The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-06

peen OF any other race would sr.,t
| nave wasted a breath on you. bur
left you to your fate; but you English
are the boosted conquerors Of the
world and think you know ever.y-
thing. Before / have done with YOU,
yon will know-and can tell your
people IT you choose that there are
some things you have not got hold of
yet. Meantime, first Of your proud
race, you shall behold the most
solemn rite of Obeah in this one of
its most sacred places
Partly prompted by curiosity,
partly owing to the threats Of the
priest. who spoke to me once when j
shut ut. my eyes in shuddering horror, I
saw the fearful orgie to the end.
What saw / shall never tell could
| not if would. No words I could
use would suffice to depict in all their
dreadful blackncss the acts Of that
demoniac circle. I supped full Of
horrors, and when at length was re-
leased swooned away.
When recovered consciousness
was lying in a small cave on rude
couch, and before me, intently looking
into my face, was the monster in
human shape, the priest Of the mid
night debauch. How long had been
there | knew not felt weak, and
faint, and overcoming my disgust SO
Tar as to ask for water, he gave me a
Gala bash full of some heavy, sweetish
liquid, which drank eagerly. It must
have been narcotic, for fell asleep
at once, and have now only dim
recollection of waking several times,
and on each occasion being supplied
with food and drink of some sort. l
must have remained in the cave for
| several days with that evil being, in a
semi omatose state, but at last woke
| feeling much refreshed, though with
numb sensation of terror hanging
round me, of which have never vet
got rid and which know will never
leave me. Facing my jailer I asked
him what he now intended to do with
me.
" I have done with you in the mean
| time,' said he, but have marked YOU
for the future, and he pointed to my
arm, when I saw what you have just
seen.
go out into the world
said he; be prosperous;
give you that with the rest
that whatsoever you put your hand to
shall prosper. Be happy if you can! l
cannot, with all my power, give you
that, even if l would; but remember
while you wear that chain, and YOU
can never pluck it OFF your arm,
where have made 1T part of your
body'-you are in my power. Wher-
ever you are, when I choose to
call you, even from the ends of the
earth, you must come. The sign
will be that when you feel the chain
you will know I am calling you.
"You may be sure left that ac-
cursed island with all my speed, and
yet nine times since then have seen
it and seen that cruel devil worship
per. From the heart of Arctic SHOWS,
from the heart of Africa, as we'll as
from the busy centers of civilization
have been dragged. have buried
myself in the depths of the Australian
bush, and yet he has called me thence
round half the worlds circumference,
Wherever am, if I feel this dreadful
chain causing me discomfort, know
my hour has come and I must up and
| away. If resistant have resisted
the pain becomes unbearable; but
as soon as start for that hateful spot
the pain disappears. When see the
monster he only laughs at me for tax
ing the trouble to come so far to see
a poor ignorant niger. Thank God,
he never forced me again to look on
at another Obeah ceremony, though
he sometimes threatens to do sou
We soon afterward parted for the
night, after arranging to meet again
next day. When at the appointed
| hour called for him, was informed
that he had left early in the morning
for abroad on urgent business
| Not business, I now knew, had
called him, but his remorseless tor
mentor, through the power by which
he was chained.