The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-04-30
tFrom the Sunday Crescent
"A. Head Exposes the KuHk- -KIux-
tEh s-A KIan.
- OIIl IIOILL,
(Which IS in New OrlronsN

- k April II.
! have joined 'om. l am k. X. X.
follow | run the risk Of dying some
day Cor nighD, but am going 10 un.
bosom myself and make a publie er-
pose of the *. *. ks Pio jrono paD-
tieo.
OncO upon a ;lmo, when night had
spl cad her sable mautllla o'or the
eMti and pinned it with moon.
went to bed. People ofton 90 TO bed
at night, with the exception Of tho X.
h..k's, who never 60 TO bed and who
never sleep. They have ears, but
they sec not; they have cycs, but they
hear not. tA
The clcock on the copula of the Crcs.
cat Office had toilod forth tho hour Of
twelve the stuffed owl IN the Crescent
| City Museum had gone to roost, the
statue of Henry Clay roposod in si>
lcnco IN perpendicular position; the
snakes had ceased their croalung, tho
frogs their biting, the musquitoes had
begun humming, and all went merry
as marriage belo'-to her hash !
was sleeping IN my couch of couchcs
like June bug in January but ! did
not snore Incver snorc. Everybody
would do it, / presume, if it was fash.
ionCbe. But to resume.
AS l sand, it was past midnight, and
was dreaming Of my country seat, Ca
stool with three lags), when ] was
startled suddenly by n cold, clammy,
shrimy hand upon my forehead. /
awoke and rose up in bed to discover
a figure clothed in whito sitting upon
my bod lie q suppose he was hc)
held in his right hand n roman candle
burning blue, and IN his loft a sky
rocket; his eyes were glaring balls of
red fire, and he had two horns in his
forehead, besides several which he
had taken in his month. AS awoke
he waived the torch three times around
his head and bcckoned, like Ham!et's
ghost, for mo to follow mm. arose
from my boG and followed-entirely
in white lie led mo through wind.
ing streets, up dark alleys, and finally
brought me to n graveyard. All this
time he had never, Tor n moment, ta-
ken his eyes OF ilro of OF me. Arrived
IN the center Of the graveyard, beside
an urbuiried skeleton between two
thorn bushes, ho shot off his rocket,
and glaring on me, sald
"Mortuary mortal, come from tho
bloody don of the bob-tallod SCORPIONS.
| am the chiefest among 10000, and
the L altogether lovely You see here
before you tire specter of the Great
Tribe of the Domoniac Deathly Drag
| a ganI 10 a., I..P. -.
drag you to danger. 3icc the scorpions
tongue has hissed 3icc tho dirge of
death is done; 3 ice tho bloody grave
has gapod ! Behold !"
l looked, and saw IN letters of blood
upon the skeleton before mo, and, sur
rounded by letters Of fire;
rGy"I AN DED !~Gsa
illustrated by collins and daggcrs) }
l gazed in horrer, and exclaimed, in
pctrited accents; 81 believe yo, my
boy y and tainted
When | recovered myself (and nv
walloD l found that was transported
to subterranean dungeon beneath
terra frmd. 1t had all tho appearance
of u place hat was worse than Tile
Place itself There were blue lights,
blue fellers, and blue flames.
Even "tho lights burned blue" The
lgoing paragraph states that. Any
paragraph going might state the same
thing.
Brightly tho 'talcr.dip" candles
,'shono o'or (through) fare 'womon and
brave mon "
When had boon taken inside the
dan-geon, ! felt that | was dono l |
was introduced to hard crowd in hard |
time. They formed around me (the
crowd not Tho timcs), and IN q deep, |
sepulchral tone that shook the cave,
saidi I
"Whcnce comes tins mortuary nor.
tual and is he trooly rural?n
My conductor answered for me, and |
said in tones Of thunder (and tighten.
ing);
"lIe can keep hotol; ho can sing
like a nightingale, swim like an angel,
gamble on the green, and Is loll to tho
corps !"
'Let him pass" SAID tho tycoon, who
thought | hadn't full hand"
| passed, and found myself IN the in.
ner chamber, whore l saw nothing but
thunder, the yells of demons and the
rattling Of chains; l heard nothing but
tightening, the nash of gunpowder and
the last ditch, and | dreamed tho
dreams of the d(un)roary
a mankled corse stood upon q pyr-
amid of skulls, and holding in his
right hand coffin and in his left hand
a (pnstine MANI coughin two, he ox-
claimed
"Mortol, am tho Bloody butcher of {
The Bogus Blunders of Babylon. Swear
TO koop our secrets, or dye"
AS didn't care to dye, sworo
Ihen was tetotally surrounded by {
demons as looked like devils, not one {
of whom bought their shirts at Moo