Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-05

and does no good Win II; C0mDatlV
ness, that is ever the foremost
, Quarrels-these aud their friends 81
! the tenants that must occupy you
reconstructed skull"
Your conditions are hard," sal
10, "and what If | DO not full
them2"
"Then / shall call for you at tn
earliest convenient nor lent. and 20
60 hack to earth no more"
"But if / fulfil them2'
"Then You can stay upon earth a
long as you choose"
Thanks, thanks!' cried 10, can,
can arrange my affairs"
"Your skull shall be made wholei'
cried Satan, and without more word
his architects fell to work. on J0'i
skull. What with pounding. chisel
ing. and making the partitions, they
drove him to distraction; and to ado
to his horrible agony and terror
when it was nearly completed The
walls began TO settle and the whole
concern to lurch as il it would fall
Then came the jack screws that were
put under to raise it up. The plank:
npOn which to work them were
thrown remorselessly upon his sofI
brain, aud the power of hundred
imps applied. 10 yelled in agony as
they turned the screws At length
his skull was completed, and JIG
found himself with a whole head
Now" said Satan, "lie down and
rest yourself before undertaking your
journey TO earth; for assure you il
is much more difficult to get out ol
hell than to get into it,"
Following the advice of Satan, JC
laid himself down in the coolest spot
he could find, and so fstigued was
he with the pain of the operation,
that in dreams he was waited back to
earth again. His old companions
welcomed him, but his heart was
heavy with the thoughts of his terri
BILE contract with Satan. GLOW is it
possible" thought he, "to iill the
empty chasms in my head-once the
homes of my truest and best friends
with such demons as Satan would
have? All, me! wonld that | had
never been bornr'
To add to his misery. C0nscien-
tiousness came and raped at the
door of its accustomed home. al
see friend 10, thou art here again
I've been searching for thee far and
wide, that | might occupy my old
place again. although you shut me
close, and siihed my voice when |
tried to save thee from HARM
"Begone. thou art quite ready TO
occupy another's'property!"
81 tried to find thee returned
Conscientiousness, "but in vain"
"Avauntl I tell thee ! will smite
thee to tine earthr'
Next came Subiimity and Idesli-
ty-the one majestic in mein, the
other the personification of all that
is lovely in the graces
"Here is my dear home at lastl''
and so saying Ideality threw her
arms about JOS neck and kissed him.
"Now let US go in to our abiding
place"
Course upon you'll" cried 10 "You
here too2 Away Bring some fiend
to occupy your place, unless you can
decorate hell with more horrors than
it now possesses"
Ideality gathered up her beautiful
robes and fed in dismay.
"Satan in this work." cried Sub
Unity, as he dashed his ponderous
weight against the door OF his old
home, and in an instant was inside.
"Well doner cried 10. You're
there are you?"
"Yes, and I'm here to stay"
"I'm lost Pm lost" cried 10.
"No, you're saved" cried Sublim-
ity, ''if you but call in your old
friends. There's Conscientisusness,
the just; Hope. that never despsirs;
Human Nature, that can tell you the
motives of Satan, himself; Venera-
ton. that looks for help to the Su-
preme Being; Benevolence, that will
win your enemies by kindness. and
Spirituality, that lights up all in the
darkest hour. Let them in, and then
let Satan win if he cani'
"Oh, that's your game, is it?"
yelled Satan, hurting a birthstone la
die at JOS head
"Come' friends!' shrieked- 10,
"qnick! help against Satan! Come,
Conscience, Hope, Spirituality! Oh,
Jesn!-Comer'
"Jo! dear 10! Don't You know
me, your own wife9 Here are all
your friendsl"
10 looked for a moment wildly at
his wife, and then falls back upon the
bed. The wildness is gone.
"Where am I?'' he at length asks.
Gin your own house, dear Jo."
"Thank God!" he says. "Now,
isn't my head shot Off"
"No, no; only awound."
"Was | in fight2"
"Never mind now, 10, yOn must
lie down and rest yourself
"Just what Satan said to me-"
"He's out of his head" says one.
"No, not now" says Jo, "I'm as
sane as ever l was in my life-that
is, if my head is all right, and 10
carefully put his hand on the top of
his head as If expecting to find it
gone.
"Thank heaven! then it was a
dream"
He insisted on being told what had
happened.
"Three days ago. said his wife.
"you went to your Conyivial Club,
and-and drank until you had the
-"
"Blue DEVILS" suggested 10.
"Yes, and in your raving you