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II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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Volume VIII.
HLOOMSIUTRO, COLITMHLV COINTV, PA. SATURDAY, .TAXITAKY 11, 1845.
OFFICE OF TDK DEMOCRAT
omaiTK Ht. Paul's Church, Mai.n-ci
TERMS:.
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published ever; Saturday morning,
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POKTiiY
(ME DRUNKAKD'S LAMENT.
Tana Home, Swecl Home.
Br Col. Wallace.
Mid sorrows and sadness I'm destined U
r;i tn.
Forlorn Si frsaUen; lpriveil of my home,
liH(n'rni'e liaili robli'd me of all thai wa?
dear,
Of my home in the skien and my happiness
litre, Home! home! S'-veet, gweei homi.'
An exile from God, 1 thall ne'er find h
home,
1 vainly presumed wln-n I firt lonk the ni
I rould drink il' 1 choose, or 1 could give i
npi
Hut I tampered teo h.ng; too long tempteo
heHVPn,
'Till an outcast from God and hi present;
I'm driven.
Home! home! sweet, swpet tiome!
On eaiit) or n liaaven, 1 shall ne'er fim!
a home.
My heart broken wife in her grave hath
found reft,
4.nd my children have gone to the land o:
the liloel
While I a prior wietch, 8 vile wanderei
like (Jain
Willi the 'mark' of the beast on the eartl
still re in -.hi,
llonif! home! sweet, sweet hom!
How h ippy way I with in) loved one.-
at home.
Farewell to the sorul endearments of borm
Justly loaibed by mj fellows i wamici
alone,
For pre-mmp'.misly sinning and ternptint
ih" Lord.
Oi toe I'i 1 1 1 1 .f my "'iivs. I musl Jfeap tin
reward. (
lloiJ. Iioiii.'! invent S'VPCl liO'llfT
An exilf fmin ( 'd. 1 rliail ne'ei find a
home.
n.Ll.YLG HYMN.
"Invitation.'"
C nue nnd join our 'I'emperanee banner,
('!ioe and join its holy caune
See ih htre.iinpri poiui lo olorv,
In union r.h heaven's law.
Come! ve dninkard, weak and weary.
We will be your brothers yet
We'll protect you while yon tarry,
And your h.is we will forgel.
Sfe lb" drunkard I. ow dejected
SiMrelv wbre to lay his bead:
Oli. bis family; bow netcried
From door to door they be for bread.
See the ills of lifu bi'fet them,
As they journey through ibis world
Mo kind patents id protect them
To destruction ihy are hurl'd.
M iibers weep and sinters languish;
Wi-es tbeir husS.tniU' los ib'phire; ,
F 'iei" sbe'l h teiir of hiiu'ihIi;
M ii.U Dn ir lovers clasp no more.
Comn.and join the Tempeinnre b'innor,
We ull see that nil is right;
If pri iul ivrims d ire besel ns.
U'e will conquer in the fight.
Natiirf's God v ill then adopt tliee,
Wife and ebildren will tie rnress
Smiling friinds will llock around you,
Ai.d blhl.cjoyf of life beetuw.
Kia j, llio America ii borderer.
In an account given by a tourist of bin
ourney, lo the falls of Cuyahoga, rear
I. nke F.r p. and published in SillimanV
Journal of Science, we find the following
lartictilara of Samuel Drady, a noted Amer
can Bordertr, who floiir'ulud aboul aixty
vears ago:
'Rrady was over six feel high, with light
blue eyes, fair skin, and dark hair; he was
rffmakublv straight, and an athletic and
vigorous woods man, inured to all the toils
mil hardships of a frontier life, and had be-
I'ome very "bnxions lo the Indians, f mm
bis numerous siicressful attacks on thiir
war parlies, and from shooting them in his
hunting excursions whenever ihey crossed
Ms path or came within ren-b of his rifle;
'ie was pprsonallv engaged in more hrrd.
otts contests with ibe savnges ihnn anv oth
"r man west of the 'yiuntains, except
tuniol lioone . He vos, in Im-t. an
Indian hater,' as many of the early bor
derers.
This class of men appear to have been
nore numerous in this region than any
other portion of the frontiers; and thi
louhtlpss arose from the slaughter at
Draddock'ft defeat, and the numereus mur
ders and attacks on defenceless fainilie
ihal for many years followed '.hat disaster.
Hrady was also a very successful trapper
ami hunter, and took more beavers than the
Indians themselves, In one of his sdven
( ii ron s trapping excursions to the waters of
the Deaver river, on Mahoning, which in
early days abounded wiih the animals el
this species, that it took its name from this
fact, il so happened that the Indians stir
prised him and took him prisoner, To
'iave shot or tomahawked him (hi, the spot
would have feen but a small gratification to
bat of sati-itine their revei;;" by buiniut.
lini at a slow fite, in presence of all the
Indians of their village, He was therefore
KiKen alive to their encampment, on the
vvest bank of the Bea-'er liver, about s
mile Bnd a half from iis mouth. After il
isual exultations and rejoicings at ths cap
ure of a noted enemy, and causing birr, to
(in the guanllet, a fire was prepared, near
vhit'h Brady was placed after being strip
ied nuked, and with his arms hound. Pre
iously to ty ing him to the stake, t large
irHe was forme I around hi in contisting of
Indian men, women and rhrildren, dancir g
md Vfl'ing, and utieritig all manner if
ihreats and abuse that their sin ill knou l
dge of the English language could iifford.
The prisoner looked nn these preperatious
f-ir death, and on his savage foes with o
irni rounte nance, and a steady eye, meet
ing all their Uneaia with a tru'y savage for
ii mile. In the midst of their dancing and
rejoicing, a squaw of one of their chiefs--ante
neai him wi:li a child in her anus
Qmi k as thought and witb intuitive pies
nee ho snatched it from her and threw i'
into the midst of the fl imes. Horror struck
it the sudden outrage, the Indians simul
imeously rushed to rescue the infant Iroin
tic fire, In the midst of this confusion
l$udy daried fmm the ritcle. overitirniiig
'I that cement! his way, and rushed into
ie ai'i icent tbickets with l ie Iudiuris
elling at his heels. lie asi ended the steej
side of a hill amidst a shower of bullets
ud duited down the opposite declivity,
rcreted liimselfin the deep ravines ami
aufel thickets that abounded several milev
to the weal of it. Uis knowledge of the
otintry and wonderful acivity enabled hi,n
to elcde his enemies, and reach the aettle
inenta on the south aide of the Ohio rivet
which he crossed by iwiming. The hil
near whose base this adventure is said to
have happened still goes by this name and
the incident tefcrred in by the traveler
as the foicli is slowly drcred up He
ide.
JUST SO
Dow jr, in one of hit sermons, after tie
mons'.fatiiig thai wealth does nol procure
hrppiness.saya. A man with a small house
a sinill farm, a small wife, a big dog, a far
row, two or three fat pigs, and nine
rlnldten ought 10 be saiiefied. If he isu't,
he csvtr can be.'
A Tine Wood VYvddiaff.
Tbe UkI R vtr Kepiibhean gins the
following sketch of life amid the foresi
of the SoihIiwpsI. It is very unlike oui
ideal in this latitude, but it is Very natu-
al npvprl!icl"S.
After rleseribinu rural feast, and the
bratity of ihe ladies present thereat.
he following ts recorded as an unex
tiected inteiruption, fur a time, to the
lost V 1 e..
Mounted on a mule, which hid evi
lemlv been debarred the ligli's of hi-trib-
to rorn .nid fodder fit' a seiion
leng'ti of time, were two being-, ci r
'iiinly of primitive, oruin .i 'iy cavaliei
i ml a captivating dulcinead. The char
ger not (xirt'v c 'pai ironed like a pal
li p v of tlie Elizibeihian age, walke'
lelib' ratelv ami we thought at the m
A'ilb 'malice af ireiho'l,' up lo a pine loi
nd chip lo a dead stand. Oil rolled
be knight io a per f' Cily 'don't car'1 a
I 1' manner anil w'thotit cisling
ganoe it the fiir one by his side, or
giving her tho slighiesi assistance in
lisdiotiotiog he drew a hue line for the
encimpmeni, jumping tver evety Unrig
hat nn irdpd any ohsiriieiion to In -
Vice, and stinging out at the lop of li:s
tfoiee:
Come all ye Virginnv galls,
And listen to my noise
Never do you wfd
With the Caiolina boys ;
For if you do
Your poiiion it fli ill be
Com dike and hominy ,
And j mstatigi tea.
Bom asala, M iry ,
Bono en i ii sue.
By way of accoinpioimeot he ciaek
ed with inimitable genre huge whip,
which he fl mi ished above hit head, and
Have a yell that would have met t'ae up
now I of a committee of the Sioux
staves.
