New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16

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10 step out and take a look around me-, but they
I were awake. and would be alarmed II Quilted
them 50. very quietly | sat myself down m tho
! corner had fixed upon. where the wall prOpped mp
! my back, and stretching out my legs and folding
my arms dropped my chin 90 my breast. and shut
my eyes Painfully wearied | was; my eyclds
weighed like lead but.a long while passed before
/ d0zed. | heard the faint hum OF the surf, aud the
thread-like hreathngs from the sail. 1t was fear
] ful silence 70 listen to, with the sense IN you Of
being on q little rock amid leagues Of ocean whose
! surf washed the shores Of remote parts OF the
/ world. IL affected ne like nightmare rather than
/ real thing. when Thought who II was that made
of those two figures lying there. Oh. it seemed
/ cruel: II broke into my heart with agony III the
blow 10 realize that she whom loved 50 tenderly-
the sweetest the gentest of Gods creations, my fair
/ and tender flower needing all that care and COM
fort could do Tor her-should he finding bed upon
the hard ground a shelter under the filthy, squald
! roof of a hut erected by God knows whom and Tor
! what purpose, with such prospect Of continued
hardship before her II succor should be DELAYED or
did not come that dared not think INTO II 10 tol-
low II for a little distance. Nhat had become
of the other boats suppose Moreeombe we're in my
/ place, ana had never taken TINS voyage We
I were spared, how would old Hawke receive me :
/ these and hundred such coiectureS and Specula-
tions and fanciea trOoped through my mind. TILL ns-
ture could hold ont longer. and sitting there IN
my shirt sleeves. with my arms folded aRd the lamp
shining dmly upon the motioness hgures under the
! sail fell into deep and dTeamless sleep.
awokc in ft Of ama-cment, 20 find myself
! spri,vling on my side. Dead sleepy must have
been not to be aroused by the gradual sliding Of my
shoulders along the wall till had taFrly capsized
as though had really been an Old wooden IDOL l
tOleTaby stlh, and sat rubbing myself awhile
blinking al the lamp that burned very family. aud
barely disclosed the outlines OF the figures under
the sail. 7 pulled out my watch, and approached
the light. and found the time quarter-past 30
that for five hours. at all events, had slept as
soundly as if had been mounted on comfortable
spring mattress, and with no other Inconvenience
than a uumbness in my legs that speedily gaze way
10 my rubbing. | bent over Amt Bamarls and
Florence and conld inst discern enough OF their
faces Ia perceive that they were sound aslesi the
best proof of which ia their quiet, regular res
! piratIOus Ny own slumber had wonderfully re-
freshed me. Picking up my cap and treadIng very
softly stepped out of the Init wishing to satisfy
nv nd by . look round One felt the dItielpDce
! Of The temperature outside. found that the ight
wind bad settled away into the eastward, and blew
gently, fair the breakwater into the volcanic
hollow The darkness maryellously fine and
clear with the starlight that foated down ia a per
| feet Vush Of luminous haze into the cylindrical
crater-wall-. and the lake gave II hack " tn q dun
J sheen that made Il look Like r,ol shed steel down
! there. glimnerlng in the gloom The sky resenbied
a circle OF black velvet abIaZe VIE slars Ih,ae
! was not fragment of yapOr 70 Obscure them p
past the brighter stars the lumnares hung IN folds
! of silver dust. with patches OF light hove up on
them shaped like comets most Of the large Orbs of
an exquisite flashing pale blue, though amidst them
was many a sparkling speck of rose and one shOne
a vivid green the brow Of . cTag ~ the west
All this starry glory went bright and keen past the
srrnrnirs of the cliffs and made the darkness Of
them loom MP till they seemed miies high and
stretching backward God knows how far. You'd
notice the pale flicker on the lake this side the
breakwater where the wind set II rum NJ, bnt II
melted into the Il III and silent CLEAN after Dcasur
ing few fathonls. and there was no other move
4 - though the silence m the lNLanu
vas a weight that crushed all surfing tnlngs
moti0nlcse: OEc's very heart was sensible ~ the
pressure of il "a ponderUUs rebuke 10 rs beating:
and ones breathing and went m KIND Of 81 M
ing rs the hearing felt around the sarltt dusk for
something 10 relieve the enormous husl. aud heard
nothing but the ceaseess moaning NUN 81 ne SURF
outside. My sight speedily grew accustomed % the
gloom aud very carefully made my way 10 mat
part of the horn of ella ! had before looked forth
upon the from, cropping cautlousl y with hands
and feet and often pauS in9 10 llste Tor khoN To-
what and To peer backwards Tor the Sight OF the
figure of one Of our men. Coming at last 10 re-.
meuibeTed point, sal down on me cage of lhc Gun
that ems with a slope into the darkness below Tor
a hundred and fifty feet. with the nnePtn- shaped
rock right oppos Itean ugly. lumPlsh block, black
a. ink upon the faint SJarIf sheen upon the ocean.
