![]() ![]() ![]() The smouldering embers, partaking of the spirit of the restless night, became fruitful of varied and fantastic pictures, and revived man bygone scenes and old impressions. A whole wilderness of thought might pass through one's mind during such an evening. It was a night for strange noises and for strange fancies. All was still and comfortable within but the night was cold and dark a heavy wind sighed and moaned sorrowfully around the house and barn, occasionally bringing against the clattering windows a stray leaf from the large oak trees that embowered their dwelling. A single lamp burnt brightly on the centre-table. ![]() Listwell sat together by the fireside of their own happy home in the State of Ohio. "The gaudy, blabbling and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea And now loud-howlig wolves arouse the jades That drag the tragic melancholy night Who with their drowsy, slow, and flagging wings Clip dead men's graves, and from their misty jaws Breathe foul contagions, darkness in the air." Shakespeareįive years after the foregoing singular occurence, in the winter of 1840, Mr. ![]()
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