Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-17

t;oner stripped me Of the upper part OF my
BOUND my passive hands BEHIND mt,
and clipped OF .my long hair, OF whicm. wa.
once Sd vain. Fool, fool! | was angry WIN hls''
even al The moment was weak enough Ws -
angry 81 of the
,sadsr Eel, them fasten the fatal Moose aoou'
i n.et. q INC cd. | was,horrid!y SICK a. 'ha'
roosn, VIVA, followed j ;knownot-i o"i,
aon. =. s,salf uncofsciously, gisingthe APP
a;m,sd s;sSsl. fen some fces perpend, { u,af,
~. came time Abe ,executioner lespeG
a''u :. ~ sSo,lders to tighten the moose WIN
his additional weight. A thousaho' 'gpu,ams
lights brighter than the sun, danced oeloas 49,
eyes. nv ears runs with aap ,
Of soDnd.in. which mysowh gaspIn + LOT ''e".",
the .hnddering groans OF the sPeo'a'or'' o"u
the cry OF thcsboding fowl that sat ABOVE me-
were Joined with the roar ola thousand Ia.a
rac,s, and the harsh yep Of Thousand wp.ses'
Iwrithed in my agony, TO irse my arms , ,,a
the cords TIA, bound them, and nv shoulders t,t,
from The wretch W no stilladhered to them ! ne
Weh,s danced, ana 1ickered and multiplied; '''1
sounds Increased in loudness and variety
fell as if were red hot; nv blood chnrnea y,
INV veins. mn pulses throbbed and tin'tcred,ahu
were sill n grew cold as ice,4 darkness, anu
silence. and nsensibiHly succeeded" -:
Iss,ar,ed from the bed on which lay. ne
anar,ment was large and gloomy; and insUu-
ment. whose use could not comprehend,were
ranged on shclvesalong the walls. was ! u"
,hs re- p;ons of the king OF terrors! An, no! Tor
she rood priest was seated beside The bed, IN
Icomnany with a venerable old man, and pro-
,nounced mis- emphathetic benedicuon.
\ The story is short and Simple. The priest
had Obtained my body of the magistrates, nn'
der ihespretence ofsburying 1t pr'vatelys o"'
wi,hsthe intention Of conveying If to the cham
bers of friend, learned slchemist, whose "a,
bours had been rewarded5y the discovery OF
An an powerful elixir. The panacea had been
apnlied to me while | was yet warm, AMI mad
succeeded in restoring me TO life. Under the
instructions or,he good father, had leisure to
repentsof nv sins, and from his friend learned
the secret of hisarl 4
II is now many, many years since my two
IbeneToctors have Deems removed TO "a bette
world Alas! the boosted medicine was nc
specifc for the lingering encroacnmen's 81 age
The one hrqueaihed me all he had TO leave hi'
blessing; The other, less importantlesacy,sni'
ap oarstns aud his library continue 70 I'D
habit his retreat.
| have now attained an extreme old age. we
generations have passed away within my re
remembrance, and now wanderln safety througl
The streets of Wittenberg, in the midst oil ihos'
who have heard their grandsTes tell OF The dar
ing exbiots of the noted Gas?ar Wesselng
From mysprodigious age and secluded nao
its, am regarded as sacred and mysterion
person sThey implore my blessing, Tor ,hrl
children, and my prayers for the SICK < atfiic'
ed, they crowd around tns, to touch the hem o
nv garment. Poor peoples tel them 'ha,
am frail and sinful as themselves, hut they wi
whose wicked life and miserable death they ar
well acquainted, with what different feeling
would they regard me.