The evening world., 1914-02-14
EPILOCUE.

EESLOUO6s
Balaoo was saved on the day when
hc set eyes again on the place whors
he had seen his mother for the last
time. II was at three days march
from Batavia. n few hundred yards
from tn: mangroves which,. ,,fvr .
thousand years and moro, had been
dlggtns their roots to tho very heart
OF the earth. Hc recognised the dr.
position OF tho grade and the thick
leafy vaults that cast the same
shadow and the Same light; for Il
takes hundreds OF centuries TO altar
those landscapes created by the. last
upheavals OF tho world and tie tigOr
OF tho first universal san,
companions. This In my Forest OF
Bandons. These are the woods Of
my childhood. Hero l played WIN
my mother and my little brother And
sister. was strong and lusty even
then. though still baby, scarcely
three or four years old. Ny little
brother And sister were ally 1ust
beeinnine TO walk. while I Gamboiied
and frtsked about and called and
neckoned to my little brother. and
mster and invited them to come ana
share my sports, The little fellow
tried skip or two. to follow -.
but no MADE vain sffopts.
can stu sec him tottering on
MS little legs that were hardly strone
enough TO bear his weight. He foji:
and my little sister fell also; and our
mother picked them up tendoriy ana
encouraged Thorn with word and g.
ture.
what followed 7 shall rcmcrbs,
70 my dying day. My mother, seeing
tho little ones 10 clumsy and % tired.
took them tenderly In her arms ana
began to sing them 60 sleep. rocking
them and Grooming a sweet lullaby Of
tho swamps. Oh Patti PaianE Kaiue!
Then they Of the race arrived And
they threw . net over me, In which
] struggled. while my mother f,sd 60
savc my little brother and sistep.
cry Of a pithscanthrops mother, which
]. like nothing else In the world; q
rings In my ears even now.
rs vas lucky for them of the racs
that snS' father waA engaged 49,.
where IN tho forest that day. Yoe.
this In II. This In my Forest 81
bandong. Oh. Patti Palans Kaing,
shall l ever sec them again! "
Inther. who numbered so loud; and
gnmas: and my little brother "a
sister. who rolled and tumbIed in ~
grass like awkward little Kittens"
BaInoO did not find his relations
rn1 ne came 70 the conclusion; that
ne had long since been forRottAH ~
MS friends. Tho village In the SVamna
Ind entirely disappeared. Hut Holaoo
ennu the nuts on the tfiangioe
.oI"cu ny inc tnree roots Of the 9tant
m'"nsrovos. ANA MI four OF them--
Ner.rude. Cortolts. Zoo and he--liVod
~ mat picturesque sp0tip peace ana
pu'etness.
Gertrude had grown very ola ana
no longer h,idRed Srorn hsr ..."r e
led eternallv In knitting aocks .SssS
iinlaoo mover wore, for he nov ~"rs
about on his unshod finger fesk -
had become the active ana more sn6
more unframed servant ~ ~, ~ -.
masters. She had forrot,ar -. ~
fashions and dressed in lesvsS ~
shc was glad to learn No nor~ 49, .-
raphy.
,'orioIjs had Io.t IN. h.A,. -. 49,.
Ing man and confined the sxn,~ssssr
~ hts thoughts 10 n few srtSezS~sS
monosviIables. Ho took n ksar 1sp{SSs
In returning 10 what hs corstS".S
tho starting poipt tho aourc~ 20 ~.
man life. the monkev racs
The unhappy mnn No ior.., 80
the necessary cerebral force 20 -,
eeive that this .etbuck WAS n.rS.".
aent 10 him "a n runishm mani s.nss
heaven for daring 10 amiss h,m"S's
with the game forbilden nv n.t"r.
tho game ~ mixing the snsc,ss
i,slaoo alone. who went 10 batavia
every six month"; "a fctch = ~.
from Madeleine. and who "a. On.
stantlv reading paul and Virs.siS"
Balaoo alone ro,nined nearly al 81.
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