Venus (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from VenusAct I, scene I. - Porch at rear of Executive Man s10n. (enter Governor, Sheriff and Messenger.) Governor. What! Resists arrest by authority? This hermit of the mountains, he a God? Denies the power of society, The just and righteous course of law and order? We'll know the truth of his most wild assertions. Does he make threats? Sheriff. With words and actions too, Aye, with a voice strong and mean invective, A face drawn full of heartless, vain contours, He threatens any one who should attend To pry into his curious secrecies, With death by bullet or with dynamite. Governor. Lives he in a cave? Sheriff. No, his vile retreat, Is but, as I saw it from the outside, A house of logs and mud Without a roof, No windows and no door, but in one end, As projecting above the topmost logs, I saw a part of what appeared to be A single castle of shining silver. What it is to save my life I can't guess. I called hello! The voice of a woman Calmly answered. Then I heard a murmur, A head disguised peered high above the wall, And with the voice of an excited man, Demanded my business to know why I came. I mildly told him, in a gentle tone, That I came with a warrant to search the place I meant no harm if he had done no wrong Came just to learn that he abide the law, And take the message to the curious And prying people. Then he answered me, With the painful fury I just spoke of, Flourished a gun that I was forced to leave. Governor (to messenger). Messenger! Messenger. Sir? Governor. Tell Captain Call I want him here at once. (exit Mess.) A woman too he has with him concealed! Well, now! I guess we shall know how he keeps If it takes an army to conquer him! (enter Captain.) Captain! Captain. Sir, I am at your command. Governor. Have your company ready in the morning, Prepared with ammunition to kill, To march through the hills to Liehigh mountain. There's a dell where dwells a dangerous hermit, Who threatens the life of any who comes Within the circle that he calls his own. Hurt him not if you can help, but fetch him, Dead or alive, I say, to me fetch him! This man, the sheriff here, will be your guide. (exit.) Captain. Aye, aye, sir! We'll get that insane boaster In the morning, ere break of day we'll start. Sheriff. I'll be with you, Captain, then I will guide you to the glen. (exit.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.