Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-08-09

ihNh lnflsn tor'uree. when T." Tell - = q we.
horrible visions presented ihcm-r',es h. nn,trd
Himself de-'. snd found himself, ~ to. ds,k domains
" lell. lic rvote trembling r'h srarv ori, 'o
undergo ihr f-rc when hc fri s.t,rr. leil, .ay
he Path was hosci frh the mos, hitiaus creatures
,hsi with wide eNcn4r5 iars metrcrd hr. arrruerh.
" the mrsiics of tho damned are greater. great
must ihcs be irterd.
H. ihis situation no cr,ecrs 81 tie h,rs House.
ordered bun 60 he tatcu. Tho wt"'ched l. lard
conceived thc hoitifc dee. 'i.t tr bad mHrdctcd
,s wife md tLnt The oficrt. OF ucrcy who were
a6cr him. were tic ministers 1T iir'ic". Tl"lr
very words of pity, he 'rsus' rmci INTO cscra'rns
and condemnation. lie believed thai they we're p
hnui TO convey him 10 prison,tn! cnocevofirg with
all hs strength to ctcspc.
lie was 'sscn 20 the Airs house. fcsrchcl rnl
placed in = cell. which ie tclicved to be . dun.
reon in the r'idcU cl. Hero nc surcred 81 To
trrrnrs Of he rcslity aud perhaps n'o-e then tdc
! guilty. criminal, inssmuch as hs fancy wes uuna-
iu'sily excited. Tn" inmates of other cells, he
imagined to be trimrs's. like himself c,ndcmocd
To die. end be- bel .vel hat jAtce DAYS were ell 10
had to live. overiooking entirely The circumstances
the, he hal rot teen tr,cd. He coun'cd every
moment, ne i, passed, and So great was his dread
Of death, TIM, cold DROPS ofs~cst would start from
his brow, aud b. face become ilyid and pile. OBJ,
if there il one Young man wh, hes just entered the
path of dissipation, let him stny for n moment lis
msd career. and consider the horid suffering that
arr in store fwr him. Let hin not think that the
nwfnl ,crrors | have described. arc bn' The creatures
Of fincv. they SIRE real, and The d%issjp1'rd man
whose eyes fall upon these pages, wlll coulcss mud
recognise III" truth q; their portrarurn. Roland
could not lie down. bot he MAS surrounded bv de-
mons or devils Of the most uncou,h appearance that
TAINTED him with The certainty Of bis approaching
fate and thrcatrnrd him with the tor'urcs ho should
endure ef,er death, ~ten hs unhappy spirit should
be doomed To the gloomy nhodes ot Pluto. A.
another moment Ss,sn w"nld wind him up IN IN
inex'ricable labyrinth, while the wrctched cnp'ivc
was STRUGGLING tor breath. and struggling to be
free. In such horrors rs these. Roland passed snln'
Of the long winter nights, nnd endured suffering"
too great TO be concerted.
1t was, as he fancied, on the nigh b"fir" bis
execution was to take place. thai The bleeding
spri, Of his murdered wife srood before him on"
of her ewes hanging from her head, and her seul!
50 much fractured that the brain was escaping from
the wound. a wild agony seized HIM, and he
lancied she had come 10 conduct his splrl' down
to tho nbode- Of wretcscdness md dee PAIR. When
this frenzy had partly passed from the busy btnin
of the tnantc, lie could hear the SQUADS of The ham
mer and axe, used IN the buildnc of the %ga.Iow-
on which he wes 10 be hung next day. He could
near tne NUlcps OF Tue OultLcFS, 1Nl inc upfflu spec
ula,iUns of the bv ISLANDERS. who were quarteiling
about the possession of The body uiicr death. lls
broad ofdesth was now unutterabie, and he lr"mbl.
q from bead 10 foot like an aspen. Never, Ger
lainly was the reality more terrific.
Al length the morning ca nc. and the keepct
catered his cell to shave ~ n. Roland immediate
y conceived that be was the isil"r, and that he
had cone to shave him prepa tatory 20 the Exc
cu'ior. This dreadful idea took full possession
of hs mind, and he tretnhl-d t. such Il degree that
he coaid scarcely be shaved. He now ianccd
that The jailor spoke, and babe him prepare for
death, saving that q vast multitude had assembled
to witness the Rwfil spectacle. Roland fancIcd
that he could hrar the shouts OF the multitude, cul-
ling on lia raoe with ImprecaiiuHs. The keeper
had marked an extraordinary wlldnr-- IL hs eye
and turned around for a moment 10 adjust some
small matter. when Roland, unseen. seized the ra
znr. and at one s'rnae go, his throat almost from
one car to the other. The torrent of blood gushed
upon the keeper: Zee turned suddenly around. mud
beheld Roland falling backwards, his eyes wildly
fixed upon vacancy, aud his countcnancc distorted
with the emotions oriebr and despBir. The keep
or fed to the npotlecary's room, q here luckily, he
found %" aiisudpP physician snd one or two stn-
dents. wnp Immediately replired In the cell oil the
BLEEDING manlnr. ple Hpor was covered with hts
blood. aud nr had tainted. Upon examination, II
was found hat he had ct one OF the lugrIur-. and
had iuf, touched Inc carotid artery. fac bleeding
and severcd vessel wn- taken uP, sihor some dllh-
Guilty. an tic insensi5le Roland was placed IA a bed
where he fucturtcd between he and death ipT
some days. Al leogth after moch suffering he be-
rsn to rcroyer. aud inquired for irsbls. whom be
supposed he hsd murdered ,and Sho indeed suffered
every thing 5u, Death. ste vas happy, h"~'srf
ever 10 hear he wss recovering. and Auh "'n1r's
coufidng fnnine.- Nes ready 10 tru~t HIN ouse
niaf@.
in four or fyr weeks Pnloo3 n'Ar'y recovered
and was ds,hargri from the Aims house. Les-
hp vas .ufing 20 her fs'b"t, pir"f, watching her
clili play on ~. r.tf. whea it" a,1: opened and
R,lind ,us"r.d. Le-i.s sp-aaa from h'r seat ard
ru.:.-a into as arms, sud ~r.t t'r Jy upon h-
hD-un'.
.Oh, Lc.5a. ny mach iulHrcd yet f'rsi''ng
uiG. ( I'm casnGc'. On s''cted uuu.' e'c'aimrd
Roland. s0sr Jbe Lr-t embrace. "Ncsrf sgSin
-hal you weep over ms iaiies. or disaise my con-
i1ei. You have srfrred m iurars you shsii re-
joice."
Every me y.op, fr ly as he con .nurd-
"No. / s,a resolved ~ future not only 10 ah-