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ODARIG COReLLIIllustrated,

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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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