, 1881-03-20

/ line tumult was deDfepfur fornado of h,h
:!uE .H ode nnd s;,reiIs1 tiKqg q shouting, q1arrein
::.,'y ~ , aluss, Cot Wat Focman! Hnrrah f.,
~ 80; ~ Mntt foeman ani the crowd parted rtrh,
turned to the advapciup loaa-etor os al,
-, a.iu suuoacEed lnvolunturily ut tho satanic
fou7tenaneo oa,x That met my glance. and vet the
,d ten.ures were not only youthful, but eu1inent,
nsluusonle: the htdeousncss lay in the Ioog uf
fhe 1Sd aMre; 1erocious, murdcrous. 1t was in
thet fsualsh rclfow balls with nrrowy pupils
e.1 en.u sncertng lips with their everlasting icy
rn! As 70 the rest, he was tail, athletic
| stsy powerful man. His train, dozen armed
deSpcr:,docs, followed him.
49,. roenan spoke in u voice, sharp, piercing as
tne Loint of . dagger: - Eh. nriuson, where Is
! Diumed coat N -
lie has not yet arrived" replied tho planter.
Mel suppose we must wait for him; but
] cry Us 1. starved wolf"
,,o, cannot til tho missionary comes; the bar
\ fearful light binzcd iii Foe,nan's eyes as he
.t, enox tnfsG steps toward Crimson, and fairiy
Sn'uaHu' ri Fetsa me tho meat iasta1itly, or iii
| stec!!' ~ '~"N ~A0
e! :, This was the ultimatum of one whose author
| without II murmur. The smoking, yjnnds were
alrAnSea on the table by score OF siuyes, and
tne .hronE prepared TO commence. the suusp-
paI. loud as the blnst OF Il trumpet in battle,
r,Stay. gentlemen end Indies, till: tho g1ver Of
I eAE HsaA OEI0c ASkS qua S UlGSSlIT!
! Every ear started, every eye was directed to
INC speaker. and wntsperless silence ensued,
Tor al 'a.ake were struck by his remarkable ap-
pe..rat'ce. Tic was utmost giaut in stature,
though scarcely twenty years OF age: lis huir,
J dark as the ravens wing. flowed down his i'm
incnsc shoulders tn tnnsses OF natural ringlets
/; more beautiful thnli any ever wrcAthed around
. the jewetcd brow OF u Queen by tho lnbored
:4rhefe1ncnts OF human art: his eyes, black us
- tarian marble, calnl pnss(onless, spiritual,
::Hts wearing A singular, iniptlunble expression
such US might have been shed by the light Of a
nf an Angels wing. The heterogeneous crowd,
hunters. gamblers, homicidcs. Eazea in mute
The missionary prayed. but 1t sounded ike
40 uther prayer ever addressed to the throne OF
tho almighty. It contained no cnconiums en-
tnu splcraor OF the Divine attributes; no petit
tons IN the TONG of commands; no orisons for
distant places, Times, objects; no implied Iu-
str''ctton rs to the administration Of the gov
er;ln1cn1 Of The universe. 1t reuted exclusively
to the present people and tie present hour; it
was the cry Of the naked soul, and that soul
was beg%ur for the bread and water Of heay-
lie ceased, and not till then did become con-
sclous Of weeping. looked around through
my tears, and saw hundred faces wet as with
Now, my friends, partake Of Gods riffs at
tn the 1nh!e and then como and sit down and listen
1t would bc impossible to describe the sweet
tone Of kindness in which these simple words
friends. One heart, Eowevcr, in The assembly,
WAS 1haudencl by tho evidences Of the preach
ers wonderful powers. Col. Watt Foe1an ex-
your reverence has lied. You promised US not
only good barbecue, but better liquor. Where
Is y0ur fi'l.or!"
thunder, and pointing his motjonless finger at
the Double Spring, gushing up in two stroug
the bosom Of the earth. 'sThore"' be repcated,
with look terrible us lightning, while his
enemy actually trclnblcd at his feet; "therc is
his children!
:.Not in the sfmmering still, over smoking
fires, checked with poisonous gases, and sur
rounded with the stencil Of sckcninE otiors and
rank corruption. doth your Father In Heaven
prepare the precious essence Of life, pure cold
where the red deer wanders and the child loves
TO play. there God himself brews 1t; and down,
low down in the deepest valleys, where the
upon tho mouut,tin-tops, where the naked gram
it gtittcrs like gold in the sun. where tho storm
away, far out on the wide. wide Sen, where tho
hurricane howls music, and big waves roar tho
chorus, sweeping tho march of God,'-there he
watcr.''
And everywhere it is 9, thing Of beauty:
eleamin2 in the dew-drop; singing in the sum-
Mer rain; shining In the ice-gcm, till the trees
seem turned to living jewels; spreading golden
vail oyer the setting sun. Or white gauze
around the midnight mouu: sporting In the
cataract; sleeping III the glacier; dancing in tho
hail shower; folding bright snow curtains softly
above the wiutry world; and weaving the many
cOlorcd iris, that scraphs zone of the sky, whose
warp il tho rain Of curth, whose wool is the sun
beam OF heaven, all chcckcred DER with celcs-
tai flowers, by the mystic hand OF rarefactton:
still always it Is beautiful, that blessed cold
wuter. No poison pubbles on Its brink: its foam
brings not madness and murder; no blood ssafns
weep not burning tears in its clear depths: no
dralnkard's shreking ghost from tho grave
curses it in words OF despair! Speak out, my
friends, wouii you exchange it for the demons
drink, afcohol:''
= shout IKE the roar of the tempest answered
Critics need never tell me again that back
woodsmcn are deaf to the divine voice OF elo-
nucncc: for saw at that moment the mission
in the hollow of his hand: and the popular feel
Ing ran III current irresistible that even the
duelist, Watt Foeman. dared not venture an
other interruption during the meeting.
have jnst reviewed my report Of that stnRu-
lar speech IN the foregoing sketch; but, nlasl
discover that have utterly failed to convey the
fun impression, rs my reason and imaeinntion
received it. The language, to be sure, is there,
that never could forget; but it lacks the spirit.
1nournful music alternating with the crashes OF
terrible power: it lacks the gesticulation, now
graceful as the play, Of a golden willow 10 the
wind. and anon violent as the motion OF 4
mountain pine in tho hurricane; 1t lacks that |
pnlc face, wrapped in Its dreams Of the spirit
land. and those unfathomnble eyes flashing II !
light such as never bearncd from sun or stars. |
and, more thnn NIL, it lacks the magnetism Of
the mighty soul that seemed to diifuse itself !
among tho hearers rs viewlcss stream of !
electricity, pene trating the brain like some Sc
crct fire, melting all hearts, mastering cFolu-
The camp-meet1ng continued. and q revival !
attended 1t such as never hefore, or since. WIS
in the forests Of Texas. Hut, unfort-
unatcly, on the last day OF the exercises news !
arrived on the ground that neighboring farmer |
had been murdered, aud his wife and children |
carried away prisoners by the Indians.
and proposed the immediate organization OF Il |
company to pursue the savases. The sugges-