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STROUDSBURG, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. JULY 15,1858.
NO. 30
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" THE RASH WISB1
ou,
,: LOVE AND PASSION".
"1 wish be were dead-Ido; I hope ho
may never enter this house again alive!"
anil cveu as the rash words were spoken,
the lips that gave them utterance quiver
ed, a half oppressed fear that the dread
ful wish might he realized, and the littlo
palo, nervous woinaa, sank down upon a
chair, and gave vent to
a uur.se or pas-
eionatc tears half of anger and
halt
pen i to nee.
Adcla Raymond was neither so young
nor beautiful now, as ten years ago when
she stood, a proud, happy bride, beside
bim who had won her pure, girlish heart,
and pronounced those solemn vows, that
through .weal or woe, were to bind to him ,
alone tb
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irough life; vCt down deep in her that swcPl awa? ner only means of sup- have eventually bestowed upon her child
cro remained a green spot, where Port but at le.ngtb sinking down be- j hood's friend a second love.
heart there remained a green spot
love still grew as bright and fresh as in
her suuniet days save wncn the rauk
weeds of passion :trovc for a brief season
to root out the more gentle and unassum
ing, but deeply rooted plant.
And if the disappointment, trials and
vexations of Hie ever reuder woman par
donable for irritability or ill-humor, sure
ly Adcla Raymond could claim the ex
cuse. . Scarcely had two years of weded
blis had been enjoyed, ere William Ray
mond under the pcrnieious influences of
tliose with whom bis business obliged him
to associate begiiu to tread the down
ward path, which sooner or later leads to
irretrievable ruin.
Whcu first the fatal truth burst upon
Adcla, the chock seemed too great tor her
sensitive nature to bear, aud her heart
appeared utterly crushed beneath its
weight of woe. But life's thread is some
times very tenacious it will stretch on,
through long years of sorrow, ere it snaps
assunder.
And fo Adela, when, the first shook
had passed, nerved her soul to bear with
strength and fortitude the impending fate
that she feared awaited her, and thou in
earnest, tearful accents, besought her lov
ed husband to shun the wily temper that
was fait winding his insiduous coils a
rouud the poor, deluded, unresisting vic
tim. Days and months lengthened into long,
weary years, and Mill Adela continued
her pleadings, and not a harsh nor un
kind werd escaped her lips; she under
stood enough of human nature to know
that what loves per-uasivc eloquence can
not ovcrroroc, severity can never conquer.
But William Raymond heeded not the
tears and outre sties of her whom be had
pledged himself to love and cherish, and
each succeeding year saw bim siuk lower
and ti!l lower in that pit of degradation,
at the bottom of which yawns a drunk
ard's grave. Business was ue;lected, ac
counts forgotten, and work of any kind
abandoned for the tavern and the gambling-house,
where alternate day and night
found him with his even more dissolute
and wretched companions. Poverty soon
came striding apace over his threshold;
their gaunt grim waut, uutil all that re
mained of former luxury aud almost of
comfort had goue to satisfy the demands
of hunger.
Then it was that Adela's long tried pa
tience gave way, and frequent and violent
were the ftorius of passion that burst
from thoso lips which had never breathed
ought but love and tenderness.
Ah! she had forgotten to ask for pa- !
tience and wisdom to bear the heavy bur- j from her lips, he bad gone gone, never
dms of her afHtctious. She had ever been to return. And she had driven him a
& fragile flower wholly unfitted by na- way. Oh, what would she not now give
ture to bear the chill, rouh winds that ' to recall him once more to her side
poverty now slept mercilessly over her; how she would work day and night for
and yet for many long months the toil of ! him and utter no complaint,
her delicate bands- had been the only J After the first shock of her agony had
means of support for herself and three subsided, Adela began to think of her
helpless little ones, aye, and had oft times future. How was she to act what was
(through sear) furnished her unfeeling sho to do? she sought help from heaven,
husband witb the means of procuring tbe 1 and found strength and peace in seeking
exciting beverage, the effects of which it.
