The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-26

htu heard II. but II wns soon clunr To
mo slat tho con;nNh din about tho
h0ulo which went aud came like II ltiul
wind was no Imagination, but proceni-
ell from tho Vaccinations OF tho OWL
spirits which Mr.. Renwlck had prcsagal
would follow mo. Then, Indeed. ! wns
II q terror to which all that had gone
before was rs nothing.
Sometimes tho noise Reomod like the
confused sounl Of many persons walk.
Ing md struggling together. Whcreat
| knew that tho !iends strovo TO bn at
mo, but w0r0 restrained bysome One
That Tor tho moment was strongOr-Rs
u might DO. my gooh guardian angel.
So | underworld to fall 10 the praying.
Bnt such was the power OF Satan, aud
such the ,romor OF my spirit, that NIL
tho prayers ! know had departed from
inc, No words cana 10 my mind save
some old babblos OF tho mathematics !
had learned long & when I was Mt tho
Edinburgh college. which now stood Ia
no stead at oil, Tor the least little imping
devil cares no lot for the mathematics
OF Euclid.
Then tiero cdmo again tho din OF
voices louder than before, tho tramp.
ling OF many feei In tho rooms above
INC, and along tho transc. At last |
heard them come through tho passage,
az IL Ind boon 10 enter az my door.
Thon at last ! cat strength to leap from
my bed, and make II shift TO bolt my
donr, which may we'll seem a da't.liko
thing TO do. For what would evil spirits
care for bolts. whose ordinary way OF
entering a chamber is through the key.
hole.
Whom l had locked the door | fell on
my knees. and, mine eyes being oppo.
site to the lntchet.holu, | looked
through, aud saw what seemed TO me
very terriblc-the form OF n man, all
black. stand with a light behind him,
and with n bare shining sword in his
hand that pointed straight to my chqm-
bcrdoor. And all tho house about me
aud the dense air were flied with the
sound OF grooming and little sharp
shrleks Of ultimate agony, sol one that
Wished to die. but could not. Whereat,
for very agony, | tainted away.
Wien | came to myself | lay along
the wall by the door, vigorously cold
and as it mad been stark frozen By rea.
son OF the bitterness OF tho night. The
house was silent within, and the latch
hole dark. But about tho house an,l
about there went the same whispering
and crying Of fends. rising and falling
nov sharp and quarrelsome, 0 more
laigh and iear,one. till in II little time
the crying came again worse than ever
below my chamber window. So, before
Itlared to look out, not knowing bu.
what | might sec the dewitt and all his
angels at carnival. l made shift TO com.
mend me for preservation aud protec-
ton to tho majesty OF God.
At last | manned courage to 90 to the
window. and looking out. | saw upon
the thin sprinkling OF snow that had
fallen in the night, the veritable resem.
blnnces OF evil spirits. dragging way
tn at which seemed TO DO a heavy bur.
den. And once moro. even ~ | looked
forth, there came the terrible crying
voice that awakened mo. az high as be.
fore, 80 that again ! fell down as q dead
nan.
Nevertheless, though l own that in
things which arc 30 counted OF tho tleih.
| ain far from being a brave man, yet
now, from very desperation. and because
feared tina. the evil spirit. would como
and take me away in like manner when
they had disposed Of their present bur
den, | got courage to rise and DO my
breaches upon inc. Then | went OH,
and followed on to sec what the spirits
might contriyc. But because by their
masters arts they we're Invisible. | saw
no more OF them till / had stumbled
down the steep bank to the river side.
II is an i'll place thus to adventure
into under silence OF night. for the
trees grow close together. so that |
knocked and bruised myself as ! went.
But to my great JOY I cane, By tho way.
to q little hurn with water still running
in 1t in spite OF tho frost. So this |
crossed, and when once stood on the
o,he. sidc I thanked God, knowing that
nc evil spirit could now overpass to me.
Then. whether it vas that by my
crossing OF tho running water the spclls
OF the spirits had no power to rcndcr
them invisible. or whether it was thu,
my ewes had become accustomed
TO the darkness OF the night, but us !
stood behind n great rough tree ] again
cat sight OF the demons with their bur.
den. They were scrambling by the side
water. and | saw them lay their burden
upon n cake OF floating ice, which tho
chief devil drew toward lin with q
thing like a shepherds ''clep" or crook.
Then | was again in some fear lest
this should be some cantrip by which
they might get the power to Overpass
running water. and 80 gcta nj mo 10 tear
me in picccs-as ~ their lepilish wont
with Christian ministers when they grip
them. But as | looked | SAW tho
demons stand and stamp upon the mar.
gin OF the water as though tho matter
did not progress to their satisfaction.
Then tho chief black leud that held tho
crook. s,elled aud pushed with it upon
tho broad piece OF ice. so that I saw 1t
slowly turn about like n wheel upon its
axle, and. with tho black burden still
upon 1t, glide ont OF my sight down tho
water. The COMPANY OF demons las in
my fantasy | thought them) stood
there. rs 1t had been, watching their
strange ship and its cargo depart for m.
other country. Then | heard them
Chamber, crying and quarrclinr AS be-.
lore. up tho bank out OF my sight.
How | ever got back to my chamber |
know not, but certain il is TINT when
the serving woman ca,ne tho next mora.
Ing to light my iirc sho found me. with
bleeding feet and scanty garments, lying
in tho midst OF tho floor. ms II that had
been ovcrtakcn nnAecmiy, and tho bod.
covcrlcts NIL thrown hithcr md thithOr,
over rs ! had cast thom abroad when |
leapOd from my bod.
BY which l am encouraged 10 think
that tho fury Of tho ilcni had been