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ODARIG COReLLIIllustrated,
R.I.
Hodder ^ StoucJitorL
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TfieDGVIL'S CDOTOR
in the dead midnight,at that supreme TTU>unent tohert the HoursIthat arej)ost slm aioc^
JroTTLthe grasp of ihe Hours^etrtobe , there came rushingbehueen.Garth and. Heavea ilie sound
of Ojiant tuheels^-^the alare of
great liahis, die stench, arid
the muffled,roar ofahuae GIT,
tearino; atjulL speed, alona; ihepale line dividing theDarkness
jrorrtthe Daum .
\
0-'
ndheiuho stood, tuiihr
in.the Gar,steeruia; it
xdght
croruned.tDilh.jlre; largebat-like tilingsplanedout on.eifher
side qfhim,iau3ovariuebsqfsmoke and^lame, and.his
jace was uihite as bleached-bone. Like alcninria embershis eyes burnedinthetrcay-a*nous sockets ^shedding; ter-
ihrouah the star-
streiun,space, -and, arthisthin,lips there tuas a.jrazeshadou3 of a. smile more cruel
than,hate, more deadly than.
despair.
>*.
dropped.broken,reeds,~themouivtsorins cnimbledintorils coid quarrieSjthfi
seas orulTtvers,thelakes andujaterjalls dried,up intoblackandmuddy uiaters,anddlthelandmas bereft: of beaufy. Inthe place oftuholesome green,
jlelds and leajy uoods>lhererose
up gl0inlic cUies ,built in,pn,every side,and bristling withthousands upon,thousandso/chimneys belching;^rdrsid?air
inctsmoke into the overhanor~**-*+ 1 l 1 ^ 1 i*^-^w ^vl^%^^%rm -ml^-*^*!^ ^'^l -%Y\1 B>-a^o
A. V * -^
anci the cidfs tuerejuliofadeajenina; noise andcrashing
conjlisiart as op tert million.
luxiraners t>eattnof
beattng ccuuay cxULpeace , cdl
solitude^ oil healtft, all rest*
,n-t"lue cried Still
ion.! On.tDifh-cm.endr
rush. and.TOOT 1
lOver thepktins of theii>orld.that is gone, 'overthe
heights ofthe world,to come-on, stilloat
, without love ttutthoatt JHlouj me,cSLyefarces
tuhidht are destined,to tDork6ie ruin, of (narikind.,--jblloui t
On., ort>o^er all beauty,allten-derness , all trudi. I ride,^
Torturer cif Souls , the Arch-
enemy oj1 Qod t TheKingdom
ofTML grams wide and deep,praise be to (DarLtuho
makes it! I countupmy groiu
-ing possessions irt the ever
breeding spomn of humonlustondavarice,~ I breathe and live and
rejoice inihejpoisort^vaj>oursqfhuman Selfishness! memert ojfthese latter days are rny food,
and sustenancefthe women, mychoice morsels, my dainty ddi-cotes ! Brute beasts and blind,
they snatek at everv lie I dfjadienv; re^ec&ng Gbrnal tife
choose Gternal
ily di^ shall liave their Temardt
Hike OLblmlvt ny Spirit shallen-
compass thenrt J-and whosoeverwould scour the airand scorch, tlie
eartkmustrruivonthe straiglit
toad op his desire with- GQeP
Ahuge Car, fearingat full speed alongthe pale line dividingthe Daj-knes3 fromtiie
into these
cotmtlessj>risons gpstone andmortar the
Dembiv of the drsm^pvast and. ever~hurryin$ croiuds
of hrimart beings,xuidvthe
rious Jbrce op cr migjify tu
urindL siuegnng^ dead leaves
intolhe sea:*
No roorrt to breathe~no tLnie"^ A "
to think no good to serve! he
cried.*J^oui sTiallyou/^rget
that God. ecists ! JNIoai shall
you. ad, have ^our otun. itiild
tuay /forA/bur tuoy is Of)y mayI
4oui shcdt^ovt resolveyourselvesIxxek to OTL embryo c^p
luorrns
and, croes ^andnone shall rcsaie
you, > no , not one ! pbr the
Angpls op theJfudgmaitore sounding their trunrr-
pels op terror t ondl mho shall
silence their Vfoices, or stay the
thundmrujs and. lightnings^orthe great earthquake?
