Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-23
| ETTERS OF A.
LOOKER-ON.
CHARLES Town. w. VA,
Mar. 20, 1895.

DeIWecu the lWO WluCly SSPdidlSd ~
cial conditions, which, if attentively
studied, is extremely instructive. II
is true, my quotation from the ancient
annals presented Geographic details
rather than bare narration of imper-
sonal facts; and it was selected fol-
this very reason for historic person
ages, like the d,umafis beysonr of the
mimic stage, speak their own part in
turn, and this necessity maintains the
unity of action as we'll as the verisim-
ilitude of the same. Besides. we know
how we'll it has been said that "Biog
raphy is history teaching by exam
pie"
EXTRACTS FROM THE ANNALS OF BULL
FRoG-FLAT-Continued.
VOL III. chapter XIII. page $50
Now in those days there came unto
the court of King K'le-ve-lan many
divers-mannered men, oftentimes
iourneying from afar to do service and
reverence to the king, and likewise 10
do honor to themselves by showing
themselves daily in the palace arrayee
in rich apparel, and by feasting, ane
-bibbing, and other like debauch
cries in the midst of the people; or, as
some did chiefly affect, by bowling
themselves both morning and evenin}
before the high altar in the great tenn
pie of Lobbee, and also by singing OF
psalms beneath the dome thereof.
And it came to pass that wller
Wily-Willy- Billy-son had come to the
palace OF the king, and had gone be
fore the throne in the midst thereof
and had bowed himself before the kins
and had made obeisance unto him
certain of these debauchees and otheI
envious persons belonging to the couri
beholding the favor wherewith King
X le-ve-lan did favor the Bard of Bull
frog Flat, took council together, ano
spake one to another, saying, "Who
is this piper from the West-countree
that our lord the king should honor
him above us his servants of old1 We
will none OF him We will checkmate
himl Yea, verify, we will bulldost
him! And they consented everyone
thereunto. Howbeit they made show
of honoring him before the king and
before the people.
But King K'le-ve-lan was no seeker
after the unwisdom of court -babblers.
He knew good thing when he saw
it. Therefore, he took Willy Willy
Billy-son by the hand and boosted
him, and doomed him, and set him
beside himself, doing him honor be.
fore all men. And when he had seat
ed him on high, he put upon the fore
finger of his right hand golden ring
set with ruby exceedingly precious.
wherein was engraven magic name.
even the name OF the king own faith
er, Dem o Krat-I-cuss with super
scription in an unknown tongue which
no man could interpret; to wit, "Tache
sans Tache''; and the same was the
great seal of state.
And now, when the king had feasted
theBard ofBullfrog- Flat and had shown
him to all his court, he gave him in
charge to his servants that they should
put him to sleep in the best bed-cham-
Der of the palace, whereof the hang
ings were of the finest silk, and the
bedstead of gilded brass, and the
chamber service was of gold, and Of
silver, and of precious ware. And
these things did the king do because
he was in his heart persuaded that
the Bard of Bullfrog- Flat could by his
piping, and his playing, and his can
tation help him to raise the devil as
was Gone by men of old.
King K'le-ve-lan, albeit he loved
not the wassail-cup overmuch, loved
good company and night feasting.
And, 10, now, when the Bard of Bull
frog Flat had been long abed and the
slumbers of the just had closed his
eyelids, the king had not yet ceased
from his feasting But when the
night had waned even nigh unto
the dawn, the king suddenly arose
and bethought himself Of Willy
Billy-son' S beast of burden; for he had
heard aforetime that the Bald of Bull
frog Flat came unto the city of Bah
bleton riding on an ass.
Therefore King K'le.ve-lan did sud-
denly leave off his feastiug, and calling
for his chief butler, Intercepted him.
saying, 'Lo, now. butler where is this
Willy Willy -Billy-son's ass p And
the chief butler answering him, said.
30, king, as l live l know not >
Then the king straightway sent
the chief butler to bring the keeper of
the stables, and when he was come
the king spake unto him as he had
spoken unto the chief butler, saying,
Where is Willy Willy Billy son S
ass ?" And the keeper of the stables
likewise answered and said, .As my
s,ul liveth l know not" Then did
the king wax exceeding wroth; and
he sent the chief butler and the keep
er of the stables to fetch unto him in
haste the captain of the guard. And
when the captain of the guard was
come into his presence. the king look
ed upon him in anger, and cried unto