The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-10

was very grateful TO me. as -
out with several nights, M. as worn
anxiety But though fell asI.s.,,'.' aud
l Nlu lo1 stay so long I was Amy
the door Of my bedroom -, so by
turning my face toward il No., and
70 see the big white mastiF amazed
before walk IN and stand for ~ ,. sen
LOOKING at me with its sad int.,, moment
Whlch was more human than any,. 541e,
sil 3uc " lG ISL at that moment I heard M,
sls!Gr give scream, and say: "Ot my
quick. The tabyl The babv, %, ann,
God J. and | rushed past the an ny
uoWn The stairs thinking of notbiSS ana
IMAM my chlld. | met my sister -a, Use
toward me with the baby in bar oOuIIng
and one glance told me thar ~ arms,
Jhlng was dead. II had been aslsa,I lille
all at once II awOke and gave A "a a. wen
ana was gone before any restora ~ - cry
De poured down its throat. The se,.,. -oIlu
VINO We're al about at the time Aliens
uottaLe =! Onag no dog could possibly bara
gotten IN, and all thought it mus nave
been imagination on NV 50 nave
dream. But was beginning To- or
dlnerently. The next visit we Laa ing
the Oanshee was not to me or iIola
ing my eldest daughter came dou,T Itotl'
with pale face and heavy ewes a. S'aIis
that she had not been able to slaer, oaI1
moving of a dog under her 49, ~ OLe
and asked if it had not disturbed I rno
mad hearc nothing, although mina ~.
Inc next room 10 hers and opened nm tSS
same lawn. But I did not riSio-, 'ue
even doubt her story. I had had oS ule Or
experience of unbelief myself 70 U UaC.ga
others. 4ooPect
mat afternoon the girl came in savir,
why, mother, where did the dog o99iinns'
asked her what she meant. When Oh.
told me that big white mastif had SuS
ceeded hor up the walk and had en.6Pu ,e,
t9e mousse not half a minute before ~
did. -0i0 she
We searched the house together bpt o..
IS perhaps needless to say, we found not5
ing. L was now very uneasy. News y,
the army was very hard to get and not
always reliable, and l feared for NV.
husband, from whom we had not bear3
for over a month. When at last Tis
patches did come through I learned With
great relief that his name was not
among the killed or wounded, and con'
graduated myself that, for once. the han.
shee had been mistaken. But beforo
the week was over, letter came for
me from my husbands messmate say.
ing that Mr.. Merriweather had diei
on the 9TH of May of vel.
AON ACfCA. kOluC6 bll6u nave never
the phantom mastiff again, but NV cbT.
dren have all had visions of him. On ona
occasion my youngest grandchild cana
running to me asking where the pretty
dog had gone, and saying that he bsi
played on the lawn with him, pattins
him, and that he had licked his hand
81 chided the little fellow for what
thought to be fight of the imagination
but his brother nearest him in age cana
in just then and cOrroborated the story
by saying that he had seen little Nor
gan caressing a big white dog, but that
the dog had all at once seemed to blow
away. On the breakout of the civil war
the whole household was kept awake by
the continuous bowling of a dog about the
house, but on going out to look for him
my sons could see nothing of him But
when they had regained the house the
bowling was worse than ever. And YOU
know / lost both of them in the Tennes.
see campaign. look every day for his
summons to come to me. I am ready, and
as | hope to be so when death comes this
story is true. There are many of NY
neighbors who have known of the ban.
shee's coming, and can tell you of the az
curacy of his wailing predictions"