The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-21

OF his -'n', and death struck him with
,t' most mortal arrow, Scalcs,scc a.
he was, he declined The consolation.
Of religion in his las, days, and refused
70 confess or rcIcn', Ike another Don
Giovanni. In vain mn c>ccllcr, AMI
r'nus prizes, spolc Of his immortal eoul.
AMI The penalties prepared in tho other
world Tor those wbo take leave of this
IN hnal imtenitcncc in vain did shr
inars declare that the momen, the last
Sigh was drawn hc would he claimed
by Satan--ani in vain did ono Of 4 .
reverend gentleman recount how IN
VISION nc saw hi, internal ,a,icsty ma,
treat n hardened sinner on a similar
occasion. Don Giovanni died game.
a' The creates. criminals often do, but
before he gave ny the ghos, he made
one OF his friends. aCorsican reside !.
at Pisa. promise tia, he woull wa,cl
over the body in the Chapcllc Mor,u.
are and never leave it until il wns
consis sned - its last home. The
Cors'can kept his word. and alone and
IN the dead Of the night, l,e sat oy the
side of his departed friend in the con
vent chapel, wcrc corpscs are exposed
Tor twenty four honrs before bar,a'.
either in consccra,cd or unconsccrated
ground. But just as the clock struck
twelve, deep groan, accompanied BY
the ra,tling Of chains was heard. AMI
the watcher, to his horror, saw n figure
enter. dressed according to the most
approved receipt forftiins up n devil.
with tremendous horns. a long tail, u
chain girt round his body, aud dress
cd in rcd and black. as his Satanic
majesty should be The Cor.ican had
= bold heart, aud he asked tho Devil
what he wnr,cd. The Devil replied
by an awful groan, the rafting Of
chains. and the outspreadins Of his
claws to sciz, his prey. The Corsican,
still undanntcd, declared that hc
would not allow tho body 10 lc touch.
ed, and he warned the devil that If +"
dill not leave the place l,c would send
him back to his Internal regions faster
than lie came from them. 10 thi.
speech tho Devil replied BY a scornful
laugh. such ~ Zsuiel in Der F,eis.
chutz used, ami with another rattle Of
the chains advanced to the coffin side.
on which tho faithful friend produced
loaled pistol, AID taking sure aim.
shot the Devil through the heart, and
dropped him at his feet dead, as they
say at Amsterdam, as herring, nr
at Hnsmsham, as 'Ioo~ ma. Tho
report Of the pistol alarmed the police
and number Of those guardians Of
the night having appeared, they s,x.
to their asto'nshment the corpse lying
in lis proper place, the Corsican sit
ling TRANQUILITY by its side, and a
bleeding mass covered with red ami
black, with n tremendous pair Of horns
and the well known tail. An cxplana
ton was soon GiYen, and when the
| he'" WAS stripped oi iis iinerY, he
turned out to be the bcllman Of tho
convent, cnplo.,ca, no 'lpnht, b, the
ira'r9, whose religious assistance va.
refused, for the purpose of giving a
s'rl lns proof Of the danger Of dyln.
without The consultations Of the Church,
and Of the fate TO which all inpcni.
tent s'nucTs are exposed. The Cor
slcan was tried AMI acquitted, a. Lo
showed tla. in the Tuscan code ..ara
was no rcnalty attached to shooting
the Devil, and as he PERSISTED in say
ing that when he fired be believed no
hal to deal with his Satanic Majesty.
and 10 mortal representative. Tho
best joke Of all remains 70 30 told ,
and that is, the frairi Of the convent
declare that tho whole story is a fab
rica,Ion, and the Minister of lnstrnc.
tlon announces that he will prpsccu,c
the Gazet,a del Trbundi fr llavin.
inserted it. Forence CJlrc,pou1
sncs efMs Times.