II-'- cot-,' -.jirl j f. i. ii I o ar o'.
who was indulging in a cochioalory fi
it the strange plietio ne.ooe-
' 1 he wild mm ol the Woods for i
V !" cried a w on uur l iiht, who Ii.-.
jut- d a lo to lidve a clear view o:
he rntu.r.
'Two lo o-ie h-.-'s the feller lint hut
t -d the boll off of the bayou br.dgi
exclaimed Ben Blower Iiom Soak'
creek.
On hero heard not, or heeded no.
tiiebe complimentary rcmaiks.but inadi
us way up to 1 he company 10 due styu
Iwas imle'-d oiigmal. ll'S heigh
O'.ll I not hjVe been less than six fee
I 1 U e , wilhoill shoi j 01 SluCKlOg', which
it: coosidcM il useless append iges. II
vote a allocking bad hat, wuh a hole ii
lie t p. lliroojjh which a mil of rr il U ,i
otitic t uress, gild waved lo aiol lio, MU
lie c.iu til a rointf'alk on a windy ili.
Ls coat was ut nut-dyed, home iwaiiti
iC ure, minus the slinl, winch he sain
he l ad lost in an nicoiiiti with a wild
cat In- had slain on t.ie roid. His shin
collar Was ihimvn open, di.-.ilosing
oieasl tatiiied by the sun ol iwcoi)
years, atol his inexpressibles, which
seemed to be on had Urms with his fee
eaviog llicm about two feet lo the lee
ward, were hitched up on one side witi
1 bucUikiii brace, giving Hieni a rgzij:
appeal ance, decidedly Uuitpi". lJrveJ
g 1 i.i? a-,'-nibly tor a m.iment, wilt.
th aiteiition he would hive given to
ni"iiag''l i: of wilil b 'astSjhe bioke fottb
tmis :
Ft ilrs, I'd i'lsl like to know il
then, .s a ouire in ihese nails ?
" Do you mean ih" parih J-idgc?'
i.sked an esumable Clt'Zo.
Yes, I '-pose don't care a pioi
knol who, so's he can do tlie thing, " n
ilied the stranger, giving his whip a pe
euliir crack.
" Wh it may be your businejj, friend?'
nqmred a demure sovereign 10 I In
lllOIVll,
" Noihth' much, no ho v," replied
he mo lei n Nimrod. I only want.'
the feller that em harness me and lha
;ill on old Under, ) Odder. Site's jus
he loudest gdl in tin settlement a'
.lick as a peeled maple, and as clear gri
a a skinned later rolled in the sand put'
I'm called a whole team and a dog urxler
'.he wagon. I've snaked about Ihe8
woods for a week, looking lor a 'rqijin
.VUUO III! nCn, lUVB.Kt IWI I CU'.lllMcg Mill! .I.HE'.M l. I1D II.IH.t'1 IT Ml'
.... . ?. rl 1 1 i -n r i , . i
o hitch us, and wore out a pair oflold ugly Bets Foler.and give her a bran
britches looking for him, and I wish I
may be rammed through a gum tret
head foremost, if I am going lo pack
Stize any farther. I came hereto yoke
her, and here I m goinj to slay
I The .oar of laughter that follow...
iiiiib niuipie ircitai w uea.eu . i.g. . e
,.,1 k.,11.... i. .,...!.;.. Ih.
v-m umiunf iii um'i
it is rj'iile probable we should have sot -
feted largely in thai line, had not the
l'.insh Judge arrived at that moment 'Slop tr,' said the judg'-, ha cere
ind given a new turn lo affair.'. The.mony is nol complete.'
nidge, Ri all our readers know, is sop-
nosed by many, 10 bo of Gallic, (leacentjbe
Ithough we have no authority in say
tog th it he is a "native and to I he on
nor boni." Unlike the great poet'
Just. re,
'In f.iir round Telly with good capiun lined,
With eyes ievere, and Leaid uf formal cut,
Ful of wins mws and modern instun:c9,"
ne is ns lean as a Urahiimine, ivtn
entirely on bran pudding and frica--
eed radishes. With the undying zea
if an Isneliie, he thunders loiih an
iihemaii against Icur fooU'd animals,
md considem oinithology a fit study
I'ol cannibals. Tin are Ihe enli
nents of the Judge, albeit in politic?
