The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26

n in II. Now" continued the professor, wipng
his forehead ncrvou,ly, Il have arrived al
what imagine will be the limit of your ere
, duliiy. do not expect you TO credit what iol
: lowed, but | swear To yOu, ON the word ol an
: honest man, that | do not dcvlatc from the
I ruth as much rs IA syllable when | say that
2 while we bent above the body we again heard
, the voice proceeding from distant part ol The
: room, saying audibly:
I'm the name Of God, assist me back To
life"
with hearts beating thick and fast, We stood
gazing at each other absolutely thundcrsruck.
An experience so terrifying, so utterly without
precedent, completely unnerved us. While we
remained Supplied with horror, the voice was
again audible:
"'Oh. have pity" it said, aid me to return
To lite
ut was some minutes before either of Us
tcould recover from our amazcmcnt sufficiently
to make any reply.
who is it that speaks to u.s. asked the
doctor, IN a low tone
THE soul of the man who lies dead before
youn it replied.
at Is impossible that the dead can speak,
said the doctor.
| "'No, for the intelligence never dies re.
piled the voice Ny body is indeed dead,
but that with which lived and thought and
loved i. still in this room
What is it that you desire p asked the doc
tor, carrying on this strange colloquy with in
creasing wonder.
ITO be aided to resume my former eXis-
tcnce, was the rejoindcr Il dare not leave my
poor wife unprotected IN this wilderness. |
cannot see her suffer | love her beyond all
my hopes of future life, and by the power of
my love have remained near her, and have
been able to communicate with you | cannot
will not be separated from her. | must re-
turn to her in my human shape
Whether the doctors courage deserted him
at this point or not, | cannot say, but he spoke
no more and as the voice was no longer au.
dible we remained silent in state Of mind
that battles all description.
Il am morally certain that both of Us would |
have fled instantly from the place had it not
been for the poor creature sleeping upon the
he'd. We could not leave her to face alone =
mystery that shook even nerves as toughened
~ ours. After hasty consultation as to what
course we ought to pursue we resumed our
former seats and waited in breathless expec-
tatiOn for what was next to occur.
Some hours had passed IN this way, and
the first dim traces of dawn were shining upon
the eastern horizon, when with a simultaneous
start We sprang to our feet. The voice had
again spoken This time it had proceeded,
not from some indefinite point IN the atmoS-
phere but from beneath the sheet enveloping
the corpse:
"'Helpn it cried, in faint, but distinct &C.
cents; for thrist's sake help
For an instant we hesitatcd-and who
would not then fastened to the body and re-
moved the covering. There was no alteration
in its pallor and rigdity, but we perceived
that the lips, from which faint murmur was
issuing, trembled slightly. Here our instincts
conquered our weakness. Whatever the mys-
terry involved in the matter, Il human being
was struggling 10 regain existence, and our
impulse was to aid without question. \ pow {
ertul restorative was administered, and, before
many moments had passed we saw the color
coming back to the wan cheeks and the sun
ken muscles reshaping themselves with the
current of warm blood. Then with Il faint :
sigh the eyes opened and gazed at Us inquir,
ngly. In word, gentlemen, the dead was
to life
1T Is needless to detail what followed. In {
he meeting which occurred between these t
wo poor young creatures, we felt ourselves
more than repaid for the startling experiences
If the previous night. 1t can do no harm to
Idd that we claimed and exercised the right
If securing their future prosperity out of our f
Imple means. We learned no more of their ,
ormer history than that the prosecutions of
hose whose wishes their marriage had oppos !
d had driven them to hide their poverty and f
in the wilderness We have heard t
# them since
THE young man, as we discovered on ques
loning HIM, remembered nothing Of his sen. 1
atoms while unconscious, except IA vague a
ream-like, and yet intense sorrow for his G
oung wife. He had no knowledge whatever
# the voice which had addressed us, and APP /
feared to believe that he had abOrcd under Il
emporary suspension Of animation arising t
rom starvation. We did not combat his be. \
icf, for we believed that he was actually dead, :;
nd he only returned to life through his great !
owe. Who will deny that love is stronger t
han death, and that it goes with us even be t
Ond the grave !"-Ner YOrk Times.