Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22

has coutrol Of il, Is IN an inner chamber
Woodst see hinlg
i woodst remarked I, and be showed
me 10.
Ii was peeko0lyer seen. On the car,
pet on the floor was stretched the form OF
giant hyer IN stature, broader across the
shoulders, deeper in the chest, and posses
sin more indicashuns of strength and eu-
dooranee than any giant / had ever seen.
His face was rather good lCokin and noble,
tho onto II there was an ex preston Of wear
luis aud sadBis He was fast asleep. and
sleepln az a man does after a terrible expen
dItOor Of pbysikie and mental strength.
Who i this2 askt / of my glide
BeFnhkanisml sed he
Tia Wat is them wich be holds so low
iHiy ia his arms askt L
Them is the treasures OF the Iemple, 0f
wleh the okkupant thereof is exoflsho guar
dian. He has oay part Of en- in his arms
--et yO0 nOtls, theF are ten Of em under his
hells
looked carefully. aud notist that they
was all labelled with the names Of the
States-those in his arms was those Of the
North, and the ten under his heels was
them wich he'd uufoFtunitly failed in their
attempt TO get ont Of the temple Prom
the heft Of his heel onto them, it appeared
as tho they we're under a trifin restrain.
Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland he he'd
tightly gripped between his thumb and in-
ger.
'.Wby sleeps bo? askt ].
Exhaustion, sed he 'Sieh a ite Is
he has he'd TO retane possession of this
place -Four long yeers hev opposin powers
attempted by open hostihties 10 dispossess
him. doorin Wieh be was assailea at every
pint, and for three years has p0liukle hte
bin made onto him, do0Tin Wich he has bin
betrayed by them he sposed was his chosen
and trusted friends Last Yeer be he'd
terrible conflict with en- and waz victorus,
but the strain was too heavy onto him and
he's bin asleep ever sence, rec0opeTatin.
Besides some Of his attendin physicians, 10
whom he he'd confidence, proved TO be
quacks, and they dosed him with Test0Ta-
tIves that however good they might be,
Buznt presisely the remedy for the time and
they increased the stupor uudor wich he
was laboTiB. Besides he was attaekt with
sore head, and in addishun TO all this there
was barnaeles and vampires, and blood suck
srs Of all kinds. wich iarthur weakened him.
Lstin how hard he breathes.
And he was breathin hard.
At this precise mint methawt the glide
disappeared and there was agitashun Of
the curtains Of the chamber Slowly they
lifted up, and to my surprise | saw teachers
wich recognized. Nallandygum peered IN,
aud seeing that the giant was still asleep,
come -. on tip toe, beckonin others to fol
low. They come There was Thurman Of
Ohio, voorhees, Of Iniiauy, Florence. Shars-
wood and Jerry Black Of Peuusylvany;
Seward, Fernando Wood and Morisscy Of
Moo York, and johnson, Pierce, and Book
aHan, and the, whole glori0us company of
marters. Cautiously they crept 10 aud tim
Idly ranged themselves about the sleepiu
giant and communed among themselves.
That was too heavy load for him to
carry at his age, chuckled Ben VI God, pin
lin to an immense burden strapped 20 his
shoulders on wich vas written Equality be-
fore The Law.
''Yes, scd johnson. 'but be wood Lev
g0t lhTo0 with it, bat | ripped him
1t was I who put the stone down over
wich he mostly stumbled sed Seward IN
whisper.
TO bizuis sed EaHandygum. let
Us git wut We kiu afora he aWakens, and
8OiD Il without llstu.bia him much He
did groan slitel7, and moved uueasiIy.
Sharswood and Jerry Black very Bdroitly
slipped PeBusylvany Uut from under his
arm, and again he started up re5tlessly. and
sunk back into his slunber agiu.
Emb0ldened with this, Fernando Wood
and Seymour attempted 20 S-Ca} away Nao
York wich was the piller onto Wseh his had
restid. and while they was mauo9veun 1t
made terrible noise. as If be was in agony.
It's the death rattle iu bis throat piped
the ten States onder his heels, strivin 10 re-
lease themselves.
It's the death rattle in bis throatl'
shTeeked they al, THROWN of all stealth aud
each grabbin a Stait
tu an ins,an' the scene changed. They
he'd overdid it. The giant awoke and
springln 10 his feet, elsred fereely onto EN-.
he death rattle sit sed be IN voice
Of thunder Ha ha! you mistake the
suorin Of hard sleepin giant for the death
rattle What hev / done? Sleepiu 50 long
and k0owin all the time that assassins lurked
around NE Shakin the barnacles of he
laid about him freely. He pitched Fernan
DO and Seymour out head over heels, aud
one sweep of his right arm disposed Of
Pierce, Bookauan and that pack, and then
missin Ohio aud PenDsylrany, he observed
Nailandygum and sharsWood. maxim Oft
With en-. Utterin a howl of rage he spraDg
after EN-. Two leeps sufHeed and he wrench
ed the States from their grasp, not, how-
ever, ontil Fallsndygum had bit thunderin
slice ont Of Ohio. and Sharswood one near
ly as large out Of Pennsylvania.
At this pint | awoke. The moTnin sun
vas scndin her brilliant beams thro the WIN
ders Of Bascom 5, Around me lay the pros
trate forms Of Deekiu POgFam, BascoUs,
Captain McPelter, Isakcr Gavitt and the
others who he'd bin with me the mite sfore
/ They was a sfeepin and . sBoTin as peacny
as men ever did. The doors he'd bin left
open, and the villagers-tbe early birds who
are alluz around ketchin the worms-hed
collected at the door. They did not vGncher
in, not Known how sound asleep We was on
( til--as one OF en- told me afterwards-he
he'd seen a hog belonging to BaScom walk in
the open door and root among Us, gruutln
approvinly, as thoit reminded him Of his
childhood days wich lndeed il did, as he
he'd aIluz bin fed at distillery-and then
satisfied that he was trooly asleep. they
walked IN and helped themselves to refresh
ments at the bar Turnin en- ont quietly
with stiBgin rebook for their dishonesty
10 takin advantage Of one heiplis as Basc0m
was. | emptied the contents Of his drawer,
and sekoorin it IN my boot. lad down as
though ! was asleep, till they should awake.
I In an hour he awoke and diSkiTerea that he
he'd bin gone thro.
Who Good Lev done it2' sed he.
Nv dear friend. sed I, you was inioo-
I dishus enuff TO leave yOor door open-see
,her and pintcd to the villagers a reelin
{ .Aro the street They re virtuous but 700
put their integrity to a test wich It coodent
stand There va, too much preaSur to the
+ s,rare inch on their coBSheBceS and they