Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21

complaint again OF a spinal trouble.
Az present they attribute 1t to the
stomach great motor and regula-
tor OF the body-that protean disease
Of thousand forms, thousand
modes OF attack. 1t is why we are
here l myself think 1t her nerves
a, any case il is very sad.
I ~ reminded me OF his own jerking
haud,
IL may be hereditary" says l.
Your own nerves are little dis.
turbed, are they not?"
Miner he answered TRANQUILITY
MOT at all l have always possessed
the calmeSt nerves then suddenly.
as Il bethiuking himself:
For ills" touching his hand, rs
not nerves, but the result of a shock
4 terrible shock that | suffered once
Fancy it, sir This child OF mine has
been buried aliver'
| could hnd nothing to say. was
dumb with surprise.
Yes" he continued, buried alive
but hear the story is not long. For
some time past Juliette had seemed
affected with a disordered action of
the heart We were fully certain that
the trouble was organic and feared
the worst one day it came. She was
brought in lifeleSs. She had fallen
dead while walking in the garden
physicians came in haste, but nothing
could be done She was gone, For
two days and two nights | watched
beside her myself, and with my own
hands placed her in The coffin, which I
followed to the cemetery and saw
placed in the family vault This was
in the country, in the provine of Lor-
laine.
1T had been my wish, too, that she
should be buried in her jewels, brace
lets, necklace and rings -all presents
that | had given her and in her first
ball dress. You can imagine, sir, the
the state of my heart In returning
My wife had been dead for many
years | returned, in truth, half mad,
shut myself alone in my room ana fell
into my chair jazed unable TO move
merely a miserable, breathing wreck,
Soon my old valet Prosper, who
had helped me place Juliette in her
coffin and lay her away for her last
sleep, came IN noiselessly to see If
he could not induce me to eat | shook
my head. answering nothing. He per.
sisted:
Monsieur is wrong. This will
monsieur allow me, then, to put him
to bedF
ono, no l answered Let me
alone
HE yielded. and withdrew
How many hours passed | do not
know What a night! What a night!
1t was very cold. My fire Of logs had
long since burned out In the great
fireplace, and the wind-a wintry blast,
charged with an icy frost -howled and
screamed about the house and strained
at my windows with curiously SIMS
ter sound.
Long hours ! say rolled by. ! sat
still where | had fallen, Frustrated
overwhelmed; my eyes wide open
but my body strengthless-dead; my
soul drowned IN despair Suddenly
the great bell gave loud peal
81 gave such leap that my chair
cracked under me. The slaw. solemn
sound rang through the empty house
/ looked at the clock. 1t was . in the
morning Who could be coming at
such an hour?
Twice again the bell pulled sharp
ly. The servants would never answer
perhaps never heard It. ! took up
candle and made my way to the door
| was about to demand:
"Who is thereY but, ashamed of the
weakness. nerved myself and drew
back the bolts My heart throbbed.
my pulse beat, threw back the panel
brusquely and there in the darkness
saw a shape like a phantom. dressed
in white.
81 recoiled, speechless with anguish
stammering:
'Who-who are youT
"A voice answered:
IT is /, father
ut was my child -Juliette.
Truly I thought myself mad |
shuddered, shrinking backward before
the specter as it advanced, gestlculat-
ing with my hand to ward off the
appartion. 1t is that gesture which
has never left me.
again the phantom spoke:
"Father, father! See, / am not
dead. Some one came to rob me Of
my jewels they cut Off my finger-the
the flowing blood revived me-
"And I saw then that she was Gov
cred with blood, l fell to my knees,
painting. sobbing, laughing, all in one.
AS soon as J regained my senses, but
still so beWildercd / scarcely compre-
hended the happiness that had come
to me- I took her in my arms, carried
her t. my room and rang frantically
for Prosper to rekindle the fire, being
a warm drink for her and go for the
doctor.
Gle came running, entered gazed
a moment at my daughter in the
chair, gave a gasp Of fright and hor-