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Ss. hav and the as made t Work, omptly. Be, 500 and ves Be and biscuits, per +: Bbe and 2 e lop, on e ig their j before RSRSSSRTTIE SHPLESREESSESE 2 er Soe Soeze-cfoey Soe st 2 Se oes SEREEEE geaerge PESRS BY (Goprright, 112, by the New York Herald Co, All rignta resseved.) it over his person. At Iast Don) ye to boar the jaf, He himself climbed nidday be decided to Mantel stepped forward and, dipping his , jedgu of rocks ffom which various) DIOS, Concepcion t Adios, sefior . Sefior You.are cold, my child Tt la you. who are cold You are going to me It is only for a week, Concepcion, You say, only a week You do not Jove me. : i Tt ig a thousand years, But I will be back. * T must hurry home My Adios . father will find that I bave stolen out He will lock meu) Give me Give te part with you. ne moment, Concepcion. somthin, to remember you by. wee that ribbon from your, neck. Oh, you wou't want to remember me, Where are Indian girls where you are go- ing, They will steal you from me, know them. : There aro no girls. jaguars and boas. Ales, they will eat you Why did ever love man who keeps company with tigers and snakes You love me There are only, You confess it CHARLES LEONARD MOORE, clothed with fantastic creepers, now rose ing, about him. About THE WINE OF THE CASSIQUIARE hia thapherta WOREE GF volemn pnd sound, He pointed. te the cxnoe further abore, a8 though requesting passage. Ar-azod Manuel entered th left behind the procured him so wonderful an acquaint lance, but the stranger lifted it up and placed it in the cano as 4 most precious) jeargo. Landed on the shore the royal visitant motioned in grave request for Don Mav- come to a haltand make bis meal, A pile hand into the liquid, sprinkled few animal paths diverged into the forast: of rocks. his eye, and paddling to it he moored boat to one of the sharp projections and blaze of the sunlight stood a thing as o44 man blew It was the figure of sprang out. Between the confusedly royal as the sun. the middle of tho ream catght drops on his petitioner's head. . s What had happened? There in the jowed, Placing hia horn to his lips the nd, obeying as in dream, the other fol- few mellow, musical heaped: bowlders was a little pool. A great/a man, old, indeed, but majestic as the had been toppled aside by flood, disclosing watery crypt. Some- thing gleamed in the depths of the recess. Don Manuel plunged bis arm in and could feel the surfiice of a rounded, metallic ob- ject. Tt seemed to be a jar embedded in the sand. He was compelled to enter the pool and work with both bands urder water before he could. loosen it. Even then it was so heavy that all his strength) was required to bring It up to the alr. He set the thing on a level table of stone and examined it curiously. It was a graceful, urn shaped vessel, about eighteen inches high and ten across at the widest. It was made, of gold, which the sand snd the running water had kept wonderfully bright. All over it was embossed with exquisite designs fig- with coiling serpents, cronching tigers, and flying birds. The top seemed to be screwed or cemented on, and jefforts to open it he took his hunting knife and cut a circle through the rather soft metal. He hesitated a moment be- Adios One kiss, dear one Let me go On your eyes in On your lips oe Quick It is not lucky to count them. There, that is enough. I must go.) Adios Phe girl's lithe form slid from Don Manuel's arms. She stood poised-a mo- ment, palpitant her face glowing, her exes sparkling, and then, waving her hand) backward, she ran down the path to the village. The young man called after her. In one week from this hour I will re- turn, Concepcion, Meet me here The tropic sun had just leaped Into the sky, It flooded the air with: light as of melted diamonds.