The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-24

SO inexplicsbie de crspair and dismal
thoughts become to us in moments OF su-
preme exsltttisn. Ny heart wsAed into
my eyes in tkankfulsess as l drank in the
full deep draft Of happiness, snd yet
was so full Of wonder that more than once
] doubted whether the whole thing were
not a vision, q trick Of the Imagination. 1t
was as If Plsto's fantastic drsan were real
lied, and after ages OF innursnent In
subterranean cell q man were br0ught forth
20 behold the rising sun fer the Arst time.
Yet the iilusration isinecnplete, for while
Plato's suppesititio ous ch sueter would have
been overwhelmed wiyh awe | was hlled
with gladsess The creature sf Plstos
dream would have vsiled his fsce in terror
before the suns Saajssty. thrust mine
forward in eager and rspturous welcome
had risen from fks dead Mere was the
joyous exubsrapce cf life again. lived,
and that was enough. i saw the east kin
ding with q divine illumination that was
rs the light Of yesurrectisn nsrn. Nigh
sr and higher tie slsre Of glory rose, VII
The hocd Of life had mounted 10 the zenith
and held undisputsd sway. Be&th had van
ished. The world wes born anew, frssh,
lusty. jusilsnt as on that yvimal morning
when the Omnipetent ssfa, Let there he
light" When the great srb showed the
edge of its flaming disk, golden shaft shot
straight across the ecsan to the dsrelict
brig II came like kiss Of salutnticn, q
benedietion, n promise ef life. Then, a. the
sun roee slowly, monarch sf the world snA
the waves Of light inexFressisly beautiful
and holy cane relling toward me, was
ready TO cry out in worship. o God, how
sweet ia life after death--parsdise after the
pitt There are tkose-misersble philosorh-
ers-who ask with snpient wisdom whether
life is worth living. Toss them into danger,
and dare say they will find an answer to
their silly question.
With nay new feuna strength / tried the
screws which had bofaed me IN the night
Joy succeeded jey-they yielded, and tie
port opened Then thrust sert my hsad
we'll up to the shoulders aud drew long,
deep breath, which was a. NEST - thc
starving and drink 10 the parchsd. Again
and again / sucked IN the delicious cordial,
feeling il. grateful effects In the uttsrmost
fbers Of my frame When I had inhaled
till was dizzy, l leaned forward as far rs I
could and fessted my eyes on the glittering
water now rolling laxily in big smooth bil-
lows that rocked the brig almost as gently
as mother rocks the cradle Of her hrstbcrn.
know net whsthsrit was the peculiarly
of my disense or whether the newborn
hope gave such fresh vitality TO my system
as enabled it TO throw the fever of, or
whether IL was owing to an extra dose Of
quinine had taken from q box Of pills
which Mr.. Watson had left ne. hut from
that time began to improve rapidly. True,
after the first dsliriun Of joy bsA passed,
there came a shert period u dsprsssfon and
relapse, but strovs 10 kssp up my courage,
and the feeling Of eonvslsscsnos soon TO-
turned.
Nv improvement may he judged from the
fact that ere long I begrn 10 think there
are worse things in the world than MOT
sel Of food. soe cut Of my ssvsh. ssd sfb-
or some rumarina on hands and kness
discovered beg Of biscuts., fsr hsvyfiy I
had ample provisions on beasa- tAs dssw ~
their departure having hesa Dsse alssAd OF
drowning than Of getting hsamy. NJ hire
was rather dry, and not 50 mach - Might
be supposed to suit the taste Of - pr
son. but 1 gnswed with - DoSA pskzAh
that when the Arss biscuit wss 49, 49,
up another; IL, toe, was t.ksAsA. m
took drink Of water, bsshsd NY HANDS
and head ana felt nuh revf~a
SO much was I restored indeed that 10 oc-
CURED to me to 20 ON deck, and take my
xsckapipgz and &c kax the enDRleA- -Rus