The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-20

again audlDle:
40, have pityr it said; aid me- to
return to lfe'
ut was some minutes before either of
US could recover from our amazement
sufficiently to make any reply.
>"s Who ID it that speaks to us2" asked
the Doctor, in low tone.
"sThe soul of the man who lies dead
before you'll it replied.
"'1t is impossible that the dead can
speak, answered the Doctor.
":No, for the intelligence never Dies
replied the voice. MY body 10 indeed
dead, but that wish which I lived and
thought aud loved is still in this ROOM
"'What is that you desired" asked the
Doctor, carrying on this strange colloquy
with increasing wonder
"To be aided to resume my former ex-
istence,' was the rejoinder. I dare net
leave my poor wife unprotected in this
wilderness. cannot see her suffer. I
love her beyond all hopes of future life,
and by the power of my love I have re-
NAMED near her, and have been able to
communicate with you. I cannot, l will
not be separated from her. must return
to her in my human shape"
"Whether the Doctors courage de-
serted him at this point or not cannot
say, but he spoke no more; and, as the
voice was no longer audible, We remained
silent. in state of mind that battles all
description.
II am morally certain that both of us
would have fed instantly from the place
had it not been for the poor creature
sleeping upon the bed. We could not
leave her alone to face a mystery that
shook even nerves a. toughened as ours.
After hasty consultation a. to what
course we ought to follow, we resumed
our former seats and waited in breathless
g. pectation 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 atmosphere
but from beneath the sheet enveloping
the corpse:
"'Helpl it cried, in faint, but distinct
accents; for Christ's sake, helpl'
''For an instant We hesitated-and who
would not2--then fastened to the body
and removed the covering. There was
no alteration in its pallor and rigidity,
but we perceived that the lips, from
which faint murmur was issuing, tremb-
led slightly. Here our instincts con
quered our weakness. Whatever the
mystery involved in the matter, human
being was struggling to regain existence,
and our impulse was to aid without
question. A powerful restorative was
administered, and before many moments
had passed, we saw tie color coming
back to the wan cheeks and the sunken
muscles reshapingl themselves with the
current Of warm blood. Then with a
faint sigh, the eyes opened and gazed at
US inquiringly. In word, gentlemen,
the dead was restored to life.
ut is needless to detail what followed.
In the meeting which occurred between
these two young creatures, we felt our
selves more than repaid for the startling
experiences OF the previous night. 1t can
do no harm to add that we claimed and
exercised the right of securing their fu-
ture prosperity out Of our ample means.
We learned no more of their former his
tory than that the persecution of those
whose wishes they mad opposed had driven
them to hide their poverty and misfor-
tune IN the wilderness. We haye heard
of them since.
THE young man, as we discovered On
questioning him, remembered nothing
of his sensations while unconscious ex-
cept vague, dream like, and vet 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 tenn.
porary suspension of animation arising
from starvation. We did not combat his
belief, for we believed that he was actu-
ally dead, and that he only returned to
life through his great love. Who will
deny that love is stronger than death,
and that it goes with US even beyond the
grave?"-N. Y. Times.