The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-03-20

pour right hand from your left?'
Yes, knows dat--knows all bout
dat, 'tis my lef hand what l chope de
wood wid.'
TO be sure! you are left handed; and
your left eye is on the same side as your
left hand Now, I suppose you can find
the left eye of the skull, or the place
where the left eye has been. Have you
found it?'
Here was long pause. At length the
negro asked
is de lef eye of de skull pom de same
side as de lef band Of de skull, .too?-
cause de skull amt got not bit oh a
hand at ALL nebber paindl / got de lef
now here de lef eye! what mus do wild
liz? sg.-7 2a- et'i -"
Let the beetle drop through it as far
as the string will reach, but be careful
1T d not let go your hold of the string
o All DAT done, oMassa VIII; mighty easy
ting for to put de bug fro de hole-look
out for him dare below' e -3f1 1s@s
g Very welg. f-now just keep as you are
for a few minutes - - 7H
During this coloqny no portion of Ju
pitcr's person could be seen; but the
beetle, which he had suffered TO descend,
was now visible at the end Of the string,
and glistened, ike a globe of furnished
gold, in the last rays Of the setting sun;
some of which still family jllumined the
emirence upon which we STOOD. The
scara5eus hing quite clear of any branches,
and, if allowed to fall, would have fallen
at our feet. L2grand Immediately took
the scythe aud cleared with it circular
space, three or four yards in diameter,
lust beneath the insect, and having accom-
plished this, ordered Jupiter to let go the
string aud come down from the tree. q
Driving a peg, with great nicely, into
che precise spot where the beetle lay, me
friend now produced from his pocket e
tape measure Fastening one end of this
at that point of the trurk of the tree,
which was nearest the peg. he unrolled it
till il reached the peg. and thence further
unroledif,in the direction l'eady establish
ed by the two points Of the tree and the
peg, for the distance of Fifty feet-JupiteI
clearing away the brambes with the
scythe. AT the spot thus attained sec.
oud peg was driver, and about this, as {
center, rude circle, about four feet il
diameter, described. Taking now spade
, himself and giving one to Jupiter anc
one to me, Legrand begged us to Sc
, about digging IS quickly as possible
To speak the truth, had no especia
relish for such amusement at any time
aud at that particular moment I woulc
most willingly have declined It. for tn
nightwas coming on, and felt much fa
5 tigped with the exercise already taken
but ] saw no mode Of escape, and wa
fearful Of disturbing my POOR friend
e equanimity by refusal. Could hav
depended, indeed, upon .Tupiter's aid,
0 would have had no hesitation in attempt
/ ing to get the luuatic home by force; bu
. I was too we'll assured of the old negro
disposition, to hope that he would assis
me, under eny circumstances, in person
e al contest with his master. / made n
doubt that ne had been infected wit
D some cf The innumerable Southern super
stitions about money buried. and that hi
e phantasy had received confirmation by th
finding of the scara6@ns, OF perhaps, b
d Jupiter'S obstiDacy in maintaining it t
o be "a bug of real gold A mind dispos
: ed to lunaey would readily be led ava
{, by such ggestions-e especially if chimin
lin With favorite preconeeived ideas-aa
then | called to mind the poor fellow
y Eseeech about the beetles being she inde
J. of his ,fortune.' Upon the whole, wa
Z sadly vexed aud puzzled. but at length,
couclnded to make virlne of necessity
= Ito dig with good will, and thus the soon
It Ierz,o convince him, by occular Gemonstra
e tiop, of the fallaey of the opinions he en-
e IteHained. ~as.se r f.
IL The lanterns having been lit, we all fe
to work with zeal worthy more ration
: al cause, and as the glare fell upon OF
persons and Implements could not bel
'eI thinking how picturesque a group W
3, composed, and how strange and .susp
u cious our labors must have appeared t
u any ioterloper,, who by chance, migf
! have stumbled upon our Whereabouts.
II We dug very steadily for two hours
s. Little was said; and our chief embarras!
ment lay in the yelpings of the dog, VIII
d took exceeding interest in. our proceed
oj ings. He at length became so obstrepel
GUS that we grew. fearful Of his giving th
>! alarm to some stragglers in the vieinit,
N or rather, this was the apprehension
Legrand; for myself, I should have r,
]. joiced at any interruption which migl
have enabled me to get the wandert
E. home. The noise was at length very 9
!e fectually silenced by Jupiter, who-gettiu
At out of the hole with dogged air of d
termination, tied the brute's mouth u
W with one of his suspenders, and then T,
it turned with grave ,chuckle to his task.
a TO BE CONTINUED.
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