The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-15

moment to connect my ultimate relief
and emancipation, with the seasouable
appearance Of this sanity stranger in
the ship. But, sh! how soon may
the brightest star Of hope Be extin.
guished. Accidently caeting my eye
toward the inferior perso0s of my
imagined saviour. observed . huge
uauseous tail projecting from beneath
his neither garments. Immediately
the truth flashed upon me. he was
.she devil in fashionable garb; and
upon extending my observations ! dis
covered the cloven foot. which c"n.
firmed my worst suspicious. In true
nautical styie. the devil summoned all
hands upon deck-di-.mrsed to them
awhile in the dialect Of the lower
regions. as I suppose. for l understood
nothing If the conference. only that
His Satanic Majesty had come On
board for the purpose of plotting Us
into the hottomless pit. on the cDn.
fines Of which We were then playing
On this announcement he placed him
selfat the ships helm. Immediately
the roaring Of the mammoth ocean
ceased, all became As calm rs it had
before been tumultuois. And We sailed
ON. The scenery ~ We progressed.
gradually grew more dark and apPall-
ing the rocks more frOwning and
terrible; the islands more destitute I:
the sea more black (; the air more OPP
pressive. Finally the current Of the
sea WAS observed to assume the circular
motion of whir!pool. Our ship he
gan to reel. About this time confused
sounds Of weeping AMI waiIing from
beneath came Auating upon the dark
sea. The smell Of sulphur filled the
air. Our ship revolved gradually
faster and fa-ter. going still onward in
the immense vortex which eniangle,i
Us. Eventually it made one decided
plunge and sunk.
CHAPTER III.
"Follos On hsncy'- mage piuion. follow
The vessel hal no s.,oner sunk than
/ regained INV liberty, exchanged su-
perIative misery for unboun,lei i,y.
In other language. l vas as supposed
in heaven. The sweetest .eOlian music
fell upon nv ear. The mort fragrant
odors were waited to nv senses. he
licious fountains If water dubbed up
before me. gathering int" rills which
eventually rolled int" magnificent
rivers. upon whose bright bo>oms an.l
from an intiniiu,ie Of other points.
were continually reflected the most
yloriou. combinations of efiilly-nt
light. The air was transparent aud
bslmv. imarting the mort ecstaiic
sensation TO the inhaler. The .ofies,
flowers and most venerable forests
adorned the landscape, which was
unsurpa>sinyly verianf. Bird. If the
most brilliant hue aWl heavenly song
gave an air 1T magic e. the scene
Wherever the eve roamed il xas
RECALLED by the choicest and most
luxurious fruits, grew in princely
splend"r and protusion upon majestic
trees. beneath wh">e spreading branch
es innnmerable bright forms lnxuria,ed
at large. The inhabitants were all ii
angelic appearance.
Naturally Va. entirely enamorei.
but the brightness ani glory of para.
disc began already tn vanish from my
vision. The harpe 1T the celestial
world ceased their music. The air
l'ecan,e les. elastic and pure. The
flowers faded. The fruits withertd.
The beautiful songster> # the groves
took flight. Lost sight Of heaven !;
its peerless inhabitants, and magnifi-
cent splendors.
Now ! became sensible 10 the lat
scene. Awakening from u profound
l found myself in the halls Of
the old medical college of q. The
ut anatomy and another
were by the side Of bed on
which ! Mas extended. On inqnir,ng
hastily Of my situation, the physician
informed me that | had been laborink
under an attack Of Delirinm Tremens.
or Mania-a-rotu. but was now con
sidered out ri immediate danger. Nv
resurrectionists who accom-
panied me on the evenfful night Of nv
story. punctual TO our engagement,
met at the appointed time and place.
but missing me suspected some siisas-
ter had beiallen me. inasmuch as had
been observed in the course If the
previous evening TO indulge unusual.
Is free of the bottle. for the purpose Of
bracins INV nerves rs my phrase wss.
Immediately they explored their way
to the grave Of the culprit, whom I
had undertaken tn di-enter. Here
hey found me supine upon the corpse.
where I had fallen when on the eve Of
nv task. The 6i was on
me. it lasted with remissions aud ex.
three hours. during which
my morbid intellect elaborated the
iancies. which If they had
been realities could not have affected
me- more.
Ny attendant physician provilenti-
lily was Washingtonian. and saw Ct
N the treatment Of the case "a i'm.
nerse me in a cold bath, which had
he effect ofinducing sleep Ia visit my
,yeliis and establish my wandering
enses. deem it appropriate to pro.
,ounce it provi,leniial that my physi-
ian immersed me in the hath. for. |
lbout thi. time ! suppose it must have
,een. nv disor.lered sensorium per-
uaded me | Vas plunging into the |
pit. Heaven knows how
rear this gloomy place was, and bow |
'ear all drunkards are, for it Was