White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-10-07

msnt, employment, or pursuit of man on
earth, but was here being carried on with
a vehemence that excited his unutterable
Amusement. There the young and lovely
still swan through the mazes Of the eiddy
dance There the painting steed still bore
his brutal rider through the excitements
Of the goaded race pa There over the mid
night bowl the Incorporate still drawled
out the wanton song Of mau1lin blasnhe-
my ! The gambler piled forever his end
less game, ind the slaves Of Mammon
toiled through eternity their endless task;
whilst all the magnI6cence of earth ,paled
before that which now met his view.
He soon perceived that he was among
old acquaintance, whom he knew to be
dead; and each, he observed, was pursu-
ing the object, whatever it was, that had
formerly engrossed him; when finding
himself relieved from the presence of his
unwelcome conductor, he ventured to adj
dress his former friend, Mrs. D. ------
whom he saw sitting as had been her
wont on earth, absorbed at loo-request-
ing her to rest from the game, and intro
duce him to the pIsures of the place,
which appeared to him to be very unlike
what he had expected, and indeed an ex-
tremely agreeable one. But with a cry
of agony she answered, that there was no
rest in hell, that they must toll on at those
very pleasures and innumerable voices
echoed through the interminable vaults,
There is no rest in hell" whilst throw
ing open their vests, each disclosed in his
bosom an ever burning fame These,
they said, were the pleasures of he'll; their
choice on earth was now their, inevitable
doom. In the midst Of the horror this
scene inspired, his conductor returned, and
at his earnest entreaty, restored i'm again
to earth but as he quilted he said, Gre
member in year and a day we meet
sgaiu !'' "
At this crisis of his dream the sleeper
awOke feVerish and i'll and whether from
the effect of the dream or Of his preceding
orgies, he was SO unwell as to be obliged
to keep his bed for several days, during
which period, he had time for many seri-
Gus reflections, which Terminated ia a res
olution to abaadoa the club and his liceR-
tious companions altogether.
He was no sooner well, however, than
they hocked around him, bent on reeov-
ering so valuable member of their So
ciety5 and having wrung from him a
confession of the cause of detection, which
as may be supposed, appeared to them
eminentiy ridiculous, they soon contrived
to make him ashamed Of his good reso-
lutions. Hejoined them again, resuming
his former course of life, and when the
annual saturnafia came round, he found
himself, glass in hand, at the table when
the President arising to make the aceus
toned speech, began with saying: a
Gentlemen, this being lear year, it is
q year and a day SINCE our last anniver-
sary, DC. The words struck upon the
young mans ear like knell. but ashamed
to expose his weakness to the jeers of his
companions, he sat out the feast, plying
himself withFwine, and even more liber-
ally than usual, in order to drown. his
intrusive thought, till in the, gloom Of
wiater's morning, he mounted his horse
to ride home. Some hours afterwards,
the horse was found with his saddle and
bride on, grazing by the road side, about
half way between the city and Mr.. BIS
house whilst few yards off lay the
corpse of his master. Yf gr r1T
Now, as / have said in introducing,
this story is no fiction, the circumstance
happened as here related. An account Of
it was published at the time, but the cop
les were bought up by the family. Two
or three, however, were preserved, and
the narrative has been reprinted.