- It broke upon the gloomy forest until every tree, drenched with dew, giittered like a cas- cade of foam over black rocks. It smote the inky waters of: the Rio Negro until every dimple on them was a cup of gold. It touched the red tfled roofs and white adobe walls of the little village In tho wil ful ani iu he hi toi A inj M al palaces. yin Mariuel stood until the girl had dis. appeared, and then he descended the bank and entefed a canoe. A dozen strokes of the paddle shot the boat around little point of land and into the mouth of a small, stream. It was one of the many igarapes or waterways which in- tersect the Amazon couhtry.. One or two q; days journey upward this particuler stream joined the Cassiquiare, that mar- riage fink between the Rio Negto andj the Orinoco, 2 Finding the Jar. i As Don Manuel sent his canoe on, sbelving beaches and open banks soon gave way to thick forest growthe rising , wcraigbt ftom the water's edge, in lofty, curving ranks. The stream glided throngh *ihe forest, ander the forest, for re long. the frees on either hand-gent their boughs in mighty arches to meet above it it waga woody cave, from, whose root vines and orchid plants bong down, the living stalactites of the place... Kuough sunlight pierced the foliage to light Don Manuel's, path and dimly outline the fowering growths and grotesque tree fornis beside aud above bim, Here anil there gaps-in the interlacing canopy let in the morning sun to blotch the black waterway with pools of blood. The place was shrill with the cries of monkeys and macaws, waked to their daily tasks, After many hours hi passage through this twilight or nocturnal world the path opened upon sunnier albeit even wisler scenes. Ledges of rock along the banks preven the close growth of forest, and the little river itsel was strewn with bowiders of giganuc size and grotesque shapes, Through these Don Manuel ad to guide his cance with care. Par over tbe tops of thnfpearer trees he could the heave of difiant heights. And now the young man began to pidic signs of cauton. , He looked to ville that lay at hand at the bottom ot eunve aud loosened hig revolver In sleath, And be brought out the little ver crust Which hung about bis neck, be- neach his shirt, aud pressed it to his lips. For his mind was less intent on the ma- terial dangers in bis path, jaguar or 1 cary or water boa, than on terrors super tural and aysterious, He waa ap- fore removing the cap. treasure of precious gems, secret records poisonous fumes which might strike hie dead or send hiniv raving throug the forest? Finally he lifted the lid and looked which on contact with the air changed and red, writhed, coiled, bubbled before his eyes. light, he gazed and-gazed until at last he lifted a few drops up to taste. pause. bongh. reached over the Tittle : the most part of his coat gray. river's curve until it seemed a nest ofjaf silver white hair framed his retrest- had net impaired his activity, however, for he came down the bough like a flash, and, hanging for a moment snspended at i Manne volver, but his visitor made overtures of Peace. head humbly before the young man. Tooke piteous, that Dop Manuel put his weapon, back. Jwhile with the other he motioned toward ito test his discovery. made a gesture of to desire the wine without rather than) within. He made motions as if seatter- hospital or a, lib: What might be this strangely hidden depositary some enchanted past, or of iqui The Mysterious Liquid. thin. The vessel Was about two-thirds Il of a liquid, greenish at first, but id seemed charged with opalescent es. A fire of colors, white abd gold Fascinated by this play of was drawn to touch the liquid with is finger. It was cool and smooth, and A shrill scream overhead made him From a vast and grotesquely con- rted tree on, the ziver Bik a great island. long this branch, screaming and grimac- 1g, scrambled: the largest monkey Don fanuel had ever seen. He. had origin- ly been black, but antiquity had turned A cloud 6 forehead and pr truding jaw. Age end, dropped on all fours at Don fect. i The latter recoiled and drew his re- Sprawling a* full length, he pat his paws as to ceprecate violence, nd then crawling forward, bowed his His were so venerable, his action so Then the creature, squatting before im. pointed with one paw to the jar, is head. Don Manvel, nothing loath nvHation. Bat no The monkey seemed mense emeralds. 