Western Carolinian

              the western carollnian powhbs *'"' d__bo*tbi to tmb i'mil ,' tin lu mil vou i'kiiiiu.irrn ay tt to nir state iti reserved to riu ll ifei v mi in ran i'i-.oi'i.i — amendments to thi constitution article jf jj austin a c f fisheft ( iiliie.i ami proprietor s salisbury n c august 23 1839 ( no x of vol xx ( whole no looo terms of carolini vn sam hung to his neck shouting " look ut inin woe ' wil ynu mind ! woe now ' " bul all to no pur p o until at length tl infuriated a uml ba to tin low poling fence which enclose i g dower garden over which he tumbled bum o ... nnd all logethur himself ho discovered tli it the saddle !.! u kel was on lire which had been ti cause of nil ihe difli cully " ( lus ihe luck laid s nn ; " that's « but comes o'jarking your drotted head nhoul ihat-a-way blunt your hciirt you'vo split all my axons and hero's mj pan jusl .,- cro li ■ i ns n fish hook : tie n thoro was a luck oi two and a blow with ihe fry ing take thai ynu infernal fool and hold your head still lho nexl lime and ynu ski id in log odd i last your infernal picturo — tnke that undor the short ribs now i've a great mind lo blow your infernal i rams out this very night — and you've drub the squire's pnlens down you unnatural ens woe i stepovei now if \ ou'ro sat isfied • why eve came this evay ' ■■ \ i i reek not " i'm sore we did hoi come lhal way " wliar does the branch run ll i only could see tin branch i oould soon find the way " it musl run down tins ieu ." '■ i swor i'm completely deluded — if i ha i'm been turned round like i'd never .»' killed blaze sam ,-:, ne tearing through tin briars with lus stirrup-ir ns dangling about hnn uud ins aim in nno lu mil and pan in tin other i volunteered lo curry his gun luit ho ems in an aevful humor — he was still harping un lus mule a.,,1 grumbling to i in s.-li — ■• \\ hat will polly sny now i'll never hear the last of llial , niter — that is nur lhan choppen down the emu tree across tim botliii hei s nest a ul i liked never in hearn llie eeud >.' that an.r groping through bushes uml lirmrs which seemed to grow thicker as we proceeded sum . ll ••'• >'■_..•«*■■ louis i'llll.l.ll'l.'s last interview wnil dobson i by authority of the ninth section of lews talleyrand in thosee cases i paas sentence of death upon you * tullevrniid ee is scnrcele lifted l'i un hie reclining '" '"' bm « ''> ""' " eok < ' ' * "" » re dead dead position aud se itcd on tnu u i . lohd ; not fiir etenling bursus bul ibat horses punctual ns tli hand upon lhe dial h.s majesty '" !•* m u0 . olc "' i ll wed hv m , i , ii ■ vdel.iida ■■ imre i hi ap in ' ;,: " a i"ng l won « is led lo n i.i ick ack inent it wish nluiiy both i'm lho moralist and nd hung according lo thu scnloiico or •• the court i ',,* p in observe lh ilrasl belw.een these dimtimg that he'lmd alolon ihe home and that two individuals ne w'iite.1 lliu.si in be si lo b ilh '"' " " i ''' 1 l0 i - vi ' lakon ll "' 1 " '" ""'' i ka:i the canopy of lliuse old iiroen cmtaiu , tli ■. on '''' ' '" u hedged the justice i the bontence , d grouped as r tho cumpusili m uf suiuo hislnri ' "'' auua'.ry h now well selllod ami divided into oil picturo it was startling lu turn from iho counties bul the old colonel wus heard iho broad expansive forehead iho culm anil sine er day to say •' these aro shocking limes ; a brow ami the long ami shaggv locks which over " i:1 " ""'<' bo lr "''' r r l '"" r ' ll '" li,r dealing shiidowod it giving l-i lhe ilv'inj slatesmnu thai id lhe like and then get clear bj"somn quirk in luui like express f , -,.„,, ion which bud so he hew evhon ho atole ih horse as plain aa tho often formed the then i adtnirali i poets and ""*""""'-' • "" i ■ will go to lexns.and gil among nrlists and then gaze upon the pointod crown well <>**'"--**«* "»"**• ' nuvklleli arranged toupee lho whole nutevard boaring tant ' /■■ - bourgeo a nf the king uh oven at this the russian bath tho russian onto is in lis earl hour uf tin morning was attired according , sable in every village and ihere is scarcely a to his custom with tin utmost precision and prim jaervanl r poasa further sex whethei young or ness old who does not use i every saturday ia tho despite of lhe 1,1 faded dressing gown nf lho ,., .,,,.. you are aware thai it is a vapor bath a ouo uud the null cloned