Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-05-07
WHOLE NUMBER, l,s67


mercury begins to freeze" The Pastor himsefis
at present suffering the penalty Of indulging
spirit Of reverence which for a long time led him
to oficiate with an uncovered bead.
The sky increased in brightness as we watched
The orange flushed into rose, and the pale white
bills looked even more ghostly against the bar oil
glowing carrDino which fIinged the horizon. A
few long purple streaks Of clouds hung over the
suns place, and higher up in the vault aoated
some loose masses, tinged with fiery crimson on
their lower edges. About half past eleven, pen
ell of bright red light shot up-a signal which
the sun upliited to herald bis coming. As il slow
ly moved westward along the hills Increasing in
light and Brilliancy until it became long tongue
of fame, playing against the streaks Of cloud, we
we're apprebensiye that The near disc would rise 10
view. When the Landsmann's clock pointed to
twelve, It's base had become 50 bright as to shine
almost Ike the sun itlef but aner few breath
less moments tue unwelcome glow began TO fade
We took its bealing with compass, and after
making allowance for the variation (which is here
very sigbt) were convinced that it was really past
meredian, and the radiance which was that Of NOR
ming few minutes before, belong to the splen-
dor of evening now. The eOlos Of the frma-
ment began to charge in reverse order and the
dawn, which had almost ripened to sunrise, now
withered away to night without sunset We
had a: least seen day without sun.
The snow hills to the north, It is true, were
iugeI with a flood of rosy flame, and the very
next day would probably bring down the tide
mark Of sunshine to the tops Of the houses. One
day, however, was enough to satisfy me. You,
more heroic friend, may paint with true pencil
and still truer pen, the dreary solemnity Of the
long Arctic night; but greatly as l enjoy your in
comparable pictures, much as honor your cour-
age and your endurance, you shall never tempt
me to share in the experience. The So utE is a
cup which one may drink to inebriaton; but one
taste from the icy goblet Of the North is enough
to allay curiosity and quench all further desire
Yet the contrast between these two extremes he's
come home tome yividly but once during this
journey.
A travellers mind must never stray too far
from the things about him, and long habit has
enabled me to throw myself entirely on the con-
ditions and circumstance of each separate phase Of
my wandering life, thereby preserving the sensa-
tions and experiences of zach, and preventing all
later confusion in the memory. But the other
day, at Muorhovava, as set before the Gre in the
early afternoon darkness, there Aashed across ny
mind vision of cloudless Egypt palm trees rus
ting in the hot wind, yellow mountain walls ri
sing beyond the emerald plain Of the Nile, the
white pencils of minarets ia the distance, the
creamy Odor of bean blossoms in the air-a world
of glorious vitality, where Death seems an unac-
countable accident. Here. life existed only on
sufferance, and all Nature frowned with rob
er's demand to give it up. 1 flung my pipe across
the room, and very soou. behind a fast reindeer,
drove away from the disturbing reminiscencO.