The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-13

f-OAPSSeONiy AtiNCu Uy tu0 CuIISuL
to The westward--her back had
been Turned on Spain, and she was
moving comparatively slow. She
was disappointed at this, for the
usual course Of the Gulf Stream
here is due south ; bntT Thecla is not
tile first Christian that has been
forced from the trne path. She,
however, came back, for with
circuit, or bend in her course she
came round again with her face
towards the coast of Africa; then
went on due South, as though moth
ing had happened, except that the
speed, by this DETECTION of the cui.
rent, had dreadfully impeded the
onward progress Of her chariot.
The sun sank beneath tho horizon,
as il were, in the middle of the
ocean. As the darkness of night
closed her view of the picturesque
Canary Islands, she sank down on
the floor of her craft and slept,
rocked in the cradle of the Deep"
Sleep is very sweet when one
feels tired. We are very apt to
dream something Of what has most
occupied our minds the day before.
Thec'a had been thinking about
her having been turned away from
the usual course when she came
near the Columns of Hercules. She
dreamt che was standing amid the
ruins of ancient Cuzco, on the An.
des in Peru she saw two persons
riss up from their graves from un-
der the original site of the temple
of the sun; she followed them.
They walked away from the valley
of Cuzco to the shore of Lake Titi-
caca; there, as the sun rose over
the snow-capped Andes, they knelt
near the shore ofthe Lake, and wor-
shipped the sun. They then turn
ed west, and. after travelling over
the mountains, as the moon shone
her light through a gorge in the
Cordilleras, they prayed again and
worshipped the moon. They came
down to the coast of South Ameri.
ca at africa, in Peru. Before they
entered the ship on which they
took passage, they knelt on tho
bank of the sea, before daylight,
and worshipped the morning star.
Trav ersed the Pacific Ocean,
threaded the China Sea, crossed
the Indian Ocean, and entered the
Red Sea, landing at Suez, in Ara,
bia in the evening; they knelt and
worshipped the evening star. Here
Thecla repeated aloud the third
verse of the seventh chapter OF
Deuteronomy.
The man took the Red Sea for
his seat, and the woman took a
seat in the Mediterranean. The
lstlNmus of Suez they used for a
tea-table. The woman took sugar
from the sugar-dish and put some
into two cups, then took the tea
caddy and put two tea spoonfnls
of tea into the teapot. Looking
over the Isthmus she said to the
man, /" hand the water !" The man
turned round and dipped kettle
full from the Red Sea. In hand
ing it over to the woman, by some
unforeseen accident or miscalcula
tion, the kettle fell, and the water
elnptied into the Mediterranean
Startled at this moment, Thecli
put her hand on the mans shoul
der and said, 1.-THE very hairs O
! your head are numbered. Th
current runs from the Indial
: Ocean into the Red Sea, yet il ha
not overfowed the waters Of tn
Mediterranean flow into the Nortl
} Atlantic, yet the Mediterranean
; not empty you have destroyed tn
original order of circulation of wa
: ter around the Globe. An oceal
=, is not flooded by rain; an ocea
/, it not dried up in a drought. Yo
] have changed the climate Of tn
0 earth. You have disturbed th
r equilibrium of the waters. Wa.e
Q passing from the Red Sea to Il,
9 Mediterranean increases the vo
0 ume, and the extra flow tbroug
/ the Strait of Gibraltar has chanl
ed the motion and shifted I'll
:. course OF the great Atlantic GU
l. rent towards the shore, and warn
g ed the whole continent of Mort
>. America. They know not why
% is there is so ice this winter. III
% Gulf Stream in the ocean is to cl
n mate as the main spring in
y watch is to time. Dost thou kno
h the balancing OF the clonds T. y
n who hath measured the waters
L the hollow OF his hand y #P"
d "Who art thou ?" The man a
70 swered and said, 81 am Mane
@ Capac; first Inca of Peru. This
i my wife, Mama Capac, first Quee
{. We left this country during Il
d ninth century in search of Ian,
d and people, where we could free
re worship the sun, the moon, and Il
a stars. We are dead folks" -
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