cut till i,"clic|.il!i and room containing a btove is furnished with benches polished i ts ui the other ihe voriesl tt.rb.ii in rising liku slaps ono beliind lhe otbor to thn roof i could have told at a glance winch was he • km nf , louoi ilri , healod on the stove and water s pour the nobles and which lha first clliz •:, ' of the ,* ( | upon tbum su aa to fill the toom which is care empire his majesty wn lhc first in break a , ,*, fully closed with steam the bather commences a in eliquotle bound lo do li would bo ilirti iili by placing himself on ihe lower bench and gradu lo define the expression which passed across ins i|y aaoenda till he reachoa the highest where the features aa lm crintemplated what mighl bo called heat of i rse is grcatosl ; he also promotes the iho sotting of his guiding etnr perhaps he could clroolation of lhe blood ami inoren.es the nctinu imi himself have rendered an account of lhe next 0 f *|„. i lt ,■,, m i his skin by sapping himself all impress evhich the scene produced on ihe mind,j uver with small birch twigs he will often rush ' i am sorry prince li see you suffering so much i ,, u | „.- the bath evhen at lho holiest plunge into nd he in a low iromul ms vo reud red almost ,.,,|,| wuetl or ,.,.,.,, ro || m the m10w 1 rolurn inaudible by ihe extrei motion sire you thfn weekly purifieati if ihe person must tend have come to witness tim ufieringa l u dying greatly lo the honlih of tho kusaian pons mi whose nur and those who love hnn can have bul me n : . imir and l,*n,l nn.l sheep-skin coat are wish ihul f seeing ihem al :,„ end tins was : ,,,,, favorable.10 eleaiiliuess yenaldr's domesli /,'».■.., ...■ 1 " b nur nlih-h in the i'h i'ih rn h tlu.seh ./..;',■.',.,'.■ the western harolini in ia pub isli rd t very far d%v t tw , 1 liars p"r annum it paid in advance or p ', i hars i id fifty ci ■ fore lhe ex of llin i i .,,;, - r iiill i • intin li '■ iiniil all orrr n lr j |,,, ; , u ilesi sl i lodi icretion ol tlie e litoi - failure i tify the editors f a wish lo , ; of g year will be c ■■■■ ' il lent i ni will bo , in |, nt one dollar p nuaro i r thc llrsl insi ■ , - ni for o li o nt i ui ince t in i nu i 1 . menu will ba t h irged 15 nor ci nl mere prices a deduction nl :■:■'.', p r i enl raj . prices « ill be made lo ) | vi rn . ne ii,s sent in for publication musl havo the number i ti » marked on thorn oi ihey evill be ui.er bid and charged for b i ■ addressed lo the editors on i mess units be (, ui they « 11 not be attended io masceuaneoxis hv this inne sun lirnl gol the niiih nut uf tin ! enclosure „,„! gathered up ins plunder the ul le scpne alter lln up ittug nf llie pan luui in lien placo in the dark nml from llie inomonl i saw hie mule's heels flying uml sam clinging lo ins neck it ev.is with difficult i rostrumed my mini ; and during the solo in tho enclosure i was abso lutely compelled to bluff my handkerchief in iue irtlt i prevent lus bearing my laughler " dill ynu ever see lhe i lies o'thal i " i am very sorry it happened i replied as it will prevent uur limit " n i'll l,e dad burned if it 1 „",, iho i ain't io lu backed uut lhat*aevay squire vou know a bad beg i unen makes a good enden as ihe old woman said ll ia'nl 1 such a greal sight ,,' harm no how only bent the handle of my pnn n little uml scratched a little skin off one of my shins — hut il nt's nothing no how so if you'll hold blaze till i on nml oii g torch we'll have a shoot nt a pair o'uyes yel to*nighl i took the bridle while sum event tn procure a torch t„l after he lin.l gathered up the laggots ulii h lie had brought tu burn in lus pun we set oil i'm the brunch ; sam mounted on lus mule with ii torch in one hand while 1 evulketl hy lus side li wns only necessary for us in go n short dis tn - before eve were at the designated spot " tliar,"«nid sam " here's as good n place ns nny — so i'll jisi hit old blaze here and light nur pan accordingly blaze waa hitched to a stoul sap pi ing and sam proceeded tn light ihe fiiro iu ins pan " now squire you must keep close to me and you nius'iit ni,ike u racket in tim hushes vuu see the way eve due to shine the deer's eyes is this : eve holds ihe pan so on the left shoulder unit carries llm gun nt u trail iu lhe rifjlii hand well evhen i wants to look i turns round keeping niv eye upon tbo corner of my