The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-04-28
Written for the Democrat Star.
LEGEND OF SANDHILL
ION CAT ISLAND)
BY AGLA A..

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EAG NYTHlNG found in the
'SsAA multiplication table people
&A believe implicitly, without a
S''St'N doubt and without a single
question to ask, AMI yet they
could not make proof that one
time one is one. They would prob.
ably say that it is self evident, a
very simple and still more rom.
mon way of preventing any ex
haus'ing ilves igation OF time
worn beliefs. For such people the
thought has never entered their
mind why the letter SIN" should
be the thirteenth IN the alphabet,
or why SD" should not be the first.
or "o' the last or next to the last.
Oh, no.! they have believed all
their lives that the formidable COL
umn Of twenty six is arranged ex-
artly right and the only poss. BILE
way, and yet they have not The
remotesl idea why, who, what,
where. Well, people who never
think below the surface think they
are smart and sure-dead sure,
With just such faith the whole
world was once sure that the earth
stood still as a stack chimney, be.
cause teacher and prizes, said 50
and their personal experience was
that it felt so under foot, and it
nearly cost brave thinker his
life Tor saying ''the world moves
But il was true, even if people
didn't know nor believe it. 1t is
with many, very many things
legends, for instance. Truth il
not near all discovered, nor, in.
deed, discoverable. Conceited as
we are, the nineteenth century has
scarcely come tn the first mark or
that limitless cycle dial.
Now, gentle reader, be reasona
lie, and that will make you hum
lie and defferential, and when yor
can't zee ,Ie sun don't persist in
saying that therefore it doesn't
shine. Some OF the statements in
this legend may seem remarka'
Bile, and requiring proof. 60 to
gentle reader, and prove it, as
have done, and you will know i
a. l do.
Sand Hill is itself a remarkable
thing, standing out at sea tel
miles from the main land of tht
beautiful Mississippi Coast, ano
props up ones vision like gentl.
hand, as one shoots glances to
4 ward the dreamy, far. off Southern
a sky and water. From a distanc,
f il looks like a truncated cone
seveniyfve feet high with a low
p er base oil three hundred feet. Blu
d a personal exploration discover
|. it to be followed OUT like an i'm
d mense funnel, nearly t' its bot
: tom. The sand is pearly whit
without a dlsco.ored particle in j,
a 50 fine that one cannot hold 1t Il
d ones hand, and SO dazzling unde
II the sun as to pain ones eyes.
: is a curious creation and full &
o mysteries.
1t was an exquisite day in Ma
e of 1888, and the waves were play
1t ing tag with schools of porpoise
to that We boarded the gallant shi
al Auburn, at the res,ful village {
" Long Beach, and sailed for "a
Island, bent on adventure. 1t wa
f. on that day | learned this legen,
as Alter | had examined ever
part of Sand Hill, a refectiv
r mood of mind took possession ,
sr me and compelled me to sit dow
in loved solitude, on the rudder
le an old time wrecked ship, lying
s.; The shade of a heavy tipped pitcl
en- pine near by, where | enjoyed ii
's, keen pleasure Of thinking as
"a "a pleased, eyes wandering here an
90 there ut sweet will, when To-! m
~ vision was arrested on the si,le
Sand Hill, where, as it appeare
an a gentle wind blew the sands in
n heroic Roman letters, and the le
- - ters made Spanish words, by VIII
" y. impulse | know not But III,
!" nature wrote me the legend b
!, =, fore my eyes, and when the side
NJ ,,o the hill was full, the winds wou
rub them out, like a school 81