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Title: Lenderman's adventures among the spiritualists and free-lovers;
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Lenderman, pseud.? (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cincinnati, H. M. Rulison
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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thosedelicate eyelids, with their long black lashes, shouldopen and display the crystal mirrors of a spotless soul.I watched to see that deep chest heave its alabasterwhiteness. But no! those eyelids opened not, thatdeep chest heaved not,—she was dead,—that beautifulbeing! The coldness of the water, no doubt, was thecause of this perfect preservation of the features. She was dressed in a rich but tasteful style, com-bining comfort with elegance. Around her small whiteneck was a beautifully worked collar. A scollopedcloth cape, of finest texture, covered her round, taper-ing shoulders; over this was a splendid large shawland victorine. Her dress was a plaid silk, coveringunderclothes of spotless whiteness and beautifully em-broidered. Her small, delicate foot and ankle wereincased in a close-fitting gaiter. Her head was cov-ered with an opera netting, and a brown silk handker-chief, tied under the chin. She wore a gold watch anda necklace: to the latter was attached a golden cross,
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The Spiritualists and Free-Lovers. 15 sot with jewels at its upper part. Her dress was lowin the bosom, so that the standard of the cross was seenresting between the risings of her breast. On the fore-finger of the right hand was a ring, set with a beautifuldiamond. Three letters were engraven on the insideof the rins;. A coroner-s jury was holding its inquest over thebody at the time. No clue had been found to her his-tory, and the stereotyped verdict was about being ren-dered by the pompous and officious foreman, Thedeceased came to her death by drowning,5 when a littleboy whispered to one of the jurymen, What is thatshiny little thing in her bosom ? pointing to a glitter-ing object just visible under the edge of her dress. Thejuryman, acting on this suggestion, drew forth a beau-tiful gold and pearl-mounted porte-monnaie; althoughit seemed a desecration for his rough hand to be thusrudely thrust into her bosom. With that peculiar expression of physiognomy indi-cating a consciousnes

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