Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-16
VOL. 2--NO. 4.


gave him the full strength Of the battery. he
howled like demon; the tongs--to which his
hand was now fastened by force beyond his
w1ll-quvcred N his unwilling grasp as if it
were burning the flesh from his bones. He
threw himself on the ground, yelling and gnash-
ing his teeth, the tongs Changing an irregular as
compartment. Never was human pride so ab-
Iruptly cast down. He was rolling about in such
a frantic way that | began TO fear he would do
himself mischief; and, thinking he iad now had
as much as was good for him, l stopped the
machine and released him.
For some minutes he lsy sUissr;ss. OH =tiss
lgfound, II not quite sure that the hornibIe
spell was broken; then gathering himself ap, he
flung the tongs from him, bounded across the
lawn, and ever the fence like an anteEcpe.-
When he had got to what he reckoned c,irsine
distance, he turned round, shook his fists at me,
and fell to work-pouring out a torrent Of im-
preeations-shouting screeching, and tossing
his arms about in manner fearful to behold.
Leaving 1pe then TO rot and wither from sile
face of the earth, and consigning all my female
kindred TO utter and inevitable death and de-
struction. he walked off TO a peighborine village
to give vent to his feelings and compose MS Yaf
flea, dignity.
1t SO Happened, that a short time after the f,,-
queer had gone, incautiously held sny head.
while watching the result Of some EXPERIMENTS.
over dish of ftlming acid, and consequently be-
came so i'll IS TO be obliged to retire TO INV he'd.
room and lie down.. In about an hour called
to my bearer to fetch me glass Of water, but,
although heard him and some Of the other SER
wants whispering together behind the ptirda, or
door curtain, no attentio9ewas paid to nv sum-
mons After repeating the call two or tlf4ee
times, with the same result, got up to see
what was the matter. On drawing aside the
IPurda, beheld the whole establishment seated
IN full conclave on their launches round the
door, On seeing me, they all got up and took
to their heels ike covey Of frightened part
ridges. The old Kidmudgar was too fat to r,,ye
ifar, so seized him just as he was making his
exit by gap, in the garden fence He was, al
first, quite incapable of giving any account Of
himself, so made him sit a minute among the
Ilong grass to recover his wind, when he broke
out with "Ohi rs-bab-rs-b1si'' .:... ,.,,.,, 10
blubber, as only fat Kidmudgar can, implorine
me to send instantly for the fnqueer, and make
him present; if did not would certainly be
a dead man before to-morrow's sun. ssFor,h he
said, ga fuqueers curse is good as tke-baf',
"a matter of fate.) Some of his fellows, now
seeing that the murder was out, ventired to
come back, and joined in requesting me to save
my life while there was yet time.
| ~ was 10 no purpose lhati told them / was
now quite well, and endeavored TO explain the
cause of my sickness. They would have il that
was in dying state, and that my only saliva
ton lay in sending off messenger with kid
and bag of rupees 70 the fuqueer. The durd-
izee, (tailor,) who had Just come from the viz
lage where the fuqueer had taken refuge, told
me tAat as soon as the fuqueer heard that / was
ill, he performed pas se1I Of most impressive
character, shouting and threatening to curse ev-
erybody in the village as he had me and mine.
The Consequence was, that pice, cowries, rice,
and ghee, were showered uponchin with over
whelning, liiheTslliissjy - V5a9
Without saying word, I aE5fed myself with
a horsewhip, sci out for the tilage, and found
the fuqueer surrounded by dense crowd Of
men and women, to whom he was iabberinc
with tremendous volubility, telling them how
he had witheredme up root end branch, and ex-
Pressingoa hope that | would serve as lesson 10
the other children of Sheitan who ventnred 10
take liberties with. fuqueer. The crowd hid
me from him till broke in upon his dreams
with slight taste of my whip across his shoul-
ders. His eyes nearly leaped out of their sock
ets when he turned round and saw me. Anoth-
er intimation from my thong sent him of with
yell, eaving the rich spoil he had collected from
she simple villagers behind. What became Of
him cannot tell. / heard no more of him.
Household Words.