Washington telegraph., 1851-04-09
must say that you dance we'll to tit is

| Hust say that you dance we'll to lit is
a treat 20 see YOU"
With that he took the purse and de-
parted.
| lhe thlevish-looling man watched him
until he was quite out of sight; then he
bawIed lnsulIlngly after him:
| You miserable scraper! you ale-house
hddler; wait ;lll fnd you alone I will
chase you Until you have not sole to
your shoe; you ragamutiiu! stick fartll-
lng IN your mouth, aud say you are worth
six dollars
| Aud thus he continued to abuse him
| as long a. he could fad woIus. Wnen
| he had sufficiently relieved himself, he
ran 10 the Judge of the next Town;
"HonorabIe Judge, l beg your mercy;
see how | have heen ill-treated and rob-
bed on the highway; stone might pity
me; my clothes are torn; my body Is
pricked aud scratched, and a purse of
gold has been taken from me-a purse
of ducats, each one brighter than ano-
ther enlreat you, good Judge, let the
man be caught and sent TO prison"
WAS it a soldier asked the Judge,
"who has SO wounded you, with his
sabre!"
''No, indeed" replied the gypsy, "it
was Que who had no sabre, but a gun
hanging at his back, and Il fiddle from
bis neck; the rascal eau easily be recog-
nized."
The Judge sent some people after the
boy; they soon overlook him, for he had
gone Oh very slowly; they searched him
aud found i'll his pocket the purse OF gold.
He was brough to trial, aud with loud
voice declared:
81 did not beat the fellow, nor steal his
gold; he gave it 10 me of his own free
will that might cease my music, which
he did not like"
'.He can lie as fast as l can catch flies
Off the wall cried his accuser
Aud the Judge said, Yours is bad
Defence" and he sentenced him to be
hanged as highway robber.
As they led ilim away to the gallows,
the gypsy bawled after him rriumphantly,
You worthless fellow, you calgut-scraper,
now you will receive your reward.
The boy quietly a>cended the ladder
with the hanyman, but on the last step
he turned and begged the Judge TO grant
him one favor before he died.
Il will grant il. replied the judge, "on
condition that you do not ask your life. .
| 81 ask not for my life" said the boy.
''but to be permitted 10 play once more
on my beloved fiddle"
"Do not let him. do not let him,
Scre canned the ragged rogue.
'"Why should not allow him to enjoy
this one short pleasure!' said the Judge;
Il have granted it already; he shall have
| his wish!'
Gle me fast, bind me down. cried the
gypsy.
The fiddle-paye- began; at the first
stroke every one became unsteady-ludge
clerks, and bystanders tottered-aud the
rope fell from the hands OF those WHO
were tying down the tatlerdemalion; "a,
The second, they raised one ley. aud the
liahg,nan let go his prisoner, and made
| ready ior the dance; at the third, all sprau2
Into the air; the Judge and the accusel
were foremost, aud leaped the highest
Every one danced, Old and young, fat and
lean; even the dogs got on their hind
legs. aud hopped, Faster aud faster Went
the hddle, aud higher aud higher Jumped
the dancers. until at last, in their fury
they kicked and screamed most dismally
Then the Judge gasped:
Cease playing, aud will give you
your llte."'
The fiddler stopped. decended the lad.
der. and approached the wicked looking
GYPSY. who lay painting for breath
| l. +
got that purse Of ducats, or will play
again.
stole it, stole it," he cried pitifully
The Judge, hearing this, condemned
him, as thief and false accuser, TO be
hanged, instead of the boy. who journey
ed on TO see The world.
ON DANCING DR.. Fitch, in one of his
lectures on the uses of the lungs. aud Oh
| the mode Of preserving health, SAYS: