New-York tribune., 1903-04-11

shadow slip across the sun shot green n, a0Ive eS
long MISTY had been spared! But the need of
breath mastered me, and rose gaspins-, 20 tliiei
black faces peerng at me above the side OF a
shallow boat There was no escape. In my heart
l blasphemed against the God wnlcn [ haa -syed
from despair into another, and theh praSeu
that same God for a speedy end ,,, -, ,f,a
in strange tongue clicking ana IllutteIIiis, 49,
bound with their lOin cloths ana cast mo tIIS
deftiy eastward I drew my courage together.
The chance of succor was not yet past; 1oT aDls
the Guinea coast traders OF many HatlOIS-
and the Portuguese had set forts by the river 5
month The Cianbia-(ianbia: whence did know
the name? Then I recalled old tales Of Prince
Ruperts adventures there-Pr1uCe rupert Whose
nv last vision as England dirnmed from ne on
these homeless shores the memory OF tnat OaIII5 @
beckoned me WIKI a cheer Ike that OF mine Owl
hearthstone. Death there had been friendly ana
Into the river We came and passed hard by pin
mace manned by Portuguese sailors Ana II IdS
hiGdeh MIN n lgG I pfors eaW home and hope and
!iLs - ras rie,t+ Of Iif -a " asst me 10
ne open sea y in rne-a resolve 20
outweary my evil destiny by endurance minute
bv minute would bear what minute after minute
the future as We drew up stream into the stranger
What had brought ny baTbaTouz masters St, to the
coast neF iE lI5 ~ nj eapbsnts' teeth
and wax and anbergriS against <uCn goods as ne
wandering tribe for such there be among the Afri-
Be it as it may. they bore me WIN Ihen IN
the trackless wtds- Long we Jared by water 7 then
along an earth colored flood in black green abysses
of LEAKAGE / strove to take note Of all and for
fantastical soace of woes would devise tales OF
my return and OF the wondrOus discoveries should
unfold 10 the Royal Society
Yet how could / name what | saw WheIl al was
alike alien. sweeping before NE ike dream, OF
some pageant Of Eastern arraS! BY thickeiS OF
sWOrded reeds passed. which gaShed the unWdry
hand by uoisome swamps. where the trees stood
a-tptOe from the foulness. lifted flgh on skeletoI
roots And eVsr the river crawled beneath US ald
strange beasts horned and tusked moved on, on rs
banks and beneath Its current More dIeStGIu 20
e FaceS Which @ rad and chatteTed over my despair
And vet theV
MAINTAINS and uar1eless fruits and bore stii on
and on The unheeding sun glared on US. or. set,
ting flushed the sky with conqUertng color ana
turned the river a road Of Jewels which should
have led to ri Dorado: and the red rolling moon
sucked the noxioUs vapOTs bred Of the swamuS-
which must soon I thought. bring fever and deliv-
Wbs+ time rassed I could not reckon but I know
bv-aud there came a season of darkness Twas
- g. 4;-a ,e +bafr r~rna does Vet 4 tempest such
US II struck the forest with its Scythe- and the
giant trees shrfeked and fell. tearing with them
the stream wrfthed and leaped Ike beast OF prey
The earth crumbled and grew Hquid beneath II,
rent bare the heavens 10 theF ceepS - .-
he spent We might not essay
the flooded river ~ Iahd We ~ sIl, .5 a
deem-thCUgh nor sun nor stars might oe l4us,.-l
where uaught was real and stable 10 my sense We
were in forests then great neyoIld tne n5eas-
11rernent OF thought. and great with cruelty lIef-
times the trees shot with leaf nor blossom
tiI tbev had reached their Utterrost height there
rnfneIirg in I vault o. gloom no sun could pierce
We walked darklng. Vet there above was mira
Gle OF blossom for masses Of the far-Gft t2Wers
s+-aved All the ground with shattered color. From
49, ,reae ahove hung mighty cords thOrny
t1fs+e5 fe 70 coils wire With OF these grow
ire ro-,ee nv rsntors hound n I stumbled on
D,,rrie ivory tins their very trunks
- Srs.Ie. NJ ~ b,,c4 smashed with hoding rod The
ness while tFat they gashed and tore Us with cruel
spikes