odL oruL fire ; anddie trees, oncLthe
green gross burnt upand destroyed t
~ theSort and the moort^the day anddie night smitten into oneblaekrnesst
virtues t nomarehoesvertt l^nou
> luxnxlit:,countit^lnig it,
Lo, I give tt to^yotL irtrnillioiis,
packed daiun- and.pressed,to-
gether irtjuU ^ overflcnuingmeasure I scatter it amongyoueveaas a destroying Taint
uild luilK it ,buv uiitK^x
it, gamble uritH it,
selL your souls arud^f
ies for \k,~ thereare devnls drought irtHeLLtodrive cdllyourbcirgains! Siueer
odt trulh. t d^eatjustice,snatekvirtues maskta cover vice,
canscicrice^fted.
seU^es tuirn the lusts oprnalisnr till the cancer of sin.
makes cf yovL apulrepetion,and an open sore irt die sightof the sun.! Come^lme SucK uiisdoirt as
pass your oinrt destriictiont
Onto you. shall be unlockedihe
and the secrets of the
air, you- shall bendthe uning: to your service^andthe
shrdl slor ! youshcdL Tiolloiri out me groundand ddve OL sui^roadiliixjughitJbr^aurselyes injanciedproud securi^ ,and the eartKshall crarnbte in-iipoiiyottas^^f
a. gravet and, the cities you.have built shall crusKyou.in tliirjtdling 1^yotL shallSeek, to bind the tuirids, andsail the skies ,and DeatK shall
UDoit-[oryou. in the clouds,
and ecult irtyour doumiMl t
Come, tie yourj>igny cnartr
ots to the sun, caul Sobe
drtnimu into itsJHaming vor-tex
qppeixliiioixtAll Creation,
shall rejoice to be deansedLrom, ifuej3oUutu>Tx ofyouriresence^Jbr Qod hcdK suioraD give unto (T)e all mho re-
jedr Him t and th
Qijr has come !
till fasterflew theCar, red meteors
hed irt its courseand. the Phantom
shapes uihicK JbUouiecL its
jHight crowded together irt art
ever-thickening, ever-darken-
ing nrtultitiide , luhile bright:Stars itiere shakert downfromheaven, like snoiuflakes luhirl-
big irv CL lointer ttastr* And,rnin.g^ing uJiiH the grindingfroar cf its wheels came oflier
soundsv sounds qpjiercelacu^iter arul loud cursing^yells and. shrieks and groansof torture,~the screams cfthe sujjering, the sobs qp the
oral as thejneruldrove ort xuith sunjtly quickert-
ingJury ttnerv and tijomert andlittle children, mere trampleddouirv one uport anodier andlolled, in. thetr thousands^andthe Car tuas splashed thick uiith
luunoart blood* Andl He uiho
luas dodied irt Hade and.croiuned i
ultingly as He dashed alongover massacred heaps of deadnations and. the broken, rem-nants c>f thrones*
rogress and speed!"hecried. ~-*
"Rush on,
on ! There is but oneGnd hasten iue to reach, it !
^lo hcdt by the uiay to gatherthejHatuersjruits of jeeliruj
^
jbr a lijtincj qf the wes to theunde jurnarneiit:^ luhere mil-lions qf spheres,more bcautl-
jul thcax this uihichineixinake
iriretched,^ sail on, their caurs-
es likejmr ships bound,jbrQod's ^Idenliarboiirs! JSIotime to Ustcrt to the singingqpthe birds qf hope, the ripple-
qf tiie suieet waters qf re-
jreshmeni;, the Tnurnrrttr
cool grasses uxiying; in the
jlelds ofj>eace;~no time^nostop t -no UiILJ^quiing, oat jor ever out
tu? rtpple of Hie stoeet
Ike murmur of coolorosscs coovuui In2 /? ij /the fields of pcctce.