shadow nl ii there a deer i hie range of iho ligir lus eyes look v.nct l like nv balls of fire this explanation was perfectly satisfactory so eve moved on u fow puces uml sim tniulo.a circuit but saw iiii eyes " never mind said he " we'll find em you ea.l the way nud i'll fnllnev ynu i re plied beginning myaolf to think i was wrong i changing nur direction we plodded on occa isiiiii'illy tumbling mer logs and brush until snm concluded lhat all our efforts to find the way were useless oh thunder i lie exclaimed ns he tore away from i thick jungle of briars where lie luui been rearing nnd pitching for several minutes " it ain't un use to try lo find the way no how squire so let's find n lug tree and stop under it nil motnin i nee in alternative so readily conceded to ins proposal accordingly we nestled down under the shelter of u large live oak for a lime neither spoke and all was still save the buz of mi endless sevann of musquiloes who relieved their drowsy concert be an occasional nip at leimth 1 broke silence by i lemnrking : — " i think this evill be my last fire-hunt " i evould nt keer a cenl replied sum " if i hadn't a killed blaze that's nil i minds i should think a few such exploits ns this evould cure your fire hunting propensity yuii never hud such luck before i presume 1 " no not nelly tho i've had some bud luck iu my time too 1 reckon ynu never liearn about the lime the punters played sich a trick on me i " no — what trick '" " why it was lusl fall bout this time duillv and i event out and camped near lake jackson well ho look his pan and wet i out nne way and i vont another i hadn'd been gone fro the camp long afore 1 seed eyes 1 fotch'd old betsy to my face and let loose nml i hoerd the deer drap ; bul suiiie huev i drapt my pun jusl like i did to-niglil eel en 1 heerd old blaze squeel while i was tryin to kindle up a li^ht evhat should i see hut inure eyes shinin way down in the hollor 1 drapt the lire and loaded up old betsy ns quick us i cool i to be ready for lho varmint whatever it wns the eyes kep cumin closer and elosor and gittin brighter nud brighter and bime-by i seed n whole grisl .,' eyes follcrin rite artor the fust nil do iging up uud down like ihey evus dancin devils i begin to gil skecr'd so 1 raised old lletsy ami pulled at the nearest eyes but she snapped — i primed and she unshod und whsu 1 hashed sich another squallin 1 finm the augusta mirror mv flrbt and last fire hunt | l w t t s.nn sikns was lor-uvcr at mo to gu with him upon eeiial lie culled u l''iru hunt i could nev er nii'ei hnn hut he evus suro to have a long talo to lull me , if so no exploits in that way aud such were tlie glowing pic lures he presented hint 1 had often promised lo go evuh him some of these lime sjiii was nne ol tho most inveterate hunt ers i ever knew he eleligliiod in nu other pur suit nr pastime ami though lie pretended tu culu vale a sn , all spot of ground yet so large a portion of his tune was spent in lhe pursuit ol game that his agricultural interests suffered lor the want ol proper attention lie lived u lew miles irom town j and as ecu posset ins house which stood u ii'lle i distance from tlie main road luough a few acres of corn ami u small patch of pot hoes uilglll probably j unmet your notice us standing greatly in need ol tlie line yel the must prominent objects ubuut . sam's domicile pertained to ins favorite amuse ment a huge pair uf antlers — u trophy ol one ul j lus pr.mdest achievements — occupied a conspicuous place on the gable-end ; sum leu ur .. dozen lolly ' fishing pules evincti thuugli modestly stowed be hind me chimney projected liir above the roof ol i tu little cabin and upon its uuchiuked walls ma 1 i.v a cu.,,1 and deer skin evus undergoing lne pro of drying if ull these did nol convince em that the proprietor wus a sportsmun the varied lend clamorous music uf a scuro ol hungry luokuig hounds s thoy issued i'nrlli in lull cry ut every passer by could uui fail to lurcc the conviction the jewell — the celebrated teacher rabbi vleir sa during tho whole of one sabbath da in tlie public sell ml instructing the people during lus absence from the il.nlse lus two suns died both loflhom of uncommon beauty u,„l enlightened in i ihu law his wile boie i heal tn her bed chamber laid th.