Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-06

Ms was fast changing into a
creeping, grisly terror. such as
he had never experienced in all
his life before. jacobs strange curse
had taken full possession Of his imagi-
nation, and he was afraid To look up
lest be should see the oil mans COW
etuous. cruel eyes fixeiupon him. He
had n horrid idea that if he turned
round he might find him at his elbow.
or peepng at him from behind the win
dow-curtain, which was certainly NOV
ing slightly.
In his unreasoning trepidity the Ratb
got up and made an uuaignitied retreat
into his bedroom, looking behind him
ut every step. He tumbled 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
eaere, and tormented him all n ght in
dreams. He dreamt that he proceeded
tn the cemetery at Friedrich Thor, got
the sexton TO open the grave, and found
Jacobs body undecayed in its velvet
collin; that il opened its eyes when the
light reached 1t, and springing up,
clutched him by the throat. He awOke
trembling. with cold drops of perspira-
ton standing on his face. Falling
asleep again. the same vivid dream
awakene him.
Strange TO say, the impression did
not wear of. Ike most Authorizations,
with the daylight: but Jacobs history
haunted h m all the time he was busy
in the court house. So instead of'going
home 10 dinner, he went to his friend
and crony, Prof. Won Schenk, of the
College Museum, and showed him his
treasure trove, the yellow Ms.
A very long discussion between these
two erudite men of Gottingen ended in
their takins their hats, and setting out
rm-in-arm for the cemetery. Mar
quardsen led his friend past the forest
Of little black crosses where the peas
ants lay. to the broad alley where re-
posed the great and noble, a stately as.
sembly of broken columns, snowy urDs
and tall monuments. The tombs OF
those lately dead were known ere you
came close enough to read the date OF
their inscriptions. by the fresh wreaths
of everlastinIs, which dear, loving
hands had hung there last All Souls
Day, and by the bright gardens that
hourished over their inmates quiet
/ breasts.
The name of Winterwerb was well
nigh forgotten in Gottingen, so that the
Rath did not dream of searching among
! these for Jacobs grave. He hurried
on to where the seven old yew 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 il is" cried Rath MarQuardsen,
himself. Jacob Winterwerb, who de-
parted this lie June %, 1893, deeply
respected and regretted"
''Stay you there" said the business
like professor, ''while l summon the
sexton"
Not l." said our friend, trying to
conceal a 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 cOlin-lid. Several people,
attracted by what was going on,
came hurrying up just as the
coffin 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 spectacles. and
bent over the coffin calmly speculative,
rs he was wont to inspect n new curl
Osity in the museum.
He lifted the folds of the shroud.
which, to his intense amazement, was
white and spotless as it was ON the day
of Jacobs funeral. and beneath lay the
body undecayed. after hundred years
sojourn 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, aid Stroked
The parchment-like cheeks. 1--WE must
have this fellow in the museumr' cried
he delightedly; "a perfect mummy, pre-
served by miracle. L shall write off to
Heidelberg and Munich, and ge,
Schulze aud Helms here to examine il.
and then | shall prepare paper for the
AlterthHBier BiIit."
"EO, no. Won Schenk. Put him
hack in his grave; shall never forgive
myself for the dissertation of the tomb
I wish had not read that COMPOUNDED
MS; then should not have had thai
wild dream. nor brought you hear tC
disturb the dead. Replace him, pray
you."
Il shall place him. not replace him.
/ 81. al 81.
mummy and our Mastodon giganteus
in the leit-hand corner of the great
museum saal. My dear sentimentalist.
the responsibility rests upon the Uni
versity OF Gottingen, not on You. Pray
sot your mind at ease"
The Rath turned away in real misery
and walked home, pursued by the vote,
of Won Schenk. who called after him e
inquire whether he were willing to re
sign all claim to the mummy, which
was his property by right of discovery
IL was long time before he preva lee
upon himself 10 visit the museum. A
length some ladies begged him to tax,
them over the college, and he coulC
hardly refuse. o ID Jacob was leanins
against the wall in his corner between
the geological animals and the ancien
Egyptian Inc was dressed in his shroud
aud very grim and horrible he looked
but he was surrounded by an admirin,
crowd, TO whom Prof. Won Scheuk wa
relating the true story of Jacob
Curse; or the Mummy of Gottingen. -
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