The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-01-31
Half an hour had barely elapsed be-

/ Half an hour had barely elapsedD De
fore he became sensible Of the sourc
of footsteps coming in his direction
He raised his head & saw mysterious
phantom, clothed in long silver white
robe, with blue band, the head cover
ed with golden stars, and the shoul
ders loaded with two pieces of muslin
which coated like wings. The appari
ton held a lighted torch in its hand
Poor GILES, who had not anticipated
Isuch a vision, sunk down. to the bot
tom of the sarcophagus, and covered
his head with the sheet.
''Is it an angel % he said to himself
But the angel coughed. ''It is not ar
inhabitant of heaven" he added "Ii
it is one Of the people who hold sab
bath here, I shall come off badly"
The angel, on its side, did not ap-
pear to be quite at his ease. He cast 8
side glance at the sheet that covered
the body, but did not seena st all in
clined to examine it more closely
With his torch in his hand, he at length
seated himself, at the foot of the safeo
| phagus; and it was lucky that it was
1of solid stone, or each party woul(
have been aware that the other was
shaking violently. The cold that ha6
at first manifested itself by g Sigh
couGh now got up to Wencesla's head
and he sneezed twice Not being able
TO get this 'kerchief he wiped his nose
With one Of his wings.
"Decidedly,," thought the dead one
''le is not an angel, but witch, Per
haps he is master Of ceremonies :? He
is there with his torch to summon the
others. I shall soon be in the very
midst Of a sabbath, and if the devil pre-
sides what viii become Of me 2,
rs he was making these reflections
Of nature so little.calculated 30 reas
sure bin, he was struck by a sudden
movement on the part of tie angelwitI
the torch lie seemed to be alarmed
at the appearance Of some fri9htful
spectacle It was the third' parsonage
who had arrived.
Lambert van Moll came to the place
of appointment disguised as a demon
He was clothed in the skin Of an OK
with It's large horns on. and hanging
ears. His face was blackened, and tC
render himself still less recognizable hs
wore great beard of red shavings.-
In his-hand he carried q pitchfork. As
he approached his movements as
suncd an uncertain and zigzae
character It was quite evident that
he could not make ont what the white
finger. was, with torch in its hand ,and
that he had not at all calculated upon
its presence. At last he decided upon
| turning the position, and he arrived al
the tomb by the other extremity.
Wenceslas distinguished himself TN
der these trying circumstances by the
greatest act Of courage that he had ev-
or committed. He rose up and advanc
ed toward the spectre, holding out his
torch at him. Unfortunately this has
ty proceeding set fire to Lamhert's
beard, and he, tearing it off as quickly
as be could, threw it at the torch
and put it out. The two spectres ther
seized Que another by the hair, eacl
astanished at finding the other so pal
pable.
In the mean time the dead one was
seized with the apprhension that they
were good and ba angels disputing the
possession OF his body; and the ides
so filed him with terror that be juIaP-
ed out Of the sarcophagus, winding
sheet and al and took to his heels
The two champions, seeing the corpse
take flight thus uncermoniously, werc
seized with similar panic, and hurried
away across the field as fast as then
legs could cary them. Next day the
three lovers were confined to their beds
by bad colds, and Gertrude, sending
them word that they must hold her il
very slight esteem to seek her hand by
such extrayagances, selected Sigismond
for her husband.