, 1869-01-04
SEPULCHRAL LOVE.
4 TcunE Mnn ssSn atchxhss the q edf
Of HIS Dend Ina u2u.att.

Of His Dend Ina u2u-att.
Nashville (Tenn. !, rrese aud Times, De-: -.
The str1- Gest case OF thicyin. whirh &c
ever heard Q, took place in the tjolnins
narrative, as We hare hard It, Is simply
this: 4 few mil.s from -Ashlant, ana t.ot
fir from thu Cumberland River, lire 81 family
tanned White, who a1e III What Is tacre etn-
sldered comfortable circumstances. On
Christmas Eve your.g Girl, come fourteen
! ess. She was not long home from an elu-
cational institute in 1ndiana, which shc was
forced to Lave by reason Of IN unac-
countable iudtsposition. The house Of
the Whites Is situated In rather remote
section, 50 that the night Following the de-
cease OF the yornC lady there w,-rc no ris'-
tors 10 watch up with the mourning ia'n,ay.
save one-a young gentleman nam q His-
2ir*, who had come on horseback IN the
early part OF the day to visit the SICK girl.
lie had visited her before lie 1ou"a Der
sstnklng, and appeared to pe more overcome
When her eyes closed in death hc WAS uncou-
trollab1c In his sorrow, and It was found
necessary to bring him to different l,1rt Of
tho house and Try 10 cheer him up by coscs
OF strong drink. It was found exceedingly
t:i11scult 10 induce him to take any filuor,
ard in order to encourage him the only
hra'hes o, tho deceased girl iMtibed freely
himself ii the stimnlant:-s freely, in fact.
tina. he was overcome, and fs.l Into sound
sletp about niGhttall. from which it was
Thought best uui to wake HIN. The yauIg
-itl's mother bad been in very delic.' c hcal;h
,vr some time past. and the children 1f the
hou~c weie Of ioo delicate au aga to sit up
all night il & Gambler Of death. Hence,
vh.n the hours waScd late there were no
watchers IN the llouec but young Higgins
and tue .irl's ,ather. Up to about j:
o'clock the Young man seemed ia
communicative, but sat b'oodins over lis
SORROW iu the gfGomicst possible usanntr.
Shortly alter midnight there WIS change
ptrccptib1c. lie became tslkativc, Suggested
To The old man tic nrorric'y Of taking i "
tie stin1ulsu., aud Of shaking oG sntue Of bis
:!t. end IN exceedlncle ingenious way o' re-
su','n:ui,ding Its beneficial qualities, e'c sue
ceedcd In setting thc old man ustcci-sc1t
niul into 50 sound tlr''r tlsat hc dd not
wake lip Until between five md six III the
mur1in.. Whrn hc woke lie found yaunr
Higgins octnpyrE exactly the same ro-ttion,
" !.c thought, thai Ac did III thu carrier p lrt
=: the prcsiu,,, night, sitting III a eors,rr with
Ills bow cd bead resting tn tsts f1tsf- hut he
observed tlsat 1Ac young tsl!ew's haots wcES
muody, ard "hen srnkrnt H. h'm,ct mp
{~ntrd Weary. an1 even cxhIn-tcd IIst he
ally accounted .nr l1lr." changes To t'c,p.e
" In bud u object IN ilakfnE inIuilie. ln'o
tlutn III" cul1It,, wllo.t' iii tlL b. .cn screwed
down the night hcf''rc. wt-s all right. Every.
thing appeared 10 IT, gloomy antl sor-
ruw!uly light. Not much notice was taken
uI unyttItrg until tlc ions approached tlE
lie i'..' rlntn; Ut IT" corp =. WHEN Higgins
Shared Signs of srea, agitation which wrrs
considered Tie uutural rc-nlt ni hi, Erea'
:,it&. Tl.' LITTLE tut4ceM atrauEs Nrnss tena
easily A1d quitkly rlatlr, the coffin vase rr;ct
10 ,ta dcosltcd testing pa'c hy the thr.s
n5cn. t"llu"td hy The 1n"tl'cr, and thu litt!'
f.3,i1ttrt.n }.ft II t1l, r. n
lr"acllt': ihc. srasc f!.Sn~. "hi,l
t., II. eAl.ass.sIo's uE tsvpi.n,ioa, sas,,l
ell u lrntiy tia. le LIT 70 his bold. u,s'
:At c<nlu Eel! 10 the seat,sd j. r.stl.ae
u,,u,i.nui i;lc icx nouratrs tht tltctr
hr.t lm;ii,lh" WIS to itc"; hut tt'c si'fn unt
Authoritative look u! the iit!Irr riyiteM s.I
~ one to the .pu:. lie iclt conviuscd On
t9.r u:tiIr1lt tlIat something : wns wrhty, lie
iuurdiu,rIs slesnntrhct Ills ION into tht
luuac tus iut1l SCREW and III IN und I'm : tt
I'D he found III the cu,lil,-tl1t lllc jeld furm
al uls hcttvt1 csiil, hut a leap III slour'
and dirt. Higgins. thou.h III athletic younl
irl!ow, eighteen YEATS Old, SINK tu the gr 3ut
in II taiutin. tit. The CONSERVATION and c mi Il
sion was great, It was uWlng t. the effort
oi the old lady thai Higgins did not 'brcat h
his last, for old White felt that liz lad uad
away with thu dead body os his child. AZ c
some time. when y6un. Higgins was restored
'le confessed to having set lie old mar pur
rostly drunk, md then opened tue c,llin u u
took judith out and, mounting bis hor.c
rode four miles in the wanIs, Eherc be stow
Cd away the body in little cave, and coveee
il up will leaves and hranc:>, and The
coming back, filled her place III the colli
With s1oues and Garth aud Sc: cSrd Oh tue Ii
again. His grest love 1or The girl, b
alleged. could moi let her 70 I IA; from hi
sl.lit forever i; he tlou,hl sic w1ult keep tic
:" !e'tl At few days 1onyer. When tt
laI'sc u so:nc time allowed tiic angry fctln.
vi the old man tn eo.l le looked upon ii
1nver u! hi> dear departed .i7l ulore in pl,
than in wrath.
The t.,dy was recovered and inferred wit
tserEnin. dignity, and It was a.-rc5d to 81
rutDlng q. tile affair, but let it di. out. L.
female tleA!t, however, could not keen sur
secrtt, and in few bonrs i, spread, AZ
I' finally became tine common talk Of must
s Tie eo.ntt.