The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-04-10
KLU KLuX KHAN.

lief; and was finally prevailed upon TO
have the morphine introduced under
the skin---a remedy much talked of now
in neuralgia circles. l submitted to
| the treatment which gave instant re-
LELAND had Il refreshing sleep of two
hours-wllena the pain came on with
greater Intensity than before. The NOR
phine was again introduced under the
Shin of the neck, using a larger quanti-
ty than at first. The pain ceased, and
delicious feeling soon pervaded my
entire system, yet could not sleep
and lay revealing IN faney-and enjoy
| ing thetidle,pleasures that seemed to me
a reality. My heart seemed entirely
changed,-l loved everybody and eve
| rythlng-tlle world was a paradise, ard
all men and women rs pure as Adam
| and Eve were before they had partaken
Of the forbidden fruit. The moon was
shining brightly, and | arose, threw
open the shutter and gazed upon the
| objects around. All was silence. Not
streets. Everything looked enchanted.
The sky was clear, save here and there
small silver-eoated cloud be seen
| spreading its gossamer,-like wings,
aud with the rapidity of an eagle sailing
across the horizon. Not zephyr stir
red the leafless branches of the steady
old tree that stood in front of my dwell
| ling. The little stars standing nearest
| the moon seemed to flash and become
pale alternately; those farther off kept
up constantly an Interchange of sparks
that rapidly passed from one star to
another-coruscating aud radiating its
silver streams of light III every direc-
tlon. Then from each part of the conf
pass distinctly heard a rushing sound
like the distant roar OF waterfall, yet
ever and anon swelling into sounds of
exquisite sweetness and haImony, that
could have been produced only by an
Angelic choir; gradually beeomirg
| softer, sweeter, and more indistlnct,
until the last faint notes touched upon
the ear, like the dying notes of an AGO.
liam Harp. could not remain within
the house, and took my hat and wan
dered | know not where until heard a
deep hollow voice, las though it came
| from some subterraneousc cave with me-
tallc walls.l call out. Who goes there! !.
These three words drawn out so slowly
and distinctly and in such an unearthly
tone caused a sfludder to pass through
my frame land ssfilled me, thrilled me
with fantastic. teTors never felt be-
FORE tried to speak but could not
utter sound. Myknees smote togeth-
er and my teeth chartered with incon-
ceivable rapitlity--the air seemed to
grow thick-and Il feeling ofsuflocation
oppressed me, the strong odour of sui
| phur was intolerable-my vision became
indistinct-and a Heterogeneous COM
| pound, of buzzing sounds filled my
ears. | fell almost insensible-7soon i
heard an unearthly voice in an unk nown
| tongue with great volume and high
| pitch as If spoken through the largest
size brass trumpetl call out stArchibal-
disholden," and immediately the whole
surroundings became hideous by the
multitude of hoarse, unearthly sounds
| yelling. s.'Theboooxcron' 'sPhebooox-
| cron." The earth on which lay rocked
| to and fro; rose and fell, undulating
like the bosom of a troubled ocean;
suddenly such clash aud elangor arose
as could only have been produced by
ten thousand bars of iron crushed at the
same time, then all was hushed and still
as death. ] ventured to raise nv head.
and just before me drawn up in line of
battle, were millions of grinning skele-
tons. They were at least twelve feet
| high and each armed with a musket
thiHt-ioShsl as iliSo anu iuiiy as I0l9
as an ordinary rail. They were stand
ing Mt a '.parade rest,n and each clutch
ed his powerful musket with his bon,
fingers and CRASHED his teeth and
darted fierce defiant gldnceS? OF destrac-
ton dew static and COON out of their
Sightless sockets. Casting nv ewes to
the right, | observed the cavalry; seem
ed to be about two divisions. drawn nm
in four ranks. The front and rear hor
SEES were black as night. and about thir-
ty-tiye hands high; the two middle ranks
were white as snow and were not so tall
by at least five hands: each horse was
mounted by huge skeleton fifteen feet
high. and armed with sabres about the
size and q little longer than moving
blades; | heard all around me the shak-
ing Of dry bones, and the creaking of
unoiied joints. | crouched as low as
possible, and buried my face as deeply
rs possible, in some loose earth which |
afterwards discovered to be newly
made grave. remained quiet for few
moments andbegan TO congratulate my
self upon the probability of my being
undiscovered, when to ,Iuy great aston
ishment, cold bony fingers clntehed me
by the nap of the neck, and raised me
to perpendicular. and held me tightas
with the grasp of n giant. In this un-
comfortable position, the following
questions were propounded. to which I
answered rather incoherently and per-
haps, in some instances, not to the
point. -aA aAta
"Why dare you approach the head
Quarters of the X. X. X?
''Where do you live? 2"
SAT Orange G. H."
care YOU male or female ?"
81 am !"
s'How long have YOU been so ?''
"Near!y all the time! Sass
Are You married or single ~
'sYes Sir"
GLOW long have you been so?n
"Long enough!'' f+-. 7t
ssWhat is your profession ?''
'tDon't profess Dothing.o
'Do you buy bones 2"
"No l don't"
s.Yes SIR .t.
SWELL sir, it's my order that you now
be released on condition that !you in
torn file Bone Merchants of yoir town.
| that If they do not, in less than ten DAYS,
send to these Head Quarters the bones
of my left arm. the last ioint of my right
| big toe and the last bone of my spinal col
ann, / will proceed Immediately, to
redress the wrongs of this entire corps
of skeletons, who have lost at least one
half of their bones" At this the I'M
seer hand gave my neck such a wrench
at the same time thrusting me at least
twenty feet, where fell and lay uncon-
scious for some time, when was arous-
ed by the same hideous voice, with the
brass trumpet, calling out the command
Forward! Guide centre: Double quick!
March! On, on ! they came, with a
perfect rush right over me; trampled
with their bony feet my trembling mus