ie, strangely enough, 'goes the whoh
log,"
At one time, we learn, ho was an ex
liotinder of the Methodist fiitli, and in-
versed the country in coinpaoy wit!
lie deVOIll and t-uu.,.!.. (.unci u-0-
wine. 1 his may account lur tno vet
serintij east of countenance peru'1,11 ii
him. On the present occasion he wa
dresjed in the height of fashion. 11
wore a "West of England'' invisjhh
gieenroa', the Collar of which w.sp-i
pendicular and corded a Ii collei n-,'
giving jhe wearer qoile a imgisti ria
ippearirip. His casluneie Vest w i rj,,'
tm ed chje up to the chm, uvtt l!e to
f which p rotr oi led an enoi moils p i r u
t.-i win,.!, rs. sucu as aie worn o i-
i - i it
gimln, whom sensitive TuUng ladie.
I'li l iii such high esieem,his p i:iidioons;
of fancy siiipe, were neatly strapped i.
pair of patent leather boo!: am
French kids encased his tmall delicti'
lands, in which he held the liccns
hot ivii la l"--J i-jj.tli i ivVO Wi iuif-
heaiK"
The judu" now proreedcl f ) bus.
i-s, ci'linj on the gay Lotlutiu w
live impel Ui'tly descritied, to "'.n.'.
nn" his bialo.
' Yi-u'ie the miti for my y J!er q in
i rs,"' said our hero in estacies, and
vay he went on a run for Suj?. Wi"
me clloii of lib brawny ariii, lis tuui.
ht i'rum tlie mule and brought In r h
he centre of an enclosure formed b
he company, his pyes diljling and hi
vho'v. fiam-.' exhibiting signs of joy un
I. t I 'I'. 1. . I . L
iiieaii ii"'. i ne urine was a uouucini.
irnine b'-iuty, on whom lime had sntil
d in Li r-ijit I co iise. She wore a blu
alien drt'.s, full in every part, thus je r
niiting
"luvry grace
To rim a race."
A string (if blue beads ornamented
good Mibstao:t,il ncrk none of youi
'swiin-like' things and her head g"ai
was a cotton handkerchief with i-c r 'e
.tunes and vi'llow urouinj work, ne!
rocf fi.il I y under the chin and coocea1
tog liie fl ixn curls that s roggled lui
liberty. IL-r shoes might have givei
your reserche fashionahle ladies die hy
.erics, but they united comfoit a;id du
'ability and effi ctu dly closed the duo
'o the fell destioyer, consumption. l
he liuiry of the momcu', tiouii'lt s. sit'
nade an invidious d junction hfiweci.
hose in c ssaty appendag'-s cIhij i cn My
called '.insect uVslioyers, one ol whicl
acked tho blue sock but this w n si
Hiis.;on, iiol a lauh. Her blue e
is il rented on lie chosen one, spok
-1 oq icotly (f shilling love, and bet
'landsome laca was wreathe. 1 in titn,ie
The Judge gUnced A the piji-r i
lis hand, and then in solemn, impies
iive tones dein mde 1 of Hie groom-
''Will you Idke S'i in Jenkins as 0ir
awful wedded w I'.- ?"
"Well boss, I lerkon 1 w iii
voilhio I have IIU since rlaylignt ami
jacked her here, it I didn't mean to
lo the clean thing,' answered our
he
'0.
"And you Susan, will you lakfl Cy
us Snortor, as your lawful wedded hus
band ?"
"Yes Squire, that I will. D.id
1
f i.... l IJ.il C . L....
i ougoiei mjirien uni .t vizic; uui i
see him banged nrst. lio nancerj wuh
new shawl. UnJcg that, he got drunk.
fell off his horse and brokn his leg. Cy
s good enough for me. replied lb
spi.ited beauty. ,
This was too mucil for Cy. H jdn - .p
ed for joy, and elated ll.- d,,iI,.vl,HII hpar the voices, hot net Die words of
"0,1 - ,0 n.S OOSom.gl VI ng l.t r a Sin IC K
it. -l.t.,1 .1 : 1 I... .u.
tii'ii 1 r.iuiu 111 en iiit muni; cra'i.11 uv lie
popping of a cot k from a champ i(oi
bol'le.
4 Go it Squiip,' shouted Cv, 'I wit'
as still as wild cat kelching i-
deer.'