fisnk him beneath the brute. It was af- ' There were a few brave hearts who
icr one of these cruel demands upon her had 6tood nobly by her side when misfor
alcndcr earnings had been made by the tune's adverse winds swept over her de
onfceling husband that Adola gave vent voted head, otherwise she could not, whh
to the exclamation which opens this little her feeble health, have kept starvation
sketch. Raymond had just left the room from her door. Through the exertions
where his wife was pursuing her weari- ; of these friends Adela was supplied with
some toil with half the proceeds of her as much sewing as she could do, and lib
last week's labor in bis own indolent band erally paid for her labor; and her littlo
but had not reached the outer door ere , Willie engaged as errand boy for a trades
those rash bitter words fell upon bis ear.4 man, who paid him a small salary e
Had he been intoxicated then, he would nough to furnish his clothes for the first
havo turned back and retorted perhaps year the next it was doubled, as the
with blow?; but for once he happened to be tradesman found bim faithful and trust
perfectly sober, aud a sudden and stern worthy; so that Adela, with the expense
purpose ista.ntly entered his mind, which of her husband removed now gained a
a1 dogged resolution enabled him to carry comfortable support for herself and little
into effect. ones.
' Her wish shall be gratified I never i Three years passed away and no ti
will 'enter this house again alive,' so dings of the absent husband had been re
Kelp me God and with this oath upon his ceived, when one of the newspapers an
lips, and a curse in his heart for her nounced the intelligence that tho ship in
whom he had driven to the utterance of which William Raymond soiled had been
that terrible wish, William Raymond wreeked in a terrible gale, and "all on
turned his feet from tho homo which his board had perisbed!" He was dead then
own vile passions had made wretched.. her rash wiah had been granted ho j
Darkness shadowed the earth, Cynthia
sat" high upon Night's sable throne, and
yet the husbaud returned not; and there,
in that scantily-furnished room, by the
dusky light of one small lamp, sat Adela,
straining her tear-dimmed eyes to finish
' the garment upon which she had been
stitching since early dawn. The non-arrival
of her husband did not alarm her,
for very often were his nights spent in
thoso gateways to eternal ruin through
which thousands annually enter but to
plunge into the dead sea beyond.
Often was she obliged to lay down her
work, for the tears fell so thick and fast
as to blind her entirely; for memory was
busy at her heart, and, in the gloom and
darkness of that little room, she was liv
ing over the last ten years that had been
1 . !r
adu"e( t0
her young life.
Away back through the lon2 vista, abo
beheld a fair, fragile girl, the only bud
upon the parent stem, and on that account
all the more tenderly cherished surroun
ded by every appliance that parental af
fection could suggest, until another came
n And hfiro. hrr nnn P tn lin rlirrJuhrrl nTiil
, worn on his bosom, as she then thought,
the end of life s journey. Again in mem
ory she wept over her father's graved
that kind father, who. had he lived, might
now shield her irotn cruel want:
again
she saw her mother, bearini? bravelv un
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for a short season against tho cruel stroke
neatn consumption s latal gripe, until her But noip the attempt to win her would
loved form was laid beside that of the be worse than useless, and so, with the
husband and father, and she was left to assurance of hor friendship, he left her,
tread her future, dark, dreary path, with feeling that never here could he be permit
none to counsel, encourage or assist. ted to enjoy the companionship of her
Then she thought of all the sorrow?, whom he had so long loved,
aud privatious, and sufferings of the last A few weeks after this event, Adela
few years, aud al! caused by him who Raymond sat one evening in her little,
once professed to love her more than life neat, and comfortable, but scantly-fur-
him whom she felt she still loved more ui-hed room, with her children around,
than all things else, even though in a mo- It was Saturday night, and the labor and-
ment of anger she had uttered the dread- toil of the week had been laid aside for
ful wish that he were dead; and that fear- the higher duties of preparing tho mind
ful imprecation rose up before her sho for the Sabbath.
