East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-27


WHOM they are in the presence Of an
other, even though they can SEQ N,
one, and / believe that / possess tim
power strongly. III were blindfoldet
] think that should know when an,
one was looking dxcdly at me, iand
.'''i ~. .'-i..i tl~s l should instinctivel,
know that / was not aIonerr eIts.4ss
dark room in which another person
was seated, oven though no made nC
noise. I remember a college friend
who dabbled in anatomy, telling me
that a little Italiui violinist once call.
cd on him 10 give lesson on his in
strument. The foreigner, singular
ly nervous individual, moved restlcssly
from the place whore he had been
standing, castingnany afurtivo glance
over his shoulder at press which
was behind him. At last tho little fel.
low tossed aside the violin, saying:
81 can not give de lesson if some
one weel look at me from behind
Dore is some boodeo in the cupboard,
i know"
"You are right, there is !" laughed
my anatomical friend, finging open
the door of the press and discovering
askeleton.
The horror which oppressed me was
mmbing. For few moments l could
neither lift my hands nor stir finger.
i was tongue-ticd. / fancied that l
felt eyes staring at me through the
gloom. A cold breath seemed to play
over my face. j believed that fingers
9gehed my @5S chest and Raehe de At
ton; my heart stood still, my flesh be-
came stiff, my muscles rigid.
/ do not know whether L breathed I;
atblue mist swan before my eyes, my
head spun.
The rattle and roar of the train
through the tunnel drowned every
other sound.
Suddenly we rushed past a light
fixed against tho wall in the side, and
it sent flash, instantaneous as that
of lightning, through the carraigo--
In that moment / saw what | shall
never, never forget. saw face op-
posite me, livid as that Of corpse,
hideous with passion, like that of
gorilla.
can not describe il accurately; for
L saw it but for second; vet there
rises before mo now, as / write, the
low, broad brow scanned with wrink-
les; the shaggy overhanging gray eye
brows; The wild, ashen eyes, with
glare in Thorn like those Of demoni-
nc; The coarse mouth, with its fleshy
lips compressed till they were white;
the profusion of wool-gray hair about
tho checks and chin; the thin, blood
less hands, raised and half-open, ex-
tended toward mo as though they
would clutch and tear me.
In the madness of terror l flung
myself along the seat to the further
window.
Then / felt that twas moving slow
ly down, and was opposite me again.
l lifted my hand to let down the win
dow, and L touched something; L
thought it was a hand-yos, yes! it
tcas a hand, for it folded over mine and
began to contract ON it. L felt each
finger seperately-they were cold, so
cold, SO duly cold. l wrenched my
hand away; / slipped back to my for
mer place in the carriage by the open
window, and in frantic horror / open
ed tho door, and clinging to it with
both my hands round the window Jam
fioor and my head turned from the
carraigo. If the cold fingers had but
touched my woven hands, mine would
have given way: had / but turned nv
head and seen that hellish counte-
nance peering out at me, L must have
lost my hold.
All! l saw the light from the tun-
mel mouth; it smote OH my face, the
engine rushed out with MERGING
whistle, the roaring echoes of the tun. |
mol died away. The cool, fresh breeze |
blew over my face and tossed my hair:
tho speed of the train relaxed; the
lights Of the station became brighter!
l heard the bell ringing loudly; / saw
people waiting for tho train; | felt the
vibration as the drag was put on. We
stopped and then my fingers gave
way. l dropped as sack OH the plat
form, and then, then--not till then /
lwoke. There now! from beginning
10 end tho whole had been frightful
iream, caused by my having too many
over my bed. If must ap-
pend a moral-Dont sleep too hot.
5. Barring GOULD, M. A.