Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-12-20

came q pieeing scream, and 4 mlllsfed
Great heavens + from Tom,
"ATOusei AZ last, I rushed 10 the door,
fhers stood Tom, While 80 death, sup
porting ble, who was half'fainling Ia
his arms and both staring hsedly AL
whsii | turned and followed the d.
reelion Of iheiT eyes aud saw, standing
by the sidA Of ihe weiTd,grolesgas eary,
lag, the figure Of an old man, bent and
doubled with age, Mpiilniess, Tor some
seconds. II stood there aud then, 40 u
looking fof something, stopped and M
lOekal tho Golfer which ! have DIES,
eribel IS being held Ia the night hand 81
llh idol,
Itll as though Il all must be some
horrible Nightmare, lint heard Tom
breathe low aud hard, ! sas hue tfem'
bic nom head 10 foot
"At llst with q satisfied nod, the
figure rose, turned, and slowly made its
way along tho corridor II reached the
staircase, With ORs lAnd=that hand,
how we'll recognized it. II gTasped the
carved halusirade, and began 10 descend
the stairs, | fes every detail now, 40
clearly as though II weIe still before
me-, THIS OH hgufed dressing grown hat,
lerlng ont behirdi tbs slipp - creased
aud little down AZ the heel ~ ior tho
lace, ii cnHli nOl ba seen, As the sp'
partition reached the last turn 10 the stair
cRse, II paused, and slowly raising its
arms, hut mover turning, made what
seemed 10 DO q gesture OF farewell, and
vanished,
We all Stood moiiOnless, Then bue
~ sped my arms, aud looked wildly IL
my face, THANK God, she cried, That
you both saw 1t, and cant doubt my
word now, II has saved mo from going
mad, lfyOu only knew what torture
As 6he spoke. she tOtteIed, aud but for
Tom, would have fallen, insenslble, TO
the floor, /
what night that was Sue went
from one iaiutlng NJ TO another hut
In tho intervals, lhe ohild'a feeling
seemed 10 be- that oi thaHkiulness for
sha confessed, now, that twice before
sho had seen this same ghoatly hand,
aud hal Immediately supposed II TO DO
q premoniioIy symptom OF insanity,
All alone, she had balllol with tho aw'
lnl fear, until II was Wonder that nn'
dor tho pressure hNr mind lad not dos
erted her % she hal feared II would.
'fom, litllo haowing tho agonleS his
poor wife va suffering, was conscious
that there was something wrong, some
mystery, ihf' VIVA taking all the spring
AMI happiness ont of his lie; but ho
never hal drolmOl u was 10 serlona,
and had tried, ai earlier IN that night,
20 laugh II OIL
There was brcNihcas pause, ~ Aunt
Sally finished her STORY and Tor some
minutes We could absolutely hear tho
beating OF our hearts, At'laSt ono OF us
ycnturol to a'k
Bat what was In tho box ?
"A will, A will, in the handwriting
OF Suo'H grandfather revolving his for
mer will and bcqnealhing everything to
$40. Tho will was dated the very day
the cd man had tho stroke OF which he
died. II was TO tell where ho had put
the will That ho struggled no hard,
to speak, when he found him
self dying Poor old soul, how ho
must have suffered Suffered no terri.
bly,, perhaps, that ho broke tho prison
bars Of the grave, and camo back to
earth, in order TO tell his secret
Has tho hand over been seen sincoY
NO.
We could say nothing. Who could
What explanation had We, or has any.
one9 Truly, there are moro things In
heaven and earth than arc dre9mt OF in
our philosophy,