shuddered, lest it might be fulfilled. J A little table stood beside, upon which
"Oh, if be should die before I ever sec lay tho well-worn family Biblo that her
turn again, 1 could not survive the pangs
oi regret uai ray rasu temper uas caueu
i. A Al ..I. A 1 J
me. uod lorgive me that terrible sin,
and I will try henceforth to st-t a seal of
patience upon my lips," and intioctively
ere s-bo was aware, Adela dropped upon
her knees, and poured out her soul to
Him who alone is near when all other
be!p fails. '
A peaceful calm nlled her soul as Ade-
la laid her weary head upon her pillow
that night, and she resolved to commence
a uew life; and if she could not be the
means of reclaiming her erring husband,
6he would instruct her children in those
paths that eventually lead to eternal life.
She arose in the tnornin?, and knelt again
and prayed for strength to support her
- w
in every trial that might lay before her
that day, and then calmly prepared to
enter again upon her unceasing toil.
And divine strength was needed. To- fering on the raging sea, without food or
wards night a letter was brought her by water, tbey were floated to a desolate is
tha post, aud with trembling hands she land, and there, for two years, had sus-
broke the seal and read as follows: !
"Adela, Yesterday you wished me
dead, and if your wish cannot be imme-
diately grauted in full, it shall in part at . vessel, their necessities attended to, and who had only turned back upon the as-lea-t.
I have shipped on board a "man- they eventually arrived in England. sertion of others resolved to accompany
of-war," and will never trouble you with j Wo will not attempt to describe the re- ; him; so when the fat host was mounted
my prosence again. William." joicings of the long estranged husband he found six men on his back. Off they
Adela gavQ one wild shriek, and fell
fainting to the floor. Her little children
clung, frighteued and crying to her man-'
imate form believing her dead but the
eldest, a bright, noble boy of nine years,
with the thoughtfulness of maturer ago,
brought water and
batbed her face and
chafed her bands until animation was re-
stored, and she sat once more in her chair
witb all the depth of her misery pictured
upou her pale face. Not one word or to
ken of love, or even regret at parting
from her, who had borne and suffered so
much for him with no thought of wife,
children, or home, in his heart, save of
rash words that his cruelty had called
had died without knowing how deeply she
had repented, how much she had suffered,
and how dear he still was to hor loving
woman's heart. Theao were the thoughts
that rushed upon Adela's mind as she
read the lerrible Hues. No buman pow-
or could now alleviate" the keenness of her
i .ii iL.
anguish, no earthly consolation pour tho
healing balm into her torn and bleeding
heart.
Until now she lived in the hope that her
her husband would one day return, and
give uer tne opportunity oi prowug uur
great love; Dut now all nopo died out oi
her heart, and she would surely have sank
down beneath this accumulation of Bor -
row bad not the Lather sustained hor
Two more sad, dreary years rolled by,
and then there oame one who bad been
the playmate of her childhood, and offer
cd her protection, and the heart that had
been hers ever since, those juvenile years,
though he had judiciously shunned her
presence during all her wedded life. But
no, she had no love to bestow; it was all,
all buried beneath the green sea wave,
never, never again to be awakened to a
new life.
Had her husband died a natural death,
at home, where sho would have, had the
consolation of administering to his dying
wants, and smoothing the dark passage
with words and offices of love, time might
1 " w . ' V J - " Q
' have healed the wound, and sho mitrht
mother bad bequeathed to her
upon
t . ft I . t 1
ner deatU-DCd, witn tlie solemn
in-
junction to peruse its sacred pages often,
that from them hhe might derive conso-
lation in any of the various trials and af-
flictions that beset life's changeful path-
way.
Adela had just finished a chapter, when
a loud rap at the door started her to her
feet, and openipg it a haggard emaciated
man, clad in coarse but clean garments,
stood before her.
