The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-03
wood and lis coupauious, . strange sight
iu the sick moons glare.

tic turned lUt0 Q ravlhe. INC Oeu ot'
some long .waterles river. on either side
of which lowered bauks two hundred feet
in height A sense Of warmth greeted
the almost frozen trio, for the winds could
No, sweep the gorge, aud at las. the ella
halted before tbe mouth Of cave. Into
this the Elk King hurrid with his pri.on.
ers. who hailed the 6re with ejaculationa
otjy
Then they surveyed their rescuor in
the light Of the Gre.
Suddenly Jared Howard turned to hi4
companions, "Iles my brotlier!"
Impossible, jared cried Schuyler.
II am not mistaken. Behold that scar
on his aim. inflicted a wound in TINT
place, on my brothers arm, more tdaa ten
years ago.
The speaker then turned to tho Elk
King, John Howard"
The slrnge being started, and pressed
bis hands agaiuS, bis temples.
"John Howard.'
He bent forward, and indifferent Eng.
lish parted his lips.
"Who speaks'"
"Your LroIber-Jared Howard"
Then the demon became q man. The
Transformation was instantaneous. Tho
Elk King was John Howard. Rendered
insane by blow from an Indian, hc had
wandered into the forests, tanned band OF
elks, aud became ,heirking
The mcutiuniug Of bis long forgotten
name hurled insanity from its throne, and
when the morning came, tho wild caval,
code dashed fom tho gorge never to re.
iurn.
Standing erect upon the leaders but clad
10 a dress OF skins thai protected his entire
body rode Johu Howard, and at his foet
"a, the ,wohun'ers aud Eudora
Hundreds Of miles Of snow we're traver.
sed, and ono morning tho denizenp OF q
Vermont village were Mortified to see the
dreadful creature, of,Nhom they had ofRp
heard and never believed augbt, ,sdashdoxH
Ilha - Y J = = !
rcd Of their safety, until JAred Hovard
told 'lon that Elk King wastlis long losa
brother 'e'3 ~
A gray.h,ired couple once more pressed
ovrd,son to their bcsoms, and tho white
forests Of Maine lost their terror
John Harvard lived TO grcen.cld age.
surrounded BY children and grand child
reD, but le ucvcr forgot the scenes Of tho
past
A month after bis return TO sanity, L.
red, his brother, led Eudora Clark to tho
altar, and ere the bloody war between the
wLiie aud red men ended. the scalp Of Nc.
,boto tho ireacherous Audroscogsin, hung
from Ned Schuyler's girdlc.
Here is new outburst Of The Weston
salu,a,ory mania: with our publication
we want to pleaso everybody, but never
having acquired the kuack Of placiug each
Others advertisement at the head Of tho
first column, wo don't expect TO. We
don't mean to be very touching" 10 our
personal rewurks, but is Us reform edo.
Gator or anything Of ihekiud, We displeaso,
any parties, it may be we'll for bin to con-.
sider the fact before taking means Of sum-,
mary vehpeuce 10 their bonds, that our,
weight isaways over one hundred aud
6ft, pounds aud Illut in the many lcisuIs
moments we have had The pleasure Of en-.
rertaing in our earlier career, We went
heavy iuto the practice Of holding two
hundred pound ahvis over our head, bold.
lug bags OF -four Ut arms length, and 9TH.
er teais for muscular developments. Ybia
is not told as dampner in any Of .he pu-
glis'ic spirits Of this community, but to
let people know that We are independent
and fearless"
a national convention Of Quakers as
semblea in Wisconsin, next month. This
xll afford good opportunity for some en-
terpri,ipg reporter to ind out how tho
"Quakers' vote" is going.
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Gen llaucack forbids mining cxpcd-
i'ious into the regious Of the black hills,
FIRST. because the aald there belongs to the