Poets NAV write OF the feeling of lionel mess that -
breS IN a man u no i solitary ia crowds but hang
me- II they'd tax in that style had they perched !
tbemsev, on the edge Of that fall of volcano elm,
"a did and stared away into the liquid indigo That
ran up 10 the stars over the water Line Loneliness
why W hen put my mind upon that OCEAN ana
considered how many leagues of II there were there,
felt to be hove clear OF the idmHlar gOpe ailO-
gctLer % be poised soneW here betWXt me stars /
and the earth where there was nothing but eternal
gloom and eternal stiffness family broken. may be- .
by the rushing of spirit wings. Iu-i as ea Inc /
Wind SOFTLY pour:ug with moaning and ruStllng /
against the elm i overlooked. and mp among the I
r1ck- that scared MP m soplng tower OF uk be I
hind me- with such maRu hcatlon ol gloom IN |
theui that they showed Ike an immense mountain. ]
Even tue stars. which knew 50 well. took IN I'M /
familiar aspect. through the nexpressID-e sense 81 /
loneliness that was pun guy" -H'' VIZ ' 3 1 I.
fancy one looked AZ them from some other planet F.
Briglt auU yet distant lit1 >ftlut"l
with the wan flicker of mcte,rs SAILING among tlful
and the dark sea hollow beneath. Up pas, the cdSe
nI the cI ia tine sound ot tr T came with clearer
edge. there vas "a gurrLug ANA sohpng NOISE OF
water about tue uinepn-rock. aud idInt >'tinihg
,tpl. along a the way 10 th' lett of me- where the
ba.c of DO, island rounded INTO the norm ana t'ti
Look us would there was nothing u ie seen. Ana
W.o feels that his lie depends upon ms eyes; YET
don't hu"" that va, greatly i.ouo.gd Nv SIM i,i3
nothing. my mind was pa g. manner supdued a4a
uuuhed hy the wonder of the vast dark iohci5
silence aIuid which seemed to feel my sell the only
-rutl.uT thing. Ia glhhcr away from the OoN'tlH-
e riir- of the ebony crdrT-Nalta. winch swept III a
circle or nearly q circle under the stars, taxing OH
tl4r lpIif only 10 .ng what illumination there WAS
in II l,pou tile lake: and the gray dim CLEAN oft
tbgr I'm the huge cap-slmped shadow. wa. enough {"
put the sweat upon mans forehead and to set hls
you can realize di,Llnce; bat ma thts Ian" OF -.
P9uT, Won may most startlluglI. a. / know By TX
porr7ce. for YOU have puI - ci,ino II o.I ~ ~
whole view OF the rock. Win TIE sea cuVIiH- ~
and when vOu r. alone a night upou ~. ana t'rr 8
no snuud but the surf. OF the planning II thc Nlhu
ln rrr,i,e YOU can't see. and The .aRe ShhMcf>
back the starl ght IN dul FAINT surface nI luin a.
or. may tle immensely of the DEE - I'D ia, uhnd.c
of which yoU stand IS "a cru'lWS} FrliIa l' lu'us
,-or look eastward md the inns gn1uon uSne5
through th, darkness. for hundreds upon hundreds
of miles 40 the staut Australian coast; hoftu"ai'
10 the far-ot shores washed by Tine ara 'i 7'i ann
the Bay of Bengal; Nout4Walo I" Ni,l' , 'iInS "a
tbe giant keip are buried against th' ice-"uIe I
past which one dreams the sea-ilo ANA the " 'uIha'
the penggIu and the alhatT"SS, nave tn'Ir hoIh'
ward b.rouh the African cape to ut bleak am
roaring ocean that dIvdes the Horn nom ihc SCUM
,b.tIaud, Well. can say that the chaIt Oh % al
Wa, In my brain as | stood pc ring al the am sea,
ami then M She black hei lights, tlI TIE fearful hqG0
i,,.,.i.y that Qloomed round this Spcch of Ioch,
that had day and mig ht upon either extremity OF IT'S
spacious surface al one time frightened my fancy
l,,1. mares Dream. oil wreck, winch had nap
f.au,d here rose IN then TIT t!unk OIL the cAsld-
WAYS Who hal died ON tho island, along W th otnor
wouuly hy>trrcal things OF the Ike hihd ana
remember faucyIug that TINS Nolcanlc rock, ihaJ
,,,, M led the midnight shy with blOOd-red light
mas stood IN this ocean since God created the
..,rtl ,rr If tbe ebouv VOID that surrounded me
adm that 10 was the Almighty record OF llr die OF
Tho creation written upon tue bosom "i tie deepl
mon the greatest Of all the ocean-stretchcs; and
Lr,nron H. why. II sol me sh.yerng ~ think 81
"a, ,aT n ,igniled; an awe teu upon iue, though
.lnnl nnnI rround winch. like the holy mount ID |