"Adcla, have you forgotten your erring
but repenant husband?" and the arms of
the weary worn man were stretched to
wards her.
"William, my husband! God be prais-
ed!" and she sank faintine on his bosom.
The story is soon told. William Ray-
mond, with three others, had clunc to pie-
ces of the wreck, and after two days' suf-
taincd life witb fruits and roots, and such
fish and game as they could procure.
Ihen tbey were discovered by a passing
and wife, that they were once more per-
mitted to unite here on earth; the imagin
ation ot tbe reader can paint them m tru
cr colters than the pen could portray.
It was not until Win. Raymond found
himself at the mercy of the waves, with
the prospect of speedy death before him.
that bis heart softened towards his lone- '
neglected wife. Bat in those two days
while floating between life and death, be
had lived over his ten years of wedded
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life, and in them he could find nothing
wrong with which to accuse her; con
science true to its mission, constrained
him to acknowledge himself the guilty !
nnn- nnH li thorn vnvcoA rW vcor Hfo I
spared to return, the future should atone
for tbe past. And there, too on tbe bois
terous waves, be had called upon him who
alone is able to rescue from death; Him
whose name had never beforo dwelt upon
his lips, save with irreveranee and profan
ity; and through those two dreary, deso
late years, he bad not forgotten often to
call upon His sacred name, and implore
Divine assistance.
And now there they sit tho past long
ago forgiven, and now all forgotten, in
the blissful present.
Oh, never ascended more fervent
thanksgivings to heaven than were pour
ed fourth from those two reunited hearts
on that eventful evening, and never a
happier, more loving pair traveled side by
side to the end of life's journey.
William Raymond, now wholly cured
of bis thirst for the intoxicating beverage
entered again upon his business avoca
tions of life, aud ere ton years bad passed,
he, with his noble, manly boy, William
Raymoud, juo., as partner, became the
wealthy owners of a lare mercantile es
tablishment. And all through coming years, when
ever any of those petty voxations and an
noyances which must sometimes unavoid
ably intrude, even upon the happiest
household shrine, tempted Adela Ray
mond with an impatient thought, the mem
ory of those five long years of sorrow,
and of her narrow escape from a widow
ed life, checked it ere it found its way to
her lips.
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THE WOOD FIEND.
BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR.
Monmouth was a market town. It
was not a very pretty place, but then its
central position gave it advantages which
larger towns did not possess. The mar -
ket vya!J ncre onc$a week on Thursday's
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t at which were bouo-htand sold evprrr.hino -
1 either raised or consumed in the country",
! Horses, cattle, moat, vegetables, butter,
esirs. milk, together with various artiolps
0f "Dry aud West India" coods. were to
De fouud for sale on market days, And.Ba,e.s ,af5ca and "io woru was uot done
Monmouth had been a market town for
many years for so many that even the
! oldest inhabitant remembered no time
when it was anything else.
North from Monmouth stretched away
a fine agricultural country with
out other break than a few hills and
Btreams, while in the south lay a deep
woo whioh had never been cleared up
, becauso the ground was so swampy, and
wet and cold. One cde of this wood
rested almost upon the village, being
J within two miles of the market ground.
It was some eight miles broad, from Mon
mouth across to tho next town south, and
in length it extended through a boggy
vale of twenty miles. It was called Mon
mouth wood, and was really a dismal
J paoet fuu 0f bats, and owls, and all sorts
i 0f horrid serpents and deadly reotiles.
The next town south of Monmouth was
Emmerton, and the road lay through this
deep wood, over which all the people
who lived in the southern towns had to
travel.
One market day it was a damp, dis
mal day, and the sales wore all effected
under cover the whisper went round
that the wood was haunted. Those who
lived north took up the theme freely while
those who lived south would not believe
it, as they had seen nothing of it.