3 JERSEY CITY S ERSEY CITY (N. J.) has what the anita term a graveyard of urchicectu al monstrosities. It is located in Kensington avenue, in a residential portion of the city, overlooking the Hudson County Park. In an unfinished state there is a corner house of many windows, constructed of wehite marble and geanite, built in -tbe yle of the Renaissance, suitable for ry. There is no glass he windows; the doors are boarded up J the frofft steps are detached from the pain structure. ug a realm of enchantment. Le genus passing from lip to lip among th slightly civilized Indians or the simple folk gave to the region a evil repute. They told of vanished cities and races; of animals endowed with strange intelligence and gupernaturat life, upon whom the hunters bullets had no effect; of explorers who had entered this wilderness to return no ntore. In mingled doubt and daring Don Manuel held bis . Way Into the heart of these wonders, At night he camped on the river bank aud dreamed horribly. Phe next morning be resumed bls jour- ane. Gitte and pinnacles. atrdies col- minded river To the left of the house of many win- dows is a noble gateway opening upon an esplanade with a wide driveway sweeping through. On ether sid of ithe a sword in a Sheath of gold, and fits shoulder hung a curving born of same metal, Upon his head he wore .a Down x tarest crown, wherein shone the lustre of im- With lofty courtesy this being bowed to Don Manuel and seem d to express auveeannvessancovunsanvesnavvunenseyannaanennnauensnnannennaannnnnane GRAVEYARD OF ARCHITECTURAL FREAKS. which had evidently lain across it, gods, His hair and beard were white, me viglent his features nobie, bis eyes solemn and mysterious. He was clad in purple, cloak and tunic. Belted by his aide was Again a Transformation . A Woman Rose Before Him. from hotes. There was a pause and then s the deep, purring scream) came in return. path glided a mighty beast. Don Manuel recognized the small fiend, the dusky angalarly spotted body, the powerful limbs and-claws of a jaguar. At sight of the cwo meu the animal halted unusval es though: astonished, and then with a old king sousded upon his born. And at would and to the quick ery trotted forward, Manuel stood every r petrified as the beast, reaching him, and dazed, Don rubbed its bead, purring, againat (Be arm tism trom Don Manuel hand and under t, and would have which held the jar, Then at 8 egemand o transformation. urn which bad from the old man he Qung some of the) into great limbed warrior with, litter- our deliverer, came the chance of cacape fiquid upon its upturned face. Again a transformation More dlowty than before as though loath to leave the ithe curves, the splendid dyes, the inear- nate power of that tiger shape, a woman rose before him. She was tall; her head was rather mall, with wide, low brows; into a cohort of soldiers. with elash- kingly. stranger, and from the look and affection which leaped between them Don Manuel set them down ss father and daughter. nd now the young Bolivian Was ready The spirit of adventure was on him; a tide of desire rose in his deep colored . eyes flashed upon him, her red lip parted in a smile. The old man gazed upon them both with gatisfaction, Then he srew graye and motioned them on. The three took up thelr march throtigh the forest. At frequent interretr-as-thty went the was for anythin; veins. The. girl with mysterious seduction. She robed in scarlet and the filleted band Front of ae eh esplauade are wide, comfortable. iraiitte seats, that appear to have been tri planted from an ancient palace of omept French Villa. French Chalet. gold which gleamed in the dark hair was ve Inspired us perpetual life, Tap a thelr cea we bad roamed yobder forests: to receive bap- for centhries more we might have crawt or clispbed-or flown about its precincts. But we, too, bear noble mind. With you, path some forest Avother jaguar turned ing arme, A. boa-conatrictor, coming. to to the form erect and lofty thought of them with undulating haste, beceme.a man. But becoming human again, we woman with matronly charms. Monkey accept the penalties of humanity sickness crew tnty maven Forde and k WMlesiaad ane eB Sakth. My day, I know, is tapir was formed into portly nearly done, bat before T depart I would counreftor of state. A herd of pecearies ece you wedded to my daughter that our trotting into sunlit glade were turned royal ne may live. So th marriage was decreed and a greag feast declared in the city. Wines that bad been buried for ages in secret crypts were disinterred. Jewels that had lain amid the forest d brie were brought to light