The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-11

finsel rsper and vbirb lsa,-as h.sb;,,4 -
ashes and ma rae-rets Tef a,er,- ,,e,,
brine bitber IN Tb,maIl ,rbatbar Il go,
or in plate. ar IN trinLst- fbaf he bas
earned in serving the Devil. and every
woman the Gold thar she baSaarn.3 AMI
east r int. H. ...,,-,,,,,;,,-. s. m,
viii the funeral ,,rra H. ,y7rtbv af bira
whom y-4 MOURN
" Well said. old man cried the Dew
/ il wor~hipers .Thus We viii nrova
/ that our ,rarsbi,, bas nor hso, basa
Build Won the p,Ie whfla We o., f. fet..ll
oar gold
| 1fv ewes 0-r5 c,,s,l u,.rt he face If
nav caian5uisn. brlf rouid moi read the
| thourhts tasf. f.e.,r.;..I his I.f-a,n Xybaf
| turned ae..fn me- vast ham was en,,.fv
ofafI save b;,, a,.3 r,a
&lowIv and I9bsr;,.,.1v ,ra hn;Ir the
funeral nile IN the cenfar of he a,,ar+-
ment. We buil5 it Of the costly woods
that we're q hand. already sprinkIed bv
levout rnalfrrrers with The choicest sn;-
ce4 We built the pile broad and HIGH.
and draped il with aeoraeon4 stutl..
The old man smiled as he prepared the
magic tire thai was to consume the gold
which the Devil uorsbioer. had conc 10
fetch. Within the pvre he left an am
pie space for their sacrifice.
Tore1ber We broughr forth the Dew
lis bod. and placed it carefallvin poSi-
ton at the Ton Of the nile TbnnJers
rolled in the lofty spare above ou,. heads
and the whole building shook 80 terribly
that | expected il t. fail. CRUSHING Ms be-
tween roof and pavement Crash came
after crash Of thunder ,,a.rc,. and nor
er to the pxra. Iiobtr,in,rs nlovel clos
around us-around The old man. the
Devils corpSe and me. sin we waited
for the multitude bat the multitude re-
turned not
..B4bnId the ob.ao,,;as :" .,i1 tho old
man nj last. tbrustinr his Iiabted torch
into the midst of the nile :. You and
are the onlv mournerl. and we have not
a single ounce OF gold to offer. Go Won
now forth and bid all the Devil worship
ers to the readino Of the last will and
testament They will cvme."
FASTENED forth to obevtho old mans
command. and speedily the funeral han
was tbronoal aoqin Tbi. time The
devil wors5innerS hrouobt tbeir cold
and every man souobt - mako aTcrsa
for his tardinnss nj the nvra Tba air
WAS thick with examinations tar |
- - ;, - -
i 80 oliiy s3i'' 9He' % pG sure tHtI l
li.'o SltherS4 "li--'''l To the very last
piece 7 OF gold IN my possession . l have
Ie'eilco' s'l' ''ilotiler' the laooflous
'''il''l''.,,'ii9 ~ ~, t''' o'' ci.'ei-
~ ~ ~ .l,e lileliioi VI our
u ti lofu' \ lhlfd sild zee, DrIh9
ilil 81 mime. even To the wedding ring OF
my me, Ieao VIE
m ileie wa !" contention among the
iDeNli "oIshiPeI' 70 DC ,r lfSl 70 cast
treasure '1 mo the Hfe' Inc charmed
l'lii,?s e"rLsile up me sol'' anu stream
gu my Il '''o' : TIE cor casting upon
arao Ill 'G IL ~ W. NJ 1SI room b
HeIce leIlo" Sldfe' Inc DeVl!s pody
slioi,e iii Cl!if tiifoGSh It's cere-
ineii'9' 7I'ii inc l'I9 was wa leu ny h''id8
ana sun inc o'o man
S : oe8ide the Pyte' shlIilS strange
y; r.,
ne DeFh NofShiPers now cree our
WIN hoafse voices; ne VIII. the VIII!
Let Us hear 2, the last testament OF our
oe IA Iof ora ..--, e
ne oi,, man oi'sIeO' q ron % "s3eSto
5Gl i'iiI "ls''ll - Ie;'s' "iou',: 'iile 'ie
nuoDuo OF the great iilfoh3 dled away
INTO silence ana me angry roar OF the
What Tho ia IN Man ing rea Il was
This.
To NV well beloved subjects the
whole y-@,IJ my f,i+hf,l vorsl,i,,a'.s.,,}d
loTai ery wilton r"atn.t - and the dey;Ts
only BLESSING. y nernetnaT cursel
Forasmuch as am conscious eff the
annroaeh of the chance thaf limits
ora,,- civ existence vet haino oil
sound mind and firm parp6se. do de
clare this 10 he my last will pleasure.
and command ~ n the dismissal of my
L;nrlIon, an3 effects
r. The wise Iaoraotb fouv and ~
tba fools min To Tie rich TIaavt. tbe
vretcbedness Of the earth. and 10 the
naor the anouish az the unattainable:
IL tho inst i1erratituda and IN the nm
inst. rcmorse. and 10 the tbeoloqians |
beoueafb ashes of my bones.
decree that the place called Hell be
closed forever
| decree that the torments. in fee sim
nIo he divided anono aI nv faithful
inh;octs aeeor.I;no. t0 their mort Rnt
10 ,,1aas,,,o. ~ ~ tr.as,,ro I'LL
also he divided eouitablv among my
Subjects
Tberennon the Devil worsbipers
.bieked with one accord There i ma
God bur the Lord Devil. and he is
dead Now let Ms enter into our inner
itance."
Bur the old man replied. eye
vretcbed tba Devil i dead and with
The Devil died the world The world
i deod
Tben tbov stood aobost looking ot
tho nyra Al II onea tho ooId-l9don
aanaas loanad IN = hla4;no coInnn - the
roof and exniraI And forth from the
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