The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-30

How IT FxKIs TO pa Dss.-:.1ji1,,,,,, DrxD-:1m1,o,,n,o,,
the protAihent; ;vibitors'Wh6,sae passin9
tho holidays Eitk shs:s !sssrae Amd rafa.
Hons Id This city is Mr.. CeGil. GO. OF
BreweFton. N. 7. About ave yeays aro
MIR: Co. went boating ON Oneida Lake
with two OF his companions. They nm
moored the boat and rowed for tho dis.
tance OF two miles, to on islapd that
lifted ltseIf from the waves. Here they
spent few hours in collecting shells and
botanic specimens, until black, thun.
der-lsdef cloud in the West warned
them that violent storm was brewing.
and they speedily set ont upon their re-
turn. They had nearly reached the
main land when their little Draft was
turned keel upward by squall, and the
party was left struggling and painting in
the water.
MIR. q saw his two companions
swimming toward the shore, and at
tempted to follow them, but in vain. A
delightful sensation of repose took DOS.
session OF him. Then all was chaos.
Blank He WAS rescned by his com.
Panlons, and upon his return TO con-
seriousness he attempted to open his eyes
TO move his hands-to speak. but
found himself unable to command a
muscle. AS he lay in this condition.
memory pictured to him all that had
transpired up to the rhoment when he
became Inaensible. Then he marvelled
whether he was alive or dead. Whit
meant this hush2 this chillp this black.
ness or darkness that enveloped him?
Where WAS he? What was be? Would
1T be always thus2
lime pasbe,i On, aud he felt his
thoughts and ideas contracting into a
narrower and narrower sphere, until no.
thing but the one central knowledge of
existence continued to assert itself. But
suddenly crash, as If oil tho Titnn
thunder-gods had blown their trnmpets
Ia unison, smote upon his hearings
deiuge OF light, like the concentrated
rays OF million suns, burst upon his
VISION; there was a severing OF sol' and
sense; and he stood in spirit beside his
violet-strewn coffin, and read the insorip-
LION: "Cecil c.. born in Baltimore,
Nd. June 20, 1848, died at Breworton.
N. T.. June ~, 1866. aged twenty
years. through the oval glass Of the
mead Oh he oaeket he conld see his face
frozen INTO the white rigidity Of death !.
his 'rlends and relatives we're seated
aroni;d the room, and the pnstor was
preaching touching funeral sermon, in-
,,errupted now and them by the sobs OF
his listeners: Through the open window
!he glory OF summer day was drifting
Ia fragrant with the sweet breath from
tue clover fields. and musical with the
songs OF birds He sawn latent beautv
IN everything. he looked upon. and a
latent melody IN every sound he heard
ana ne realized how crnde and imperfect
Ara ALI t5rooppo -
hesh as compared with those which the
immortals know.
But. like flash of lightning. thera
came n loss of identity again-utter an.
nihilation for an uncertain lapse of time.
and when he again awoke to a sense oi
his condition, his spirit once more ia.
nanted his body. His coffin had been
borne to the cemetery. and he heard the
sexton preparing to lower him to his last
resting place in the dust.
Now, for the frat time. a great horror
fell npon him. He was to be entombed
hilve-to be left alone with the night and
the terror, and tho grim company of
skeletons mouldering around him. He
would regain consciousness when too
i@.e; -o.!a strike the close walls os the
prison, but to no purpose; call, and
there would be no answer; pray, and the
very heavens would be pitiless; shrek.
tear his flesh with his gers, curse, and
raving. die.
Summing up all his will, he utilized It
In last effort to break the spell that had
seized him, and with success. He vas
rescued from his impending doom, and
weeks OF watchful nursing brought him
back to the full enjoyment of his former
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