Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-14
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"a young gentleman residedSTith his
widoUed mothet ard sister, ia the
nepF eighboFh6od Of Bristol : sH glaBd.-
He Wassin easy citcumst aDcess respected
well, in fact, TO % ia the worldESand
moreover engaged 70 be married very
Shady fFadet aspeh a stftP. Of things,
there Was nothing likeiJ -t6. &c Preyihg Upon
his mind, hut he WAS Of rather delicate
health -anj neFSot7ss tempernmeat. One
mOrhfBg he,came down 70 brea kfast, look
ing pale, ill, and alto eetb II much agiiAted-
His mother and sisters anxiOusly and egg-
erly inquired the Sayses az 6Fst be as
Bpred them The nothing y p t6p nal ter,
but upon his muthers more urgently press.
ing bin, be confessed that bel had a. dream
which disturbed and troubled him. Il
ought TO bake stated that he held some
position in The enthedraf-WaS, a minor
canon. or something Of that sori-zGudIhe
said that he had dreamed he MAS in The
restry7 there, and looking Orer the re-
gister, when, latest among the entries Of
burial, he had read his own nance age,
and all eorrect;t There was. no mistake;
the writing was all clear fresh and lCgibls.
Well, they laughed at him, and rallied
him, and though he WAS evidently much
Immersed With " bat he be d aseu. after the
lapse of p day or twolhe shOOk OF his de-
jeetioRs and WAS the SEINE aa ever. Then
again be appeared a second time ~ the
breakfAst-taGle, In the same style offner-
enthusiastically this time Ethan be-
fore. Again be WAS pressed, and again it
WAS q dream that troubled him. He had
been walking, he said, over the cathedral
with some one, aud they had been surPTi-
,sed by the sight OF new monument in
most ont of.the-way and unusual place
over svestry door: they stopped TO read
tilt was his oWnl This time it was n
worse matter than before to conquer his
nervous anxiety-but just ms the family
thought him shaking on the effects Of his
second dream, he one evening rushnd into
the house ina stale bordering upon frenzy,
and calling out, Where is IT? Where are
they What bave they done with it2'
dropped down ia sheer exhaustion and
terror. As soon as he could answer their
questions, he told them that they were:at
that moment in the house with two men
with n cofiu-R most remarkable one,
eorered trltE red glOFF0ceS, thiekIy studded
with brass nails, and with his iudme on it
That they bad entered tho door the stno-
ment before himself aud bFustisd him
IN the lane as he stood against the wall to
allow them aud their ghastly bhrdento
pass, When he had distinctly seen that the
coffin was meant for himself, aid sp5pur-
hueu tnetn INTO TUG mousse NO HuGn person
could be seen or heard of. No such coffin
had been made. II VAS quite light id II
summer evening" and public road. No
soul but himself had seen the men or the
CoGin-much lesstouched it---it seemed o
deiuSion ofthe brain. HOweverR ms he press
ed it,eVery means were taken by his family,
and large rewards offered for any informa-
ton, as they rightly Thought reason and life
depended upon dispelliRg the hNllucin0tiOn.
Il WAS not TO be From the bed TO which
they carried him no never rose again. A
few days only Of feverous excitement
elapsed, and he was deadl The fam ly in
tiers Of business or money. The UNDER
tRker, to whom the funeral was entrusted,
sent home the most expensive coffin for lis
own sOrdid euds-but it WAS, strange to
say, eovsred Nth red morocco, aud studded
all over with brass nails, the name OF
course being conspicuous among them.
This might have been the working out of
the delusion, from its coming to the ears of
those among whom previous inquiry had
been made. But, the fact of the monu-
ment needed further interpretation, for, the
clergy belonging to the cathedral, wishing
TO show every respect, without consulting
the family Of the deceased, TeBolvedto put
up tablet to his memory, and to their in
tense surprise his friends most unexpcct-
edly found g, monument erected 10 thsvery
alton in his dream. = a.i5
SECRET OF BEAUTY.