The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-05-05
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Sworc a great prophecy, that the shadow
,i the Scorpion shonla seon cover all the
land, from sea to sea. Then the Free
Voices csicd oat more earnestly. so indio-
aantly burning back his challenge, that
ihey actually frightened the Believing
lIuaster.
The horns went in again; and he made
another D,ark for the moving Car, swear-
ing roundy that it should never 90 over
fhdt.
Again, the car moved rapidly forward,
neither turning to the right nor left; and
again it went over the bounds And SO
1t happened repeatedly, with similar re-
rults, until at length it came into LAM
which the Free Voices, by right Of pos
session, and bv right of puchase, confirm
I'd by covenant, claimed as their own
There, also, the Unsuitable monster came
20 blast, and crush, and devour; and her
track was over the fair fields, the pros
trate nceks, and throbbing hearts Of the
True aud Free.
The smell of their blood maddened the
monster. The Gorgou head reared it.
self higher; and every hair hissed with
she flames it spat. The basalisk eyes,
the FURNISHED scales, and the bare and
bloody fangs, were lit with sulphurous
rfouds of flame, and sent forth malignant
destinations, noxious breaths, and all un-
Fpeakable terrors. Then the Bull roared
and lashed his sides, and made she Grim
son Earsh more bloody with the gore of
bis miserable victims, the unprotected
children OF the Great Masker of the North
tQrBed to see how he should be able
20 stand in the sight Of this new terror [;
snd behold the Free Hearts, and the Free
Souls, and the Free Hands were reused.
They came by thousands Thcy rushed
ut the head of their chief Representative,
and tore the lying mask away; when un-
dcrneath, to my surprise, | saw every line
snd every feature, of great and true
courage. 1t might have been asleep dur
ing the late troubles. Perhaps 1t had !;
Or J: might just have come into being /;
but there Il lcdS. The head wore the
bold and determined look of an insuIted
Masliff; and when the fresh air, which
lie had not been able to get through the
mask, blew upon him, he became still
stronger
The Free Voices gathered power and
volume; and they rolled away over the
ocean, and over the lakes, and over the
great mountain chains, peal rising above
peal, and boom sounding over boom, un-
til their continuous thunder took full pos
session of the air. Then came heavy
sound, as Of the step of an Earthquake
1t was the tramp of reused Millions. II
struck the ground with the great empha-
sis of mighty WILL, and the Earth
trembled to its depths, beneath.
Apis listened. These ominous sounds
thundercd away through the air, and over
the Earth, with every impulse rising INTO
still grander expression. Did he think
30 equal that l.? | cannot tell you but if
he did, he greatly mistook his own con-
Etitution ana capacity. He made what
effort he could to save himself, or at least
appearances; he SGT up tremendous roar.
AS he did so, he happened to draw in a
full breath Of that great, free current,
which had actually invaded his own do
minons This being much more bracing
than he was accustomed to, burst sudden
lY through his thin places, and efFectual-
II "took the wind out of him"
The sudden collapse was attended by
SO great shock, that in an instant lost
all view of the scene. Looking up, saw.
us it were, the Angels of Heaven, walk
ing on a transparent floor far above the
earth. | could see that their faces had
been troubled but they now wore more
joyful and triumphant expression. Many
of them went to and fro, looking earnest
", as if seeking for some very important
thing At length, one Of them, who had
been in advance of the others, came from
that region Of the Heavens that extended
over the Free Hosts, leading forth beau
tiful being. She had the form of wo-
man, but the head of an Angel, and the
soul of Seraph; and on her forehead
Shone large and brilliant star. Its rays
shot far through the Heavens and in.
elining southwark to the Earth, struck
into the lurid atmosphere of the Sc rpion
In an instant the whole form was para
lived. The blue flames died on the clos
ing scales the Kisses were husIed in the
curves of the softepipg hair. The sub
dued mouth closed the asp-like venom
was reabsorbed the talons fell powerless
and the vampire-breath was quonohed.
The smell was nrokeD. The libera lee