te jadora the forms of men and women's radiant fronts. By day the streets: were paved and eanopled with flowers; by night bonfires and torches fared under the tropic stara, Aud amid these rejoicings ved the wild, gracious Talrida into hie arms, ing swords/and whielis. Gandy hued macaws stoped from thelr helghts above fand were reborn into glittering xirls, Parroquets and love birds and rich dyed. flaunting moths became fair children. By: nightfall a glorious train of mort threaded those gloomy forest defiles, fol-) lowing their king and thelr doliverer. f Don Manuel. For days the procession traversed the woods, continually increasing in numbers, laweiling at Inst to a great population, Don Manuel noticed that thelr path drew, upward to the hill, The trees grew sparser and, the rocky passages and bar tiers were all about. At Inet they entered a turtu: t secret, Jefile in the bilis, and passing throngh this came) Upon-a wide, well watered vatiey; shat in. by perpendicular cliffs. In the centre of the vale was a great, square topped emin- jence; up which, by an ancient roadway choked snd overgrown with vegetation, they toileomely made their way. On the summit of this square topped) mount were the ruins of mighty walls and gateways. Or, rather, these stroct-) ures were. almost Intact, but 20 over: grown with. trees and vines, so buried in the mould of years as to seem resumed) into nature, The transformed multitude, working with order and discipline, soon cleared a passage through one of the gateways and spaces in the streets and equares beyond. Out-of pavements of jasper, through windows of marble, above roofs of gold, were thrust the boughs of trees. Foliage eatiopied the streets, vines and creepers) clothed the house fronts. The iguana basked upon the steps of palaces. Jaguars littered in) the-basins where fountains had plashed. Yet of such indestructible materials was) the city builded that it only needed to clear out the intrusion of the forest, to) dig away the mould and -repair t donaily shattered walls and it w: for habitation. There were many hands for such repalr) and restoration, and soon the city Te- sumedits primal aspect of gorgeous beauty. Its streets were thronged with stately life, The King reigned an of vid. The various orders of the people fell into their old places and occupations. Noth- ing gras changed, but that Don Manuel, , whom all regarded and rererenced as deliverer, was with bem. In him, however, all was changed. Aa the forest lururiance had obliterated the city, 90 a giant growth of feelings and desires overcame in his mind all memory lof the past. He forgot Concepcion. He) forgot his father s home. He forgot the white walled village by..the Blo Negros He thought of nothing but the daughter of the King. And she, with somethihe of a catlike cruelty still slumbering in her nature, exultant in her. over the saviour of her race, played and wrought upon his passions. By this time he had come to under stand gomething of the language of his hosts, could gather the import of their jeolemn utterance. One day the King lealled him aside and said: Noble youth, I seo that you love Inirida, and that she, after the manner of women, plays with your devotion. fs time that affairs were settled be- tween you and the succession to my throne secured. If we of this-old race had been content with our transformation, If we could have borne imprisonment in those hideous, bestial shapes, the hateful magic Don Manuel found faded, diacolored a paltry thing in a flash be recalled where he bad it last. le recalled Concepeion's the radiant face above it The rit warmed his hand and sent shrill thro is. frame. Then the past was all in all and b present life seemed a loathsome thing He could hear bis wife moving. thro the rooms beyond, and he shuddered he recalled the stealthy, gliding of the forest. He. saw the glare glow of the city through the window it seemed a precinct of appalling hell: He hid himself throughout that and when all-was still at night he cast royal garments aside and dssumed.th half rotted garb of his youth Conct jcion s ribbon he tied about iis neck, a thus accoutred he stole forth into the ) sleeping city and by many devious found exit unseen, * He knew his way through the defile that gave approach to