The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-26


the girl from her lethargy.
",Who are you said he, 'and what
has happened7'
che is dead-deadp she muttered
hoarsely.
H'Perhaps it is not so bad as that he
rejoined, tell us all about it. We are
friends, my dear, and medical men, and
may be able to assist you.'
"'He died this morning, before my
very eyes, she moaned died, oh, my
God ] of starvation. And / never knew
that he was depriving himself for my
sake. Oh ! my husband, why did you
not let me die with youp And she threw
hewelf across the body, sobbing as If her
poor heart would break. There were
tears in the Doctors eyes as he looked at
me-" added the Professor. with tremor
in his voice, "and tho RASCAL has always
sworn that my own were 'ot dry. That,
however, is aside from the uhject.
Though we knew nothing Of these
ehildren--foY they were but little more
we felt that we had chanced upon a
etrange, sad story of love, pride and suf-
fering, such as Is rarely told, even in this
unhappy world.
"The Doctor stopped down and felt ct
the heart Of the PROSTATE m n.
"'He is dead he whispered motioning
me to initiate his example
"'1es dead, / replied, after examining
the corpse.
"How we made the truth known to the
wife do not remember 1t would seem
that she.h had preserved some faint rem
nant of hope until over assurance de-
stroyed it utterly. With n low groan she
fell utterly insensiblo at our feet. AL
though Mt loss rs to what course TO
purnue, we felt it no moro than our duty
to remain in the hut for the night; and
on the morninr to make t. best arrange
ments for the poor girls comfort that
were possible Fortunately the Doctor
had his meIicinc case in his pocket.
Administering u powerful sleeping por-
tion to her, he placed her upon the wide
couch and left her in happy uncon-
seriousness Of the events tha: were to
follow. We then proceeded to more
careful examination of the man.
without vanity can say that both
the Doctor and myself have received
somr few testimonials 90 To our scientific
ability from the world. You will proba.
bly, believe, then, that we arc capable of
deciding upon o very simple case of death
by starvation. He paused and looked
gravely around. Very good; remember,
then that 1 assert upon my professional
reputation that the man was stone dead" !"
YES" added tho Doctor, who had
hitherto remained silent, "the life must
have been extinct moro than five hours
when we found him."
WELL" continued the Professor, with
increasing gravity, "having satisfied our
selves upon this point, we covered the
corpse decently and sat down to wait for
morning. Though in no mood for con-
versation. the startling experience of the
evening kept us both awake for several
hours. But at length, completely over
como with weariness aud excitement, l
fell into light elumber.
Almost Immediately, itseemed, was
awakened ..';.h q shock. The Doctor
vas bending over me with an expression
OF wonder and alarm upon his pale face.
.".'Wake up AZ said, in troubled
whisper, something very strange has
been going on In this room for many
minutes past
"sWhat is it?' ! asked, 4 thought that
/ heard some one speaking
You did, he replied; 7 have dis.
unctly heard voice beside us, yet there
is no one in the room except ourselves
and these two poor people,
Perhaps the woman has been talking
In her sleep suggested, 'or it may be
the man Is net dead, after ali.'
emo, ! have looked at both,' he re-
turned. CHe sleeps 5oundiy, and the
other will never speak again in this
world. SO satisfy YOURSELF
II arose, and trimming the lamp. pro.
ceeded first 60 the couch where the girl
10y. She. at least, could not have spoken,
lor oil her senses were locked in o pro-
found stupor. Ithen examined the CORPSE
and found it as we had left it, except that
the features were more shrunken and
sallow than before. Nc voice could have
come from those rigid lips. Concluding
that we had both dreamed or fiad mis-.
taken some nocturnal cry for a human
voice, l replaced the light and was about
ID resume my saat, when my movements
were ni;,sted by very singular sound.
""There 1t is again + muttered the
Doctor agitatedly.
"A low, confused murmur, resembling
nothing that had ever heard before,
arosein the room and seemed to circulate
In the air for an instant anu then die
away. Again it arose, coming from n
point over our heads and gradually de-
scending until il appeared to emanate
from some invisible source immediately
beside us. This time the murmur did
not die away, but grew more distinct
until we were able to detect Ineligible
words, though spoken as if beneath :,
heavy mufiling. know of nothing with
which to compare the intonation. except
1t may be to tho articulation of a tele-
phone, or that of o ventrilouuist.
"The frst words we caught were:
'Oh, my poor wifep
1T would ba impossible to describe tho
effect that these words produced upon
US. It was not so much the tone. weird
aud unoAnny as It was, a5 the starti;n-
Significance :.f the words that amazed ns'
Who could have spoken them but the
husband of the woman living stupai;ed
upon the couch? Yet he had been dead
for many hours. Full of repupnanca of
the horror of the idea, we started up and
again examined, not only every nook and
Granny of the hut itself, but even the
aapace outside for many yards around.
Ihefe was no Euman being beside our
selves in tho vicinity.
1--WE again scrutinized the corpse. 1t
nad neither chunged In position or ap-
pearance. The flesh had grown perfectly
cold and the muscles rigid; there was
not q trace of vitality about it. Now.n
continued the Professor, wiping his fore
neau ueTyulisiJ, II hays arrived at what /
imagine will be the limit of your credu-
lity. / do not expect you TO credit what
follnwad; but I swear to you on the word
Of an honest man, that I do not degiate
from tho truth by so much as syllable
when say thnt while we bent above the
body, we again heard the voice proceed
ing from Q distant part Of the room, say