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BOUND BY A CHAIN OF GOLD
THE OBEAH PRIEST, WHOSE COM
MANDS MUST BE OBEYED.
A Chain Fastened to a Man in a Myste
rions Way, and He Has to Go
Whenever He Is Called,
My attention was one day directed toa
passer-by in the street, the friend who
was walking with me saying:
“Do you observe that man? He has a
gold chain round his arm."”
“Oh,” I replied, ‘‘that’s nothing very
wonderful.”
“But this is,”’ said he. “It is fastened
on so that it cannot be removed. It w.s
put on him somewhere abroad, and he is
bound by it in some mysterious way, 80
that he has to go there whenever he is
called.” e
This was certainly something unusual,
and, as my friend could tell me no more,
my curiosity wvas aroused,and I determin
ed to find out the truth for myself, if
possible.
There was no great difficulty in get
ting an introduction to the gentiemanin
question. He was well known, and'*
though rather reserved, was acccunted a
good fellow by his more intimate =c
quaintances. We soon became very
good friends, but, though I was eager to
know his story, I did not venture to ask
him point blank, as I could see that
uothing could be got in that way. So I
waited patiently, and at length I Li
on an idea which I proceeded to carry
out on the first favorable opportunity.
One evening I brought the conversation
round to the subject of hypnotism, and,
after a little preliminary fencing, asked
him whether he believed in these so
called mysterious powers said to be pos
sessed by some people.
“Believe?’ replied he, “yes, I do, and
in truth I have good reason to; audso
would you if you had passed through
what I have suffered from these same in
fernal powers—for that they are infernal
T amas sure as that I amat presentin
their grasp, into which I had the ill-luck
to fall, Look at that!"’ said he, suddenly
baring his right arm to the elbow; ‘‘there
is the mark of the demons who have
killed for me all the pleasures in life.
Weould that they had killed me outrigh !
It was certainly a most extraordinary
sight. Round his arm, midway bet ween
the elbow and the wrist, there was deeply
imbeddedi in the flesh a gold chain, com
posed of massive hnks of a very peculial
pattern. At first sight 1t appeared to be
merely a cleverly tattooed design, for
the links, though™ perfectly distinct, did
not appear to interfere with the continu
ity of the skin, but closer examination
revealed their actual solidity. It wasa
mystery how such an object could have
been so implanted in the living tissues
without, as he measured me, inconven
iencing him 1n the least at ordinary
times. When I had exhausted my curi
osity and sufficiently expiessed my
astonishment he proceeded, though
apparently with considerable reluctance,
to tell the story connected with it.
“Thjs chain,” said he, ‘‘which appears
to you a mere object of curiosity, and
the result of some mad freak on my part,
is to me a terrible badge and a real bond
of slavery. 3
“Ten years ago I was in the West In
dies, partly cn business, partly on pleas
ure. I had already wandered over a great
part of the earth, and wherever 1 went
made a »oint of examining as closely as
possible into every strange phase of hu
man lite; and my cursed curiosity—l can
call it by no more dignified name—led
me to visit Hayti, that ulcer of the new
world, where the negro has covered his
native baibarism witb an all too thin
ven er of civilization. One day I had
wandered into the country, admiring the
rank luxuriance of the tropical vegeta
tion, and, unluckily for me, having gone
too far, I lost my way. Night, the sud
den black night of the tropics, came
down, and I knew not whither to turn.
“‘ln these wilds there were no signs of
human dwellings, but as I aimlessly
stumbled on, hoping sooner or later to
light on some trace of human life or
some track which I might follow, I saw
the olad gleam of lights at no distance.
Hastening on I soon heard voices, and,
breaking through some thick under
growth. 1 found myself at the entrance
to a small level, clear space, surrounded
by lofty trees. So glad was I to be, as I
thought, within reach of shelter for the
night, that I hud hastily advanced a few
steps before a glance at the group of wild
figures, now clearly illuminated by the |
light of the fire, told me that I had brok
enin on an obeah ceremony. i
“] weil knew the fate that awaited un
authorized intruders on these horrid
rites, and turned to flee; but I was
too late. I had been observed, and
ere I had taken a couple of steps bnck-l
ward a pair of swarthy negroes sprang
on me and bore me to the ground. Their
knives were already at my throat, whenl
the leader of the band—the priest, I sup-
pose, if he can be called priest, who pre
sides over these orgies—came forward,
and with a word stayed them. Seton
my feet again at his conmand, he eyed
me steadily, for a few moments, and if
ever the devil looked out of human eyes
he did then. Such another diabolical
countenance I have never seen.
