The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1877-03-30 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

CIOIAII VILLAGE THHATEE.—Dianer us over; by the discovery of the body of a young woman, ' the sounds of drums, cymbals, castanets, horns, and Iwhich appeared to have lain there some weeks. 1 other musical instruments threaten to disturb our The body was first discovered by some boys, and I slumbers if we go to bed too early, while at the same a remarkable circumstance had led. to its immedie I time they indicate that a pony is being performed in ate recognition. The father of the young woman, ' our vicinity. Thither, therefore, we adjourn. In an who was by trade a silk-weaver—i—' Agnes otherwise open space in the village Ye-toting a rude paused for half a moment, and then went on. stage Is erected, a dottpoey proceeding upon it. The `The father twos walking on the banks of the place Is lighted up with oil torches, the smoke and river at the time, and joining in the crowd, reeog- odour of which are wafted in our faces by the nised the body to be that of his daughter. The Fuming broom. All eyes are turned to our party, yet father's distress was inconceivable. The girl, it not offensively ; a place is cleared for us in the appeared, was of abandonded character, and had I most favourable position to enable us to ohleft the house of her father many months before. . serve the performances, seat, procured, and we I invited to occupy them. , marionthetts in obediNo injury, which could excite suspicion of murder, was found on the body, and it was suspected that t :onrcemeT amniipulatore only partially concealed, per. es of ebsurdi 'unnatural gestures e.vishe had committed suicide, as so many unfortu. dently expressive of the drYama, which an invisible nate females did. A small sum of money was " artist recites in very distinct tones, and with excellent found in her pocket, together with a letter, which, , pronunciation. Mr. Burgess, who is an accomplished although almost illegible, appeared to be ad. • Burmese linguist, explains the moral of the story. The I dressed to her father. She wore a small locket ' dramatis persona are decidedly limited in their nunsround her neck, in which was a lock of dark j bees, consisting only of a prince, a princess, and their hair, and a gold ring set with a small emerald. , respective suites. The moral which is being illustrated The name of the girl was Fanny Jeff bins—'—' ' is that it is good to avoid strong drink and to worship Agnes said no more, but dropping the paper on I God; also, to indicate the evils that arise from inorher knee, clapaed her hand, and burst into tears. 1 dinate self-conceit ; the latter being explained by a ' Jeffkins !' exclaimed Aunt Colville; `can it be I fable southwhat after the wanner of ..Ksop. A certain that Fanny who lived with Mrs. Sam ? But, bless 1 frog considered himself quiteasuperior beingamong the me, Agnes,' said she, looking sternly at her niece, ' ram to which he belonged, so, not content to live in 'what is amiss with you? ' j mud and marsh, as do the humbler members of the ` I was much attached to that poor, unfortunate : family, he ascended a duricheapj From the summit girl S' said Agnes. . he looked down contemptuously upon his brother 'My dear,' exclaimed her uncle. I frogs, and, moreover, behaved himself in so conspicuous a manner as to attract the notice of a kite 'Not at all to your credit,' said Aunt Colville. which encircled above him. The bird made one of its 'I cannot explain to you,' said Agnes, 'the peculiar circumstances which make her death . swoops upon him, carried off the proud patrician in its talons and at its leisure devoured the creature—a affecting to me. • You could not understand it? : righteous' end for all such as think them,' ves above but, wretched as she was, and abandoned as the I their neighbours, and a moral by no n.. ens leapworld believed her. I was much attached to her; ' a many virtues and many 1 plicable to frogs elsewhere than in Burinab.—" Oft.. nd her father, a man of , Trip to Burmah." by C. A. Gordon, M.D., C.B. sorrows, was a friend of my father's.' 1