Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-11-14

while We bent over tn body we again
heard the voice, proceeding from q dis
tant part of the house saying audibly:
"'ln the name of God assist me back to
life!"
"With hearts beating thick and fast we
we stood gazing at each other, absolutely
thunderstruck. An experience so terriiy-
ing, souttcrly without precedent, complete
lyunneved us. While we remained Stupe-
fed with horror the voice was again au-
dible:
"'oh, have pity! it said; 'aid me to
return to life.
at was some minutes before either ol
us could recover from our amazemcnt
sufficiently to make any reply.
"'Who is it that speaks to u.s. asked
the doctor, in low tone.
1.-The soul of the man who lies dead
before you! it replied.
"'lt Is impossible that the dead can
speak, said the doctor.
"'No for the intelligence never dics,
replied the voice. My body is indeed
dead, but that with which lived thought
and loved is still in this room
"'What is it that you desirG?' asked
the doctor. carving on the strange colo
guy with increasing wonder.
"'To be aided to resume nv former OK
istence, was the reioinder. Il dare not
leave nv poor wife unprotected in this
wilderness I carro' sec her suffer.
love her beyond all hope OF future life,
and by the power Of my love have re-
NAMED near her and have been able TO
communicate with you. | cannot, will
not be separated from her must return
to her in INV human shane
"Wherhcr The doctors courage deserted
him at this point or not cannot
saw, but he smoke no more, and as tho
voice was no longer audible we remained
silent in n state of mind that battles MI
DESCRIPTION.
81 am morally certain that both of lis
wonld have fed instantly from thc plpcr
had il moi been for thc moor rrrulurc slcrp.
inc upon thc he'd We could NOT leave
her TO face alone n mystery that shook ry.
on nerves AS tougbrnal as ours After n
hasiy consultation os to what course we
ourht 10 follow wn resumed our former
seats and waited in brrothlcs. eynertation
for what was next TO occur
"Somp hours had nassna in this way. and
the first dim trace Of dawn were shining
upon the eastern horizon. when with n Sim,
uitnnrous START We sprong TO onr feet. The
voice had a%aip snokcn This finn, it had
nroccrjcd nnf from some inInfn;tn noinf
in tbc ntmosnherr brt from beneath thc
shoot envplon;ng thc rorn.n.
".HeInl' # cried in faint but distinct
accents. for Christ's sake, hcln,'
"For nm instant we brsitalr3-,nl yyho
woulJ not9mthon hostrnoj to The LoJy
and remoyed thr coyerin@ Thcrc wos 5 ny
alteration in lis nollor and riTiditv Inf
wo nnrceivnI that Tie lins from wi;ri -
faint murmur was issuing, tremJled slight
". Here onr instincts conquered our
weakness. Whatever the mystery in
volved in the matter. il human being was
struggling to regain existence. and our
impulse was to aid without question.
A powerful restorative was administered,
and, before many moments had passed we
saw the color coming back to the wan
cheeks and the sunken muscles reshapinr
themselves with fine current OF warm blood,
Then with faint sigh the eyes opened
and gazed at us induiringlv. In a word.
gentlemen. the dead was restored TO life.
at is needless to detail what followed.