“‘He appeared to cogitate a few mo
ments. Then, speaking to the negroes
in a jargon of which all but a few words
were uvuintelligible to me, he spoke to
me in fairly good English.
“+You are an Englishman. Had you
been of any other race I would not haye
wasted a breath on you, but left you to
your fate; but you English are the boast
ed conquerors of the world, and think
you know everything. Before lam done
with you you will know—ani can te't
your people if you choose—that there
are some things you have not got hold o«
yet. Meantime, first of your proud race.
you shall behold the most solemn rite of
obeah in this, one of its most sacred
places.’ ; :
~ «So saying he turned on his heel and
left me, while the negroes seized me
again, and, harrying me nearer the large
fire burning in the center of the open
space, bound me securely, but not, I
must siy, too tightly to a tree, while
right before me the rest of the unholy
crewwent on with their unholy business.
“‘Partly prompted by curiosity, partly
owing to the threats of the priest, who
spoke to me once when I shut my eyes
in shuddering horror, I saw the fearful
orgy to the end. What I saw I shall
never tell—l could not if I would. No
words I could use would suffice to depic:
in all their dreadful blackness the acts
of that demoniac circle, I supped full
of horrors, and when at length I was re
leased I swooned away.
““When I recovered consciousness I
was lying in a small cave, on arude
couch, and before me, intently looking
into my face, was that monster in human
shape, the priest of the midnight de
bauch, How long I had been there I
knew not, I felt weak and faint, and
overcoming my disgust s» far as to ask
for water, he gave me a calabash full of
some heavy, sweetish liquid which I
drank eageriy. It must have been a
narcotic, for I fell asleep at once, and
haye how only a dim recollection «f
waking several times, and on each occa
siop being supplied with food and drink
of some sort. I must have remained in
the cave for several days with that evil
heing in a semi-comatose state, but at
last I awoke feeling much refreshed,
though with a numb sensation of terror
hanging around me, of which I have
never yet got rid and which I know will
never leave me. Facing my jailer, I
asked him what he now intended to do
with me.
¢ have done with you in the mean
time,’ said he, ‘but I have marked you
for the future,” and he pointed to my
arm, when I saw what you bave just
seen.
*And then the demon told me that
though he was but a poor ‘ignorant nig
ger,” he could weld on an all-knowing
Englishman a chain that would bind him
all his life, from which he could never
free himself.
““ Go out ‘nto the world,’ said he; ‘be
prosperous; I give you that with the rest
—*hat whatsoever you put your hand to
shall prosper. Be happy, if youcan!l
cannot, with all my power, give you that,
even if I could; but remember that while
you wear that§chain—and you can never
pluck it off your arm, where I have made
it a part of your body—you arve in my
power. Wherever you are, when [ choose
I can call you, even from the ends of the
earth, and you must come. The sign
will be that when you féel the chain you
will know [ am calling you.
““You may be sure” I left that accurs
ed island with all speed, and yet nine
times since then I have seen it, and seen
that cruel devil-worshiper. From aretic
snows, from the heart of Africa, as well
as from the busy centers of civilization,
[ have been dragged. I have buried my
self in the depths of the Australian bush,
and yet he has called me thence round
half the world’s circumference. Wher
ever lamif I feel this dreadful chain
causing me discomfort, I know my hounr
has come, and I must up and away., If
I resist—and I have resisted—the pain
becomes unbearable; and as soon as I
start for that hateful spot the pain dis
appears,
““When]l see the monster he only laughs
at me for taking the trouble to come so
far to see a poor, ignorant nigger. Thank
God, he never forced me again to look
on at another obeah ceremony, though
he sometimes threatens to do so.”
We soon afterwards parted for the
nigh., after arranging to meet again next
day. When, at the appointed hour, I
called for him, I was informed that be
had lett early in the morning for abroad
on urgent business.
Not business, I now knew, had called
him, but his remorseless tormentor,
through the power by which he was
chained.
o 0 A Househeld Treasure.
