The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-29

giving any llgQJ ana forming what Tie
old folks used to call winding-sheet
: [ endeavOred to clip it with the snuff
ers, but being no apt hand at the busi-
= ness, l only managed to put it out, and
: was left in darkness. At this moment
wild, unearthy shrek swept down the
chimney with Il Shrill blast, and re-
4 sounded through the room like the last
dying moan of some despairing sinner.
So sudden was it, and so appalling,
that l dropped the candlestick and
snUtfers and stood trembling for a mo-
ment, unable to move then, ashamed
of my fears, felt for matches on the
mIIantle-sb@pHNntaGd on the stand near
! the tire,SSSGCe, but could find none
they had evidently been forgotten. l
must confess that this annoyed me, for
[ was certainly nervous after the two
! last occurrences. / never thought of
/ blowing the embers on the hearth into
flame, and thus Telighting my candle,
! but determined to 90 to bed in the dark.
| [ accordingly undTessed as we'll as [
was able and lay down, sunk into the
her bed until | could just see over
e edge of it toward the fireplace, in
which the smOuldering embers Of the
| fire were dimmed with ashes, but now
and then, as some fiercer blast swept
down the chimney, they would redden
up for a moment, but dull again to a
deeper blackness than before. The
storm outside ragged with unabated fu-
ry, and the easements 2ttled and shook
as if they would cOmt 10 pieces every
moment 1t was a fearful night, and
7 could not sleep. l noticed that the
clock had stopped, and it seemed in the
gloom as if time had paused; there
was no sound there, but one of those
Wretched little toTmentOrs ;lS5eath-ticl1,
as they are termed, was 6usy in the
wainscOte in the corner of the room
over the GDead of myi ed, and6kept at
it in a manner fearfU & unpleasant to
one whose nerves had been strung to
such a high pitch of excitement as
mine had been for the last few mo-
me Is. The rain fell with dull, heavy,
mOnOtOnOus sound upon the shingles
of the old house, which at any other
time would have lulled me to sleep,
but rest for that night seemed banished
from my eyes. l tried all the various
ways that l could remember having
read Of that might attract sleep, re-
multiplication table, and resorted to-
various other subterfuges to WOO the{
sOmnoIent goddess, but all apparently
to no purpose. | must, however, have (
at. lengt 2oZed somewhat, for l re- {
mountaineering one of those sudden 5
or
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