The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-01-27

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ciuoeo tnas ! nao Bos' eo-.. - y
mey missed me "e.
where but IN tne slsn' 49, = ,sa.
% days before .es l,- ~
which ny woeie y s,.,.so' 80 -
that case y Wouid y 700 la.e AL,e
non wouia 90 70. me, essn = ~ 'nJll
had received old NOT my .ns usu
! snrieked sione, Du. 49, July WI,
scious al sne tiine .nse noDouy cvuIu
hear me. VISITORS ana custodians aiiks
must nave departed nouIs De.ore' an
even u my CITES were nea,u Ifoln tnt
streets below nopody Wouiu attrlDuN
tnem 20 tneii rear source.
10 the ieenng q acute anguish sue
ceedea one OF piank Despair. ! no ionse'
specuiatea ON tne possipliisy q Deint
discovered, DEAD OF awe. Inere was :
duii leaden ieeiing e. my cnest. ana
found myself repeating mechanically
oid rhymes ana Jlngies ana saying .ne
aipnapet backward, ~ once learned e
CON seeking reneI from insomnia. ie.
% the same Time was conscious tnai
my whole ire was passing ~ review oe-
TORE me, - .ney say y ooes Wnen one =
browning q Delng nangsa. Ielneln
Derea tnat saying, veg, ana Wltnoul ny
cessation q tne review Wonaereu "
my doubled consciousness II l Were
undergoing .ne sensa.lons q ad,oWnlng
man. o. o. one Delng nangeu, ana Wisneu
! could pus tneIn doWn On paper Ior tne
DoQeUG OF the rest OF MANKIND.
Wnat struck me ~ singular was t .ra
1ne CLOCKS KEPT on strlsing tWeive, me
second time tney uiu Inns lInougnt mus.
nave LOST CONSCIOUSNESS lot an entire gay,
ana tnat TINS was .le second mldnignt.
but Wnen tne thlru stroke o. IweiVe
came IIom nan uozen CLOCKS, knew
u couid NOT 20 TWO Gays SINCE ! nad
iaiien.
tnougnt n,st .nat mao become de.
menteu' anu linen iIoccurreu 20 me .nai
II 4 were couiu NOT reason ABOUT u u
tnat fashion, so rne CLOCKS themselves
mus. % crazy. ms theory satisned me
untli tne strlking began again, when !
wen. on IN announcer iantastic specnlation'
NY iriends 1ad discovered tnat ! we
missing, ana were having tne peiis rune
10 keep my spirits up.
IN tne long, long, weary hours J
spent N Walting TOT glimpse OF Gay.
hgnt. ! mad no nope tnatl dayngn'
Wouid Dring me any reier, Dut tne pros
PEG. Of staying Wnere y was endless mia,
nighs seeineo ulendurapie' ! groahed
ana Wept ana aug my nails INTO tne
palms o. my nanus Until y seemed as y
tne Dioou would come; put qua MOI
even leei any sense OF pam;
= iuuse 1a.e peen ai.er sne CLOCKS i'lu
struck mlunlgn1 dozen ZINES q more
- keps Nc eAacs account--tnat saw
= .ne oisIance e. WA. seemed % % tne
.a.snel enu p tns calneurN IooI twc1
Iains summers q Ignt. Fresentiy cnere
"elo sWo more ana .nen tWo more:
unlli tleIe was regular procession g
tnem. : tieu 70 sneus' DuI nad become
20 weak Win coid ana suHerlng tnat J
coulo nos raise my voice ABOVE Q WINS
per. .
Inc hgnts nevertneiess approacnedi
growing grauualiy stronger, unth !
couia see mat tney were Dorne Dy sever
q D,ac.,IoDeu n ~ VINO were marcn.
ing Deside comm. as tne procession
noveu Slowly eoWaru ihe began =
wonoe, wa y mean1, anu Wnee NJ
funerals LOOK pace ~ liunagnt on tne
TOOL o. Milan calneurai' linen specu
!aOeu . moment on tne proprlety OF dis
tuIplnS tne' oDsequies even IN my ex
IRENE need. suddenly " dawned upon
me ina. TINS was my own funeral, ana I
Knew tnat ! was eitner dead OF mad gone
mao. IN tne supreme anguish OF TINS
discovery all memory OF past suffering
was dotted out, and lentered on q new
period q the most exquisite torture.
fortunately, y was OF br1ef Duration
AS the foremost Of the moving figures