Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-30
CHARLES Tow. w. VA.
Mar 26. 1905.

lHlS order OF men called and 1raSmuci
as the hunting of Spells (whatsoeveI
sort of beasts these might be- was very
good in the land of Yankeedoodledur
round about the city of Babbleton.
hese Spoil hunters of Bullfrog Fla
had heard thereof and did greatly han
ker after and desire to behold III,
same; therefore came they at this tim.
according to the desire of their hearts.
Albeit they lacked not other sufIicien
excuse for their coming thither i'll sucl
numbers, seeing that they were SEN
to be an honorable body-guard Il
Willy Willy Billy-son and his instru
ments of music, the which, namely
his pipes and his hurdy gurdy, they
did then fetch with them in the light
ming ox-cart express from their owr
country, the land of Bullfrog- Flat; il
this peradventure thinking to kill two
birds with one stone, thing which,
if it can be conveniently and in nc
wise covertly done, is plainly allow.
able to the jewellers in Bullfrog- Flat
as to, other men of like intent ant
opportunity
Now when these men bearing the
instruments of the Bard of Bullfrog
Flat had entered within the gates Of
Babbleton in due order according t
their degree, and stood in array in the
the chief street thereof in sight of al
the people, there came unto them afte
due time messenger from King K'le
ve-lan commanding them to HE them
forthwith to the palace of the king
Then did they with one accord HE
them as the king had commanded.
And when they had come into the pal
ace there were they RECALLED with right
royal regalement
And, behold, when these things
were made known throughout the city
to the inhabitants thereof, and to the
jewellers without the walls, and t.
them that had habitation on the banks
of the great river -tow-mac, then
did they clap their hands and shout
aloud, greatly rejoicing because Of the
coming of the lightning ox-cart ex-
press and Of the instruments of music
adjusted and attuned according to the
scale and pitch of Wily-Willy- Billy
son in the key of B flat, that is to say
of Bullfrog- Flat. But amidst the re-
joicing of his people, the countenance
of King K -ve-lan was downcast;
nevertheless the form and fashion of
his countenance was not according to
the thought and meditation of his
heart; fer, verify, neither sadness nor
any fear of evil did trouble him; but
he did deeply mediate that which was
both difficult and of hazardous accom-
plishment For as aforementioned he
had aforetime heard how Of old wise
men ycleped magicians had, at divers
times and places, by musical faculty,
namely by the sorcerous junction OF
torceful incarnation, worked most
marvellous miracles, constraining
thereby the Evil One to obey their
utmost behest and to build for them
and the kings, their masters, sundry
walls, and towns, and mighty cities,
wherein were many strong treasures
OF stone and of iron, stored with all
precious things, such as gold, and
silver, and gems, the value whereof
no man could tell.
Therefore, as the king meditated
upon these things, communing dark
ly with his own soul, his countenance
became solemn as that of any owl and
he said within himself, Now, by the
shade of my father, Dem Q -crat-I -cuss
the Great, will surely do this thing,
even as 1t was told ME it was done Of
old by kings and their enchanters, so
will do likewise by the piping, and
playing, and magic incarnation of this
Bard of Bullfrog- Flat Yea. verify, by
the beard of Holy Doodle, we will raise
the devil !"
Now Holy Doodle was an ancient
saint of the land of Yankeedoodledurn
and an oath made with invocation of
his beard was not to be broken or made
void on pain and penalty of wicked
foreswornness. Wherefore the VOW
ing of his vow did thereafter trouble
the conscience of the king not little;
and this the more for as much as HOLY
Doodle was the patron saint of the
house of Dem -O-crat- I-cuss. Never
theless he repented him not; neither
did he advise with others, nor reveal
the meditation of his heart to any
man; for he was a king both astute
and subtle, and one able to keep his
own counsels as becometh king.
Howbeit devil-raising was ever haz
ardous, seeing that the devil hath al
ways better BUSINESS after his sort
than the stone masons' art, or the do
ing of such improbable work as fill
ing mans treasures with a flood of
gold and silver which straightway
runneth out as fast as it is put in, even
as water put into sieve wasteth and
profteth none. For this cause, and
for other reasons which all men may
know without being conjurers them
selves, King K'le-ve-lan, for all his
cunning and circumspection, was no
match for the Evil One-no. mary
time. : as sayeth the poet. For the
devil is not after the similitude of
wrens, or of robins, or other winged
fowls, nor can he like these be caught