New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-17
NUMBER l43.

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She placed her dark blue eyes steadily upon
his for moment, glided towards him, and pla-
cling one taper finger upon his forehead she re-
treated towards the Fireplace. David did not
leave his chair, but it seemed to glide along as
if upon ice, in the same direction Thus. as if
in a mesmeric sleep, he entered the glowing
crate moment and all was dark. Still he
felt the impress Of the finger upon his forehead,
and that he was passing through the atmos
phere at rapid rate. Soonythere appeared in
the distance light, as Of a glinImering star
1t grew rapidly larger and larger, and brighter
and brighter, until the dazzling light blinded
his eyes He stood in the presence of the Genii
when he again looked around him, and his
guide had disappeared. He stood in an inn
mense cavern, whose sides, roof and floor were
OF solid, massive, golden rock.
6 Frail mortal, thou standeth in the main
treasure amber, from whence cometh all the
gold Of earth,' said the Genii s' Look around
and feast thy greedy eyes upon the millions and
millions that are here deposited You can
never but once penetrate to it. Sign these wri-
tings, and then choose thy manner of taking
share of gold from these walls
David seized the pen and subscribed his name
to the Deed. The letters traced were of dark
red color
SO There, that will do,' chuckled the Genii
ssyou are mine, mine, NINE! heart, soul and
body ha ha hal" and he almost shrieked a
laugh. The echo was caught up and resounded
from each corner and point of the immense
cavern. was terrific-awfu. The perspira-
ton started frem every pore, and David most
heartily wished himself out of the place
6 How much gold will satisfy you;'' said the
Genii, fixing his ellow eyes upon his, as though
he would read his innermost thoughts
&c Would you be satisfied with as much as you
could raise from the floor y
Now, be it known, David was not man who
might be called small or weakly He once
prided himself very much upon his bodily
strength, and the enormous weights he could
lift. So the proposition of the Genii was in his
favor.
eyes, answered he. 8: Give me all l can lift,
and [ will be satisfied
'sLet it be so. You shall have your WISH
The Genii seized an iron ins strument and COM
menced digging the gold from the wall His
blows fell thick and fast. Presently a large
| lump of the precious metal was detached He
| threw aside the instrument, and from a chest
near by took out linen bag, apparently capable
of holding two bushels of grain
Now" said he to David, who stood amazed,
's will make you acquainted with my further
conditions David did not answer, for he was
glad to do anything to get himself out Of the
present predicament
90 You can take this bag resumed the Geni
g and place in it as much of the metal as il
your judgment, you think you can raise. 1
you over estimate your strength. and get more
gold than you can lift, you shall have none, bu
| shall be sent back to your family worse thai
when you left them. If you do lift it, it shal
| be yours. My servants shall escort you home
and u conveyance shall be furnished for you
treasure"
David took the sack, and began filling it witt
| the largest and brightest pieces. At first h
| thought he would limit his desires, and be sur
| not to put in more than he could raise. As h
handled the precious Jumps he became more am
more excited, until he had no command owe
himself. The bag was about half filled, and h
desisted a moment The idea of having so mucl
gold stimulated him to prepare for immense ex
ertion in order to raise it, s'One more lump,
though he, and added it to the pile.
's Oh one more will not make it much heavi
err
Another lump was added-and yet another
The bag was placed in u convenient position
and he paused over it, to take breath before |
tried the lift He did not have the slighte
doubt but he could raise it, SO excited had |
become. He stopped, grasped the mouth of tt
sack in both his brawny hands, and raising hin
self slowly, steadily, but with all his strength
he essayed the task He strained, he tugge
with all his might; he exerted every muscle
the blood rushed to his brain-he saw more stal
than revolve in the firmanent; but it was all
vain. The obstinate load would not bulge
hairs breadth.
{" Ha ha hal" laughed the demon, and hi
face glowed with u brighter glow '' You di
not raise it! But try once more, and then
you do not raise it-ha ha p Again the eeh
was caught up as if by myriad of tiends, an
the cavern was filled with the laugh.
Once more David Winters grasped the sacl
This time, with the determination to raise it c
die in the attempt. When he was lifting wit
the utmost of his strength, the solid linen of th
sack parted in twain, and David, losing his bal
ance, fell heavily on the floor. The Genii raise
another ss ha ha IN" and again it echoe
through the cave.
ssLost! lost lostr' cried David, and-a1cokt
'' Bless my heart, David what's the matter
Here you've been tugging and pulling at til
arm Of your chair, and now you've pulled
clean off, and fallen on the floor. Oh what
the matter:''
David rubbed his eyes and looked around
lT WAS ALL DREAM!
He related his dream to Mary that night, bu
said not word about going to California, as j
fact he never did afterwards, Several day
passed before he recovered from the severe col
fusion on his head from the fall.
Tie moral Of this simple sketch is obviou
When man is comfortably located, having
home and family, and with a fair income. he
not justified in leaving all, to seek more go
afar off Like the hero of this dream, in DOH
so, he may not gain anything there, but 10
everything he has at home. Arthur's Hor
Gazette.
, THEY RE NOT MlNE.-Somebody once told