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letters illuminated with jets of gas: "North Star, Morgan's 

 dam, was got by Young Diomed, grandsire Old Diomed, great- 

 grandsire Sir Archy, (a thoroughbred horse.)" "What do 

 you think of that, you cavilling sucker ? and look at my 

 Arabian head, my curling tail and mane, my body, mod- 

 eled in the most perfect form to fly over the sands of the 

 desert don't they show blood and I weigh eleven hun- 

 dred, though six inches lower than some of your dunghill 

 Messengers." 



I gazed at this illustrious grandson of Old Diomed, till 

 in the place of one there where hundreds with the same 

 features, contrasting so strangely with the sway back and 

 rolling gait. They grew indistinct and shadowy, until 

 they were partially lost in the hazy atmosphere, which 

 soon became lurid as though there were great prairie fires 

 on every side, and I found myself pinned down in the 

 midst, fastened with lariats, and bound up in cuyote and 

 buffalo robes. I struggled for breath, but could not move. 

 Four stalwart Indians encircled me, with scrapers in their 

 hands heated to a glowing heat, and they forced me to 

 drink a bucketful of molten lava, that was flowing from a 

 cleft in the burning mountain. To heighten my anguish. 

 I heard your voice ordering them to throw some more 

 robes on, and be ready with their rubbers and scrapers. 

 Four more brawny, red skinned, ferocious-looking fiends 

 drew near. They had long scalp locks for rubbing-cloths 

 that were yet red and reeking with blood, as though newly 

 torn from their victims, the gore staining the long silken 

 hair of different colors. I recognized the golden bands of 



Jane P , the raven tresses of Susan, and Miss 's 



luxuriant locks. I cannot describe the suffering; it seemed 

 more intense than my nerves could bear, and I felt them 

 snapping and torn asunder, giving the same sensation, only 

 tenfold greater than is felt when the bungling dentist rolls 

 a tooth over with the turnkeys. You gave the order to 



