Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13

white skin streaked with blood.
Il longed to defend and avenge her, but
she forbade me, held me behind her, and
presenting her body as rampant to cover
me, motlonless and stoically silent in her
anguish, she stood there, riddled with darts,
until her pierced heart ceasing to beat she
sank down like a mountain The earth
shook under her weight. The assassins
sprang forward to bind me and made no
resistance. Stupefed before my mothers
dead body, understanding nothing OF death,
caressed her and moaned, begging her to
rise and go away with me. She had ceased
to breathe, but tears poured from her dim
eyes They threw thick covering over
nv head. 1 could see nothing Ny four
legs were bound with deer hide thongs. /
did not seek to know anything 1 made no
struggle, wept 1 felt my mother near
me, and was unwilling to be separated from
her; Law down by her side. They dragged
me away, / knew not how or whittier / be-
heve they harnessed all their horses to
draw me down to the sand on the slope of
the beach to sort Of pit where they left me
alone.
Il cannot recall how long 1 remained
there, without food, devoured by thirst and
by insects greedy for my blood. was al
ready strong 1 could have demolished this
excavation with my fore feet, and have
broken path before me, as my mother had
taught me to do on the steep slopes. But q
long time passed before / thought of doing
so. Without knowing what death was, /
yet hated my life and did not seek to pre-
serve it. Finally, yielding to instinct, L
uttered ferocious cries They Immediately
brought me sugarcanes and water. / saw
anxious faces leaning over the edges of the
silo in which was confined. They seemed
rejoiced to see me eat and drink; but as
soon as I recovered strength, filled heaven
and earth with the trumpet sounds of my
voice. They went away, leaving me
to overthrow the vertical wall of my prison.
At first thought was at liberty, but I
soon learned that I was in an enclosure
fenced with enormous canes of bamboo,
bound to one another by cords SO strong and
closely drawn that was unable to loosen
them. l spent several days in vain attempts
to perform this impossible task, resisted by
the perfdious aud skilled labor of men.
They brought me food and spoke kind
ly to me, / would not hear
my ~ enemies. Ibeat my head with fearful al
noise against the walls of my prison with
out being able to shake them; but when /
was alone ate. The imperious law of life
triumphed over nv despair and overcome
by fatigue, 1 slept on the fresh grass with
which they had strewn my cage.
sat length, one day, small black man,
dressed simply in a white sarong, entered
my prison alone and resoiutely, carrying
trough of rice, salted and mingled with an
ely substance. He offered it on his knees,
saying with gentle voice words in which I
could distinguish most affectionate and
caressing meaning. allowed myself to be
entreated bf bis prayers to the point OF
being willing TO eat Il his presence. While
L enjoyed the delicate food he famed me
with palm leaf and sang me something
sad, to which listened in surprise. He re-
turned little later and played me plain
tive air on flute of reeds, which taught nae
the pity he felt for me. / allowed him to
kiss nav forehead and my ears. At length I
permitted him to bathe me, to remove the
thcrns which hurt ne and to sit down be-
tween my legs Finally, at the end of
time which cannot precisely limit, was
assured that he loved me, and that 1, too,