The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-08-30
Written for the ADVOCATE
The Fatal Prescription,
RECALLED TO LIFE =
By WELDON j. COBB. Jr.
CHAPTER MN.
NEW REVOLUTION.

NEW hENOLI IloN.
To be within the shadow and gloom Of
All unbroken solitude, to know nothing of
worldly events, to wander, unseeing and
unknowing in dreamy maze, and, then to
be drawn back into existence, such were
the thoughts of Cecil Dare, as he realized
that his obscured intellect was aglow once
more with the renewed light Of mental
consciousness. AS if by miraculous in
tervention he had been re-endowed with
all that places a man Of refined sensibil-
ties above the intellectual capacity Of the
savage. An emotion Of joyous gratitude
to his Maker welled from his inmost soul
as he thought of that dreary void, the past,
and a sense Of his obligation to the Indian
and to Mr.. Yorston, his friend, the cores
pol dent, caused him to bestow such CRATE
ful words upon them, as only man res
cued from the verge Of annihilatIon,
could experience or utter.
d" Before we proceed any further, he
said, " feel that an explanation is neces-
sary, not only to enlighten you, Mr.. Yors
ton, but also, to free myself from any sus-
picion of having wronged you, Ajalma.'
The Indian bcwed look of interest
coming INTO his eyes, as he watched MIR
lorston secure his patients comfort, by a
proper adjustment of his surroundings,
and of the couch upon which he recllned.
4 In the first place, began he who had
been known as Mr.. William Mapleton, 81
will not give, save III detail, the history of
my past life to you, for you will be cognl-
zant Of all this through what you have
learned. AS Cecil Dare, the adopted son
of old Mr.. Vincent, Of Denslow, and as the
accepted lover Of his grand daughter,
Bella Rodney, | set sail for India, five
years since, as ny adopted fathers agent,
to settle the business affairs of his house
in that far-of country, and to return as
soon as circumstances would permit me to
do 50
Arrived in India, | ascertained that sf-
fairs were in a very complicated condition,
and at once set about re-arrangng them.
Among those who had been in the EN-
ploy of my uncle's house was young man,
who, few weeks previous to my arrival,
had absconded with large amount Of the
funds Of the company. His name was
Robert Margrave, and he was spoken of
as bearing a most remarkable resemblance
to our confidential clerk, and my own init
mate friend, Mr.. Sidney Vivian.
Four years passed away, bringing no
return of Robert Margrave, but enabling
me to close up the accounts of the house,
and make arrangements for q return to
England Mr.. Vivian was to accompany
me, and we had engaged our berths aboard
the returning English steamer, when my
young friend suggested that we should visit
a nelghboring native temple located on
~ h.. ,e ha nttx hA
Of which we had neither of us ever seen.
| remember now We had been startled a
few hours before leaving by the intelligence
that rumor was ahost that Robert Mar
grave had been seen. Taking no notice, save
a transitory one, however, Of the matter,
we started for the great dedicatory of
Buddhi, and, with but few words to you,
AJalma, the first and only time | had ever
seen you, entered the temple.
a" To a stranger TO such sights, the inte-
rior of one Of these is a sight full of en-
chAntment and marvels. High upon q
pedestal, and grotesque and huge, was the
great object Of the natives veneration, "a
wooden and stone monster. At its feet
sat small dwarfed Indian"
" Lazrio, the menlal," supplemented
AjAlmA.
But that which most attracted our at
tentiOn was large, bright diamond, which
glittered in the forehead of the idol 1t
was one Of apparently fabulous value, and
radiated scinctillant rays of exqulsitely-
hued light. Upon each corner of the altar
behind this idol were three mystic sym
bols.
Having observed all we desired to view
with curiosity satiated, we returned tO
the city, going to the business house OF
nv uncle to bid good bye to my friends
there, and then setting out for the steam
er, lying buoyed near the wharf. With
many thousands of pounds in my pocket,
or rather secured about my person, | await
ed my friend Vivians return, for l knew
that he, too, had q large amount OF hil
own earnings about him.
"At dark the steamer was ready to sail
Slowly the huge vessel sailed away. be-
came uneasy, restless, but Just a. waa
determining whether / would 60 without
nv friend or return TO the shore, boai
came alongside, and the bOatman annOunc.
cd that passenger left behind was In it.
did not, in the confusion of the moment,
catch close view of my friend, and the
following morning, when / sought him,
word was sent from his cabin that he wal
confined to his berth with sickness.
That evening he came on deck. VIZ
had passed far from land, and the first soft
glow OF Southern latitude was faint bui
sweet ON the gently undulating bosom Of