Homer guardian., 1890-01-03

approaches, grow luminous and ass,lm
shapes that ore startling in their fidelity.
From the diary of good womans life.
have torn two pages. One was written IN .
mist of Doubt; heother beneath the glorious
iyradiant arch Of Delight. After years Of un
certainty, happiness has become to her a per
cnnial bow of promise
hat these two pages reveal of truth, onl,
guessed at before, intensifics a memory tha,
Will abide with me until the graves in,pene
traolc Shadows are lifted and dispelled.
The scenes Of this narrative ure .'on for.
eign stationn
Almost simultaneously had reached my
thirtli-seveuth year aud the thirty-fifth par
aliel ID south latitude. The turtle back. pe
nlnslar city of Montevideo very cornforta
bly, housed nc among its one hundred thou
sand inhabitants. There were, probably
that many of us at that time, although ]
never had whole opportunity to verify the
local census. One afternoon, as | stood a,
the portal OF the hospitable English club. |
somewhat idiotically tried to count the peo-
pie going back and forth, crossing and re-
crossing the Plaza CONSTITUTIONS; but | soon
grew weary Of the monotonous tramp and
arm swinging, bowing and osling, tile car
rlnge sweep aud 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
were plentiful, skies fair, the society charm
ing, and DecembcrtS pulse beat warmly at|
eighty degrees or thereabouts.
The previous month, and, in fact, the last
week in it, found me lettering at the Brazil
ian capital, Thera had awaited the arrival
OF steamer cofnrade. His mercantile en-
gagen,ents detained him at Pernambuco and
Bahia. Thus he escaped genuine bowling,
sail splitting pampero, which had given ME a
toss. and tumble idea of what hard blow
off shore usually Is in the vicinity Of Caho|
Frio.
When we were again together, | quickly
detected o change in George Hamilton. He
seemed preoccupied- mind far removed
from either business or pleasure. had
marked out grand plan for sight seeing In
his company, but he took little or no appar-
INT interest in the detailed programme III
Iuca, the magnificent, failed to lure him, and,
Pao Assucar and lofty Corcoyado shared
With the renowned Jardin Botanico aud itsI
Avenue Of palms a neglect that was surpris-I
ng. On the voyage out from New York bel
lad talked so constantly of these freaks and
vonders of tropical nature that was now
ponplussed by his Indifference
During his youth he had spent several years
Il the Atlantic provinces of Brazil. His
afher had been one Of the first and most
uccessful railway contractors in that opu-
snt empire Besides having d thorough &C.
uaintance with the coast cities of South j
Anerica, no native spoke Portuguese orl ]
'panish more fuently than George Hamil .
on. As / had depended upon his oft re- :
Gated voluntary promise to be my guide in !,
nd around Rio, the disappq ppqintment was not Is
id from him. H,
Aboard ship our likings had been MUTUAL : !.
Tour after hour we gazed from the steamers j,
eek at the marvellous luxuriance Of eternalln =
lmmer lands. Threading Its way between {
70 superb clusters Of islands, known to all
Test Indian sailors as the Cnribs, our vessel =
Sd, n succession. passed the immense deltas "
Qrinoco and Anszon. From Bra ANA i;
loals % the celebratel Magellan atrnitas 81 r
Esey ~ snd headland xas 81 4 oIru ~ nl