Wichita eagle., 1888-09-30

-es were resorted to to save her at the
sacrifice Of his own life; but the GOODNESS Of
the French governor had prevented blood
shed and he had no doubt that ere the three
days would elapse be would have an oppor-
tunity Of seeing her on tho vessel; his friend
ship with Anbry made this hope doubly sure.
But when he heard that the frigate had been
sent down the stream, he turned with weary
heart from the exciting throng and took the
path toward the old spot where he had so
often met Runa-the spot hencefoFth 50 dear
to him. He folded his arms and walked alb
stractedly along. Far OF In the distance
came that deafening, inconsistent cry OF the
people, "Long live Louisl Long live the
we'll belovedr' He, too, would have joined
in that cry had Runa been near.
The man who carries within him love Of
scientific investigation and sympathy with
nature in all its varying phases is seldom at
loss for companionship he towers above
the great mass of humanity even as the oak
above the striplings Of the forest. To him
ell things are voiced spirits; the trees, the
starr, the birds, the flowers; the ocean when
dashed by the storm god; the rivulet that
sings along its hidden path; the grandest and
most minute objects touch q responsive
chord in bis sympathetic soul, raising him
as it were above himself, causing him ever
to feel the mysterious omnipresence and om-
niscience of the Author Of all Such o one
was the Chevalier de st. Gervaise. To him
nature was O vast book, stamped with the
signature Of the Creator, and Runa was it's
fairest page He now felt as though he had
been reading beautiful chapter, and coming
to the most interesting portion found the
leaf missing
He wandered along and from sheer inab1-
ity to think or to act, followed the course OF
bird winging its flight aloft. Presently
again his eyes turned earthward and there,
advancing through the wood, still in the
white robe in which he had first seen her,
with her dark hair floating around her and
the golden sun upon her bosom, was Runa.
How long she had been there, how escaped
from her companions and evaded the vigil
ance of the French guards, be paused not to
query. He only knew that she was there,
and he fastened joyously to meet her. She
fell at his feet with one cry, "The earth has
no home for the Peruvian nnaid!''
And he answered, "Runa, thou art beauti-
full as the rainbow thou art fair as the sun
rise, and my heart throbs for thee, and my
spirit bids me tell thee that In this bosom
thou shalt find home!"
He bent to raise her, but she moved not;
he felt her pulse, it was still; he placed his
hand above her heart, it futtered an instant
and then ceased to beat.
What followed became part Of the his
tory Of the country. Louis again repudiated
ell claim to the colony. Spain established
her authority and maintained it for upward
of thirty years, when, after again changing
hands. Louisiana became part Of that great
commonwealth which rivals in system and
equity all the civil establishments that have
ever existed. Today she stands among her
sister states, with a past Of which she may
be proud, and looking forward to a future
from which she has much to expect. Neither
under French nor Spanish domination could
she have reached this glorious end; for she
was as the historian observes: ga gift never
intended for kings to keep."-Marie L Points
in New Orleans Picayune
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