Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-10-27

rRoN TuI rRrDnRIcKTowS rxANISrH.
A friend, upon whose accuracy aud vcrscity wo
have the most perfect reliance, youohes Tor tt.:
truth Of the following narrative:
THE DEVIL WITH TWO TAILS.
We have all heard of DiaJie Boiieuy.
but IT was reserved to this age. and To-
the city Of Frederick, to discover the
Devil with two tails. On Thursday
night last, a caravan Of wild beasts ar
rived in this place, and put up at ono
OF the hotels. Among them, there
CHANGED to be huge Eiepha which,
being too large 10 enter any Ordluar,
stable, il was found necessary to &c.
commodate in a large and close car
riage house. This, IL seems, had been
previously taken possession of as a
lodging for the night. BY hale two
listed negro from the mountain, who
was employed in hauling timber to the
Rail Road, and who had never seen.
or probably heard OF, an Elephant be-
fore in his life. He was fast asleep
when his room mate was ushered IN.
and did not awake until, as was his
custom. at the first dawn Of the morn
ing. Hearing rustliGg in the straw,
he turned and looked, aud rubbed his
eyes, and looked again, until the pu
pills diiated almost To bursting
Hence, horrible shadow unreal moekefy, hence %
What could il be? The Devil 20 j
certainty The huge muss moved aua
approached him, when 10! tail at bot.
ends put all doubts TO flight, and re-
vealed his Satanic Majesty in all the
terrors of his rcputed attributes. With
one despairing spasmodic leap, the al
irighted WAGNER rushed against the
doOr-it was locked, and there was no
other possible way of escape. He
screamed for help; he gfoancd in agu-
ny. Worse than that OF Sancho ~
the pit, was the predicament If The
miserable AfTIcan-for no kind master
was within hearing to afford him pro
lection. The Devil with two tails"
stood over him, and wrapped his soft
and flexible fore.tail around bis neck
and whiskcd IL in his iscc--and then
he "grinncd horribly CHASTITY smile
La vain he besought him to have mcr
cy-to spare him vet little longer
The Devil with two tails needed no,
his supplications-but kept smeIlInu
Elephants are accustomed to, and lo,"
the scent Of Afriean musk aud feeling
him and brandishing his tail, which b.
now extended and now Contracted un
I'll IN the imagination Of the negro.
there was nothing SO distant or so near
as to be secure from IT, The loudcr
he screamed. the more the Devil felt
bin. Shrunk up within the least pos
slble dimensions IN corner Of the
room, he awaited. in state Of alarm
bordering upon distraction. the issue OF
his horrible adventure. The keepers
OF his tormentOr AZ length came to his
relief, and released him from The Jaws
Of the enemy. After Isis liberation, hc
had a severe chill If several hours do
ration. accompanied by transient dc
rangement Having now recovered
not only las health but his courage. he
swears "by giuny he was not so mVch
sksered az his bigHFSS--bm that faradi
tate at each otnd!f"
QUERE-D0es not Sambo deserve
the premium offered foE the best orig
nal faii|
LOUs's To,og Drtan!-At the a.
Mon police Office, London, an old man,
apparently sixty years old, complain
ed that his wife had eloped from him.
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