Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-24
IMty 23.

YHifsi.-Ettrick Shepherd loquiur:-". Hun
gers naething till Thurst. Ance IN the miuGle
- the muir o Ranuoch had near deed o thrust.
I was crossing frae Loeb Ericht tt to the head
o Glenorchy, and got IN amanr the ha@s. that
for learues and leagues - round that dismal re-
sila seemed howked out O. the black moss By
demons doomed 20 drearv daYs-carSs for their
s,1s in the wilderness. There was naethmg fort
bat p-!owp--loNpiu' out o ae pit Until ami
tb.ssSShanr -after. honr--till, sair iortenchen,
aneath that torrid zone. Sic a SUM- No ae ctud
on a. the sky gliterin' vi virewoven sultriness.
The hove % the lift was like great cawdr0n
oabblin' into the boil over slov fire. The ele.
meut y water saem'd dried up out % natur. a
except the biz drops o. sweat that FLASHED doom
on my f,ver'd hauus that began to trummle like
leaves o'aspen. Ny mouth was made q cork
coyer'd wi dust--lips. tongue, palate, and a..
doom till nv throat and s;amnack. | spak-and
the arid SCUM was as if buried corpse had tried
70 mutter thrO' the smOtheria' mous. | thocht on
the tongue of parrot. The central lands o AZ
rica, WHARF lions gang ragin' mad for water, when
cheated out o blood, Gamma be worse--dreamed
| in species of delirium--than this dungeon'd
desert Oh! bat drap % dew would haze seem'd
Che pregnant wi salvation. Rain, Rain Rain
What world % hfe in Haf sma' word. But the
atmosphere look'd as il it would never melt mair.
entrenched against a Gquidity by brazen barri-
erS burnin' in the sun. SRittte had nanue-
and when in desperation sucked the heather.
twas frush and fuSianless, as if withered by
hchtenin', aud a sap had left the vegetable Gre
alton. FAN my pulsc-aud it was thin, thin,
Fhin, sma', Sna', Sua', 400 name awa'-and then
Rutter that tel't tales o the exhausted heart
/ graf. Then shame came to my relief-shame
in f1at NJ for L,- 81
in the muir knew there was loch and took
out nv map. But the idewit that had planned |
It had ma ailoo.d yellow circle o. aboun six |
inches square for a Perthshire WHAT'S become !
O. a the bird, thocht |, and the bees. and the !
Butterflies, and the dragons?-a wattin their |
bills and their proboscisces in far off rills, and RI
vers, and lOchS: blessed wild ducks plouterin' !
in the water, strieckin' theirses up. and flappin'
their fsshin' plumaee in the pearly freshness
A great big speeGer. wi bag belly. was runnin'
up nv leg, ana | crushed it in nv fierceness-
the first inseck | ever wantonv murdered syne
way aween. kenna whether at last swarft
or slept, but for certain sure had dream. |
dreamt that was at hame and that tub o whey
Vas STAMINA on the kitchen dresser. I dook'd
nv heed inti't. and SOCK d it dry to the wood
Yet it slokened not my thurSt, but aggravated a
thousan' fauld the torment o. INV greed. 4 thun
der-plamp or water-spout brak anang the hills,
and in an instant a the burns were on spate; the
NARROW coarin' red, and foamiHg as it were mad.
and thocht could haze drucken I'D a its
Inns. Twas brain fever, We see sirs. that had
stricken me sair stroke-and was conscious
again o lyin' broad awake in the desert, WI nv
face up to the cruel sky. was the vera perso- {
nifcatiOn of Thurst! And felt that was ane o.
he Damned Dry. doOm'd for his sins to leeye
oevond the reign o. the element to "a Eternity. s
Suddenly like man shot in battle. bounded np
nto the air. and ran off 10 the convuIsive ener-
" Of dyia' natur. till doom fell, and felt that
vas about indeed TO expire. A sweet soft c.
estia! greenness cooled my cheek as lay, and my
,urning een--sud then a CLEAN of something
Ike mighty diamond-a CLEAN that seemed 10 a
within itsel the halle universe. shone
n upon and through NV being-l gazed upon't
With a Inv senseS-mercifii' heaven! what vast
ut-a WELL in the wildernass-watar. water, h
as drank. lpray ed!'-S!sekWs0a. b