The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03

A low, confused murmur, resemblig
nothing that bad ever heard before.
arose in the room and seemed to cir
culate in the air for an instant and die
away. Again II arose, coming from
. point over our heads, and gradually
defending until it appeared To emanate
from some Invisible source immediate
IL beside us. This time the murmur
did not die away. but grew more dis
tinct We were able to detect ineligible
words, though spoken a. ii beneath
. heavy shutting. ! know Of nothing
with which tn compare the intonatiOn
except il NAV h. the articulation Of
that Of ven,rilAuist.
The 6rst words we caught were:
''Oh, my poor wife,.
Il would be impossible to describe
the effect tina, these words produced
upon U.s. Ii was not 80 much the tone.
weird and uncanny a. il was. as the
startling significance Of the words that
amazed us. Who could have spoken
them bu, the husband If the woman
lying S,upe6e'i upon the couch. Yet
he hal been dead for many hours.
Full If repugnance Of the idea, We
started up and again examined not
only every nook aud Granny Of the
hut itself, but even the space outside
for many many wards around. There
was M human being beside ourselves
in the vicinity.
We again scrutinized the corpse.
Ii had neither changed its position nor
its appearances. The flesh had grown
perfectly c,s,l AMI the muscles rigid
there was not u trace of vitality in it.
Now. continued the professor, wiping
his forehead nervously. i have arrived
at what imagine will lie the limit Of
your credulity lido not exaect you
Z" credit what followed but l swear
to you, on the word Of an honest man.
that I 4" not Jeviate from the truth
~ much ~ a .yllable when saw that
while We bent above the body We
again heard the voice proceeding from
distant part of the room. saving
andibly;
I'm the name Of Cod. assist ME
hack to life :"
With hearts beating thick ADD fast.
We .topd gazing at each other absolu-
lily thun,lerstruck. An experience
~ terrifying. so utterly wishou;
precedent. completely unnerved us.
While We remained stupe6ed with
horror the voice was again audible.
"Oh, have pity :" it said. laid me
to return "a life"
Ii was sOme moments before either
Of Us could receiver from our amaze
,nen, sufficiently to make any reply.
"Who Is il that speaks to " ?" asked
the doctor in q low tone.
1.-The soul Of the man who lies dead
before yo"::' it replied.
1T il impossible that the dead can
speak" answered the dntor.
NO. for the intelligence never
dies" returned the voice. My body
is indeed dead. but that with which /
have lived and loved is still in this
roOm."
"What is il that you desire !" asked
i the doctor, carrying On the strange
eolloquy with increasing wonder,
ITO be aided to resume my former
existence" was the rejoinder. IL
dare not leave my poor wife unprO-
tecte,l in this wilderness. I can not
see her suffer. love her beyond all
my hopes 81 q future life. and by the
power ii my love | have remained
GEAR her, and have been able to COM
munics.te with YOU. | can not. will
not. he separated from her. l must
return Ia her in my human shape.
| Whether the doctors courage
desete.i him at this point or not / can
not say, but he spoke no more and
rs the voice was I'D longer audible.
We remained silent in state Of mind
that battles al description.
| am morally certain that both Of
Us would have fed instantly from the
place, had it not been for the poor
creature sleeping npou the bed. We
could not leave her aloue to face
mystery that shook even nerves rs
toughe.,ed as ours. After . hasty
consultation rs to what course We
onght to follow, We resumed our for
mer seats and waited in breathless
expectations for what was cext to
occur.
Some hours had passed in this way,
and the 6rst dim traces Of dawn we're
shining upon the eastern horizon,
when With simultaneous start we
sprung to our feet. The voice had
again spoken. This time it had pro-
ceeded, not from some Indefinite point
in the atmosphere, but from
beneath the sheet enveloping the
corpse.
"Help :" it cried, in faint, bat dis
tinct accents; "for Christ sake. help"
For IN instant We listened-and
who would not then fastened tO the
body and removed the covering.
There was no alteration in its pallOr
and rigislity, but We perceived that the
lips. from which . faint murmur Was
Issuing. trembled slightly. Here our
instincts conquered our weakness.
Whatever the mystery involved in
the matter. human being was strug-
CLING to regain existence and our i'm
pulse was to aid without question. A
powerful restorative Was administered.
and before many moments had passed
we saw the c'lor coming back to the
van cheeks and the sunken muscles
reshape themselves with the current
of warm bloOd. Then with . faint
sigh the eyes opened and gased At u
In word, gentlemen.
the dead vas restored 10 life.