The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-25

| palhleu IKE the rainbow and billed like
pHItots, hovered up In the shadow Of the
| sSnooher ana passed clear Of Il, and CLINT
ca IN the submarine sun. They were beau.
,lhui' IKE BIRDS, ana their silent passage
| Impressed him Hike strain Of song.
MeahWhlle, to the eye Of Davis in the
cIusstrees, the lagoon continued to OK
paha It's empty waters and the long sue.
eession OF tho shoreside trees to be paid
our IKE hshins line of a reel. And stin
mere was no mark OF hnbitation The
schooner, Immediately on entering, had
been kept away to the uor'nrd. where the
water seemed to be the most deep; md
she was now Swimming past the tall grove
! OF trees which stood on that side or the
enamel and denied further view. OF the
Whole OF the low shores OF the island. only
thls blght remained to be revealed. And
suuoenly the curtain was raised; they be-
gan 10 open cut haven, snugly elhowed
mere ana beheld, with an astonshment
beyond words, the roofs Of men. The ap-
peatAhce thus simultaneously disclosed"
10 those ON the deck Of the Faralone was
not mat OF n city, rather Of a substan-
tiai country farm with les attendant ham
iet' long line Of sheds and storehuuses
apart upon one side deep-verandaed
dwelling house; on the other, perhaps Il
uoSen native nuts; building with a bel.
Try ana some rude Gmer at architectural
features that might be thought to mark
1t out for chapel; on the beach in front
some heavy boats drawn up, and a pile
OF timber running forth into the burning
shadows Of the lagoon From "a flag stan
AT The pierhead the red cnsin OF England
was displayed. Behind, about and over
the same tall grove Of palms which had
MASKED the settlement In the beginning
prolonged its rood of tumutuous green
ians, ana turned ana rurtled overhead
and sang Its silver song all day in The
wind. The place had the indescribable
but unmistakable appearance of being i'm
commission; yet there hreathed from IL a
sense of desertion that was almost poiu-
nanti no human figure was to be observed
to and fro about the houses, and there
was no sound OF human industry or en-
ioyment Only on the top OF the beach
ana hard by the Flagstaff a woman of ex-
orhitant stature, and as white as snow
was to be seen reckoning with uplfted
arm. The second glance identified her as
piece OF naval sculpture. the figurehead
of a ship, that had long lowered and
plunged into so many running pillows and
was now brought ashore to be the ensign
and presiding genius OF that empty town
The Faralone made a soldiers breeze
OF 1T; the wind, besides, was stronger
inside than without under tho lee Of the
land and the stolen schooner opened out
successive objects with the swiftness OF
panorama, SO that the adveoturers stood
speechless, The tlaE spoke for itself; IT
was no frayed and weathered trophy that
MAD beaten itself to pieces on the post,
flying over desoation; and, to make as
suranoes stronger, there was to be de-
scflhed IN the deep shade Of the Yerahda
a glitter Of crystal and the futtering Of
white napety II the tigurehead at the
pier end. with It's perpetual gesture and its
lepfous whiteness, retgned alone in that
hamlet, as II seemed to do, II could not