New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26

and gaunt warehouses nau not ycs "'"~
City fheir undisputed prey being sun vn''e''
or very like one. she had . few sylvan ci'a,'"
with tho turning year Our side OF the n'er
held O more suburban rank. for piles OF i""oor
and bales Of merchandise lay frequent along !"
uncouth landing places In that commercial scorn
of all riparian grace and charm which has dwei'
with New-York at every stage Of her gruwth'
Rut the stretches OF moist and twinkng green
further inland were as yet choice SPOIL thaV
waited seizure With the prongs OF rock I'D
pierce their ttrfy sward and mako intervals OF
tender inhalation. they were rich In pasto'a
effect and one two nibbling goats those piacid
providers about many OF our city enVirohsl
lent their shaggy shapes to deeren the forlorh s"r'
NJ njcf,resoucness Below "a fall in the land rose
rocks on which many wretched paupcrs had reared
ritiful huts Our home was ain ost OF pa'stiai
comfort beside these. Some ~ them were sha e
less blendings Of ancient boards as II naled 10
gether In random DESPERATION OF refuge by uer
outcast tenants. Others had more decent COB
tour. with a space OF credtable courtyard. But
all were hudded and massed In wofu dlsarray'
Icrched on successive activities. they stared
at the passcr beneath them as though they were
the last miserable haunts OF those whom the near
ci,v had denied all honest shelter. Later when
FOREIGN immigration flooded the island. they oe-
came still more numerous but even then Their
soualid and grizzly fellowshls were hard to miss
| The scum and riffraY OF humanity clung there
| The stone that unlerlay their zig7ag walls ana
| precarious roofs could brace both against over
| throw when blasts drove. Their inmates "e'c
used TO the nip Of frost and the chill OF ram
Like new Noahs they had fled hither 70 THESE Da'e
heights from the deuge OF civilization oeyon'
| And alas. each Noah had borne with him his FAMILY
rs In the tale Of old You saw notheis 'icio
| Sucking young infants in the sun on clear cay
You saw frowzy unSemTt children descend the
wooden stairs that led below. Some OF THESE 'oor
waits had srol<cn to me and sought my company
during past rambles But l always gave 'nen !,
cold rcsronse it was my parents charge ana
| &c ,d onouoh N heed t. for often | had heard
| drunken wells from tlosc grimy dcns a'ol'' anu
| -. ,h ,o,vs had reached us Of n sickening muir
| a dana of NIGHT there by q II an wild with drink
From those bal and drear quarters had come
| an, certain all our present i'll. The boy VINO mao
shrelcd his false evil message to my iather was
| one Of their lawess tribe. They had SET MN "
deal that sting. they had set some one eSe ~
| their sorry group who could WELD pen " "r'.'
that malignant letter which NY father hau iouii'
They hated Ia because we shrahN iro" ""'"
they hated my father because he was aliloS' o"'
NJ them and vet scorned their rabDie- On sun
DAYS they would meet MS IN certain Sauh
wooden church. where the service was ufone" ~
an old asthmatic priest the attendance was meagre
and the benches ascetically hard Here u'en
sc,utinv would be torture to my father, and they
soon cot 10 understand why HIS jealousy pe'a"
o source of great secret glee to them. Ierfai
,,o;r amusement micht have nspircd mor'
orcnlv If it had not been for my fathers Oh
fame and bold cool eye AS it was they glsgled
whisncfed AMI slanted meaning looks. lheS III
douht reoat,jcd us as n grotosque threefoh Joke
They knew we were "squatters. like themselves
on territory for which we never paid q dime
Our reserve would POSSIBLY have hurt them NOR
If they had not foun1 in its armor "ha' 'i'e.
deemed so comic crevice mary I no" III"
thcir mockey took no other form thah II "iu-
the chlds efn jibe and the nbaldfS Oh Una
namelcss letter. PeIhals residue OF festec"u
dread vetoed all such treatment until they ea'h o
| that we were TO lie driven away willie their o"
exalted colony remained for little longer uiini'
( 1oe,o1 Rut then our last shred Of superlont
r had been torn from us MISFORTUNE ui"' "u'
t mercicss of Jewellers. had made our cotta3e IN III
Y ,o anita ,nentionable beside their shantcS o
the steep. 49,
. For some reason the great rock close To GU
( du,oIing had not yet known the in adeTs roo
Z or hoard his hammer ring As | now locke
4: about me in wary quest Of an observer all wa
n lonelv and silent II you listened closely so
5 could hear vague hum, which always came
day from the adjacent city, and when was II
@ ,,av or living and breathing. Nearly all gisant
d INNS breathe audibly.
Nv II other soon called to me from the lnn'
n hall went to her at once She looked rche'
a vvhen I babe her be certain that the coast VIZ
% c,oor She was clad in shawl and bonnet 81
Il had n little bundle. wmch held few tlnl<e
and souvenirs of her asst life in France. but ara
tbat a
d or burden Her hand shook little as She clasrt
d nina with il and went ont OF the house at II
@ s,de We were about TO face vast change
T. M wonder that she felt distrstful of what MIL
is hcfaIl us both And yet the impulse that drove h
on was Ike the goad OF fate Itself. She dai'
ar not ause Her conscience spoke to her with u
voice of her love "You must co. it said, III
O. she obcyed
ID A few steys brought to our proposed hdln
as place IL was damp, dark, grewSome ca'l
to under one corner OF the great rock 1t was u
he the srot for a roaming child like ysef to chan
n uron and prize Its hollow gloom was touch
mt with the mystery that all children love. h
ed stolen INTO it tmidly | had rushed from it
| dire fear: hal returned to 1t with morbid entl
1t m,nt. and had finally accented its existence vi
rs a sad critical dis lain, since its prusalc inter
Sc had at last convinced me that it was inca able
@. producng bear ghost even a mere b
Ire had long agO become faniliary and contem
III uouslv intimate with II The other children
le- the neighborhoOd being mostly OF Irish taIenta
dc and hence hacked with superstition. would en-
ed II rarely and then but for brief and scared
Der journs / know that the risk or my mother
myself being now disturbed was in every "
'a' slight We raised inside for PERHAPS twel
| wards. and thoN Iaused. The dusk was at +
Ky very obscure hut in little while 1t. seemed
nd lessen and wa saw the dark. AGED walls and
10 tawny soil with toerable cearness. All this u
ew nv mother hal held my hand. We
II crouched down together. Suddenly l fet
ere clasp ti-hten. Whore daylight CLEANED al
lid mouth Of the cavon. | saw human share
Ice had lust arreaIcd there. AM 1t moved with 81
gering ace and dropped head. Tho next MINI
however, its head raised. l plainly