Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-29
MIS- Gel l. A N Y.
From the kaiekerboeker.
THE MAN IN AR MO R.
A SKETCH or wESr.iSpiAS LIE.


| ing forth Of those wondrous stare, 90 appa.
ren,ly near; the feeling that Garth. moon,
and stars are doa,,ng together in lamben,
ether, all is new. wonderful. and beautiful.
Such were my delicious emotion. as ] ar
rived. after q wearlsoinc sea voyage, IN the
harbor Of 81. Thomas, in the wcs, Indies.
As W. approached the town. the gun fired
| from the fort at the hour OF sunset. and
evening descended in-tantsncou.ly. Venus,
the star Of the night. bcamcd forth. not
the cold beauty Of our Northern sky. but
the sweet. burning queen OF the South.
Every plane, seemed neishbor and !, wa.
some time before could move my eyes from
the heavens. and gaze upon tho scarcely
les. beautiful earth.
The town, with its many ii:h,.-alway.
a welcome sight 10 the traveller the hill.
top. crowned with the Buccaneer's Tower
the light. graceful boats Of the negrce.
crow ling round the ship; their songs IN the
melancholy minor key the warm and tran.
quill atmosphere. altogether carried me away
INTO the land Of revere and dreams, and q
pleasan, lapguor and indi',nctne-s took
Possession OF me.
IAN enchanting picture" aid voice
bchnd ne. IL was nv Trend. the silen,
/ Ensll.hman. Ms We called him on board.
"i,i., indeed. was all fel, inclined to
cay.
' The town rising like the goddess from
the waves the palms, tossin: their branch.
rs in tho air above. this transccndent .ky:
a, our feet. ocean. blue and beautiful -
VA. as,oni.hed TO hear my .ilen, friend
talk on a, ,bi. rate, and turned 20 look AZ
him. lie was pale, sorroviul man AMI
/ Judged him ,n bc one OF ,hoss invalid. who
try TO piece on, broken life by re,rea, 10
/ these islands,
You are familiar with this part Of the
world ," suggested.
Yes. these are romantic places. have
an estate on one OF them. ] come down to
see TO !, now and then. They give the &c.
tate. very queer names. Diamond aud
Ruby is one Of them Prosperity Ma
ry'. HOPE etc e. etc. Nine !, called the
Man in krmor.'"
"Ah then yours has the quecrc., name
yet
Yes. and tho queerc.t story story OF
crime. OF misfortune, of re,ribu,lon +; a me-
. lo-drhma,ic story. Tor we-,Indian life !.
all melo-dnma. Crime grow. here like the
plant. which grow in the jansle', m Wild
and distorted a. they"
In the hustle Of landing, lo., my friend.
and iorgu, him, his estate. and hs story.
until the mex, evening. I me, him pacing
the piarr, Of the hotel. and smoking hi. &C.
gar We joined company. and smoked TO.
eethrr, laIily watching the negr~s-e- poi'ing
their burden. on che head. and walking un.
der ,hsu with the majrs'y Of dark clcopa.
tra., chanting, r they walked. their wild,
melancholy songs.
by the way" ! remarked, you 'pok"
Of your estate last night, and 1t. history. as
II II were no secret. Nigh, stranger ask
70 hear IL. or is /, OF q private nature"
"Oh by all means. Everybody knows
il. On its own island. !, - the favori,s az.
ter.dnner topic; and IL you will take pas.
.are with inc on the little schooner. which
to morrow night will take me over 10 the
neishhorins island. will tell to you by
the witchin. light OF these stars"
accepted with alacri'y. The mex, nigh,
(for they do everything in the nigh, in the
wes, Indies. we embarked on q very crazy
little schooner; and | almost repcn,ci, ,
when .iw our crew. that n foolish desire
20 hear q story had caused mo TO ,n,ru., my
preciou. .elf TO a captain who whi.,led for
the wind. and who seemed descended from
some African IIccuba. and whose assistants
were q. black and wicrd a. himself How.
ever. my friend seemed satisfied. and tried
TO b..
"You know" my friend began. +" that
these planters generally send their sons to
England or 10 the United States TO le edu.
Gated. and you have probably some West
Indian boy in your memory who was the
brlgand. the despsrado OF your class nj
school. Two boys Of the true type OF un'
governed uopicals, left this island we are
now approaching many years ago i'r Eng
land. They were placed at school, and were
endured for the sake of their money. which
~a. Supposed to be ine,hau.tiSlc. Philip
the eldest. was somewhat amenable to law
and order. after time but William. the
Younger. Pu, oil authority at defiance, and
at length. in ct Of passion. stabbed one o'
the boys.
' Before the young murderer could be
caught. he and his brother etIectually csea'
ped. and the only trace Of shcm was to
neishboring seaport, where they were sup'
posed to have embarked for home.
Z" Meanwhile the father. whom j shall
call vickar., received from England intelli
gence Of this transaction, bu. no news ol
his boys. Iii. distress can be better imag'
ined than described. Ills WIFE. q Spanish
woman, died under the agony and suspense.
All that was lett 10 him Was ons daughter,
Annuneia,s. a child Of twelve years. lie
sent cast and west for bis lost children, but
no ,idnss came Of them.
Zone other friend he had, who shared
his watching. and his sorrows. This wa
the good Father Pedro. tho Catholic priest,