The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-06-01

continued /; but at the time, it seemed to last
a century.
All things must have an end, aud at last
the entertainment was over, and the gam
bols ceased, A change came o'er the spirit
Of my dream. / thought the horns of my
prosecutors Strengthened and changed INFO
ears, their hoofs dropped and gave place to
claws, their wool uncurled and became gray,
their shouts heightened, and their tails grew
bushy, In short, they were honest bona
tide wolves /: still the same fiendish resem-
blances to humanity blasted my eye-sight.
My arch enemy was still distinguished by
the absens of epidermis and cutticle. Sud-
denly he howled, long, loud and shri
That howl thrills through my brain now
and shall never forget it.-Then came an.
other dance, and the very trees reeed with
alright. Swapping, snarling and gnashing
of teeth succeeded: and it was all at mel
would have given the world to have been able
to close my eyes and shut out the hldeous
spectacle-but no, could not do so much
as wink | was fascinated, and could not
help staring at these accumulated horrors,
I AT the conclusion of the dance, they all
stood around me in silence. The skinless
leader barkcd sharply, and at the signal,
they all shook themselves, in the manner of
a dog coming out ofthe water. There they
stood, and shook, and shook, till thought
they would shake themselves out of their
skins. At every shake showers of fleas fell
upon me, the atmosphere seemed full Of
them. Then, at another bark Of their lead
er, the wolves all disappeared.
l had been fea-bitten three times in the
course Of my life, but that was cakes and
!, gingerbread to what | now suffered. Twas
stung all over think the point of pin
placed on any part of my body could have
not missed puncture. ! was maddened
with the pain, and prayed mentally for death
to end my misery but he would not come.
| thought of the cattle stung in hot weather
by horse flies, and my heart pitied them.
The worst was yet to come. The feas en-
tered my ears and devoured my brain.
They ascended my nostrls, and thence
finding their way down my throat, preyed
, upon my vitals. The passage being open,
keeping my mouth shut was of no avail
looked up at the raven, and duplicate sat
: beside him and still as l gazed his fig
. ure seemed to multiply till every branch
of the tree bent under flock of ravens.
l This'was not all their number still ncreas-
ed, till the air was literally alive with them.
They flew around me, and alighted on Lmy
5 body, and pecked me, and croaked in every
sharp and flat of the gamut and had no
power to resist There i lay, bound hand
=, and foot, enduring, what with fieas and
. what with ravens, torments than which the
y inguistion has no greater; andall for having
: deprived an old buffalo of his skin. Again
:, heard the howl, and again the wolves
1t hurried around me. They fell upon me
e and my old enemy few at my throat and tore
lie out my windpipe, and belted in before my
t. face, then they shifted the attack to my feet
s. they tore away the covering, aud gnawe'
ot my toes they snapped them of, joint b,
I'd Joint, and could hear them snap and snar
IN for each as 1t fell 10 the ground. l am no
OF sure that ! could have survived this trea,men
I'd much longer; but to my great relief hear
I'd a human voice, and my tormcnters fled n
m if the mammoth of the Big-bonc Licks wa
+ behind them. l opened my eyes, and wit
'l, unspeakablc JOY beheld young India
r. with whom | was perfectly acquainted
t; standing over me, and the sun riding hig
nd above the tree tops. lie speedily unrolle
nd me, and released me from my durancc
of laughing heartily all the while. At anothe
I'd time l could have trimmed his ears for h
ed impertinence {; but now | was glad even I
IL be laughed at. l rose to my feet with diff
nc Guilty, and stamped reasonable quantul
nd of caloric into my toes. They were so col
&C that did not wonder they had seemed to [
Id bitten off. A further survey convinced III
he that my other impressions had been n,
cd altogether erroneous. An herd of buffalo,
rr. had indeed been walking about all night,
d. was apparent from their tracts in the snoy
m. and it was marvellous that none had tro
n on me. There was no need TO tell me TIN
nd the wolves had paid me a visit for they ha
'at devourcd my buffalo, and had nearly cate
his my countcrpane off me into the bargain
gal Yc who have read this tale of truth, tax
warning by my sufierings, which are er
no craven on the tablet of my memory with
ere pen of steel, and are not to be sneezed at
lad Whenever ye shall hunt buffalo on col
al day, give your flint screw an extra turn
the FORM OF PROCEEDINGS AT Law
'us Proposed to be substituted for the presen,
T roluminoas pieadings.
;or HIGGINS rs. .wIGGINs.-wIGGINs ads. HIGGIN
ga DEcLARATIoN.-Defenda pulled plair
Ycll tfi's nose.
es, PLEA.--You lie.
in NorIcE.-Takc notice, that on the tri
ed OF the above cause, the defendant Will insl
ust upon and give in evidence, under the issu
an above pleaded, that before and at, and aft,
,cd the said supposed pulling, the nose of ii