The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-12

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W,IktD(~I = the master kept hi
q NFs3 IN head out, lookn.
W Att8~ back on tacs'
KW//~ spiashed walls anl
M ~ glmmcring roof
~ till they were sud
- denly swallowed ID
tho mist. and / suppose sor,e natural sadncs
fell upon the man az this Departure or wa
Il some provision Of the cndf ~ least, upoi
our mounting the long brae from Durnsdeer
~ we walked side by side in the wet, he be
gan first 10 whistle and then 20 sing the sra
dcst Of our country tunes which sets fol-
weeping In a tavern. Wandering Willie.
The sct Of words he used with 10 ] have mol
heard elsewhere. and could mover come b'
any copy. but some Of them which we're tl'
most appropriate &c our departure lin8er ~
my memory Ono verse began;
Home was home then. my DEAR fun q kindly
faces.
Home was home then. my dear, happy FOR ih'
child
And ended somewhat thuss
Now. when day dawus on tho brow Of The moor
land
Lone stands the house AMI the chimney stone 81
cold
lonc ttt II hliilIis nov VIC iNl' arc ODD N W
The kind hearts. the true hearts that loved th'
place Of old
could never be Judge Of the merit Of thcs
verscs. they were 10 hallowcd by the meian
choly Of the air and were sung Tor ratAe'
"soothed') 10 me by master singer at q time
% fitting. lie looked IN my face when Do bad
done, and saw that my eyes watcrcl
"Ah. Mackellarw said he do you think }
have never "a regotT
81 DO not think you could be so bad O
man, said /. eli you had not all the machin
cry to be a good one'
mo, not all ," said he; mot all You ar'
there in error. Tho malady Of not wanting
my evangelist But methought BIO s.sne
as be mounted again into the chaise.
All day LONG we journeyei in the Same
miserable weather; the mist bsseti.ng o.
closely, tho heavens necessarily weeping
on my head Tho road lay over moorish
bills, where was no sound but the CRYING of
the moor fowl in the wet heather aud tie
pouring Of the swollen burns Sometimes
would dozo of in slumher, wien ! woult
find myself plunged az once in some foul anl
ominous nightmare, from the which ] "ou
awaken strancling. Sometimes. if iae wa5
was steep and the wheels turning slowly. J
would ovorhear the voices from within. tabs
Ing in that tropical tongue which was To- me
as inarticulate as the piping Of The fowls
Sometimes, at a longer ascent, the muster
would set foot % ground and walk hy ml
side, mostly without speech.
And all the time, sleeping or waking. I DO
held the s,rno black perspective Of approach
ing ruin; and the same pictures ro a in nn
3.
side mist One, | remember. stool bcfOfl
no with the colors 81 a true Illusion. ii
showed mo my lord seated 90 table in
small room; bis head, which was at fr.
buried IN his hands, he slowly raised, and
turned upon me n cOuutenlnco from which
hopo had fled saw &c first ON the black
window parcs, my last night in Durrisdecr
IL haunted and returned upon me half the
voyage through: and yet IL was Do effect OF
lunacy, for ! have come 70 ripo old ag
with no decay OF my intelligence, nor yet ns
] was then tempted 70 suppose q heavcn-seni
warning of the future, for ON manner of
calamltics befell, not that calamity-and
saw many pitiful sights but never that one.
10 wns decided we should irsyei ON al
night, and il was singular once the dusk bad
fallen, my spirits souowhatToso TIDE bright
lamps, shining forth into tie mist aud on tAe
smoking horses and the holding post boy
gavo me perhaps an outlook il.riuslcoll1
moro cheerful than what day had shown; oi
perhaps my mind had become wcaried OF it
melancholy At least. / spent some waking
hours, not without satisfaction in nay
thoughts, although wet and wclry ia ms
body; and fell at last into a natural slumbo
without dreams Yet / must have been "a,
work even in the deepest Of my sleep, and OF
work with al least a measure OF Intelligence
for / started broad awake, in the very aQt oI
crying ont TO myself
Home was homo thea. my dear happy for Tho
child.
stricken TO find IN 70 a. appropriateness
which had not yesterday observed, 90 tie
masters detcsiable purpose In tao present
journey.
We were Gaen close upon the city Of Olnf
gov, where We were soon lrcakla ling Co
gcther al an inn, and where Gas The dcF
would have 40 We found ship in the yer.
article OF sailing. We took places I'm Tie
cabin, and, two days after, carried our 81
fects on board. Her name was the None
such, q very ancient ship and very happily
named By all accounts this should Dc hg
last voyage people shook their hea.ls upol
the quays. and had several warnings oner.O
me 10y strangers in the street, 20 the eliec
that she was rotten as a cheese, too deopi,
loaden, and must inialibly founder IL we mel
a gale From this 10 ie out We were ihl
only passengers; the captain, McAmtrie. wa.
a silent, absorbed man with the Glasgow oi
Gaelic accent. the mates ignorant, rougl
,eafarcrs, como IN through the haNsehoie
and the master aud were cast upon oacl
others company.
The Nonesuch carried fair wind out o.
the Clyde and FOR near rpon q week We 60
loycd bright weather ard a scpse of progres
| found myself 10 my wonder, a born sea
man. in 50 far az least as / was never sick
yet was far from tasting the usual serenity
Of my health Whether &c was the motion q.
the ship on the pillows, the confinement, th
salted food, or all Of these together, 1 suiierca
from a blackness az spirit and painful
strain upon my temper. Tho nature Of m1
orrand ON that ship perhaps contributed;
think it did no f;lore; the maladY .rhatefe'
Il was sprung from my environment, and Il
the ship were not to blame then 30 was The
master Hatred and fear are I'D bciIeloHs
but 90 iay shame bo :; spokcm ! have ias,eN
those in other places. laln down ana sou uf
with them and eaten and drunk with them
and yet never before nor after ieYc beer
10 poisoned through and through .u soul and
body a. was GA board the NoncgcA
+ freely confess nay enemy seq me a Iair cx
Hmpie Of forbearauce. 10 our worst days 90,
played the most patient gcniniifY. holding
me IN conversation os long a. would suffer
nnd when had rebulcd bis ciyilty. sloich
'ing himself on deck 10 read Tho book hl
bad on board With him was Mr. richardson
Famous "Clarissa.n and among other small
|nttentions he w0ald read me passages aloud
nor could any c!ocuiioni,t have given with
greater potency the pathetic portions of THAI
~ork ] would retort mon him with ras
'kaees out 81 the Bible, which was nI my b
brary, aud very fresh 20 me. ms soli i1iis du
ties q grie,e 20 say 90 bclns cieaJ and even
70 this day extremely ncs'sciel Ne fasiet
he merits OF the work like tho connalsaur /
lac Was, and would sometimes take 10 from !
my haad, trrn tho leaves over Ike q man /
that knew IFS way, and give me. with bi.