The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06

1 the gathering. Rocks and trees re- sounded as he passed. The very crags and gorges seemed to stir in slow and ghostly motion.
 l A dim red glow glimmered in abyss and cave. Mist and exhalation were lit with phantom gleams. Fires crept from the mountains face, here in deli cate, twining threads, there like a | gushing spring. sIn hundred veins it streamed into the valleys.
 The witch-horde, clamoring, envel- oped them and drew them along like I the blast of hell. As the swarm near ed the summit, it sank like a monstrous flock swooped groundward and settled over all the great eXpanse.
 Faust whirled away In the devilish revels. resigned himself to the wild night. Entertainments in forms beauti- ful as the first sin and hideous as the | last enmeshed his senses. Lovely | faces and forms ensnared his whirl- l ing brain. Sweet voices sang hideous sacrilege into his ears. Mocking phrases greeted him from bush and crag. White arms encirceled him and dragged him into frenzied dances. l Leering old age, reft of all faculty 1 save for maligant wickedness, whirl- ed side by side with blooming youth, | bright aud glorious save for the brack | brand of evil on it's brows.
 And in all that madness there was a central madness, more furious than | all the rest, where, on a block of stone 1 the Evil itself sat enthroned and re- l ceived the adulation of these embodied deadly sins, who approached the un- holy altar with blasphemous reverence.
 Yet even the Walpurgis Night the crowning night of sorcery and witch I craft did not give Faust to Mephistop- ] nd vUftrb onrha If n | and magic, hellcraft and hell splendor, served their part in his thirst for 1 knowledge; but they did not attract l him, save for the passing moment and still less did they content him. 1 "On! On!" he cried, and still On! | On.' as Mephistopheles swept him, l from emotion to emotion. from the Brocken to the earth again. through sections of joy and sorrow equally boundless. from experience to experi- ence. all equally unRvailing to sate l his boundless craving.
 He awoke from months of fantas- tic dream. as one might wake after a single night to learn that Margaret, crazed by despair. had killed her child and lay in prison, sentenced to death.
 "Dogl. .Abhorrent monster!" cried Faust, gIaring at Mcphistopheles | ''lTrRaL SDlTll Ol IdINts WhO hllOWobt my heart and my soul, why didst thou appear to me only to vanish again and let me fetter myself to this thing of shame that thrives on evil and sates himself on ruin?"
 Why did you make a compact with me If you cannot carry it out? You wished to fly and tremble with iizzi- ness when you reach the height! WhC ruined her? l or you?" sneered Me phistopheles.
 Faust looked at him. wildly.
 Save her." he muttered at last Save her!"
 T cannot loose the bonds of thu avenger of blood" said Mephistophe les. "Over his bolts I have no power Hear thou what, can do. Do l pos essess all the might of heaven an' earth? l will befog the jailer's brail that you may secure his keys. Lea' her forth with your earthly hands.
 will wait with the black witch horses That can l do and no more.
 up! Up Up and away! groane' Faust. swiftly they passed into tn dark and quiet city, soaring over tn roofs on the black horses of hell Alightlng on the prison, Mephistop
 heles charmed the jailer into leade sleep and Faust descended to the cells
 As he approached the door he hear
 the beloved singing. But they Wer not sweet notes or soft, innocent words
 such as lie had heard and loved hear from her pure lips. QuaVerinf shrill. in the blood chilling accents c insanity, Margaret sang fearful word of crime and despair.
 When Faust opened the door sh shrieked: Woe! Woe! They com They come Oh bitter death" She fell to her knees and raised he hands to Faust.
 "Oh. hangman, hangman. who ha giy-n you the right over me. sn walled. ito come this night? Why d you take me at midnight? Mercy Mercy Let me live till morning! ol is not morning soon enough for you?
 Hush! Hush" groaned Faust | agony, stooninE to her. With trem bling fingers he unlocked her chains