The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-29
Stltrtea Sturu.
From BIockwood's Magazine.
a Dream of the Dead.

dreamed that found m,scf sud
deuiy IN place winch Impressed ne with
An inst st.,ntauruus scuse { straarcnesS IL
MAS like no'h,ug had ever seen. then
became aware that my own ,tste uf feeling
was Ike notn'ng | htd ever felt |. WAS
"a SENSATION Of eXprcssibie pay cal reIi..i:
Hll aIimenl TO whlch | hal hern familiar
lied Vac gune---goac all we .rluesS, hcayi
n-ss, inVrtues OF musce, Of nerve, Of spirit
] "'e and Il effects raip.b'y-- abruptly
Tilted iTu'D NE rs n utd .uN he lifted
tr IN the silpuLc,S of tired and sjn'lnr
man. | sns CONSCIOUS Of An elasticity
and i'ghluc5s u han.. ~ which th.t Of
vrsor -, lo0lLoy p~unGi,g 2 mo tie
Il ) .,r mad caI * Uut mac, 4,a,'jv con.
r"re:. Ay Gr,t ,d.a vas Iha: MAS
mai" """s aga'r: my s..c0Td idea, which
hA'~-. III - a " comri"'inH. mbde mt
G""r: ihst -. 4o4 /. -A;4 Ia mys.If
VI a'D dai, ,hG rm"Ues, "a. dead Wth
That Consciousness came no awe, 10 fear,
o3Iy the sensation Of uul.tvrab!e strange
ness, aud a sentiment Of Intense curiosity.
The place in which ! STOOD was the far
end of All immense ball or cllambrr--so
i.nmenoe that ii battles all attempt to con
Sey notion Of the space. Is walls were
rroportionably lohy. 1t was without roof;
above IL dull J,ue sky, without cloud,
without sun, moon, or stars. Along this
hail bumnn beings, dressed rs We ,,e,. in
lie, were hurTying ia various groups or
dsiacbmen;s. But 80 vast Was the place,
that though ] MAS aware there were mil
lions oG such beings within The walls, they
appeared like tiny TiVu!eIs running on
through mighty plain. | hastcned to
"TJs Oue ii tngsc "e' ac! uicuts, accOstr!
a man. aud SAID Tell me, Is il true
tha am dead !
You are dead, OF course, sail the man
imPat'ently, without stopping.
And you, too Z aakcd
All here are dead! We are The
Dead
| caught the man Ly the arm. which
felt inquIsitIveiy. woHdefed to fud il
80 material, contrary TO al! my precOnc,-
we'd notions.
but you are no spitiL !, | said this
arm is flesh and J!ood. Can you ex
PLAIN o
Nothing is ever explained here inter
rupted the unrD, shaking me off. IL
hurried on after tie Ttst and disappear.
ed within what NAV Ge called doorway;
but there was no door. There were many
openings as for doors in the halI-uone
of them had doors. This also excited my
curiosity. Why no doors walked
lightly across the floor pleased at tue
briskness Of my own step, aLd again ] ac.
costed fellow inmate Of tins strange
place.
Il beg pardon said couueously, but
why Is THIS hal! left unfinished ~hy no
doors where thee ioity openiDgs are
Beii 2
Find out for yourself; no explanations
are given here
Stop one moment, am q stranger
just arrived. Many dear friends have
come here before me- Tell me, pray,
how ! an to- fad them z
Find them! THIS is Infnity. Those
who move on never return 10 the same
place; those WHO come after never catch
up those who have gone before
'Whati shall ] never see even my own
mother T.
Never. This Is Eternity once lost,
forever lost
But my own motherl What has be.
CONE os her; ~hi,her has she gone I
How do / know "
But ] shall Oyeriske her. exclaimed
ang'ily.
And il you dol' said the man dryly,
you would not know each other--you
do not wear the same bodies as you did
in life. Perhaps YOU and were intimate
friends once, You do not know me now,
NaL