The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-10

to furnish a pool fit for Diana. There
are more of these baths; they are in
every part of the city, and perhaps
some of those near where we stand were
fed by the little rivulet which comes tink-
ling over the high Roman wall and loses
itself in the absorbing dust.
Under the shadow of LAnse is the poor
quarter, where the houses were less stur-
Oily built and crowded more closely
Here walls are overthrow bodily and
piled head-high in the tortuous streets
here the dead have gathered at every
corner and burned almost at their door
steps. Below their houses at the water s
edge, the two great coal-piles are blazing
like funeral pyres.
Swinging back TO the northward, en-
tering the Rue Victor Hugo again we
make our way past the cathedral. the
Rue de lHopital, the main street leading
to the waterfront At its foot. in the
Place Berth, is the custom-house. a shall
low. rectangular bin of mansonry to
mark its site. Along the level here the
sugar hogsheads were trundled and
ranged to await the steamer and here
all day long rose the songs of the blacks.
as they toiled at the lighters. 1t does not
seem possible this can be the same place.
for the water rolls and tumbles with the
familiarity of years along the tagging
where the hosgheads stood
At the head of the Rue de THopital
are the ruins of the military hospital.
which gave the street its name These.
too, are Characteristic ruins, without hint
of the merciful shelter the structure had
for years given to the sick Of St Pierre
The city hail. the club and the Hotel
des Bains the oity's best hosiery, faced
this street, and their walls are heaped in
it. Halfway up the Hill. on the left of
the way. caught beneath a tangle OF rub
bic. is a safe. the door closed. Two
blows with a heavy stone and it yields
It is empty save in one corner. the one
which lay downward. In this is a shin
ing white mass. which had melted and
made itself fast 10 the steel; it is silver
and probably worth forty or fifty francs.
but nothing serves 10 dislodge it. and the
French soldier who mad been watching it.
and no doubt us, smiles and elevates his
shoulders as We go on our way.
For a hundred yards or more walking
becomes more difficult than at first, and
we go slipping and sliding along, now
balancing on a pinnacle OF wall frag-
ment. now springing on fancied security
only TO slight. hot and cross. on all fours.
This process generally fills ones eyes.
ears and hair. with the sharp. gritty
dust which has a decided tendency 10
work its way beneath the clothing and 20
prove annoying for hours. Il is fruitless
TO try 10 brush 1t of. because within
few minutes It is again clinging tc body
and clothing. II flies IN the air, an i'm
palpsble insinuating powder. and gets
into the tiniest crannies OF cameras and
field glasses
Near the hospital ruins a heavy-laden
figure crouches beside a wall. intent upon
something on the ground The glass
shows IL 20 be Professor Jagar. the f5ar-
ward man. picking away AZ a rock. He
strikes Il another blow. picks up some
thing. slows II IN his haversack. and
rises. rTppping his face. High on the nil
itary Nall IS Professor Russell in his
white yachting cap. For ten minutes he
has been on bis knees running stones
and ashes through his fingers Ike q
placer miner. Professor Hovey is even |
tuaily discovered to our left. skirtine the
treacherous hank Of the Roxeiaue His
boots Indicate thar al his lines have
not fallen IN pleasant places As h finds
a place which seems 70 Offer safe !
Journey across the unud-hauk he turns
probably with that intensely human de- /
sire 70 see whether anyone zin b. |
watching him in case - comes 20 grief 4
and. IN turning catches sight q us as
we have gained TIE vantage point - = 4
comparatively high sail We exchange /
4 wave q The hard Efth him ard su-ieg 4
down. rot further % ezha-ass him Il
aboard the Dixie that night - tells "a Il
be made a rassaee ard regrets We ia /
not remain 20 see how sracsfshy h zc-
co-piIshsd Il
From tin7e 70 tins we catch gin rss
Il the other members II ihe party. They
ara scattered about thc sulus - al d.
rectieus Sometimes ne pass AZ fftr s@et
hat 70 ore calls - another. tAere r
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with soT1e familiar gesture = rec0sri-
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