Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-23

done save the ruin of the companion of our res
pectable hero's solituacs and the damage to
Sykesey aforesaid. Reuben, like many other
greenhorns, carried his percussion caps loose in
his pocket with his tobacco, and from one of
these sprung the disaster.
The low, mOurnful, but incessant w ailings of
the prairie wolves now smote upon e ~ympl-
NUNS OF our voyageurs making nigh hide ~, with
their yelpng melody. In soOth illusirj JUS 9cr-
formers were they; now their wild wal na.es
chorussed a strain Of growls and snaps, Us one
of the performers favored another with fac
Sinie of his rows of polished ivory; aud anon
their dulcet pcals waxed fainter as though pi-
ping utorsiy' over she wounhed
Unfortunately, a little impeof aomuie, MiGA
about half his pack yet on him, came rushing
and kicking into camp with sundry pans indus
trlously humping against his side. Sykesev
bounced into the tent and hid himself under a
roll OF blankets, and the war-horse of the pots
went fllunting Snd leapIng in his frantic career.
The entire cdvaliard of our fellow soiourners
were stricken with panic-pcket pins drew
up and. lariatso snapped ina mo le trltly asas-
trous-faint glimpses of heels twinking in the
twilight were visions not -consolatory to the as
founded owners, and rushing sound as Of
mighty waters marked the exit Of the bolro
brood without applause. The mischievous sa-
tan of donkey which had originated all this
rumpus in the wigwam, now apparently sated,
with othe trouble he had caused, stopped to
MUNICH few tender morseis Of grass. The
valorous Sykessy sailed forth with inimitable
ardor to apprehend the delinquent. He ap-
oproached hiuP near enough to grasp the broken
ridtd which trailed in the dust, and seized it
with tho avidity Of "a miss in her teens culing a
,heartsease. But woe is me He effected The
manucaption too violently a corollary evnced
by jerk Of the mules head which brOugh, the
worthy parson to his knees-a result no before
attained FOR twenty-six full moons. The mule,
rendering his fore-feet an axis, thereupon re-
VOWED with Incredible? facility, hanling his
heels in an exceedingly formidable manser. ana
kicSing' as if for a ,waSer,,. Fain w5ulI Mr.
Wa! Ter have sounded a retreat. shorn OF all the
,vcor's laurels; but those terrible hoofs inter-
posed q circle invisible, but by no means imag-
mary, beyond which prudence. dictated it would
moi. be'advisable TO venture. ', -[..?,s -. =.
r. E.Wo tway we! .yon little divil, you, won. I
you stand sill ?" - '2= - E:. e
! But the little: divl capered like skyrock-
etor forty horse engine IN tnll blast.z e. . ,,;'
4 t'Wo, sirl we, sir! be quiet, sir! -" said
,Sykes!=>t9y r. y<'t 7, 4 q : Is !,
Z But Sir Charger, In n no 5 respect Modified by
ihis altered dGportment. would moi hearken to his
iireas sohable request. .Sykesey was occasionally
ion his feet, but oftener levant and ,testing tho
IsoftnesSof rural ottoman, until, concentrating
lalE his efforts for a coup de mai-7a, gigantic, ~
Ipltts ultra Of intrepidity; he broke the ariat ans
went backward, spinning like top, full TWEEN;
ity- feet, and in the midst Of his vagaries hg
shouted, -, -. -.
I well, go nows you ,diabolical old sea .sar
'pinta g. 81 ~ III a spi.4},.: - rr, ~ u u
;. And Donkey pocketed his advice, for he scud
,ded away under full press4of eanv ass, like
quarter horse, Or.;to use Sykesey's own hpf ant
expressipe Illustration, ike aastreak Of CREASED
lghtnin' in stumpy field, ,'.ag;;=TF ~ "a; RI
The waxing crescent OF, Cynthia was nov
bright no more. in the heavens, ,an1 the paly, Iii
tile stars Aickeredz coldly in the ,darkened vall
,of nights twinkling ~cheerily in ihe profoun
!arch OF the armament, as sentinefs guarding III
@slumberof Elrth's inhabitants. Weary wander
&ers were seeking srepose after the tolls of .ih
Adayiust forever gone;notazephyr sighed over tn
,lea, disturbing the quiet midnight, and only'th
uncouth symphanyaof the tuneful cnyotes clashe
upon the silence of the scene, a. silence truly ia
'more, affecting lthansal the, eloquence Of Tull
? or Horlensius-than all the ins piration of Dan
or Byr6n.. And sour, travellers, abandoning al
hopes Of recovering their errant mules unit
'morning, sufferedthemselves 10 be lule % res
in the oblivious embraces Of poppy -wreathe
Ooilhus' . q