the valley and from thence on ome Instinct seemed to lead him. He retraced the path bills and the rocky eee Be 3 plunged into the great forest and the right direction seemed blazoned on hie mind. Binally he came to the banks of the ttle stteam, and there was the strangely shaped islet of bowlders, the chamber of the accursed wine, i Concepcion de la Torre. All that day be moved as fest ax his - failing strength could tinpel the canoe, At night he slept under the solemn arches of You are not the Concepcion E /You are not the. betrothed Prado y gt; I do not know how yon Sefior, but it is true. Lam ithe betrothed of Don Manuel Pradg eft me for a voyage in the + week-ago and bade me meet him this hour. But do you not know me, jcepcion? 2 3 No, Sefior I cannot think I ever seen you. But you ore old feeble. Lean on my arm and I guide you to the village. Don Mant can wait. Look atme, Concepcion. Do-you recognize my features Old Boreel Building, No. 115 Broadway. Ins, no, Sefior Your face is and noble, I feel no fear of you, chaos. spite of your insistence. But I know The owner of this plot of ground and 20 : 2 these fantastic structures is Me. Thomas Do you know this ribban,/ Concops Hill, of Jersey City: Mr. Hill is wagon clon lt; trade, ahd ft is said has made The ribbon It te old and faded, but lars or more out of the patent It looks like one iT gaye to Manuel. s that are in use by the thou- Week ago. It ie his What biave yo saltla fa the NewYork eity streets, done with Dom Manuel, Sefor?? Fis jpresent hobby is to transplant the Do you want Don Manuel, Con- jone of tlhe Hudson County Court House, cepeion? Which was built in 1843 and which he is He is my betrothed. I love: him) how. demolishing, to bis plot overlooking Have you tobbed him? Have you mury Bucth was-the fashion of oupty Park, and on the fonnda-idered him? Where is he? Tell old Boree Building, with Its the clothes he wore. front, erect an apartment/me, I beg you, Seto wo sides alike. Two white Listen, Concepcion. marble muntels that were once in the home you, put I am dying. Vir the lute A. T. Stewart will compose easier for you to know. You will nogis the principa decoration of the foyer of think yoursel: deserted, I am this proposed guique apartment house. Manuel 1 am thet vafortunate being These faantell, said My. Hill, are hand I have been under enchantment 1 . the, carved, of foreign (Workmanship, and there Hudson tions of th Romanesque me, I would not tell house with no It may make It the Doges of Venice. Rising frty centre of the esplanade is the front old Boree Building, which was t r i at No, 115 Broadway, New York gt; rie ding has be to the i 1 Building height of but one ators, bringing Out, jvch Shy 19 feet and 14 Inc nowever, in Lold relief its olf Roman gych weichs abo eight ns, Mie workien have just laid off Gr lunch Se mitiezreccne von. We ge sldgwak (x componed of thir neg that were also a part of the flags are ex thiel Scattered stonew ghee foutige feet 10 Tmported fiuu Stotliwd aiid used ia n Iwuildiug ot tue Od Wasting New York city. Looming up as gh ation are a Krenelt yx anda F hhalet. wi and ene couy and dormer win nd were cul oy Marker in sie anchored on stone the) Ww y steel frame office building. In the rear of the plot if 4 wide doorway Kiman style This may hav been a tended for a garage or stables, but Ijoorway. The folindations have been spout the grounds and usad asa coping villa, built a'ong clissic lines, with ea-/all the other bulldings It, remains doorway. os dode'uides end the girderaarelnee nome of the largest foundation. atoiee:thedral windows and dormer toot. Theee cupled, waiting for the guiding band eta AUN sh AT td a: haben eantiaal terei foundations wh would support a ten or w twelve building with constructed in the pure tre nobettghvexamples of hand carving mn citheangttl or stone to be found any: where in. the world. The bullding Im to Concepcion. be eight stories in height, Me, HD waggcan.. Adios and 0 arra. .ed that all of the wie operations .f the families Tiv:age tb a Like will be conducted In the basemen aln one death. Thee ite noe-icommon kitchen. 'This, Mr, Hill believes, and grief and Borron, d of will bea: hap,y solu + of girl problem. pacha Dot oy a
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