Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-03


If the Persan's god forbds an intimacy
with his face of glory, although we desire
te revel in his heams; but the moment oil
his ioyous advent, or the finite glory OF
his departure, invites consideration and
repays observance. i have something OF
the Gheber in my composition, and CON
slider the sun q mighty emblem Of the Gre
ator; while the sun shines, | believe that |
the Giver of Life is smiling on me, and,
secure in his love, defy the petty ills that
flesh is heir to-" /
While lie Roux was rhapsodising, l
poured cupfull of eau de vie from pocket
bottle, and, sick at heart, cold, and wet, the
cordial proved to me welcome aid. MY
fellow voyager desired a share, gave
him a Norton of the remainder, when, With
a reverential air, he lifted the cup to his
lips, and, previous 10 drinking, said, "Ma-
ria, nv beloved Maria! here, in the regions
of illimitable space, thy devoted husband
drinks to thee and thine" The brandy
rekindled within me the flames OF hate
which fear had almost smothered-the
sound Of the scorner's name gave fuel to
the tire-and | resolved that instant TO
crafty my revenge.
| pretended to be earnestly gazing, for
some seconds, at the thunder cloud below
us, from whence the forked stream OF hre
continued to burst with Intermittent bright
ness, but with undiminished torce. Ires-
emily, after leaning over the SIDE OF the
| light car with such excess as to dlscom-
pose its equilibrium, turned round to le
Roux, and requested him to do as had
done, that he might witness stream OF
electric fire which continued attached 10
the iron ring at the center OF the OUTSIDE
of the car. He seemed surprised at the
yehemencc of my declaration, and, desir-
inc me to maintain balance. pushed ASIDE
q oortion of the cordage which envlroneo
us. and thrust his head and shoulders
through the aperture, that he might wit
ness the supposed phenomenon. Scarcely
had he placed himself in this helpless pos
ture. when, with one hand, tore the Ian
wards wider apart, and with the othe
thrust his hated form completely over th
side of the car. cu.
With the instructive clutch of falling
, man, lie Roux, as he turned over, graspe'
the edge of the wicker work, and sue
t ceeeded in retaining his hold, despite IN
mower aud suddenness of the JERK. n
, instant displacement of LIE RouNs welSh
from, the bottom of the car to lis eXtrem
! edge. forced the light and fragile baskf
q from it's proper bearing, and hurled m
q amonn the cordage, where, unable to OF
y tain g footing, sunk down to the lowe'
. side of the ear, and remained suspende
!. bv the thin net work over the black an
. pown;pr void. and but few inches trol
q the conyulsed lneaments OF the terro
O struck lie RouX, whose sltuatlon' IN N
!, mind, seemed scarcely worse than MN
# although the whole OF his bodys wel9l
- hung upon the crook Of his hngef' WIZ
J. out twig or a cord between hlm and
% dreadful death.
>, CHOW, miscreant rival, down to yo1
o beloved Maria, and tell her that Jeron
has achieved his threatened vengeance
y ..You cannot mean it, Jelonio, shrlekt
" the wretched man as the fatal truth bul
- unon his mind. s'I ask not mercy for IN
self-for your own sake, commit not mu
IN der here-here-at heavens portal! SIN
e not nv blood upon the threshold OF 20
st God" AS he spoke, the crimson hu
to oushed from beneath his finger nalls' o.
ID inc to the severity of the pressure irc
IS the smallness of lis grasp. With vlUie
ID exertion, he raised his legs, and stroVe
re catch holding place for his feet on
I'd od~e of the wicker work, but the lie
to structure Welded to the slightest touC
al and each renewed eXertion but hazard
tn the continuance of his grasp.
W. ssFor the sake, then, of your own soul
he in the name of your patron salnt-m
Ilk name of the blcssedmother OF Gou
air me from this awful DEATH! And wo
Vi ing with his hands from the edge OF
| car to the connecting strands OF 'he CO.
A.. are, he dragged himself toward me- a
seized my leg in his death grasp. lyei
ed aloud in agony of fear; dew my pGG;kt
"a knife. and stabbed at his clpsped and II
Ier hands. He quietly endured the pam
ID the wounds, and turned his full
w. strained eyeballs upon me with gla
,rd which never yet has passed from bel
is nv aching sight. l repeated my stab
us. in my fright, I drove the knife INTO
"a, own leo. and severed various of the
tbe strands between me and eternity.
the deadly sweat exuded from my pores
, a raised myself in the cordage, and, as
the balloon. disturbed from it's equilibrir
no, shook with a loud and fearful crash, l
rrv- pended myself by my hands, and ht,
lad IN NV disengaged foot, dashed the
the into my victims face.
gle "Down to earth-anu nl"g y"' ano
.Rt- shrived soul endure eternaly the Pane
lad hell which your success,ui loN1 I"S Il;o" rl"
the i'll my breast. Dle, nateu anu O''P''O
red 90 to claim your wife.
al Again dashed my heavy heel INTO
onq face with brutal force-hls lacerated
nds ers refused the powerful straln-he
laxed his grasp-the balloon shot up'
oe with a mighty bound-my victim s 81 81
~, 50 was lost in the loud rattling OF heaV
tho In artillery-a flash of awful brllll2nc.
haT Sno lumed the black depths of the cloud "
: on sailed far, far beneath, and revealed
> aor. a. falling form of the murdered LIE Kou
9H minute and frighttul plainness. In a