Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-20

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! fell with my arm thrust so far INTO IN
aperture thai reserved 9 pretty smaf
Z blow N the heea as il came IN contac
s with he bead oFille boiler, aud / did no
! ihesitale to drag my body afierii, ilI6 mo
msnI Ireeeyered from this stunning ef
+ feet end ascertained my wLeresbouts
j In ! word, ] caepi Into the boiler resolv.
! ed to pass the festofthe night thete.-
1.-The place was dry and sheltered. Had
,lmy bed been softer, l5would have had all
that man conld desire as ihwas | slept
and slept s0Hndly.
{ lshould mention lRougb, that before
closing my eyes, ] several times shifted
my position lhad Gone FIRST to the far.
theread Of the boiler, then again !, had
crawled back loslhe manhole, toput my
band out and feel that i was really still
i open. The wdrinest place was al The
farther end, where finally established
myself and that knew from The frst;--
ltwas, foolish in me 20 think that the o.
peuine through which had just entered
could be closed without my hearing ii,
and that, too, when no one was aslir bJt
myself butthe blow on the side Of my
face made me little nervous perh ps,
besides,l never could bear 10 be shut
/ up in any place / always gives a wild
like feeling about the head. You may,
laugh, Stranger, but behave i should
sntiocal IN an empty church, i'll once
felt that was 50 shut up init thai i
could not get out. "A have met men a.
fore now inst like me or rather worse ~.
Men thai II made sort of fuciods tob6
lied down 10 any ,tliing, yet SO soft like
and contradictory in theit natures that
you might lead them anywhere so long
as they don't feelJhe string. Stranger,
3ittakesall sorts Of people to make
world !eand we may have q good many Of
the worst kind Of white men out west
But ] have seen folks upon this river
qniet looking cliaps, too, as ever you see
who were SO ietotally cARANKTERASG.
TERGUs thai they d shoot the doctor who'd
tell them they couldn't live when ailing, |
and make a die Of it,just out Of spite,
when told they Inust get we'll Yes fell
lows fond of The good things Of the earth
as you OF |, yet who'd rush like mad
right over the gang plank oflife, if once
brought to believe thai they had to stay
.ih this world whether they wanted 10
leaveit or not. Thunder ard bees! if
such fellow as that hod heard the cocks
crowss l did awakened 10 find dark.
ness about him darkness so thick you
might cut it with knife--heafd other |
sounds to tell that il was morning, and
acrambling to tumble Tor that manhole.
found it, too, black closed--black and
even as the Festofihe iron coffin around |
him,closee with not rivet-hoIe toilet
Gods light and air i'm whyl-iIe'd "a
swonndsd right down on the spot, as i |
did, aud ! ain't ashamed to own II to no |
white man.
slq The big. drops actually stood upon the
poor fellow i brow. as he now paused for
a moment in the recital 4of his terrible
story He passed his hand over his
rough features, and resumed it.with less
agitation Of manner.
How long Iinay have remained there
senselessI don't 4 know: The tioctots
have since told me sit must have been a
sort oF a .iit- rnore like All apopiexf than
swooR, for Tie attack finally passed off il
sleep Yes ! slept, know that, for a
dreamed dreamed a heap o. things afoEe
lt6woke --ibers is buione dream how
ever, that ] have ever bsen abIe 10 recall
directly. and that must have come on
shortly before i recovered my conscious
ness. My resting place through tbe
night had been, as 1 have told you, atI
The far end of the boiler Wen 1 now
dreamed that The msnhole was still open,-
and what seems curious rather than
Iaug J, if taken in correction with
other things. sfapciOa lhal my legs had
| been SO stretched IN shs long walk ! had
taken the evening hafoFe, that they now
reacb!the whple length the boiler and
extended through The opening.
ssAthrst Gin ny dreaming relections)
4 1t was 4 Comfortable thong 1T tlthat no one
4 Gould now shut up the lhanbold wiihunt.
I awakening me. But soon II seemed AS
lif my feet, which were on the outside,
were becoming drelcbed ID the storm
\ which had oiigl1aIly driven me 10 seek
this shelter lGet tho chilling rain up.
dn nv exlgeiniiias. hey gfaws colder
i ana colder and tIis hdnlbhsss gradually
I exssaded bpWards 10 other parts II my
! BODY n sesmcd, however, that Il was
! ouly lls uudefsideeof shy person that was
I thus visited llaianpoi ny back aud
4 iitnusl have been species Of nightmare
j that afflicted ne, lor knew at last that |
d was dreaming yet Eslt III irApossiBle ID
! s0ass myself Aviptens Il of coughing
i restored, al lasl my powers 81 voIti60
I qshe water which Had been lowly lisiha j
i around mo had tus6ed into my mouth
" / awoke TO heal li,e rapid strokes Of tlls
Il nunih whiehS Hllg i iIlto The boil
~ tsMy whhie con 1-tl not u q
N tt-noIt set--mY prsseR condition fash