The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-27

---eHcep6 Hnan ~ am asleep. VI
cousss I mean the aafk night---nor do
g6 into rsptufes over what We cell
the tWilight-rthat doubtful light
tWixt sunshine and darkness, and that
litess,.;;5y ,;y means s.ligLs sut ia two,,,'''' z
It seems that these twilights grow
shorter 90 We crow nlde. ygx:SS:.: ygx::SS:: 5.iss q 8
day is doas tie darkness does seem
efall from the wings of night, and
We hasten to- light the lamps, for
darknessis Sneyer welcome. Ills AN
intrngder and s;:::ss Sss Ss avs7y syil
thing. We suppose that night was
3 created as q contrast 60 make ns enjoy
tie dsy5 just as evil was created as q
contrast TO that which is good. The
scriptures say no good thing concern
ing darkness OF night, and when de-
3 scribing heaven ray, There shall
4 be no night there They tell us of
outer darkness and shiok darkness and
che blacknesslof darkness aud dark
ness that may be felt. Darkness was
ones Of the ten plaques sent upon
Pharaoh. Job cursed ths5day Of his
birth and says, Let that day be
.darkress and the shadow Of death
stain it. : David saith, Sorrow en-
! dureth for the night, but joy coneth
in the morning, and tells Of the pes
thence that walketh in darknese. The
-apostles use it as symbol Of every
calamity. Darkness covered the land
when the Saviour was Druoifed. The
DEVILS called the prince Of darkness.
Ancient mythology describes Erebns
as the dark cavern through which the
spirits Of the damned and the wicked
dead shall pass on their way to hell.
And Homer writes Of country. called
Cimmeria afar beyond the sea where
the sun never shines and the people
live in darkness. Milton describes
the darkness Of Hades as so dense
that it was visible Speaking Of evil
spirits that haunt mankind, he says
they move in darkness, but fear truth
I and chastity. mo evil thing that
Z walks by night in fog or freno hag,
or ghost, or goblin damned has hurt
full power over q ohaste and virtuous
woman. Montgomery says, Night
is the time TO weep. And Shake.
speare says, TN the dark night inn
agining some fear, little bush ap-
4 pears to be . bear Young says,
g An atheist half believes in God by
+ 1ight,' and Tennyson says ofhimself
ct am but an infant cryingih the
i night-ans infant crying for the light =
But this To- enough, and theso rumi-
nations were psoyoksd last night about
midnight--the hour when the deep
sleep salleth upon man, but NOT
upon . woman, Ny wife's voice,
awakened and startled me-. She said, !,
;.s'sNfnat is itf Who is it2 What do
You want2" Then she called me and
struck 8 match ard lighted the eandle
tha. was near. hat did you hearS''
\ said I. Somebody at the door, she
said sxcitedly. (Which docr?'' said
This one right here maybe
( somebody is sick upstairs, = she said,
J Unlocking the door quickly the light
shone into the room, but nobody was
: visible T examined the room care
fully and then went into the hall and
dining room aid parlor and thence
I upstairs on tiptoe, but all was silent.
WhenI returned she said, .sWell, I
certainly did hear somebody atsthat
door, aud itwaked me, but maybe j
was dreaming. I remember now I did
have troubled dream, butI lease
look under she he'd before you put ont
the light. Such Is conjugal life and
felicity. Fonaome time I la;5 awake
| listening for i noise and ruminating
son human help during the
darkness Of the nigh
Isremember when ! had an unwii-
ling fear o9 ghosts thas would NOT
3 acknowled I got It from the awful
B 81 stories ia sEihss our negroes told 10 MS
children. for there vas Is fascination
about them that drew me TO their
cabins by night and I liatensd to
h their mad up tales sso ghosts and
witches and Jack @ Lanterns and raw.
saead and blood boness until was
afraid 10 look around behind me, aud
bad to DE guarded 20 the big house
door when i left. But shiS,childisll
], feaf soon paaaea avn y, and long since
I.have realized that there are no spir-
itstto haunt us. and that only man is
ssgila -: :ss
~ wife is not s timid woman but
she is cautioIs and will:not consent
for mesto keep q pistol 10 our bed
room for fear might hare. a. bad