The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-12-29
WHOLE NO. 1919.
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The New York PfesbHersa,., ofaA lat,
! date, tells the fellowsng story = etee F
/. We were returning from our spring laset.
ing OF Fresbssery-cne gentleman and tMu
ycnng ladiss-in a s.racSsway,: ana TIE
road mere OF the best. Nighs. eaid and
damp. overlook as eight or ten mil a tres,
hams, hat caly saor, distance from Jadga
Blanks, who. after we had arrived al bis
house, narrated the following unique tale.
Sail the Jad get Isl 'aSaas.T
'.IsaFs ago We had in cur house a .sver.
l,stls ehila. about four years Of age. and
the ohieet. Of course, Of every tender affec-
ton. Bet sickness laid It's hand urcn IL.
Remedies. promptly resa-sed TO, all provesl
II vain. Day after day there's fadei from
Inc caaes, and the fire in the eyes burned
low, and at length death closed those ewes
ana sealed those HIPS forever: and va
learned by trying experience how iuteaso
aarSasss sa.lews the aaenohiug OF one of
those little lights of lille.
sIae time rolling sadly on, brought Us
ut length to the hour appointed. FOR com
mitslng cur treasure to the ordinary custody
ot the grave. The friends assembled, the
customary services were held, the farewell
taken. and the little form securely shut be-
meath tho well-screwed coffin hd, ant, ID aas
FORM TIA grave received its trust. Wa
looked on and saw the earth thrown 10, shs
mound raised above, and the pla,s of sod
neatly adjusted into q great sheiterinc .osf.
aud then wendsd our way back to our DESC
late lona. Evening came on and wcre
away. Ny wife had gone into M adjoining
room 80 give some directions to n servant,
and |, united BY the scene Of the aay fer
eught else, had fast laid my head on nv nil-
lew in our room upon the FIRST floor Of tha
house, when heard a SHREK. md in mo-
mens more my wife came asias into. the
room, and springins upoa the bsd behind
a,e exclaimed: - - as#f af #faz4 @f
- 'sea there cur child our child ,.sdl
LEASING my head, ny blood froEe within
ne, the hair npcn my head stood up, asI
saw the little thing in grave clothes, with
open, but mnaifestly sightiess eyes. ara
FaIeas when we gave it the last kiss. WALL
lag taEag;is Us. Had been salonc--hsf,
aQs tie e4tr ne tefgog a. NJ witenampeIled
mo to play the mani should haye leras
from t'ic window and bed without casting /.
look behind. Bat, moi daring to leave her
in sach terror, arose, spt down in chair,
and took the Ftt'e creature between nv
knees-a cold sweat covered my bodv--and
ga2ea with feelings unutterable upon tho
object before me. The flesh eolorless, cold
and clamnly. The eyes open In vacan.
stare: nor did the child appear to have tho
power ef speech. OF hearing, us it made no
attempt to answer any Of cur .qaestions.---
The horror Of our minds was the more in
tense as we had watched our child through
its sickness and death, aud had been but
few hours before eye witnesses Of it's inter-
ment. VALE gazing upon it, aud asking in
my thoughts, "Nhht can this extraordinary
providence mean for what can IT be ssntg',
the servant girl, having creptt to The door,
after time suggested, "il locks like Mrs.
IS ehild.2 = ,fs s,ss .-.-f.-.at t.-ae 9.
"Now, our neighbor had child about
the same age as ours, anu ts constant COM
pani0n. But what could bring it to our
home, and in such pligbt2I Still, tae
suggestion had operated as a sedst;ve upon
our excited feelings, and rendered US moro
capable Of calm rejection. And, after a
time, we discovered in trnth that the eravb
clothes were night clothes, and the sc5rpse
q somnambalst. Andit became mani sst
that the excitement attending the loss and
burial Of its playmate, working upor, the
ehilds mind in sleep, was the cause to which
we were indebted for this untinIely and
startling visit. 81 aaaen agrss =, asrs sit
"WiPipg away the perspira.iQn and taking
a few long breaths,I prepared to counter
march the little intruder back to its forsaken
bed. Back we went, it Keeping at my sids,
though still asleep. had walked quito II
distance across the wet grass. / found the
door Of its home aiar, Just as the fugitive
had left it, and it's sleeping parents uncon-
scIous Of its absence. The door creaked a.
pushed 1t open, and awakened the child.
who looked wildly around a moment, and
then popped into bed. tz-H O. 5nssatg ~
snow. if it had not been for my wife, M
| have said, should, on the appearance Of
this apparition, have made leap of uncon-
mon agility from that window; and after 4
fight of uncommon velocity for person of
my age and dignity, should have been
ready to take my oath in any court, either
10 Cbristehdom or heathepdom, that l had
seen ghost" @f% af18 @1.aas4aS e. .
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