-ni on lb tua'rrtage lied inul spread n white i covering over their bodies lu the evening llio ' rabbi heir cuine hniiie the meeting of foes and the meet ing op friend3 '• where are my levn sons he asked " lhat i uiny give ihem mv blessing 1 1 rcponledlv innkcd round the school uud i did not see thou there she reached lu him llio goblet ho praised the lord tit tho going nut ul the sabbami drunk nnd again nslte.l — , " where nre my sons ihul llioy lorj may iliiuk ofthe cup of blessing i " " they evill nol ho fur oil she bllid nnd j laced co id lietiire him ihnl ho nuglit uut he was ill ii gladsome nud genial mood and when he had said grace ofler tho meal she thus a id esse i him : nv su i bt i.'ivini fill lho cup fill it high i.'t i drink in the mlghl of hie mini i thai joyously rushes lo fight ; and true in tin d.-rith all unflinching u ill stand for nur home and r hearth and mirnivn native laud 1 ' i'is the bright mn of juno thai s gilding tl * cre.1 of the warriors ihul fight for their isles ot'tho i ; the iue lhal al morning bul plays with the plume al evening in.i sue thn r i erass o'er tbo tomb tht con that iris ripeiiod in siimmei s soft lire llll in ts hour may be reaped in thn lis rvost of death ; piloll drink in llieir irlory — the glory nf ihaso whn triuinphed or fell m thai meeting of foes hot lill the cup liielior to drink to the friends ii noil i'u-l ii nll.-i imr lh-,1 hie only ends whose hearths when dofended irom iocs that have stim isikes ha.l early found ti companion lo share lis good ur ill luck und tliuugh lie evus yel ou the green side of thirty lie evus nuiigeil to pruvuio lor same six or seven liltle tdlloev-lueed responsibilities b - in not i nly followed tne chase from ohoioe bul ul en lus evil'o evhu hated " fisheriuou's luck ii use lhan sum iiiii u miss or a nibble luuk iii n tn account for spending so many broken day ti 1 urday afternoons rainy days uud odd hours to say nothing of whole nights in the woods without bring home so much as u cat-squirrel or a homey lieud ins ready reply mis tii.it he evus bleeged lu dn the best lie could tu gel meat lur hor und llie children the " lire liuiil " mis ins favorite hobby though the legislature of florida had forbidden thai mode ol hunting yet am considering us he did llie law tu be no uecuuut clinllliuud lu in dulge us ircely as ever iu bin lae one spurt 1 was silting one evening utter tea upon the steps nl llie porch enjoying llio cuol breeze i an autumnal evening when eeliu shuuld muke ins up p nance but mv in ml sain dikes lie had come lor iue lu g eeitli inin on il lire hunt he was mounted on ins mule blaze with lus pun up one shoulder and ins musket uu llm other determined to have every thing iu readiness belore calling on imr he hud gone lo the kitchen uud lit a low light u md splinters which were noev blazing iii the pan and eeliicti served the double purpose of lighting luui iliruugli the enclosure and of demonstrating to me tiie manner of hunting by night aa he ap proached the house ins light discovered me where 1 was sitting hood evenin squire — i've come out to see il n're a mind to take a little hunt lo night 1 believe not mr bikes 1 replied feeling entirely too well satisfied witli my pleasant soal in mm cool breeze to desire to change it for a ramble thro the woods al night " not lo niglil it luoks like nun ' rabbi eviih tin permission 1 would lain pro pose to theo one question " ask il then my luve ! " he replied " a low days ngn n person nutrustud soma few els in my custody and now he demands them iigam : • hould i give them back again i ' tins is ii question said rabbi m'ir " which iny wife should not have though il necessary lo ask whal wnuldsi thou hesitate or lm roiuota.nl lo restore tt ovnrv nne ills own ! " " nu bul yet i thought it best nut to restore ihem without acquainting thee therewith she i hen led inin in ihe chamber uml slopping in tho bed touk the white covering from the den i bodies dared are prized all the more when with friends ihoy are shared 1 for better the wine-cup evith ruby may 11 iw fo ibe health of u friend than the li.ll of . i i tli.uir'li ure it are the laurels thai lnry may twine far softer the shade uf the ivy mid vine ; the iili the cup higher tho battle is won '. onr perils nre over our test les bogun 1 i » i tl leeling of tbemen pale s,,rrnw attends ; rosy joys crown our meeting the meeting of friends : we moved on carefully nml sam mule his oh s i-v t s as before hut evitli t belter effect — thus we travelled nn from place lo place until i began in t weiry of thn sport " well ir sikes 1 remarked i don't sec thai your bad beginning is going lo ensure nny bettor ending '- patience squire — you'll see \\ ,* moved on again i had become quite evea ry and i'.