The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-06-25
"ROSE OF JERUSALEM" "
BY c. NJ. GIRARDEAU.

barer plains that stretched away as far
as the eye could reach. But the sky
above these arid deserts. was of a
dazzling hue, and the waters of the
river were as clear as crystal. There is
an Indian story concerning the limpid
clearness of this stream
. The traveller approaching and seeing
the pebbly bottom at depth of--as he
thinks-two or three feet, boldly
plunges in and goes down to be seen
no more. Hence its pretter, though
more suggestive Indian name, The
Waters of Deception.
Upon these arid, wind-swept prairies
and cliffs one sees, here and there, balls
of what seems to be dried grasses, pro-
badly rolled up together by the racing
northers. These balls lodge in the
cracks and crevccs of the cliffs, and
become more dead and dry as the win
ter season advances.
The younger of two men, who ap-
peared to be crossing the plains, drew
rein and called his companions atten-
ton to the dry and dusty balls that the
wind was driving before it.
''What do you suppose they are?"
asked the elder man.
'Bunches of grass, or the withered
remains of birds nests"
Birds nests, with not a solitary
tree" except yon scraggy mesquite in
sight?'' said the other, racing his
mustang after a ball flying by and
catching it deftly as he leaned from his
saddle He returned to his companion
and threw it to him. 60 1t is the Sem
pervirens, the Rose of jerusalem the
Resurrection Plant.
"A plant? This dry, dead bunch Of
withered grass and sticks?"
Keep it until you get home-keep
it three months if you like, then put
it into saucer of water and see what
happens.
II will send it to Narcissa," said
the young man, putting it with sew
ersl others into a pocket ''She has
su,o a collection of curious plants
already
The Comte de Saint-Cyr, the fore
most engineer of the day, the prime
mover in the gigantic scheme of con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific by
canal through the Tehuantepec 18th
mus. was visiting Monsieur de Cha
iueso, an old friend of his, in small
town in southwestern Texas. OF a
wealthy and ancient Lorraine family,
the self-exiled Comte de Chalusse had
come to Texas during the epidemic of
emigration that swept over Germany
and France, when the ill-starred So
ciety of Mayence sent over enthusias-
tic Germans by the shipload. A
friend of Salm-Salm, Chalusse had
visited the Sophienburg near Nassau,
and shared with the prince the vision
of future empire upon the banks of
the Llano and the Rio Grande. When
the society of Mayence failed, and
Salm-Salm returned to his Rhine castle,
leaving the Sophienburg to the owls
and bats, Monsieur de Chalusse re-
turned to San Antonio, and late in
Life married a beautiful American
from one of the Southern States.
When he heard that the great engineer
had come to America, and was SER
iously undertaking the task Of cutting
the great canal, Chalusse wrote to
him, urging him to come 60 San An
tonic for old friendships sake.
Saint Cyr responded as cordially to
she cordial letter of invitation, and
enriocs to see his old friend. followed
his letter as soon as practicable.
The meeting was affecting. The
Eomte de Chalusse poured out tor
rent OF questions concerning his coun-
try, his old home. Saint Cyr recount
ed his triumphs. his sorrows, his joys.
1t was the meeting of brothers. A
neat serving brought in cakes
and wine. They did not see her.
After two or three honrs Of unin-
terrupted enjoyment, wherein both
often talked at once, Madame de
Chalusse, still beautiful, though no
longer very young, appeared
Messieurs, am sorry to disturb,
but dinner has been waiting for half an
hour" then, seeing the untouched cake
and wine. "Edmonde, Iwonder at your
thoughtlessness Monsieur de Saint
Gyr must be faint. :
Chalusse looked from the waiter to
bis wife in conical dismay, but Saint
Cvr replied. courfeously: