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Supernatural Appearance, couldThe following article Is copied from c^cnt* tho “Hancock Gazette and Pcnobxeot Shcrbrt IVWo/,1’published by Fellows Simp- h,ul r0f: son at Belfa?!, Maine, bearing dale Jan* 11.wry 1, 182:). M,0,'brilast pacSir John Sherbrooke and General (cn^ I Wynard were as young men, officers in j},0 c0] the some regiment, which was employ- Compai edon foreign service.--They were eon- ' 4\\\ wc necled by stinlllarHy of taste and studies1 iutcrcH and spent together In literary occupn-1 patiom tlon, much of that vacant time, which jWftg h 'was squandered by their brother jj„ofllcors in those excesses of the table Joxpect which some forty years ago, were cun-!n( OIHNo on as to e pondc teutloipiunei He dr lug hi ptuiso voice, him * The 1er.”vervmllis H|the a| fttheseto I IIIwithso .it iI ho e.anysoulscd a i suppicouciVCHIri*wasI'iccaof tin mo-t whit: and I qnnitIv dii•maneotiliWviimg cminimid ihe immvsl■rupl occti l his burn twin had ! it:at if ihapilam!alsoolus]whometper ainolhcagesldored among the necessary accomplishments of the military chameter.- They were one afternoon sitting in WyntmU apartment. It was perfect light, (ha hour was about four o’clock; they had I st!jf dined, but neither of them had drank W(W , wine and they had retired front tho mess to commune togother tho occupation of tho day—I ougflit to have said, that the apartment in which they were, had two doors in il, tho one opening into a passage, and the other into Wynnrd’s bed room. There were no other means of entering the sitting *. j)C1I room but from (tie passage, and »o|\yv„ other egress from the bed mom bid through the sitting room; so that any permit passing into tho bed room must have remained there, unless he rein rued by tho way he entero I. This point i* of consequence to the story. As these two young officers were purailing their studies, Shcrbro.ike, who«e ovo happened accidentally to glance from (ho volume before him towards (ho door that opened to the pussago, observed u (til! youth of about 20 years of age, whose appearance was that of extreme emaciation, standing behind him. Struck with 11 the presence of a perfect stranger, he 11immediately turned to Ills friend, who was sitting near him and directed Iih attention to the guest, who had Huh strangely broken in upon their studies As soon as Wyunrd’s eves were turned towards tho mysterious visitor, his 1J countenance became suddenly ngitued. j | ‘I have heard1 said Sir John Sherbrooke,‘of a mnn’d being as white as death, but [ never saw a living fuco assume the , I appearance of a corpse,except W yumVs FI at tho moment.* As they looked silently at tho form before them—for Wyuiwd, who seemed to apprehend tho 11 import of the appearance, was deprived 11 of tho faculty of speech, and JI Sherbrooke, perceiving the agitation of 11 Ids friend, felt no inclination to address 11 it-—as they looked silently upon the il | figure, it proceeded slowly into the nd-y | joining apartment, ami in (he net of passing them, cast its eyes with nu expression of somewhat melancholy nflec-c | lion on Wynyard. The oppression of 11 This extraordinary presence was no sooner removed, (ban Wynyard seizing his friend by the arm, and draw*, ling a deep broath, us if recovering h I from the su(locution of intense nstoiibh-1,1 incut and emotion, muttered in a low ii land almost inaudible tone of voice:s. I “Hood God! my brother!” ‘Your u I brother,’ repeated Sherbrooke, ‘Wlmt it lean you mean, Wynard? there must be I-. I some deception—follow me;1 and im-If I mediately taking bis friend by the arm,• lt;]|he preceded him into tho bed room, re I which, as I before slutud, was connected )f I with tho sitting room, and into which m I the strange visitor had evidently nt I entered. I have already said, that from ,e|this chamber, there was no possibility je|of withdraw lug, but by the way of the ill 1 apartment through which tho tigurc had l0 j certainly passed, and as certainly never rsl returned. Wynard’s mind had received ir,Ian impression at the first moment of bin g I observing him, that the figure whom he e,.| had seen, was the spirit of his brother. t0 .Sherbrooke still persevered in believing,j that some imposition had been practised. They took note of the day and hour in !{,t| which the event had happened; but they resolved not to mention the occurrence in the regiment, and gradually they per-,.| I Rttaded each other, they had been im* g01 posed on by some of their fellow 0„ j officers, though they could neither ae-lGl.[count for tho reason, or suspect the „ql author, or conclave the means of its ex-Ugj edition. They were content to imagine r | any thing possible, rather thun admit tlic possibility of a supernatural appearance. But though they hud attempted these stratagems of 6clf-delusioii, hail Wynyard could not help expressing his solicitude, with respect to the safety of )Sy} J the brother whose apparition ho hud t I either seen, or imagined hhnsclf to have seen and the anxiety which he exhibited Wp0. for letters from England, and his frc-ied mention of his fears for hisI ‘ brother's health, at length awakened the the I curiosity of Ids comrades, uud eventually hetraved him into a declaration of the %IJ01 circumstances, which he had in vain determined to conceal. The story of the silent and unhidden visitor was no sooner bruited abroad, than the de-tlny Hid |0^ Wvnyurd’s brother became an object j. * J of universal and painful interest to the officers of the regiment; there were few who did not enquire for Wynyard'* letters before they made any demands after their own, and the packets that arrived from Kngland, were welcomed with more than usual cagcrues*, for of 1 they brought, not only remembrancesjun-1 from their friends ot home, but pnmii*-iter ed to afford a eiuc to (he mystery, which tie-1 had happened among ‘hemselves. By dry. I the first ship no Intel) mce relating to S’o,” the story could have been received, alter for they had nil departed from Kngland an-1 previously to the appearance of thosoon spirit. At length the long wished for jbt pies- ] vessels arrived ;»ll the oflh:er» had letters j ct except Wynyard. .Still the secret was unexplained. They examined the several newspapers; they contained no mention of any death, or of any uti r circumstance connected with his family, that j iushi mi lead sain endty,appWytheconngion i to \ ktu hiswigIconap,twlt;Ihasit n Catf jHi 1*0 llon. on,getonIf ho ’ asi nr s* *lingro!”point!GiMiechitiiMa l kn K1 anstin»inofHilitTlsvivo*peptInedinK1cehewcaman,‘Ex-»ry ?”it islitiPO'
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Camden, Maine, US
Fri, Jun 03, 1887
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