Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-12-11
In A TRANCE.
BY FRANCES E. wADLEIGH.

The first sound that can remember
hearing was the slam of door; l pre-
sume it reused me from my stupor, or
whatever my previous state might have
been; then l heard my brother-in law
Fay:
''Shut those windows, please; there's
lranght enough to kill dozen well peo-
pie! And, kitty, have one of the ser
wants bring that little tight stove
down from the trunk room, and then see
that there is a gentle fire kept up here at
least until midday to morrow. will be
back in few moments"
l had been trying to open my lips to
say something, to ask why was lying in
my bed at this hour of the day, or to re-
quest my sister Kitty to put another
blanket on the bed ; but could not utter
word. While | was wondering what
allied me and why felt so queer, one of
the servants, who had entered with the
little stove, said to her companion:
"Sure an the masther's that quare
Niver before did | hear of amy one want
in to kape dead man warrum; begorra,
some O. thin gets warrum enough where
fhnviva ornno b,,f pat tho Iil,oa y Mo- ~, or
Fred ), ~ '''N ''''0' : '0i
Whv has Norab spcb sound of teors
in her voice?
"An' why, 1 wonder, didn't some o.
hanL atroot 10 SPa,Pesn1 .oun , i.;'. ~ :n0
stead O. himr' Norah continued. at
will about kill his sister"
thew tslk;nn ohomtS snro ~ ~ ona ~no o"nIS wi"
beI;eve tbst wns daada scoro ~
weird talas which bod raod oan,o go r,sh h
inc thro,@b NV W. mind ID how noonle | I bad
been bnr;ed oI;vo. hou, N" doorr roo orao haS I
normittod husband hrotbo. fa+hor o1on '
mother or ch;rd 20 ho I nanIootod 90 u nost
hone. and how after ;nt;n;te sutforims, % ,y'
the snnnosed cornee had struogled freo
from Tie coffin and windingsshcet and
come home ooain. and thought foo
of the MANY Who had nover bee9 ah,e ~
free Themselves and 7 would have sbnd,
dered if I could have moved a muscle or
even an cvelash. hutI was ne immovoblo
Ms anv coynse - ~
Tn what seemed a certurv ooo;r
heard INV s;ster,S vo;co cons;dor;no -
that her onlv hrotber waa s,nnooed n he
dead before her very ewes tbouobt che
seemed verv bJitbe
uOb Otto y Che cold 70 bo- bushond
s.then won do NOT tb;nl- Ered ;s really
dead ln
l.No moro dead than ON NV door
he has evidently received a severe hIow
upon his head which rendered him sense.
less and has thrown him into n sort ~
trance or catolentic state have ;ust
been to see DR.. Burke. and he saws # il
very probable. ANYWAY. Kitty. / insist
that fhe room he kent warm ouiet and
comfortable: if alive he is weak and
this nlace when came into.it was cold
enourb To- have frozen onv invalid. and
tbsr on tbo otbor bond e bo l. No,
sI;ra - iii do 10 has,, to boao a.
se,rnoro,,ra - a it'll b;nh for onr s;on 81 .,
Sacdv w;il settle b;a nond;t;on III bayond "a
- S",,ht II rnt.iI ~, - ,.o:;t;n1
r. Joad T Ill o,;,a b;a, IT, hdnoat ~
AZ. AZ = 5o',Se % ), WI" s'e nun 'H' '''"' VI
w boJ % aIwovs liked and rosnected m q
,,rauo I hro+hey IL. law. now 7 IoTod hin;
soae ssio," I h,olaod hir for hi" h;s morJs, d. Tha;
ho" ,J o,siu g. I'm 4a H. ~ ~ had no do,,ht
no Iou.u o''um - ~ tan % nha.;n" u ~ ouDo'
~ iio "a; = I'D 'r II Iii 0 h;' ~
sO.et ~. e, asa'" "0U '"'' MN '''''""'''
"1s Tanntn;.,, nm .o,, fo,Io;.ho.do.od
leei.ainiy va, "s"H, t-O - e. .S. 49, ..
nov 9f , nau .a ianS ~, sum iO ,n' neA, nf,
lnlng ! hlew @ .ne l' rooli ".s "a'm, q 9oa' ~
1carlet 1;, silaMi was sl'ieao' o,ei my ioe'' a.
couiu see througn my nan l-closeo eyes
sne curtains were w etawn a0wn, ana tht
nouse was uenghtiuily sum; NY sister
seemed 70 nave Deen persuadIng her nus
Dand lnto gruoglng consent 10 some
'n,ng; .lgE.I i1r ,.n ne was rsos, saying: - p;..