Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-06-16
4 SINGULAR DREAM.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS OF their orgies, wa
called the He'll Club. Beside
their nightly Or weekly meetings
they held one grand saturnalia, il
which each one tried to excel thu
other in drunkenness and blasphe'
my and on these occasions there
was no star among them whose lurit
light was more conspicuous than thai
%ofyoung Mr.. Archibald B who
endowed with brilliant talents and
handsome person, had held ou'
great promise in his ooyhood ; and
raised hores which had been com
pletely frustrated by his suisse
qnent reck-les disposition.
One morning, after returning from
the annual festival, Mr.. Archibald
B, having retired to bed dream.
ed the following dream:
He fancied that he himself was
mounted on a favoritc black horse
hat he always rode, and was pro-
ceeding towards his own house
then a country seat embowered with
trees, and forming a part Of the
the city when a stranger, whom
the darkness Of the night prevent
ed his discerning, suddenly seized
his horses reins. andsaid;
You must 90 with'me!
And who are you" exclaimed
the young man with q volley OF
oaths, while he struggled to free
himself.
That yen will see by and by
returned the other, in a tone that
excited unaccountable terror in the
youth, who Plunged his spurs into
the horse, attempting to fly, but in
vain.
However fast the animal dew, the
stranger was beside him, till at
length, in his desperate efforts to
escape, the rider Was thrown but
instead Of being dashed to the earth,
as he expected, he found himself
falling falling,-still, as if sinking
in the bowls of the earth.
At length, a period being put to
his mysterious descent he found
breath to inquire OF his companion,
who was still beside him, whittier
they were going.
'Where am II Where are you
taking me- 2 he exclaimed.
TO hell ! replied the stranger,
and Immediately inunerable echoes
repeated tile fearful sound
To hell ! to hell !! to he'll
Atlength a light appeared, which
soon increased to a blaze !; but in
stead Of the cries, the groans and
lamentations which the terrified
traveller expected, nothing met his
ear but the sounds Of music, mirti
and jolity +; and he found himself
at the entrance Of superb building,
far exceeding any he had seen con-
by human hands. With
in, too, what a scene! No amuse-
nent or pursuit of man on earth
but what was being there carried
On with vengeance that excited his
lnutterable amazement. There the
and lovely still swarmed
The names Of the giddy dance!
There the painting steed still bore
brutal rider through the excite
nent Of the goaded race! There
'ver the midnight bowl the intern
oerate still drawled out the wanton
'ong Of maudlin blaspheny! The
gambler piled tor even his endless
Jane, and the slaves of mammon
oiled through eternity their bitter
ask whilst all the magniticence
# earth paled before that which
low met his view.
He soon perceived that he was
'mong old acquaintances. WHOM he
new to be dead, and each, he OBJ
erved, pursuing the object, what
'ver it was, that had formerly EN-
crossed him ; when finding himself
elieted from the presence OF his
lnwe!come friend Mrs. D. whom
'e saw sitting, as he had been her
vant on earth, absorbed at loo re
luested her to rest from the game,
md introduce hirr to the pleasures
f the place, which appeared to be
'ery unlike to what he expected,
md, indeed, a very agreeable one.
But with the cry Of agony, she an
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