The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-11-09

tCus hO JOhhB EAlA "o'Si'SN hiS iOS'S'SHS
till they were lost in sound, and then aban-
dOned herself to weeping.
Thou art sad, dear daughter said
venerable father 10 his child as they ira
verscd that once countryfed expunse
through which we now jostle our way from |
the City of Westminster, Thou art sad |
dear daughter.
NAY, my father replied the riaiden Il
would not be SO but il 10 hard always to
wear cheerful countenance when-'
The heart is sad, thou wouldst say
NAY mean il not
Il have scarcely seen thee smile since
we entered this England may not say
this hereto England
Hush dear father hush the winds
may whisper it, see you not that wc are
surrounded by multitudel'
They are running madly to some reyel-
ry.'
Let US leave their path, then,' said the
girl it suits not our fallen fortunes, or our
disordered faith, to seem to mingle in this
stream Of folly. Doubtless the king has
some new pageantry.'
well if it be so,' replied the father, 'hap-
: py the gewgaw and the show might bring
4 the truant smile to thy lip, and the lost lus-
r ire to thine eye. Thou art too young to
4 be thus mcodly sad. See how anxious,
: how eager, how happy seem this multitude
S not one care worn brow!--thon maves
e catch their cheefulness. We will 90 with
the stream.
, The girl offered no further resistsnce
! They were strangers in the land poor al
e NEST pennyless. They had come from
their own country to reclaim debt which
/ one of the mobiles Of the court had incurred
in more prosperous days when the mos
v chant was rich in silver and gold and mer
,e chnndiZe.
l. The vast thong poured on swelling unit
it became mighty tide the bells pealed OF
the cannon beloved, human voices aug
e mented the din. The Thames was line
at on either side; every building on its margi
,e crowded, and its surface peopled. Ever
,e sort Of aquatic vessel covered its boeor
le so that the flowing river seemed rathe
bt some broad road teaming for life. Gale
after galley, glittering with the gold and tn
,e purple, came on laden with the wealth, an
a. the pride, and the beauty Of the land, an
presently the acclamation ofa thousan
to voices rent the skies. 'The King = tn
is King long 1--WE the Kng!' He came
I Henry the 9Th came, in all that regal dign
g. ty; and gordeous splendor, in which he S
much delighted.
ly And then began the pageant, contrved
lie throw odium an Rome, and to degrade I'll
We professions of the Pope. Two galley
ed one bearing the arms of England, the orhc
nd marked by the papalinsignia, advanced Il
ee wards each other and the fictitious conte
commenced.
he Borne on by the crowd, our merchant an
ne his daughter had been forced into a consp
ell cuous situation. The peculiar dress, Il
en- braided hair, the beauty and the foreign a
We pect of the girl had marked her out to Il
nj rude galIantry of the crowd; SO that to
IN limited sphere the father and daughter we
he themselves objects interest and curiosity.
as The two vessels joined, and the min
to contest was begun. OF course the Englis
'er colors triumphed over the papal. Upon
ed this point the merchant bore his pangs
ok silence; but when the English gallery hs
in assumed the victory, then came the trial
ur patience. Efigies of the cardinals wei
nd hurled into the stream amidst the sheu
en- and derisions of the mob. AT each plunl
nd groans Issued from his tortured breast
Oh was in vain that Amelia clung to his arm
and implored him, by every tear to restrai
nd himself His religious zeal Overcame h
Ia prudence; and when at last, the figure
the Pope dressed in mis- POLITICAL robes, W;