The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-30
NUMBER 39---VOLUME 4.

looks eVluently Srdlheu. Inv s'A"No~
gentleman remarks to Rook:
ave can do this. We will, as agents
who have the whole control Of the affairs,
give you an order on Mr.. Prey, author
iziug him TO deliver to you notes to the
amount of more than three hundred dol
lars, which he holds against individuals
there, who bought the goods that were
donated by the East and North and sent
to the relief of Kansas sufferers. The
goods sent were, many Of them, sold. The
notes exist, and we know not how to
apply them to better purpose"
"Thank you, thank you. II is another
evidence that the Lord prepares the way
before me-"
Rook speaks again: "one thing more,
gentlemen; it is this: As you are the
head of this matter in conjunction with
myself, it may be necessary to correspond
with you through the mail. wish to
reconnoiter awhile along the line, on both
sides, know the people and the country,
while, at the same time, it is not desirable
that | should be known until the time to
strike arrives. Until then l shall choose
to correspond, be addressed and recog-
nized by the name of Morgan.
Sly-"You will call at my house, Mr..
Morgan, when your convenience permits.
am in the infected district, not many
miles from tho line. Call at any
time and stay as long as you please.
am not suspected"
Kain-"That comes OF being Sly,
ESQUIRE. Ha! ha! ha!"
The company join in the laugh. The
foxy beard and mustache are again con-
vulsed, and quivcr by the efforts of q
suppressed chucklc, struggling to dis
charge itself through the shaggy gateway
to the stomach.
Rook speaks to Sly: II thank you for
your kind invitation, and shall at somo
time call on you, but / must first visit
Dead Mans Glen, and renew there upon
that bloody altar, my spiritual strength,
and nv VOWS, to consecrate myself anew
to tho humane work of the emancipation
of all who wear the fetters Of bondage"
We will not follow Parson Rook IN his
nerigrination in the State of Missouri.
al. Il.
Itis sufficient to say that he passed through
several border counties adjoining the Ter
ritory. He visited the principal towns.
pepetrated isolated domicils, learned the
names, marked the features, and listened
N the conversation Of the inhabitants.
He studied carefully the topography OF
every place through which he passed. dc
marked the unrequited servitude Of the
sable sons and daughters OF oppression,
and remembered those in bonds, rs II
bound with them, and those who suffered
Affections as being also in the same body.
He has gathered much useful intormation'
az he has passed from one place to an
o,hcr-inrormation which he enthusl-
astically believes will be Of Importance to
himself, and, through him, lasting 0ene-
&. To others. We shall leave the vast and
benevolept uses to which this information
is isApplied.
i T Look at that gorgeous sunset! Wecan-
NO, describe il: we feel that it is mag
n;fcent. but we cannot embody and
express that magnifcence in words. We
say it is grand, beautiful, sublime, but the
words convey no meaning with such
celestial panorama before our eyes. See
A that cloud yonder, looking like the golden
: shore of some far off realm OF beauty.
8 Those other clouds rolling upward and
t onward. tinged with the varigated hues
S Of the rainbow, rolling on sublimely, now
T assuming the shape Of pyramids, now
s floating islands, now huge and jagged
e mountains, with their SUBMITS bathed In
n eternal light, while capacious, shaded
a dark. mouthed cayerns are yawning al
y their bases. Between those clouds, IS the
r sky-rich, gorgeous, magDifcent-tinged
t, as itis with blended gold and verniliioI5
s. bues. Furnished and glit.ering in the sun
Itismore. It's beautiful, grand, sublime
! gorgeous, as if the richest conception o.
s. Heavens ideality had been layished upor
IS IL and thus the monarch Of the day retire.
surrounded by this immortal tracery, gath
vs. ers around him his night robe studded
IN with imperishable brilliants, and rest
D. gracefully, gorgeOusly upon his couch
ID We will sit here on the summit OF thi
a. high bluff, enjoy the magnificent prospect
l feel the cool, invigorating freshness oil tn
e. air, and watch the fading twilight and tn
IS lofty bearing of old night as he array
YER himself in his starry vesture, puts on NJ
do crown of brilliants and sits down upo
he his throne. How calm, how peaceful
he the hour.
bis That depression, there, in the surface
ed .he landscape, is Dead Mans Glen. Bee
two horsemen approach the dreadful plac
on One of them points to the spot where q
we victims fell, turns and rides away, II
other, an old man, tall, Of slender fran
lge and wearing long, heavy, flowing bear
dismounts, fastens his horse to lit
,ur bush near him, and advances and stan'
upon the very soil that has SO recent
me been wet with human gore. What 90
,p- strange, wild, dark thoughts possess n
,ut mind. He gazes intsntly upon the sp
ist- where Stilwell fell, where Campbell vi
la lowed, wrfthing and agonizing in his bloc
where tho eyes o. oOlpetzsr, Ross al
Robertson closed forever upon the 20