That very night, however, as the first
party of southrons started for home they
saw tho Wood Fiend I It wa3 dark when
they entered the wood, and they bad got
about one third oi the way through, when
they beheld a sight that froze their blood
with terror. Right ahead of them, and
directly in the road, stood a gigantic being
with eyes and mouth of fire, and flames
issuing from his nostrils. He raised his
arms aloft like the huge branches of
tree, and uttered a yell that made the
very earth quake. "Tho party turned
back and rode towards Monmouth as
quickly as possible. To all whom they
met they told the fearful btory, and some
turned also back, while others kept on.
But those who thus kept on their way did
not go far. They met tho horrible fieud
in the wood, and then retraced their steps
in haste. So that all who lived beyond
Monmouth Wood save a few that started
off before daVk, were forced to remain in
the market town over night. But Mark
Hattora, the jolly old boat of the "Hound
and Stag,' gave them good entertainment
His inn was capacious, for sudden storms
often caused great numbers of people to
remain over night, and he wished to ao
commodate them.
But Mark laughed at tho good peo
' fnrc nnrl uvcnro thnir. QQO a
oeived them. He offered to go out with
them and tea the fiend. Some of those
started, and when they had entered the
wood several of tbcm began to think of
returning, lhe place was so dark that
the road could with diffiouly be seen; the
atmosphere was damp and ungrateful; tbe
moaning ot tho wind through the great
trees was mournful; and i
tnen tne dull
croaking of the frogs, and the hootings
ofowlamadeup the sum of surrounding
horrors. Yet the laughing jests of the
' jollJ ho9t Bave thom new courage and
i.i .
tney Kepi on.
But not far no, not far. Suddenly,
as they turned a point where tho road
bent into a deep morass, the gigantic form
OI 100 HeUU lOOmea up DCIOrO lUOm. It
'seemed at least as largo as a house, and
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the roar which oame forth from its fiery
mouth was like a clap of thuudcrin pow
er. With a continuation of yells which
were fairly deafening tho huge monster
swung his massive body forward and
caught the poor host in his arms. The
wretch howled in fear and agony, but his
companions dared not help him. They
turned their horse's heads and galloped
back like lightuing.
It was ten o'clock when tho six men
reached tbe Hound and Stag, and when
tbey told their story the people were fill
ed with horror. The host's wife rushed
out of the house, and before any one could
stop her she was gone. Some of the more
ventursomc ones proposed that they should
all go in a party and tee what had be
come of the poor publioan; yet none smar
ted. At just midnight Mark Hattom enter
ed the bar room, where most of the male
guests were soatod some of them keep
ing watch, and others nodding under the
influence of great doses of punch taken to
keep their spirits up. This sudden ap
pearance of tbe host seemed to operate
for the moment loarfully upon the guests,
for they regarded bim almost in she light
of a ghost. He was pale and wan; his
garments torn to tatters, aud his face and
his bands covered with blood. The peo
ple crowded about bim, but he would say
nothing of his adventure.
"Don't ask me .!" he gasped. "Don't
ask me. I mustn't speak oue word, if 1
do I shall die ! Oh ! God have mercy on
me!" And this last ejaculation he re
pcated many times
Much effort was made but not one word
would the host utter as to his interview
with the Wood Fiend.
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On the following morning the peoplo
went bomoin a body.and theycleared the.
'wood without seeing anything to alarm
tuenK
n tuo nest market day the time was
80 muc spent in talking about the ter-
rie fiend of Monmouth Wood that the
until dark. After this hour most of those
who lived in and beyond Emmertou would
on no account go homo. Yet a few who
were not present on the preceding mark
et day resolved to push ,on. They reach
ed the wood, and had passed half through
it when a low, rumbling voice, like the
growling of a wild beast, fell upon their
ears. It was so dark that they could see
nothing save the dim outlines of the road,
and they Were upon tho point of pushing
on when Mercy ! A cry of horror burst
from their lips that made the wood re
sound. There directly before them
seeming to'havo come up bodily from tho
earth stood the Fiend ! He uttered a
terrific roar, and the foremost horseman
dropped from his saddle. The others
turned back and fled in wild dismay.
