The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-10
WHOLE No. 9I9.

and gems
Ii was not Acon-l lirlaz who could tell
much about those wonlerous thin.> in a.:.r
days: for he was too occupied with his little
bag O: money. and his little tairiHs> Ben
Daoud has spoken the truth diamonds were
as cheap as dirt in Sky Fair. In All inco,.
ceivalle shor; space oi time, and lv tie cx-
pcnditurc of few halilcnce. the icweller
had laid in stock of precious stones Ba,.
he vas not satisfied with rockets-tull. ,a.,-
full, La:s-!uil OF unset, uncut Gems. Tb,r,
were heaps OF i.wel.cd trinkcts, chaii>,
bracelets, rings piled up for sale. H. ham,
cred after these. lie bought heaps of gold
cn rings. lie decorated lis wrists ana anhi,,,
with bracelets and banc,c, ca,achtor B.,-
anIcre. IL n i-lf Las, teen dog. for TIE
collars round his heck. lie might have been
an ambrose Gwvnne:: IA ln- in chains, for
the rrotu>ion of these ornaments IN co,l.
with which he loaded himself. And then lao
went in for solid services Of plate, an! r,i-'i'
have been nutlcr or pl.ilan,hr"l,ist, for tho
piles OF cwers. Salvcr>. canl,.,ahra. and COB
lets which he accumulated in his hand, un-
der his arms. on lis head. More gold NOR.
Jewels. Morc-more-
Till a bell began to rin-.-a loud. clan..
in-. voiceful golden bell. carried hv sli,linr
lel!-man, and III" clappcr of which vas enc
huge diamond. The thousands of people wi, 70
a moment before, had been purchasing iew.'s
and gold. TO sooner heard the bell than the
BEGAN TO scanlper like mad towards the .a...;
and, at the same time, Aeon Nirlaz hear! tho
bell-m making proclamation that Skv Fair
would close in ten minutes time. and that
every man. woman CT child. found within a..
precincts of Tie fair. were Il ONLY for tie
'housantlih Part q; the ;irlc OF Il n,nincr, after
TIE c!cch hal struck Twelve. would be tui.:-
II into stone for a hundred wears
TIL the men, woman. and children f,on.
every nation under the san the lad hot ...-
served them until now. 50 intent ha! i.,. lr-,.
on lis purchases. came tearing la, Inn,
treaiinr On his to.>, hruisin. lis r,,~, io>.l..-
him. pusi.ir. him from side to SHE, <crean.n..
to llin with curses 70 move on quicker. OF -
get ont Of the WAY. Eat he could not nn,s
on quicker. His gold >tr.ck 70 him. IL,
Jewels wei -hcd him down. Invisible clnus
sccmclto at tach lilcn.>. lvrr TO Lis feet. He
kept d-o.T,inr Lis rrecio:iS wares, and. fnr Tie
life of him. could not refrain from STOPPING 10
rirk them ur: in doing which he ,l:or,ad
more.
Till Mr.. Ben l'aoud passed lin with oar.
die of big diamonds tied round his waist IL, 4
blue birds eve handkerchief, like pro:ts,:o:-
al pedestrian.
Till the great bell from ringing inter,nit-
tent peals kept up one continuous cl.n..-
Till clock above like a catherine wheel,
which -Aoon-Niriaz had r.ot before notice! be
gan 10 let off rockets q. mi nu.es. Roman ca:
dies of seconds. Til the bell mans ,,oc,.
nation merged into one sustained roar of
oh YES Oh yes j." Til the red-hcalei .,a,.
keeper who was Ike Mr.. Mc,,liboShr,h's tur-
KEY. gave himself up 10 an unrca>inr scream,
Of al! out. Al out wLirlin. III. ke, a.
ho,c his head. 50 that they scattered ,r,a,A,
and flakes of FIRE all arounl
Till fifty thousand other bells bean 10
c!anr. and iifi. million other VOICES 10 srr.a,.,
I'LL all at Once there was silence. and ,l.,.
clock began TO strike slowly, sadly, one, tive,
ihrrc, tour-to twelve.
Acon-Nirlaz was within a few feet of tl,..
cate when the fatal clock began 10 >t,ike
Bv a desperate effort he cast aside th, load
OF plate which impcdcl his movements. H..
tore off lis ti.inonl lla,lcn coat lie cast hi.
waistcoa; to the winds, aid p unc, i na.iv
into the thrcng that blocked up the en-
trance.
To .ini himself toD late The -,c;.t -atc.
closed with heavy shock. and Aeon Niilak
rcclcd away from them in the rebound. i.rni>-
ed, bleeding, ana 4c>raiin-. lie Was top
late. Sky Fai. closed. ad hc was 10 hc turn
ed into >;o,.c Tor hundred wears
The ed-hradea ,lool keeper (~ho, br ,ia
way, squinc' ai"i:iinabl, }, Wa, lcain- Wit.
hi> l:a'!, 10 the gate. drui,i..in. with Li> kc,s
on the bars
Its a beautiful, Iay to bc in.oors." l.. -:
con>"lin.lv. L. hitrrr cold out,i,,e."
AGONY Niiaz >huldcrri. H. i,l; h;> heart
tarr:in. into stone within Hun He fell or
his knees before the red h,a,l looi -kcr:a.i.
and with tears. >nl>. croa.i> .nircat,l him I,
open the car He offered Liin riches, hc Of
:ercd him the hand of Miriam his larre cvci
daughter; al. for one turn Of the KEY in the
lock Of the cate Of Sky FAR
Tan; lie done, the ,oor-krvyer remarked
shaking lis head TIL SKY Fair u,.rc,
again. YOU cant tc let out"
Again and again did the ;ewclcr entrsat,
un>ii he at last appeared to make ain impress
sion on the re,!-hcalel ianitor
well. I'll tell Won what can do for YOU.
old gentleman" he said IL 'larcn't open the
gate for my life; but there is window ia m.
lodge: and if you ,hoo>c 10 take ,our chance
Of jui ping out Of it (i, isn't far to t.lll. YOU
can"
Aeon Virlaz, uttered confused n,.i,v
Of thanks. was abou! to rush INTO the lodge.
when the gate-I'siser laid h> hand upon hi.
arm.
by the WAY, MISTER" lac said. '.you n,i.,