The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-11-28

which surrounded him, he exlinguished
his light and enveloped himself from
head to foot in long white sheet which
he had brought concealed under his
coat; then extending himself at full
length in the tomb, soon became as
gloomy and motionless as the body he
personated. Very lugubrious were the
thoughts that passed through his mind
while lying there in his winding sheet -
A very long quarter of an hour had
elapsed, when he was startled by the cry
Of screech owl. He uncovered his
eyes and looked around, but could see
nothing except some vague reflections OF
light in the direction of the town Soon,
however, he heard, through the silence
H the night, footsteps which were evfs
IDENTITY coming toward him he raised his
head;rays of light caught his eyes, and
he saw, not far off, mysterious phan
tom, habited in long robe of cloth of
silver which was confined by blue CIR.
die. The head of this apparition was
crowned with stars made of gilt paper)
While from its shoulder floated two large
pieces Of muslin, representing wings.
Poor GILES, who had not foreseen
sdch an incident, covered down under
his sheet, utterly unable to explain the
meaning of what he saw 3t a..i 5' bFs
alt is an angel" said he to himsslf,
but the angel coughed. 9'.S a'H2
SIT is not an inhabtant Of heaven"
thought Giles "if it il one of the sor.
cerers, am in very had situation (" 81
The angel, on his part, appeared to be
i'll at ease. He cast an oblique glance at
the windine-sheet that covered the dead,
and did not appear anxious to make a
closer examination, Holding. the torch
in his hand, Wenceslas Stroohant, thus
transformed into an angel, appeared to
make great effort to seat himself at the
foot OF the tomb, and If the dead had
not been in such a state of perturbation
he would have noticed that the angel
was trembling with cold Wenceslas
seemed to have contracted a very bad
cold, which was manifested by very Sc
we're fit Of sneezing and coughing, and
being unable to iihd his handkerchief, he
was obliged TO use one Of his wings to
wipe the moisture from his nose and
mantle fi. "atT i".a9.4 5..a
That is not an angel. certainly," !"
thought the dead; sit must be sorce-
rer. Who knows if he be not master OF
ceremonies? He is there with his torch
to cal the others and shall find myself
in the midst of their revels, and ii the
devil preSdes over them, what shall /
do ?" sE h#nF
While making these disagreeable re-
d,ctions he was struck by the sudden ag
itation of the angel of the torch, who
appeared to behold some fearful object.
1t was the third person approaching.
This latter Lambert Won MOLLY was
disguised as a spectre ofsaafkness. AS
he drew neat the light of the torch, which
cleaned upon him at intervals, gave him
a fearful appearance. He did not appear
greatly terrified, but probably from mo
tives of prudence he approached in a
zigzsg line, pausing now and then, as
though he saw something he did not ex-
pect. The silvery robe of the angel gilt
tered in the torchlight, and Lambert
could not account to himself for this sin.
gular costume. aal aI gsH0 a.
As the angel, whose trembling limbs
refused to support him, remained fixed
in bis place, Lambert decided to make q
flank movement, and accordingly he
passed around the other end OF the
tomb. fy Ya i.f Far eiis
His disguise was frightful; he was
muffled in an oxhide, which was adorned
with the long horns and the ears; his
face was biackened, and the lower part
of it concesled by an immense red beard,
In his hand he carried one of those
wooden forks which are used to spread
ew mown hay. uaos a31a
Wencesias, who had not lost sight OF
the demon, now signalized himself by
the greatest effort of courage he had
ever made in his life He suddenly AL.
vanced, with the torch at arms length
before him, and the spectre recoiled =
But the flame touched Lambert's great
heard, ,and in an instant it was in blaze
He quickly tore it off and sprang on the
angel, whose torch fell and was extin.
guished = al"e1n iGa1 IL 10 aa !
They seized each other by the hair
mutually astohished, perhaps, at finding
each other palpable. dgi sa9sa- t'f
The corpse, who had seen all, and had
begun to question whether it was really
a scene among the witches, now took
Wenceslas and Lambert for good and
bad angel who were disputing possess
ion of him, and overcome by a terrible
fear,l he suddenly sprang out of the
tomb with his winding sheet around him
and took to flight across the fields. -3f
The two champions seeing the dead
rush forth, were seized with the same
terror, and letting 60 of each other by
common consent. they fed as though
pursued by all the witches.an is
The three lovers returned to their re-
specive lodgings, utterly overcome with
what they had seen and passed through
and the next day none of them were
able to leave their beds. To finish theil
adventures, Gertrude sent word to them
that they must have very little esteem
for her, since, instead of fulfilling theil
promises, they had run away in such s
ridiculous manner. And she married
Sigismond. Int -
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Stiffness Of Swearing.
The habit of swearing is as silly as j
is wicked. Boys, thinking it mannish
sometimes use oaths to show off. ,hei
smartness. Rev. Sydney Smith wa.