Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-12-27

now, as my sunset
approaches, grow luminous and assume
shapes that are startling in their fidelity
From the diary of good woman's life,
have torn two pages. One was written i'll
mist of Doubt: the other beneath the glorious
lyradiant arch of Delight After years of I'M
certainty, happiness has become to her per-
ennial bow of promise
What these two pages reveal of truth, only
guessed at before, intensifes a memory that
will abide with me until the graves impene-
trable shadows are lifted and dispelled.
The scenes of this narrative are ION for
eign station
Almost simultaneously had reached my
thirth-seveuth year and the thirty fifth. par
alle Of south attitude. The turtle back, pc
ninsular city of Montevideo very comforta-
bly, housed Inc among its one hundred thou
sand inhabitants. There were, probably,
that many of at that time, although |
never had a whole opportunity TO verify the
local census. One afternoon, as l stood at
the portal of the hospitable English club, l
somewhat idiotically tried to count the peo-
Pile going bacl; and forth, crossing and re-
crossing the Plaza Constitution; but | soon
grew weary of the monotonous tramp and
arm swinging, bowling and ogling, the car
rage sweep and street car rush. So, resign
edly, | faced about, went deliberately up
stairs, and gossiped with some genial brother
cosmopolites who had been born before that
quarter of the world was quite ready for
them.
could not speak the every day language
of my temporary fellow citizens; yet friends
We're plentiful, skies fair, the society charm
ing, and DEFENDERS pulse beat warmly at
eighty degrees or Whereabouts.
The previous month, and, in fact, the last
week in il, found me lettering at the Brazil
ian capital There had awaited the arrival
of steamer comrade. His mercantile Ell
gagements detained him at Pernanibuco and
Bahia. Thus he escaped genuine bowling
sail splitting pampero, which had given me q
toss and tumble idea of what a hard blow
off shore usually is in the vicinity of CabC
Frio.
When again together, | quickly
detected change in George Hamilton. HI
seemed preoccupied-his mind far removed
from either business or pleasure. l hat
marked out grand plan for sight seeing il
his company, but he took little or no appar
ent interest in the detailed programme. Ii
juca, the magnificent, failed to lure him, anC
Pao Assucar and lofty Corcovado shared
with the renowned Jardin Botanico and it
avenue of palms a neglect that was surpris
ing. On the voyage out from New York h
had talked 80 constantly OF these freaks ant
wonders of tropical nature that was nov
completely nonplussed by his indifference
During his youth he had spent several year
in the Atlantic provinces of Brazil. Hi
father had been one of the first and mos
successful railway contractors in that opu
lent empire. Besides having thorough &C
quantance with the coast cities of Sout
America, no native spoke Portuguese o
Spanish more fiuently than George Hamil
ton. As | had depended upon his oft re
peated voluntary promise to be my guide il
and around Rio, the disappointment was no
hid from him.
Aboard ship our likings had been mutual
Hour after hour we gazed from the steamer
deck at the marvellous luxuriance of eterns
summer lands Threading its way between
the superb clusters of islands, known to a
West Indian sailors as the CARDS, our vesse
had, in succession. passed the immense delta
of Orinoco and Amazon. From Braganz
shoals to the celebrated Magellan straits
every bay and headland was an open book