-ll so way behind bam shipped nud when i came up he remarked in a low voice — you belter keep prelty close squire case if i should happen to shine your eyes vou sue i would not know ihem from a deer uud old betsy here to its fifteen buck-shot and u ball and slings em lu kill i tell you i fell i inn i no more *.* i h ul wandered nlmui fur several i mrs and the sky winch had nol been tlio clearest m the commencement now i to aasume the appear ance i lain i had more ti.uu once suggi bted lhe propriety of going l,,,,,,e uut bam waa not lo bo inn from in purpose he was ambitious to let me see how in sriul ll eyes of a buck we searched un us before ibr nnoth ir half hour and 1 was aboul tn express my determination to go borne iliim sum suddenly paused '■ slop stop said he ; " ihar's eyes and whop pers they is tun ; now hold still i ruise.l on lip tne with eager anticipation — i beared the click of the luck — sain lloo 1 fur a mo t in p i unit us silenc — the next m unent the old musket blazed forth with a thundering report aud in the mine instant was heard a i . , i nqueal and a noise like the snap ing of tie reins of u and ginevlin you never heerd ami up the trees went the eyes ull around inc thinks i then must lie bomethin uonatreal hein as my gun wouldn't shoot nt em ; so i drapt old lleisy ami put out for the camp with all my might well eve went back next inornin nud what do you think i them infernal critters had eat the deer up as clean ns u evhislle all but the bones and burns and n little evuy off lay old llclsy villi four fingers uf buckshot and bullets but no powder in her then i knueveil they were poolers " why they might luve eaten you too — ynu were lucky to escape them " that's a fuel — dmlly said he wondered they didn't take hold u me the drizzling shower evhich had already near ly wet us in the skin noev turned to a drenching storm which continued for moro than an hour without intermission when tie storm abated we discovered the dawn approaching nnd shnrlly nfter evere enabled lo ascertain our whereabouts we evere not ilnee hundred yards from tbe enclosure which we had lelt in llie evening and probably bad nol been during the night more than a mile from the lm use as w.r stepped from the wo.vl into the open mad i cn t resist a hearty laugh at the ludicrous appear nice ul my companion there he stood with ins saddle ii id bridle girded about lus neck his muskel in one hand and lus pan in lhe oilier and drenched with rain ins clothes torn and with a countenance that mid of the painful conflict within he stood nn object of sympathy nmre than ridicule well snd he wilh a heavy sigh and with oui lm king im i ii face " good raornin/squire ■■ good morning i replied lunched evi'h eui l-'iilii i v ll \.\ i for'ojbt " ah my sous my sous " thus loudly lamented the father my suns ! llie light of my understand ing i — i evas your father but ee were my teacher iu ihe law forgive nn.l forgol why lhe world would b.r lonoly tl garden :> wilderness loll to deform f il ili.iers i.ii remembered tbeebilliiig windsouly and the i'n i i - gsve ,," verdure ilu i'rar ot the storm ! oh i still in thy loveliness emblem the fl iwer in ii fragrance f feeling i sweeten life's way ; and prolong not again the brut cloud nf un hour wuh tears lhat but darken hi • rest nt the diy the mother turned nevay nnd wepl bitterly — at length she louk lie husband by lho hnn i ami said — , ■■ rabbi didst thou not loach mo thai evo must nol lie reluctant to restore lint which evas entrust ed to our keeping '. sen the lord give line lord has taken uw iv and blessed ho the ii.une ofthe l.