The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-26
lied, were lovingly and teuder,y placed

dled, were lovingly ana teuutrty placed
TO sleep in the bosom Of mother earth,
while foreign lands from across many
seas had their sons and daughters
sleeping peacefully there. Strange it
seemed, that 10 that quiet little home
1 OF eternal rest there should have been
gathered peoples from SO widely vary
ing points Of the compass, and one is
tempted to agree with the great ag
nostic, for the nonce, that ''Iife is but
a narrow vale between two peaks. y
| In that silent city whose streets were
Dordereu with the homes OF the dead
/ were men Of lowly origin whose part
in life mad BEEN an lncnnSplcuuus
one, and nearny resposed the ashes D!
tnose within WHOSE Veins once upon a
time cour>eu tue olue>L blood Of roy
atty; auu over tnere, under a massive
S6one slept Il woman whose virtues
aud charities were still recalled with
fervenJ admiration, while beside her,
perhaps, slept one of Gods unfOrtun-
ateS who had lived to know bat one
side of life, aud that the scared and
seamy side OF the underworld mere
ly because she had loved not wisely
tut too Wen. The stories tod in The
confines pf the silent city Of the dead
are pitf, TIC fecnds oi Lnose VINO
nav goa eture, cveu uuLu mat LONE
~ atu uunarNed spot GtldG shows the
patnebic LtdgeUy OF The facLsthat "oh,
hJw piMful, near a whole city full,
huns sue mad none.'
~
The reading Of the splendidiy viii
ten descriptions Of The >cetie~ ui desc
latlon III the wake of tht great II ,nd
in the Mississippi valley carries 10
ne greater uumuer Of newspaper
readers hut an Inadequate idea If Tie
terror Inspired by such visitation.
Unless one has seen the unbfindled
waters uuniGg Wild ever vast areas
of latd, ne is inca laole Ut drawing |
upOh his own lmaginatiun for Il PFC |
ture ul haw such food really may |
d appear To have known those acre. |
ages u lcrLlle lands aud thousands 0i
happy, industrious planners In other
days, atd no" sFe how t1eir homes,
their all ~ aIi, swept away hy The on
rush Of unrestIaiGed waters that APP
pear to te .lnextaustaby fed with
other waters, and To see them with
heir spirits crushed though they may
have gathered arouud them all their
loved ones nninjured, brings viyidly
TO one, realization that forever and
forever man proposes and God dis
poses | have seen the waters OF a
mighty river rise over night aud over
low beautiful section Of lands, driv-
ng the helpless inmates to the upper
stories Of their homes, out on the
'oofs and, finally, on to badly con-
'tructed RATS, upon which had been
)iled their household goods and other
earthly possessions. While
he scene was one of pathetic tragedy 6
n the extreme, that persistent strain {
n human nature that appears to feed {
ipnn the axiom that while there is I
ife there is hope BROUGHT forth a
orced spirit Ut honyancy that tended
% rob 4 ne depressing blow of much of
ts sting. | have seen men aud women
aught in this waste OF wasting !
waters, watching The destruction OF
heir only earthly goods with smile, ,
rue it was forced and pitIfulIy pa {
hetic smile, but it proved again that E
me touch of nature that makes all ]
he world akin. And there in such !
Genes as that. dearly beloved, wheth-
r the disaster comes from water, ire
II wind, with the victims or their /,
owed ones sorely wounded. is proven
hat tragic truth that many smile |
overs a breaking heart, aud how un-
true is that the case so |
many, many times
THE MURMuRER.