Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-16


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lief in the village that whenever that in
teresting episode occurred it was richly
deserved. found the end Of the string
near the edge Of the swamp. and got
stick and began TO wind it and save -
much a. possible Of the string l don't
suppose any les consideration would
have induced me 70 brave the terrors Of
that swamp. but through the wild en-
tangiement went, winding up the string.
which was stretched over bush and
bramble. and now and then stuck on the
gaunt branches Of one Of the dead treesI
When got about half way through the
swamp began 70 realize that l was 60
ing to presens . very picturesque sight
when I got to the other side Of it. Ny
clothes were all in rags, had fallen into
the mud three or four times and my face
and hands were scratched and bleeding
with the brsmbIss. but l saw that II
kept on was going TO save all the string
and ultimately get the kite.
Just beyond tho middle Of the swamp
there appeared 70 be an open place. and
when l broke through the buahes found
there little lake and in the center dry
and grassy island Ths dead stiffness Of
the spot, although It was 20 near the
village. began to mako an impression on
my sensitive nerves, and l wondered
whether. after all. the string was worth
tho fearful price WIS paying for it. I
began to fear ghosts. spooks, bears, lions,
tigers and one thing and another when
Q sight more horrible than all Of those
together burst upon me - cleared the
beambles and stood in this green place.
There. huddled together, lay the three
cows. Their bullying, sightless eyeba1ls
stared At me. Their threats were cut 20
that their heads were nearly half Oh.
Their bodies were bloated and swollen
out OF all semblance 70 the original
cowA
Thousands of yearv Of life could not
bring to me moment Of greater horror
than that was. It would not have been
80 bad il had been on the road. where
could have run at the top of nv speed
for the village. But here was. hemmed
in by an almost impassable swami. that
that had taken me already an hour Of
hard wear and tear To get through.
With a veil that pierced the heavens
and must have startled the villaeers
II any Of them had been listening,
dropped the coveted string and dashed
madly through the wilderness. How
ever got out to dry land again l never
knew. It was Q fearful struggle Of un-
precedented horror. l dared not look
around. The hot breath Of the cows was
on the back OF my neck. felt that their