Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-08-09

MS jacket was flying open, and his shirt collar
unbuttoned as beiorei
Inns looked very strange there was some-
thing mysterious about him; so resolved to be
quit OF him as soon as possible; but the faster I
roue' the faster rode he; and though my horse ap-
Pearea as powerful again as the one on which he
was rlding, yet found that when it came to tho
push, his pony could have passed me easily. But
'ha' was not his intention, for when slackened
my pace, he slackencd and on my pulling ND
ne pulled up Also still he looked at me. and
there we remained side by side, and nearly fro
zen to death with the cold.
Every thing around us was perfectly Quiet
ana ielt this silence becoming quite anpailipo
AT length exclaimed, sSir you seem determin.
ca we snail not part company. however it NAV be
the wish OF one OF u.s. The stranger after ma
KING slight inclination of his head expressed in
.ne 'noS' genuemaniy manner, his sorrow that it
should be thought he had intruded himself mon
me, and his earnest desire that we might proceed
'ogether (seeing that our course was nearly the
saWe) on better terms This was said with xo
mich Pollteness, that l really could not refuse
oeipg moreover convinced, that if had. il was
totally out oil my power to enforce my refusal: so
we trotted on together.
l ne stranger Immediately began talking most
huently but continually shifting the sub;cct and
at length coming to full stop he suJdenI, AL, eJ
me what was my opinion Of all this? I who had
oeen dreadiully sfcted by the cold, SO rs to have
oeei uisapied from giving any attention. felt quite
a, loss what to say at length, as well as was
able (tor my teeth chartered so much / couId
scarcely speak plan,) l stammered out swbetber
ne did not think 1t was very eoldp Immediately
ms duii eyes lighted up, and shall never forge,
their fiery and unnatural LIGHT as turnng sSd.
denly round ne stared me full in the face. SAVING
III TIC most Joyous, mild, and melodious tone OF
voice. rerhaps you will accept of nv cloak ?,
ana adalng, with peculiar emphasis. he was
sure should be warm enough then, instantly be-
gan 10 unstrap 1t, from behind MIN. In vain /
ueIiafed could not think Of accepting it, espe-
Iial'y as he was more thinly clad than myself: he
Des''i TO inform me, with the same peculiar OK
preston, that ne never felt cold, '-and that he
would be most happy if would do him the hon
or 10 put 1t on L kept refusing, and he persist
ny TN at last he became so importunate. that
.uueiy pushed 1t from me, saying that would
not accept IT. o! if you could have seen the
orahse In ms manner and appearance instead
OF Inc mild, placid look he had hitherto worn, his
laoe was contracted by the strongest feelings of
rage and disappointment his ewes flashed fire
from under his heavy knit brows his ,nom,t u,,.
. .:u with KIND Of 'sardopc grin and, has
t,y adjusting the cloak about him, he said with
nc most sinister expression Perhaps / would
40 MIN the honor another time Then dashino
inc spurs INTO his beast. he was out of sight in
moment "
~ LINK tneTe was SOmethinr-tlcra
was really somethng-horridIy unnatural about
the stranger his hollow voice pale complexion.
ana heaVy eye,-aboye all tho strange GOODNESS
that come over me felt reioccd that I was
mus RID OF him; and that had not accented his
oier OF the cloak Gas then in all probability we
should not have parted soon y and now, so lit
Tie did need it, that was compelled to unbut-
ION my coat, and take my thick lambs wool COM
iorter from my neck
who could the stranger be?
remembered to have heard that the German
VINO was hang in chains. and whose cibbet had
passed, had suffered the sentence of the law for
having burnt house, and murdered in the most
"ei ana shocking manner, person whom he
suangied with his cloak. Now, it was also cur
fehty reported, (but only believed by the idle and
suPefStitous) that this man did not then die for
/. WAS sald, that the devil to whom after his con-
aeinhatlon he had sold himself had, " lille he was
suspended, In some way or other, supported him
ana hao afterwards fed him OH the gbbet, in the
FORM Oh a raven, until the fastenings decayed. so
lhat ne could release himself himself, when he
substituted the body Of person whom he murder
cd Tor the purpose
mere were many persons now alive who had
e"ofh 10 haVing seen the raven there moring and
noon, and to have heard it's croaking even at
midnight. Many accounted for this. by saving il
came , there to feed on the body but one of the
fhiagers, who was known to be stout fellow
having occasion to go by the gibbet one twilight
deciared, that he heard the talking with the
raven, but In language he could not understand
That at first he supposed he was deceived by his
own fancy, or the creakng of the iron fastenjnps,
out on approaching nearer, he distinctly saw the
eyes OF the man looking intenty at him and be
verify believed had he stopped he would have
spoken to him, but that he was so alarmed he
took to his heels, and never once looked behind
or stopped to take breath, until he reached the
end OF the plain, distance of above five miles.
And 1T was further said, the German, when relea-
sea from the gibbet, was obliged in fuhment Of
MS VOW, to do the devils will on earth-that he
was most dreadiully pale, owing to the blood new
er having flowed into his face since his strapon-
ation for the devil, it is sad had only just kept
MS word that the German, as he was called, had
since often been seen riding up and down the
road, and that he entered very freely into CONVEX
sation, and cndeavored to entrap the unwary to
put them in the power of his master.
Could it be possible that this was the German?
ut an idle thought; and yeti remember
there was something foreign in his accent;-then