The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-01-18

even in this unhappy world.
"The doctor stopped down and felt at
the heart Of the PROSTATE man.
"' He is dead, he whispered, motion
ing me to initiate his example.
"' Yes, dead,' replied, after examin-
ing the corpse.
"How we made the truth known to
the poor wife ! do not remember. 1t
would seem that she had preserved some
faint remnant of hope until our assur-
ance destroyed 1t utterly. With low
groan she fell suddenly at our feet, in
sensible. Although at loss as to what
course to pursue, we felt it more than
our duty to remain in the hut for the
night; and on the morning to make the
best arrangements for the poor girls.
comfort that were possible.
Fortunately the doctor had his med
ical case in his pocket. Administering
a powerful sleeping potion to her, he
placed her in happy Inconsistencies of
the events that 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
some few testimonials as to our scientific
ability from the world. You will proba-
bly, believe that we are capable of decid-
ing upon very simple case of death by
starvationp" He paused and looked
gravely around. "Very good, remem-
ber then, that assert upon my profess
sional reputation that the man was
stone dead"
Yes" added the doctor, who had
hitherto remained silent, "the life must
when we found him."
Well" +" continued the professor, with
increasing gravity, "having satisfied
ourselves upon this point, we covered
the corpse decently and sat down to wait
for morning. Though in no mood for
conversation, the startling experience of
the evening kept us both awake for
several hours. But at length, COM
pletely overcome with weariness and
excitement, fell into light slumber.
''Almost Immediately, it seemed, 1
was awakened with a shock. The doc
tor was bending over me with an ex-
preston of wonder and alarm upon his
face.
"' Wake up he said, i'm a troubled
whisper, something very strange has
been going on in this room for many
minutes past
"' What is it p asked, thought L
heard some one speaking
"' You did, he replied, L have dis
tinctly heard voice close beside us, yet
there is no one in the room except our
selves and these two poor people,"
"' Perhaps the woman has been talk
ing in her Sleep suggested, 'or it may
be that the man is not dead after ALL
"' No, have looked to both,' he re-
turned. One sleeps soundly, and the
other will never speak again in this
world. So satisfy yourself
:" 1 arose, and, trimming the lamp,
proceeded first to the couch where the
girl lay. She at least could not have
spoken, for all her senses were locked in
profound stupor. 1 then examined
the corpse and found it as we had left it.,
except that the features were more
shrunken and sallow than before. No
voice could have come from those rigid
lips. Concluding that we had both
dreamed or had mistaken some nocturn-
| oil orxy for n human xyoioa T rarIooad tba
light, and was about to resume my seat,
when my movements were arrested by a
very singular voice.
"There it is again ~ muttered the
doctor, agitatedly.
ga low, confused murmur, resembling
nothing that had ever heard before,
arose in the room, and seemed to circu-
late in the air for an instant and die
away. Again it arose, coming from a
point over our heads, and gradually
descending until it appeared to emanate
from some invisible source Immediately
beside us. I know of nothing with
which to compare the intonation, except
it may be the articulation of the tele-
phone, or that Of ventriloquist.
The first words we caught were,
'Oh, my poor wifel'
at would be impossible to describe
the effect that these words produced
upon us. 1t was not so much the tone,
wierd and uncanny as it was, as the