New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-15

welcome. and could read or ride as
preferred-n king among ,all rte cons
ms of Jean Latitte. NJ. Edounrd Here
about ran the old canseway by Which
the wagon reached the ''importations"
of Jeans barges. brought inland from
his schOoners hid in the marshes far
below. Here. too. as is well known
in all the state. was the burying ground
of Jean Latitte's treasure chests. for
though the old adventurer sold silks
and tObaccOS and sugars very cheap to
the planters and traders, he secreted
as is we'll known. great store of plate
bullion and minted coins at divers
points about the several miles of forest
covered heights. SO that the very atmos-
phere therea bOut-tilI custom stales it
for the visitor who comes often there
-reeks with the flavor of pieces Of
eight. Spanish 'doubloons and rare
gems of the orient.
But now. as saw myself once more
approaching this pleasant spot so well
known to me. felt little of the old
thrill Of eagerness come over me-
True. NJ Edouard would be charmed
to meet the woman whose influence
On my lifes he knew so we'll Yes.
could tell him everything easily, nice
~. except the truth. which was that
! was bringing to another mans arms
the woman whom he knew l loved.
No. the blue loom of Manning's island
gave me no Joy now. wished 1t 5000
miles away instead Of thirty. I wished
that almost anything might prevent
my arrival-acctdent. delay.
7 And then. In the most natural way
In the world. there were both. With
out much warning the pulse Of our
engine slackened. the throb Of our sin.
gle screw slowed down and ceased
Williams stuck his head up out Of his
engine room and shouted something to
Peterson. who methodiealiy drew cut
his pipe and made ready for 4 smoke
!. ITS no use going any fatther." q.
planned Williams when came Up.
!. That intakes gone wrong again. ind
she's got sand all through her. It's q
cltme to see her cut herself all 10
pieces this way: We've just got TO
stop and clean her up. that's all. and
nx the Job right Ought to have done
II back there baforsswe started in"
: How long win It Jake. Wiiliamsr'
I asked '@
''Oh. I don't know. sir! More than
this afternoon. sure"
THAT'S too bad" said I. with taft
limitation Of regret. I'VE had expected
10 make Manning island by night"
I dispatched L'Olonnols as messenger
to the ladies, telling them the cause OF
our delay and explaining how difficult
It was to say just when we would get
IN to the island, and then betook my
self to gloomy pacing up and down
what restricted part of the deck l felt
free for my own use. wearied of 1t
soon and went to my cabin. trying to
read.
AT first undertook one Of the mod.
ern novels which had been recommend
ed by my bookseller. but I found my.
self unable to get on with it and.
standing before my shelves. took down
one volume after another of philoso-
piers 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 page which
earlier ! had turned down. and I 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 confided themselves
childlike to the genius of their age.
And we now are men and must
accept in the highest mind the same
transcendent destiny, and not pinched
In corner nor towards fleeing 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. subjec
tive words again. as most of the Con-
cord sage's words require. and reflect
ed how well they jumped with the
note of my heather Epictetus. who
had said, "Be natural and noble
And, so thinking, began to wonder
whether after all my father. whose
ruthless ways l betimes had explored.
whose ruthless sins had betimes
atoned. had not been perhaps better
man than sometimes | had credited
him with being. He in accordance
with his lights had accepted the part
given him by the poet of the play
He had confded himself childlike to
the genius of his age, roaring. lighting,
scrambling. getting and sometimes
giving. He had trusted himself. and
in the end. bold man. he had advanc.
ed bravely on chaos and the dark
Dear old governor! l did not regret
the million of his money I had spent
to restore his memory clear in my own
mind, for after all it had all been in