The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22
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ie 10 Fs9lioo hna bseASS@s- 10 i,sds y4 BYk
b IA great number of persons who knew
the eelebrated = Or. .Bprtpn, have. ofton
heard him relate the following anec.
,3ofa VI a9aI 80 aoas % : siN
40 Saote TIiapol sd, 10 rsnof, in.eo9 is.SeaI
One odsy ahe had procured the bodies
OF two criminals who had been hung.
5for the purpose of snatomp; noe being
able 70 find the key Of the disssotiing
rsoom, he ordered them TO be- deposited
in an apartment contiguous,to his bed.
room During the evening he re,d,and
wrote date. aaThe clock had just struck
one, wheps all az uace 4 dull sound
fron, the room, containing the
bodies, aud the doctor went to see what
could: be,titbe Seause sof The ,unex expected
noise. What was his astInishnlent. or
rather -hisaohorrors on discovering that
..he' sackgt which contained tho bodies
Ras torn, as,iadvr, anl that one of them
was sitting apright in the conner @
Peer DR., Burton, at this uoex p.cted
apparition,' became itransixed with ter
rnpss,, rns,, which was, increased bJ obseryipg
the dead and sunken eyeslofihe cprpse
fxzd uap65n Him. awticheysr vay1sbe
moved. The worthy doctor, more dead
than alive, Einowo began 10 beat 4 anick
retreat without, . however losing sight
of the" object Of hisaterror. But the
spectre had rise and followed him; his
strength fails, the candle falls from Ohis
hand, and he is now in complete dark
ness. -ris sH li y,so
The good doctor has, however, gained
his apartment. and thrown himself on
his bed bat the fearful spectre has still
followed him., it has. .caugh. him, and
seisesg hold OF his feet with both hands.
At this climax Of terror the doctor.
loudly erolaimed, 81
Whoever your are, learc. me!'' eI
Z AZ this the spectre let go its hold,
and moaned feebly these words:-
,a"Pitty, good hangmnn |! have pity on
me p '7 s.'' +. s,
+ The doctor now discoxesered the
mystery, and regaipcd, little by little,
his composuro. He explained to the
criminal, VINO had SO narrowly escaped
death, who he was, and prepared to call
up stine of his family. a s,sT
Z sDo you, then, meat, to do troy me p
exclaimed the criminA. "IfI am dis.
covered, my adventure viii bssone pub.
lie, ana i shall DO brought to the
scaffold second time. In the name Of
humanity, save me from deathv'
The good doctor then. rose and nro-
cured light. He muffled bis uuex.
pected visitor In an old dressing g.wn,
and having made him take sume re.
storing cordial, desired to know what
crime had brought him to the scaffola.
He was hanged TOR high treason,
The good doctor did not we'll know
what means to employ to save the poor
creature. He could not keep him ii,
his house, and to turn him out wou,t
be to expose him to, certain deAtlr. The
only way, then, was to get him Into he
country So having made him dress HIM
sell in some old clothes which the kind
doctor Selected from his swarurobe, he
Left town early, accom- pun ed dy his
IT"teye, WHO. he represented as 90
Jssisiapt,s Eli. aaFeT
o When they had got iut, the open
country the wre,cied creature threw
l,,l,self AT thu lert VI his beueiactpr and
.iherattr, to wnun he swure All cternal
3rntaadci; Ss'nd the gen,roas doctor
havii,s G,nws@f his warls by sn.,ii
se0' s.h .nsouey, the graz etui creature
ieit him, With dnsny blessings aud pray.
ers n,r h,s happiitss.- I " ei..
twelve years alter this accur.
rerce, Dr. Bartou had occasion TO visit
Amsterdam. ia Having goue, one day, TO
the bank he was accosted by we'll.