“O, thirst of gold! disease without a cure!
What toils thy persevering slaves endure!
Thou subtle vice, whose long, tenacious spell
The noblest energies of mind can quell!
Thy deadly charms the human soul unbind
From heaven, and let her drive before the wind.”
The Araucanian are still a free and independent people; and Christians, whose charitable plans embrace the whole heathen world as their mission-ground, may probably find in this nation the best opportunity of planting the Protestant faith which South America now offers.
Story of Philip Brusque.
CHAPTER IX.
Rejoicings.—Remorse and contrition.—A pirate’s story.—François restored to his parents.