Rest after Exertion--A Purpose--"Mine Ease in mine Inn"--
The "Thread of Discourse"--A Thunder-gust--Its Approach and
Departure--A Bolt--A rifted Elm--An impressive {vii} Scene--
Gray's _Bard_--Mount Vernon--Courthouse--Site--Medicinal
Water--A misty Morning--A _blind_ Route--"Muddy Prairie"--
Wild Turkeys--Something Diabolical!--The _direct_ Route--
A vexatious Incident--The unerring Guide--A _Tug_ for a
_Fixen_--An evening Ride--Pinkneyville--Outlines and
Requisites--The blood-red Jail--The _Traveller's Inn_--
"'Tis true, and Pity 'tis"--A "Soul in Purgatory"--An
_unutterable_ Ill--_Incomparable_--An unpitied and
unenviable Situation--A laughable Bewilderment--Host and
Hostess--The Mischief of a Smile--A Retaliation 362