The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

/. cattle late in the evening, and climbing in
the NOW to pitch down hay for that pu
pose, was startled by the sudden appar
ton Of man rising up before me, just di
cerniblc in the dim moonlight strcamin
through the seams Of the boards. l mac
a rapid retreat down the ladder; and WI
only rc-assurcd by hearing the object of IN
terror calling after mo, and recognizing h
voice as that Of a harmless old pilgrim ! ha
heard before.
Our farmhouse was situated in lionel
valley, half surrounded with woods, with n
neighbors in sight. One dark cloudy night
when our parents chanced to be absent, W
were sitting with our grandmother in tn
fading light Of tho kitchen fire, working
ourselves into n very satisfactory state o
excitement and terror, by rccountins +
each other oil the dismal stories we coul'
remember Of ghosts, witches, haunted
houses, and robbers, when we were sudden
ly startled by loud rap ut the door. !
STRIPPING Of fourteen, ! was very natural.
regarded as the head Of the household ant
with many missivinss l advanced to thu
door, which slowly opened, holding TIN
candle tremulously above my head, ant
pcering out into the darkness. The feeble
glimmer played upon the apparition of a 81
gantic horscman, mounted on n stccd Of @
size worthy of such rider-colossal, lik,
images cut out of the solid night. The
strange visitant grufly saluted me; and
after making several Intellectual attempts tc
urge his horse mat the door, dismountcd,
and followed me into the room, evidently
enjoying the terror which his huge presence
excited. Announcing himself as "Dr.
Brown, the great Indian DOCTOR" he drew
himself up before the FIRE, stretched his arms,
clcnchcd his fists, struck his broad chest,
n IN n
,'nu 'h'''eu 0o' "''v"',U" =, " """, ~ .a
Ills mortar '."n'' 0 .'"r ,, - e"'
c'Ss'oh u, A'"i' VI ,n'oAs s "ius
to give him, he grew angry, threatened to
swallow my younger brother alive, and
scizing me by the hair of my head, as the
"nsei u'u '"0 P'op'O' u D ,' ~ - ~ -
ABOUT from fo''n '''oo"' m',' y" '''n'
'uai searc"' III .i,o couf'' u "N''" '0 ~"
'ook aug o' o'' 10, 0"v u O'1,y' D"''
contrary 70 my cApN'na''Uh' u"u ien.o"'
s'iah''S' 'n''s'ou "p0" '"a''o""s po'"O'
Oh i's contents he reieiSea me- i'h ~ cry
ing anu sooo'hs' anu eon'cSSed ''''' II. was
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was very ,na'" y O1s'1 Wv. ",' "Pr :, .r.m,i
auo'ns' ''a', "0'"D'O " me- ~ ''
iAe inc lrn"'ooU VI paying "'' "' y
her' W me 'a,h,y e''u''''',"n " iA"A'
the excellent o'a iauy comPfehe"u Ills ,e''
hat'erihS ProPos'',on' "c was '''e'f"p''u y
the return OIL my N''hcf' N"o ~ c"'0 VI"
derstahains '"c 'n"''ef' '''"'u "'A 0'' u
doors without e.f0'"o%y.
oh ono oce,'s'o", 10" ''.'' "So' y" n
return lroi' ''' n''' u, 0S w , w
that u 'orcisher ''''' "SN'' ~, ,'S
ius ,ne h's"'' 0u'' ''''''. y - -, '
repuiSNe hPPca'"n'o' NY i'o'"'' """ w.!
reluctantly reiusoa MS request ,oa"'
her by no means satis'lcd Win her uee's'0n'
4" What il son oil mine was IN q strange
land?" she inquired, sell rcproaehiuily'-
Greatly to her relief, volunteered TO 80 IN
pursuit of the wandcrcr' and taking u cross
path over the fields, soon overlook him. lie
had just been rejected at the house oil our
nearest neighbor. and was standing in a
state of dubious perplcxity IN the street
His looks quite justified my mothers SUPP
cions. He was an olive-complex'oned'
black-beardcd Italian, with an eye like live
coal-such face as perchance looks out on
the traveller in the passes Of the Abruzzo-
one of those bandit visages which Salvator
has painted. With some difficulty | gave
him to understand my crrand, when he over,
whelmcd me with thanks, and joyfully fol.
lowed me back. He took his scat with us
at the supper table: and when We are all
seated around the hearth that cold autumn.
al evening" he told us partly py words ana
partly by gestures the story oil MS lie anu
mislortuncs, amused us win descriptions oi
the grapc-sathcrinS and festivals oi MS sun
ny cline, ediiied my mother with recipe
for making bread OF chestnnts; ana IN the
morning, when' after breakfast his dark
sallen face lighted "p' ana neroc eye moist
ened with gra'ciui eh'o'ioh' "' !" h'' Wv"
silvery Tuscan accent nc Pouf'a ou' III,