Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-05

man fiuiW close DcSiue hihh Hht iui'"'."
every action. Whin he gnlloped wlnn nc
raned up, hc did the same. Fear nearly
pnralyspd him. lie tried to say his prayers,
but memory mad gone. Sull, however, urg-
ed his horse along rapidly; an' aliho' tue
sight lrozr his very blood, lac couldn't Keep
his eyes Off the black rider.
"On coniu' to sharp turn in the road, |
what did he see but litile oull woman sit |
tin uron stone, right in the road ot the |
horseinau, by his side, now grown into
solid nngibilty--despite of his own terror,
my nnceslher shouted cut to his strange
companion;
"'llowld hnrd, you black fool Don't
you see tho ould creniher in tho road p
You'll run over her, you blackgunrd, you
willP
I" But not hand did tho other move III
restraint. On they went, full gullop.
80 For the love oy Heaven, oud woman,
clenr the rond' cried my ancesther, but not
n peg would she stir Another instant, and
the black huiseunn crashed right over the
poor ould sowl, aud knocked her as flat us
pancake.
"'Ah! You murdherin villain, you've done
II; shouted INC nnccsiIcr, mrnin' with in
dignnlion, aud rainiu' up his horse as soon
ns he conld; so did the other
"Wla, wild the cruelty and the impidence
Of the ieln, me ancesihcr couldn't stand IT
any longer; so, turniu' his horse round, he
let lrbiyo at him, hut, unlurhily, one ov the
big black clouds gradually swally'd up the
moon, an in the darkness the black horse
man cut across the fields, aud vanished out
oy sight. As soon ns ho was gone, my
bowld Connuch groped his way back, as
well AZ he could, to tho place where the
ovid woman was run over, an to his great
surprise fund her siuin' upon the same
stone as quietly as iy nothing had happened,
4" God save yc, stranger! said the ould
cren:her.
"GOd save We, kindlyp says Connach,
'un' hope yer not hurted much!
80 I'm not huf,cd at all, Mlsiher COnnach
C'Dcarud, the wenvern says she
What! you know me then, do ye'
says he
=" Beller nor ye do yerselir says She
It's good fortune that ye desarve, Con-
nach, an rs good fortune that yen get,
both you an yours, To the end o. time for
ynII'rc respectful an' kind to the ould an The
helpless You're lovin' aud dutitil to thin
that gay' ye lite an its hlessus, you're opeu-
banded, to the poor an the needy; an hon-
est.lieartod to the whole world besides
80 Bcdad III come tO you for characher,
Nv ever Tn IN the want oY it. Bnd-cess 10
the, nv you haven't brought Goals ov fire into
my checks, in spite of tie cowld weallrrr
says Connach, blusliu' like "a girl at tho ould
woman's praisin' him.
"'fll do YOU greater service nor that
says She. I'll tell We yer fulis.'
90 Fwe away! says Connach; lctu have
lhini'
"'Get down from yer horse, an sit by me
upon this stone,' says she.
50" Wild oil my heart says he, iumpin' of
in jIliy; for he was lille sprung, you
see: the curse ov Ireland, sthrong dhrink,
was even thin in liein'.
Z" Now for thin lnnits,' says he, wild n
laugh, ns he sat down beside the ould wo-
nnn. How many have I"
80 One says she.
SO Is that all ? says he. Pooh, know
betilier.'
80 Siopn cries the oud woman, hear me
out. That one, il suffered 10 remain within
yer heart, will soon breed al The rest for l's
the fruitful parent OF every crime that has
name
"Murdher! how you Tighten me- says
Connnch. what the diyil is j"
80 The lore Of strong drinkp says the ould
woman seriously. you behaved kindly to
me, nn' urged only lay the ieeln's ov yer
kindly nature. hnve the power to snve ye
an will, from this hour forward, us long as
time exists. Ii will he the fault of yon an
yours, il nislortuues, other than those nature
demands, should fall upon yer name; for
yer ihults an vicious Inclinatons shall be
pointed out TO you by fairy power
~ Lord save us! snys me ancesther,
frightened almost out oY his siven senses,
'Hrc yon fairy 2
80 amn says she; 'hchod the proofr
wild that tile 0uld rags and fathers melted
away, an instead oy II dirty.luokin' hapc OF
deiornity aud wre,chedness, COnnach be-
held himlhtiiiyu form, scarcely as biz us n
blade Of grass, but as bright as if it had
been made out o sunb9ams, slandin' au'
k'ssin his love 10 him, while the iiniest an
most musical little voice, like the ringin' ov
fairy bells, tinPled upon his ear, 50 small,
but so disiinct,-
Farewell, Connach! thou hast had thy warnin';
Profit by it, an be happy
"The fairy then vanished, an me nnces,-
her slept upon that identical stone until
nornn', but whin he woke IN, lie didn't
forget the iairy's caution; for not only did
he never touch liquor, but he loft it in his
dyin directions, TO be transmitted from father
To son, through every generation, that both
house an lands should 20 away from him
who should get the name oy drunkard.
"An', TO our credit he it spoke, we haven't
had one yet, though some have needed and
received the iairy's waruin' for TINT ma we'll
as other faults, an its very wonderful The
various ways they took to tell us ov thin.
thurs been runrin' through the family his.
! tlory since that iimo-someiimes ia parable.
thin again in dhrame-now one way. AM
now another Me own grandfather got his
warnin' IN quare way. His prevaiIm fault
was larshness, an sihrong inclinin' TO cru.
el conduct. lie threatened me father wick.
edIy durIn' his youth, an at last, beknse he
married nnhe eknownst TO him, turned him
right out oy doors.
Wen, it wasn't long althor that, grand