Litchfield enquirer., 1860-03-01

mound raised above, and the plates of sod nearly adjusted into-a green, sheltering roof and then wended our way back to our desc late home. Evening came on and wore away. My wife had gone into an adjoining room to give some directions to servant and l, unfitted by the scenes of the day fol aught else, had just laid my head upon my pillow, in our room upon the lower floor o
 the house, when heard a shriek, and in s moment more my wife came flying into the room, and springing upon the bed behind me, exclaimed: ss99slsszdas g1aa5 l.-g
 s "See therel our childi our childl" 3
 Raising my head, my blood froze within me. and the hair upon my head stood up, as I saw the little thing in grave clothes, with open, but manifestly sightless eyes, and pale as when we gave it the last kiss, walking slowly toward us! Had I been alone--had not the extreme terror of my wife compelled me to play the man, I should have leaped from the window and bed, without casting a look behind. But not daring to leave her in such terror, arose, sat down in chair, and took the little creature between my knees--a cold sweat covering over my body-and gazed with feelings unutterable upon the object before me. The eyes were open in vacant stare. The flesh was col orless, cold and clammy; nor did the child seem to have tho power either of speech or hearing, as it made no attempt to answer any of our questions. The horror of our minds was the more intense, as we had watched our child through it's sickness and death, and had been but few hours before, eye witnesses of it's interment. .
 While gazing upon it, and asking in my thoughts, "What can this extraordinary providence mean? For what can it be sent?" the servant girl having crept to the door, after time, suggested, ct looks like Mr.-'s. child" Now, our next neigh. bor had child of nearly the same age as ours, and its constant companion. But what could bring it to our house at that hour, and in such plight? Still the suggestion had acted as aspowerfnl sedative upon our excited feelings, and rendered us more capa. ble of calm reflection. And, after time, we discovered in truth that the grace clothes were might clothes, and the corpse som- nambnlist! And it became manifest that it was the excitement attending the loss and burial of it's playmate, working upon the child's mind in sleep, to which we were in- debted for this untimely and most startling visit. 4
 Wiping away the perspiration, and taking few long breaths, l prepared to counter march the little intruder back to it's forsaken bed. Back we went, it keeping at my side, though still asleep It had walked quite distance across the damp grass. l found the door of its home ajar, just as the little fu- gitive had left it, and its sleeping parents unconscious of its absence. The door creak- cd as pushed it open, and awakened the child, who looked wildly around moment, and then popped into. bed. ..p
 Now, had it not been for my. wife, I have said, should, on the appearance of this apparition, have made leap of uncommon agility from that window, and after Q flight of uncommon velocity for person of my age and dignity, l should have been ready to take oath in any court, in Christendom or heathendom. that had seen ghost"- Presbyterian. ss aa. uT I.