The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-21

something to set me on the right road to
find you. What, father you do not an
swer me2 Mother, you are silent Have
you, sisters, forgotten the tenderness and
the plays Of our childhood-those plays
of which this room has been often the
SPECTATOR
"These last words seemed to move my
sisters. They began to speak in low
tones to each other, made q sign to ap-
proach, and one of them knelt down be-
fore my mother, hiding her head in her
lap as II she were desirous of playing a
game called 'hot-hands.' Now, it came
to my turn to kneel down before my
mother and hide my head in her lap
Oh, horror ! felt under the silk gar,
ments cold and hard substances heard
q dry noise, like the jumbling of bones
together--and when hand was placed
in mine, that hand remained there. 1t
was a skeletons. / arose, breaking
forth in a cry of horror. All had van
ished, and nothing remained Of that ter
rible vision but a few human bones.-
Wild with terror and half crazed rush
ed out of the abominable habitation,
found my horse and, throwing myself
into the saddle, departed at break.neck
gallop, unconscious of where | was going,
letting the horse take his own route.
"About daylight, my horse fell dead
under me, and my follower, anxious and
troubled about my disappearance, after
long search, found me with large
wound in my head, lying insensible be-
side my horse, at the foot of tree. |
was for long time on the point of death;
and it was only after three weeks of
raging fever, of agony and delirium, that
l was again in the possession of my rea-
son. l then heard from the people of
the town that my whole family had per.
ished, victims of the cruel war that had
devastated Luxembourg, and that the
Castle of Gross Renzow had been pill
laged and ravaged several times.
Scarcely ConvalesCent, went second
time to the castle to have the remains of
my family placed in the family vault,
when, to my great surprise, and notwith'
standing the sCrupulous search / made,
not a particle of those sacred remains
could be found. A hand alone-a wo-
mans hand-round which was this gold
bracelet, lay on the floor of the room
wherein the fatal vision had appeared to
me. / took the bracelet; it was the one
l now hold in my hand, and the human
bones were placed in the oratory of the
castle.
"Since that time, many, many year
has rolled past. About two months ago,
as was sleeping in the very chair / am
now seated in, was awakened by
slight noise. On opening my eyes I be-
held my father, my mother, and my four
sisters before me; and, as they had done
in the Cattle of Gross. Renzow, my sis
ters joined their hands together as if to
play 'hot.hands,' and beCkoned me to
approach. NO. l exclaimed; mo, never
Then all the phantoms, taking each other
by the hand, began to turns circle round
my chair. Justice said my father,
while passing before me. 'Penance,' muir.
INJURED my mother, as she bent her head
toward me. Prayer said my youngest
sister. 'S,Vord,' sighed the other, At
terward l heard the other one say, THE
twelfth Of AuguSt' And the last one re
peated, 'qhe toUelfh of August, at midnighn
Again they commenced to walk around
my chair, repeating the same Words
After acting thus for some time, they
joined their sepulchral voices in saying,
Till we meet again p l understood,
then, that my destiny was about to be
accomplished, and that had nothing
more to do than to recommend my soul
to Heaven, and my family to Your Maj
esty,"
"My dear Marshal" said the King,
"what you have related is certainly very
strange. Do you not think that your fe.
yer and delirium have had something to
do with those two visions? Come, come;
take courage! Combat and overcome
these hallucinations, and hope for the
best You will soon be we'll, and you
will live to enjoy life for years to come,
Is it not SO? Do you not believe me p
Come, give me your hand"
AS Blucher did not answer, the King
of Prussia took hold of the old mans
hand, That hand was cold as ice, and
the old clock OaS just striking midnjgMl
Field.Marshal Gerhard Lebrecht Blu
cher was dead