-.rd ! " pjrgie ■ mi 1 forgol ' thore's no breast so unfeeling it'll s in i_'..,ille thought ol flection there lne ; and ibe best ot us nil require bomediing oonceifllng — some hesrl thst with snilesosn forget mil forgive i l'i away e i the do id li t ess beautiful eyes tie i v was no home lor such frowns to line mot ; ol ! in.ii could onr spuds e'er hope t'-.r tlie skies |.' i esven n fused i forgive and fbrgel ! " biassed be the name nf the lord ! " ochoed ll ihlu moir " an i blessed be his name for thy soke loo liir eve',1 il is written " whoso hath found a virtuous wife hath u gr inter treasure than costly pearls ; she openeth her mouth with wisdom an.l u b.r |. . ii^uo is thu law of kindness — tradi lions ofthe rabbins translated by coleridge till ognu.m torum whit tlh pshaw taint gowain to rain depend upon it and i'm all fixed ; come — cone along in 1827 when nnrth mississippi was cleared of the indians partially lho whole i this country wns lluiji called yazoo county extending iiver one hundred and filly miles square the luw hid un taken efl.'el for evant of organ aim ,, except in tie militia om colonel caasou commanded m lus regiment tbe whnle county aud lm was all lho officer either civil or military that lied in thnt large tract of country thu country as was in peeimi waa filled up with a horde of trilling fellows md thieves and the like about tins lime tin-re we missing iwo horses in lhe neighbor ho i und col cnssou called „ meeting of ins cn izens geno rally lo oonsull upon lha best inousurcs to adopt iu relation lo it accordingly n large collection met al lhe house of ibo colonel on hig black where hoi mos county now is ami called in colonel to ibe chair — suspicion so l"ll upon n young man hv lh ii.nne of ii ibson wbn was mil present after consulting and discussing lhe sub p pro and ,- m ,. evas agreed thai dobson should lv brought forward for trial an old gentleman nihil more llltolligeill than sum of ins iroiileiilpo runes asked how the meeting could gel hold of him ' col i-soi drew down his eyebrows in a dignifi i manner as if casting about in ins uu id p ei ... s in giving " ihe opiu un of lho < nun and sail '■ o plltl ll'l i will is no nr ll;l|i|ll turuni writ and have hnn corporfllj bofuru mo " uut vi 1 1 1 1 i el of tl writ is that colonel '" asked nne old man with caution it s a writ sj.ul the , i gravely " to lake him as wo'l where he ami a where he is and have inin corporally bo foro s — tins was satisfactory tn the meeting and ix men wen despatched wiih this awful writ wl i returned in about an hour with the renowned i • ii - * i ni si ines ||.. h.i arraigned — witnesses sworn — :, i no evidence uf even a seconds ry na ture could in obtained ; yet alter taking he vote a majority found him guilty tie colonel then pul i ■.:-. r demit visage un i said " isaac llydrtingiii — it may not bu known l many of uui leaders lhat tins ii iwer which is usually nf a pink color mav he made loco no nut a beautiful rich blue hy lhe simple means of filling lhe put or h,,x with tlie swamp or i ig earth coinmoa garden loam pro luces the pink tim discovery of produ cing lho blue leas iiixideiilly made by u friend of ours by whom t wus somen ma siuco communiisa mil tous wo have repealed the experiment this seas 11 with guuil success and nuw name lho fact that the lovers of variety ay inke advantage ol of it the plant should lie shifted very curly iu the spring — watchttarer as he spake he rude close to the porch and lus mule made several attempts to cmp the shrubbery that grew by llie dour evhich sjiii very promptly opposed ilev far are ynu gniua mr bikes i inquired endeavoring lo shake il iue l.iir.y fi eeluch inclined me lo keep my seat " duly just up the branch u little bil — nut heyanl i i our fence at the outside look at bim !' thunder and lightning i exolaimed sam aa pathy for my unfortunate comrade and reproach be dropped gun pan and all and blood live i to lhe ! ing mysell for the mirth 1 had enjoyed at lus ex sp.t » i've shut old blaze p"7,s.r " good morning mr sikes i am very is , soon as he had recov red from tl,e shock we snrry fur your misfortune ami hope you will have hastened to the spot where ins luckless a limal was better luck in future still floundering in the agd&ies nl deal n i sure lib squire t an'l the valluy of the mule llm i tiiere lav tl poor itlale — past all ;,_;■ ry old blaze was a might line cutter bul that's my 8a in stood by luui until he broatiied ins last in w j — whal'll she iv whan she sees me en nin speechless agony he utteied not a word mini nf home in this here fix howsomedever w hut can't ier all irjne f life