Моби Дик

The Blacksmith

           Belated,andnotinnocently,onebitterwinter’smidnight,ontheroadrunningbetweentwocountrytowns,theblacksmithhalf-stupidlyfeltthedeadlynumbnessstealingoverhim,andsoughtrefugeinaleaning,dilapidatedbarn.Theissuewas,thelossoftheextremitiesofbothfeet.Outofthisrevelation,partbypart,atlastcameoutthefouractsofthegladness,andtheonelong,andasyetuncatastrophiedfifthactofthegriefofhislife’sdrama.

           Hewasanoldman,who,attheageofnearlysixty,hadpostponedlyencounteredthatthinginsorrow’stechnicalscalledruin.Hehadbeenanartisanoffamedexcellence,andwithplentytodo;ownedahouseandgarden;embracedayouthful,daughter-like,lovingwife,andthreeblithe,ruddychildren;everySundaywenttoacheerful-lookingchurch,plantedinagrove.Butonenight,undercoverofdarkness,andfurtherconcealedinamostcunningdisguisement,adesperateburglarslidintohishappyhome,androbbedthemallofeverything.Anddarkeryettotell,theblacksmithhimselfdidignorantlyconductthisburglarintohisfamily’sheart.ItwastheBottleConjuror!Upontheopeningofthatfatalcork,forthflewthefiend,andshrivelleduphishome.

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