The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-15

, ers have no other Joy than that Of sazlng
upon their children through all eternity"
Then, while the poor nurse continues IA
/ pray, kneeliDg upon the floor, the two
Shadows continue their inelfSble inter.
view. The widowed mother has allowed
the sons arm to enciTCle her. He liita
and bears her away-lghtly, intauglbly,
, and lOl the door opens sgaln. They pas
on, tWinsd in their blessed embrace; they
CToea the threshold, Dead leaves Whirl
beneath their feet, under the orchestra Of
the north wind the snoW-blanched plain,
the hills swept by the winds Of the north,
fly behind them In their aerial course,
They pass swift, swift over the land, aud
takes flight over the seR-Rnd see that 10
; green in the hours Of caprice, darby blue
In the period OF its wrath. Then, once
more, land appears Behold the creek
with ita emerald shores, its Rroyes Of eu'
phorbia and ChRmarOps. The lofty
grasses tower up. Hippopotani feed In
the clear water bufaloes ruminRte along
the shore. Far Cd, huge lion yRwns,
awaiting the coming OF the gRZelles. Yet
neither the lion nor the buaaloss nor the
hippopotami seem to know their presence,
They have arrived, The son pushes
the weeds apart, A hole opens itself In
the sand. He enteEs into II, She would
hold him back, but he slips from her en-
brace, He sinks, little by little, still anil
ing. And now he lies in'it-lies in the
grave era, The earth falls over him like a
cover-veilipg his last look, and The tall
grasses rise up straight again above his
tomb.
shall never forget the scene that fol-
lows.
Our advice boat had left the Guinea
coast two days before, and YVES descending
south, About O'Clock the man on watch
sighted q negro tartan that was trying 10
land In 8 sort OF cove formed by small
water course. With his glass the officer
on duty could distinguish on tho deck Of
the little vessel two women dressed In
black. They were all alone In crowd oil
lasCars. The utliCsr, feeling surprised,
called me- up and ordered me to take the
whaehoat and find out what motive had
brought thlse female travellers into such
IlRiitUdes. ! had the boat manned, and
pushed right for the tartan, which could
not make the shore on account OF the ebb,
On approaching saw the laIcars were
mNnWuvring very clnmsily, The tartan
was going asteTn. OHe OF tue women
the one who seemed most elegant
waved her handkerchief 10 Us to come 10
their aid.
"What can do for you, madam" II
asked, 90 l got on board, alter having re-
specially Eauted the strange and statu-
etQue figure, who seemed the very pei
qualification OF grief.
She started upon seeing me, and her
eyes were fixed IN cad contemplation upon
the mitRhipmsn'B uniform ! wore.
Finally ehe decided to speak, 1t was
the fist time she bad spoken, alter
ward heard, siuCe che had left havre.
You belong to the French navy, sir?"
VI have that honor, MADAME"
"WOuId you DO kind enough To have
mo put en- shUre2"
Iprotegted.
ION shore How could you think OF
such thing, madameP There Is not
SINGLE white mans habitatlOu on all this
coast. do not even see any negro huts,
The coast is announced as dangerous.
"Nevertheless, this Is where mus.
land, slr-some one is waiting Tor me-"
"Waiting for your
."Yep, fer six nonths past"
! stared OF her. My look betrayed my
utter stupefkcIion.
She smiled q heartrending smile.
"You think l Sm mad, don't your II
am not mad sir. tell you RgaIu, some
one is waiting for me-"
"And who could possibly DO waiting
Tor you there?"
"My con-"
An exclamation Of surprise rose to my
Hips.
'tEOur son7 but there is nothing on
that coast but wild beasts and sayages."
VI know that, SIR"
"And, knowing 1t, you still persist.
What does your son do?"
She looked at me, In her turn, with an
Icy look that sent shiver through me.
rHe 10 dead" one answered.
And she added.
~ am the mother oil Midshipman B.,
who was reported missing come eight
months ago, after fght with the Dana.
rsS."
There was no answer possible. I reCol.
Elected well the unfortunate occurrence 10
(which Madam H. alluded. felt had no
right 10 put any obstacle In the way Of
this pious and heartrendtng pilgrimage.
therefore pushed 10 the shore and vol.
unteered to accompany the widow, her
servant and the black sailors, who brought
with them, at her request, some spadee
apd piCks4es.
The hipnopotalni OF tho shore withdrew
The buhAloes lsd at our approach. A
great black, upon seeing us, rose from his
crOuChing place in the shadow Of 6g
tree, and retired with majestic stride.
Madame B. walked arst,With eyes fixed
and automatic step, as II guided BY some
syperRat4F4l illamln4EloA. She pointed
out tile way.
We had marched about two.thirds OF a
mile, through thiCkeLs and over miry hol.
laRs-turning from ime to time In order
TO recognize the Iouts We were taking.
Suddenly the widow stopped.
"Herel" she said.
Oh, that voice. Itstill rings In my ears.
| It had nothing human In its tone. Some.
thing Of the Beyond founded In II, like an
ECHO pi those nnpaTalle9 melodies that arp
sSnetim!S heard in The somhrp haIllCina.
tons Of fever,
"Here," she said again.
She pointed 10 kidd Of hilloCk conceal.
We went to work at It forthwith. The
picks and spades cleared the soil. The
upturned earth showed q sort Of natural
dlly4.
And there, two feet below the surface, q
corpse appeared-Still clad in the noble
uniform Of the navy. In the throat, fixed
in . great wound, whose lips, shruuken
box, we're still blGDk with Clotsed blood,
was the iron head Of an ssSega, the broken
shalt Of which lay there beside the body.
lie must have fallen there, poor fellow,
and the loose soil must have rolled down
over hin, 80 that pious Nature. had her.
sell given him sepulture.
Then, to the mothers face game tho
smile 6t q saint. hhe reached out her
arms to the remains, aud without word,
bent forward, glided face down upon her
knees, 40 II to press her child once more
Ia her aTHO,
Terrified, NO lifted her'up. Alas she
had Kept her promise she mad answered
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