The silken knot ws now tied, an
amid the huzzas of the men and whitr
'kerchiefs waving of the ladies, Cy
eariied hi. blushing niid the mule.
iilaced her behind him and in a twink
ling was on the road to home and happi
ness
A Tl)i'.Uiii tncideat
Tlifl fullowiug graphic and thrilling skctrl
of an incident which occurred some ve nt-
since at the Natural Bridge in Virginia
comprises a passage in a lecture on Gen
ins, delivered by ihe celebrated Ellin
Buritt, the learned Blwinmiith of Uho 1
Island:
The scene opens with a view of the grp.
Natural Biidge in Virginia. There art
t'lree or four lads standing in . ih
..i.., i.M.MHj; up wi'.ti awe lo that vns
ireh of unhewn rocks which the Aluiighu
'milt over ihese everlasting abutments, when
lie morning stars sang together. The lit
la piece uf the sky spangling those measure
less piers, is full uf stars, although it is mie
lay. Ii is almost five hundred feel fron
-vhere they stand, up those peipendirular
ml w arks, of limestone, tu ihe kr ruck ol
.hat vasttrch, which appears lo them oi.l
f the t'.zo of a man's hand. They silence
j death is - rendeied more impresiiva I,;,
he little sir; inn ihu. fulls from rock l"
rock down the ch.mel, Tire sun darksaed
and tlie boys have uuconsciously uacoverei.1
iieir heads as if standing in the projiico
hsoiber oi" ihe Maj'-sty of the whalo eartl
I. ,t.l litrrr tciel-.-) '.C'ii
'Pi .
hey begin to In ok around liiein.
1
re itiei numes oi nttr.arei.s cui in uie hme
.i . , i . ..... i
none abutment. A new feeling comfs ov
heir young hearts, and their knivrs era i.
tatic iu an initai;;. n mi mm uut cone
nan can do,' is ihe waiehword, while iliet
Iraw ihem-ulvet up snd carve their name
i foot above those of a hundred msn win
ud been there before lliem.
They are ull eatujed with this feat of
.itiysical I'xeriion, ex.-ept one whose ei
implo illustruisi perfectly, tiit forjutien
iut!i, tint thero is r.o rey! i ,;.i'J iu ijnej.
ee'.ujl ('(iiiiieuce. This tn;bi'.;nu, v;'iiih
-iCPi a man just (move ins reach, a itsrne
till be treen iu iho memory of the word,
when those of Alexinder, Caesar, ai.d
riuomiparte, shall rot iu oblivion. It va
the name of Wsshintoc. Ucfora lmsicb
ed with Braddoek to that fidd.he hud beer
.here and left his name a foot above all his
liredecessois. It was a glorious thought
of the boy, t write his name side by atd
wiih lhal of the great father of !:is country
llegrasps hia knife with a firmer baud; snilj
clinging to a little jutting cia;.he cuts again
m to the limeituue, about a foot abovi
where he stands, he then reaches up :uu'
cuts another for bis hands. It' is a dcu
iic.ous adventure; but si he puts his feci
md baiiil into those niches, and draw.
liiinnlf up carefully lo his full length, In
finds hiuiMif a foot above every nann
ebronii led in idat mighty wall. While hiv
'companions are reg uding him wiih con
?rn and admiration, he cuts hi name it
rude p.ipiia'o; (ore and deep, ivothat flintj
illuirii' II. knife is dill in his hand am
.trengib in his binews. and a new creater"
aspiraiion in his lietit.
Again he cuts another inche, and agait
'iecaives his name in large capitals. Thi.
e not enoitgh. Heedless of the e;iiraiief
of his companions;! cots and climbs again
I'he gradations of bis ascending sealf
grows wider apart. He measures hi
length at every gain he ruU. The voice
of his friends wax wesker, 'ill their wordt
are finally lost on his ear. lie now for tbi
first time casts a look lenea'b him. Ha'1
thut glance lasied a moment it would ha
'. . . . n I- , .
"Iheenhis last.
He dings Willi convulsivi
, ,, , ,. , ., . . .
Bhudlf r to hie ht'.le nn he in the rock. At
, , n
" ,'t""11 '''
He is faint with severe exerticn, and tremb
ling from the sudden view of ihe drea 'fu
destruction to which lie ia exr osed. Hi.
- jkniea is worn La.f way to tie Ik-It. IJ
,tnr .,riU r,nn,n,n- k.l... ivi....
