The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-12-06

cecded in restoring him to his SEN
ses. Slowly opening his eyes and
heaying deep sigh Of relief, he
said.
Mother, l have had Il terrible
dreamw
Lenora stopped down and kissed
him. Then taking him by the
hand she said tenderiy.
Come, my child, you had better
90 to bed"
"lIarry obeyed, and having
tucked him snngly between the
sheets, his mother watched by the
side Of his couch until she saw him
sink into refreshing slumbcr.-'
Then stealing from the chamber,
she entered the other apartment,
and sank into a chair, murmuring
in an agonizcd tone.
"Oh, God have mercy upon my
boy! Punish me as thou wilt
tear my heart into shreds, if it so
please Thee, but spare, oh spare,
my boy. Let him not suffer, |
pray thee, for the sins Of his
mothcr"'
When Lcnora sought her couch
that night, her sIumbcr was troub-
cled with trightIul dreams.
Early the next morning her
friend, the doctor visited her.
"Gou have been weeping" was
his first remark when they had ell
tered the parlor. "llas anything
happened to distress you?"
"Ics," replied the young moth
er, shuddering and bursting into
tears. Harry had one Of those
strange, terrible fancics again last
night"
1T is strange" muttcred the doc
tor, musingly; "this thing battles
me completely. The boy seems to
be . sort OF monomaniac on this
suject. Otherwise he appears per
fectly sane and healthy. lie has
been so, you say, since he was a
month old?"
"iIe has responded the other
in laltering voice, "and the fancy
seizcS him atintcrvals Of every nine
or ten days-gcncralIy at night"
81 have been thinking,' said til,
doctor, after a moments silence
"that perhaps previous to his brit
you have allowed your mind to BIT
worked upon by some supernatural
fancy-canscd perhaps by the fool
ish rumors circulated in relation tc
this house, and tancicd that YOU
beheld a phantom like that which
he describes and-but good heav.
ems what is the matter!'
She was leaning back in the
chair with a wild glitter in her
eyes and q cheek as pale as death.
"Nothing!" she replied. 81 was
thinking of the way my poor child
talked"
At that moment there was q
knock at the door. The doctor
arose and opened it when two men
carrying tool boxes, entered, say,
ing, .
I'VE were sent here by the land.
lord to make some repairs in the
roof Of the house. viii you show
us the way to the garret :"
The doctor looked inquiringIy nj
LenOra.
The roof is-is-wcll enough. :.
she faltercd 81 do not care about
having it repaired"
But the landlord sent us" re.
piled the men, exchanging glances
81 think it would bc Il good plan
to have it repaired,' put in tho
doctor, but the next moment hC
was at the young woman's side tc
prevent her from falling, for she
seemed about to go into a swoon
In the meantime, the men having
left the room, were not long il
finding the garnet. But scarcely
had they reached it when cries o
amazemcnt and horror broke from
their lips, for stretched upon tn,
floor, in the most distant cOrnc,
they beheld the skeleton of a hu
man being.
The cries drew the doctor to tho
spot, and when he beheld tha
tleshless figure a sudden terrible
suspicion flashed like lightning
upon his mind. ...
Leaving the garret he descended
to the apartment in which he hal
left Lenora, and no sooner did she
behold his pale, excited countc.
nance than she exclaimed, "Oh
God! they have found it, and fel
senscless to the floor. 1t was &
long time ere the doctor succeeded
in restoring her to consciousness
and then she was in raving deliri.
um. The rest of our story may be
summed up in q few words. Three
weeks from this til c Lenora died
after having made -he following
confession. .... .. ...
"Tho skeleton in the garrot was
that of William Harold, her sedu-
Ger, Five years before he had
called upon her for the first time
since his desertion. He made some