Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-16

was called moderate drinker," that I had never gone to bar and drank alone. But that I had been accustomed, in compa- ny with other young men, on convivial occa- sions to taste the pleasures of the flowing bowl, sometimes to excess, but that I had also tasted the pains of it, and for months before my demise had refrained from liquor altogether. The holy man looked grave, but after reflection, said this also might be overlooked in young man. What" continued he, in tones still more | serious, has been your conduct with re- gard to the other sex?'
 | fell upon my knees in tremor of fear. pulled from my bosom little book like ] the one Leperello exhibits in the opera of Don Giovanni. There, l said, was record of my Irritation and inconsistency I waited long for the decision, but it came in mercy.
 Rise," he cried, "young men will be young men, 1 suppose. We shall forgive this also to your youth and peniteuce." Your examination is satisfactory" he informed me, after pause, "you can now en- ter the abodes of the happy"
 Joy leaped within mo. We approached the gate. The key turned in the lock- The gate swung noiselessly on its hinges little open. Out flashed upon me unknown splen- dors. What 1 saw in that momentary gleam 1 shall never whisper in mortal ears. 1 stood upon the threshold just about to enter
 Stop one moment" exclaimed St. Pe- ter, laying his hand on my shoulder, II have one more question to ask you"
 turned toward him.
 Young man, did you ever ase tobacco 2" II both smoked and chewed in my life time," faltered, but
 "THEN TO HELL WITH YOU l" he shouted in Q voice of thunder.
 Instantly the gate closed without noise, and l was flung, hurled from the battlement down ! down down ! Faster and faster I sank in dizzy, sickcning whirl into an un- fathomab!o space of gloom. The light faded. Dampncss and darkness were round about me. As before for days and days, 1 rose exutant ill the light, so now forever sauk into thickeuing darkness-and yet not dark ness, but pale, ashy light moro fearful.
 Iu the dimness, at length discovered wall before me. It rau up and down on ei- ther hand endlessly into. tho night. It was solid, black, terrible in its frowning massive ness.
 Straitway I alighted at the gate-a dis nal crevice hewn into the dripping rock The gate was wide open and there sat- knew him at once, who does not ?-the Arch Enemy of mankind He cooked his eye at me in an impudent, low, familiar manner that digusted me. saw that 1 WAS not to be treated like gentleman.
 "Well, yonng man," said he rising, with queer grin on his face, "what are you sent here for 2"
 For using tobacco" replied
 1Io shouted he, in a jolly manner pc cuIiar to devils, "that's what most of lem arc sent here for now"
 Without more ado, he called four lesser imps, wlio ushered me within. What dreadful plain lay before me There was city laid out in regular streets but there were no houses. Along the streets were places of torment and torture exceedingly ingenious and disagreeable. For miles and miles, it seemed, followed my conductors through these horrors Here was deep vat of burning tar. Here were rows of fiery ovens. l noticed several immense cauldron kettles of boiling oil, upon the rims of which little devils sat with pitch-forks in hand and pokcd down the helpless victims who houndcrcd in the liquid. But forboar to go into unseemly details. The whole scene is as vivid in my mind as an earthly landscape.
 After an hours walk, my tormcntors halt ed before the mouth of an oycn-a furnace heated seven times and now roaring with flames They graspcd me, one hold of each hand and foot Standing before the blazing mouth, they, with Q swing, and Zone, taco, THREE"
 l again assure the reader that in this nar- ratiye have set down nothing that was not actually dreamed, and much, very much. of this wonderful vision have been obliged to omit
 Hrc ta5u1a doeet. It is dangerous for a young man to leave off the use of tobacco.