The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-23

invisible antagonist. But back to my
text. The truupn hired a sloop AID tie
blockade started for Nassau. The
signs were wrong-the owl from his
perch in the meighboring forest gave
the death alarm but the warning was
unknown to the brave adyenturers as
they moved Wcouscionsly on to their
terrible doom. But there isa divinity
that shapes u end rough hew them
as we may" They landed upon the
lonely shores of that marvellous piseif-
erous stream and began to construct
the deatl-trap(cabin)in blood earnest.
The trap being completed, Davy Crock
ct and Bob were volunteer execution
ers. Friday, Red and Jdmbus were
the victims. AS the unfortunates were
assembled within the confines Unc0n-
scious that the executors were pulling
the trigger On the outside and in 4
moment the trial of the new invention
would be made aud its man Staying
! capacity soon be known. But Proyi-
druce had an eye Oh the business, and
manifested his goodness by their mi
raculous escape. One, t%o, three ana
the sign was given the levers were
moved and the dead fall came thun-
dQrmg down upon the doomed. Not
| Il cry was heard; no moan came from
The debris; not a movement discerned.
The executiouers thinking their work
had been we'll done began to pry the
the frame apart and get the mangled
remains ont and prepare the bodies for
the sCpulcher before they dug their
graves but to their surprise they found
Friday, after he got over lis fright, to
be in an uninjulcJ condition and cap
able of destroying his share Of gifts.
Next Red was discovered laying pros
trate by Il severe attack of sIeepless-
ness. No nail hole was discovered in
his Uranium and his neck was appar-
emily in as good swallowing condition
as ever. Next and finally came jun
bus, not hurt but with fear and tremb-
ling lest he should be and lie not know
it. Alter brief examination it was
found that the greatest of all was per-
fectly sound and naugllt the matter,
only II little excited oyer his narrow
escape from eternal punishment.
On the forlom banks Of the grace
full Nassau fingered these Adventures
but IA short time. They left IN a hur-
ry in the afternoon and explored a
number Of small creeks to their source
before they found a road through to the
renowned St, Johns, it being three
O'Clock in the afternoon when they
reached it, the distance being but II few
miles. Lost is the only excuse for the
consumption Of SC much time, and l
accept it as a pretty good one. Frost
bitten and weary the travellers went
to New Bellin and camped for a while
and left for a new field of hostilities,
| And now on the shores of the bolster
| Gus and misty Atlantic does the trio
sill linger with their bateau and nets
TO 20 forth on the restless and muddy
waters to entrap the Spry sIad that
dwell in their turbulent bosom. And
on an island they dwell that is shelter
ed by forests Wimeyal and from its
boughs wave in the keen winds Of
winter clusters Of moss that have hung
OH the trees fora life time. Wa!ling-
ly blow the winds through the cracks
IN theiI one story cabin, while around
the evening fire they sit and talk
Of their bitter misfortune. And
i'll their dreams they behold tie coll
Of their earlier manhood; CRATES Of
glowing Goals with CHEEKY faces arouud
them; familiar and neighbOrly forms
and well remembered faces; friends
and children and wives and sisters and
, Moth,rs and brothers and enc In TX
restless sleep behold what some term
| his sweetheart, Moodry is silent and
sad. and seems lost III delileration.
BY turns he is spry and jocose and
vents lis wrath on the banjo. Scenes
will change but never again, SO they
they say, will they winter to fish where
the deep voiced neighboring ocean III
accents disconsolate answers the wall
of the forest" Orangebud.