, 1877-02-24

cold etk,ugl, to exc,isc mo In resumit,g t}jlr,
even 20 ON. instaHcc. whfrh I havc called upon
VI! r, to s,:Ip ,! tne In renoune'ng fo.e,ef" .
s,t! gentleman from Georgia, As Sou will
give y The story Of that little affair OF yours
TIth Foote In Tic Senate Chamber" Young a.
wa:. saw that they were nmusing themselves
e. yen. Houston S cxpcnsc; but the honest
nessicd man raw 1t not, and rose ~ promptly NJ
sn'I'er tn the call Of the drum, and .oI1 tho
gu ttreadbara story, land enacted tie zccnc,
roster@ % rho ssouts o. ieg;d laughter from te
this rolo 20 well - wien he sat quietly BY my
tide, lorRclul OF pomp and prillc, and told me
ihe & strange story Of Ills eccentric tIfe. / was
g,au when nc sat .lown amid this mocktng ap-
pIaQset-fiat li!at te was uot conscious Of hay
Ing made himself ridiculous.
INC during the night fell asleep with my
hea9 a.atnst tl,o frosty ,rindow-pano, and
s%aasns saI sddr tG End 1t p5llowsd es on .sn oaston
silk handkerchief tnot. the c1canest Ole IN Tic
world over the srratcby old shawl, And Tor an
hour ! II l,aa ~ slept peacefully there, over that
kindly bynip4tllles, ever 10 really
To ring In joy o'es tho marriage feast
of ltatfnl'y spf1 oes the dead, though the least.
During the hlent hours Of that wtntrr ntrht.
when one alter another OF the passengers lad
drupEsed away Into dtea1,lan.1, anil the r1otous
c'lnIy" and .*floHrbon.' Ten. Houston an,i I
ic1nained awake.-f listening with my whole
soul, a1A DO telling me tDauy fncJdenta OF Ills
strange !c, Of hfs youth, his rst lore and fate
ill Mafrisge, q ILLS singular flight on the night
ol ti'at lHnsrtake, for reasons Which he said
must dic with l.f,u; OF hnw be had fed from
thr delights snd cotnforta Of civilization to tie
ilaunts and huta OF tho savage that ha might
biot out forever sotae dreadful memury OF lhe
past Of low he had worn the garb OF The In.
dian, Jotnesl fls their cnse, ttelr rude sports,
their rtes md ceremonies, with Wild xcst, thai
he might Ahut away fsoln hia soul the madden
Ink, haunting thoughts that sl,atiowed his lie.
w. far9stfulncss; But slasl hs saiJ, there
were even In that Wild, remote, savage
llfe, afgtta and sounds that kept Alive Tie
thoughts ha sought 70 banisl. The faint swcet
scent q Hlll roses that was famed down soma
a!sle oi The forest. where he was resting from
the chase, would call up memories OF dear old
huppy home where the roses climbed over tho
windows md doorway 20 wildly that he uouti
Tsc aud ny from their Fwcct perfume u though
And once when he lad stolen away from ths
rest Of bis tribe, to enjoy all hours solitude, be
had chnncco suddenly upon little tuft OF
howers, "v!oieh, or eomcthing," be enuld not
eaa. Gnia them BY name, but hc remembered that
worn By the tread Of precious feet. and over
whose threshold he might never enter nasIn ~
ne l!ad gone cut, Ill innocent, sinless. Light
hearted ,, hoy. ana nov these flowers 80 familiar
~ nH P1ehHtA w sooA w lutu Nls eyes Wild
tenIcr, rsproving fnees, and Le llsd thrown him.
self on the ground. md pil1owing his own lace
upon them, had wcpt hot. scald,ng tears Of pen.
tence and regret
uc told nc how he had always loved the stars;
but they were 80 cl!angeiess,-thu same, same
stars Of tlts boyhood.-an1 he had learned TO
s!cep on bis tat'e that lie might Shut them away
iroui Ills sight for Cycry Star was to bm stern,
accusing eye that burned into his very soul,
scared ana hardened as he hal tried to make II.
uut through all these details he never unrayeled
the mystery that controlled Ills lavicss life.