The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-07-26

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not pass away.
| examined the little lost darling for a
moment, saw that it was hopeless, aad
then turned away. unable 10 bear that
mothers agony. The little door was al,
ready have filled with villagers, and sobs
and moans and lamentations over the
fate Of the dying child were heard in
every direction. with questions as to the
manner OF its occurrence and vain at.
tempts at answering. which added nm
expressing confusion to the sadness Of the
scene.
The little playfclow uncle who had
been up Stairs with the child, had run
instantly to call the father, and but a
few moments elapsed before he sprang
into the middle OF the group. lie had
been told all, and asked no questions
had time to remark that his eye was
very stern, and that his lip was very
firmly compressed. Others, too, re.
marked it, and l knew, afterward that n
murmur ran round the circle, of how
strange it was that he betrayed no feel
ing
He reached out his hands. and took the
child from its mother. is eyes were
now closed, and white ooze coming
from between the blackcned lips. Was
ever death more assured? | saw him
open the eyelids, and heard him give a
sigh of relief. lie told me afterward that
the eye was not shrunkcn, and so death
had not begun. He then attempted to
open the mouth, but the teeth were ITCH,
set, and they resisted his efforts. But
with force That seemed almost brutal he
wrenched the teeth apart, and opened the
mouth.
"Shame!" cried enc of the bystand
erS.
The father did not heed them, but mo.
toned to n ncighbor to take the child in
his arms. He did SO.
"Brng me the egg basket" he spoke
very slernly, almost without opening his
teeth, to the servant.
What do you want with it?" "What
can you do with i'?" Hes crazy!'a and
many such remarks followed, but the
basket was there in moment.
He seized one Of the eggs, broke it, in,
serted his fingers between the teeth again
and wrenched them open by force, tho
they shut with So convulsve a motion
as TO tear the flesh from his fingers, and
poured the albumcn into the throat
There was Il slight struggle. nothing more,
and the spectators were Mortified at TIE
action.
Don't, the child is dyngr' said
one.
"Please don't hurt the little thing-it
can't live!" the mother found voice to say,
laying her hand upon his arm.
"Mary be still !" he answered sternly,
while his teeth were relaxing from their
cienchng, and his face as hard as if he
was entering a battle, "and don't any of
you meddle with me; kccr off,"
The bystanders involuntarily obeyel,
with many harsh remarks upon his cru,
elty-he did not heed them, but went on.
Another and another egg was broken,
and still there was no relief. Then The
whole body Of bystanders broke out in
loud murmer, and cries of "Brute!"-
"Let the child die in peace!' "He is era,
zy-take the child away from him!' were
heard around him.
Ee desisted for moment from his er-
forts, and turned with a fierceness which
had before been altogether foreign to his
natuse-but no one who saw him, after,
wards forgot it. "Fools,' he hissed,
"mind you, own business, and leave me
to mine! Take her away will you? Try
i'll" and he went on emptying egg after
egg down the apparently lifeless throat.
The mother could stand this no longer
Her first born was being tortured to death
before her eyes in its death throes and she
imploringly flung herself on her knees be-
fore her husbands father, who had that
moment arrived.
30, father, do stop him" she gasped
che will obey you; do stop him. He is
torturng that poor dying child.'
The grandfather started forward step
to interfere, for he, too, thought the pro-
ceeding an outrageous one; but stopped
and said-"Mary, let him alone; the child.
will die if he does not 60 on. would
not say word to him for the world.--
The child is his; let him use his pleas
ure."
There was silence then. In moment
more there was quiver of the eyelids,
a conyulsive movement Of the chest, and
the teeth lost their tension. The father
seized his child, turned her face down-
ward, and the poison began to flow from
her mouth. Again and again as the
ceased, he repeated the expert
nent-the life returning till more, and
he face losing its black color every in
slant. More than twenty times albumen
lad been administered, and more than
,alf those times followed by the expul-
lion, when the eyes opened, the father
lesisted, the little sufferer lay Just alive
n his arms, exhausted, its life terrible