The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-04-01
CHAPTER xvI.-(ContIn;a,a,

called by the pleading voice and the face
OF tragedy before him; how many times
the whipping tongue of Macready mum
DIED. forgetting its object, while his senses
reeled against the burning walls of his
Drain how many times the splendid spirit
OF the woman recalled her. own lowlier
faculties to action and the terrible mean
ing OF the quest-only God and these
knew But the little boat held its PROV
20 the desolate shore.
They gained the Sugar Landing at last
and strange sounds came from the lips of
Ernst. as he pointed to the hulk Of the
launch, burned to the water line. Gray
covered heaps were sprawled upon the
shore, some halfcovered by the Incoming
TIDE some entirely awash. Pelee had
brought down the city: and the 6re-tiger
had rushed in at the kill. He was Kissing |
and crunching still. under the ruins. The
woman moaned and covered her face.
There is nothing aliveg' she said with
dreadful stress.
What else could you lux furf" Mac
ready demanded wait till we get over
IN hill, and you'll hear tn burrds sing
In the naygurs laughin' in the fields an
wonderin' why the milkman don't come"
can iive-yes. can live-until l see
our house crushed to the hill, all coated
with paste. and those heaps lying about
on tne ground "A woman can't
be friend like a mani You will stand
and uncover your heads-when you see
your friend lying upon the ground-and /
II win die I"
She was walking between them, up to- |
ward the market place. fighting back her I
eerrors. which added to the burdens OF the I
men, The opened space was filed with a
the stones from the houses, hurled there n
as from dice box. Smoke and steam =
oozed forth from every ruin. The silence o
was awful as the sight of death. Rre h
Victor Hugo was efaced, the way up to- "a
ward the morne undiseernible. A breath in
ing pile Of debris barred every way. Ii 81
was plain that they must make their way "
southwark along the shore h;
IL 1 eud on'y get holt O. that barna-
Gle av sharks toot.' Pugh-if cud on'y to
get him here vance bare-futted," Denny III
sasped-"sure I'd lie happy holdin' av ",
him HaLdon't sthep there r. w,
lie pulled her away from a puddle of IN
ineongealed stuff as hot as running iron. ~
Once he had stepped upon what VIC
eemed to be an ash-covered stone. 1t rim
vas soft, springy, and vented a wheezy eel
Ugh Rain and rock-dust had smeared air
u things alike In this gray, roasting m,
handles ~
'Speak-won't you please speak7" the mo
roman cried suddenly. an,
1t luks Ike rain, ma'am," Macready's yea
uick tongue offered Of
They were on the shore. nearing the the
Sc Of the Morne d'Orange. Saint Pierre ma,
I'D rushed to the sea-at the last. The his
ountain had found the women with the Of
lildren, as all manner of visitations find vel
em-and the men a little apart. There fuIn
as nothing to do by the way, no lips wer
moisten, no voice Of pain to hush. no of 1
ing thing to ease. PeIee had not fall full
red at the last. There was not an in d
ct murmur in the air, nor a crawling -,
ing beneath, not moving wing in the ~.
{ gray sky. They traversed a shore -
death absolute-these three-and the -,
man was thinking ahead. ~
From the shoulder of the morne Lara III,
ned back one look. Saint Pierre was 80
e a mouth that had lost its pearls. The Toni.
d ahead was a husk Invested of its A.
1t. Pelee had cut the cane fields. suck =. =,
the juices, and left the blasted stalks vi-;1
his paste The plantation house push 49,,
forth no shadow of an outline. II might !, :;
felled, or lost in the smoky distance 49,
} nearer landmarks were gone-homes IN.
nso Dilgnseneu tne morne IN their his a
I, 4, "Hos7 "inuo"s nan mashed the rays took
he afternoon sun as It rode down over -.
-levelled like the fields Of cane. There th..
no balm, no saving grace Pelee had tenrs
pit far and left only his shroud, and stabIs
heaps upon the way, to show that the not i.
80 lo1u' - "ni'e' 50 beautiful. had on tn
! the haunt Of man. The mangoes roarh,
lost their vesture; the palms were 6n;sbs
He'd and naked fingers pointing to the stsrsl
ess sky. 80 :.
be had known this highway in the ri.
-lnss' mnsn 'oy was not dead, when had la
hildren glorided the fields: IN the orfeca
e moonlight, when the sweet drau9hts M. :,
the sea met and mingled with the cisterr
from torrid hills. and scent of las touchs
~ io' saiuens- The bare Al
eyes under the huge helmet were be;r.
ng ahead; her lips were parted and ssernsd
, Though they bad passed the ra- rTncIa
Of terrific heat. she seemed slowly toIerat,
sufocating. Macready remembered Pers +
dice. 49,.
hings are queer by the sea, ma'am. Pierre
II I'd ha' tux Pugh be tn froat I'd Of the
tertainin' Mr.. Constable presently In was Gig
ottom Az tn ship. toggei out head for the
IT In irons fur tn occasion, an he'd this joy
Dinny, why didn't you 18th and be th' The
yhin tould your Perhaps you can burden.
be tn bunkers betther, me son. Go full Dit
m, ye goatP Ernst. lad. pain wi
intertainin', you're loquenchus." "whs
woman was stepping forward heard q
y between them. Words died upon uttered,
ady's tongue when he saw her face a great
bought Of what she would find life, Del
He believed that she would keen a voice
ord-that she would break, bral5 ows.
'dy-if the mountain had shown no ~ws
at their journeys end. Peter q
dacready did not hope The man AZ he =,
ON he had tied his own life would AZ aea p
wn like the others. and the great aDid
about himI All that soft Irish send vor
could feel Of terror and bereaye- sI csr
had waged In his breast for hours. mucb ".
the woman succumb among her ed for
vas more than he could bear. nora-