Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11
CHAPTER XII

mlNuN cAAuct 70 looh NJ ". WIS not nv
all sorry TO find my companion gone, nor
in truth greatly surprised, but his depar-
ture might p0rtend more than IL was pleas
ant 10 speculate on.
knew my man well enough to under
stand at once That hu had not lcit me upon
any trivial motive nor 70 do good by stealth.
Too much Of a knave to be a fool on his
own confession a cousummate rascal, ~
uorant or contenptuous Of moral scruples,
inseuslblo TO gratitude, insatiably gyari'
cious, bold IN planning and ruthless In e1-
ecuiing, felt he must be bent on some
scheme That boded neither mo nor the brig
any good. rccollected with peculiar and
not very agreeable s1hsations how be had
pressed me In our bout on the evening he
fore, and how on finding himself fairly
matched bis ohagrin bad broken through
his well trained smiles and courtierliko mir
Of compliment.
10 be deprived OF ms company was =
cause ior ruloleins' ior MS absence relieved
me OF constant source OF suspicion and
DANGER bUt better present e'il than u
lurking enemy WIN your eye on the foo
you can defend Yourself but when he may
spring upon You IKE tiger IN The jungle
~ any mom"lt from any quarter buck,
mont slas os oOlqhe angie, why, me Tear -
apt 70 uel the nervous. Ana nueed thH
lenons Of BLACK thoughts came trooplns
bnck upon mo VITA sneh dlsQuietins eitecs
that un-Chrlstlnn as II may round, would
have gwen mueh 70 be noie 10 nun Ahram
ben Alden through WITH my sword aud
there ana then make an end OF him but,
~ u WiN, could only conjecture and con
1eetufins On Il mhtter OF ne ana death II
positlv1y the most uiisit."laetury exercise
III which tho human mihd can engage.
You may oe sure kept sharp lookout
shat DAY, remaining constantly under my
awning, hnte when ran below TO dousc
my hean' when mao "ieFeIlah tendency, OF
swallow monuhiul OF FOOD or drink. But
the day passed and no boat Of other object
hove IN sight. saw neither Landmark nor
WatormaFk nor even 70 much ~ the fash
otasehbirl, wing nothing but the drcaTy,
binding glitter Of the eternal ocean plain.
Ihe darkness came cams at stride, rs
Mr Coleridgc says Tor m Cue tropics there
u no twilight, bht leap from light IA
darkness rs II the night woru lying In wait
and ponnred upon rue world as upon long
expected prey Inc stars came out, lika
pointe OF lamhient hane ina Reckless, grny
blue SKY, and by aud by the moon ioso
with sense Of sovereignty a majesty aud
mARnlhcenor never cqualed ON land.
highcf ana higher sue mounted, her white
unveiled radinnee nearly celebrating III,
HlhfN IA her path, and she sIuote will
almost as cruel q stroke ns the sun. Their
H. promise to the righteous that the sur
thHll not snite them by day nor the moon
by ulRht Inc smiling Of the sun dwellgi
IA temperate cllinc may partly under
stand but the shifting OF the moon never
lOu must go TO the ehHt and cNperienc,
her HddIng, whitening blight TO com
prehrnu tue met thnt hhrd ANbinn moon
will uriYo ssFong man stark mad IA sin
Kc night he lie unprotected from hel
hshL Even W'th me under my covering
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UP - then rom such nm utter desoia'ionr
III ! neea INC 'eson o. human feohleness
hio,S '"Ha any ONE aifeF was my pride NO
s'upoo,h' my uihooealeioe 20 great, that
10 q ns sent out hore second and lone
ner ishmaol to DO humhled and correctedi
A tne slNA'Wsre many truly Disappointment
Nes to'u, raine ana nuiYe1ing, loaned
Nknnl5 lhe Mae Tor support, and "a
IuDoeu . oiAnmy iaca there was wrung
Isoin my .i hsnre pnas p'teens cry that went
w i'onl SAl'',ss '-tne cry Whien vents tne
8 nirysy OF lost RAGS, MY
Soe, my Hon' why last thon forsAken
A~
Hnu Hntieaiatsiy, AZ II oy celestial I'M
pnlso, my nina nuw back TO heaehory
u'ae@iusS anu was nothing rom threat
en,hS pssilA Ia arms that comprised me
sAleiy Ao1u',, 90, one whom MS mother
so-.p..ot ~ me Nvenueo s'nleiai Tvs
s''it snat ~ n'l5 ~ IN peace, we woanuSd