The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-02

MeNp The truth q ne nst.sr, Mis- Hyds.
VIZ nsr heve come ahoat At days warn
,ng. voana - ne Es.t Indiss- al bscssss
Oh, for kindns., saka No. HSs. n.,,,os 10 ~
boldness-but couldnt lst ain thS onIv ch.nca
Of falling you--it took me una vars. In f.cs
I'm not such q fool a. 10 fancy that sueh
fellow As ! can have the least hope
In the world; but-but--." She stood
quite still, not uttariDg . word. With
her face turned from me but I could
notice the color was all come back 10 her cheok
and more-and saw the shining falls Of her loose
hair heaving on the bosom Of her white mu.lin
dress, as II rose and fell gently. leaut over
, the bulwsrks and ventursd to look half round,
when, oh heavens how did my heart quicken
In me t see the least bit Of smile come over
t re-, .P though her Oy'' were drPpss hold
/ can't saw wha, r,urri Of the moment
enough 10 dcs tne star Cd, drew the shawl up
whaner shoulders again, and seemed to recoi-
lect the wbols case Of the boats with shu idsy,
a. she glanced wildly again up the reach astepi
Of us, bringing mo TO myself, too, at the anne
| time; and / stood looking with her, iptont TO
max the fret turn Of the tide.
The next glance caught from Violst Hyde
| stow'd nothing but the distress she was in;
and walked for yard to hail Jacobs on tn,
'ofe.to-s allant yard, asking II he saw the signal
vet mo, no, sir" answered he-"no. sign
or IL up 10 this time" 30 back again
I went, gloomy enough myself, but try
ing 10 kosp no my counten lnce, and saying
was sure we should zee the boats come down
with the tide when u TUNED. Have you
noticed the stars sloft, NJ IS H. de said !, In
ch,etful way, 20 TAX, of her thoughts tll the
uusho, came; "thsy never saw these in Europe,
nor a nigbt Ike this!" She looked up, aud fyr
a moment or two tae sof-bluo dark " ths hol'
low aeemea 10 sweep round both Of us, catching
You up into it; the Milky Way falling over TO
westward, like track a'tern OF the greas gar
. / H. ...s a. he mi nuu
. mace out overhead, with the belt about him,
Er.ich.ne of west out Of the Milky Way
the berpent steam ng far up TO bis loot;
then Iagellan's two shining bis OF cloud,
and tho dim ono, seaward. There wero
matches 20 10 soen blaeker than ink,
100 whore YOU eeemed TO l,ok through the
sky.-Uhile svery nov and then 4 mstsor shot
lar scrosa Il and fell leaving trail like silver
thread. Twas terrible, though, to 500 up in'o
II, far away ~ they Stood and as steady a. II
We weren't there, when heaven only kao~ what
might come down river next half hour. felt
her shoulder touch me a. shs lent btck-ihe
starlight pli.ienng in her blue eyes, ard moth
, ipy but il be ween her lovely young face aud
8 the STARS; aud cont know how, but 1t appsars
A 10 me thought ourins thai half minute ~
nev.r thoup hit before and rs II | look vi OIL the
Y other side of he world for the first tim,, ct
o you couldn't expect q fellows brain to brood
such notions in {. msrchantmsn's foreclstle, or a
= frigate's storage or gun room, as 1t did beside
o an Indiamans buwltks, en- efing Tor mo-
9 m. Mt or two into thevsry feeling OF creature
y Ike TIE Judges caugher, whom her warm
i breath almos; lighted on his cheek
" Next minute l noticed over my shoulder,
Il Low down in tho desp-olue swell OF tho south,
where the five fright stars OF the Southern
" Cross we're cleaning neerly upright over the
,. top OF a cocoa-lump on the opposite BANK, loi
Z ali the world like sume diamond ornamen'; and
0, | pointed il out TO her though knew ny tue
10 bearings Of il how far the mig hi hSd gou, To-
u ward the middle. Its top aud bottom
=" stars Il. shed out of the pure face o
l. heaven ike jewels, each fit to 6nl
tho Great M1gul ten timos over. TIT
1 darn hinges Of her two eyes show II brown ove
or tire light in them, while it Looked like th
", heats IN violet flowers as she turned "A
sea, said |, Use mlds used TO know by
