Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-03-24

"Hslpl. he crieA hAsink ii his col.
1Ar - though Il ehoked him. Hslpl
Aelp" Then there was : strange gufQ-
NM noise in hi throat. and he fe1f RAJ.
ward IN : 1t I dragged him into his
chamber. which were Is totel darinees.
md laid him on the Aoor, bidding my
fri6nd xun for : doctor at uuce. The man
babbled IN his frenzy. "The face, he
cried, 1.-THE face-it was her face-there
IN the court below Look between the
tfeesp looked out into the court
The moon was mp, and among the
tEce1 near the fountain / could see the
hgure Of : woman. She was in deep
black, and ~ presently she stood where
the trunk ct the tree threw her white
ace into relied. could see that she was
looking towards the window. Probably
abe mistook my figure blotted against
the window for that Of Emerton's, for rs
I looked she raised her arms with q
strange menacing gesture and pointed at
M. Then she glided in among the trees
and wa lost to sight The doctor came,
examined Emerton, and prescribed for
him. Hes had . violent fright" he
said, "but he'll be all right by and by.
It's more historical than ANYTHING else,
Where are his friends 2"
= wanted to learn something Of this
man strange story, what could l wish
ior better than . night alone with him.
4ne doctor gave me certain directions
and lett
We had carried Emerton to his bed
room and put him ON the bed. Seeing
he was still, / went into the front room.
piled up the fire, put on the kettle, found
some whisky, lit my pipe, and prepared
Tor the night. I had Just turned the
burner down when ! became aware of q
coit grazing sound Ut a outer door.
some q wa softly. opening the outer
600 With . key. The gas was low down.
nurfledly l PICKED up my o~vercoat and
otner traces OF my presence and flung
g under b large couch at the end Of
the It was an old-fashioned sofa
with . hanging valance which reached to
the ground. / then crept underneath,
and waited for the curtain to rise on the
drama. l had hardly got into q safe
position when the outer door yielded,
and | heard q step in the passage that
INTERVIEWED. Thent the outer door was gen.
ny closed, and expected tosee the inner
door open / it's turn and some one enter.
Inc minute went Dy, and no q came.
Whoever 1t might be was in the passage;
| could hear . slight movement every
now and then, and the rustic Of q
woman 3 arese. ~ must nave been quite
yen minutes SINCE ! heard the outer o
Opened sr; MnGn ! n no;.s,a. that the hsel inner aa ne
~ swlne,n noiselessly BACK on its
MIuses, ana SV"1ee"snS vas ghding mo
cne IoUm. ciowiy IL moved across the
~ un u $1,000 rlens IN the dlm Light OF
sne gas.
/ shan never forget the terrible sight
that met my eyes. would have scream
ed, but my tongue remained glued tony
mouth. ] was looking at a dead woman
risen from the grave. Her face had been
beautiful in life; now it was ashen gray.
The eyes were sunken in their sockets,
and her lips were pale and colorless. The
figure was draped in a long white shroud,
and / fancicd that the room was heavy
with the awful odor Of an open grave.
Slowly the phantom moved toward the
next room and glidedin. For a moment
all was still. Then came a faint cry.
The man was awake and alone with the
apparition. Drusilla !" he shrieked,
Mercy Mercy Have mercy I"
heard q hollow voice answer him,
"Rise, and follow me-"
What would you have with me
Confess"
"What shall I confess" answered the
wretched man. his voice trembling in mn
agony of fear.
oHConfess the foul wrong Won d;a mo
Confess where INV uoor hody lies that =
NAV be buried in holy Ground.
Again the mans trembling voice wall.
ed out, al will confess ALL"
"Follow me-"
The apparition ulided from the inner
room, and the man followed her.
WRITE"
The dead woman pointed to the table.
where the pen and ink were. and the man
obeyed her gesture mechanically.
SWrite all"
I could nee from a rent in the valance
the whole scene. The man. white with
terror, the beads of cold perspiration on
his brow. eat and wrote.
The apparition plided behind him and
looked over his shoulder.
Once he paused in his task.
"Write aW." said the white figure.
ana again the man WIOto.
The figure then grasped the pane,
with its waxen fingers. "GoI" it said,
pointing to the inner room.
With his eyes fixed upon its livid face,
the man backed SLOWLY for come paces.
With q violent effort and a little scream,
he seized the door. swung it to. and
bolted it on the inside.
Then, for the first time, the dead
She seemed strangely nervous and aei.
tated now. She clasped the close.
", then put It in her bosom. and clided
from the room
I had got over the sudden terror in.
spired by such a strange sapht. and had
made up my mind that I had detected
some terrible imposture. There was q
alight pause in the lobby, and the noise
Of q garment being drawn off: then the
outer door opened and the y~isitaut passed
out on to the staircase,
followed NJ quietly as I could. The
staircase Wa liuhted with raa IA i