The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22
A Singular Adventure.
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BY Q. D..

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+, A great number Of persons who knew
the celebrated Or. Burton, hive ofton
heard him relate the following anec.
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One day he had procured the bodies
Of TWO criminals, who had been hung.
for the purpose of anatomp; not being
able to find the key OF the dissecLiug
room, he ordered them to be deposited
in an apartment contiguous to his bed
room, During the evening he ret d and
wrote late. The clock had just struck
one, when al, at, once dull sound
proceeded from, the room containing the
bodies, aud the doctor went to see what
could. be, the cause of the unex expected
noise. What was his asst. nishnIeut. or
rather his horror; on discovering that
the sack which contained tho bodies
WAS torn asund-r, and that one of them
was sitting upright in the councr
Pser DR.. Burton. at. this unexpected
apparition, becaaie itransfxed with Ter
rnr, which was increased by observing
the dead and sunken eyes IF the corpse
fixeT upon bin,.at whichever way he
moved. The worthy doctor, more dead I
than alive, now began to beat qnick
retreat without, Z, however, losing sight
of the" object of his terror. But the
spectre had risen and followed him; his
strength fails, the candle falls from his
hand, and he is new in complete dark
ness.
The good doctor has, however, gained
his apartment, and thrown himself on
his bed bat the fearful spectre has still
followed him; it has caught him, and
seizes hold OF his feet with both hands.
At this climax of terror the doctor
loudly exclaimed,
whoever your are, leave me ~
At this the spectre let go It's hold
and moaned feebly these words =
i"Pitty, good hangman have pity on
me %
The doctor NOW discovevered the
mystery, and regaincd, little by little,
his composure. He explained to the
criminal, who had so narrowly escaped
death, who he was, and prepared to call
up some of his family.
"Do you, then, mean to Do troy mc?'
exclaimed the crimintl. .If am dis.
covered, my adventure will become pub.
lie. sna =!::.-:: =!:.:: 20 ..ouynt 20 the
scaffold a second time. In the name of
humanity, save me from death
The good doctor then rose and pro-
cured a light. He muffied his unex
pectcd visitor in an old dressing gown,
and having made him take some re.
storing cordial, desired to know what
crime had brought him to the scafold.
He was hanged tor high treason.
The good doctor did not well know
what means to employ to save the poor
creature. He could not keep him III
his house, and to turn him out would
be to expose him to certain death. The
only way, then, was to get him into the
country; 50 having made him dress hlm
sell III some old clothes which the kind
doctor selected from his wardrobe, he
iett town early, acoonpan ed dy his
rr"teye, who. he represented as %
aSsisiant.
When they had got iuto the open
country, the wretched creature threw
n.inself at the iect ol his beuefact,r and
ihcrai'r, to wnum he swure al eternal
crautadc; .,nd the GENEROUS doctor
t.avins g,D,e,u,i his wants by s,ndi
sam al .nsouey, the graiefui creature
iit h,.,, with aany blessings aud pray.
ers ar h,s happiness.
About twelve years alter this accur.
renee, Dr. Barton had cccas,Va 10 visit
amsterdam. Having gone, one day, to
the bank, he was 'accosted By well,
dressed man-~oue WHO had been pointed