When they reached the inn they found
one man missing. , They .dared not go
back for him. They waited one two
three hours' until past midnight, and
then hp came. He could only tell that
tho moment he saw the Fiend ho felt a
blow upon the head, and that he remem
bered no more until ho found himself ly
in the grass, all alone, his horse gona, and
bis head dizzy and aching.
Jlire long the country became aroused.
The horrible spectre was often seen and
at length no one could be persuaded to
go through tho wood after nightfall. On
market day. those who could do so finish
ed up their business and got home before
dark, while; the less fortunate who chan
ced to have their wares left on their bands
till sundown, were forced to Temain all
night. Parties had ecoured-the woods
by daylight, but nothing could be found;
and the good people began to fear that
some dire calamity was to happen, for the
Fiend had distinctly spoken to a travel
er, one night, the word "Revenge."
It was nearly six month from the first
appearance of tho Wood Fiend that Jack
Stanton returned to Emerton from a
cruise at sea. Jack was a wild fellow
about thirty years of age, tho master of
the boxing and wrestling gans, and lea
der in all athletic mparts. Ho was a pow
erful man the most powerful in the coun
try so far -as physical strength was con
cerned, and as bold and fearless as he
was powerful. And ,he bad sound sense,
too
Jack heard the Btory in all its lights
and shades, and he pondered deeply up
on it lie went to tne nost oi tne iiouod
aud Stag, and having heard his story he
shook his head and ;-aid 'twas dreadful
"i snouid nt want to De causnt in tue
wood after dark," he said, as he turned
away.
"Oh I you d never see your home a-
gain I" returned the host, very feelingly.
On the next market day Jack c tan ton
was upon tho ground. He went around
to all his friends from Emmerton and
bade them remain till after dark; but at
the samo time cautionning them to hold
their tongues, aud be sure that no one
knew that he bad told them what to do.
After this he went to the inn, and there
in presence of the host and several guests,
be said that be did not believe there was
any fiend, or ghost at all.
"I have been twice in the wood at
night," said bo, "and I haven't seen any-
hing. What an old coward you must be,
Mark Hattom, to be afcared of yer imag
ination."
The host waa very indignant at this
and replied that ho guessed a fiend could
be seen there.
"At any rate," said ho, "I shouldn't
want to venture there after dark."
Well, "retorted Jack, "I've got a good
r-rftii i P. J V
lorse, and j. snail go nome auer uaru.
If the ghost comes I'll see who can run
the fastest, He can t catch my horse, I
know. But I don t believe in it. It b all
moonshine."
The inn keeper shook his head very
solemnly, and 6aid he hoped Jack would
be spared.
At length tho shades of niht settled
down over tho town', and over the wood,
and .Tank ordered his horse, ills friends
lered bl. to. Uu .fn.Dd. -Lol
,.,6d at 1..3 request kMW (() fco
have some plan of his ownj yar(jg
they kept'quiet, but the host;Wa
who had rem
that he mu.st h
on foot). and thev keptiqui
and his wifo tried to diaeuade him. Ho
only laughed at them, and when his horso
was brought he set out.
It was now fair-
ly dark, and the stars were all out, but Houck, of Berks County, having become
there was no moon. He went alone, and the "happy father" of threo little sons, all
rnda leisure! v alons? till ho reached the ushered into tho world at one birth, and
edge of the wood. Hero he stopped and j
having taken two heavy pistols from his
bosom be examined the'priming by star-
light, and then placed them within his
leathorn belt, and moved on. J
When about a third of the way through;
tbe deep wild, be heard a low rumbiing
noise close to him, and on sho next mo-1
ment the Fiend appeared before him. j
"Hallo V 'cried Jack, uot at all alarm-!
ed, "turn out and let me go ny." i
"Poor mortal !" returned the horrid j
presence, "beware how thou excitcst my'
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wrath I uare to move another siep witn
in my province of gloom aud terror and
thou- art a dead mon."
