The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15
Two Dollars a Year.

keep the scriptures in view; without thi.
there are many sins too tempting to be-
resisted, particularly by the young
Nancy shut one eve but with the
other open laughing one--as with her
father she left the room winking wicked
ly at me.
at once got out of bed and locked the
chamber door; when | ravenously de-
voured the rooster-whS-had not in boil
ing impaired much of his Juices 10 the
broth. | dipped few spoonsful of the
liquor into the saucer; TO say for me, that
L had eaten some OF il. / trust il was
not a sin that | had made the spoon and
saucer lie for me.
1t was noon before | was visited again
then came the Judge and Nancy As
the Judge saw the stripped carcass Of the
venerable rooster atioat in the broth. in
holy horror he lifted his hands and eyes,
he exclaiming: You have killed your
self, Gus, and | am responsible for it,
Why did you do this? Run, Nancy, and
bring me the bottle of antimonial wine
aud a cup and spoon" As usual, Nancy
turned at the door and gave me look of
mischievous triumph. She soon brought
the wine and cup. | declined taking it.
The Judge angrily insisted. You must
have your stomach relieved, or you will
bring on a relapse. | tell you my son,
the disease you are suffering from is a
very dangerous one; one that fires the
! blood and excites the pulse terribly, and
unless checked at once may lead to your
ruin. Take it, take it, and almost per
force | swallowed the wine
see that mischievous vixen lodging
behind her father, and making every ST.
lent demonstration of pleased delight at
my suffering, possible to her security
from discovery by her father. 1t was
not ten minutes after swallowing the
wine before became terribly sick and
began to vomit.
Hold his head, Nancy said the
Judge, She was holding the basin
which she transferred to her father and
placed her hands under my forehead.
In doing this she let the fingers of her
right hand incautiously pass over my
mouth. One went into it and | seized
it with vim. Nancy screamed, knock
ed over the basin from the hands of her !
father and sent it with all the water and |
what l had thrown up, over the floor. / |
was seized with an epileptic fit, shivered, |
groaned and bit. Nancy screamed and |
danced, and the Judge, frightened, ex- |
claimed, 90, my God, the boy has |
fit" ran from the room, and sent for a |
doctor. Even" | said, US | released
the finger The Judge came in flushed |
and frightened. Its all over, is it
Nancy" he anxiously asked. She was |
wringing her hands, whilst her eyes were |
filled with tears
''All over!" she exclaimed, half crying
with anger and pain. There is nothing
the matter with him" Nothing the |
matter with him, indeed" said her IA |
Their. 'Suoh CONFUSION as that moth
ing? and that pulse yesterday, nothing.
Nonsense girl. | am afraid he will |
have congestion of the stomach. Con |
gestion of the jaws, you had better say.
Just look how he'has bit my finger, con-
found him; and look at the fix this floor
is in. | knew there was nothing the |
matter, with him from the first"
Nonsense! tell you, Nancy, That |
pulse yesterday could not be deceit.
Why, it was thick as my little finger and |
beat at least two hundred times II min |
utes and was as strong as a horse could |
kick"
"Marse Gus" she remarked, "you
amt mighty sick, is you? Master he |
says you has had fit, and she laughed |
as she looked at me-
"What do think, Polly?" / asked.
"Why, Mas Gus, l seed Miss Nancy |
when she creeped up and hit you wild |
dat switch yesterday and | seed you |
jump up and turn over de table wild all |
dem. books what you were readin', and |
you and Miss Nancy runnin round de |
house; and | seed you when you catch |
her on your bed just as de old folks
coined home. You must hab been
tucken sick mighty quick. And yister
day when Miss Nancy was maxim dat
tea she laughed fit to kill herself / |
spects she's been foolin' you. She's
mighty bad dat way"
Make haste" said the Judge, az he |
came in, "the doctor will be here soon,
and don't want this floor wet when he |
comes"
GLOW do YOU feel now my boy? Nan
cy is ravlng about your biting her. l tell
her you didn't know what you was about.
Amt you subject to fits, Gus? Nancy
says it was all sham, but | tell her that
is all nonsense. You wouldn't bit her
so on purpose, / know"
In short time the doctor came, and
my case was explicitly laid before him,
the wonderful pulses and the
fit. The Judge was called away when /
asked the doctor if he would, upon his
honor, promise never to speak of it,
would tell him secret. He promised and
l told him the whole story-=for / felt /
could not stand any more physic. He
laughed until he cried, and many times
since have we laughed heartily over it.
We met, after many years separation,
in New York, in lS44, at the conference /
which divided the Methodi.,,. church. |
and spent day t"tzether pleasantly re
calling Inc memories Of the past, and this |
especial one, when / threatened to give |
the story to the public.
eff you please" he said, edo not do 1t !
while | live" | promised, and we parted |
for the last time. / nave dear memory |
of the kind hearted and generous old man |
that will only perish with my life, which |
is now wasting its last sands in our dear |
old native land. With his wife he lies
buried at Oxford, Mississippi, near the
home of his two children, one the wife |
of the distinguished L. Q. G. Lamar, and
the other the wife of DR. Henry Branham
Y. NJ &.
A PARIS correspondent, in reviewing |
all the principal features of fashion IN |
that city, says: We are approaching, if
not the disappearance, at least the trans