&’,;E‘g% ; ~ N B e-n, There was noroom for their swords? ~ how many already have perished!” Courtship Badly his face he averted, and strode S ~ up and downm, and was thoughtful. Put himself straightTTRat the head of his troops, and commanded tne The o = Fixed to the opposite wall was a captains, shelf of books, and among them Calling each by his name, to order Miles Standish Prominent three, distinguished alike forward the ensigns; for bulk and for binding; Then to widen the ranks, and give Bariffe’s Artillery Guide, and the Com- more room for their weapons; With Illustrations by A - mentaries of Caesar, : So he won the day, the battle of some- -Out of the Latin translated by Arthur thing-or-other.” what I say: If you - Howard Chandler Christy ... Goldinge of London, ; That's always wish Ai&, .as if guarded by these, between a thing to well done, . “them was standing the Bibie. You must do it yourself, you must not a Lefore them, leave it to others!” Musing moment Miles = ‘Standish paused, as if doubtful Which of the three he should choose All was silent agzin; the ‘Captain for his concolation and comfort, continued his reading. ¥ Whether the wars of the Hebrews, the Nothing was heard in the room but famous campaigns of the Romans, the hurrying pen of the stripling. Or the Artillery practice, designed for Writing epistles important to go next belligerent Christians. day by the Mayfiower, Finally down from its shelf he dragged Filled with the name and the fame of the pondercus Roman, - i : -of the Puritan maiden Priscilla; - ‘Seated himself at the window, and Every sentence began or closed with opened the book, and in silence the name of Priscilla, Turned o’er the well-worn leaves, Till the treacherous pen, to whieh he where thumb-marks thick on the confided the secret, ? margin, Strove to betray it by singing and Like the trample of feet, proclaimed shouting the name of Priscilla! the battle was hottest. Finally closing his book, with a bang Nothing was heard in the room but of the ponderous cover, the hurrying pen of the stripling, Sudden and loud as the sound of a sol- Busily writing epistles important, to ! dier grounding his musket, | go by the Mayflower, 4 Thus to the young man spake Miles | Ready to sail on the morrow, or next ! Standish, the Captain of Ply- day at latest, God willing! i mouth: | Homeward bound with the tidings of “When you have finished your work, | all that terrible winter, { I have something important to . Letters written by Alden, and full of tell you. | the name of Priscilla, Be not, however, in haste; I can wait; | Full of the name and the fame of the | 1 shall not be impatient!” | *A wonderful man was Caius Julius Caesar.” Puritan maiden Priscilla! : Straightway Alden replied, as he *Truly the maxim is good, I do As In a foundering ship, with every letters, : and % folded the last of his rcll of the vessel, Pushing his papers aside, and giving not mean to gainsay it;

- sea, respectful attemtion: ° * But we must use it discreetly, and not Washes the bitter the merciless. waste surge of the ocean! Love and Friendship “Speak; for whenever you speak, I’ : powder for nothing. am always ready to listen, e Now, as I said before, I was never a “Must I relinquish it all,” he cried phrases. with a wild lamentation, Nothing was heard in the rocom but Always ready to hear whatever per-,l maker of “Must I relinquish all, jcy, hurrying pen of stripling, tains to Miles Standish.” j I can march up to a fortress and sum- it the the the the hope, the illusion? Or an occasional sigh from the labor- Thereupon answered the Captain, em- | mon the place to surrender, culling phrases: | - Ing heart of the Captain, barrassed, and his But march up to a woman with such a Was it for this I have loved, ard Reading the marvelous words and “*Tis not good for a man to be alone, | proposal, I dare not. waited, and worshiped in silence? achievements of Julius Caesar. say the Scriptures. i I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot Was it for this I have followed the After a while he exclaimed, as he This I have said I:zfore, and again, from the mouth of a cannon, fiving feet and the shadow and again I repeat it; ; smote with his hand, palm- But of a thundering ‘No!’ point-blank Over the wintry sea, to the desolate down- Every hour in the day, I think it, and ward, . | ; from the mouth of a woman, sbores of New England? feel it, and say it. ! Heavily on the page: “A wonderful That I confess I'm afraid of, nor 1 Truly the heart is deceitful, and out Since Standish my life has | am man was this Caesar! ; , Rose died. confess it! of its depths of corruption _.