The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-10-01

rndin iow whiSp-r TOD sts i's third ssd lssf
wish thai whoever set ia a paftsrulnr clair ~
his hut should not be able to move out oft IN
al II should pleise lsm 50 To order. The wish
was sErsed - ~ tie traveller Who after Issny
! greetings deoafted on bis was. Years passed
90, sud ms last teo wishes had bcen hI'ly gfaii-
lied bv often deiainine thieves GA his Tree, anti
I his 'Utfe in her chair. The time vas approaching,
when the promise 81 longevity would be iaisibed
OF msde manifest II happened that the bi Il
days Of the fisherman and his wife were the
I some They were sitting together on the eve
ning of the day thai made him ~ aud Micue u
! years Of are, when the tnuoa that was SHINING
/ through the wndDR Of the hal seemed suddenly
( to be eItiugushed. and the STARS rushed down
che dark clouds aud lay ga,lug on the surface
Oft ocean, over which was spread an u0natar-
| al calrnness although The skies appes'ed 10 be
mastered by the winds aud were heaying onward
~ith their mighty waves ot clouds. Birds drop
| ped dead from The bnughs aud ;he foliage ot the
! trees turned 10 pale r.d.--Ail seemed 10 prog
! uostlcate tie approach oi death ana ~ few
! minutes afterwards SUR enough he came. He
was however, very different from all that the
worthy couple had laneicd him He was Ger
family very thin and lad a very little color, but
| he vas well dressed and his department was that
OF gentleman. Bowling very politely 10 the
ancient pair, he told them he merely came 10
| give notice that by right they should have be-
/ lonCcd TO him on thai day. but iitty years re-
/ spite was granted and when that period had e,-
pred sbe should visit them again. tie the.
( walked away and the moon and the waters re-
I gained their natural appearance For the next
! hny years every thing passed on as quietly as
/ before; but as Tire time drew nigh for the APP
! pointed advent OF Death, Jan became thoughtful
and ttltno pleasure atthe idea OF the anticipated
visit.
! The day arrived and death came, prece-
ded by the same horrors rs on the former occa-
sion Well good folks (said hc,) you can have
no objection to accompany me; for assuredly you
have hitherto been highly pIIulrdged. aud have
lived long enough The old dauc wept and
chung fceblyto her husband as if she feared they
were 10 be divided aiier passing away from the
cnrrh on winch The, had dwet so long and 50
happily together. Poor Schall also looked
downcasi and moved after death bul slowly. As
they passed by jams garden he turned to take
last look At II when sudden thought struck
hm. lie call 10 death and iald, Sir allow
me to propose snlucfhmg > You. oar journey
IL = ioug one, and We have no provisions, am
too inh,m OF | wound climb yondrt p sdr tree, a.
take stock Of is bc,t iuits with US vou are
active and oblIsine. aud will, am su.' Sir, get
II ior US bfaln. with great condcscension,
complied. aud ascending the tree gathered a
great number OF pears which he threw down 10
SChaikcn Il his wife. Al length he determine
ed upon descending bnt To ms surprise aud APP
parent conservation discovered that he Wa
immu,eabe nor would Jan allow him to leave
The uce until he had given them promise Of IL
wing another hall century.
They logged on the old wav for fifty years
more, and death came To the day. He was by
10 mean, polite he had formerly been, for
the uicl thai Shaken had pat upon him offend
ed his dignity aud pride not little. Come
Jan sad he, yon used me scuryily the other
day, Death thinks but little ofhty years, aud
| am nov determined 10 lose no t,mc--.comc'
Jan was sitting Al his table busy employed IN
writing, When death entered. Tie raised his head
sorr 'wiully, aud the pen trembed in his hand as
he thus addressed him:
confess that my former conduct to you
merits blame, but ba.e done wuh such kuayc-
tie, now, aud have learnt 10 know that Lle is !
Of tl!c worth, anu that have seen enough oft |
still, before OUT tins world should like to do |
Ill the good can and WIS engaged when yon |
arrived III making will, that lady, who has |
been always klnd To Us, may receive this nut am |
my boat. SalitI me To finish what have begun
aud shall cheertully follow wherever YOU may |
lead Pray Slt down; IN few minutes my TASK |
will be ended.' Death thus appealed 10, could |
refuse no longer, aud seated himself in a chair, |
from which he found IT as difficult to rise as he |
had formerly TO descend from the pear nee
Ills liberation was bought at the expense #
another fifty Years, al the end of which pc |
Rod and exactly ON their birth day, Jan Schul- |
ken and his vile died quietly in theri bed and
the Sali water flowed hecl, Ia the little village IN
which they had lived long enough 10 hr consid- |
cred the father and smother of allthc inhabitants.