The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-16

was very good and then he owned
after. when | asked him. after | saw
it in the book. that il is very poison
aus. He wanted To poison me with
il. to get my money aud effects
The villain = But hpw did he
poison it p. Why, it's poisonous wa
ter--the water of the lake il poison
Gus Poisonous = Yes--it's very
poisonous aud after had drank
it. the fool gave me This French
book to read about it--and tho first
thing saw, (far understand
French was, that the water u
the lakes is very poisonous You
see here it is he says this lake
is very poisonous--bien poiSoaneup :
= shelving us the words in a
French book, containing descrip-
ton Of the Lake Of Lucernc.) Here
the Lady Hnnlockc burst out into
an uncomfortable fit nj laughter.
g. | don't know what YOU sec To laugh
at he exclaimed, looking very an.
CRY. for if Won don't believe it. |
can tell you it's true--and too true /;
for the rascal himself owned it to
my face. when | asked him. He
said it was very poisonous (b'en pois-
Ssnnenc;) and he told inc, too. of
Il don't knw how many hundreds
of people, that died all in one day
with drinking Of it the william !
But he shall drink it himself IN
be hang'd il he shan't y And i'll
stantly as this thought struck hin,
he seized the unlucky little Swiss by
the collar, who KICKED and rehcIled
with all his might, conceividg him
self in the grasp OF madman, who
was going To toss him into the lake
but his struggles were in vain---for
he was a shrip IN the hands of the
athletic EnglIshman, who dragged
him, in a moment, To the waters
edge, and standing over him. in a
mcnancing attitude, exclaimed,
i. Bore ? bore p The trembling
Swiss, who fancied he himself
wanted to drink, submissiveIy cjacn-
lated, Oui, Monsieur ~ and fill
ing Ieathcrn cup, WHICH with
IA shaking hand he drew from his
pocket, he presented it to the Eng
lishman. You damned impudent
rascal = exclaimed the enraged En-,
glishman--' do you want to poison
me again y And Selling him by
the shoulders, he shook him until
his bones must have been nearly dis
located, saying Bore pOus, pOns
eteS TO b0ire'---in a voice choaked
with passion, Trembling in every
limb, the poor little Swiss: now be-
ginning to understand, passively
took a drink. There now | think
Eve done Tor you y exclaimed the
Englishman, triumphanIly--e I've
paid you up. But oh oh ! the poi
son the poison oh Think of dy-
ing this way-poisoned like a rat :
Oh oh oh y Lady Hunlockc-
(who as well az well as myself, had
been all the time in commissions Of
laughter,) now attempted TO articu-
Late 1t is the emectic you are
not poisoned---The water is not poi
sonous.' oh oh OH Yon fool
ish woman Oh i---Why you don't
understand French. The book says
the water is' tres poisonaeur, which
in English means That it's very
full of fish, interrupted Lady Hun
locke. OF poison, ! tell you, Oh .
calculated the poor sick wretch.
OF poison, which means fish, certain
| ly and poiSsOnenT means fiahy, cx-
claimed Lady HunIoclie, in fresh
paroxysm of laughter. When at
last he was, with some difficulty,
convinced that the lake, instead Of
being poisonous, merely abounded
in fish, he went nearly DISTRACTED
with rage. and ravcd at his own stu
pidity,at the guides stnpidity.at our
stupidity, and at the unlucky enc
tic, which now made him extremely
i'll in good earnest. We were, by
this time, close to the little iun oil
LoWertz, towards which we had be-
gan to conduct him. the moment he
had swallowed the emetic, aud hay
ing explained the mistake to his own
guide, and the people OF the inn, we
left the poor wretch, whom We sim
cercly compassionated, though it was
impossible to help laughing, at the
paroxysm Of sickness, which was his
inevitable lot
ELOQUENCE OF WHITEHEAD.