Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-09-26

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ususl, he bad fallen down with bis face upon On
the ground before tbe spot Ia which he hoped q
put up the altar While thus prostrate in pray.
er, and longing foe q continuation Of HE former
drsam, he heard, some footstep outside The
chapel walls. Having bis face upon the earth,
the sound came quite distinctly to ear. They
stopped and saids "This 10 the chapel; let I'd
lay them hefsi IDS just the place for q burial.
livery wei, !" replied another, show does
so,e1 sosna.. Here goes, mate, BY the northeast
= Then came the sound Of digging, and pauses,
as IL men werestpopipg down 70 lay somethiDg
lm ltne moundj after that, Father Kelly heard
sne mound shut back, and some one stamp it
uoWn. Though the church had not been furnish-
'ed, two three fun erals had taken place in the
graveyard, ono Of which he had himself cele-
brated only that afternoon. $ M 1o o@-,5o
What could be- thei object Of these strange
night yiHitora2i rfThey bad not disturbed the
dead-tthey did not remain long enough for
that; their yofk, Whatever ii was, seemed 20
be accomplished In a. quarter Of an hour, for
alter that time he heard a oslapping Of hands,
az If some one was cleaning them of dusty
earth, and voice saying: "There, that 10
done; and, as dead men tell no tales, we may
trust the present company" 9gi"1aol.l!si
n"Aysey," replied the other, ~ trust them 30
much Idon't think we need wait any longer -
"What! afraid, man1'
"Not T.; but there ID foul weather coming,
and the sooner we clear of these cursed rocks /,
the better,',d d bsi.71ii-sl bnG ,sgis.a5,siisa "a
tGWell. come along,", .,.,,,,s 90. ,t sr.,,,,
Then Father Kelly heard them walk down
toward the water, and presently distinguished
the grating Of q boats keel 90 she was pushed
of, tden the double sound of oars and the row
locks died away, and all was stiIl. He got up
from the floor and walked out of the chapel
ltwas midsummer night. The cir was warm
and motionless; clouds, however, had crept up
90 plentifully as 70 cover the sky-, While be
stood there outside the chapel, the moon, which
was about q week old, became obecured, and
the darkness drew close to bis eyesls He could
not sesis yard before him; be listened, but
heardonly the slow wash Of the swell as the
rising tide carried II into the clefts among the
rocks, with now and then liquid flap, as a
wave ran into sudden angle, and fell back
upon itself. This was the only sound. II was
night for hearing, too. He felt for his Ian
tern, and got out bis steel to strike light
Having dropped his flint, In gropibg about to
find II, he forgot the direction in which he had
stood; and when he got upon his feet again, {,
alter an unsuccessful search, he felt himself so
utterly at Q loss, that, after walking few steps
with his hand stretched out before him, he de.
termined to wait Tor the morning, rather than
risk a fall over one of the Alippery rocks in bis
attempt to return home.
d. When he had sat there for some time, the
rain began 70 fall in large though few drops;
these were, however, but splashes from the
bucket,fulls which we're soon poured upon his
head. The wind, too, was loosed at the same
time, and rushed on him with such violence that,
though he dared not search for shelter lest he
should fall over the, rock, he, was, glad TO cit
down on large stone which he felt at his feet.
The first fash Of lightning, however, showed
him the chapel itself, not more than ten yards
Of. He grored towardsit immediately in the
gloom, with his hands stretched out before him,
right glad when he felt It's rough stones The
wall once found, he soon discovered the path
with his feet and y when he got home, was eisd
forrest at cnco, ID ,i,5t.- ~ ..,.,-,,,s b.. 90,
.! He had not slept many hours before be was
reused TO visit DYING man in one OF the neigh
boring houses. 'HurfyiDg on his clothes, he
hasteped to the place, where crowd Was gath
cred about The door, many of them dripping
from the eea. The storm which he had seen
the evening before had grown into a terrible
tempest, during which q ship had been driven
on she rocks and utterly wrecked. All the
crew were drowned but one man whom they had
dragged out Of the surf, and carried to Derby
Haven. He had apparently, however, been
saved from death IN the water to die on the
land, for, he was go grieyously bruised and cut
BY the rocks on which be had been thrown, that
fewas ready 10 leave him altogether. When
Father Kelly came In, he found him lying on
the foor, wrapped up in such dry clothes as the
people had st hand. He had begged them to
fetch priest. His back, he said, was broken,
and he knew be could not live another hour; so
the people fetched Father Kelly, as we have
seen, and left the two together. lf1.,'L- Gao o
i71"Fatber," said the, dying man, 'twill ron
bear the confession ofa pirate and mur-
derer1"
The priest, seeing there was no time to loee,
signified his assent, and, kneeling down by his
side, bent bis ear to listen, dina O.. l.-ua
Then the man, with strange breaks and ramb.
lings 10 his speech, told him Of murders outin
The vide sess, and horrible recollections Of cru
city and rapine. mcIi c'cu glIp 1ell1l 70. j
1--WE took Spanish ship some, weeks ago.
added the man, "and came IN here to water
being q safe place; when God forgive my
soui!--I committed my last crime, end stole
from the captain box Of gold be took out oI
the Spanisrd. Another man and we're 10 the
secret. We brought II with US, and buried Il 10
the graveyard Of your little chapel, intending
TO make our escape from the ship on the frat
opportunity, and fnd our way over here, recover,
and epjoy the booty We had got" -. o.
ITO whom did It belong2'" said the priest.
l"God Knows" replied the man; "to me now,
II suppose. Those who owned ID can use Il
no more; the ship from which the captain tool
"A a - ~. k,,., L..
"What was her name1" asked Father Kelly
a"Name7'' said The dying man. 'sTbere TAX,
the gold and shriye me; 4 have confessed"l lag
Then, without another word, he died. The
people buried him, and gathered up some few
pieces Of timber from the wreck OF his ship
but nothing came ashore to show whether shs
was laden OF not They never knew her name
nor, for great while, what she wasi the priest
not oonceiyiDg himself bound TO tell even &c
much Of what he had heard In confession
Many years afterward, The whole story was
found In O book which tie priest left after him
The words "take the gold" haunted the good
| father long after the man who died In uttering
them had been committed TO the ground. The
chapel was fnished but not furnlsheds the full
Hllment of the dream was incomplete., Many .
night the priest lay awake arguing with himself
the lawfulness Of 4 search among the grave.
for tbe treasure which he had no doubt val
hidden there. Suppose he could and II, should
he credit the pirates word about the death o
the owner! Could he conscientiously appropri
ate Il, not indeed to his own use, but to that o
the chspelf He thought Of the eentence which
fell on those who put unhallowed ere in thei
censofs; he thought Of the aecursed thing foun'
III the Jews tent, which btough trouble upo'
the whole people TO which he belonged. Then
lagain, 10 looked asif Sin attached 70 the appfo