Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-10

I life. Night after night rs have sat alone
n my office ut the end Of the corridor and
hought Of Frank, | have been tempted to
set him at liberty, but could not do so
without mourning great risk. One Sun
| lay night, about month after my son had
been imprisoned, my assistant asked Il
leave of absence which was granted him
| don't know why, but felt unusually
nervous that night as took my accuslom-
ed place. The office being rather close,
| resolved to move the chair outside in the
corridor.
1t was getting hard on to midnight,
when | was suddenly made aware of the
presence Of scraping noise down the
long, dimly-lighted, gloomy aisle. Sum
moning what courage | had, | cautiously
wended my way from cell to cell, peering
through the aperture in each door, but
everything seemed all right, and the pris.
oners appeared to be wrapped in sleep. |
resumed my seat thinking that it was i'm
agination on my part, but the noise occur
red again, somewhat louder than before
For the second time | tiptoed my way
down the passage, only meeting with the
same result as before. AS | reseated nv
self in my chair the clock struck the mid
night hour, sending chilly echo resound-
ing through the dismal interior Every
moment became more nervous, and the
slow tick of the clock seemed to mock my
fear and send an unpleasant feeling
through my body For third time the
noise was heard and | was about to call
the superintendent. when one Of the doors
swung open on its crcaking hinges. ! was
horrtied to see tall figure move with an
almost unnotceable motion mp the corri-
dor to where | WAS seated. NV chair
seemed to hold me down, and when
made an effort to speak, my tongue cIave
to the ROOT Of my mouth. The dim lights
only served to throw more CHASTITY effect
upon the scene. As the apparilion APP
preached, l observed pale face with
sunkeu eyes. Nearer and nearer, with Il
steady gliding step, came the spectre
was almost dead with fright, and large
cold drops of perspiraion fell from my
brow. One step more, and the cause of
my terror was leaning over me. My
God.' was all uttered, and then | remem-
bered no more until | awoke the following
morning in bed. The detective, who had
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