Year: 1862

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 any fsisnds ts intsrfsrs, for shs was m orpha'

 brathsrless and sistsflen and so. after . bris

 courtship. we were married. sss-, s-..

 Ihad no secrets from my wife, and in . litti

 while she learnt the story of the watch. sh

 had faith in it, and thought or fancied that sh

 could detect the very shades of difference in it

 uttsrance. When WAS weary, shs said tn

 watch was weary too i; when was glad. it ha . joyous echo. I know that on that night whs . feeble breath huttsred in fssblsr frame, an the little creature so whom our love hAd give

 sxisteacs struggled vainly for life, there was piteous cadence in the voice of that old watch hope never to hear again. So we lived on togethsr. It was Gods vii that we should be childlsss, but ws loved eac

 other oil the more. grew rich and prosparou, and our only grief was the missing of those bab

 eyes and voices which we had hoped to hay about our hearth.

 It was my sortieth birthday-I never shal forget the day-when the watch began it's warn ing. My wife and I heard it at one moment Never before had the voice of that watch besl so loud or SO rapid. All day long, all the next and all the next that warning continued. Th' strong pulse of the watch shook the table O, which it rested, when drew it from my pocket and made the garments on my bosom rise an, fall when replaced it. Were we threatened with iIlness1 No! her cheek was blooming snt my pulse was regular. What could it mean?

 Alter four days began to lasgh at my OWL credulity, and even Rosa began to lose her faitl in the Monitor. About noon. I left her, an, went alone to little room where kept my med ical works and some rare drugs and curiositisz It was my purpose to study for lecture whicl l was to deliver that evening. I seated myself at my desk and commenced to read but after 6 few moments began to experience singular faintnsss, and to inhale disagreeabls odor. recognized the smell in moment. In one Of the jars upon my shelves was rare essence ol great use in cases where suspension of con sciousness was necessary, but excessively dan gerous save in skillful hands. Some oue-a ser want, probably had been meddling with the ja, and removed the stopper, and the room was full of the powerful odor. I must leave it ifI would live. staggered to the door, put my hand on the lock, when, horror of horrors it remained immovable-something had happened to tho catch. l strove to call aloud. but my voice fail. ed me. elutched the table for support, but Lost my hold. and fell heavily to the floor. l could see nothing--all grew dark about me. Mechanically placed my hand upon the watch within my bosom. It had stopped land re. member nothing more.

 Consciousness came Jack to me, as 1t may come to newborn babe, for aught know. l felt without understanding was conscious of facts for which I cared nothing; was in the dark; was very cold, and my movements were constrained i; but it did not seem as though that were any affair of mine. Hunger at last awoke me the animal aroused the mental, and began to wonder where had been and vhers I was. put up my hand as well as Icould. There was . low roof over my head, folds of mus! n iay about me, and something was upon my breast which emitted sickly fragrance-a bunch o! flowers seeming half withsred. knew this by the touch. What was the matter with mo 1 Why could I not breathe frselyi Was blind and deaf, that could neither see nor hear Suddenly the truth flashed across me had been 61 led alivsi Hay in ny cofini

 All this time, you ask. where was your wife how had she borne the blow which had fallen 60 suddenly upon her. She it was she found me senselsss upon my study floor and she i. was who hoped for returning consciousness after all others deapaired. At last they told her was dead and shrouded me fot burial. Learned men decided that the strange preservation oi my frame was caused by the manner of my death. and at length my body was committed to the tomb.

 I had often made my wife promise me that il died first she would take the watch into he, own possession, and wear it while she lived; and 90, now that it was all over, she took it, voice less as it was, and laid it next to her bosom For three days and nights she never slept; but at last exhaustion did it's work, and she fell into a heavy slumber. She was awakened by sound as strange as it was unexpected. The watch silent since that fatal day, had begun to tick fast and furious, as it never ticked before loud enough to arouse her-loud enough to make hel spring from her pillow in an agony of hope ant fear. a.. -.'-5. .a.s .r.a4-

 Those about her thought she was . mad wo man, but nevertheless, the strength of her pur pose bore down all before her. Out into thu midnight she went, and they followed her Through the streets of the dessrtsd town sh, passed in her white nightrobes. like ghost and they dared not hold her back. She rsachet the church-yard at last, and beat wildly on tn old sexton's door.

 "I am come to tell you to open my husband' vault, " she said; "hs is come to life again" He also thought her mad, and yet dared no

 disobey her; and all the while the furious tick

 ing of the watch was heard by each one thert

 It softeped, t stilled Whsn the doors were open ed and the dark coffin stood upon the turf. fgrew musical when my wife bent over me as

 caught ms to her hsaFt--no corpse but . Twin man and it hes had no change iR its Fsgula