"'"I ..
neagre chance lo escape the deatruetiwi.
fhero is no retracing hisstsps. Ins im.
mssible to put his esnct inu th ssm-i
liche with his feet sr.d retain bit almiditr
Hold s moment. His companions 'njitant
y perceive this new and fearful dilsmms,
and await bis f( wuh eruotioqi thai frusi
heir young blood. He is too high, loo
taint, to ask for his lather and mother, ii
broihers and sisters, lo come md witness
r avert his destruction. But one of his
immpniiioni auiicipius his deire. Bwift
is the wind he bounds do-vn the channel,
and the siltiatimi of tho fated boy is told
upon his father's hearth stor-e.
Minutes ef almost aieiml lenjtii roll on,
md there are hundreds standing io that
ncky channel, and hundreds on the bridgu
ibove, ail hnldiiig their breath, awailinj
the fearful caiastroplielTbs poor buy henra
t'".e hum of new and nuiuei oust voices
mill above and below. Ha can jual (lis-
inguisti iha lories of loo
s'imiiing wiih all the fneriy of despair.
Willianl William! Don'i look dwvn!
'our mother and Henry and Harriet are all
nero praying f.:r you! Don't look don
keep your eye inwards the lopl The loy
dul'iii look down. His eye is livid lika
:iinl towards Heaven, and his young hcsrl
on II im who reign ihere. He grstp again
tils knife.. He cost soother niche, and
another foot is added to the hundred that
remove him fcom the reach of human help
from below. Hour carefully he uses bis
casting blsdel How anxiously he selects
ihe softest place in that vasl pier! Hovr
ha avoids every flinty gtainl Her ha
economises his physintil powers resting a
moovu at eah, again be cuis. How every
notion Is watched from bluw. U'liern
isiat-u l:;s laihcr, motherj brother and sinter,
! .
ton t :e vertr sant wber. if l. fall. I u-ill
,10t frf 0,19.
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'tl9 HI h me fifly a(J(iuonil nMmia
hat lU'ghly wall, and no-.v finds himself
tirectly under the middle of that vast an li
..f tm ksf estth end trees. He must cut
"a wLy io a new direciior. to get frotn uu
ler this over hanging mountain, The inspir
tio:i cf hope is dying in his bosom j in vital
'fa: is fed by increased shouts cf hundreds
.itichcd upon cliffs and ire&s, and oiliers
vhns'.aRd with robss in their band on ti c
'dds above, or with ladders below F.ftv
stains more must be cut before, toe longfst
ope can reucli him. His wasting blade
trilies Kgain into tin limej.'ono. TiiB
my is cminergin; painfully, foot by Ajoi,
iVom that lofty arch, Jjpliced repes tre
iedy in ths hands of ihosa who are leaning
ov it- the outer edge cf the bridge-Two
minutes more and all wiil be over. That
blade is worn to the lail half inch. Tho
tlmy's heads reels; hia eyps are sLitim
tioM their sockets. Hia last bones rn K-
mg in his heartihis life muai hang upon the
ue.it again he cuts. That niche is she last.
t the last fiiut g.-ish ,ha makes his J.iid
'alls Irorii his netvelesa hand, and rinci.-.g
alouj lite precipice, falf at n-jier'
reet An involuntary groan of tiespiir nm
.ike a death kre! through the rhannel (?;
ow, and ull is still as the grn'e. At the
!ieig!ucf nearly three hundred feel, li:e
(evotcd boy lifts bis Jins3 heart mid
losing eyes to commend his soul to Gv
' I'is but a moment; there! one fjot swings
tH lie is reeling trembling toppling
ver into eternity.' Hark a ehotit falls on
iis ear from above! The man v. lm is ly
ng wiih half hia length over the bridge, has
aojht a glimpjfl of Ihe boy's head a:;;l
shoulders Quick as ihonght the noosed
pe is wiibiu reach of ihe sinking youth
No one bre jtblens With a font, conclusive,
effort, the swooping boy drops his arm into
'he noose Darkness comes over him &
viih ihe words, God! and mother! w bis.
peisd on his lips just loud enough lo le
leard in heaven, the lightening rope Ufa
him out of bis shadow niche. Not a lip
not es while he is d ingling over that fearful
.ibvs','"it w.isn a sturdy tirginian reaches
down, dnw up the hd, and hold, him tip
m bis aims before tho fearful, breaildess
mul'.ilud-, su.-li ilio'iting, such leaping and
vpepini! lor jov, mtver ptceier! the ear of
itmr n being so recovered from the ya nirg
aelf uf eternity.
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