The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-01-19

i u!"'l ms features. llNsMas lroo IRON pain,
! ms mind perfectly clear, but his hts was
,6lng away, With every fecbo breath, sliko
theslow' burning ont orau exhausted lamp
Meanwhlc, the storm rose 10 Il tontpcst,
! aud The gloom grow hlaok as death ia the
'vld hight, without. The wiad swept in
tremon olsagUsts ilirough the nd iuininp
forests, lattiing the icy branches o the troes
md came waiting and shricking through
every cratk aid Granny OF The b6iliiig.
Nlthlns there Was y0t wilder oommc ton.
All that had beeu said or sung, wri tten or
dreamed, of ghusily visitatons, was thcn
anq there ENACTED. There was tho ringing
OF bells, moving of furniture, crashing OF
dishes, whispers, bowls, crying laughter,
whisthng, heavy and light Footsteps, and
wild music, as ii in very mookery of the iu.
| iernal regions. All these sounds grew
wilder with the rising guile, aud toward
midnight, they were almost insutfemtle.
As Tor us three The pa,ioot, Mrs. Grrcu
and myseN-wc Were Ns silent as death IL
sell. Not . word passed. our lips, after
niue o'clock. As for the state Of our minds,
God only knows. Mine, IN the wild world
of thought and evet,t which followed, for.
got Al Tie past, save What have recalled
aud pcuued, bit by b,t.aboyo. remember
only looking for The 6nalcatastrophe, which
grew rapidly nearer, with constant en-
deavor to eunceupate all my faculties OF
p,ind and sense upon tho phenomenon,
which |, at least had begun to believe
would iherqllthe loss Of mylpatept mi
As It grew closer upon twelve o'clock
Tor upon the striking, of that,hour had my
thoughts liked themselves for the expected
demonstratioiG my agitation became so
great fhqtit was with exremylHiculy
couid control myself, ~ ~ ..s,yr
Nearer sqd ,Neareg grew, ,hesM sMlal moment
--lor fatal | Knew It would. be TO the pa
tient, at least -,aiid at last the seconds
trembled on the brink Of .uidpight; the
clock began TO stIikc-oHoLtw Ltwo-three
! counted the strokes OF the hammer, which
seemed as though they never would have
done-rteu- eleven twelve |! 1 DREW nv
breath again. The last lingering echo of
the final stroke had died away, and yet
there was no token of'any prcscpce save
our own.
All was silent The wind had lulled for
a moment, and not u soundlstirred theair
within the house. Il The ghosts had fled. ger
laro Q, aud approached the bedside. The
patlcut was alive--drawing his breath very
wly--dying.a The intervals between his
gasps grew longer--tlien he ceased to
breathe lGltOgether-h was dead 1a ha Z
Mrs. Green was sitting in her place, her
elbows resting OH her knees, her face buried
in her hands. 1'sf1t 'g H la.
a. | closed tho open mouth and pressed
down the eyelids Of the dead. Then |
touched her on the shoulder. .ugl
"Itis oyer" I whispered. sr1t e'sg7a 'aa
"rhank God, y was the terveht reply.
- aao* ,ss'*a 8l*,f n, %sltlsf
Then we both startel. There was a
rustling OF the bed clothesl Mr., Hayden
was sitting erect, Ills eyes wide open, his
chest heaving in a mighty effort for one
more inspiration of the blessed air. Before
| could reach the bed, he spoke: g9Rf
My God she is coming 4"
At the same instant the wind came back
with a sudden and appalling ssust 'Iiut at
wild shrek, as it swept through thecrev-
ices of the building. There WAS crash
uncertain step in the oUTer roun. Ir,nii
preached the sick room, the Latch lifted, tho
door swung open-and thelf-my God i
what q spectaole,l50 y.agaI hoeU ..a4s l.Va'
Ia ] wonder. even now, that i dare describe
it--think of it, remember it Il wonder
believed it then, or'do now; that did not
go mad, or drop down dead .,.., &
figure, not Of Mrs, Hayden, not of her corpse,
horrible, q thing of corruption, decay, Of
worms, and rottenhcss, y .. s.ls
> Tue features were nearly all gone, and
the skull in places cleaned through, white
and terrible. tHergbreasty abdomen and
neck were eaten away, her limbs were
putrid, green, aud sinexpressiby. loath-
some
And YET TO those pptrescent jaws there
WAS born a voicc-snothered indeed, and
strange but distinct:ss % istv1 % rt'iv
y "Cqp,e, Wiltian,, they seaitfor yoey Z,
/ dared not turn my eyes from The in,
truder; ! could not, if dared, thought |
heard groan behind me, and afall. 70 s5
Thenit-the thing before me-sank down
upon the floor. in a heap, dark and loath.
some-a heap of putrescence and dismem1
bered fragments .I III y5fsal
/ remember that did not faint, that
did not cry out. How long stood trans
fixed, fascinated, know not; but at last,
with an eifvrt aud a prayer, | turned 10 the
bed Mr.. IIayd had falienu3on the floor,
face downward, stone dead. foH7"nE a..e
raised and replaced hinGT compossd
bis limbs; | closed his eyes, and tied mp
his Chin; crossed his hands upon his breast,
and tied them there. Then. | bore ont the
body of his sister, ipseusible Int not dead,
into the pure air--out of that horror and
stencil, into The storm aud darkness--out
of death into life again. asftsfr74 }9 f5s
County of Grand 7foreyse, Michigan, ss' aia1
Mrs Jospeh "A. Green, being duly sworn de-
poseth and says that the letter Of DIR. John Nor
ton hereunto appended, which she has read, Is
strictly true, so far US II goes, though much OF the
history df what occurred AZ her brothers (the
late Mr. HaydenA house Is omitted, and thus she
deuoses of her own knowledge eeitt
'a8ff A.n AIRs. JOSEPH "A. GREEN.
Sworn and subscribed before me, n NBtary Public,
in and Cor lie County Of Grand Traverse, and
State of Michigan. on the Path day Of May A, d.
1858. JAAhS TAl Loh. h.2s
H Notary Public.
I Com,y of Grand Trareyse, Bit1iyan, So s71ta
James IIpesoD, being duly sworn, deposes and
saws that he, in company with George Green, Nj
tbeit j. Blty, and Henry X, Smead on1he first day
OF April last in the afternoon Of said day, did 20
TO the flouse At William a. Hayden then deeea sed,
and that the found upon the foer df the room ~
WliclI tho body of te said deceased lay, and near
Fthe.door of said voDm, the putfd remains OF q hu-
man acorpses- female, as tile deponelt verify be-
iieves and avers and that thew carried away Hnd
buried the ibadEsof the said HAYDEN deceased, ana
founsl the grar OF the " ife Hayden de-
\ ceased in tho month Of biarch lasty open at the
head cssaid grave ,and 1hatsaid grave wasompty,
the. body 0f1he said VITA ol the said Hayden, de-
ceased. bein2gone from said graFe and that they
I returned b. sa idah0nse wherein said Hayden died
and afterfcmovlD gthe faFnitore ,ffonnsaid house,
4tertof said Hay dvn, deceaAedysand Of AlraareaD,
a. aakf II