The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-01-11

great heave of the chest, at last the single
word came forth.
Remember"
Her jaw fell back in its place. and she
again lay down as before. | now exanin-
ed her minutely That she was dead there
could be no further possible shadow OF
doubt; and SO left the house.
On the following day Dr. Williams made
careful aud minute post mortcnl examin-
alton of the body. was prevented by
business from attending. but | was in
for ned by the doctor that he found the
brain but slightly afectad-an unusual
fac; in persons dying of typhus fever-but
that her lungs We're torn aud rent exten-
sively. as by a sudden, single and powerful
fort, and suffuscd partially with coagu-
lated blood. These were all the noticeable
features of the case. She was buried on
the afternoon of the same day.
About two weeks after the death of his
wife I was called to visit Mr. Hayden
On my way met DR.. Williams, aud told
him nv Grand. expressing some surprise
at the preference of the family for myself.
as knew him to he = safe and cxpericnc
ed practitioner lie replied that nothing
coui! induce him to enter that house He
had seen things that-wcll, would fnd
out when ! gotthcre.'
WAS considerably amused at the doc
tors manner and warmth. and beguiel my
wa II i;ncy,he what had alarmed HIN. a
physician. i:om his dutv
On my arrival found no person present
with ;hc qatienr. cxcept Mrs Green. who
Informed ne that the spirits had been
playing such pranks that not soul, Dr.
w inculcd could bc Induced to remain
Tie children had been gone some time;
they were at her house.
found tue patient very low. and with
no prospect Of Surviving the a:tack. lie
was, however, quite free from pain. though
very weak
While in the house | noticed many
manifestations Of the presence of the power
called spiriiualism. Chairs and tables
were moved and removed. billcts of wood
thrown upon the FIRE and doors opened and
shu. without any apparent agency. heard
struggles and unaccountaDic noises too, and
felt an unusual sensation caused. no doubt
by the mysteries which surrounded aud
mocked me
Noticing my manner the patient ob>
served: Its nothing, you must get used
to it. Doctor
Il should not be content unless could
explain them as we'll as become indifferent
to item replied
This opened the way to long conver
sat;on, during which probel my patients
aiind to The bottom, bu, without detecting
4 shadow Of belief Speaking Of his wife
he said:
You heard Ellen promise to warn ne
IF my time to de-"
Il dil-but You do ne: believe her.
'No. II it possible, she will keep her
word. in spite of heaven or he'll! Bat it il
simply impossible. She promised to come
in body and speak to me. | shall accept
no other warming from her save the literal
meaning Of her words -
And what them
'lIow much Of her body i. there left.
even now, Doctor and she has not come
yet. She promised to come from the grave.
Can she do il? No. no: it is all humhuc
1t delusion Poor Helen. Thsus Goa,
Doctor, the ley'lry which so haunted her
life. and stood between her soul and nine
can not reach her now
But if she should come? Yen may be
deceived -
and hear her shall believe no spectre.
if there are such things. Her body a. il
is: or will be, let that speak if it cam
From that day M to the hour of his
death was with him almost constantly,
and was daily introduced to some new and
startling phenomenon. The nei2hbors
had learned to shun the house, and even
the vicinity, as they would the plague; and
.trnage stories Travelled from gossip, ac-
ourng mere OF the marvellous at every
repetition. Nevertheless, my practice was
increased.
On the morning of March 20th, | called
earlier than usual. During the visit the
manifestations Of supernatural presence
were more frequent, wild and violent than
even before. / was informed that they
had been cXcce1in@iN ''oirhI uUIlHS thc
preceding night. Their character too
had greatly changed. BESIDES the moving
OF all movable articles, the tingling Of
glasses and the rafting Of tin ware there
we're frequcpt and startling sounds. as III
whispered conversations. singing and sub
dued lauehter-all perfect limitations of
the human voice, bur too low to enable ne
to detect the words used. if word. they
were. Sul!, however. none OF those unu,
sual sounds had entered the sick room
They followed the footsteps OF Mrs. Green
like a demon echo, but paused on the
threshold of that room as if debartcd by a
superior power from entering there.
found Mr.. Hayden was worse, and
sinking very fast lie had passed bad
night. Doubtful whether lie would sur
vivc to see another morning. left him.
promising to call at evening and spend the
night with him, resolved, in my secret
thoughts to be '.in at the death" If
there wa. to be a ghostly warning, meant
to hear it, and if possible, to solve the
strange enigma.
The dov had been exceedingly cold and