Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-06-02
RIM wiGGIss And TIrE D.

II IT, T. =, ,ggins had spen. ! jolly evening
Il. 'l Is. sFliiags grocery, and Is he had beef
sus Winner 10 two matches Al q odd Oh even
II imbibud M extra uuant;tv ~ * bsrar X
which, to use his own exnrassisva ~
/ aeuts the last eebpeb from H. sbe s6;rss ,
throat and agreeably exhilarates tha an X
Hitheat collapslng an idea
AT eleven, Mr, virgins started Az H.
home, mile and half from the viIlaqe IL
was quite mellow, and as loud d;sent,t;cn
had been carried on about tbeolopieal ones.
tons that eveaing, he felt ralieionslv ;n.
clined, and sang familiar psalms and hy,n Il
as ne marked out limo Of Virginia feIcs Is
his way henisEard.
When be keaehed Tia lowar and ~ IL
village, The E.iisiey ate@ded Il h;s hrs;.
and he became conscious. lust before be ~
zane unconscious, thatIlecomotipn must Oh
his part, be deferred I'd more conven;on.
season The village blacksmith's sboni nsu
allyzso dark and dismal. invited bimlw;.h
ealelessly ieftoPen door, and Mr. Virgins
turned in thither, and iucontineutly pitched
head foremost under The big bellows. ,npr.
INJURED something about }" shadow Of great
rock In weary land, Y and was soon eneaG.
ed 10 the pleasant amusement of dreaming
q flowing punch-bowls and foaming tan,
Yards.
The village blacksmith was al industri-
Gus fellow, and he came with bis & helpern
eeiOre daylight, as he had . large amount of
The clanking. groaning, wheeling bellows
soon rivalled the stentorious breathing of
the recumbent loafer beneath it. and mr.
Wiggins, whose potables hal evaporated
leaving their least agreeable effects upon the
brain. partly awoke. He heard the wbeez.
ing Of bellows > few inches above him. the |
roar Of the wind forced into the cracking
GOALS and peeping forth, he saw two ghastly
forms satnd ia the blueish freight, whose
htful glare gave demon-like appearance ID
the mysterious beings, and augmented Tie
blackness of the shadows that enveloped ~.
erything outside Of the circle Illuminated by
the infefnal bon6res
The question Of the existence Of a]helT had
been discussed the previous evening at the
grocery, and Tim WirFin,s voice was laudlv
,alsed N the negative; but to his halfawa-
Iened senses 1T now seemed more evident
hat there was hell, and, furthermore, that
le wa in it, and further still, that he had not
he slightest prospect Of a drink from that
limo forth.
The fire was kindling faster and faster
ne diabolical enginery was getting into AZ.
i've operation. Mr.. Virgins uttered croan
4 despair-a grean which, sounding at a.
'ause in the wheeling Of the big bellows.
cached tue ear Of the smith and his ass;s !
ant. The master pluckcd from the forge
huge iron, heated to white heat, and.
il befpre him in lieu Of j torch,
eeming hase siff il Il tEs psfsisnts d the ra
: e-t.lfenemy of mankind
& Who-4what are yonf reared the black
mith, who had bcen prodigiously frightened
u the unearthly groan from Virgins, and
,ad assumed fierce aspect to conceal bis
,wn fright
The now thoroughly dis spirited Virgins
neekly sobbed out
IaWhen-I was onearth-I was psalm
singer and-a Christian \ but now I'm in--
lell, I'LL be anything your majesty wishes 70
nave me |" N
IaGet out Of my shop, yoa drunken fool
If Tim Virgins If I'd aknown il was
YOU. ia ave run this hot iron fsrew yer II
Aud SO saving, the smith seizSd the poor
fellowby the collar, dragged hiuy forth, and,
AFTER! bestewing sundry inverted blessings
uponl him, started him toward home to reflect
upen. the "shadsws of that night" and the
of drinking bad liquer.
It's proner We should add that Timothy I
Virgins: ESQ, is now Son Of Temperance |
ma afespectable member Of society
AlF IBoston Saturday MnstEza- 4