East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-12-20

gan TO possess him. Iie longed for tho
voice of any living being; and though foI
moment the idea of rdicule deferred
him, he determined on calling up tho of.
iicer who occupied the other apartment
"He passed out on to the piazza, and
as he approached the other extremity OF
the building, the sentinel on duty per
ceiving him, presented arms.
"Have you been long stationed here?
said Captain Gordon.
"IIalf an hour" was the reply.
"Did you happen to see any one on the
/ piazza during that timer"
81 did not"
"Gordon returned at once to his room,
vexed with himself for having been the
sport Of an illusion Of his own BRAIN
He closed his door and window, and went
to bed. He was now thoroughly awake,
and regsined, as he thought, entire pos
session of his faculties. "My old com
rade," said he, "what could he possibly
want of me? We were always friends
kind hearted, gallant fellow that he
was? No man ever was his enemy, eX-
cept upon the field itself, Why should
| have dreaded to meet him, even if such
an event could possibly be?'
"And yet, so constituted are we, that
a moment or two after this course of
thought had occupied his mind, he was
almost paralyzed with dread, by the re-
currence of the same well-known step
that now seemed pacing the dark and
tcnantless apartment lie even fancicd
an irregularity in it, that betokencd, as
he thought, some distress of mind; and
all that he had ever heard of spirits revis.
ting the scenes Of their mortal existence,
to expatiste some hidden crime, entered
his imagination, and combined to make
his situation awful aud appalling. 1t was
therefore with great earnestness tina the
exclaimed:
"In the name of God, Hamilton is that
your"
"a voice, from the threshold of the
communicating door, addressed him in
tones that sunk deeply into his soul;
Gordon listen, but don't speak to me-
In ten days you will apply for a furlough;
it will not be granted to you. You will
renew your application in three weeks,
and then it will be successful. Stay no
longer in Scotland than may be necessa-
ry for tho adjustment of your affairs Go
to London. Take lodgings at No.
Jernyn street. You viii be shown into
an apartment looking into a garden. Re.
move thepanncl from above tho chimney
piece, and you will there find papers which
establish the fact of my marriage, and
will give you the address of my wife and
son. Hasten, for they arc in deep pdistress,
and these papers will establish their rights.
DO not forget me !"
captain Gordon did not recollect how
long he remained in the posture in which
he had listened to the spirit of his depart
ed friend; but when he arose, it was broad
day. He dressed himself, and went to
town; drew up statement of the affair,
and authenticated it by his oath. He had
no intention of quitting the colony during
that year; but an arrival brought intelli
gence of his death of his father, and of
his accession to large estate. Within
the ten days, he applied for furlough,
but such had been the mortality among
the officers, that the commanding officer
refused to grant his request. Another
arrival having however brought a rein
forcement for the garrison, he found the
difficulty removed, upon second appli-
cation in three weeks. He sailed for
Scotland, arranged his affairs, and in
tended Immediately afterward to have
proceeded to London. He suffered how
ever, one agreeable engagement after
another to retard his departure, and his
friends concerns, and the preternatural
visit that he had received from him, were
no longer impressed so wildly as at first
upon his mind.
conc night, however, after social
party Of pleasure, he awoke without APP
parent cause, as he had done on the
eventful night in Dominica, and to his
utter CONSERVATION, the sound of the
Majors iron step filed his ears.
''He started from his bed Immediately,
rang up his servant, ordered post-horses,
and lost not moment upon the way, un-
ill he reached the house in Jermyn-street.
He found the papers as he had expected.
He relieved the widow and orphan of his
unhappy friend, and established them rs
such in the inheritance to which they
were entitled by his sudden DEATH and
the story reaching the ears of ROYALTY,
the young Hamilton was patroniaed by
the Queen of England, and early obtain
ed a commission in the army, to which
he was attached, at the time this tale was
told TO me.
at is also known that Captain Gordon
rose very high in his military career, and
was throughout his life distinguished as
brave and honorable officer, aud for
tunate general"