Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-01-26
su, LoyingOad's Dream
r,pr,Tus AND WHAT HE SAW THERE.

en- fnLin' lot Ose green whlsBey, JisI
sucked in skin full owe hli strait along.
iTbe frst n,ou,hful ! swaIlered | hesrn
splnsh in my heels. was dry and e,np-
" boih, by golIy-so dry thai after his
ms pury we'll up IN my paunch, hit soak
ed through and stood Ill over my belly IN
drsps, making hil look like big teucu!e
! Favored ~ "a beads, bot swelled lighter
after wnle, an then filed up Putiy
soon. As soon as / could reach hil' by
trunnin' spoon.bsndle down my iroai,
tsEot of steam, aud sot 10 Iovln T0un .
Hi, want lodg before foun' myself tan
p!ed hy the lalss in the doTs irnDe!' an
ifeli heap down bill, SD i! thought The mos
treacelul thing could do were 10 60 ~
sleep ,hinklu' Of runnln windmill
Well dreamed NE a dream. ! thought
! we're ia hell, and had been sent there
for voiin the RadlSlil ueke,. ! felt the
Ijus!ce owe ihe sentence so much go iha'
II didn'I feel so uneasy an mad sbou! hIi
as | wud been If lkey had sent me
fur mu,Oerin' blithe ole oman, or ma
kin bsc& log owe some gals iGs Oooy'
ar,sr soskin' hl 10 torpenine, or slch
Hike cOmmun wIckednesS. | thought j
hst been thar long enough 10 sofier begin
10 gil used 10 The Taste OF ite WHISKY t9ey
Islilis down ,hcr, an | .nuo cay ihinks
lit a ht,ie better than !he truck what the
Iskuikers oui orc the Confederate army
blled for the Government. because hi
didn't create the apPeiii'e 10 cuss,S'esl or
desert hall es soon, an ne IN Topic! al
.hs,. Twas saief whisky, George. ssIer
whisky. We'll, thought he'll was per.
fec, ROM hole-as I6Un' as bun.b shell
IHghi plum in HE centre Of the yesrIh'
The walls were glazed as an lngyun peel,
in an bit were Jist hall full owe melted
dinner pots, dog irons an ole clock
weights, with scum oYe sm0kIn' brim'
stone foo, deep. The devil s,ad aboard
OF boat. an had hissSlf rowed rom jist
as he plrszcd. by The jury what tonn The
Ibil sIiu J.f Ds,S. They looked sorleF
luke they u like TO have saoiher pep al
hat JOB. | think by go!!y ihey'd h"nt
long -pelI afo!e hey louh' hi' sgln l
,hey liSl had snJrher chance.
thought that wss long !ealhet-aidged
elects nailed on the wall TO climb by.
rbey wsr squor edged up 30 the c'im'n'
hal I'll TO be done on one siGe, and when-
ever felle:s got lirel Of s~immin. they
list cot into ciimin' the elects. ! noticed
that new comers wtr powerful fond OF
cIimin'. They't souer slack off some
tines unUl they sunk into tie melted
clock wa,es Up to he pins VI thar is'I
r bones. an by the ecst owe scared mon
key, they come up over handed tu 'hs'
work agln, just wnggljn' and snorun'
Ghey worked Ike s9uirTrls on iTed-mII!.
Durn'i if they Gidn', keep The Ihing rnl.
in' sIsi, along, and, George, jis, as sure
IS 70 is foo, hiah thurs lCtat keeps the
ivecrtA a iurhlin' Gr0tm'. ioun' his cut
a, last. Well one day the trap door open
ed, an the devil ordered ole Forney Ia
steer under the hole. lie steers wlld,an'
after sslmmIn' neshy al over hell, he
so, hM thar; shan down poured into the
boat the da,hd'st sluice uv mean looEin
russes you ever seed Every body Al.
ready thar TUNED the. heads to loCk a
ZEN, an ciom faster. Sseered al EN-, by
igolly They were radicals, The las
durn'd one. Some had roaps sroun'
,heir mex. wifi runEin shin' The year;
some had holes in thar heads; some had =
big gill cut under their chins. an every
tone shode signs Of hard times and hurry.
Among EN- see Stevens, Sumner, Wade
Buller-su.named the Beast-an' Wen.
dell Phillips. Hey " seq The devil,
"whsis wrong above, cholery % "Wus
nor that" says Sumner, "the Consiitu.
,on people has riz. an o,e korce tee oil
are here. Saw, your majesty, is Preston
Brooks lere ?' "Ob. no." says me dev.
iii. well" sez Sumner. sorler bright.
enin' up. an rubin his hans, Il sm durn.
ed glad he ain'i." "Stop mint" seq
the devil. "waiI until sorts you all out" F"
He took up needl as long as harpOon,
and with big guile Owe nace chains he
threaded it. Then he picked out all The
common cusses among 'em and strung
'em on the chain, runnin' the needil in al
their mouths, and leiin' it come out thar
i forget hich-and then hung the
whole bunch over the adge of the boat
into the bfimstone. Jehosophat how
,hev sizzleJ. an slosheJ, an dove, an
sprinkled hot iron about wifi thar tails. A
string oge sun pearch would have been
! )is! no whar.
While the devil wer slringin the small
Try. Butler, suInsmed the Beast. sidged
back 10 whar sOt n the boat, keepIn
one eye sot on the devil toher on HE,
an he whispered in my ear, NV
Sisyphus g Sez |, Don't know; whyE