The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-13

like mans walking in his sleep
II found myself coming from a lana
Of clouds and nothingness to a fa;n.
consciousness Of myself" he said ran
idly. my brain by degrees becams
clearer. l endeavored to open nv ewes ewes
but found it impossible. Then Knew
that the trance which had held me q,
different times from my boyhood bels
me again, but was not dismayed. onlv
sorry the time had come when nv wife
must be told of my peculiar infrmitv
The place was very still. seem to hear
as did then, the dropping of the sands
in an hourglass somewhere near me. the
bleating of lamb for its mother. com.
ing, as it seemed, through an open
window. l became aware of the soft
opening and closing of q door. Some.
body entered and stood by my side One
finger was placed upon my forehead
and the person drew string down nv
body to the extreme tips of my toes
Then there flashed over me frightful
idea. was being measured for my cof
fin. The people around me supposed me
actually dead" continued Waylinp
"How had such a condition come 10
pass? Had fallen into the trance while
with strangers? Where was Rao? Where
was Cautley? knew not. l could re.
member nothing of time or place pre-.
vious to the attack. Now my suffer.
ings began in truth. felt my hands
were neatly folded upon my breast and
my limbs Strengthened after the man
ner of a corpse. The door was opened
again. ] heard a low cry, and two warm
arms were placed under my head. II
was Mary. Oh, it was my wifel The
glorious sense Of relief which pushed
over me / cannot find words to de,
scribe. If my wife we're BY ny side.
my frispd and servant could not be far
away. With all my strength / strove to
speak to her--to open my eyes y vas
al II every muscle were held down in q
band of iron and my tongue were para:
lyzed. But the worst was yet to come.
Mary laid her warm cheek against my
brow and murmured strange, self con.
demning words into my ear. wanted
to shrek out that it was not, could not
be true, and then this man entered He
spoke Of me as one dead, and from his
conversation with my wife l knew that
horrid thing she had Whispered was so
indeed-that he had stolen her love
from me and there was 9 guilty Under
standing between them. How he laugh
ed at Mary's fears, ridiculed her re-
morsei Nay, more, he even dared talk
of their future happiness together,
while knowing / could hear, that every
word ate through my heart, that he was.
sending me TO the most awful fate hui
man being could suffer-the supremest
of mental torture. At that moment
would gladly have damned my soul for
power to look once into his craven face
ere 1 laid him dead at my feet. Look
we'll at him, Peter, this Judas who be-
trayed his friend"
81 pray you let me speak one word IN
my own Defense" stammered Cautley'
''SilenceW cried Wayling, turning
on him like a nadman, all the loathing
he had repressed spreading over his lace
"When you might speak, you dld not
and you cannot now.
Cautley shrank from him, ana Dis
head fell upon his knees III an attltuuo
of despair.
"No one else suspected Twas not ao-
tually dead" continued Wayling. line
preparations for my burial in the GENE,
terry of that French village were hurrleo
as much as possible. Where was lao
Singh meanwhile? Had his fealty been
purchased? l could not think SO. Nay
l felt sure some treachery kept MN
from my side. An interval followed u
which can recall nothing. From sheei
terror my senses must have left me uuI.
ing the burial. Suddenly came pacI
to life and the power of motion. Inls :
knew by slightly moving one OF my M
gers up and down. There was qulOA
ening through all my nerves. The pea'.
ing of my heart sounded like the suoAes
of O chisel. l remembered all, ana az AZ
once the question came, Where an
The awful uncertainty of that molnon'
Hauo NY utnu piiOhiy "iN .4h
was II / opened my eyes at iens'u,
Darkness enveloped me, silence . INA
could be felt. There are degrees OF sun,
ness, but the absolute silence Oh 'no
grave has no parallel in life Al'er
convulsive effort / lifted my hama S. ~
slowly until it struck the lid Oh s .nS
coffin. Oh, that momentl l cannos n
words to describe my sensations ows .as
burst from every pore. My agony w. W.
intolerable. Merciful God, to feei 'nas
though living, / was as really oeau a
the bones rotting in the next grave. u
nailed down coffin lid and SIX iees
clay separated me from the green eai' n
I could fancy the leaves futterins 10
the sunlight, children playing peln'f
within q few feet from where Iay' .rd
"Oh, it was madnessl l shrleKeu, co.
the sound was terrific in the na, I;ns
coffin, but / knew with an agonissI;t1
helplessness it did not pierce beyonu
Then / grew frantic, yelled madiy, M nv
tinuously, called on God tore ~
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