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

the husband of the woman lying stupi-
fled upon the couch 7 Yet he had been
dead many hours. Full of the repug-
nance of the horror of the idea, we start
ed up and again examined not only
every nook and Granny of the hut itself,
but even the space outside for many
yards around. There was no human
being besides ourselves in the vicinity.
We again scrutinised the corpse. 1t
had neither changed its position nor its
appearance. The flesh had grown per-
fectly cold and the muscles rigid there
was not trace of vitality in it. Now"
continued the professor, wiping his
forehead nervously. "I have arrived at
what imagine will be the limit of your
credulity. do not expect you to credit
what followed; but swear to you, on
the word of an honest man, that 1 do
not deviate from the truth as much as a
syllable when L say, that while we bent
above the body we again heard the
voice proceeding from a distant part of
the room, saying audibly:
"' In the name of God, assist me back
to life y
With hearts beating thick and fast,
we stood gazing at each other absolutely
thunderstruck. An experience so terri
flying, so utterly without precedent,
completely unnerved us. While we
remained stupefied with horror, the
voice was again audible.
oh, have pity y it said, aid me to
return to life.'
1t was some minutes before either of
us could recover from our amazement
sufficiently to make any reply.
"' Who is it that speaks to us p asked
the doctor, in low tone.
"'The soul of the man who lies dead
before you = it replied.
"'It is impossible that the dead can
speak, answered the doctor.
"' No, for the intelligence never dies, ,
replied the voice. My body is indeed
dead, but that with which L lived and
thought and loved is still in this room.'
"' What is that you desire p asked the
doctor, carrying on this strange colloquy
with increased wonder.
"'To be aided to resume my former
existence was the rejoinder. l dare
not leave my poor wife unprotected in
this wilderness. L cannot see her suffer.
love her beyond all my hopes of a
future life, and by the power of my love
have remained near her, and have
been able to communicate with her. L
cannot, will not, be separated from
her. / must return to her in my human
shape
Whether the doctors courage desert
ed him at this point or not 1 cannot
say ; but he spoke no more; and as the
voice was no longer audible, we remain
ed silent in state of mind that battles
all description.
am morally certain that both of us
would have fed instantly from the place
had 1t not been for the poor creature
sleeping upon the bed. We would not
leave her to face alone mystery that
shook even nerves as toughened as ours.
After hasty consultation as to what
course we ought to follow, we resumed
our former seats and waited in breath
less expectation 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 atmos-
phere, but from beneath the sheet en-
veloping the corpse:
"' Help!' it cried, in faint, but distant
accents, for Christ's sake, helpl'
"For an instant we hesitated-and
who would not ?-then hastened 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,
trembled slightly. Here our instincts
conquered our weakness. Whatever the
mystery involved in the matter, hui
man being was struggling to regain
existence, and our impulse was to aid
without question. A powerful restora-
tive was administered, and, before many
moments had passed, we saw the color
coming back to the wan cheeks and the
shrunken muscles re-shaping themselves
with the current of warm blood. Then
with faint sigh the eyesl opened and