The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-05

diam, who ha3 seen bi. coafags and
admfed 81 paaly spirit sud, that
his grave nigh, be- dudiIoibed by the
Wild beasts ot the mountains, thty
helped me raise funeral pile, and as
tbe smoke 81 the blaxing pfre curled
and taiaed around ,he ires.tops, a
monruiai wall. Prolonged by the echo
o. lhe mountain, rose irom The SEM
bid lndiaus--while. to comfort me,
tbey pointed 60 tie western bonzDu,
gbither SAID ihey, BIS spirit pass
ing 10 is far-oa iiomc, Tor he was
good, ana his spirii has travelled %.
wards saa-dewr, where Tire eaflh aud
Sky meet, anl ~ ls,s become i star. !"
And villa, q your younger son 9
we inquired.
Tie old mans eyes fcll, H. lips he-
came compressed. lis breathing hott
aud quick, aud the violent heaviDg OF
his chest indicated the deep agony Of
his soul at length, il The deepest ac-
cents of his rich bass voice, he replied .
lie sleeps on The banks Of the
Sweet -water,"
Then, hltiiy leaving lis, he paced
IN moody abstraction up and down the
deek. There WAS sorrow IN con.
~. ton with The death Of his son 100
deep tor inquisiliye curiosity 10 med
dc with, and we made 10 further ef.
tort TO renew ihe sutieci.
Two hoars = more had elapsed and
our vessel nas nearing a little wooded
island about q mile below what is now
tho laodmg-placa lo he village Of Rio
Vista The Old trapper was reclining
upon Tie deck, wrapped in sullen mus
ings--lhe silver rays Of The moon
bringing out IN fine relief She care.
worn, rugged features Of tlis grand
old man Of the mountains.
Seating myself BY his side, said:
lou mentioned stream called the
SNee.-naier have you ever seen up.
on is banks lie grave Of u widow
named Udolf--by lirth Swede
Seen III SAID Tic old man aye,
often; aad foil we'll | know, TOO, tie
grave Of her husband, on the Colo.
rado.'
Aud then, beckoning me 10 follow
lin 20 the torecaslle, he pointed out
tue dccayiug trunk OF sycamore tree
lying near The waters edge, hanging
IRON which by an iron cIain, was The
rusty Auke Of an old anchor; and II
short distance further on, Lat almost
hidden by he dense underwood, he
pointed eat the ruiae of a WuUden
slally-the roof crushed in by fallen
sycamore, and The. who'll scene look
in1 oierd aud desola'e.
N.w, said my companion, Sit
down by me and when have lit my
pipe. | will tell you something OF the
orphan 10y Of Henry Udolf, the Swode
-ior 4 strange story hangs to that old
anchor hake.
1t is nearly twelve months ago.,
said he, that, bat towards the close
81 snltry day, ! was seeking near this
spot an anchorage for the night For
several day, | bad been successful in
trapping bea,e aud sought suita-
Die place for preparing my skins. As
| nearcd the island OF which we are
now sailing, observed a man intent
" watching me from The shore, and he
vas evidently seeking 10 attract my
atlcn6on; so, just feeling that my six
shooter was in readiness, ! pulled hard
into shore and landed. The stranger
advanced 10 meet me, and confidence
was soon established between US. lie
proved to BE- a citizen Of san Fran
cisco, who had been spending some
days ia this solitary ISLAND, 10 sport
among the abundant waterfowl.
You seek a camping place for the
nightY said he. Ii you will join me,
we can occupy a ruined shanty close
by; but first we must bury the body
Of its late occupant, for he lies there
cold and lle!ess.
Dead in the desert II found my
sell inyoluntr.ly grasping my reyoy-
er Could my companion be MUIR
derer! But my nerves were too in
ured to danger to feel fear, aud 80 |
followed on. We entered the drtary
desolale cabin, and there, upon heap
Of withered tule-rushes, lay stretched
the body OF man in all the squalid
wretchedeess Of poverty.
:" Now,' said tie stranger, short
distance away is prospecting hole.
We will place the body there and Gov
er il IN, and then will ten you "a
strange adventure that concerns lhat
boy. tie son oi one llengy UdolL
. Henry Udoli tie Suede said / +:
| know the grave Of Henry UdoIf the
Swede, ou The Rio Colorado Tie
same. replied my compaaion, lis II
bis son viii teit you.
We FASTENED q bury tic body, We
burned tie ,uic.beddiug within the
cabin, iIat we night purify II with
lhc iitc, ard then lighting our pipes, /
called eagerly loF this strange story /;
aud thns he narrated IT,
I've days ago, | was wandering
near nigl4ilsli along the opposite bank
oi ihe river, when / saW near tie
shore oi this leland man waisi.deep
ia the water. With pole be seemed
10 be dragging tue rivers bed, and
changing Bis position from time 70
lime he continued bis labor. until IN
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