The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-16

SUvM tl~ 80" uhr p-uYc ~ bTNke'
cn,c, a sS,e. ard walk ,,caiihily to 'h"
window al he hcu.e within ,he cnehssr''
and recr IN. ! hen she weM arc1r'
The luusc Ia VIC dor The nsen wh'
followed her, had ly this ,irr~ reaehe''
the window. whcr. they could acc al'
within the l"usc. A dim lamp was
burning on = able, md man ~ss y
clinins on low he'd, paying sincere d.
,o,ion 10 .MrpheDs, The god ri sleep.
Presently th, door began to opc" 80
silly. aud in s,cpred Bridget. She drew
her ,,,l close abcu, her face. nnd cpcm'
the basket, and took from il tho scrrcr'
Then she approached the bed. and rlncei
the snake upon tn, bosom Of the .lumbr''
ing man.
The man aSoAc. anl opened his opai''
WIDE To- sce what it Was that disturbed h.
sluml,rs When his distorted eyes rcs',i
on the snake, hc screamed aloud " Am
Dennis Mcfarlan or dead man" TIL.
Snake being fond of n warm he'd, for il l.
in ill., instinct. coilcd itself into many forms
and attitudes over the corprs of Dcnnr.
and had silently nestled by his side. ~hrn
Dennis aw.,kc to consciousness. Bridgt
had s,oo,Td beneath the bed, and WIS MT
perceived hy Icnnis. Dennis called out
10 the snake in II rarxysm II fear. Who
are yccs Are yccs n ghost Ia haunt mr. !
Has saryants come a. ould Ireland ngnin
Spili, ii 81 Patrick deliver me "
Bridge, answered in how ccnking
voice, whore intonn,iuns Dennis thought
come from the snake. 4" I'm Bridget Ma.
hone. aud if ycc, do NIT sign yces nafnc 10
thu, paper, in which yes promise 10 marry
me, yer will be a. dead as blightcd pc,a.
tee.
The I'D uder thu, "a drowning man
will catch ut straw vas full verified in
dennis lie lcapcd fiom his bed viii.
cold sweat ON his lrow, the snake aill
coiing over him, and signed the mr"r.
which Bridget had placed on the tahl"
when she first entered the honsc. Then
Bridge, tw,k the snake from the body II
Dennis, nnd replaced it in tho basket and
at thi. moment, the two men. whom NO
lcN looing in at the window entered, and
| placed their hatnc. III witnesses I" tho ogrrs"
mcn,. which ny so"n as siencd, Hridgrt
kissed and placed i, neat To her losc,n for
safety.
| As sooh a. this trans action was over.
Bridge, remarked that l." Prrsr sioS IL .
good remedy ~id many thing. bu, nn lrish.
man, and ncycr cnn h. stand ',tornincs'
. ForcK when applied in an an'idoto in tho
shnpc of a snake"
! I'cnnis Immediately perceived that hS
was taken in - for Fife, aud allowed
himself TO be led to the Parish priest 4
without any trouble, where the, were made
lone and inscparablc. y
The snake was returned to the owner
with many thanks, and hr had the pleas.
urc of seeing the at'art TO an enc. Soon,
however, the truth Of IT," affair wns scat- =
tered on the four Mind-,' and Dennis
was pointed out rs the man who was
"sndked." ned trom whence sprung tho
expression so much used, " ill,out the u.
scrs knowing its origin.
| With this adagc, ms well n. many 9th.
or anci,n, and s,creotypcd ones. We SEQ
they often work bett,r backwards than
otherwise We end by remarking that
Persuasion is no. better Mnn Force. when
we consider what is related, and mora
especially, when cunning old maid dr..
,iscs a rusc to possess herself Uf hus.
Jund whom al the girls have liking
for; as well as TO reap revenge for past
wrongs hcaped numerically upon her.
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