D. W. Faller, of Canajoharie, N. Y.,
says that he always keeps Dr. King’s
New Discovery in the house and the fam
ily hasalways fo ind that very best resulos
follow its use: that he would not be
without it, if procarable G. A. Dyke
man, Druggist, Catskill, N. Y., says that
Dr. Kines New Discovery is undoubtedly
the best cough remedy; that he has used
it in his family for eight years, and it
has never failed to do all that is claimed
for it. Why not try a remedy so long
tried and tested. 'Trial bottle free at
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World’s Fair Highest Award.
SCHUOL BOY KNOWLEDGE,
Some of the Funny Blunders of Which
Pupils Are Capable.
The roll of our naval heroes is still
increasing, for a schoolteacher has re
cently learned from her pupils that
‘“‘Shakespeare became a French and
Milton a Dutch admiral.’”” Mussulmans,
however, was not, of course, ‘‘the name
given to French soldiers,’’ nor does suf
frage mean ‘‘hunger,’’ though some
times it is not remotely connected with
thirst.
There is something solemn in the
statement that ‘‘Becket—his grave was
made a pilgrim,’’ and a false etymology
possibly suggested that ‘‘guerrillas were
men whe saw to the guillotine,’’ and
that Doomsday Book was so called *‘be
camse it was to last till the crack of
doom.” And, lastly, here are the two
most recent contributions to general
history: ‘‘Nelson lived in the reign
of Victoria and defeated the French un
der Blucher at Waterloo,’’ and, again,
‘“‘the battle of Trafalgar was fought at
Waterloo, when Napoleon commanded
the Prussians and Nelson was shot for
going on deck.’”’ In geography also the
answers are somewhat at variance with
preconceived notions. It appears that
“‘Derby is noted for races, Sheffield for
Sheffield ponies and Bolton for its ab
bey.’’ Honolulu is ‘‘a palace in the cap
ital of Spain’’ and Helvellyn “‘a large
voleano in Scotland.”” A crater is ‘‘a
straight line which is very hot,’’ and
the chief foods of India are ‘‘tea, coffee,
rice and raw silk.’’ Possibly few people
know what dikes are. It is this way:
‘“When a country is below the sea,
dikes are big sticks to hold up the wa
ter.”” Woe are glad to know, on one an
thority, that ‘‘the Albert Nyanza is so
called because it was discovered by
Prince Albert,’’ but it suggests painful
thoughts to be informed that ‘‘Living
stone went on exploring till his boots
were quite worn out.’”” There is, how
ever, a certain element of truth in the
statement that ‘‘Panama is noted for
yellow mud, which sticks to the fingers
of those who make it.”’
The English language itself is a fer
tile source of error. Such spellings as
“‘bearheaded’’ are not uncommon. The
masculine of goose is duck, and the
feminine of horse is cow. The plural of
lady is gentleman, and the masculine of
vixen is brute. Abstract nouns are
“‘things you cannot see, such as gas and
thunder,’’ or—as one boy put it with a
delicate vein of irony—‘‘a thing yon
cannot ' feel—namely, conscience.’’—
Providence Journal.
The Origin of Point Lace.
- A little known example of inventive
genius in woman is that afforded by
Barbara Uttman of Saxony and her
point lace so long in fashionable use all
over the world. She invented the proc
ess and apparatus for manufacturing
this beautiful handiwork, which has
since given employment to millions of
operators, and which, in its line, has
never been excelled. The apparatus
looks like a long pincushion bristling
with pins arranged to outline the pat
tern or design. The operator manages
from 10 to 50 peculiar spools, allowing
the thread to feed over the pins alter
nately until the design is completed.
The spools or bobbins are purposely of
different colors, so as to be easily distin
guishable. The process is slow and diffi
cult to learn. Miss Uttman founded
schools, where thousands learned it.
Since her time, when inventive ability
was rare, even among men, her ideas
have been incorporated in the construc
tion of machinery by which the lace is’
produced at wonderful lower rates, and
yet Barbara Uttman’s lace still sar
passes all. —London Lady. -
Seamanship Past and Present.
In the past seamanship was the chicf
thing. In the present seamanship, in
she old and strict sense of- the vrorld,
holds a ‘very subsidiary place. When
the winds @nd the waves and the tides
could not be forced and had to be hu
mored, the mystery of dealing with
these elements was a worthy study for a
whole life. But today we force the
winds, the waves and the tides, and
humor them very little. The seaman is
in process of becoming the engineer.
Every year he becomes more and more
the engineer, and I am certain that a
much briefer experience of the sea than
was formerly needed is now required to
ward the formation of the good officer.
—National Review.
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