Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-12-25

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Hush, hush. all depends on the
maintainance Of perfect quiet. Should
he become agitated he is lost forever :
and he pushed her gently from the bed.
My eyes followed her. and rested upt n
her swet face until numbDes crepl over
my frame, and [ felt a sensation of suf-
location.
felt the blood rise to my head, and
my-hear. GuUered widely, ;hen | heard
again the COCK, Ginning the midnight
hour. For a moment AL things quyered
indlslnctly before me aud then the rush
of something like gushing waters. mIn-
gied wllt cry OF anguish, filled my ears
aud then | closed my eyes and knew no
NOR. When | again open my eyes It
Was upon antoialdarkness. felt a strange
unnatural coldness over my frame, ana
the AIR was damp and heavy, - mucn 50
tina, | could breathe with difficulty.
tried hard 10 think.
| strove hard TO remember where
was, and hQw came Ia tins stange place.
Gradually-all came back to my mind
and with IL lice a death blow, a startling
thought. Oh, God tha: moment com
prised The agony of Whole Lifetime
| was buried alive shut out from The
world IN the flush of youth, and by man
deemed los, 10 il forever! And Nina,
any belroJhed- never in hte had
loved her as then. The thought Of her
grief, and being forever I0st 10 her, al
most drove me mad.
[ felt cold drops of agony starting all
over my face, and then the blood flowed
/ like melted lead through my VEINS. How
was | ever 10 escape my horrible DEATH
prison Reason Told me never more to
/ hope for gieam OF God 5 pure sunshine
again TO rest upon me, but madness mas
tered her teachings, ard with d demon
lac veil, | burst the bonds that held my
hands together and with suPerhuman ef
\ fort Stroye 10 bursE my coffin. fell with
a crash In the struggle, and my coffin
burst open IN the fail. | had not as
supposed been buried under ground, tu,
IN "a church vaui,, beside The ancestors Of
nay adlnccd bride.
| looked about me, and there in that
abode of death. upon the stone floor, was
a burning taper, and q lrltle farther oil
lay a human figure all clothed IN " hite.
with long tres9es OF beautiful har scat
Tered IN rich prOtusion about her Shout
ders
The truth flashed upon me instantly.
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olr, Of whom b.. was ra.,l9r. Araia
he resumed.
+ lrir.I ro r-s. .r-,,, nav re.pIi.,.,.r M.
si,ion and ~, ro NM lI- rb.. eri,rr va,
10, mu.s for me. and / frII bac.. sens
less Nas., a.r,in returned ~ con-
sc,og,s.S. Ma vas ben5,orr over m.
cAatfi4r nv hands, w3te cars Of iar
c5urssd ran.Ilv down her che, k.
..Oll Nina dear Nioal taoa vart
one of .ar,a's f,irss, and rur..~, dau.ra.
r.rs' hur,r from, r5. tins ol rb.. n,rraI5r.
aaJ ,brn his form sbo5l, win deep CON
vu.>ive s3fs inal would no; be rt.pressed.
+ Again he continued:
t.nIIl,,. most vouar ladies of lha nras-
~, 5ay ~h- All Hal -aiI IL fbIs fearful
ordeal. Ia. alone surrounded by tbe dead
Is nights deepes; rIoo.n, She nerved her
s.,t L. perform noble action, ani ua-
I cras n-.y toIleI /, res.o-. ns era sl.
4 lett nv s,J.. 10 s-el, assistance.
( nn.3 No, ,,.,l v,.r as.y / was carried
barf; ~ m, ni,c.. er,,a whence had
5..en borne * oo-. d-adf 10 i'm. world sar-
ever. Suffice II to saw laat n ,he exp.-
ration of IN, weeks c31EI leave .uy
chamber. Daring all this uue ! hal
missed NI-tf f~,.rl rr,.- -..}., anil ,,-a.fs