Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-02-04
A TALE OF THREE LIONS.
BY q. RIDER

s11Aain' wuo was one 81 tne party 'nas Gay
covered AnS mines Soma little
ago, and who aft@ward oame to live In
England near his friend, Sir Henry Curtis.
He hos cone back to the wilderness low. az
these old hunters almost invariably do. ON
one prstext or another. They cannot endure
for very LONG, its noise andracket
and tho omniproeeuos Of broadclothed hu.
manitv provinr moro irving to their perves
than ths dangers Of The desert. Think that
they feel lonely here, for 1t Is q fact that is
too little understood, though it has often
bean stated, that there IL no Loneliness like the
Loneliness Of crowds, especially to thoss who
are unaccustomed to them.
'What Is there in the world,n old Quater-
main would say, "so desolate as to stand in
the streets Of a great city and listen to the
footsteps falling, falling, m~ultitudinous as
the rain, and watch the white line Of faces
as they hurry mast. YOU know not whence.
you know not whittier. They como and go,
their eyes meet yours with q cold stare, for
q moment their features are written on your
mind, and then they are gone forever. You
will never sse them again. they will never
see you again: they come up out of tho un-
known, and presently they once more van.
ish into the unknown, taxing their secrets
with them. Yes. that IN loneliness pure and
undehled: but to one who knows and loves
it, the wilderness is not lonely. because the
spirit OF nature is ever there tn Keen the
wanderer company. He fnds c~omnanions In
the ~winds-ths I'M strains hahhlo lilo
natures children at his feet. high ahova
him, In the purple sunset. aro domea and
minarets and nalaces s,,ch 40 M n,ortaI mar
hath built. in and ont Of WHOSE A.m;r, doors
the ~elorions angels Of thu am saan, to nova
c~ontinuallv. And deere. tn. ia .ha via
pnrne following Ito faad;no cro,,raa n reo%
armies. With the snrinchok throsvn o,,t Ia.
fore for skirmishars. then rank nnon ronk -,
long faced blesbuck n,nrchinv and whaal;n,
ike Infantry ami last. tho SHINING troons ~
ouaepaa and the 6erce evad SHAGGY vildo,..
beeste to tahe the place If tha Cossack hoet
that hanrs mon an armva Aonrs
ooh. no. he wouId ,av- "tha w;,darness Ia
not lonely. for. nv nov remember that tbo
further YOU ret from man the raarar w,
grow to God and. thonoh thi, "a n sav;ne
That MIGHT we'll he disnSted II 10 ono T ono
sure that ANYBODY viii eosily understand
who has watched the SIN rico and set IN TN,
imitless. deserted plains. and sean the thnn
der chariots Of tho clouds roll In maiest.
across the dcnths Of unfathomah,a Nv
We'll. ut any rnte h went Moi. ocoin and
now for MANY months 7 hovo haori nothinc
at all Of him. end. to ha franL. grs.+11
doubt il ANYBODY viii ever henr of him AGAIN
fear that tho Wilderness that has for 90
many years been n mothor tn him will row
also nrova his cravo ard tho ora ~ - +hn.o
Who Recommended him, for tha o,sss mnon
which he ond thav +or+od ia w;id o,n ~
deed.
Rnt vb;,o h. ,,.os i, r,r,.,a D., hoeo
va,rs or 90 betwaan bic rot,,rn fron, IT, ~
cessful discovarv ~ tho n.;so i.;nas IS,.;os,
traas,rsc ond ~ ,,oo.h ~, IL - 49, $3.50
= erect deal ~ old Allan on.tern a;u uA' 49,
known him vo,rs hefora IN ATr,oa 49, as.a,.
II. ca,no howe whonavar 7 had r~otl;no ~.
far to do nsad IN r,,n m tn vori,sh;re 49,
stav With him, md in this .yav 7 ~ nno +iroa
md another haord m.nv - ~ ;no;Jou+a -,
h;s nast life and most cu,.;o,s sonao -, No..
,vcro. ~
NJ ono no, n,ss al, .h,,o r
tim ro,,h eristorco ~ On s1onhont I,,..as
without msat;,r viii, nnn, $3.50 49,"
t,rros md ono w,v and ono+,,ar ~ oma,a.
main hos cer+ain,y saan NJ. shnno Nh
tho story that = en no;nn an
Won ia ora ~ Tho lo1,r ~ ,,os. NJ
ventures thonch 7 rorcnt tim ox,ot Won,
which II honnened. A. any r,ta 7 lrow h.
It was the onlv one Of hin- trina mon who,
he took his son Harry who ia sine, 1eodl
with him. and that Harry was then about ID
And now for the story. which / viii renea,
as rearlv ~ I can in tho words IN vhicl,
Hunter Ouatermain told il to me ono NIGHT
in tho old oak poneleS vestihuIe Of his h,,,se
in Yorkshire, We were TALKING abont gold
mining.
"Qoid mining,n 10 broke in. "Ah, YES: I
once went rold mining at Pilorim,a Poet in
the Txansyaal. and It was before tbot that
we had business about ,Jin,J;n, and the
,;oro NJ v,,, I-,,,w a., Wi ~ =.