sembance in my counting room, and
thrown into CONSERVATION by what saw Although
about midnight Birch there, busly engaged IN exan
ing the of private drawer safe, the secret
of opening which supposed was known ouly to myself
On the desk lay sheet of paper covered with signatures
my name skfuy written that could almost believe
them done by my hand. saw Birch was backhearted
william medatng daring scheme ofrascaity which my
absence gave him chance to carry out . GU will be
foiled, my fine fellow thought l. and chucked nwardy
that lucky to be endowed with my new, strange
and supernatural power On returning to my body found
it cold and stiff, that it was an hour before it felt life
like natural, and then my mind disturbed and
excited that scarcely slept wink all night In the NOR
ming felt weak, and looked haggard. that Rlgley
begged me to lie by and not go on, but refused to
stop and gave him message carry the telegraph
office the effect that Birch should leave employ in
stanty and have further connection with business
any that my daughter should be sent Immediately
the country to her unces to remain until got home
Rrgey thinking from my actions that was half crazy took
the liberty adding the particulars of my supposed t and
his belief that it would be folly to notice my telegram So
Birch received it, destroyed it. merely sending my wife
word that not very WELL but not sick enough to stop
travelling. This learned my next spirit journey, for
heard Birch laugh his brother, who it seemed
was aiding him in his roguery At home found my wife
only countenancng SintOns visits but ever planning
how she could gain my pardon, if Sarah and mar
red him. The perfdous woman thought I, to be
loving when at home that my wishes must be consult
ed on all occasions and the moment gone, disobeyDg
my express commands It bad enough for my daugh
ter foolish and lower herself by assocatng with such
vile wretch Snton infinitely for my wife to
favor permit 1t is impossible to tell how wretch
ed and worried in mind, was to think that my business
was in hands of rogue and that my family plotting
against their own as we'll as my happiness would
gone diaey, but by doing should lose several
Thousands concluded to try and that much and
then instead of proceeding to Cincinnati expected
would return home unexpectedly and hwart all their plans
but without seeing anything suspicous all was fair and
right when there plenty around to detect it, things
wrong But every time went by daylight matter
how careful to prevent it, some discovered my
body, supposed faint dead, and went to work to
BODY when my spirit was away from it. and felt no change
passing back and forth wished myself in picture and
there was wished myself back in my body, and was
there l was the same person, whether of my
1eshy tenement and could realize difference between
picture but there was always dead feeling in every
fibre of my body, which grew harder, and harder to
each return, and my strength failed daily.
My agony OF mind became almost nsupportable; Brchs
schemes harassed my mind the conduct of my wife and
daughter Wrung heart and my fear of the little was
terrible in the extreme. If happened to stay nearly half
hour from my body, heard his mockng fendsh laugh,
ringing with such diaboca righteousness that my spirit
would fly quakng my body in such abect terror that
hours would sometimes eapse before could it
and became almost deranged on the subject could not
my buimess properly and ten days frttered
away in accomplishing what ought to have been done in
When at last started for home, was in such feverish
haste could scarcely bear have the stop for
wood and water and they seemed to slowly when at
their greatest speed took the Bay route for besides
needing rest wis ed to take another peep at home and
dared not do it the Rugy who seemed to imagine
crazy about die, had stuck close to in New
York, that owing to his ofcous anxiety, that my
body had always been discovered when had taken spir
it trip in the day. and he had spoken to friend of his,
going South the time to keep eye
faithfully did he watch that could not get out
of his sight five minutes at time. Every one seemed to
look with curious eyes, and emaciated and
haggard looking, that often head the whisper that
moving corpse As foon as got on board the Boat at
Baltimore secured sateroom, locked myself in and wish
ed myself at home. There, my wife receiving with
open the gambling ibertine, who had just married
daughter, and drunk he could hardly reach seat
without falling Neither my wife, daughter appeared
ashamed, mortified by it thought some friends who were
present. plainly their disgust cannot describe
emotions but had rather have Sarah lying dead
before me- than the wife of such dissipated, unprincped
wretch. At the store, found Birch had completed his
plans and that night leave ship bound to Europe
with nearly forty thousand dollars of my money He must
have worked hard to have got such sum in available
funds, in short time, but did not think of that
Them only thought of my failure which the sudden
withdrawal of large was inevitable. The fruits OF
many long years of ncesan toll pass into the hands
arOcous villain and who had worked honestly fol-
it, to be left to bankruptcy and ruin My mind was sc
sent from body until heard demoniacal laugh thai
shook my soul with terror and the form of the little
awful and horrible than anything had ever heard
of or imagined In his hand was the paper had sgned
every letter emitting lurd glow which showed that hac
agreed pay John Smith two thousand dollars hat
evil for thousand centuries strove to snatch the
paper with the hope of destroying it. vain hope danced
of hell worse than what then endured may
one no. the vies and depraved being tina
existed have them to suffer How long tet those
unspeakable agones know not the time seemed lmmeas
urable could humiliation have been possible should
have welcomed 1t as blessing At last the thought strucI
that if Jacob could wrese with heavenly angel ant
hold him till he obtained blessing could surely overcome
evil SPIRIT and longer striving to snatch the glowing
paper beahed ervent invocation heaven for aid il
my time of need and sprang boldly upon the hord de
With wild despairing of bated rage he disap
peared and sank down insensibe. When | returned t.
consciousness too weak and faint realize where
was and sunk away again. Then remember finding
myself at home lying in bed my wife and daughter sitting
with pale and faces and the bearing
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