Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-15
From the Crown poln. dnddiana) Rcsi,tcr.l
A WONDERFUL NARRATIVE.
Worse than n Ghost story-sirnnge
DEVELOPMENTS i'm Spiritunlism-The
Dead Rising from tho Grave.

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Worse shan n Ghost story-sirnnge
Developments in Bpiritunlism-The
Dead Rising from the Grave.
CONCLUDED.
The day had been exceedingly cold and
stormy, and the night had already set in,
dark and dismal, with a fierce gale, and a
storm of rain and hail, when l again stood
beside my patient. The moment l looked Mt
him, l perceived unmistakablc indications Of
the near approach Of death upon his features.
He was free from pain, his mind perfectly
clear; but his life was cbbing away with
every feeble breath, like the slow burning out
OF an exhausted lamp.
Meanwhile the storm rose to a tempest and
the gloom grew black as death in the wild
night without. The wind swept in tremen-
dous gusts through the adjoining forests, rat
Ting the icy branches Of the trees, and came
wailing and shrieking through every crack
and Granny of the building.
Within, there was yet wilder commotion.
All that had been said or sung, written or
dreamed, about ghostly visitations, was then
and there enacted. There wal the ringing Of
bells, moving Of furniture, crash Of dishes,
whispers, howls, crying, laughter, whistling,
heavy and light footsteps, and wild music, rs
il in very mockcry Of the internal regions.
All these sounds grew wilder with the rising
gale, and toward midnight they were almost
insufferable.
As for US three-thc patient, Mrs. Green
and mysclf-we were as silent as death itself.
Not 4 word passed our lips after nine o'clock.
As for the state OF our minds, God only
knows. Mine, in the wild world Of thought
and event which followed, forgot all the past,
save what | have recalled and pcnned, bit by
bit, above. / remember only looking for the
final catastrophe, which grew rapidly nearer,
with a constant endeavor to concentrate all
nv faculties Of mind and sense upon the
phenomenon which /, at least, had begun 70
believe would herald the loss of my patient.
As it grew closer upon twelve o'clock, (for
uuon the striking OF that hour had my
thoughts fixed themselves for the expected
demonstration } my agitation became so great
that it was with extreme difficulty I could
control myself.
Nearer and nearer grew the fatal moment
for fatal 1 knew it would be, to the patient,
at least-and at last the seconds tremblcd on
the brink OF midnight; the clock began to
strike -one-two- three! | counted the
strokes Of the hammer, which seemed rs
though they never would have donc-ten-
eleyen-twelvc! / drew my breath again.
The last lingering echo Of the final stroke
had died away, and rs yet there was no token
OF any presence save our own.
Ali was silent. The wind had lulled for a
moment, and not a sound stirred the air
within the house. The ghosts had fed.
l arose and approached the bedside. The
patient was nlivc-drawing his breath very
slowly-dying. The intervals between his
gasps grew longer-thcn he ceased to breathe
altogethcr-hc was dead
Mrs. Green was sitting in her place, her
elbows resting OIL her knees, her face buried
in her hands.
l closed the open mouth and pressed down
the eyclids of the dead. Then I touched her
on the shoulder.
alt is over" | whispered.
"Thank God" was the fervent reply.
Then we both started. There was 4 rust
ling ofthc bcdclothes! Mr.. Hayden was sitting
erect, his eyes wide open, his chest hcaving
in n mighty effort for one more inspiration OF
the blessed air. Before | could reach the
bed he spoke:
"My God! she is coming"
At the same instant the wind came back
with a sudden and appalling gust and a wild
shrek as it swep. through the ~crcyices Of the
building. There was a crash Of the outer
uoor, laeh u seasserIis unu unSeiIa,h sup ~
tnc oasei G ~ rpPioaoneu ."e ~
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think Oh t-remGmoer IT,. l Wonaer DC
levcd II then, or DO now; that diu not Ro
mad or drop down dead.
Through the open door there stepped a h2'
ure, not OF Mrs. Hayden, not oil her corpse,
not OF death, but n thousand times more nor
riole, a thing OF corrupnon' Decay OF worms
and rottenness'
The features were nearly all gone, and the
skull! IN places Sleamea through whiee anS
terrible. lier breast, abdomen ana necS
were eatsn away, ner .'mSs were Pu'r'u'
green n lneXpresSioiy loatnsome.
born a yolce-smOthcred indeed, Inc strange
but distinct
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wAIT!!'
l dared not turn my, eyes rom the intru'
der; l could not, II / dared, though l heart
a groan behind me and a fall.
Then 1.-THE thing before me-sank dowr
upon the moor, IN q heaP, uaIk anu ioa.n'
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