The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-07-29

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"a the annexed. which, touches ,theme
used By Willis for one Of his happiest
POeticat Illustrations. "Parrhascus." in
verse, is quite t9uAled BY This marvel Of
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"a A yOass SolAiss, ns@sd Rspsx, said ID
q Greek atiiat SiaitjRGl him is,-x - n.
-. ~ the way. hAyea PtoEtFe OF tie
Otdcinxion undergoing completion IN
yoHdef buiidIng, bS pieased to accom-.
| pa0S ne tAither.s'ias =; ,-' .'a''
After stopping aWhils to speak with
some Of the garden slaves, Who were
planting rows Of onions beside the hedges
Of roses, and educating. q number oi
large-lsaved ivy plants over rocky knoll
he led the way 10 thick grove Of tell
dark trees, surrounding gloomy -lOOking
structure. ts
%.Tbe slave now, suffering .cFuci6 xion
yoOder," i" continued Rapax, in an under
tone; u Ne pointed to the building refer
red to, sis q Syrian, condemned for at
tsPAtisste esigiVate acOnspiracy svsOng
the slaves Of his nation in Rome. By
right be should have been delivered Ia
| tAs pHblie exeeutiORer, bat having the
object which have mentioned 10 view,
fFO@, my interested the Palaces, l easily
pTpebeed ,tAe.WbeT1nt aG edith md had
him brought hithsf to suffer bis punish
ss0L II 0saGeSs little; but GO this
eOusse js not ususl, my friends. who are
aIl interested IN art wIll consider the af.
fair as private, especially as IL mentioned
abroad, the Llave population now become
so enormous, might take exception, and
create riot, as they have several times
done Of lAte-yOu understand"
As he spoke they we're ascending the
steps Of, the building, and in = few mo-
ments entered . large atrium or hall.
whose windows we're closed, and into
which the only light admitted fell through
email opening in the impulvium, across
the greater portion Of which thick avn.
ing had been spread. Saving on the
narrow place beneath where this dim
glow Of light fell, the rest Of the cham
DER was lost in shadow. -- '..t' 81
SOBliiI cOld and dark, was the place
thai RApax and his company, coming in
from the strong glare Of noon, paused
awhile before they could distinctly see
its inmates. When the object revealed
by the light met their SieG, they remain
ed motionless, struck II would seem by
some feelings akin to awe. So deadly
chifi was the air Of the gloomy stone
chamber, that sympathetic shiver pass.
ed through their frames. Still standing
in the deeper shadow near the walls, so
silent that their advent ~as unperceived,
they regarded for some minutes the scene
before them.
There were bat two figures in the
chamber.
Sussiron, the painter, stood before q
large pAuel Gkl3Aa rested on an easel,
painting with Aercs rapidity the head Of
. 6G6S tp6WeFf3Ats NfawR and colored
from which he eger and anon turned his
strong eager eyes, eagle.like. in the saw
ago yet calm intensity Of their expires
sion toyard his model.y ..-.i....
At I little distance, where the tight
fell strongest, appeared . naked 8guve
nailed to q cross, whose lower trunk, Ok
ed 10 Q deep aperture in the pavement,
was Outressed with heavy blocks Of ce.
mented stone. The man, one Of strong
frame and in the prime Of life, who had
been already tE0 days Vhdrr punishment
exhibited in every Iinramenl the hOrri.
ble effects Of the cEuc'Iixion. agony. The
b.dynWePted vtthrlain ands epsciatioN.
was quickly turning hyid; the great
muscles .twitched Systematically ; the
swollen arteries Of the neck thrObbed vIs
ibIy the death sweat trickleh in slow
droPa ,fgpYy the pale Spguished brow
| The eyefids rad amen, but occasionally,
when some exsEaeiatpg pAng centered
in the heart or head, Opened a moment,
disclosing the fadIag sIle hooking from the
dark, pTOtrUded, -blOOd-shOt oFbs, With
piteppS GhAstliRessf The breast .heAyed
With Short; quick breSthings. interrupted
BY pain and the wild tumaA Gf the blood,
and in the horrible thirst Of the ef0cifix.
ion fever, the dying slave rolled his dry
tongue, bitten and cr0sted With gore,
about his burning jaws, feebly moaning.
A dun. siekening Odor pervaded the
chAmbsFy Ever, ard, fanop- q culture
wheeled About the roof, or perched on the
side Or lis 6aF4o* light Opening, nov
looked on the dying man, now whetted
his heak on the atone, and again soar
ing, cast on his ivid form for a second,
as it gyrated, the sinister shsdow 1 its
sinGA f ..'2 H'" a.ss,.scS..N
Even the appearance of Spsarion, who
ambitious Of achieving a mastGrly york
of art, and conscious of the tranxitOry
natu'e of the effects he sought to initiate,
hadsworEed UDihtetrup ptedly for t~o' days
and nights, stE1ck. the still silent eENUp
Of visitors g ghAstly and terrible. Pale,
haggard, in piijless abstraction, his fierce
eyes detecting, His thERAkeh hand repre-.
srnting each prominent ntNspert of pain, and
phenOmSNOn Of dissolution hs HtOOd. aS
though for ones, the din. remorseless
phantom had become the geaius Of his
Though as warrior, magistrate, citizen,
Caius Rapax had been Injured to scenes
Of dab; WhiSA weFS kOhatSntIy Before
the eyes Of the Raaaans IN their daily lift
Of business and 9VyssPeqts, the sGsoee + !!
whichs6e rad invited his Srtist friends
had in it sOmGthiug' possibly from being
discopPeeted With ,SFfinaSHy AeSoSie1jUn'