The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-05

side his stove, but his delight with the
Ms. was fast changing into
creeping, grisly terror, such as
he had never experienced in all
his life before. Jacobs strange curse
had taken full possession of his imagl-
nation, and he was afraid to look up
lest he should see the oil mans Gov
etuous, cruel eyes fixed upon him. He
had a horrid idea that if he turned
round he might find HIM at his elbow,
or peep NJ at him from behind the win
dOw-curtain, which was certainly NOV
ing slightly.
In MS unrcasOning trepidity the Rath
got up and made an unIignified retreat
into his bedroom, looking behind him
ut every step. lie tumbIed into bed
after but short toilet operations, feeling
safe only when he drew the e.der-dOwn
plumeau over his head.
But wicked old Jacob followed him
there, and tOrmented him all n CHIT in
drea MS. He dreamt that he procec led
to the cemetery at Friedrich Thor, got
the sexton to open the grave, and found
Jacobs body undccayed in its velvet
colin; that il opened it. eyes when the
Light reached it, and spring NO up,
ciuched him by the throat. He awoke
trembling, with cold drops of perspira-
ton standing on his face. Falling
asleep again, the same vivid dream
awakcne 1 him.
Strange to say, the impression did
I not W ar off. Ike most hallucin3tiOns,
with the daylight; but Jacobs history
I haunted h IN all the time he was busy
in the court house. So instead of going
home to dinner, he went to his friend
and crony, Prof. Won Schenk, of the
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treasure trove, the yellow MS.
A very long discussion between these
. two erudite men of Gottingen ended in
their takin their hats, and setting out
arm in arm for the cemetery. Mar
quardsen led his friend past the forest
of little black cross 8 where the peas
ants lay, TO the broad alley where re-
I posed the great and noble, a stately as
sembly Of broken columns, snowy UrDs
+ and tall monuments The tombs of
I those lately dead were known ere you
came close enough to read the date o.
/ their Inscriptions by the fresh wrcaths
of everIastngs, which dear, loving
hands had hung there last All Souls
+ Day, and by the bright gardens that
ilourished over their inmates quiet
/ breasts.
The name of Winterwcrb was well
/ nigh forgotten in Colt ngen, so that the
Rath did not dream of searching among
these for Jacob $ grave. He hurried
on to where the seven Old Vow trees
stood in hoary array, and there, sure
enough, was the beautiful marble urn,
no longer white, but gray and veneI-
able after the lapse of a century.
Here it is" cried Rath Marquardsen.
in a hoarse tone, that almost startled
himself. " Jacob Winterwerb, who de
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respected and regretted. "
''Stay you there said the business
like professor, ''while l summon the
/ sexton
Not - said our friend, trying to
conceal 4 shudder; Il shall accompany
you."
The day was far advanced before the
! sexton and his assistants had removed
the urn, and dug away the earth from
the co1in-Id. Several people,
attracted by what was going on,
came hurrying up just as the
/ colin was raised and laid upon a flat
tombstone. Rath Marquardsen shiv-
/ cred, and would fain have retreated,
but shame kept him on the spot He
was not prepared for the sight that met
his eyes when the lid was raised. The
professor rubbed his spcctaClcS, and
bent over the collin calmly speculative,
! as he was wont to inspect a new curl
osity in the museum.
He lifted the folds of the shrouI
which to his intense amazemcnt, was
white and SpOtlCSs as it was on the dav
OF Jacobs funeral and beneath Law the
body undecayed, after a hundred years
sOourn in the tomb The Rath gave
one trembling glance and turned away
hastily, seized with a sudden fit Of
shivering, while the spectators, pressing
round the coffin, shouted with horror
and wonder Meanwhile, the professor
. cOOlly proceeded with his examination.
He raised the long gray locks that
rested on velvet pillow, and strokcd
She parchment-like checks. I'VE must
/ have this fellow in the muscum" cried
he dciightedly; "a perfect mummy, pre-
/ served by miracle. | shall write of to
. Heidelberg and Munich, and get
/ SchuIze and Helms here to examine it,
amt then l shall prepare paper for the
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=. No, no, Won Schcnk Put him
/ hack in his grave: / shall never forgive
myself for the Dissertation Of the tomb
[ wish / had not read that confounded
Ms; then 1 should not have had that
I wild dream, nor brought YOU hear to
disturb the dead Replace him, | pray
you
" l shall place him, not replace him.
! He shall stand between our Thcban
/ mummy and our Nastodon giganteus,
in the lc.t-hani corner of the great
museum saal My dear scntimontalist,
the responsibility rests upon the Uni
ycrsity OF GOttingcn, not on Won. Pray
set your mind ut ease.
The Rath turned away in real IN scry,
and walked home, pursued by the voice
of Won Schenk. who called after him to
inquire whether ne were willing t. re-
/ sign all claim to the mummy which
was his property by right of discovery.
1t was a long time before he preva led
/ upon himself TO visit the museum. At
length some ladies' begged him to take
them over the college, and he could
hardly refuse. O q Jacob was leaning
against the wall i'm his corner between
the geological animals aud the ancient
Egyptian he was dressed in mis- STROUD,
and very grim and horrible he looked
but ne was surrounded by an admiriug
crowd. to whom Prof. Won Scheuk was
relating the true story of Jacobs
Curse; or the Mummy of Gottingen. -
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