The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-15

Written for the Jasper Covarr.-
By EDWARD J. KExrr.
CONTINUED from last week.
A stesthy footstep 10 heard at the mouth Of the cave. Cain lis
tens in fear and trembling. Is il . wild beast in quest OF the muir
derer's blood, OF Is 1t but another ghostY When ioi there sanos
0"womanl' sualsd the sury Cain, "what wants thou hersa
Sesksst thou revenge, then take il, and bsgonel"
Alcina answers with downcast eyes, sorrowtul countenance, and
soft, soothing, musical voice, Gain, my beloved! l seek not 10
venge. Thou needst mel
NEED thee! For what?'
at is not good that Man be alone!'
"Ghl, thou knowest not what thou saysst. l am cursed, l am
damned, and l Am . fugitive and : vaeabond in the earth"
Then thou needst me the more!'
81 must away to . far distant land whose boundary line is the
meridian sun. The earth refuses mo sustsnance. Ihavs no friends,
and l need no friends"
"Thy land is my land, 0 CANT"
''God has said, l have no landl"
s'Thy God is my God!"
but, thou hast me, o Cain! If thou hast no land, then l have
none. II thou hast no God, then l have none. If thou hast no
friends, then l have none. /, at least, may be thine only friend, 0
Cain, and no one shall part US. Tho fatss have 90 decreed!"
sThou art good to me, Alcina, but thou forgetest that must away
to . land Of lofty mountain crestst upon whose spines the azure
heaven reets, a land of dismal wilds and arid sands. Of mighty rivers
and of boundless plains"
81 vii. accompany thee, 0 Cain!'
There far away beneath the genial skies, whence summers winds
and summers warmth arise, where scattered islands like heavens
stars are seen, dispersed amidst an azure tranquil MAN, there shall
roam the sons of CAIN
There far away whence winters storms arise. where hail and
snow ire bred, where icebound seast unite heaven and earth, must
60 forth the children Of Cain"
"They too, will be children Of Alcins, O Caini'
"There to q land Of boundless plansI and gloomy woods, ofmighty
lakes and resistess floods, Of mountains high that pierce the clouds
Of heaven, must roam the descendants Of Cain, the accursed doomed
Red Men,"
"They will be descendants Of Alcina, o Cain!"
Haunted, pursued by Absls crying blood, and the dread scourge
Of a relentless God, with every mans hand against you forever, Al
Gina, wilt thou still. follow me?"
Thou didt wrong, Q Cain, in killing thy brother, but the pas
sion in our blood often destroys the reason, and w do things for
which We will not only be sorry, but which alec bring us misery and
dire punishment. Thou hast still the destiny the iatss have dscrssd
to fill, and I cannot resist the Irresistible impulse born in my nature
to help thee fill it. For good or bad Alcina will follow thee, Q Cain,
wherever thou dost lead, regardless of the consequences or the mis-
cries in store for u.s."
"Alcinal thou art q noble woman, too good for Cain, the fugitive
and vaeabond in the earth, but if it is my destiny to Be thy protector,
then l welcome the pleasant duty, and if Cain shall Be avenged seven
fold, then truly shall Alcina be avenged seventy and seven fold on
those who dare TO touch one OF her hairs"
Then Cain embraced the fair Alcina, kissed her pure lips, and
holding her tsndedy to bis breast, he rsised bis eyes to Heaven, and
said: ~ will we'd this maiden fair, love, cherish her, and quad
her with care. Blessed be this holy union OF man and wife, let ~
two be one, and may through Us b mingled out the stain' the YER
NEIL mark Of wretched accurssd Csinl'
Of Cain, and answers: II will thee love and obey, 0 Cain, until my
final dayl"
Along the oriferous shores Of the river Hiddekel, We see the works
of Mans industry and power. We see them dig from her metant-
erous womb the iron, and We hear the laundering roar OF the forge,
and the molten mass Of Kissing ore assumes the sittering bars fthe
precious ores. Cain and his son Enoch buided . city in the valley
Of the Hddekel, and called it after the name OF Enoch. The sons
Of Cain and Enoch apply mechanical skill TO invent the tools Of
pleasure and Of the chase, and tools to till the earth with ease. The
manufacturing Cainidae trade with the agricultural Sethidae, who
have their colonies on the banks Of the Euphrates, and thus com
merce had. it's first origin, and thus intercourse arose between the
riing town and the colonies OF the Sethidae. In trade and manu-
featuring the city Of Enoch gains renown and power through COM
MERGE, but the sons Of Cain, pampered BY wealth and luxury, de-
ride high Heavens wrath, and think no moro Of woe. Often do
Gains sons traf6cking caravans degenerate to marsudiog, murder
ing clans, and the retaiating raids began between Ssth's sons and
the rowing sons Of Cain.
Upon the plain, on tho shores Of the river Hiddekel, . fierce battle
takes place and RACES with awful fury. The restless steeds paw the
earth Is their riders fight to the death, and the marshalled ranks cut
each others throas, stab each other to the heart, and the stronger
club the weaker down. The groans Of the vanquished, and the
shouts Of the victors fill the air; the dead and dying fill the ground
amidst the Kissing flames, thunder-crash, and overwhelming woe.
On the fair plain where late reigned wealth and peace, now remains
but q desolated space, and the cry Ct the victor sounds "hurrah! !"
Il whilst the CIV Of the vanquishsd is, "awayl away the Ssthidas have
conquered and will kill US ALL Let us fec their wrath, and SEEK
another homel'
Over bills and plains the vanqushed tribes of Cain now roam
along some stream they pitch their transient homo. By fishing and
~ aaihax is haxxesf The anemx n alxaxa nunuing them. Over