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resting place, would fsin have remained there
her low. .plsIntiys voice, she said. asking
shstheL they might not sleep Mn IN ,ihhiss ihhs
was manifestly impossible. At such pace
they would never reach Greytown; and the
spoke no further word when he told her that
Al about. noon that day the nls Of traveller.
@ ne ie9 bo ohs Ts se yhh sss ,s.n
tiE;t Msksd sSs leader Of ,hs guides Then an.
snd behind hind hin the msdserysnt; then p.6 s6:
that the mothers eye might be always, on
her child; and after her her husband then
Q ne travellers. In this way they wen.
on And on Day after & day; III they t reached ohed
varying their places In the procession. As they
| started in the morning. othey went on TIL their
evening" % march. % In that % Journey @ there was no
| idea Of variety, no searching after the pleasures
Of scenery, no attempts at conversati9n With any
| we're spoken were those simply nee,iful or pro-
duced by sympathy for suffering. SO they Jour
ception. They began their work with two guides
leading them. but before the first day was oyer
one OF Them had fallen back to- the side Of Mrs.
Arkwrieht for she was unable to sit on her
Their daily work was divided into two stages
go as to give some hours for rest in the middle
of the day. 1t had been arranged that the dis,
be very short, as was thought by them all when
they talked It over up at san Jose put now the
bE BEGAN eSs rom
| OF which have spoken. and they had no sooner
turned their faces down owl upon The nSSptsin ,S, n
sstion till they found themsslyes on the banks
adeaSa,SS Ss S0i;dS' idss " SSnEi o fdHs
exertion is necessary-.that there Is any
thing which requires doing. The traveller
mule from hour to hour. and OF seeing that his
| knees do not get themselves jammed against
as to t5Sr ras oSt hi. M o rom the Geep ensns
mud. and the body Of the rider never knows
and do not appear to suffer They have their
own way in everything: for no sHerti9n on the
On the day. on which they entered the forest
Arkwrght had asked for mercy. for per-
mission to escape that, second stage. On
into her saddle after her midday rest without
word. She had tried TO sleep but In vain; and
| desolate scene before her with her baby in her
lap. she had this one comfort. that OF all tho
she the ,fS Ssey the ,ss
heat was becoming, great, though not as yet in.
tense. And then the Indian guide. looking out
yet over. He spoke word or two 10 one OF his
companions in a low voice and in patos which
going after the husband told him that the heav-
ems were threatening.
have only two tesSg tlsssSgqss" said Arkwrishs
ut will begin in an hour" said the Indian,
and sht smS rfass ssfed tYp HrR%rsht
q, morrow and tG;mSorrowi q and !E9i,morr9w
% St rain hsS. sSa pTv 14s syde as ne
".Then we had better start at once" said Ark
wright, before the first falling drops friGhten
So the mules were brought out. and he lifted
his accomplishing wife on 70 the blankets
itself and slowly they wound their way out
from the small enclosure by which the hut
rough scrap OF undrained pasture ground. from
which the trees had been cleared. In few
minute, they were once more struggling through
The name OF the spot which our travellers had
Just left T. I GaraSlanco Co. IheIs they had found
away she told them at San jose. but would be
back TO her when the dry weather came to look
the forest. What a life for a woman! Never
theless, in talking with Mrs Arkwrtght she
what little she could 70 comfort the poor Lady,
who was SO little able to bear the fAtigues Of
is the road very bad ?" Mrs. Arkwrighs
asked her in . whisper.
And when shall We be at the river7"
1T took me four days" said the woman.
and sl as she spoSs % % Mrs T o%s Pressed her
baby to her bosom. Immediately after that her
husband came IN, ana they started.
Their path now led away across the slope OF
mountain which seemed to fall from the very
top OF that central ridge in an unbroken descent
since they had entered the forest they had bad
nothing before their eyes but the trees and
a prospect of unrivalled grandeur was opened
before them. u only they had been able TO en-
river. which. so great was the depth looked like
moving silver cord and on the other side Of
this there arose another mountain, steep, but
unbroken. like that which they were passing
unoroken, so that the eye could stretch from the
mo9ntain 40 side & or Gs theiF Side etheT was % ef.
uncovered by thick forest, which had stood there
uptouched by man since nature hrst produced II.
But all this was nothing to our travellers.
nor was the clang Of the macaws anything. or
the roaring Of the little congo ape. Moth.
scenery, nor was there any fear from the beasts
OF prey. The Immediate pain OF each step OF the
their thoughts were bounded BY an intense de-
sire for the evening halt;
rain began. At frs. II came in such small soft
drops that 10 was found To be refreshing, but
Collected waters as though kad not Tl Tine 1 t5r
months among those mountains Not that IL
nG In ca6 6s Gro Or ban 5h Shg y9s9cs a W6h
breaking branches from the trees. and rising mp
again as il patJered against ths ground. There
was no violence in the rain. II tell softly in a
long, continuous noIseless stream, sinking into |
everything that II touched. converting the deep
rich earth % all side. into mud.
Not word was said by any OF them as il came
on. The Indian covered the baby with her blan- !
ktt. closer than she was covered before. and the
guide. who walked BY, Mrs. Arkwrght's side |
drew her cloak around her knees. But such rf- |
forts were in vain. There Is rain that Will i
penetrate everything, and such Was the rain /
which tell upon them now. Nevertheless. as | :
have said, hardly word was spuSen. The Door
woman huaing that the heat OF her cloak in /
creased her sutfeIlngs, threw IL open again.
Fanny" said her husband. you had better !
let him protect you as well as he can"
She answered him merely by an impatient |
wave Of her hand. intending 10 signify that she F.,
could not speak, but that in this matter she
must have her way.
After that her husband made no further at |
tempt 10 control her. lie could see. however, !
that ever and again she would have slipped for
ward from her mule and fallen hal not the man |
BY her side steadied her with his hand. At |
every tree he protected her knees and feet, |
though there WAS hardly room for him To move !
between the beast and the bank against which |
he was thrust.
And then. at last that days work WAS also !
over. and Fanny Arkwright slipped from |
her Pillion down into her husbands arms at
the door Of another rancho in the forest. |
Here there lived a. large family adding |
from year TO year 10 the patch Of ground which |
they had rescued from the wood. aud valiantly I,
doing their part in the extension OF civilization.