Smyrna times., 1878-05-22

"i'sr the rlde home to nv own dwalI;n
among the hills, and when nv head resta
on lIs pillow, vague sense of insecur;t
oGset me atresh; and even when 7 fai
"oleeP my dreams were troubled and sad
noC such as should visit the slumbers O
ono on "hom the world smiled as it did O,
me- GEORGE Musgrave. The dawninC .
eL oLe ne" uay-my ding-day-howeyer
chased away the clouds from NV mind or
Wheh mounted my horse to ride to VIM,
Sou, attlred as bridegroom shouId be ~,
neart was light and full of hone. Fd;tI
i0Ved me better than l deserved 7 kna,v
'nat ana 1t was her fathers intention r.
oIIeaoilsn the young couple on his own fine
pIahIation, while he and Mrs. Warren re-.
earned competency. '' "eii-
In, Inc oay was ilne-no rarity in the East
out sort of haze hung over the neakS
horthward, and there was frequently met
OF ice cold wind rushing down frors $50 ~o %
ana pass IN the rocky range that forms 9bbp III
boundary OF India. l rode on. and NV
9en'ly from an angle in the mountain road
caugnt glimpse of the Twenty
springs as Mr.. Warren's thriving station
was called with its gardens and mea1ows
on, +',lu me new deserted plantation and the
empty huts of the coolies. '''0
n,ouo '"i"eu lhe corner and saw it no
anole' puC even as it vanished from INV
tIot e hearo strange, deep sound like
which | could not divine. Nv boroa 81 u
denly snorted and reared, and thor .to"J 49,
trembling, and could scarcely be nrood
forward. While was in the act of 60
ing forward to pat the Arabs glossy nect
speaking soothing to him the while tbero
oloke upon my ear a sudden roar. londar
nearer at each instant, and culminatino in |
a crash SO dreadful that the simultaneous
= HHiSchaFge oil a thousand cannon wonIJ
:. n"'e seemed puny when compared with
Deaiened, dizzy, and confused. die
mounted from my frightened horse nnn,
"nolly uhmanageable, and hurried on foot
~ spot whence, as | remembered. E.l;tL,s
nome was in sight. The air was tb;ci VII
luSt ana wlthered leaves, but as the 49, ~"
pect cleared could see no trace az ~
~ 1cGmgalo", OF It's homestead and gardens or
= Tue Ihrlvlng tea plantations and verd,nt
ne"uows around it. Vanly did | strain
e iy eyes TO catch one well known featnro
= tne ianlllar scene. Nothing was visible
I'VE dfeary waste Of stones, mud and
IcNS' 'I' niilng up half the valley, and abova
In,niI nnGn nuhg M cloud OF tawny dust that was {
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: as AS; l stood stupidity gazing on the scene
oaJnd S"ught sight of a man, bare.
eb naT' ~; ana with scared white face. I
.he " mn MN IL was the young clergyman I
no nad come over from Nynee Tai 70 b
eriorm the marriage ceremony botTroaU ~ "
dith and me. '''ony between D
cared him. 'i9ly' as l
q ne caught my hand, covered his face c.
ld burst into tears. Then for the So
me m l realized what fear was. '''' y
FOr PHYS sake, tell me all r' criod a
hat has" i4HiIh sale! W
vi vi all beneath that roof-the roof Of u
- arrens hospitable house,. alone nj
spared, answered the clergyman ~ pl
oxen accents; ''death, the grim move :"
y y, garnered in his harvest there" 0''
ne cause of the disaster was b,t co. IN
'ce!I' stone avalanche, or moroino to
II IS called in Switzerland, had rushed bl
WI from the unscaled heights of the an
SG mountain towering above Yirmi Son wi
- !. ii"u overwhelmed all beneath it. II
l caught glimpse of Miss Warren in ha
y satuen' as the stony food burst on MS {
Va us deaiening roar" said the Clergy. ne
~, as ne grew calmer; at may be that WI
~ mas spared her life, too" TN
Aru, indeed, have much to be thank. pc
lor, since my dear Edith was found ali
ltlng but unhurt, at the foot of q to1i lyr
itr' hG. tne only tree left standing, wedred de
between fallen rocks. But the ot5er to,
mates OF the. house had perished. nor TAX
g even their bodies ever extricated from to
highty mausoleum which natures own sui
~ ~ nau piled above them. Edith and 7 ,oI
&c g oeen married these five years, but our lSO
,ot;r III America, not in India; and
letimes, when | see a shadow come +
,ss my wife's fair face, know that Vho ahe eve
linking of those who sleen below 1he sho a '
81 stones at Yirmi Sou. the
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