The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-10-21

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Acvjnsnt. Gradually this increased;
snd but for u unfonssn circumstance ihs
schsms might hays been sucssssful. Bat
I presently fsand that thS weight did no.
hang sxscti. 10 The osutsf Of the shaft.
The consequence Of this Wa that il struck
thsvsll opposite tho door Before the door
itself. Ths extsnt Of its swing being thus
checked. ny utmost efforts failed 70 bring
Ninto coatact With the door. The al-
tempt had therefore to b abandoned, and
hope again died within me. N
And my sensations were those Of ex-
trsns honor and dismsy. I, for the frst
time felt Tie certainty Of my ists. A
deadly sickness seized ne. In parox-
ian Of despair dung mysslf again upon
The door of NJ prison, and lay there with.
out motion. aa Ssa 1 a 81
= / will pot dwell upon Tho long hours
that followed. those hous Of moro than
mortal agony Of mind. II hsppeasd that !
bed lately besn rssdins an sccount Of tnv
elsr who bad psriahsd in The quicksand.
The tms Of The accident was on sunner
svspias, whom the san vas sinking, and
ths lonely shore w bathsd In rosy light.
The spot where II occurred wss vsll.known
70 me. and after sssding the sccount I had
ID that unreasonable spirit
which sometimes loads the mind to dwell
On horrors, to realize in fancy the sensa-
Lion Of The victim, - inch BY inch and foot
By foot, ID full sight Of the free ocean and
Ehe glorious sun, the treAcherons quick.
land drew him downward --downward-
10 his doom.
What the sensations attending such !
isath must be l could then but ieebly re.
lliss. know them now.
The sensations Of those Who hsve stood |
lace 10 face With death for hours, watch
ng With stsring eyes bis slow approach.
ire to me no mystery. But the mind Of |
nan has mercifully been 20 ordered that
lgony prolonged beyond . certain point
,nds in benumbing the power Of feeling. |
Thus It il that criminals condemened 70
'xecution, often sleep soundly snd 81
nth apetits; TACT which seems amazing |
o those who consider how comparatively
light degree Of mental distress has pow
i 10 rob the night OF rest and 10 turn the
laiptiest food 70 poison. They do not
eAsct that mental agony In it, extremity
easss 70 be ielt. Bat thus Il is, and thus
| ~ With mo.
I believe also thai tho air OF the shaft
rust havs acted upon me With some stu
,siyi4g o. bswild srisg uqusnes, like that
I The vapor vhich often gathers 1t the
'osson Of old wells. The agitation Of my
,isd srsdsaliy gave place 10 strange
selling Of indifference. The peril under
,hich I lsy esassd 70 trouble me, and st
vt no longer occupied my thoughts.
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