&_J: { ashamed to ~ ; So you must grant my request, for Rise, like an exhalation, the misty you are an elegant scholar, phantoms of passion; Having the graces of speech, and skill Angels of light they seem, but are in the turning of phrases.” only delusions of Satan. Taking the hand of his friend, who All is clear to me now; I feel it, [ sce “ still doubtful, it distinctly! , “Look at?rthe‘se armsa”‘ l'wtsait'.lt Foc was reluctant and uwsulsucQ aud Dright and ciean, as 1 Holding it long in his own, and press- This is the hand of the Lord; it is for parade or inspection! 1‘ ing it kindly, he added: laid upon me in anger, Miles This is the sword I Standish of Damascus “Though I have spoken thus lightly, For I have followed too much the fought with in Flanders; this yet deep is the feeling that heart’s desires and devices, In the Old Colony dsvz, in Plymouth breastplate, : prompts me; Worshiping Ashtoreth blindly, and the land of the Piorims, Well I remiember the day! once saved Surely you can not refuse what I ask impious idols of Baal. To and fro in a rogm of his simple my life in a skirmish; - in the name of our friendship!” This is the cross I must bear; the sin and primitive dwelling, Here in front you can see the very Then made answer John Alden: “The and the swift retribution.” Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of dint of the bullet | name of friendship is sacred; So through the Plymouth woods John ' Cordovan leather, Fired point-blank at my heart by a What you demand in that name, I Alden went on his errand; Strode, with a martial air, Miles Spanish arcabucero. | have not the powegr to deny you!” Crossing the brook at the ford, where Standish, the Puritan Captain. Had it not been of sheer steel, the for- | So the strong will prevailed, sub- it brawled over pebble and shal- Buried in thought he seemed, with his gotten bones of Miles Standish: | duing and molding the gentler, low, : 9 hands behind him, and pausing Would at this moment be mold, in iriendship prevailed over love, and Gathering still, as he went, the May- Ever and angn to behold his glitter their grave in the Flemish ' Alden went an his errand. flowers blooming around him, ¢ ing weapons warfare, of - ' Fragrant, filling the air with a strange Hanging morasses.” in shining array along the Thereupon answered John Alden, but ! and wonderful sweetness, walls of - the chamber— looked not up from his writing: Children lost in the woods #nd cov- Cutlass and and his corgelet of steel, “Truly the breath of the Lord hath? The Errand ered with leaves in their slumber. trusty sword of Damascus, Lover's . speed of the bullet;- “Puritan flowers,” he said, “and the | Curved at the point and Blackened the inscribed with He in his mercy preserved you, type of Puritan maidens. mystical Arabic sentence, to be So the strong will prevailed, and Ad- its our weapon!” Modest and simple and sweet, the I our shield and | Together. den went on his errand, ‘ While underpeath, in a corner, were the Captaig unheeding Friends Were Assembled very type Priscilla! ™ fowling-piece, musket, Still contin Out of the street of the village, and of ; and match: . wor%s t?i t? a writer, and I am a fighter, been wea:: . dreary; So I will take them to her; to Priscilla » v lock, R t.llfé s??né? I 4ou are l into the paths of the forest, bright they are burnished, here is a fellow Sick at heart have I been, beyond the ' the May-flower of Plymouth, . Bhort of stature he was, but strongly “See, how ‘ but Into the tranquil woods, where biue- if arsenal fight, and( healing of friendship. | and simple and sweet, @& : built and athletic, .~ as in an hanging; Who could both write and birds and robins were building Modest as That is because I done it my®, Oft in my lonely hours have I thought ' parting gift will 1 take them; . . Broad in the shoulders, deep-chestéd, have in both was equally skilful!” ! Towns in the populous trees, with self, ; of with muscles and sinews of iron; and not left it to others. Straightway answered and spake John | the maiden Priscilla. ‘ hanging gardens of verdure, Breathing their silent farewells, as Serve yourself, would you be well Alden, the comely, the youthful: She is alone in the world; her father they fade and wither and perish, Brown as a nut was his face, but his- Peaceful, aerial cities of joy and af- served, is an excellent adage; J he was equally skilled, you and mother and brother Soon to be thrown away, as is the o ~ russet beard was already “Yes, as . ; ‘ fection and freedom. So I take care of my arms, as you of say, pen his weap heart of the giver.” with his and Died in the winter together; I saw her ; All around him was calm, but within your- pens and' your inkhorn. T : § going So through the Plymouth woods John ons. and coming, ! him commotion and conflict, Then, too, there are my soldiers, my read, went on errand; ‘ Somewhere have I but where 1 Now to the grave of the dead, and' contending with friendship, and Alden his great invincible army, Love