The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-09

eyes to the contrary, should con
tinue to say she was dead; but whel
| see those pretty eyes watching
me, | am forced to halt. Lottie il
alive! and says she is not going tt
die! Plaxico says she will not die
and if | had not vowed never t.
give another opinion, l shoold say
SO too. Plaxico says she was In a
trance; sometimes called an costa
cy; sort Of suspended animation
| say she was dead; he says he has
seen many such cases; | say gam.
mon; though bear,in mind:I venture
no opinion. 1.-THE Mississippi river
were to commence running north,
it would not surprise me; fact is
nothing could surprise me aftel
what | have seen tonight. Lottie
talks very strangely; says she was
with you on the train tonight;
what does it all mean? Plaxico
contends that the soul was tempo
rarily released from the body; | say
boSh. Lottie is much better, mind
clear, pulse regular, respiration
good, symptoms all favorable, no
pain. Bless God, my boy! but don't
construe this as an opinion from
me. Be cautious when you arrive;
Lottie must be prepared to receive
you. The slightest shock might
prove fatal; will meet you at front
gate, and advise you how to act
Get control OF your feelings before
you see Lottie.
DODSON"
Perhaps man possessed of "A viv-
id Imagination might work his mind
up to point where he could make
pretty fair guess as to the great
JOY tFat came TO my crushed heart
when read that dispatch; but |
know that no eloquent writer could
set down anything approaching a
correc: description Of 1t. 1t would
not be an eXaggeration to say that
| was Ioc a moment paralyzed with
the excess ofjoy. | did not shout,
scream, or move, but | stood like
one who had been stunned by a
heavy blow, whilst l held my hand
over my heart, pressing it very hard
in order to still its violent throb.
bing. As soon as | recovered Sufi-
ciently TO enable me to speak calm,
ly, called TO Wallingford, who was
sitting there with his eyes closed.
looking more like block OF white
marble than a man.
Are you asleep, Harry" | en-
quired as | laid my hand on his
He gave a sudden start,
then gazed a moment at me.
"How can | sleep when the hot
dames Of torment are blazing in my
bosom? Never shall | sleep any
more; | have "murdered sleep" and
NY sweet sister too. My career
will soon be closed, and the world
will be rid of the vilest wretch thar
ever dwelt in it,"
''Harry Go you believe that any
nan could be killed with good
lews"
"No, of course not; but why do
'ou ask me such question:
"Because it is In my power to i'm
part TO you some of the best news
hat was ever poured into the ears
)f mortal man."
edward, " he groaned, "you must
lot try to console Inc with false
ropes; you had better leave me to
endure my just punishment; it is
he will Of God that | should suffer
md | do not complain, You could
lot tell me any thing in the shape
# news, that would relieve me, ex-
ept it was to let me know that my
larling sister lived, and that the
,uilt OF fmurder was not on my wick,
ID soul"
THAT is the very thing that l am
to assert"
what in heaven name do you
leanf"
"Be perfectly quiet and | will ex-
lain. Could you calmly listen to
he news Of Lottie's beng alive!"
"Certainly | could, because it
'ould not be true; and + must re-
uest you not to torture me in this
lanner."
"Did you ever hear of person
eing in trance, when the friends
loughtit was deaths"
sYes, very often; Doctor Plaxico
I'D me that such things frequently
ccurred; he mentioned two cases
lat had come under his observa
on"
"Then why might we not hope
a )