Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-29

Let there be to pity him. have compassion upon
his fatheress ehildren
Let hs poe,ery be desrOYed and In tho generation
.this name be clean put outh
While reading this terrible malediciion,
word was brought of the discovery Of Eiz-
abeth's body, and Of the manner Of her
death. Comyn rushed from the house, say
ing he was ruined forever and ever, and for
days and nights he wandered about the
neighborhood half crazed with remorse and
fear.
Years passed away, but brought no allie
Walton 10 his mental torture. He was afraid
to eut,r church lest no should hear the
dreadful words read. The sight of Bible
or prayer book would drive him from the
house. Disasters and misfor,uues Of var-
ous kinds befel him, all owing, be claimed,
to the curse which hung over him. His
nights were disturbed by frightfui dreams.
The dead girl appeared to him in his sleep
with her features distorted by strangulation,
and her finger pointed to a prayer book.
open at the terrible curse. AT such times
he frequently shrieked in agony, 80 Bet
sey, my dear Beisey, Shut the book--shu,
the book"
His friends persuaded him 10 marry, hop
ing thus to break the spell that weighed
him down. AT length he assented, aud Of
tered his hand to u young girl. She turned
from him with horror, asking If he wished
to bring down the curses of the dead girl
on her head Two other offers were re-
fused in the same manner, but at length
the chance of good settlement outweighed
| the superstitious fears and woman was
found 10 accept his offer
| That wedding was described TO us by an
eyewitness. They were married in the
| church, and the way 10 it lay across an open
track. When about milway, sudden and
violent storm sprang up. Crashing thun-
ders. incessant flashes of sheet lightning.
and bowling winds daunfed even the least
| supersit Gus with their i'll omens. Comyn
threw himself to the ground on his face
aud grovelled in convulsive agony, Shrek
ing 10 be protected from the dead girl, who
he said, had come with thunder aud light
ming 10 destroy him. He was led helpless
TO the church, and passed through the mar
riage ceremony in stunted and bewidered
manner.
For two years after the marriage Comyn
dragged out a miserable existence, body and
mind wearing rapidly away together. He
became the father of Two children, both Of
whom died shortly after BIRTH At length
he died, his end being emhiitered by terri
BILE visions, the horror Of which threw him
into violent convulsions. To the last the
vision Of the prayer book, open at the l09th
psalm, seemed to scar his eyeballs, and he
died shrieking for his attendants to make
her shut that book
The singular condolences that had terri
/ fed him during life did not cease at his
death. He was buried on Sunday after
noon, and according TO the custom Of that
neighborhood, the coffin was placed in the
aisle during the reading of the regular
| Sunday afternoon service. 1t was the 22d
day Of the month, and the 109th psalm
formed one Of the psalms regularly appont-
ed for that afternoon. As the villagers
looked at each other in astonishme,t at this
coincidence, the church clock struck four
The very hour at which Elizabeth Lampen
had gone out to destroy herself!
! Singular as the above story is, we can
voueh for its entire truth, and there are sew
eral Others now living who can confirm it
in every word. Ii is but another proof that
truth is stranger than felton,"