Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
FOREIGN TRAVEL.
Incidents and Observations by
the Poet Traveller.
wAKsMAws wANDERINGs.
Tho Beautiful Bay Where the Apostle Paul Was
Shipwreekod Wanderers Loving Com.
panonship with Bids holes on
Feahored Songsiefs.

Copyright 1899 10y Edgar H. Wokeman)
dor The Sunday Gazotte)
London. Feb q. 1892.
When ! first trnmped over the heights
OF Nnscinr. descending into the valley be-
yond. ANA saw spread before me the BAY
nt 81 Paul. sense of awe mingled with
glorious citation came Will the stiffness
ANA beauty OF the SPOT whore the heroic
APOSTLE WAS shpwrgckod. The buy.
which is about two miles long and one Boa
hlendth. Is situated on The northern con 80
Of Malta and D. hardly distant brisk
TWO hours walk from Nnlettn. the chief
CITY Of Malta. Countless excursions are
made hithpr by water from Multn's capi-
tai. aiid often The roads are hllcd with all
inanncr of vehicles conveying pious or
curious pilgrims / preferred coming iu
The early morning aud alone.
As stood uu Nusrur heights TIE sun
was just rising above the prumuutory of
t0s 81 knuri It's rays fen softly upon
The sleeping waters They gave the little
memorial chapel a bright aud smiling
mre. They deeppued the shadows on Tie
enstern shore. uherp fishermen were lazi-
" spreading their nets. They pierced
ihe corpscs and chimes of the MrlliLn
slopes, disclosing the huts and cabins
OF The lowly tok who arr nearly as naked
Hhu quite as listlcs. of vii ZatiOu as were
their barbarian furcfnthcrs among
whom st Paul was east nearly 1000
years ago. They mrlloWcd the grays of
The massive VALE of The nnciput Snmoua
palace. which rroWrs liz Alclihn rocks
To- The northwest. And where the little
island of Greer. like a Dit of the cliffs
tumblpd into The sea VI ne north. showed
It's sOlrnny surface Hrtween the blue Of
Inc bay aud the sapphire of the sea. they
Hooded ihU great statue of the saint with
such trunsccndont slime and seeming.
thnt the quickpnrd fancy. for nm instant
90 lenst, swept across the centuries aud
hlskcd in the very presence of that far
and mighty spUl,
A winding mod skirts tie beautiful
bay. An ancient wall half hidden with
shrubs and flowers forms u boundary
With second pleasant roadway behind
The fishermen with their nets. some
dunkcys grating go The edge of the hill-
slOpes. sragills iu countless numbers aud
@ hult-nnkpd lad urging along u herd of
guuts with rocks and pebbles. wore the
only living thIugs in view Soon kindly
iuccd priest joined me. We wandered
down the road together He had como
with the key Of the little chapel which h.
set on TINT point of the shore on which
tradition holds Puuls bark was wrecked
Az we cnmr lclsurely Along the shore
something Zoo the water attracted my
companions attention. We stepped closer
tO the whipping edge of the sleeping bay
The face of the PRIEST showed momen-
taIy excitement aud he made tie sign
of the cross. There. softly humping
pgaiuts lowlyiug, shelving rock. houted
a wutCr logged piece of % broken spar
wrccsagc flashing instantly to the fancy
wildcr scene Of nearly 1000 years ago
whom the fearless apostle found q ho,p.t
able FREUD In 'thc chief man of Tie
island II proved startling incident
to my guide. He recalled the tradition
that since 81 Puuis shipwreck within
this very hay no craft had eyer gone 10
! pieces ON tllis part of the coast and not
even so trihinp hint of tie tcrrors of the
sen had ever come 10 the shore as we
| had lust sorn Ruminatiyely and much
| disturbed hc led the WHY tO the chnpel
II is tiny chapel viii, an interior Of
utmost simplicity. But three of It's pie
lures. whose subjects prc the shpwrcck.
| the miracle of the viper and the healing
| at puhlms' father. are remarkable, while
! lie yearly yotivc offerings, the good
fnthcr told me- ARE very great The
/ uripsts udius aud blessings followed me
| from the place. and ms ! turned my steps
| towards ancient Citia Nccchia the last
object in ST. paul's bay my eyes rested
upon was the ledge of struggling rocks
| "whcre the two sens met II was rim
med with Skinner of glistening rip
Piles aus tiny. shining and slunhcrous ms
! though lint cchoing the drcamiW songs
Of sirens inviting 20 u haven of endless
sleep