By a certain sort of mental telepathy, I know that he cannot say good-bye without leaving some word of cheer for the poor fellow, and just what to say, how to say it, how to express a wish which we know can never be fulfilled, makes a moment’s very embarrassing silence. If you had ever been in the presence of such a living, unpitying death, such a picture of horrible hopelessness, and felt it your duty to make the burden easier by some word of cheer, when you had all things—life, health, and happiness—about you, and he only the refuse of a rotten body, if you must presume to tell such a martyr to be brave and all that sort of thing, when you know that his absolutely uncomplaining silence is greater bravery than you, in all your health and vigour, know how to comprehend—well, I tell you it’s no use! However optimistic by nature, it’s hard to find the words. Why, even a parson would be dumb!
And so he lingers there uneasily. He looks at the two dear little sweet-faced maidens at my side, so white and clean and fresh and young, and then at the gray, misshapen, mutilated silent figure before him, living his lonely death of agony each day, and says, with a choke, “Good-bye,”—that is all. Tell me, what would you have said?
END OF VOLUME I.
INDEX
Botanical Garden, The, St. Pierre, [228], [235-236], [254], [257], [264-270].
Boulevard, The, St. Pierre, [233].
Cape Hatteras, [27], [29].
Capot, Martinique, [270].
Casa Blanca, San Juan, [144].
Castle, The, Charlotte Amalie, [179-185].
Cathedral, The, Santo Domingo, [90-105].
Ceiba-Tree, The, [288].
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, [164-196].
Castle, The, [179-185].
Columbus, Christopher, [97-105], [288].
Columbus, Diego, [98].
Coolies of Trinidad, [279-281], [292-297].
Coolie Village, The, Port of Spain, [292-297].
Fer de Lance, The, Martinique, [248], [252-253], [269-270].
Grand Hotel, The, St. Pierre, [237-238].
Grande Anse, La, Martinique, [270].
Gros Morne, Martinique, [270].
Gulf Stream, [29].
Hotel Casino Bellevue, Port au Prince, [66-79].
Leper House, The, Port of Spain, [298-307].
Marigot, Martinique, [270].
Martinique, Island of, [197-271].
Capot, [270].
Fer de Lance, [248], [252-253], [269-270].
Grande Anse, La, [270].
Gros Morne, [270].
Marigot, [270].
Morne Rouge, [236], [270].
Mount Pelée, [236], [270], [274].
Natives, The, [205], [210-215], [254-263].
Rivière Roxelane, [266], [273].
Morne Rouge, Martinique, [236], [270].
Morro Castle, San Juan, [128], [153].
Mount Pelée, Martinique, [236], [270], [274].
Natives, The, of Martinique, [205], [210-215], [254-263];
of St. Thomas, [193-196], [210];
of Trinidad, [275-276], [285-286].
Ozama River, [85], [86], [112], [118-122], [163], [288].
Plaza, The, San Juan, [140], [148-150].
Ponce de Leon, [154-156];
Square of, San Juan, [153-160].
Port au Prince, Haïti, [35], [42-80], [84], [89].
Hotel Casino Bellevue, [66-79].
Port of Spain, Trinidad, [275-307].
Coolie Village, The, [292-297].
Leper House, The, [298-307].
Savannah, The, [287-291].
Quay, The, San Juan, [134-136].
Rivière Roxelane, Martinique, [266], [273].
St. Croix, Island of, [189].
St. John, Island of, [189], [190].
St. Pierre, [205], [216], [219], [220-245], [246], [273].
Botanical Garden, The, [228], [235-236], [254], [257], [264-270].
Boulevard, The, [233].
Grand Hotel, The, [237-238].
St. Thomas, Island of, [164], [186], [189], [190].
Natives of, [193-196], [210].
San Salvador, [33].
San Juan, Puerto Rico, [124-161], [163].
Casa Blanca, [144].
Morro Castle, [128], [153].
Plaza, The, [140], [148-150].
Quay, The, [134-136].
Square of Ponce de Leon, [153-160].
Santo Domingo, [84-123], [173].
Cathedral, The, [90-105].
Savannah, The, Port of Spain, [287-291].
Southern Cross, The, [219].
Square of Ponce de Leon, San Juan, [153-160].
Trinidad, Island of, [275-307].
Coolies, The, [279-281], [292-297].
Natives, The, [275-276], [285-286].
Windward Passage, [29], [35].
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| her persisent whisper=> her persistent whisper {pg 235} |
| Hayti=> Haïti {pg 310} |