Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-24

"Something over fortnight had passed
anco tho night whom lost halt a sovereign
and found II $50 in looking for IL, and in
stead Of that horrid hole, for which, after al,
III Dorado was scarcely q miszoner q very
different scene stretched away before us clad
IN the silver robe OF tho moonlight We were
cainpcd-lIarry ard l, two Kilhrs, Scotch
cart and SIX oxen-on tho swcn.ng side Of a
great wave OF bu5h clad lard. Just where
wo made our camp, however, tho bush was
very sparse and only grow about in clumpg
while here and there were sizgle Hat topped
mimoia trees To our right littlo stream,
which had cut deep channel for itself in the
bosom OF tho slope, flowed unsteady on be-
tween banks green with maidenh;ir, wild
asparagus and many beautiful graasos. The
bed rock here was red granite, and in tie
course Of centuries Of patient washing tho
water had followed out some Of ,hc hugo
slabJ In its path INTO great trougas and cups,
and these wo used for bathing places. No
Roman lady, with her baths OF porphyry or
elabastcr, could have had more delicious
spot to lave herself than wo had within fifty
yards Of our skerm or rough inclosuru OF
mimoSa thorn that wo lad dragged together
round our cart to protect us from the attacks
Of lons, There woro several OF these about,
as | know from their spoUr, though Ne lad
neither heard nor seen them.
ut was little nool: where tho eddy Of tho
stream had washed away a mass OF soil and
on the edge Of 1t there grow q most beautiful
old mimosa thorn Beneath the thorn was a
largo smooth slab OF granite fringcd ell
round with inaidenhair and other ferns, that
slop'd gently down 70 u pool OF the cleerest
| sparkling water, which lag in a bowl OF
granite about ten feet wide by five feet deep
in tho centor Hero to this slab We went
every morning to battle and that delightful
hath Is among tho most pleasant OF my HINT
ms "Reminiscences, AZ it Is also FOR reasons
that VIII presently appear among the most
painful
at was lovely night md Harry and
sat there 70 the windward OF tho lrc ut
which the two Knilrs were husily EMPLOYED
in cooking sono impala steaks on a buck
which Harry, 10 his great joy, had shot that
morning, and were as perfectly contented
with ourselves end the world at large as two
people could possibly 10 tonight was beau
utul, II would roquiro somebody with moro
words on the tip Of their tongue thnn havo
topropcfly describe the chostencl majesty OF
these moonlit wilda Away forever and for
ever, away to the mysterious north, rolled tho
great bush ocean over which tho silence
hroodcd. There bcncathus, a milo or moro
10 tho right, ran tho wide Oliphant and
mirror like flashed back the muon, whose
silver spears were shivcred ON its breast and
then tossed in twisted lines OF light far
and widc about tho mountains and tho plain
Down upon the river hanks grew great tim
Der trees that, through the stiffness, pointed
solemnly 10 heaven, and the beauty OF tho
night lay upon them lilie a eloud Every
whero was dlcAuo-silence in the starred
depths, silence ON the fair bosom OF tho nlccp.
ing caith. Now, II ever, groat thoughts
m sht rise IA mans mind, and for . space
he might loolo his littlcucss in tho sense that
he partooS Of the pure immensely about him.
Almost might hO seem 20 see the suirlt OF tho
heavens, glIiled round with s.ars. RAISING
down in the dead quiet 10 look, now that DO
night Lad covered her sins, upon tho slecp-
ihS face OF his lost bride. tho earth. Almost
might no bear tho echoes Of angelic voices, a
tho spirits poizcl ON bent AMI rushing plnion
swept onward IRON universe TO universe
and distinguish the white fingers Of the win
playing ia the tr'sses Of the troca
"linrkl what was thntn
From FAR awny down by the river thor
comes migl-.y rolling sound, then anothc
and another. IL is tho lion seeking his meat
Il saw Harry ahivcr and turn a ht,le pal,
ila was plueky boy enough, bat tho roar q
a lion for the first timo in the solemn bus
ycldt At night Is apt to shake the nerves o
any lad.
" IaonS my boy said; 'thoy arc hunt
ms down by thc river there; but don
TANK that yon isc'l make yourself uneasy
We have hacn hero thr'c nights LOW and
thsy waN gong To pay u a Nisit Shout
think that they would have ,iono 30 hegog
this lio~ever, Fsc viii mako up tlc fir,.i
"'sle'y. fhaiyioh, DO you and Jim-Jnn &,
some moro "ooi hof1rc We 30 % sleep, cls
tho cats will DO pairing round before NOR
Pharaoh, a great bsawny swazi, VIII
had becn W ,rking for mo at pilggiins Res
laughed, ruea aid stretched Airaacli, an
thon calliny To Jim-iim ~ bring the a
and REIN, started on IN the moonligl
toward clamp II sugar bush, where we @
our fuel from some dead tf,cs. He was
ns-tsl0w IN bis way, MAS Pharaoh, and