Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-13

HIulSo1 at the uOn11clIe OF the pflS-
oner, attended by two familiars of
the order, and commenced execut-
ing his share of the sentence. He
commenced reading at the Servian
rebellion, when the prisoner inter
posed and said: "Oh, valiant Grand
Marshal, is not that date too recent,
and will not the material be ex-
hausted before your nine hours
are expired unless you begin at the
beginning?" With the fixed ex-
preston of one prepared for the
worst, the Grand Marshal turned
over the voluminous files and COM
menced with the first invasion of
Europe by Gilman the Great. He
read with wonderful perseverance
column after column, until he
brought down his work to the battle
of Navarino. Only two hours and
a half had yet expired, the attend
ant familiars had been several times
compelled to retire out of hearing,
and the reader grew paler as he
continued, his hands shook, his
voice faltered and his eyes rolled,
but thoughts of the memorable court
held him to his work. The next
thing in order was the treaty of Un-
kiar Skelessi. Fixing his eyes on
the columns with an effort he re-
sumed: "The great battle of Unkiar
Skelessi-p ooh, valiant Grand
Marshall" interrupted the prisoner,
"nO battle was fought at Unkiar
Skelessi." In vain the reader tried
to read; vertigo and deliqatiatna dlainei
supervened, terminating in pro-
longed asphyxia, which yielded to
powerful stimulants furnished by
the attendants, and the Grand Mar
shall was conveyed to his palace in
the romantic suburb of Lick Skillet
in a terrible condition of mental and
bodily prostration. The prisoner,
considering the amount of suffering
he had endured, had borne up Won
derfuIly, and by the next Tuesday
(morning) was ready for the visit OF
the Chief High Priest.
At an early hour this venerable
parsonage (known to the profane as
, H. H. L. presented himself, at.
tended by two acolytes of the holy
: shrine. A volume of recondite spec
4 ulation on monetary subjects was
: laid before him by an acOlyte, which
S he contemplated for some time will
a countenance expressive Of grave
misgivings. The prisoner sat before
him with every fibre of his frame
! strung up to an effort of firm endur
, ance. He commenced bravely OF
demonetization in Europe, wadeC
through resumption and the gOlt
!, panic following by the opening 0
the Californian and Australian gol(
mines, and then got to the days 0
the bonanza and silver depreciation
= and the silver panic, terminating il
- decentralization. So far his power
of endurance kept up tOlerably, bu
he commenced on demOnetiZatiOl
in America. Very soon curiou
+ mental phenomenon was observed
4 on the utterance of any one of tn
e four words decentralization" "re
mOnetiZatiOn, " depreciation,
appreciation" it was found tina
the occurrence of one of the fou
# Immediately suggested the othe
d three and his reading was lost il
V the incoherent muttering of "appre
d ciatiOn," decentralization" ode
+ monetizatiOn, Interpretation, " etc
q ETC., in endless reiteratiOn. In short
p his reason was unsettled and he wa
reduced to a state of mental cata
lepsy. A cOpiQus shower-bath a
last tranquilized him, and he wa
conveyed to his private apartment
t. in the rear of the great temple, wit
l. strict injunctions that no one {
?, those words should be pronounce
l. in his presence.
;, Next morning the Grand Marsha
n again presented himself and feebl
W but resolutely commenced reading
r "The illustrious statesman an
> warrior, Unkiar Skelessi-"
e The prisoner here interposed
y "Illustrious Grand Marshal, Unkia
Il Skelessi is not person, but Il plac
II in geography"
/ He resumed. "The importan
mountain range of Unkiar Skeles
si-n
t. PrisOney-"Oh, Grand Marshal
1t Unkiar SkeIessi is not a mountai
n range"
|. G. M-"The deep and windin
IL river, Unkiar Sllelessi-"
Il P.-"Most Worshipful Gran
= Master, Unkiar Skelessi is not
/ river"
1t was too much; the powerfU
- mind of the Grand Marshal coul
= no longer be bent to its task, and h
- was carried off again in a conditio
between life and death.
= Finally, on Thursday, the Chic
h High Priest arrived to resume hi
t. duties. His bodily health SCENE
/ better than might have been eX
= pected, but he was pale and ther
V was an occasional rolling and flick
Ie ering of the eye, with dilation {
/ the pupil, indicating deep perturba
= ton of the functions of the brain
= AS before, the open volume wa
laid before him by an ac0lyte. Th
n moment his eye was turned upo
II the page a startling effect was pre-
4 duced; his cOuntenance and hi
d whole body assumed the appear
If ance of an animal under the infiU
70 ence Of hydraphobia; every muscl
r was in Il state Of fearful tension, hi
eyes rolled, his teeth CRASHED, h
= foamed at the mouth, and whel
n these symptoms relaxed sufficient
for uttpraucp he hpUaO ntutfpriO