Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-03-04
fright lights were burning elsewhere.


She turned them far down, and we, in our
J keen desire that the misc en- scene should be
perfected. were politely oblvious to the
udor ot Kerosene oil.
wood was added To the fire. and bright
/ ewes shone like stars from out the dim cor
ncIs of the room. where the girls were scat
ed on the floor in picturesque groups,
lighted only by the ickerng flames. The
men went for their gay-colored rugs,
Z and established themselves at the feet OF
the isllcs dunes. much As If they were pic
/ uickiug at Great Head.
At last. all these important arrange
meuis being completed. everybody was
/ ready To listen; but who should begin
( The drawing OF lots was suggested, and
: the tirs story wa, told by saturninc in
div dual. who made Us all shiver by = cley-
cr tale. in which skeletons and skulls play
ed 40 mean part.
Then followed some extraordinary spir-
ituAi developments, n narrated by an ca-
/ thu>ia>tic hclicyec. y iair-haired girl. who
sa' az nay side. leaned forward. with slcn-
der hands closely locked together, her lip.
hilt parted. listening with bresthiess inter
t"ra-t. ''Ah." She murmurcd n silence
toll upon H.. iii could but know that the
dead were permitted To- revisit the earth.
Y /, could but believe that they might re-
whom they had loved aud LETT
Dear child, She kuow~ all now. Few
I> b Ne been the weeks sine" tlIat nj sht.
Z they have vet been long enough TO make
. clear a. her vision the great mystery OF
+ death. Thinking of her earnest eyes and
+ th, depth uf longing expressed IN them, |
. seen again ga i,c. The cArc->iuS touch of
those white finger. and to hear about the
Y rn,ii" oi angels wing.
Fanny, stii a mauly voice from the
further corner ut the room, ''you Tcmeu-
F. Der that pretty Gsrl who used Visit at Aunt
pitt, IJ Beacon street. when YOU were a
sh.d. She certainly had no AIR Of beng
-Hed with SECOND sight. and Set | can
lc.i yuu 80 ,oW-Ihiu. connected with her
'hat g. totally n.Npi5eIhic hy any kuOwu
laW that govern tur universe. Some wears
a-o Wruf into Aunt purA's one winter !,
night. js>t before dinner. and found auufy
lu great dl~'Tc-~. otd John her coarhtnan.
nAd gone 81 suddenly uu one orhj. period
Irai >pr'r-, aud she had uo uue - .rLd Ia
tAr station 70 meet Mss :. who wa, go.
iu. to pas i1us-talAcd-pI NI.it
"Als't. / ~Ili don't fret. | vii go
vth pleasure" | easily sct aside her OBJ
J,atiau-that had never seen the expected
SNr-t and after asking her t. describe
Ms :. hurried uN. reaching the station
-
COME iu. walked q4IckIv through the
cars and had Et,r pr Io tiiileu,y lu lud-
Ing Nj :. Prompt. however. ~ AT
;'fyi ns-elt hId been iu my successful
4 tEDl;-. some uuc wa- before me, Aul A. 1
reached iHc young ,Aiv, foual her greet
iIs, "i.h 100 .!ftlH agitation, my old TREND
iAl Andrews. waited tor a upmrut be-
i'g- either of chem noticed mr and then
.oia- forward. introduced myself 10 the
.aAy, .aI wa- kindly received hy her II
s.W enough, however, iu the brief mo-
m-ui~ We three stood together. to convince
me that neither at them would have com
planned ot .hIuJ Dora had ,he neglected to
e'ul jog LcE guest. I was afterward told
taat NJ, :. and rhil were engaged. and
9ay wasted uuli prudence permitted them
o. uitrst- Al these facts, however, wer"
A' thA, inr only guessed II by me, aud
bad Au"Wu 'hem certainly could not
have found therein any explanation of the
s'li" Of painful agitation into which Miss
- Wa esdenuy plunged.
