CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 184, 12 August 1885, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

Nature's Noblemen, Trn ß aßGolo! 68'1^.

(To the Editor \ Sm.-Though frequenu/'. scribble, I rarely yield \ J*WN ~ fool, r« B h in where angeUf'^% Th e flight, however, of Io^V« chamber of my imaginaC^?* * I describe the sinuosities of A duP°»iC intangible beings j bat J^WiJ occasion I enter not the Z^ P<% amply record what m T Sl^ what my ears heard i vL^Z felt! a spectacle wh iehhat fl » 2 current of electricity 1 "•** £ velocity alone the wires of „ Ka"*kt nature which thrilled my *$£>$* mingled feelings of Borrow a£d S* no language can possibly dc S% which no time can ever eff ™V W tablet of my momory, iiiSSl ask. It wmspecificallymiw *"*H of the oarth, earthly | TiffiI** the muddiest I The day tho date, Gth of August•th^iN'l that period, •• red fettL'i'y^i 7 p.m.; the place wasin theWT* Pacroa and Owharoa I Z ' H booted, and spurred. Ben Ja I °™ttt? H tteed which had faithfufcS I twonty-five miles. The r^ *'R such a road ! The f enß .™^J. *! M shire 40 years ago, not a patch I •, *\ M n-omont up to the saddle girth..a H slipping over the projecting atLl *t H ping on the treachoroua cord,!' "t Rosinante rolling, and plungm??* <»] Me a vessel in the heart in my mouth, mv hnir * ! H quill, upon the fretful!»„» well un, my sinews rtiffcn«Q *& —"John, what a fool you »7t Si in the dark." Atthi/^'« eyes to the firmament-a pa( , B j ™ !% sablo darkness, and M Q*i{ the queen of the night, end of her, and then the. d >^ H there were her starry eisters-i! ** "Faith and Hope." Vow^lf'^ eyes, a sight, oh > so weird soT Ppe°'*) so unintelligible, thafchadithßtoTW m say the witching hourof niriTf , *~H have imagined that, at theS2H some spirit, a Maori burial■■nffiVH given up its tenants, and thR^M from their long immitonment fc?*M only too hajmv to be oat of?^H larking expedition ; but "ti»r ¥Bh: what was it John saw? A'lard.b W which lighted up the eylvatfaveOE golden sheen, and revealed th&ISS'H which bastudded the affluent foiEv'H i* heard tho hum of-voices". jK 11 approaches the cavalcade, tiskl iII atalwart diggers, flanked by asg^ffl men, on thoir shoulders ■WuPB stretcher, and on that coucVVvf.'ffl mortal I asked, " What is tWiSS« subdued voice exclaims, "Tho ntfuCH has been crushed by r ■«£?.?» has fallen upon him.1 ''SiM ask. "At Waihi, sow^M distant." "And whither do vts . H him?" I then interrogated. "ToWiffll Now, sir, let ua reflect. To inK fetM situation, fully, I mußt infijrm' ™ tsSi these, brave fellows, Waihi■aod'oitßr diggers, carried their sufferioß'iatolH' least twelve miles, over roads ISH ! moment they would sink at h& ia*H inches, and the next woaW be >lipp&!!!H§ pitching on tho top of thetSmH corduroy. This was not all : £6 tteH for tho charter, of a BteameHfciiJffll the^r suffering fellow to Ibe.fei jM another £6 they cheerfultyS^j^SW.: for medical comforts and attendant |T MB of self obliviouenese, Eelf-sacHSc^uJdZHi' able toil, unwearied attention WSiBB sympathy liUo this, should U. cd|2E| ■ in letters of gold. I say that ileeda (jiii loftiest patriotism and moßt he^lotaH-' which would ha,ve_i'elledal?agaillM3H:i before th,ja exhibition of dißutGit^£H'^ path,y, kindness, and love. Iraf nsj«i§| versed with some.of the tipbls lelfotfufdHß their return from tho Dead MarditihM at 2 o'clock tho following mproito, dills' ever I felt proud on any day ojfeiS ■ was on tho recognition oj tMamiliJffl noble development of the tickS tJH purest instinct? oi human"-Bate1 Mm me th,at honour ia dead, iba^chWHl >« the tomb, and tbot KlfittM^ usurped the throne of thunoblji&n believe it not. But come back tfimHH: the bush where 1 met the cort^e/itoffl the procession passed; whlt'VfeiiH thoughts ? First, I lost sight of all &JH beaeath and around me. SecoudljpioJ^Ki jured up a period whenßoae'mfeA'HS ' as Imperial, when, she was rccogEriiHHJ mieiresa of the world, -fflicli Vsffl'-1 man, call him Paul,' was pirn thither a prisoner, and in daina.) &BB door of hia heart flies righV'4f« !m look in ; examine the glass j mite lan postuous, mind dejected, spiritperhWflH locolity, Appii JB'cirum and tbt.'SJßJ.i Taverns. Ab ! that very day a'briijp' men of tho Waihi and OwJjpsJqflffi atamp left the grand citjf.. The)Stia«|.;: some 30 miles of roads ;■ if ai-toddjewH *: bush we hn\-e described tlie^BtitJMj pretty well ueed up wieii,'"ifc wSm ' vi Taul, But, oh ! what &A;^m^H;'i upon the prisoner. It ww:«is«i»ffiß':] it was unique ; it was phenomeis^} itfjfflj Well! hear what the ; ■ about it: " Whom, when I;B»W,lfc^H God and took courage " Heeairtlw^jH patliy, he felt their love; they b *'' *'•-■ stretcher, and on this loungeMffl^^ and love, his spirits rcda triumwjKjJß 7-hilled city. It ia customary wtiffiK to have the pbotograpbp ot':fejgß| associated in any worktaken'l«3!MiH';artistic positions. I dothinitt^p^H; •; vistas of tlieso brave and T*Sii^B : who acted so nobly in the should all bo taken 3m'::'PßH .'' in tho best frames that::|t,j|j| : :: man's devico can fashion, a?^sPj|', ; in every hospital through6p|S^H ; and breadth of New Zea*aD^fjfffjß; Extinguish the principles of pHB. tho daughters of sympatliy^M^HH , crush the graces which re'£°vL{Bf . omotion«Uwture; and whaittow*Hm|: A cpid, cruel, eelfch world j 'f'f^JSj ing wilderness! Such is tb*BgWff gIW ' St. George's Bay, '^rnel^/iiiHR August 10, 1885. !:•;,-