cpen ‘ forget, he could dictate , now to the bed of the dying, generous impulse. Came to an space, and saw the . men, equipped, having ' self with each Twelve all each Patient, courageous, and strong, |l disk of the ocean, his rest and his matchlock, , and To and fro in his breast his thoughts sald to myself, that if ever | = a=a haavipe Sailless. sombter and ecold with the Eighteen shilling a month, together ord dackine There were angels on earth, as with diet and pillage, therel i are angels heaven, And, like Caesar, I know the of in § name seen each of my soldiers!” Two have.l and known; and the ; | whose | This he said with a smile, that danced | angel name is Priscilla in his eyes, as the suiibeams Holds in my desolate life the place ’ | which the other abandoned. l | Dance on the waves of the sea, and | | vanish again in a moment. ‘ Long have I cherished the thought, Alden laughed as he wrote, and still | but never have dared to reveal it, the Captain continued: ! Being a coward in this, though valiant; “Look! you can see from this window | enough for the most part. my brazen howitzer planted l Go to the damsel Priscilla, the love- High on the roof of the church, & ! ; liest maiden of Plymouth, preacher who speaks to the pur- | Say that a blunt old Captain, a man pose, not of words but of actions, Steady, straightforward, and strong, l' Offers his hand and his heart, the | with irresistible logic, | hand and heart of a soldier. - ; EOrthodox, flashing conviction right Not in these words, you know, but i into the hearts of the heathen. " this in short is my meaning; | Now we are ready, I think, for any I am a maker of war, and not a maker ! assault of the Indians; : "« of phrases. | Let them come, if they like, and the You, who are bred as a scholar, can | sooner they try it the better—- ~ say it in elegant language, | Let them come, if they like, be it saga- Such as you read in your books of the ! more, sachem, or powwow, l | pleadings and wooings of lovers, . Aspinet, Samoset, Corbitant, Squanto, ] Such as you think best adapted to win 5 "™ or the heart maiden.” The Puritan maiden, Priscilla, Tokamahamon!” i of a

" Flaked with patches of snow, as Long at he stood, and Now to the grave of the dead. When he had spoken, John Alden, ‘ the window ; hedges in wistfully gazed the landscape, the fair-haired, taciturn stripling, sometimes November. on letters at once, at the him Alden, cold gray mist, Seven same aghast his surprised, Near was seated John his Washed with a the time writing his All at words, em- friend and companion, memoirs.” barrassed, bewildered, household vapory breath ofthe east wind, ' “Truly,” the Captain, not i Writing with diligent speed at a table Forest and meadow and hill, and the continued Trying to mask his dismay by treat- : heeding or hearing the other, of pine by the window; : I steel-blue rim of the ocean, ing the sybject with lightness, ] - Fairhaired, azure-eyed, with delicate ! Lying silent and sad, in the afternoon “Truly a wonderful man was Caius Trying to smile, and yet feeling his Saxon complexion, - shadows and sunshine. Julius Caesar! ; heart stand still.in his bosem, / ’ : Having the dew of youth, and the ' Over his countenance flitted a shadow i Better be first, he said, in a little Just as a time-piece stops in a house - village, + beauty thereof, as the captives likethose on the landscape, : Iberian that is stricken by lightning, - Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex- Gloom intermingled with light; and Than be second in Rome; and I think Thus made answer and spake, or - claimed, “Not Angles, but Angels.” . his voice was subdued with emo- ‘he was right when he said it. rather stammered than ~ Youngest of all was he of the was’ answered: men SO LN A Poseh ’ Twice was he married before he “Such a message as that, I am sure I e - _+~ who came in the Mayflower. ‘Tenderness, pity, regret, as after a ! twenty, and many times after; - should mangle and mar it; - pause G Battles five hundred he fought, and a It you would have well done—l am_ -Suddenly breaking the the howé,médn by thousand 'cites he conquered;: it n silence, “Yonder there, on the hill the sea, ! &,‘diligent scribe Interrupting, . ‘He, too, fought in Flanders, he him-| You do it yourself, you . pride as must not Spake, the of his heart, Miles self has recorded; - in ok etet ?‘ . leave ittoothers!’ -.must *Standish, Captain of Ry he by his SR . i the o B ‘_s,"-_k‘f ~"* 4‘!‘; il!‘l:m.ll_y was stabbed friend, ’ e '~ - arms,” fgdmouth. *“Look at he ~“the the orator Brutus! : these S e st to gie of all who' ; ‘iy mm«g?gw _ Pressing Her Close to His Hears. i'_ weapons that hang here - was the Mayflower! 'Now, do you know what he did on &| A RTINSOcame in LS S ie e oot i _ eertain occasion in Flanders, | 4 (To B P : bé contimued )