158 FLORIDA DAYS.

these same great pearls around his lady's neckr
although, perhaps, with no words about thil
scene under the live-oak trees by the river, or
the kiss, which, it appears, carries the sam4
meaning in the Floridas as upon the banks of
the Mediterranean.













 That he returned the brown lady's "very gra-
cious speeches of love and courtesy" no one
can doubt; for seeing himself repentant in ad.
vance, it was but natural to feel already forgiven,!
and so "go joyously for many days." Those
hours, however, which are to strike a balance,
and atone by works of supererogation for past
sins, do not always dawn. So many failures-