Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-04
CHAPTER VIII.
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% CO. az N an unfrequented ocean,
'' PHI, not Of depression and des-
4 ~ NV, !. tranquil joy and gratitude,
y .iite 70 mind and body after the
y. ~ perils OF the tempest. A little
n = a " could have dreaded nothing
s.n this desolation; it would have
,I larelrss and maddening. But de
,a .,n from the grave, and the desert
I !. I'd 4 him as a fruitful and umbra-
,rieo Now indeed, except for the
4 ", nv situation was one that might
NED the envy OF men who hunt
-, a. struggle for bread in dusty,
diies,
/, ,beu there CHANGED TO be a breeze
4 -,,.lye and delicious balm was like a
y, n heaven. Morning and even
4 4 ~ orient spread its flaming pic
4 ma the sky for my sole delight,
4 I, listening, iridesccnt sea, lately so
4 its fury, caressed the ships side
y Hauid murmur of endearment.
+ sud softly the brig heaved on the
dies swell without so much as a
q Of the reeling agonies she had
Id through.
/ had my improvised awning Of
tangled rigging under which !
X q dreamed when l was not cook
~ atinr or Watching the flying fish.
n would have been grateful, but
4 he, aud that was more than COM
q Moreover lacked nothing, for the
n ag,s were practically untouched, so
had been the crews departure.
4 ,latyoi meat md drink in world
! many people have to go on short
sns one should not complain, and
ossty, il it WIS wanting, there was
II ahwart my humors.
a.ia part Of my pleasure was in the
III by Mr. Watson. Rob Roy
ss, and truly 1t would have seemed
.aaps thing could any one have seen
satle ocean wait holding his sides ut
: ,nors Of Bailie Nicol Jarvie. fear
ilrt Rob himself was not u pattern
nllty, but his daring highland spirit
ayiSGting, and II be lifted cattle
Il sAould have been saying his pray
did well when his back was TO the
Others also Of Sir Walters books l
+; Song them being "Ivanhoe,n which
( biz tie best romance ever written.
& nyn Crusoe," too, fell to NE then,
K lip say, the resource and ingenuity
+ d immortal custavay somewhat in
4 n ny own mode of life.
Ii these had some numbers of old
nVhieh were good reading for the
y tbty give unlucky authors, some
Xfntave since, however, unaccounta-
asyed fame. had also a publica-
ald The posthumous Papers of the
pa Club" which, | understand, is
q hrllsr TO the present generation
y Bible. There was likewise an al
which ! thought might be valuable
EtAther forecasts, but whether it
"a written for some other quarter Of
or was merely n humorous effort
sions never had the least bearing
q Rather in the Indian ocean.
when books palled, forth would
gaeln's silver mounted pipes from
3 bag-which was guarded as if it
d-aud would blow myself into
4 intoxicatlon. Now it was an old
M mother or my nurse had croOned to
ae dim iarotf dawn OF memory,
hing little sentimental, a wall Of
nay be Rob Roy's pathetic "Ha til
Ny u return no more), again "A
opening with the wierd, dirgelike
poi a coronach, but every moment
lg in time till the excitement and
n M Il carried me clean out OF myself
b whom all thought of forsaken seas
Aa,i ships By natural transition
''1ld lead to a quickstep, a reel,
Fger highland fling.
. While was back in the highlands
psol a harvest home or n gathering
seE slsen Of a summers evening, cheer
rglng the dancers whose whir,ing
Flaming knees showed the energy
response. ] could hear the resound-
'asas and sharp thumb crackings OF
swell ssthe painting, joyful, half
4 An soughs Of the lasses Us they
p -sAs Oh their feet in the fury of the
1asAin it might be plumed and
M sapany marching with springy
STRAINS OF ''rhe Highland Lad
I y Pibroeh Of Donuil Dhu,n OF
sails Are Coming" or "Blut
Nu the Border.n And in tn,
A-a'ion Of the thing up | would
.Aaeout the deck with as proud
II We're playing olansmer
..slr Of their enemies.
y Tue strutting always enough
..'0es Of physical weakness, otter
-lHll skipping about in the mazei
~ dance, or leapinR in the high
% pancing In the delirium o.
y aAace, the fingers unconsciousl,
'ae rhanter 1t would be hard Z
z II Many times | went over Rec
~ and the " Reel OF Tullock, ianC
Siallun, aud the High RoaC
and The Aud Wife Ayont thu
Dainty Davie," and "The Mar
I nuhuey's Farewell, and "Sleepl
. ~~..-...s~
I saa such like tunes, trying no
!, ,-0ssstally to keep time between
~ and the piper.
easAe usually continued till hat
3 y, ,si nv, want Of breath aud did IN
q. snan AL the physic doctors coul,
ss'. - mo NE. And indeed to thi
> htaliens me like the drone q
~ a,sI,ai,nlAg in my ear. though
- ne reekoned a rude taste b
soahg gentlemen who know S
.ne pianos, which are thing
aii me. Yet old Duncan ofte
4 NJ, actions of music and coul
rpes utter emotion and sent
mat sometimes stirred hin
Z n T"hd l was no hand at Ii
%alh " true piper will stake h
. n n, ipiers or grace notes. An,
1sus common tune by stickin
a,.,. an. bat a man must be a Dor
{, ~ seaee variations with skill.
u, n .enentot these thatart lie
., ~ , ss'e was none on the brig
q N y -s.'elencics did not in the lea
u u 8, 49, IN my own music. The
IN tit,sss.@Ns, back to the performance
IA Al yais ,,, s,si %. fairly abhorred thcr
Hsas A. - ,esy hear me sorewing l
i. ~ u 49,, y OF piping than th,