were extinct then with a be cured must be endured aa tba feller said when heavy sign ho muttered : - the monkey hi him but she bailor not — aaid " well 1 reckon i've dune fir you now hut's lie with a stern look as ho spuk c.me a evert wbn i call u preity night's work y how in ubuut me this inornin fur i ami iii rn humor • ■ \ bad beginning does'ot always make a good no how and he shook l„s head as much ns lo end mr s.kes • say he'd make llm fur ily if she did " luck will run bo - ui t nes " said he in r but we parted al tho gale sam for his home nnd leu tone as he commenced taking lhe saddle ll | fa/my bed he soroljr convinced that a bad be his deceased donkey i'm blamed ifi ec bow ginning did not always makes good ending ; and 1 gol turned round so i quite resolved lhat it was my lii-t ami lust fire bv this time t bad ootnaienced lo ram and we hunt were iinxioos to ;!•■! home but sam had dropped 1 good man — many ol the iii-ixuns nf the lus gun and pan us ihe rwful truth sashed upon philosophers of antiquity are ol much worth and him that he had killed the only m d serve to be engraven m luttcrs of gold such in ihe world and we none found il difficult to re 1 f or example are the following examplea expressed cover tliem after searching aboul for near an i beneca " h good man does ins duty let u lm hour in the drizzling ram bam chanced to i ome ever bo painful ever s hnzardouj orevei so greal upon the spot end having regained lus gun and a loss tu him and it s nol al the money the pan iw endeavored to strike a fire ; all effort how power and the pleasun in the world no nor any ever to produce a light proved inaiseclual and we force or necessity that can make him wicked ( commenced groping our way through tho darkoeaa he considers evhat ho i lo do nol what heisiu « ||* llo quire whar are you '"' suffer '«'"' *'" kee p "" [_? cour ? l ""'"' 1 t i .. slmul.1 he t hi '"' gibbctsmrl-^rmen!^nj id he gave the reins a jerk " there's dec a plenty up ut the lbrks and eve'il haee i.il sport come you better go and wbj look at luui 1 "— and he gave the reins a jerk al tbe same time ■ bat he sent a kick tu bis mule's ribs lhat might h.ive been heard a hundred yards — and i'll show vou imiv lo shine thoir eyes as he sat upon his saddle persuading me to go his mule kept fiiskiug und turning ... such u man her as lu annoy hull exceedingly l'pun his 1,11 slider he bore his blazing pan and upon his right lie held his musket holding ihe reins also in his right baud so lhal every ellurt on his part lo ii the movements of his annual was attended with much difficulty i had about made up my nnnd logo wben the mule became n.uie trouble some the lnlnshament of portugal — having estab lisle d in * sell ill the iiiii says a recent traveller ml goilig into the kitchen ii inch was very spa cious but imperfectly lighted withn huge chimney and high pointed roof i iibservod aiming lhe com pany a ue in of singular appearance silting apart vie was neither speaking himself nor was ho spoken to by others lln fiee wa pale and hag . gard ins eyes deep u,,k , and ins hair wm prema turely grey l'pun baking who lie was i evus in form i bat he was . ..,.,- of the i lu-l omens a de volved race who are held iu mingled hor'or ami i commiseration and never mentioned without emu lion hy tin portuguese peasantry they believe that il a woman has had seven mala infants succes sively the seventh by an inexplicable fatality lie comes subject to the power of darkness und is cmnpelled uii every saturday ovemng lo assume lhe likeness of an asi and when no changed is compelled in run over lhe moors and through the ullages followed by u imrrid train of dogs nor is he allowed an interval nf resl until tho dawning sabbath terminates lus sulferings uud restore him tu ins luu nn shape should therefore a peasant " w 0 ' — woe now ' — blast your heart ! look at hint ! " in n might be heard a tew good lustv kicks '' cuine gel your gun and will you hold up e-sj e | only goto satisfy my curiosity i'll not lake a gun i'll leave ull liie shooting lo ynu " well any way you mind squire "■> e wen aboul to start when suddenly the mule gave a loud bray and when i turfed to look his heals uirre high in the air and sam clinging to bis neck while the tire flew in every direction im mule wheeled reared and kicked and still