Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-11

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fT.TlE passed on steadily to the north
lM ward until uidafternooD, rHak-
IFVI ing no great Roadway with one
- propeller missing, but leaving
the main gulf steadily, and at length,
raising, d faint blue loom on the sky.
the long oak crowned heights of those
singular geological formations, the
heights known as Islands, that bound
the head Of this great bay.
Perhaps It was Ed0uard Manning
planter. miner, sportsman. gentleman,
Traveller. scholar and most. who first
taught me what wealth might mean.
may mean. ought 70 mean. Always
before now. ! had approached his home
with Joy. as that OF an old friend
There knew I would find horses.
guns, dogs. good sport and simple
welcome, and could read or ride as
preferred-a king among all the cous-
ms Of Jean Ladtte. NJ. Edouard. Here
about rau the old causeway by which
the wagon reached the "import8tious
Of leans harges. brought inland from
his schoouers bid in the marshes far
below Here. too. as is well known
81 all the state. was the burying ground
of Jean La6ttes treasure chests, for.
though the old adventurer sold silks
and tobacc0S and sugars very cheap to
the planters and traders. he secrated.
as is well known. great store Of plate
bullion and miuted coins at divers
points about tue several miles Of forest
covered hri-urs. SO that the very Htmos-
phere JherrHnout-tiH custom stales it
for the visitor who comes often there
-reeEs with the favor Of pieces of
eight Spanish doubIoous and rare
gems OF the orient
But now. as I saw myself once more
approaching this pleasant spot so well
known 70 me, I felt little Of the old
thrill Of e8geruess come over me.
True. NJ. Edouard would be charmed
To- meet the woman whose influence
on my life ne Euew SO We'll Yes /
could tell MIN everything easily. nice
ly. except the truth which was that
] WIS bringing so another mans arms
the woman whom ne knew loved
No. the blue loom Of Mauning's island
gave me no JOY now / wished it 5000
miles away instead Of thirty 1 wished
that almost anything might prevent
my arrival accident delay.
And then. iu the most natural way
in the world there were both. with
out much warming the pulse Of our
engine slacEeued the throb Of our sin
gle screw slowed down and Ce8sed
Williams stuck his head up out Of his
engine room ana shouted something TO
Peterson. who mcthpdicailv drew out
his pipe and made ready for q smoke.
IT'S no use going any farther" ex-
planned Williams when I came un-
That infa ke's gone wrong again. and
she's got sand all through her. It's a
crime TO see her cut herself all 10
pieces this way. We've just got to
stop and clean her up. that's an. and
fix the job right Ought to have done
il back there before we started in"
How long win it take, Williams 90
asked
oh, don't know, sir. More than
this afternoon. sure"
That's too bad" said |. with a fair
initiation Of regret We had expected
TO make Manning island by night"
l dispatched L'Olonuois as messenger
70 the ladies. telling them the cause Of
our delay and explaining how difficult
il was 70 say just when we would get
in to the island. and then ! betook my
self 10 gloomy pacing up and down
what restricted part Of the deck felt
free for my own use. wearied Of IL
soon aud went 70 my cabin, trying 10
read
At first I undertook one OF the mod
ern novels which had been recommend
ed by my bookseller. but I found my
self unable 10 get on with it and.
standing before my shelves. took down
one volume after another OF phIlosa-
pliers who once were wont TO comfort
me-men with brains. thinking men
who had done something IN the world
besides buying yachts and country
houses. My eye caught a page which
earlier had turned down. ana / read
again.
Trust myself; every heart vibrates
to that iron string Accept the place
the Divine Providence has found for
you-the society Of friends. the connec- /
ton Of events, Great men have al
ways done SO and confded themselves
to the genius Of their age.
And we now are men and must
accept in the highest mind the same
destiny, and not pinched
in 4 corner nor towards Geeing before
a revolution. but redeemers and bene-
factors, pious aspirants TO be noble
clay. under the Almighty effort let us
advance on chaos and the dark"
read the mystic. involved. subiec-
tive words again. as most OF the Con
cord sage's words require, and reflect
I'd how well they jumped with the
note Of my heather Epsctetus, who
lad said. BE natural and noble.
And. so thinking. began to wonder
whether after all my father. whose
ways / petines had explored, |
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