Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGRR IN TIlF: DARK. 191
such fnry ; the cruel lash of his whip 'cracked like
pistols, and he popped it to me so thick and fast, I had
no time for reflection; the very first lick, I thought
both my legs were cut off, and the rest of me blowed
up into the air; I'm confident he raised me six or
seven feet from the ground."
"Nonsense-you only imagine it."
"No imagination about it, for he cracked it to me
three or four times, before I came down again."
" Pooh I you were excited; why man, you could
have fallen fifty feet, before the fellow could have
made three or four passes at you."
"He was quick as lightning."
" Still yon intend to pursue him ~ You're anxious
for another licking I suppose ~"
" It 's Dot the injury sustained by the lashing the
villain gave me, that I'm fretting about; 'tis the loss
of Anna Maria's estate-not a cent of which can we
now ever reach."
" I can't imagine why you trusted that Mary Glidewell
so far; 'twas she did all the mischief."
"The abominable hypocrite! why she made me
believe that in a short time, she expected to hand over
several thousand dollars for the benefit of the church."
"And instead of that, has caused the loss of a
hundred thousand I"
"'Tis too much to bear I"
To such an extent did this corrupt-hearted man give
way to malicious feelings, that for months he was