The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-07

an hour he walked the floor of his cham
ber, and then, exhausted in body and
mind, threw himself on a bed tried to
find oblivion in sleep. But, though he
woed the gentle goddess, she came not
with her soothing poppies. Too vivid
was the impression of what he had seen
and too painful were the accompanying
reflections to admit of sweet repose. At
last, however, exhaustion came, and he
fell into that half sleeping and waking
state-in which the imagination remains
active. SO painful to endure. In this state,
one picture presented by Imagination was
most vivid of all; it was the picture of
poor Dyer shrinking from the fend with
the serpent, which latter was now as
plainly visible to him as it had been to
the drunkard. Presently the fend be-
gan to turn his eyes upon him with ma
lignant expression; then it glanced from
him to the drunkard, and pointing at the
latter said-Grim heard the. voice dis
tinctly:
"Ais your aUorkP'
The distiller closed his eyes to hide
from view the grinning phantom. But it
did not shut out the vision. The fend
was before him still, and now it swung
around its head a horrible serpent with
distended jaws, and seemed about to
dash it upon him. He covered and
groaned in fear. AS he still gazed upon
the dreadful forms,it slowly changed into
female of stern, yet beautiful aspect
In one hand she held naked sword and
in the other balance. He knew her,
and trembled still more intensely.
81 am JUSTICE said the figure. "You
have been weighed in the balance and
found wanting. The world is sustained
by mutual benefits. No man can live
wholly for himself. Each must serve
the others. What one man produces an
other enjoys. You have enjoyed in
abundance, the good things produced by
others; but what has been your return?
Let me show you the work of your hands
-look!''
Suddenly there was murmur of
voices; the sound came nearer and near
er, and crowd of men and women came
eagerly toward the PROSTATE. distiller-
all eyes upon him, and all. cauntenances
expressive of anger, rebuke, or despair.
One poor mother held towards him her
ragged starving child, and cried:
"Your cursed trade has murdered his
father. Give him back to usl''
Another marred and degraded wretch
called, with clenched hand:
"Where is my money, my good name,
my all? You have robbed me of every
thing!"
By his side was poor drunkard, sup
porting the pale form of his sick wife,
while their starving children stood weep
| ing before them.
''Look at us!' said he, sit is yoay
handy work!'
z And there were dozens of others in the
squald crowd who called him with bitter
execrations, or pointed to their ruined
homes and cried:
cit is your work! Your work! Rum
rum has cursed us!''
eyes, this is your work! said Justice,
sternly. ''For the good things of life you
received, on all hands, from your fellow
men, you gave them back stream Of
fire to consume them. Wealth is the
representative Of use to society. 1t comes,
or should come, as reward for serving
the common good. So earned, it is a
blessing; and he who thus gains it, has 9
right to its possession. But,in your cage,
pursuit of gain, you have cursed every
man that brought you blessing; and
now your ill-gotten wealth must be giver
upset.
And, as she spoke, she pointed to ar
immense bag of gold.
cit is all there!' continued Justice
"Your houses and land, your stock ant
your merchandise, have been converted
: into gold; and I now distribute it onc'
more among the people, to be gathered
by those more worthy to possess it thai
thoup'
Then troop Of friends came rushin.
| down the air, and, seizing the bag, wer
bearing it off in triumph, when the ago
, nized sleeper sprang towards his gold
and in the effort, threw off the terribl
nightmare that was almost crushing OF
i his life.
There was no more sleep for him du
4 ring the hours that interviewed until th
}. daylight broke. The images he had seer
n and the words he had heard, were befol
e him all the time, crushing his heart lii
the pressure of heavy footsteps. As 500
!. as the day had dawned, he FASTENED fort
Y and sought the dwelling he had so hast
e ly left on the night before. All was S
n lent as he ascended the stairway. I'll
, door of the room where he had beer
= stood nartlv omen. He listened m,