X when eight bells would come, to let Us 20 o'
~ low and 1urn in. Soon alter you lose sight
AZ the Pole atar you rive the Southern Cross--ah
sr- tho mcu had notion II was brooch the virgo
MARY lest from her breast in the daylight, wne
pit she went up to heaven Twas her -ol gave
ia her. they ilncisd, but twas always to be JOfn
10 in the dAfk-though meanwhile tbs a sign I
ne the FLYING Lutchman, rs he tries 70 weath'
The Cape, that hell be forgiven at the day
ve iudgmen'; 70 that's the reason II has the powC
he Of showing what's o'clock until then, and VIII
nd nis, l remember, when they wore 20 unwiilis
'm TO part, t. But she stopped with a bll,h, q
'P- her eye met nine and were both 80 col
fused that, before knew, found myself begii
ming To stammer cut all manner of tender word
,hS ! dsresay, and TO whisper her first mans Q,
hu her ear, she scarce seeming 20 mark the diffel
ier ence-in fact, ons bewilte red sort of look WI
20 all she gave me at the moment, as If sho wer
" listening moro TO the hum rising out OF th
ut woods than TO mo. Once or twice the stll shin
II ofthe lamp up through the open skylisht fran
?, drew my eye TO it in spite Of met was th
W only light burning in the ship, an
= you raw the CLEAN OF it from tn
y. siarbosrd port window Of the cuddy
20 drawn in as II was for air, thrown o.
q the dusky water not many fsthoms, apparent
"a ly, off the jungly bank newest the ship can
"a tell you how, but somehow or other the appsar
pt ance OF II there, like yellow break in the mis-
y ty shadow, letting one see the very froth float
. ing over IL, and the muddy tint Of the river OF
II its edges-with the hush below US in tho cabir
70 -swed ms more than sught besides; ant
, whether It was from mixing the thing will
what happened afterwards, or how--perhap
: the missionary moved inside-but when l no
ticed the CLEAN on the water culver and
= daken fer moment, then shine oul
: again, l felt l kIe'o II was then the
$ captains spirit passed away. | slipped
with thrill of my blood to the skylight, and
saw Macleod still asleep, the missionary set,ling
his spsctacles on his nose to read again as il ho
had looked up too when did while tie cot
, and bed-clothes were hanging white in the
shade as before, except that the knees were
drawn up, and the head turned away. He
: might be doing, though it came into my head
had heard the captain say he should last till
the turn IF The tide and in fact all the sick
men l ever knew die, unless there was some
thing uncommon, died as the ebb came on As 1
stepped back TO tho young lady's side, cou I'd
, marx the Southern Gross bs the after edge Of the
main. mast, sparkling fairly upright above the
cocoa-nut trees, and Orion high up nor'weSt-
ward seemed farther away-it was midnight
The thought flashed through me how something
in the sky could draw up mans soul, as the
shot at his hanimock-too would sink his boiy
down deep through blue water az sea-but the
first light plash Of the ebb along ide brought
me back 10 the case in hand, and gave Jacobs
quiet sign to look out sharp alofr.
"Hsrk !" Whispered Vio'et Hyde, suddenly
glancing sideways to me with her ear eagerly
{ toward the shore, and putting back her hair
with one hand 10 listen-"WhAt is thar" l
, thought at first | could see a stir along the
thick alec bushes, and make out the rustic of
leaves but the land-breeze was signing in puts
through them already, and the fog beginning
I TO creep out from over the bank, as il 70 meet
the muddy steam from tho other side ill rext
minute heard what she meant, like wild cries
trom human creatures, halEehoked or out Of
breath, sounding along deep in toe woods; then
= Tree out 1t rose in clear chorus Of savage
= screams and yells, and then seemed smothered
again. Twas only pack Of jackals hunting
from thick bush 10 opening, but Violet pressed
closer TO me as the deyiish noise drew arer
the river; aud suddenly my hand mot hers---to