J ut
p and ride uriiHmeaHye uihoUK>uldreachthe goal! Cbme^yejbolsof avarice! Gbme^e
bloom, and bursting; windbagsof worlds conceitandvcrinpretension ! Come^ye greedy menusof aluttony ~v^liiinuin,potfles-i^ i
^- T -4T +
of arink t ye iDolves ofvice!
Gnne^ye slianidess luomeaoflasts andlies andvanities f
G>me tjbJsehearts aandtreadvaxms tonguesces!~come,deardemonscondride tutdime ! Come^yepre-tenders toliolinesd-ye dueves
cf virtue,,tulio g^ye'charify'tDthepoor uritfi the rigjithand ,
and cheatyour neighbour l
thelejtr! Come, ye gamblersluitH ex faction's honour',Strike your last throiu ! Come,allye inorphia^^ vampiresami slaves toj>oison!~gpxcJpat my luheds ancL ding I
On- orts~over tlie jragmentBqp rnighly Giipires^over theliearts of kings ancl
cjueens/-over the lives qp the brm>e,the
good and. the uiise t trample-them all douurt and crush,them,into diistr and- ashes ! CClhatshalime do iuith.H3isdoniTiiie
tuho have done luitKQod ?OQhat: U3idij>uri^ ? ^uuhattuith coiuxige ? JNaught are
these but rg^rooch and bit?-
terness mere obstacles in.
the road way luhicK leadeth.
to destruction; ride thenrL
doturt ! Oix^ort ! to the, des-tbied enrl t on. tuith- ixisKcord, T\urry and.j>anUtty ear
gerness to reacK the onlygpal- the last: of luuinijig^posts ' the dose of Certain.-
v the QRAVe !^
ike o.^los1iingbliirof ftery uuheels theQtr non3 spurt alongtrtthe blackness op
die night^ and the driftingPhantoms round about it mereas great grey sails stuellingtuilH the angry blast, andsweeping it omuard through,tine
ray no morehopenomore '-love, no more !
cried theJHend^Beas the shifting sands,
or as the trembling quicksilrver inconstant, capricious,~ ever irtniotion , never atrest I Chjangp change andrevolt ! AH ye who weary ofold tilings > behold I give^yoiLneiu t Bodies shall bepam-pered and souls l<illedjaryour pleasure ;~jbulest vices
slicdl oe called merely ^sensa-
tions f each tobe tried >ex-
cused and condemned inturn,card \nrtues shollhaveno
more place atcdlintliesccde
of jeelincj! The music op lifeShall dash into wild discord-the love of home shallbea last
glory, tendernessjar theand reverence* for the
r shxdlbe thejaded senti-
ments of thejjast,only jitjbra iniirnrner'isjest !
resses
change and sensation, t itott
outyour columns ofnotoriety , ye piinting^pc^ the inoHat spread loethejtmne of the Anarchistandthe Cx>urtesarL,^inock and re-
vile the spirits of flieioise andtrue t
~ noise abroad thename
of die (Purderer, andtreat tiie
R>et tuith derision
tery to the rich andscornto the
humble , teachnothing bulrthe art of lying, add venomto the tongue of scandaly-digup the graves of the gr^itt ocrui
kill the i^utations ofthebravenmH TMiT** f
^and pure
dpnothing art thatis noble nothing thatis honest, nothingthat is of Qod, orjbr
,~print every lie, grudgeevery truth.,and let vour truia-
J>etr~note be that of blatantAtheism, and Devilry to the-
endt Set trade against trade,
community against oammiir
agpinst natkm/-in^; bambastr
and senseless twaddleyoujillyour uritches* aaildron qpnr~chief and contentiort to the
jiilll Qp and ride urithme^Plotters agqinst Peace t^ ye,whose hands are agcdnst every
mart! there is TIO time tobelost up and aujqy uridxarusKand ctroart -jbr the Qreat Stioa"
has Jcdlertjrom HeaverttoGarflr^and to Htnrvis given,the
key of Aebottomlesspit! Thje
pit is open. ^the gate standswide ^
ODet
y ikis light was seea
a monstrous ridgeof dense blctckne&s
juttiiuj sfkarply oversonu2 vast uicalcu.-
UrbLeJjeplK of Korrar.