'Look ye," returned our hero, in af
j bandi two heavy pistol loaded to the
quick- tnroatenintf tone. ! in ri in mv
. t . . -r i i
muzzles. If vou daro to movo a stcri
you are a dead man 1 Move but a step
and I 6rc and I won't fire at that falsa
head of yours, neither I'll
aim
nearer
I
your heart !"
"The ghost's courage was gone in an
instant. He spoke not a word in reply;
and by the light which came from tho
eyes and mouth, Jack could see that ho
! trembled violently.
"iNow beg for mercy, and I'll sparo
you, cried Jack. "Beg or I fire 1"
"Mercy 1 mercy!" came from the ghosts
"Aha I" uttered tho adventurer, "that"
sounds wouderfully like Harvey Hattom'
voice ! So now Harvey start for home.
Start, I say, or you die I"
"Me take off these things," begged the
wretch.
"No," thundered Jack. "You have
imposed upon the good people long e
nough. Now start off, and walk on ahead
of me aa fast as you can. If you attempt
to remove a thing, or if you meditate a
moment, you die, as sure as God lives.
You understand; I can shoot you in thet
guise with perfect impunity from all law.
Now start 1"
The gho&t said not another word; but
with quick steps, as though be fled from
the death behind him, be hastened on.
At length the inn was jeaohed, and those
who remained up were frightened almost
to maniacy when they saw the Wood
Fiend come gliding through tho dim star
light. But J&ck soon quieted their fears.
Lights were brought, and there stood
Harvey Hattom, tho host's eldest son.Tra
strapling fellow of some thirty years, rig
ged up in a giant's dross of painted can
vass, just as they rig up the giant in cir
ousscs, pantomimes of Jack, the Gint
Killer. Small bulls-eye lanterns were
fixed at the eyes, and mouth and nose,
and theso were so arranged, that they
could be shown in an instant, thus making
it appear as though the prcsenco darted
up out of tbe earth.
The host was seized at ouee, and he fi
nally confessed that he had done this for
the purpose of drawing custom to his
house; and he had succeeded well, reap
ing a golden harvest from tho poor peo
ple of Emmerton. But he had tried it
once too often. Jack Stanton had mis
trusted some game from the first, and a?
soon as he had hoard Mark's dreadful
story, ho suspected the truth. If Marls
bad been wise, he would havo mistrusted
Jack, for be ought to have remembered
that tbe bold youth was not so easily
frightened.
The host and his son wero tried and
couvicted of robbery, and sentenced to
transportation, while Jack Stanton took
tbe old inn, and always had plenty of
custom, without the help of any ghost or
Wood Fiend.
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. Swim up,
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Any way bo you get u? and settle-
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May is considered an unfortunate .mar-"
rying month. A down east editor says, a
girl was asked not loug since to unite her
self into the silken tie to a brisk lad, who
named May in his proposal. The lady
tenderly intimated that May was an un
lucky mouth for marrying. ,
"Well, make it Jane, then," honestly;
replied the swain, anxious to accommo
date. The damsel paused a moment, cast'
down her her eyes, and said with a blush
"Wouldn't April do as well?"
Wanted a thiu man whohas been usedf
to the bueiness of collecting to crawl
through key holes, and find debtors who
are never at home, balary nothing toe
doubled:each year, after-
Where is Bamum. The Potsfown-
Zcdaer notices the fact that a Mr. Mahlon-
says that tbe triplet wero to bo exhibited
on Thursday lat, at Crosby's Hotel in
that Borough. They are about sfiro
months old. .
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,ij sttjt friend,- your horso U alittltf
contrarj j3 ,0 uol :'
JJ0. sir-ee!"
nyIal makes him stop, then!"'' J'1's3
oh t,fla arrid eomebodv will-aft
'whoa' and ho ehao't hear it."
"
Why is petticoat government stronger"
now than formerly? Because it Ts.irou
'hooped.