The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-21

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himself. That you will see by ant
BY returned the other, in q tOli'
that excited uncomfortable tcrro
in the youth, who plunging spurs
into bis horse, attempted to fly
But in vain, however fast the ani
NAL flew, the stranger was still be
side him, till at length, in his dcs
perate efforts to escape, the rider
was thrown, but instead of being
dashed to the gronn,l as he expect
ed, found himself falling, falling
as if sinking iuto the bowels of the
earth. At length, an end being
put to this mysterious descent, he
found breath to inquire OF his com
panion, who was still beside him.
where am /? Where are you tax
ing mes' he exclaimed. TO hell!
replied the stranger, aud immedi.
ately ilterminable echoes repeated
the fearful sound, TO hell! 10 hell!
EMpLOYMENTs OF HE'LL.
"At length q light appeared,
which soon increased to q blaze,
but instead of tho cries and Ia
mentings the terrified traveller ex.
pected, nothing met his ear but
sounds of music, mirth and jollity,
and he found himself at the Ell.
trance Of a superb building, far
exceeding any he had seen con.
structetl 10y human hands. Within,
too, what a scene. Noamusement,
no employ ment or pursuit of man
upon the earth. but was here CARR.
ed Oh with a velemence that excit-
ed his utter amazement. There
the young and lovely still swan
through the lnazes Of the gid.ly
dance. There tho painting steed
still lore his brutal rider through
the excitement of the goaded race.
There, over tho midnight bowl.
the intemperats still drawled out
the wanton song or maud in bias
phemy. The gambler piled forever
his endless game, and the slaves
of Mammon toilel through eternity
at their bitter task, while all the
of earth paled before
that which now met his view. He
soon perceived that he was among
former acquaintances whom he
know to be dead, and each, he
observed, was pursuing the object,
whatever it was, that had formerly |
him; when, finding him |
self relieved of the presence of his |
conductor, he ventured to address
his former fl lend, Mrs. d., whom
he saw sitting as had been her
wont gu earth, absorbed at loo,
requesting her to rest from the game
md introduce him to the pleasures
If the place, which appeared to
lim to be very unlike what he had
and, indeed, a very
agreeable one. L.
s'NO REST IN HELL.'
"But with q cry of agony, she
answered that there was no
est in hell; that they must ever
oil on at those very pleasures,
md innumeratle voices echoed
hough the interminable vaults
There is no rest in llell!" whilst
Arowlng up their vests, each dis
losed in his bosom an ever.buruing
|,.me. These, they said, were the
Measures of hell; their choice on
arth was now their inevitable
oom. In the midst of the horror
his scene inspired, his conductor
eturued and, at his earnest en-
rsaty, restored him again to earth;
ut, as he quilted him, he said:
;emember, in . year and q day We
lset agsin!'' At this crisis Of his
realn tho sleePer awqke feve:ish .
nj i'll; and Whether from the ef-
cts of tho dream Or Of hia proceed. 9
n orgies, he was 80 unweu a. to 3
> obliged to keep his led for sew +
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