The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-21

pomb" it went on, never hurrying or
staying its measured beat. "Toll, toll,
toll, . and the dreadful thing rang on az
it it would never stop until he answered
it. How could he help recollecting my
fathers words: Whenever you hear the
bell ring In that way remember at as L and
I aodnt you :" He threw on his things
and went down to the door, white and
trembling, and his knees quaking under
him. As he passed along the passage the
bell stopped. He unbolted and unbarEed
the door, and looked out into the night
The moon shining on the pavement, and
the wind blowing coolly on his damn
| forehead, houses asleep, streets deserted
not a soul abroad, noriliglt from door
nor window, and Mr. Morley's front door
closed. Nothing else. More awful to
/ him than any vision of another world
| were the silence and the stiffness and the
lsight Of the quiet stars, when his very
heart cried aloud in fear within him.
Almost fainting be got back to bed, and
tossed there till morning.
| The next night it was the same, with
this exception, that, frightened beyond
endurance, and really longing for the
sight of fellow creature, Doctor Gryapy
raped at my door. Net being gone to
| bed, answered him myself His face,
always white, looked ashen and deadly
in the moonlight.
/ "For Heavens sake, Mr.. Morley, tell
me-did you ring my surgery belt?" $50
I ono" said |. but what on earth
possesses you? You look like death it.
scf." HaItffG NUTYcTTTg lgT fg-g
az fancied I heard the bell ring, Mr..
Morley, and that it rang likehe rang it
for me the night he died, | mean your
father but am nervous tonight, and it
may have been my fancy after all"
/ g Fancy,"I repeated, "that is absurd,
There could be no fancy about hearing
such bell as that. Either you did hear
Lit or you did not, for it is bell that aoalI
ardke the dead.' 3.afT WfIoat3 "a
4 Inadvertently and lightly l spoke 4
these words, but their effect on DR. Cry
ant was terrible. I thought he would
4 have fallen, and SO asked him to come
| into the dining room to- take something
i He looked at me with a long, vacant
stare, and then, with shudder of horror
stammered quickly beneath his BREATH
| " No, I cannot" and staggered out into
the street, and shut himself up in hisown
house The mans manner impressed me
so much as that of a cowardly criminal
who did not dare TO face something he
had done, that, when returned TO the
dining ROOM / began to suspect him of
being one.
was sitting 10 the same room, and
near about the very spot, my father
died, ten days before, at that very hour
| | give the coincidence for what it IS
worth, because, in my opinion, the sur
roundings had much to do with driving
my nina irrcsistibly in one direction.
Subiectively, believed myself to have
been under the influence Of my fathers
spirit, through the operation of this CO.
Incidence Of time and place, taken IN con-
lnection with what had fallen from Dr..
Gryant, but OF any objective or super
natural presence | was unconscious.
was merely aware of direct influence on
| my mind while | sat thinking over Dr.
Gryant's singular and marked agitation
| When, for instance, reflected that his
agitation might be the result OF some
nervous disorder on his part, and my
thoughts showed signs of wandering to
the diagnosis and treatment OF such alb
CREATIONS, the influence would strongly
impress on my mind the fact that DIR.
Gryant had himself connected his terror
about the bell with my father, while by
his marked dread of entering the house
he had shown reason for fear which he
associated with this house. In spite OF
myself, whenever my thoughts took any
direction favorable to Dr.. Gryant, they
were blocked by some startling suspicion
or hint of motive which had before
overlooked. | know that was thus in
a
| nv own mind, until [ became unwilllngly
forced to the conclusion that DR.. Gryant
had done some great wrong against my
| father. Having reached this conclusion,
the end. seemed less unreasonable to me
than the steps by which | arrived at 1t.
/ must have unconsciously dropped off
to sleep in my chair, for woke cold and
Ichilly, the fire gone out and my limbs
numb and stiff. kne v that had dream
! ed, and that the dream had been about
my father and DIR. Gryant, but the par
ticulars of the dream were gone from my
memory. | yet had distinct knowledge
Iof having seen vivid things in my sleep.
1t was as though some light had flashed
into my mind for an instant, lit up pic
ture there of something very much want
ed to know, and then suddenly and lrrev.
oclbly died out. But aWoke, remem-
her, with the impression that | should
see nv fathers body IN the room, and
4 that I must see it there There was
nothing unusual in the room. Still
Icould not get rid of the impression of the
dream and. again, i'll spite Of me, the
Influence, of which l was the cons ious
but unwilling agent swerved around my
mind till felt must see my fathers
body tor ma self
| then went to bed, believing my