The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-10-09

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the same peril, with other equally sensi-
Die and vital precautions. 1t takes a
gross dsbeliever in Providence to exhibit
sncll faith in the power that makes un-
} righteousness. Their pious neighbors,
sIeered at for credulity would have
) smiled to see these fellows thus celebra-
ting the mysteries Of their subterranean
} religion, in the sweat Of unutterable pro
family and the odor of bad rum.
They paused often to breathe, listen
and caress the jug, and the more they
Rugged it the better could they see. The
surf never before burned with such lurid
phosphorescence. Was Lucifer in it :;
and should they find their match When
they had removed about three donkey
loads Of sand it ch4nced that their eX-
cavation was narrow, oblong pit, with
a man at each end, wast-Geep in the
earth when both were startled at once
by its striking resemblance to a grave.
kllby sprang ont with a shudder and
plunged his spade in the bank to break
it down and defeat the evil omen, in the
manner of all fools who destroy the
prophet to escape the prophecy kah.
100, shivered, but inwardlv cursed his
cowarlice, and dashed his spade with an
atoning vehcmence into tie bottom Of
the pit, where it struck something which
gave back a metallic clang Just as the
sand, disturbed by kIlby, broke in and
buried him to his knees.
The clink Of the metal struck fire in
his Imagination, which the caresses of the
"Gamsel" had made very finder, as Pat
would say twas the iron pot-lid he
vas right upon 1t and that coWarlly
n,ado hin, ~ Ii', lI III aI l@lI'ti ''111
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tenacious grip. At that instant l<ilbv
was dashed to tbe earth Nv a lIame-eyed
monster with r]oven hoDfs th0t rnshe,i Inv
lrneatinq its ras,,inp barkinu nrnwl.
and on horrors by the dim ]iGht he
could Zee il lad Si EIbower on its hack !
powerIcss caDtive, 1t was indeed he
| calling upon XII and III for resrne, and
not the tieDd dpuouncjnp death to thc
bold invader, But this Vas not 50 clear
tn Ki. who vrung himself ont If his bnnts
and struck 2 chalk line for home throroh
boo and hramh]e ovnr roclss and wai7s
! leaving eyprvthing behind -eycent bis
| friend Kjlhv' whose naril,od fat ran as
though it had already inepn In the fire..
(-pon the tjrst encounter I[i thouoht
| him another oi the evil brood hot and
h,ingrv and all the worea for annaarinr
/ to be well fed; bnt just then the
! moon peeped through her curtains. and
/ he saw his mistake and slackened his
| pace, as the barking sound was more re-
mote, and 81 was still. kllby would have
| been very pale with terror had he not
/ been very red with running and kiah's
stubOle seemed to have bleached sensi-
| bly, III five minutes. in spite Of its nicotine
I dye.
poor Si - panted Kjlbv 1--WE shall
never see him a1ainr DO Won s,nosp I'm
eat him }" Xxi trcmbled with tWinge Of
unwonted remofse.
'Ef hadn't been such blamed fool
| ms fer sneak hit thn oIl ;,.n cli.t
sure's YER born, And that's what rous-
ed the thing upn
-'Oh, dear :" grunted Kilbv: II believe
nv shius are scorched TO 4 blister where
/ the critttr hit Inc with his snlit foot and
| didn't Won hear a kind of a SizzIp h the
I wet sand n.
I Ki dropped into the confessional
"Wal. ia a naiyer b'linyed There was
I sech a bein' eff | hadn't a-seen i'm wi INV
own ewes and ears "a pecular way Of
seeing which ought to satisfy the most
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