Nebraska advertiser., 1871-08-17

off his mind the cares OF business and |
from off his shoes the dust Of Brown !
Vile, and betake himself to the coun-
try, there to revel amongst quail, prai-
rie chickens, and other game peculiar
to this section. lie was accompanied
by two or three friends and admirers.
On Friday the heat prevented the
"boys" from hunting much, but III
the evening they rallied and started
out in quest of game. Entering q
thicket they became separated, and
darkness setting in friend Cal. be-
came heart, as well as foot sore. Ev-
cry noise in the bushes cassed his soul
to quake with apprehension lest some
varmint might fasten upon him. Be
coming satisfied that he could not
safely make his way out of the thick
ct and darkness, Cal. concluded to
climb convenient tree and await the
coming of daylight 20 dispel the MUIR
XIV gloom which now surrounded him
Accordingly he placed his gun and
other loose and cumbersome luggage
at the foot ofthe tree and commenced
climbing. Now our friend Is not
built for climbing, and his progress
was very tedious. But 30 stay be-
meath and take his chances of being
devoured, was eus of the question, and
his desperate surroundings nerved
him to The task. Once in his progress
he ve1tured TO cast his eyes down
wards, and through the gloom he saw
an unnlistakable movement CT some
animate thing making its way thro'
the thicket, which nearly caused him
TO unloose his hold, but he recovered
his equinimity in season to avoid the
back-set. He caught hold of limb
upon which he swung himself like
his Darwinian ancestors, and appre-
hension lest heshoald be within scent
of Cop0erheads or other detested and
detestible varmint, he went up high
ler. anC finally enscOnced himself Sc
curely in the forks of the outgrowing
limbs.
But. Oh horror Of horrorsl One
of his lost companions had reached
the spotup0n which the tree grew hal!
an hour before Cal, and he, too, con,
cluded to " climb tree" and had as
cended to a point Immediately front
ing that selected by our hero. The
former was wide awake, and saw thro
the gloom an object approaching his
position, which petrified him with
fear, and the suspicion that it was 9th
er than q native of the thicket never
occurred TO him.
When Cal. had seated hinlselfin the
fork aforesaid, his anxious eyes behelC
two glaring orbs flashing in front oI
him, and each hair stood upon enc
and threw his hat off. Here was ;
nice position for q young man. Ht
never expected to see the DcnaOcTG
Office again, nor to feast his eyes upo,
our visaGe. What was to be dope?-
Prayer occurred to him, but tha
was'n5 In his line. He had neve
learned how. But Ho other escape O.
hope of relief occurred TO him. Some
thing had to be done, ana he caneiud
ed to make desperate effort. Tht
eye-balls glaring at him from opposite
limb seemed to remind him that tlmt
was short, and with trembling lip
and fluttering heart, he commenced
: "Ol! Goodness Gracious! II be
, lieve that is your name, the other Eel
lows I know If you only save M
, from this horrible death, and viii
light Up the " sulphuT0us canopy
with the light of your countenance,
: will renounce the Democratic faith
denounce the heresies of that treason
able party will foreswear lying
; and never again pretend to be friend
!, ly to The Government which Tough
TO- subvert, until after publicly ac
, knowledging my error, instead Of, a.
formerly, gloating over and in my in
fanny: I will confess that the circula
ton Of the Democrat does not ap
proach that of the ADVERTISE, ant
that If I strictly adhered to the al
vance system I wouldn't have more
than four subscribers aside from thos
| -. roaI
ness Gracious! Be that which l Sc
before ae, " a spirit of health or gob
lin damned" | pray thee seize hin
by the nape of the neck and flinI
him into peFdition. OH! Angels an'
; Ministers of Grace defend me, anC
when again | breathe the pure air o
Brownvile I will not polute it will
vile apostrOphes to the trait0rous an(
incestuous JEFF Davis, neither viii
asperse the fair fame and name o
those who in times Of peril prOve'
true TO You and their Country. NJ!
blood is frozen, nay soul is narrowed
and still those two eyes stare at M
and seem to start from their spheres
> Ny knotted and combined locks d.
r part, and each particular hair stand
on end like quills upon a hedgehog
If must go down to holland say til
Confederacy sent me thither, will tha
be carrying cut the spirit of the " neT
departure ?"
, Just at this point in Calls prayer
-. the clouds which had sportively unit
ed, separated and rolled asunder, let
ting a flood of light down upon tn
: affrightened hunters, and giving
a each other an unobstructed view c
: the source of alarm. Cal. droppe
q what in polite parlanee is denominaf
n ed bad French, - but in vulgar phrf