The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-10-30
THE S0NG CT 4 SOUL.
LEGEND OF TIE STRING lNSTRu-
MENT FOUNDED ON ERROR.

Mr.. Thosnss cf;gaf,s ToactinC Account Of
u:s .ase.oa Ter H..5s L'os=y ca-:n:ze and
the rag Ei.at Resulted TA.crefrcm.
Under tie 2susic!an's Touch.
L is kHcTn 70 only q few reoPle that
the devil cree lad a GGughtcr-that
was maLy years ago. The Lord be
praised. she lived only a short time.
She was cut eff in her youth. Size cano
to this vorAl il TIE Guiee Of a graceful
kitten, and |, Mr.. Thomas katGut, was
destined to have my fate interminsled
with hers.
While strolling along the banks Of a
pleasant little stream ] first net Miss
Pussy Carrlire, and well was she
named. Wien I eazed into her eyes,
they seemed to glow with fire, and
when | drew NY eyes away they were
so daZzled that all around and about me
seemed for a moment to be red, and the
soft gray fur with which she was COW
cred seemed to be TIPPED with scarlet.
Despite the fact that my entire heart
went I to her in alteration at first
sight, / could rot but be conscious of a
strange and unusual feeling which I
could not lCcalize. It seemed to draw
and strain until it fairly ached, but 1
could not place it. 1t was not my heart,
nor yet my liver, ard it seemed to be
far from my head. This meeting was
but the first of many. Night after night
we met, but in the midst Of transports
of Joy and ecstasies Of bliss which these
meetings brought to me | always con-
tinued to experience the Understandable
feeling, vague, unapproachable, yet al
ways there when in her presence.
One night l felt that / could no longer
contain my feelings, SO, en- the banks
of the river, on the very spot where
first we met, | told her of my love.
And, oh. the effect! Fire seemed to
fash from her eyes and mouth and each
undivided hair On her body was afiame.
All the devil in her seemed to be let
loose. Before my establishment gave me
q chance to act she leaped upon me and
began to scratch and teal and gnaw
and bite. And in the midst Of all the
horror and pain of it came that same
Undesirable feeling in the undiscov-
cred place.
I was perfectly powerless to resist
her murderous attacks, and any efforts
on my part would have been useless,
for I felt that my hour had come. With
out pausing, she continued to scratch
and tear at me until finally, feeling
that I was in the act CT taking my last
breath, / opened my eyes to cast a
last look upon this sad but beautiful
world. Just then Miss Pussy seemed
to have exhausted her vitality, for
she fell back dying even rs my last ful-
tering breath issued from my lips. And
then my soul left its earthly dwelling
place, and, lowering above. looked down
on the scene of the late tragedy.
Horrible dictu!" My cwn body lay
there laeerated and tern, bat the body
of the DEVILS daughter had vanished
into space.
Eager as l was to soar away to a bet
ter land. l could not tear myself from
baO SPoef ~ Ah9SSAt toadIh my BOOA
body in the here that some kind NOR
tai would find it and give it decent bur
ial. But alas for all my honesl At early
dawn a strange locking q tall ard
lean. with long hair aid bony, slender
fingers, came wandering toward our
late trysting place. Suddenly he saw
my body. and a trembling took possess
sion of him. which he soon controlled,
and lifting me gently BY the tail, car
Tied me fer scme distance until we
came to a little house il the woods
which seemed to be his own. lily soul
followed through space, eager to see
what was TO become Of my body. This
awful man, who, it seemed, was the
commander in ohicf Ct az army organ
ized for the adyaE>erleutot music, tc1k
mp q murderous iooklng knife and &c