Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-20

pERRYsBURG WOOD Co. oIIo FRIDAY, AUGUST 20


missed his aim and bruised his fingers.
The pain forced an oath from him, and, In
his vexation, he threw away the stone,
without looking whhher h went. Then,
sensible OF the noise which he had made,
ne was 90 frightened at Il that he dodgci
away Tor several hundred yards and seye-
raj minutes thus contriving TO miss the
sexton when the latter emerged from his
house. .--Ihen he returned 10 his. pest, hut
IN such a SCARE that, though 1t was warm
Aagdst night, he shook in every limb. He
started at the wind, he Jumped at bird, he
cursed RamDuhst q thousand timeS TS6tE
denly he saw q man, OF rather the Slisdow
of man, appfoaehins. H
~ Is that yoN y heasketl IN low voice.
STRef Dfatl'f shrieked, the sexton,
ctouching down behind his superior. =
The Datr echoed the curate
/" Apagsi Had< rStroi q. 10 aonsiAs Ptsris
e FIii st--m Losing his head, and hardly
knowing what he did, he let hy, mechsn-
ically as Il were, the holy water, pot and
al, in the face Of the apparhion.
Drenched by the water, bruised by the
pot terrified by The exorcism in the un-
known tongue, the unfortunate butcher
recoiled, then with one fearful yell, "tbe
Dfatp he turned tail, covered three miles
OF ground In quarter OF an hour, and fell
senseless at his own door.
He was found there next morning and
put to bed. We may be allowed to antici.
pate the course of events by remarking
that his fright, fatigue, and bruises, com
bined, brought on an illness which lasted
several weeks, StiIl he felicitated himself
at having got off 50 cheaply, and offered
up six-pound candle 10 his patron saint,
who had delivered him from the Drat
Let us now return TO the startled but tri.
umphant officials.
'"Phewp' calculated the sexton, recov.
ering courage and speech, what stencil
of birthstone the scamp has left behind
him Don't you smell it, .sirS BY the
lord, if were to live a thousand years,
should never forget the caper he cut when
he felt the holy-water. Aud that yell
What yell he did givel"
Because il burnt him "a --.v,
'And didn't he funi / think I can see
him running there yet What's that
one thunderstruck, his mouth open, his
forefnger stretched. out s@r CO.,
The priest looked in the direction of the
outstretched finger. Fear rendered him
He beheld-what?
A mysterious, gigantic form was coming
down straight upon them. 1t was larger
than a man, had two legs, two heads, and
apparently several arms. 1t advanced
rapidly but not silently; hoarse CUR
Cling groan mingled with the sound of its
heavy steps. N W G
Alas, must their glorious victory be
changed to defeat Defeat without re-
sistance, for the holy-water was expended,
and the very pot thrown away. Frozen
with terror, they scrouohed against the
wall and lifted their eyes and their hearts
to Heaven"
Cursed bruter cried a gruff voice,
l can't choke him he tsW make q row,
and he is so fat and heavy that can't carry
him any farther. So shall just cut him
up here"
The affrighted spectators could now
make out, in the dim light, that the phan.
tom was composed of two parts, one car
rying the other, and that the form had
"the outward semblance of man." as Ser
geant Buzfuz said of Mr.. Pickwick. This
probable or possible man-as M. Victor
Hugo would have called him-threw this
burden on the ground, drew q long knife
"A deed of blood was about to be donei
The priest and the sexton fell on theil
knees; their eyes closed; their mouths
opened in cry of horror.
A diabolical laugh answered them. II
was some seconds, perhaps some minutes
before they dared to look up; then they
caught glimpse of something like tht
phantom in its original guise, vanishing
in the darkness.
They remained on their knees some
time longer, thanking the Lord, who had
q second time saved them from the terrible
Drat r. "A ii a. 4
Next day, Ramounets customers found
his shop closed. He had disappeared, and
ereT env treces Of f Sp th
old women of Quercy believe to this day
he was carried off by the Drat.-Appleton't
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