The National tribune., 1891-11-05

hIAEh AND A. ALAS hboNE DOios
than ala he OF the life.picturing Odyssey, and
those ancient seekers Of the golden fleece, and
tbe man OF great and lonely life who sought
highway for the world and all time across the
great and lonely deep-Columbus, the second
man who has become 3 citizen Of the world in
peTpotuity.
And sat and watched the sea and received
lts indefinite but enticng revelations until IL IL
was an awful sin 10 wish 20 trust 70 IL and get
near 10 Coro, j had become almost by uncOn-
scOOs processes an awful sinner.
j saw the often arriving products Of the
oOast The numberless bales OF goat skins that
no sooner were reshipped from the port where
] lived 10 New York and Europe than they lost
their primitiyenH and class fCati0n aud be-
came for al their future Curacao kid" It
was long however, before gained speech with
a real citizen Of Coro. One seemed seldom TO
leave his home, or at least bis country, and my
information from my neighbors never went to
q more satisfactory extent than that there was
really nothing across there but sand, rocks,
oacti, and goats-only that there were perhaps
few hcrders Of the goats, who with their
NEARLY NAKED FAMILIES,
aubsisted upon goat meat and goat milk, while
the goats subsisted upon cactus aud the cactus
upon the sand.
This Information intended TO discourage one,
bad q contrary effect IL seemed 20 imply
logically the simple conditions Of existence
from which care aud trouble were pretty nearly
eliminated, aud q region where the Christian
tsachnR relative to taking mo care for the
MORROW" and az 10 what ye shall eat or where
withal We shall be clothed or words 10 that
efect, might stand some fair chance Of being
carried out is IL possible j asked myself
that there are people accessible who enjoy
Feigion"2 For II had been my misfortune 10
know those principally who were ovcrburdened
with religion which they did not seem In the
least 20 enjoy, nor 10 wish Others to do so.
IL was long before ] saw and with surprise,
o well-dressed gentleman who acknowledged
without apparent reluctance that be was resi-
dent Of Coro and from whom dclicatoly and
6ldlfBlly ELECTED the information that he had
few Thousand neighbOu. The contradictory
information " various kinds which had thus
come % me, aud the shifting aud pcrpleX inl
considerations which thereby arose, seemed q
demand personal investigation; and with curl
osty thus aroused and with the Hllurings o
the sea, and tle mountains aud the Cross sink
ing nightly beyond them ID the south IN per
petual rhythm with the rising Of the autipods
constellation Of Drsa Major in the north,
Hho0k from me the inertia Of tropical life, Gut
one afternoon az O'Clock sailed out Of thi
hall-closed jaws Of the port Of CURACAO show
ing their snarlinR iHeisors Of forts, aud undo
steady press Of sail b0Wled along toward Cor
"El Gueye de AFusto" The Ninth Of August
Three hundred and eighty three years before
1mcriRO Ncspncci bad entered the port Jeff
on a smaller vessel aud direct from COro. Tn
commander Of the little vessel Oicda wei
born and 30 daring that be had stood upon on
foot on the pinnacle OF church ia Spain la
boon the hrst Governor Of the coast and Ia
island, between which was sailing Az som
point our course aud that OF the discoveroI
crossed but that interesting spot remains
mystery OF the sea.
Such thoughts are likely 10 come 10 perso
traVeIsinE lands or seas known TO Columbu
or las companions; bot they are not quite
sure % be Gl6pelled mine were, by goo,
Datured. iuquisitiye, lubberly baby whale. 81
there was one, close Oh the port side, and AZ
stood noaI lhe main shrouds ID came up al0n
side 30 near 4 could have touched IL with
cane
After an inspection Of that side Of tie vcss
for about half a minute the strange visit
cived easily underneath the schooner came
little beyond Oh the other side aud wRl0w
lazily away about whatever business or play
had TO attend 10.
THIS SPA ckIE
was about 20 feet Ia length. would give
much 10 know what and how d thought OF
a. 10 know whore we crossed Ojeda's course
schooner with a small cabin and halt
dozen passengers, Two OF which are a won
and her child, las more room for sleeping as
her deck than below Besides, on those cOasti
that carry passengers there are few " can
TOtes" Or boxes like dog kouncls into viii
one may crawl Oh deck and smother in seculi
tred ono iar an houraud then crawlcd igB0l
nut spread iarpaulin. ON top 0f the cabin a
asept swectly IN the breath Of the trde win