Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-03

telephone, or tnat OF VeuLrHo4uisI'
The first words we caught we're:
"Oh, my poor wife r
1t would be impossible to describe the ei
feet these words produced upon us. 1t wa
not so much the tone, weird and uncanny q
it was, as the startling significance of the word
that amazed us. Who could have spokel
them but the husband of the woman lying
stupe6ed upon the couch? ? Yet he hat
been dead for many hours. Full of repug
nance of the horror of the idea, We startet
up and again examined, not only every nool
and crany of the hut itself, but even th'
space outside for many yards around. Their
was no human being beside ourselves in tn
vicinity. aa. .....
We again scrutized the corpse. Ithad Meth
er changed in position or appearance Ih
flesh had grown perfectly cold and the muscle
rigid there was not trace OF vitality aoou
it. Now, continued the Professor, wiping hi
forehead nervously, have arrived at wha
1 imagine will be the limit of your credulity
I do not expect you to credit what followed
but swear to you on the word of an homes
man, that do not deviate from the truth b!
so much as syllable, when I say that whil
we bent above the body, We again heard tn
voice proceeding, from distant part OF tn
room, saying audibly:
I'm the name of God, assist me back II
life I' Il ...,
With hearts beating thick and fast, we stoo'
gazing at each other absolutely thunderstruck
An experience so terrifying, so utterly with
out precedent, completely unnerved us. Whil'
we remained stupe6ed with horror, the 7olc'
was again audible.
"ob, have pityl" it said; laid me to re
turn to life"
1t was some moments before either OF Vi
could recover from our amazement sufficient
ly to make any reply.
"Who is it that speaks to us" asked th'
Doctor, in low tone
"The soul of the man who lies deaG before
you !" it replied.
at is i'm possible that the dead can speak,
answered the Doctor.
mo, for the intelligence never dies, return
ed the voice. my body is indeed dead, bu
that with which lived and thought and low
ed, is still in this room"
"What is it that you desire?" asked tht
Doctor, carrying on this strange colloquy with
increasing wonder.
"To be aided to resume my former exIs
tence," was the rejoinder Il dare not leave
my poor wife unprotected in this wilderness
I cannot see her suffer. I love her beye nc
all hopes of future life, and by the power O
my love have remained near her, and have
been enabled to communicate with you.
cannot, will not, be separated from her.
must return to her in my human shape"
Whether the Doctors courage deserted hin
at this point or not cannot say, but he spoke
no more and as the voice was no longer au
tlible, we remained silent in state of minC
that battles all description.
l am morally certain that both of us woulo
have fed instantly from the place, had it mo-
been for the poor creature sleeping upor
the bed. We would not leave her to face {
mystery that shook even nerves as toughenee
as ours. After hasty consultation as tt
what course we ought to follow, we resumed
our former seats, and waited in breathless ex
pectation for what was next to occur.
Some hours had passed in this way, anC
the FIRST dim traces of dawn we're shining
upon the eastern horizon, when, with a 81
multaneous start, we both sprang to our feet
The voice had again spoken. This time il
had proceeded, not from some Indefinite point
in the atmosphere, but from beneath the sheet
enveloping the corpse.
"Help!' it cried, in faint but distinct &C
cents; "for Christ's sake, help"
For an instant We hesitated-and who
would not ?-then hastened to the body and
removed the covering. There was no altera
ton in its pallcr and rigidity, but we perceiv
ed that the lips, from which faint mur
mur was issuing. trembled slightly. Here
our instincts conquered our weakness.
Whatever the mystery involved in the mat
ter, human being was struggling to regain
existence, and our impulse was to aid with
out question. A powerful restorative was ad
ministered, and before many moments had
passed, we saw the color coming back to the
wan cheeks, and the suDken muscles reshapine
themselves with the current of warm blood
Then with faint sigh the eyes opened and
gazed at US inquiringly. In word, gentle
men, the dead was restored to life.
1t is needless to detail what followed. In
the meeting which occurred between these
two poor young creatures, we felt ourselves
more than repaid for the startling experience
of the previous night 1t can do no harm tc
add that we claimed and exercised the right
of securing their future prosperity out of oul
ample means We learned no more of theil
former history than that the persecution o.
those opposing their marriage had driver
them to hide their poverty and misfortunes in
the wilderness. We have never heard of them
since. -.
The young man, as we discovered on ques
t;oning him, remembered nothing of his sen
sation while unconcious, except a vague, dream
like, and yet intense sorrow for his young wife
He had no knowledge whatever of the voice
which had addressed US, and appeared to be-
lieve that he had labored under temporary
suspension of animation arising from starva
tion. We did not combat his belief, but We
believe that he was actually dead, and that he
only returned to life through his great love
Who will deny that love is stronger thar
death, and that it goes with US even beyond the
grave?
NAPoLEoN's MANNERs.-Macauley. in com
pairing Napoleon to Caesar, very rightly says
that Cesar was greatly his superior on one
point; he was perfect gentleman. Talley
rand wittily expressed nearly the same thing
when he said, "What pity such q grea
man should have been so badly brought up.
If we may judge, not from the report of BIZ
enemies, but from the disclosures of his mos
faithful and devoted servitors, Napoleon
treated those who were admitted into his in
timacy, with familiarity that no man who
had any self.respect would have tolerated foI
a moment. Meneval, his former secretary
represents him as pulling the ears of his in
terlocutor, sometimes hard enough to make