Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-08-05
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Revelation Of a Spiritual
iSt.
BY .RUIDE.

BY .BUIDE.
One evening, not long since, l
received the following note from
! my old friend the Squire, sum-
,moning me to his presence inn
,mediately:
Hfr. Dear Buide-I am Uery
sick, and I haze fears my pres
tent GtlneSS aUW result IN death.
sCome immediately. Your old
] friend, THE SQUIRE.
Hastily making every Prepa-
ration, l hurried over to the old
sgentleman's; wondering all the
while what this strange, pecul-
Liar old man could want to re-
veal to me. He had been a con-
Stinual reproach to me all my life,
following me with his counsel
sand advice, as the shadow the
substance, continually reprov-
ling me for every little indis-
screet act, re minding me Of the
sre lation and obligation of man
TO God. T,lling me with as
stonishing accuracy and precision
sof events that would transpirc
sduring my Iife's history. l To-
sticed every thing he ever told
sme took place precisely in tie
smanner as described by him. |
shad the utmost regard and res
Spect for him, tho stunned him
las I would a viper and loathcd
sand hated him, for a while, from
sthe innermost depth Of my
sheart. | never went out in the
Scity but I met him, who was GER
Stain to follow me wherever |
Event. | had contracted the hab-
Sit of drinking and gambling of
5late years, and / never went in
Sto one of those dens of vice but
she was almost sure to como in
sand warn ne against my impend-
ling. danger. lie would even
sfollow me through dim unfre-
5quented alleys, trod only by
sdrunkards ana gamblers (such
Gas me.) | drew my revolver
Sonce to kill him, but the moment
FL met his gaze became as help
Bless as an infant. There was Il
smanhood in his look that awcd
Eand overcame nc, a manhood that
Emurdcr could not kill. [ re-
3 member one dark, dismal night,
Ell stole gently out at the back
Edoor Of my own house that O.
opened in one of those dim alleys,
Efrequcnted only by men of dark
gdeeds. [ stole down this alley
Eto the hell where I had spent so
smany nights in reyclry and
scrimc. l had been there but a
Eshort time when l heard low,
Egentle, distinct rap on the door,
(which was noticed only by my
Fself, the rest of the company
Ebcing absorbed in their game, or
sperhaps too beastIy intoxica-
Eted to notice anything. l was
EaIarmingly drunk myself, but
Kthe familiar and well known
ssignal echoed in my wild disor-
Edered brain until it assumed the
Efierce and terrific roar Of ten
sthousand cannon exploding i'm
kmcdiately in my very ears. l
chad heard that same low gentle
Ysignal a thousand times before
Fand [ too we'll knew its mean
Eing and by whom it was given.
arising from my seat | tore open
sthc door and not to my surprise,
Hbut great horror, there stood the
3 pale attenuated form Of the old
Eman. [ rushed past him down
1.-THE stairway, and out in the
q street and hastened aghast to
smy own dwelling. Reaching
smy home | fell upon the floor i'll
1.-THE widest delirium. | was in
athe grasp of a skeleton, could
afeel its bony fingers clasping
Smy arms, hear the rafting Of
Rdry bones, and chatter of ghost
Ely teeth. His fingers were hor-
krible scorpions, [ could feel their
Ecold, Shiny forms crawling over
Smy body, his arms were giant
Eserpents that twined around
Sme licking my face with their
sforked, fiery tongues, whose
Seyes seemed slumbering balls
Eof fire. My soul seemed wrapped
Gin total, and absolute darkness
Emore terrible than the tabled
darkness of old days. The next
Hmorning [ was awakened by a
Efiood ofgolden sunlight bursting
Einto my chamber through the
shalfopenedd door, and Isoon,shook
Eoff the terrible night mare of
nthe soul. The old Squire made
Ehis appearance very early, to
Hwhom | related the event Of last
might as accurately as l could re-
Smember; who, it seems, knew
aand understood ali hefnre / told