The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-02-25
MUSING OF THE DEAD


feet above my head and the sharp
click Of metal against the cod and l..
a shape. vapor, resting In my coffin,
could distlnctly hear the digger at
work on nnother grave beside my own.
1t had never occurred to ne in life
that the dead had ears 10 hear and
eyes TO sec, and even now there was
nothing in the demeansr of my cofllned
neighbors to uphold me In my present
theory.
was criminal when they buried
mo- and my soal seemed left within
my body 10 grovel in the dust Of hor-
ror aud hxpihstio for a period ut
least before It's further evolution.
1t was Ms II my own contempt for
The sub,i1nity Of the soul vas being
Knocked by fosbly dissolution. was
forced 10 winoss tho tlltl,y Gegenera.
ton OF What Ia life had seemed to NE
Of paramount Importance.
Vanity aud carnaity hsG been my
ruling psssious aud all the higher at
tributes OF man, IN which the soul
took precedence Of body, arcsssl with
In my csrpa mind only feeling u
sarcastic pity.
1t wss fsr thia destroying Of a mental
self that WAS finally hunted down
and brought 70 sudden justlce.
Bor n4asy years my wild debauchas
had been carried on with fallen NOR
tals and men who scorned and loathea
ne, even they wsro satisfied to let Il
90 ~ u thipg beyond their Interference
1t was oaly when l won poor NclIle's
love that Aey began shaking their az
Gry heads and pointing their warning
hnpuu at ne
Bnt had wisdom In my evil way.
fe;gnsd reformation that | did not
focl and for til.s behaved vith rigid
cirCumspect.0n.
Tserr were days even when the
ehild's sweet nature almost shaped Mo
in my wicked purpose, bat TO heart
gown old in ain q wsxlau's virtue
only adds persistence, and after sacr
brief moment Of rcnasse tire old desire
crept swiftly back, with tenfold worse
intentions added.
And day after day the 6oweret droop-
ca with the sun Of passion beating on
H. bay by Gay truth took a weaker
bold upon the ssal that wayered In ny
pewHg
Warnings | had iu plenty from tas
friends tkst loved the girl, and al
tkougA there was no violence frop $50
at any tlsle they called ray dead
deed Of crime and lynched me hko u
COMMON fnioS.
Whether it was tist SONS did ast
know, but to ne. lying cranpod nA
huddlcd in this mo!ey beI, there cones
at uulrs . radiation Of lay stn taat
makes the Juagneat sea- Easst fs41
ana sVun tempered With hat plea fsS
neexy which doubtful 5ausgs alton aAA
Day by day, hour hs soar snA 10 tsuts
10y IptrsIts the socneS aHa sias OF nay
life sys creeping siSgy theeaGh my
sssi. ana now, rta~od ~ the asiat Of 8
dtseniboatSs spirit ksa hDw seeetig
tho sias 81 tho hesh sro at vaTisacs
with tie sF.EisoG Jntes.
Has aad desire. so all Important to
sSs % rnal frame, s5rsss 10 the xsser-
est ts1xl o. gurlt wasx viewed taa'sxs h
nosasr earrr leases
I4fa wopSut haSe, battarea ara
ts-e: stasned, my desh Eos rstkt1S ia
t'sis grave, while |, a seel. exdss, hesc,
There sad all about aldo IN Faassrsts
tko vary earth. shl- IL s~c tho fsesveA-
above, bat totally unshls 10 escape
from ire dread proximity Of ray rsetd-
ovtng clay q tbs oonstaut vision ef Dc
cay in what wss euue my foudest
pride
Ard now another silent forpl Is batBs
lowered ~ MY side. hour the ssuaa
u fslllsg Fods, the cFesh Of reggs. tho
trSad II feet and w!sh--oA. coward tsa
| siu that II might 30 sGstsT sea- 80
doomed that Il would hssr IDS com.
psny
They ace going now, the nourrers at
The grave above ny head and almost
tsuct.ng my crnun1lIsE fsst / 30 tia
oNtllao Of polished oaskN
] No ono N all these SleUt tsiuba
seems Weakened or Sistursed but tne,
The advent Of another form into The
gloom am horror 81 this place brings
uot tIrnor 10 the e-st OF those WIKI
lrop ~ peacefully.
Bat now my sesi sesas pierced a.aE
by a0s more yCsouaes. ranking dart
sHd through tAe re~er Of spirit slgh'
sas tta lulN 81 my doom.
TbecS IL no Rul within this new
MAD. tomb, - clay freed Spirit - con
aele With ls0N but low beneath tht
polished besnls sweet young tsa
80 s;!tl -0a calm sra seems TO mod
Ry uItegy
Onss nero .raes ny evil life 10 al
Is wtlliu', sinful ways. ard, turning
~ = avert NY gaze r-ou tsat vGiS
t''rss. Usl'r"4 me-
tbs then is lus.@c1 roT tbs dsulue1
To watch, ~eriu-t', while all you ior,
dcya~S while ,.sh, orcs fair, creor
y|-y brrk % drst. and tho irnclorts