Nv hat i- d. >NcethcAu:" heard Phi
whispered tcndrr.y Arc you itl:'
NO. mo-. she au-A cred hu>Aiiy. Il
am foolish aad nervous.
"ila, auy one dared 10 insult You: r.
asked Phi, w.th a icrocluus air.
Indeed uu.' said Miss >. lit +, only
the old story"
Phil looked troubled and annoyed. but
salI no more. and NJ, ). turning away
silently, struggled ior ccmpo,urc. Tie
luggage Wa ~ last found, aud We all soon
stood 10 ms aunt, warm, well-l shtcl
and ilpNrT-,crutcl rooms.
"Auhty received Mis- ;. with loving
( arms. aui heard her >ay, We'll. deAr.c
Aa- al gone wei with YOU to-day"
That -omrth.ng definite ra- ..'..t
. hp fi.. .lu..~'i-- ...s- certain from tAc earn
4 c>in"-s 81 the girls tone i, She answered !:
7 Aunt Dora'-all Young people called her
aunt could never have summoned
. courage 10 travel by rail to-day, had 1t not
7 been to visit you."
PAN took his leave and Mis- : accom-
panied by her hostess, soon went To her
own apartment. my aunt begging me to
remain until she came down again, which
however. was not until hAI grown ycry
tired waiting tor ter.
''AunJic came iu with L worried cxprcs-
sion on her gentle face.
wv ere lu the least supcI stitiou-,r she
sad, a. ~he tooA tue easy chair | had
drawn toward the fire for her II should
implore Mis- :. never 10 pat her foot with
in railway car again. / must tell YOU
Phil. the straugcsl story. 1 don't know
whether 10 call il i dream or trace.
on vii. doubtless put it down ~ merely
! Imagination; il i nevertheless true that
Tor years Miss ). has never travelled by
tram without having most singular
dream. The dream 10 itself j. singular
from is Niyiducss bul more singular from
the iast that in it, many rcpctltiuns the
details never vary
"but. | exclaimed with, admit, la
meuiabie lack ot gallanlry, why in the
name oi wonder Is Mis- :. % stupid a 10
- - sleep IA the cars ii their notion or
/ their noise gives her bad dreams:"
''she doe, not really sleep" cried my
aunt eneTSetlcdiy: :: "ehe l.. think, ia "A
nesmrric trance.'
'f>ha" | answered; that is all non
sense. Let u hear the dream. however :
And my aunt, prcf4cing her story with
the entreaty that Miss ,. Should never
know that the subject had been mentioned
+ 70 me. Went on 10 say that Miss ). could
Z only be Induced TO give a vague descrip-
/ ton OF noise. hurry. and confusion, of pain
ard anguish, not a. endured by herself,
+ but as goln. on about her. from all this
/ confusion. however, soon emerged one
I central figure, and that IA woman's head.
7 crowned by braid OF blonde hair fastened
/ by knots OF black velvet. This head seem
1 Ell 10 be elevated above Il surging crowd.
/ and 10 be borne slowly past the windows
/ OF the car. "Of COURSE" said my aunt.
! Il told her that she had fallen asleep, and
that she had dreamed Of some tragic event
in the French ReyOlution-of The Princess
Lamballe, perhaps.
''At the same time continued nv su-
perstitious aunt, Il could not but shud-
der as glanced at her own fair hair, and
the knots of black velvet that adorned it.
My dear boy. she continued. with a re-
proachiul look at my unimpTessed, smiling
/ countenance-'you must remember that
I TINS dream or trance, or whatever YOU
please to call it. is not a thing that has oc-
| CURED once or twice, but dozens of times
in the last five years. Remember, too,
that Miss ). has never had any fear Of any
accident to herself-that she does not re-
gard tile dream as any premontion, or in-
deed as in any way personal, and breads
its recurrence only as a shock to her
| nerves."
But, aunty.'' | questioned; sis the head
seen but once in each dream? And whose
are the features of the face?''
hos =,