Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-12

shrieks. What horrible fats b,a k.s.u.
me 1. Why had been forsakep hx ~ s.n al,,l
panionse And must perish thu. sIon.
dying most horrible dsath-suffsripg In.
most exsruciating tortures-thousands Of mile
away from homo. and without the com panion-
ship Of one sympathising friend Wss IL q
reahty, or was suffering from the dsllsion Of
some frightful dream! / had heard of Der
sons dying under the influence of a niaht-
mare, whose appearance after death indicated
mat thsir sufsrings must have been exees-
ave; 4 had myself drsant Of dreaming. L
ia eu 70 console myself that my present suffer
| ings arose from the operation of the mind in
sieep, and that should be oil right when i
aWokei but In vain. Ny torture was too
reai-too excessive TO be the result of dream.
ana longed for the approach of the dread ST.
moon that my sunerings might be ended.
AT length 1t came The wind blew upon
me Its hot breath, and rs I inhaled ii. Il
seemed to run down nv throat ills molten
lead, and pierce my lungs like ten thousand
hot needles.
thought Of prayer. It WAS strange that I
had not thought Of it sooner. Upon the burn.
ing sand, In the middle of the desert, knelt,
| and tried to pray, but the words refused to
come forth. L shouted with all my might,
out my ears were deaf to the sound Of nv own
voice grew impious. L thought of the ad-
vice which the wife Of Job gave him, which
was to curse God and die. would not do IL.
1t there was God, he could moi make me
suffer worse than was then suffering; IL there
was not God, then there could be no harm
done But when opened my mouth to speak,
my tongue oleave TO its roof; and when
would have uttered curses, the fierce simeon
raised on its wings mountains Of burning sand,
which 1t whirled round as boys spin their tops
TIL was covered with their huge pyramids
which became 60 me q living tomb. The
thought then occurred TO me, was 1 really
dead, and was this the real hell which was
to suffer for the many sins which i had com
alittsd in the body' L had not lived a bad
life, certainly; but now every minute action
appeared before me, and was magnifed a
thousand fold.
Suddenly the mountain Of sand was lifted
from my heart, and found myself transport
ed into country beauti6ed by green fields,
rich pastures, fruits in abundance, sparkling
streems, foaming cascades, and waterfalls
Intense as had previously been my thirst, it
was now aggravated to such a degree that
expected instant dissolution. hastened from
stream to stream in order to quench my thirst.
L stood under waterfalls, and with open mouth
strove to assuage my anguish by letting them
pour their floods down their throats: I an.
pealed to every one L saw to help me out OF
my torture; but they looked upon me with
unsympathizing faces, or turned away from
me with laughter.
Again, was at home In my own room, suf-
ferlng from a burning fever, and confined ir
my own bed. A watcher sat by my pillow,
seemingly for no other purpose than to pre-
vent me from assuaging my thirst from a
pitcher that stood near. / begged, in the
most earnest tones, and was only answered by
a cold and stony gaze. In the bitterness of
my wrath and disappointment cursed her
but still the same provoking sneer. Mad with
rage, sprang out of bed, and seiIing the
pitcher, smashed il over her head. The
~ Ind h.
but still the watcher sat unmoved. shrieked
at the top Of my voice fer assistance, till at
length big giant of fellow entered the
room. He seized me in his arms, and rushing
up the chimney with me-which suddenly be-
came large enough TO admit us both be got
upon the roof Of the house, when giving me a
toss, he hurled me into the street below. L
uttered one loud shrek Of despair as found
myself descending, and the next instant my
ears were greeted with the merrisst peal OF
female laughter that was ever hesrd, and my
wife, leaning over the side Of the bed, said
That comes Of keeping up Evscustion day
with too much spirit, Fred. You have been
carrying on like the mischief for the last half
hour, till at last yeu closed the performances
by tumbling out of bed. Come here till
pick you np, that's good fellow, do"
Itwas true. had been celebrating Evacua-
tisn day with sommendable patriotism; and
offered no apology; and so after long pull at
olS pAOSAeE o. COOL Ndlcr, Il turned into bed
again to awake in the morning with a con
founded headache.
MoRAL.-If the British had not been forced
TO evacuate the city Of New York on the 25th
Of November, 1888, Fred Peverly would not
have got excited on the 23th of November.
1855: Ergo-the unbscoming manner in
which too many people celebrate national
holidays, tempts inconsiderate youth to intsm-
perste excessss; hence, too much personal
frQaH ods tn ks -
liquids which both exhilerate and intoxicate.
Therefore, it Is a question whether, in sehiev-
ing the independence of the country, our fore
fathers have not set bad example to our
youth by the institution of national HOLIDAYS
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