The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-16

stained. Oareworn, / wandered on amid
this mass of human beings, increasing M
we went, and cruel sights met my gaze.
Fathers offering their daughters i'll sac
rifice to some avenging god, the fair heads
bent under the touch of steel, and faint
ing mt deaths kiss. Trembling maidens
seeking death to escape from hateful
kisses, the tomb alone shrouding their
virginity. Women dying under passion
ate caresses; one crying bitterly on the
brink of the river that had carried away
her love; another killed in her lovers
embrace; the blow was death knell to
him, and, locked in each others arms,
they scared heavenward
Men vainly seeking liberty and
peace that were unattainable here below.
Everywhere footprints of Kings were
marked with a crimson blot. One walk
ing in the road stained by his brothers
blood; another enjoying his crown Mt the
cost of his subjects lives; and still an
other wading in Gods blood; and the
people, standing back and letting him
pass on, would say: A King has passed
this way.
Priests massacred their victims, and,
open-mouthed over their bleeding en-
trails, pretended to read therein Heavens
secrets Swords were hidden under their
priestly robes rs they preached warfare
in the name of God, and mt the sound of
their voices each man turned to STAY his
neighbor, thinking thereby to glorify his
Maker. The intoxicated mass of human
beings was hurTying hither and thither,
a crushed and seething crowd, brandish-
ing their naked weapons without mercy,
and telling innocent souls to the ground.
A craving for massacre fell on the raging
populace. Their CRY rang furiously on
the still night air, until the last drop of
blood was trampled from out the seething
wounds, and men cursed their victims
for dying SO quickly.
earth drank increasingly of the blood
red stream, and seemed Unsuitable and
glutt2d over the dregs.
q hurried on, wishing to lose sight of
my fallen brothers, but the road lay
dark and interminable before me, while
the crimson tide drifted ever onward.
Darkness increased around me until L
could scarce perceive the barren plains,
the forsaken rocks, the mountains tower
ing to the skies, the valleys becoming
great CULTS, the stones turning into hill
locks, and the burrows into yawning
abysses.
"No sign of life was there, no green
thing visible, nothing but rocks, DESC
lated rock, whose SUBMITS, barely
touched by the wavering light, made the
gloom appear more terrible III this val
ley where the road led, and where my
footsteps echoed i'll the deathly silence.
ga sharp turn brought me to ghast-
ly sight. -Four mountains leaning heav-
lily forward formed basin. Their sides,
straight and stiff like the walls of cy-
clopean city, formed in their center an
immense well, and this well where the
stream terminated gradually increased
the thick and tranquil sea that rested SO
peacefully in it's bed of rocks, giving "A
purple hue to the clouds.
81 knew that this abyss must receive
the blood of the murdered; that drops
from each wound had gone to swell the
surge of this flowing sea.
Stop" said Gneuss, "the torrent |
saw this night went to feed that cursed
lake
"Stluck with terror" continued Clcr-
ian, :" stepped to the brink, and saw
that the tide nearly reached the summit
of the rocks. A voice from the abyss
spoke to me: The river is ever increas-
ing, and will continue to increase until it
reaches its utmost heights then it will
overflow into the plains; the mountains
will give way, and tired earth will soon
be covered and flooded. Newborn babes
will be drowned in their fathers blood. ,"
The day is at hand, friends" said
Gneuss, the waves were high last
night.