Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-10-26

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! myself, luckily remembered there was
plenty of matches inrmy cigar case to-
ward my coat pocket, therefore, IgrOPed
my way. and securing them, struck one
of them. What was my JOY TO see, stand
ing on the wooden mantelpiece, second
candle. half bunneds bni sui able to giVs
light for a couple of hours atqeasl! This
! was speedy kindled, and then, turning.
} toward the dog, approached the bed
The animal seemed to have no ll-nainred
: designs, but as / drew nearer, turned his
nose upward, and gave a low grOwl, and
finding did not heed his pantonime,
} tut s Itetched out my hand to seize him,
he repeated the action, and took every
possible means TO direct my attention to.
the ceiling. Without understanding his
desire at the time, involuntarily glanc-
ed upward, and conceive my hOrrOr'a
seeing dire city over the head of my bed,
! the faint but distinct outlines of large
trap-door.
My frozen blood had hardly begun to
J, tingle along my veins once more, when
my yes firmly rivetted on this object,
: plainly perceived it tremble, and COM
! menced slowly to Open.z The dog Observ-
5 ed this likewise and uttering a loud
howl. sprung from the bed and out Of the
! still open windnw. The door, neverlhe-
! less, -ascended gradually, and juss'as a
/, furious gust of wind, swept by, and with
f one of It's eddies extinguished the candle,
I a large heavy something fell with a crash
0 upon the bed. With gasp and cry Of
, suf ocati6n, / started, and opened my
4 eyes, discovered I had been dreaming ;
a and the sense of bewif dermnt accompany
! ing my waking did not prevent feeling
!. of intense relief.
E At first / could not recollect where
4 was, and fancied / must be at homo bot
e few seconds suficed to dispel the ill.,
= sion. Casting my eyes round IN an ef-
: fort to indemnity myself and ascertain my
e position, Tsaw the candIs on the table
= Aaring up every now and the in des-
I perate struggle for existence, Hastily
glsnGipg at the mantel. l saw another
e candle, half burned. which L had noticed
when / went to bed. Twas now through.
" aroused. AID with foreboding apprs-
b hension, Looked up at the ceiling, and ah,
Heaven! in the dimness of the light
: saw the regular figure of reclangle
d traced upon the plastern directly above
: me. Every mucle of my whole body was
paralyzed by this discovery, and weight
!. seemed to lie with crushing force upon
o my chest; with a spirit now. compile tely
o overcome by cuperstious terror, | lay at
f tempting to summon sufficient resolution
f arise and examine the chamber closely,
: when-hark, could II be be?-yes-no-Yes
S way inn1fstakably faint sound Outsi de
my window, resembling the noise Of a
/ dog's;clows against the wall. Il grew
;. more and more distinct, accompanied at
/ intervals with a low whining, and an oc-
/. casional short, sharp yelp No sooner
: had I become convinced that it was really
e the case, than mysef, possession returned;
i l got up, put on my clothes, took one pis-
0 tOl in my hand, leaving the other under
y my pillow and walked resO!utely towards
5 the window. y,-.o.9
s My candle had became extinguished
q by this time, and as / looked out into the
a black abyss of the night, l saw that the
/ clouds, dashed here and there with spot s
: of silver, were breaking up, and that be-
D fore long the moon would appear. ]
g threw open the window, and at once, a,
: if borne by the gust of wind which rush
}, ed into the apartment, in leaped the
+ black dog which seemed so nysteriOusly
: connected with this singular adventure
y of mine. was now completely my owr
e master; by vigorous effort Of the viii |
d quelIed the shadOwy fears which bssieg.
! ed my heart, and looked on. with strain.
d ing eyes TO discern, if possible, the mea3s
b by which the dog could thus make his
q appearance outside a second story win.
d dow. A transient moonbeam showed me
g one of The numerous oui-buildings before
2 mentioned, at right angels with the wal
, of the house, and from the caves Of lhit
.; all along the sioe of the house extended
IS a narrow plank. about FIVE inches wide
D. A thick cloud Obscuring the room again
r Precluded further observation, and
l. turned from tie window.
'e I felt confident that m3 cigar.case wa
r empty Of matches, but, to test tie accura
y cy of my dream, I felt for it. opened II
le and discovered at least twenty. Istrucl
ID a light. and, as I expected, there wa
il the dog upon the bed in the very attitud
xt Of The vision All doubt now vanishe
from my mind that had been myste II
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