ikelightning now the
great Gar tone throughspace itsj^aringlampsjTashing, its
tuheels grinding tuith the sul-
len-noise of a.bursting volca-
no, andamidst cries andshrieks indesa^able^itleaped^nrt -Jt~ III^IY . -fr-rim Ti^nrfc ir%n/vrLpeaktopeak,
dp toppling clouds that tow-ered above andaround it:
mightypresently
it
palemered ^cr o^p, andby this
li^it U3as seen. OL monstrous
ridge of dense blacknessJufrting sliarply oversome vastr
incalculable deptH ofOnstilL on the Car rushed;and.He of the sable robesand,j^aming croum,urged ce
pace its reckless speed uuithuiikl shouts of uiUderlaiio^tter%
1L tHeuioriAirtsiickTiostetodiet' Hecried. *"AlL the world
.gone mod, uiiflx die^croze cf movement! Clp intiie
oir^ doturtorttihe earthu^ aOLturned, to tuhirling tj%dng,toss*ing atoms ofami lo, the Gnd^t Bejpattentnotu >f&rye shclLneveruxmder
agairtt be silent nou>,jbrprayerand, cursing^ lawg^vter anrui
tears ore donet let thehoand-ed. gpld dropJTOIILyour grasp
nothingyon-dert
t^- diis rusklieadlonQ > to
be cast into silence ?'
ejoicc,O Irees,tkoltoe ooce of tive de-
royer- shall nomore cast ije
\
"cxs it tuorfK uihile toleave tfie sunshinejbrthis dork.? beoiityjbrthis decoy ? suieet
sounds of love oral tendernessfor this stillglow of the eternalflame uihieKisnotquenelied
this g^icaiiing; of die eternalinorm uihose
satisfied,? Lo tyeTiavelmrnl:up CL luorldLtoliQhtHell ujiiH
itsjHamet^ biittheuKrridshallblossoirr agpon. like aspringing jroin the dustluhose soiless lives havebeen,OL curse and. art outrage on.its
jbirnesst shalLpace itsjleasanlpaths no more t
Likea
SkaJou? bc-toecn Cartitand Heavenme Demonstood . . ,
L~on,~d\or\Q theHockd^juttmg
over silent I
, iiritKcLwhirL of*
jtreand roar of Ihurider-lJie
Carj^euj t^ andihea -asi^jbr
one bri^ breafliingpart ofaSecond itpaused, t
ike a vttst Shodombe-ttueert Garth andHearventhe Demon stood~his bonyhand on,the
SteeKna~iuheel and every
j>ointr irthis^Homing craum.urilK the
qf ct million stars * Hound a-
Ixnit hinrt soocredand stooped-^^^k_ -i-^
countless
shopes some like luixxkcd shipslike toirtj
1^^ of honour
some like throned king^^soraellkejair uiomerr vdiled in, a.
mist qf tears, andbeneath.his bat-likepinions, oiit>
stretched to northandsouth*
there gjUmjneredctpale croiod
of luhilcjaces , upturnedwild
e^es and. imploringhandscdl crushed,together in.a ujrir
tiling mass ofagony !Butnosound,cameJrom,those dumbmouths agape with,terror,allwere silent: as Death, itself^and on^7 the thunderousTOOT
of uie Carechoed through,spojoe, as afterthat infinitely
Briefpanse,tt dashedjurious-ly onLoand and, doiunl-'doujn.,~- doujn.sheerover fhcedgecf6iodt nr^sticj)recurice intothe jbdthomless o^ss oftheQnseertand. Qnknoum. t
scarlet surv roselouAy,/ixiru flte
reA Beat of
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