The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

tifual moths Of the Iithoaia OF FoOtman
family. white esseesS:1ieS and yellow. ana
host q r.PresentAtlyes % s"sera On
knovn 10 Bstti.h collectors. 70 ovsr
the hugs sspulchre wheretn tho so.ooo
human beings 10 Darisd thsr0 70 2 oon-
slant play Of liGe. the grace of green le@voe
and brilliant n0wers and bright colored
wings shimmering In the hot West Indian
sun.
Leaving the sllsaG ssrssss We tsssnea
walked for . mile along ths sd1e q the
lnconaiza dds; and u 10 aaranQs watkins.
for rise sand baneath One's seot treads
- firm and sound a. anywhere on the
tna.lnh co9st- Bnt u 10 blecGLsOos
q single shsll. A few oFabs live In holes
In the blaCk seln. which 10 part sand.
part cindsrs. and scramble out % one's
way ~ ons approaches. A line Of debrte
marks tho nmltA % the adae-stones
yern smooth By, the ac,i9n o. ne Sassr.
alt-in one place a tablespoon and In
another the blade oG knife. both ehou-
Ing through the rust the hllstering eMects
of hre-bnt all dead thinGs. win Dot =
scrap Of neaweed 90 fragment Of snen'
whatever thsrS n stands out conspacn.
Ously. and thors h someehing ominc.i9 ana
dreadful IN the utter ahssnce % all s.gns
Of life. For soms ml2es out from shoae
they say that tho nooe Of the sea 2 even
.fsr ~ ", to- ysSSs soS ma ~ wSS6
nothiDg llvea A milo or % along the
sh0rv one CONES 60 thu broad pebbse
strewn bed of the watercouree ldown the
centre q which ten foot wide rivuiet o.
water babbles crystal clear from w mc. ~
tainal which acted 40 barrier aGninet tne
lava iow and kspt u from overwhe''ning
tho deaolated town.
Up 20 the nearer shore Of the old bed
everything N green and HOVER stunoeo;
Beyond 10 lies q barren land. scanned and
wandered when he came 10 the DARK
Tower Scanned and parched and brown.
II stretches a. Tar ~ the eye can reacn up
the slopes Of Pe,ee to the vhise coud
HacE we turned again from the shore
through the SILENT stFssas Of the eleeptnG
city. Here the circular basin Of a fountain
holda in It's ceutre the pedestal OF Wnaa
was an elaborate bronns group win
swans nearly hfs sine at each corner.
which one may believe onSs poI rSS rn.S
arc headleas now. Only ono swan stu!
stands on its base. Two others melted
out Of shape. lie in the empty bassn, mere
lnmpe of metal.
In another Placs the head o. an ,i IRON non
mouth. through which once again wntef
used TO pour; but the pipcs arc melted
away and under the rust tho features q
the lion are blurred and half ohslterafsa
by the breath Of the furnace. We paSec
where two massive columns stu snow
what was the stately entrance 60 the Gov
ernor's house but the heavy iron gate Iie
wrecked and twisted On the ground. aud
beyond the noble pieAssire GROUNDS .
wilderness Of tsngie woodland grogth,
with here and there q humnock 81 ruined
ma.onry half drAped In green,
In tho cemetsry the tombstones lls
.plit by thu heat and twisted from their
heds and the monuments Ne dreMn
broken on the ground. hut 70 has htth
meaning now. this placc where the rest
ing pIacra 81 a few hundred dead were
hOnored with mOnumeuts ~ marble and
granite, while all around in the city
hich 10 cus vast cemetery I've p."w dead
unmarried.
Ny ship. officer told me that he knew
"a Pierre well before Il was stricxen.
and NO ls--a than once a year stnce then
he has been able To put m here and come
ashore aud at each visit he has seen hoN
nature has gained UPON the Town. IN
4 few more wears ihs str sgts wth al 10
oveTgrOwn. the masonry 0ursed m 9reen
and the forest growth viii have pushed
ita way down TO the shore.
This h one Of the islands where the
dreaded snake, the Fer ds lsanoa. ~ found.
In lust such y brOken wilderness 40 this.
here under the towers and the butter
MES the NreCh aw1 y. NnS 10y
strange dark hiding places. V viii love
20 make it's home. Then few psople
viii care To push their way through the
thick growth among the ruins Hhipa
will content themselves y TN passing "a
shore, and passengers wil be shown from
, a distance the place where once ~. Pierre
stood. But q httis more and Q grnerBtion
will arise 90 which the story - the dis
asfeT u lat a tradition. and the very
site og the Wickedest spot IN the West
! Indies will ie forgotten, ies memory
ovprxrown with myth and lsgend. even
as the ruins og che city ITSELF are already