The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-08

Why does the sea prophet muir
muir, and utter complaintsf would
Oluz make the great deep one
vaAt solitude over whose surface
thought should float, save drift
ling sea weed, and the rugged
berg. purloining the genial warm
tbs from our liquid realms Would
The drive from the face of the all
i deep sea faring men, making 4
forever Il wilderness and waste
of waAersf Come, concluded the
Voice from the bounding wave,l|
icome. Oluz, from thy coral halls,
and follow where l shall lead.
/ And Oluz obeyed the voice, and
followed the bounding wave.
| WHITTIER, 0 bounding wave, inn
quired Oluz, whittier woudsA
thou Lead me?
| Follow and see, answered the
wave.
And Oluz. followed without
further questioning, many and
many league, till a storm a.
rose on the ocean, before which
a VESSEL in distress was seen
rapidly driven towards some hid7
den rocks.
4 shall be tempest tossed, and
torn by the sharp rocks. cried
Oluz, the sea prophet.
Return. then said the vOce
from the wave, return, avoiding
the track of the storm, to ting
palaces of Or, King of the lid
uid realm of the beautiful arch
pelagO; and when the ocean bf
calm, bring with thee the one
eyed Obo to the fields of hid
den rocks, towards which yOmder
. vessel is driven by the lusty bill
lows. Search amid those fields
,, of rocks for the wreck of Won
der doomed vessel.
And Oluz, the sea prophet. did
= las he was commanded. And OIL
ter the storm ceased, and thu
great deep became calm ans
1 N.
eyed Obo, and repaired to tn j.
fields of hidden rocks. and hunt
ed for the wreck of the doom
t ed vessel
E Obo, HIS was his habit, grew
, pOetical amid the cluster of thv
ocean covered rocks, and gavt
, vent to his feelings.
: "Only beneath the wave, hi
3 said, beauty CLOVIS with heaverl
ly dyes, where the liquid ela
} ment pencils every object with
f evervarymg, ever-beantiful tints
E What gorgeous cOlOrs Eingt
5 these liquid grottoes furnishing
rock, and shell, and gem, and
. fish, and sea insect, with !. the
4 flush of celestial loneliness. Who
: would think of exchanging this
/ charming liquid realm for the
S upper world-this world of wa
| ter, refreshing, brroyant, aiwl
t deiciolrsy enuappimg, for Me
e world of atmosphere, harsh, I'M
: sustaining and ever filled with
5 vile malarias. =.
: 20 Obo,' said Oluz, the "a
: prophet, our errand is TO ~
5 the wreck of the doomed "
n not to indulge in poetical, q
ther, rhapsOdeal, strains on W
: beauties and excellemces of our
l liquid world.
AS Obo, slightly piqued at the
} little missile of sarcasm pitched
< at his glowing rhetoric, was a.
: bout to answer back some what
tartishly, a shOal of sharks pass
: ed by them, and he and Oluz,
: followed In their wake. From one
ledge of rock to another, they
/ passed over coral reefs, until they
Ieached cluster which rose
e higher than the others; and
here deep down in old ocean IS
: OOze lay the wreck of the doom
| ed vessel. In, over, and around
J it, were the monsters of the
deep. The monsters fled as the
sea prophet and Obo approached.
They then entered the Interior
i of the vessel and found drowned.
sailors, lying here and there
and the commander thereof who
had risked .msAsy a storm. In the
more finished cabin, sat fair,
yOnng girl. with hear thrown
e back, and her drowned locks of
hair floating In parting strands
in the liquid element.t Near, by
on the cabin floor, Lay stretch
ed manly form, claSpmg in
his arms a strong wooden chest.
WHO are these9'' cried Oluz.
ObO replied not until he had
slnclasped the drowned man 3
J arms from the wooden chest and
unlocked it with the key which
fell on the floor, as he rolled
the drowned man over.
j Behold cried Obo, as the
box opened, and disclosed it's
contents, behold the golden halt
of the mutilated body Of the
i'll starred Unisca'
| And this is the end he con-
tinued, as he recognized in the
drowned man the husband Of
Cnisca, and this Is the end, O
avariee, to which thou dragst thy
s0rdid worshippes.
o fatal thirst of gold, WHICH
in it's unsuitable appetite can v
er make merchandise OF the vt}ry
partners of weddted love.
| O ill-stamed UniSca, this lis
some retribution for the crkel