Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-06-09

Yes it must be so! | see it | feel the
maddening truth Ike scorching flames upon my
brain Eternal God support me Yes,
yes, that is to be nv fate Yon roof will de-
scend these walls will hem me round and
slowly, slowly crush me in their iron arms =
Lord God look down upon ME, and in mer-
cy strike me with instant death , Oh fead /:
oh, devil is this your revenge -
He dashed himself upon the ground in agony:
tears burst from him, and the sweat stood in
large drops upon his face he sobbed aloud :
he tore his hair he rolled about like Que suf-
fcring intolerable anguish of body, and would
have bitten the iron floor beneath him he
breathed fearful curses upon Tolf and the
next moment passionate prayers to heaven for
immediate death. Then the violence of his
grief became exhausted, and he Law still, weep
ing as child would weep. The twilight of
departing day shed It's gloom around him ere
he arose from that posture of utter and hope
less sorrow. He had taken no food Not a
drop of water had cooled the fever on his parci-
ed lips. Sleep had not visited his eyes for six
i and thirty hours, He was faint with hunger ::
weary with watching and with the excess of
his emotions. He tasted Of his food, he drank
with avldity of water, and reelng like drunk
en- man TO his straw, cast himself upon it to
brood again over the appalling image that had
had fastened itself upon his almost frenzied
thoughts
| He slept. Bat his slumbers we're not tran
quill. He resisted, as long as he eoald, their
approaches /; and when at last enfeebled nature
yielded to their influence, be found no oblivion
from his cares Terrible dreams haunted him !:
ghastly visions narrowed up his imagination !;
he shouted and screamed as if he had already
felt the dungeons ponderous roof descending
on him he breathed hard and thick, as
though writhing between its iron walls. Then
would ne spring up: stare wildly about him :;
stretch forth his hands to be sure that he had
vet space enough 10 live and, muttering some
incoherent words, sink down again, to pass
through the same fierce Ticissitudes Of delirious
sleep.
The morning of the fourth dav dawned upon
Nivenzio. But it was high noon before his
mind shook of its StupOr, or he awoke to a
full consciousness of his situation And what
fixed energy of despair sat upon his pale fea-
lures. as he cast his eye upwards and gazed
upon the three windows that now remained
The three There were no more. and they
seemed to have numbered his own allotted davs.
Slow ' and calmly he next SURVEYED the top
and sides and c0mprehended all the meaning
OF the diminished height of the former. as well
as the gradual approximation of the latter
The contracted dimensions of his mysterious
prison we're nnw too gross and palpable TO be
the juggle of his heated Imagination StiH
lost IN wonder at the means, Vivenzio could
put no cheat uDoU his reason, as TO the end
Be- what horrible ingenuity was it contrived.
that walls. ana roof. and windows. should thus
silently and impereeptibiv, without noise. and
without motion almost. fold as il were. within
each other. be knew not He only knew thew
did 50. and he vainly strove to persuade him
self it was the intention Of the contriyer TO
/ rack the miserable wretch Eilo nigh, be i'm
INJURED there, with the anticipation, merely, OF
: t6ta from which. In ti.- cr-.s o! NJ sco-v re
was % be -eH-ieved
| Gladly Noald be have ciung even TO this
/ possibility, il his heart would have let Nun !:
but he felt q dreadful assurance OF It's f;.!iacv
! And what HaEcAleSs inhumaatY i mas 70 doom
I the sufferer . such lingering torment: 70 lead
MIN day hv &av 70 50 appalling a death. IN
+ supported b. tHe consultations o, religion. M
visited oT aly aanIE beng, abaGIoued 10
himself. deserted d al. aud denied even the
I'll Ir-T.i-z- O. knowing that his cruel dcS
my woz.I aw-Eaa ply Alas be was %
perish alone 1e WAS - wa5r J siOw-cOm.l-
T0rtIrg- who's most exquisite paHgS would he
aa.eted y sa4i very solitude, aad thai t2rdy
coming
Il : 10: death I fear" h excla -1aed. III.
the death | must prepare for Methilss, TOO
could Meet even that. al horrible a1rl rero.t-
ing as i i. If it might Overt2ke ne HOW Bat
where snail / fad IoTtj-1de 10 tarrE TIL il
cones How can | endure the t.arcs loa- days
aal nights | am n I've There : no power n
n.e - bid ,he hideoIs spectre hence mona to
make i familiar 70 nv thCl-n-S egT mvse,t
patient Of MS erTxnd Mr. thoughts rather fiee
TO ne, and grow uaa,! il looking ct il, Ga !,
for deep sleep 70 fail upon ne tlla. 80. il
deaths likeness | might embrace death itSe,f
ana drink % rlo-e Of the cap that is presented
~ NJ. ti.sa nv tsintiag spirit had already tas-
tel =
+ La I4.. ni.si Of these lamentations, TiTea-
zio ao.scs4i that ais accustomed meal. with 8
pitcher OF water, had been conveyed a. before
I into his dungeon BIT this circumstance no
longer excited MS surprise His mind was
I, Overwhelmed With Others OF far greater mag
ni,ude. Il suggested, however. q feeble hope
OF deIiveraRce and ihere Is no hope 80 feeble,
as not 80 yield some sapPort 20 s heart bend
in- under despair He resolved 10 watch. dn-
ring the ensuing night, for the signs be had BE-
fore observed and shoasd he again feel the
gentle, tremuioas molio0 Of the 1coE. or the
current of air, to seize that moment for giving
audible expression 10 bis misery. Some person
must be aea- hin. and within reach Of his
vosce, ST the instant THE food vas supplied :,
some one. perhaps, susceptible Of pitt Or. If
no,, 10 t% told syea that bis aFp-ehensio1s were
inst. snA thae his fate was 10 be What he fore
bcied, ~Oald Dc rreferabAe 10 q suspense which
hang apoa the possibility OF lis Eo-ss fears BE-
iRg visionary.
The nigh1 came and a. the ho1r approach
ed wbea ViveREso iusgiBed ne nigh. expect
The signs, he stood fired aBd ssleDt ss Q stsr7e
He feared 20 brgaihe almost, leS; be might