The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-08

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w The morning. aud | hah begun ~ ern
afatnlnie myself that | would nyOn lr
Permitted N lHiuk In the cheerful FIRE.
llalit, which | knew awaited me VI my
fpfan, We had gonp hni q sii0rt dlsinnte
until ! noticed that " lHgan 10 Rri very
dark, ifuin the tall which o%vcrhnng The
heavens. The wlnl also, begun ~ blow
with Increased ~nefccnuAr, and everything
hcfaldci a fHst approaching sn0w.riUfm
We were now driving very inst, that We
might get as ilca the city M possible h..
lore II reached us. Thrrc was but q few
words spoken by any 81 us, until W. had
gone about two mills when my tompan.
IONS began debating ne 10 who should
have the clothes which were then on the
corpse. After they found Il impossible
10 decide between themselves, they
agreed that ! should aay to whom the
clothes Justly belonged. but before
could give my decision nm accident hap
pcned, which put n stop TO that part Of
the conversation for the night. The driver
who wa 40 deeply Interested III the dis
c%ussion, had let the horse stray out Of
the road and the wagon ran against q
stump or a knoll on the roadside, which
inflicted such u damage 10 the harness as
10 unloose the horse from the wagon. :,
there We were, nine miles from the city,
unable to move until the damages wer,
repaired. II was 80 dark that II was i'm
possible for our eyes to be Of any bcneii
to III In the work. We had a candle bu
no matches with which 10 light Il. A
pitiless storm Of snow and sleet was rag
ing through the trees and surrounding
hills and all its fury seemed to be conccn
trsicd upon our little band. ltnow seem
cd very probable that We would be com
PEELED TO bivouac here for tho night
exposed 10 this unmerciful storm. NJ
curiosity wis now fully satisfied, am
more than once did | mentally declar
that il would be a long time ere | ex
pressed a desire to pay another visit I
Potter's Field. An examination Shove
! the injury to be less than we at first feat
:. cd; and within half an hour We wer
again ready to resume our march throug
: tie binding snow. II ives still CROWN
{ darker, II such u thing were possible, K
, ! thought the darkness had reached II
limits ere IL began to snow, and We WEI
compelled to let the horse (which ha'
by the way, Travelled the same road ON q
average Of three times II week for Il
past three years., have his way and tris
| ed he would carry us back in safety
q the city. / thought, before, that ! Ia
felt cold weather, but that wis, by ia
F, the bittcrest night ! ever experience
: Nv hands wcrr almost as devoid Of f.,
ing as they would be II they were sever,
9 from my body. Although there we
three OF us together, the ems OF utt
loneliness was, indeed, oppressive.
: there was scarcely a word spoken un
{ after VIC had gone several miles we tn
a, could see In the distance the Pickering
u a dim light, which as we drew NEAR
proved TO lie ut thcgaie which We lad
hurriedly passed but n few hours pre-
ous. This wis some consolation to Y
II showed that We, nj least were In I
right road. Upon reaching Il, we fou
% that Il was four o'clock, and We still b
six miles 20 go. The snow was now
e deep as to cause our travelling slow a
10 tedious. We had now begun 10 fear Il
we would not reach the city before dav
Each one Of us had already made seyc
suggestions Ms to what we would do vi
the r for VIC well knew that II wol
lc never do 10 go into the city after d
II light with II In the wagon. Our app
tensions were, however, o o put
=, fight, for ne had not gone very fur III
NJ the lights In the city could be seen q
we knew that unless we happened 10
other aerident We would get there In 4
time. The storm had now abatcl, q
soon the milk-wagons began to rush
y us on their way to the city. by this
IL, knew that daylight was fast approach
/ And M we druw nearer the city the h
Of awakened life grew morc distinct,
Or "man went forth To his labor" and pic
III urc, until evening. Imagine my deli
a few minutes afterwards, when lool
Z out In front Of w, and saw, in the ,
re twilight Of early dawn, the gloomy W
of tho old University, n they towe
above the surrounding buildings.
npon alighted from the wagon inside
lCollcre grounds. But still after surl
,st nights vigil, | was not willing togoto
al, room until ! saw what they did with
corpse. Upon driving to the rear Of
ais College, they threw open a large door
Il the basement of the building, and III
through Il Into n dark apartment A
eft closing the door, the gas was lighted.
IA was. indeed, q horrid spectacle that
my eyes. Judging from what ] saw
ell would say that the clcanings Of The
In sectins nom wcrealso broughtto this
for scattered p~romiscuously over the I
conld b. seen any bone Of the hui
,ws body. The room was about one hum
fret SQUARE : about the centre was \ !
n~rryoir Of brine into which the 10
wcr thrown until they were needed IN
disSetinx room. In a few minutes
one which had caused us NJ much tro
land anxiety was committed 10 the .
plare. I WAS told that bodies were
Iwo nom here 10 melical collcvcs IN Q
as cities. where the facility ior obtai
-, them vas not - great. As to the I
III Of this assertion I cannDt say, thong
not dill ncrm to me that there was mon
rrwrye here than could possibly be
hgs by n u culIegr. | was now pr
cry into every nook and corner Of the r
when my attention was drawn to
my further end 81 the apartment by +
my lar Noise whicl, rame from that dIrcs
- Ion lookins around ! discovered for
first time that | was alone, for the
ers. haJ driven outside and we're unlo'
hev the horse from the wagun. l supIo
lad BEEN ut all ruprrrtitiou- ] v
redl. have left the room Immediately bn
A nj am not. I was determined, " porib
as,rrtniu the safsc u the noize. y
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