The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-14

and perhaps a point might be reache,
where a passage could be safely effected
but he was disappointed it preserved
uniform width and swiftness ut every poin
he approached still he persevsringly pur
sued his course towards the head, # heas
this mysterious river had The shadow
Of the sugar loaf mountains grew broadei
and darker rs he neared them. He reached
their bases, passed through gorge-like val
leys and deep canOns, then into ala opcI
space where he beheld spectacle thai
startled him. The sight Was unspeakably
mcOmprehsnslbly grand, vision that IN
spired awe and worship rather than adni
ration. Two towering chains Of precipi
tOus mountains, whose peaks were swathed
III eternal SHOWS, abruptly terminated in
the open space some ninety miles apart,
and extending back cOnVergently until they
met about ninety miles from the opening.
These mountain chains were more than five
miles high, and the ' like valley they
formed was once vast hUld or block Vi
Ice, over four miles thick-the copcrsted
Accommodations Of over sixty centuries. 1t
Was called the we ri fgnOrance and harbar-
Isn, but n,lnht stationary orb hung in
the western k1avens, called the sun Of ed
ucation, haA already made fearful inruada
Ia this icy world. For many years its
steady perpetual rays Of etfulgent heat,
with dissoking effect. shOne on the CON
gealed mas, and over One-half Of it had
already disappeared. The heat Of educa-
tons sun was growing stronger and
stronger, and the ice Was melting away
more aud more rapidly The tllln Of in
evItably dissolution Was upon It great lis
sures were every where discerh bic and
this was the head, the last and hnal source
Of the river II distinction, that by it's diVi-
ding line Illyle two worlds Of Une. Streams,
creeks and runnels, hlled by the dissolving
Ice, fed the river that the dreamer cssayed
ia vain to cross Tie now retraced his steps
returning through the canons and gnrges,
passing snder the shade Of the tall, curvil-
ineal nISuntalIIs, back INTO the " ide plain
But great change had taken place In the
river ii was almost dry The boat that
monopollzed and held the exclusive right
to cnIss Or recruss its dark bosom Mas nov
grounded and deserted. The dreamer again
lOosed across the nov nearly empty channel
AND a5ain he saw her, standing where he first
beIeld her, but rs he looked she adVan cd
towards him. Filled With me \ IIressible
Joy he started tO meet her. Nearer and
nearer they came more and more distinct
grew the features nf each, and ~ the mid
die Of the dry channel they fell into each
others arms ia a burst Of mutual rapture.
The temporary torpidity of his senses be-
gan to give way the faculties of the uIind
gradually emerged from a quiescent state,
has slumberous eyelids slowly opened and
ia wakeful moments the sal conviction
burst upon him that his bliSsful vision was
"A dream.
CHAPTER NNI
You are from Chicago, believe r. Ar
byghts new employer remarked inditier-
entity, one day, AS they met in the yard
Il am, said Richard, quietly.
why did you leave there = with auda-
cious impertinenoe.
Why 4
Yes"
TO avoid UNJUST persecution
''Humph = grunted the employer, then
fanDiIng IN n side pocket he drew cut q
package Of letters, from one Of which he
took and handed to Arbyght Ali oblong
piece of stiff card board, ON which Was
photographed this picture