Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-29

the dawn must now be near, and it could
hardly be phantom again this time. So
he got mp, Went, in bathing apparel as he
still was, 70 the house-dOOr, and opened it.
Sure enough, there stood his friend. or
what seemed hs friend, waiting. what
is the matter with YOU" asked the ssure.
''that you stare so wildly at me? ami how
came you to be in 81 n dress2' ..AIy
own Wearins-e!0thrs are al the BATH re-
piled Osman; and forthwith prOceededsrO
give an account If all that he had seen that
night, aud hOw he bad been twice spectre
tricked, thinking to himself. s.If this
time II be phantom, too. like the others,
L may as we'll provoke 10 10 show its
true character az once, before we 90 fur
! ther. But his friend. on hearing all this.
/ expressed the ufmOs. astonishmenr. ssMel'
he said; ''why, have only this minute leis
my house, and / was going quietly BY nv
self TO the bath, when iU occurred to ne
that might as we'll pass by YOUR door and
take the chance Of calling YOU up, in case
you might not be awake already. You
must have been dreaming somehow. ANY
way, let US now 20 a. once, and look for
your cloth. 5, where Won have lgfc them. lest
anybody else NAV CO ne IN the meanwhile
and take a fancy u them Once more
Osman felt sure that the speaksr was his
own live neignbOr, and no o,hrr. So. after
a little more pdsley, they Went tO-ether,
ana soon stood before he bath. As before,
the outer door was wide open. and The in
terror Of the building brightly lighted
up, but neither batb-keeper at the
entrance, nor any other living crea-
ture. Osman went to the corner where
ne had trSt undressed. and there found
I his clothes living. untouched and folded, ex-
actly as he had left them. II 5 first impulse
was TO put them on without d-.l4y; bat his
friend suggested that as the bath was heated,
they might as well make use Of 1t; 50 the
two EN- cred the inner room. there 20 wait
tlli the ordinary attendants should enter on
service.
They sst awhile and talked; no one came.
But suddenly a cOafused noise, like that Of
a crowd, was heard proceeding from one Of
the deep corner Teces-es OF the hall. Os-
man looked that way, but saw nothing;
tthen turning his heal back a moment to-
wards his SEEMING friend, perceived that
his face was changed and Horrible, and his
stature gigantic.
: And now from the dark niche whence
the sound had BEEN heard, issued long
procession Of countless ficures-mcn,
women, children, on fuOt, on horseback,
armed, unarmed, soldiers, peasants, towns
folk, spears, lsnces, swords, drums, flies; a
mixed multitude, large, small, grOtssgUe,
fearful, hideOus. They filed the entire
place; they swarmed round Osman; they
pointed az him, they laughed, they danced,
they clamoTed, they sung, they played the
strangest antics, till in a moment, as the
first sharp cry that summons to wakeful-
ness and morning prayer sounded from the
minaret gallery Of the old mosque outside,
they al vanished into nothing; the lights
went suddenly nut, and OsmIn, left alone
in darkness, fell fainting Oh the stone pave
nent Of the floor.
The e he remained till be was thus found
by the bath-keeper who enter at daylighr,
and was carried home, still insensible. Bus
before bong he ,ecOvered consciousness, and
told his story; for some hours, even, he
seemed none the worse fer his spectral ad-
venture. As evening approached. however,
fever came on q 4 for several days he was
like to die; when the ciiSis had pas'el, it
iefs him paralytie, no, elessly impaire in
mind and bOiy, q me wIeek- Such be
now continues. His friend, whose sem
blance the '-mockeT h. thrice assumed
had never, as they aftsrv ards found, let his
house during the fatal night, nor evsI liz
late the following mum ng.