Demoine courier., 1856-02-07

lhen snooR the warriors OF the shade, g4
Like leaves on aspen-limb-3 a. Fssg
Subdued by that heroic maid asg a8I
Who breated a prayer for him. as35s
"Unbind hint" gasped the chief
"Obey your kings decreeF'
He kissed away her tears of grief,
And set the captive free.
sTis ever thus, when in life's storm,
Hopes star to man grows dim, r-~ia
An angel kneels in woman's form,
And breathes a prayer for him.
GEORGE p. MoRRIs.
sat - aDss saE6{ . A
How could that stern old king deny
The angel pleading i'm her eye?
How mock the sweet, imploriLg grace
That breathed in beauty from her face,
And to her kneeling action gave '
p A power to soothe and still subdue,
Until, though humble as a slave,
To more!than queenly away she grew.
WILLIAM G. SrMns.
The Emperor yielded to the maid,
aud the captive was set Tree.
B Two years alter that event. Pocahon
vas again became an angel OF deliver
nne. She fastened 10 jamestown dar-
ing a dark and stormy night. informed
the English of a conspiracy to ex,ermi-
nate them. and was back 10 her couch
before dawn. Smith was grateful, and
The whole English colony regarded her
as their deliverer. But gratitude is Of
ten a plant Of feeble root, and the cani
er of selishness will destroy il altcge,h
ef. Smith went to England; the mcr
ais of the colonists became ~depraved;
ana Argall, a rough, ha!f-praclical navi-
gator, unmindful.of her character, bribed
a sewage, by the promise of a copper
kettle, to be.rsy P~ocahoatss into his
hands, TO be kept as hostage Willie
compelling Powha!an 10 make resfiiu-
ton for injuries inflicted. The Empe-
ror loved hi, daughter senderly, ane
agreed to ,he terms of the ransom gladly,
and promised unbroken friendship for
The English. % ass2so3l h
Pocahontas was now free 10 return 10
her forest home. But other bopds more
holy than those Of Argall, detained her.
w lille in the custody Of the rude bucs-
neer, a mutual attachment, had budded
and blossomed between her and
John Role, aud the fruit was a happy
marriage-"ano,her knot 10 bind the
peace with Powhatan much stronger,
April. in the Vugiaia peninsula, where
the English sellsrsy frsl built = city, is
lone Of The loselies, mon.hs in the year.
Then win,er has hidden a final sdieu iu
The middle regions Of America; lhe trees
are robed in gay and !ragraai blossoms,
the robin, the biue-bi.d, and the ,orio.e,
are just Giving the frat opering prelades
10 The sumner ~conceris in tho woods
and wild flowers are laughing meHiIy il
every hedge, and upon the green banks
OF every stream. sgals1s8g eniBssM
II was a-day in charming April, ia
1913, when Rolfe and Pocahontas stood
at the marriage altar in the new and pres
~ chapel at,Jamestown, where, not lon,
before, The bride had received Christian
b ap,ism, and was named the Lady Re
becca. The sun had marched half way
up toward the meridian. whena goodly
company had sssensled beneath Ii,
temple roof. The pleasan, odor of The
"pews Of cedar" comming!ed with The
fragrance of the wild flowers which
decked the ies.oons Of eyergreens AID
sprays tina, hung over the .fair, broai
windows" aud the commaadmsn, tablet.
above the chancel. y Over III, pulpit o
black-walnut hung gar!ands OF white
flowers. with the waxen lsoves and scar
let berries Of the holly. The conmu
MON table was covered with fair whit;
linen and bore bread from the fields o
Jamestown. and wine from :.s lusciou,
grapes. The font, "hewn hollow be
tween, like a canoe" sparkled with waite
az on the morning when the gentle 2rin
cess uttered her batismal vow.
or all that company assembled in IN
broad space between the chancel and ID
pc VS., the bride and groom were the cen
trail figures in fact and Significance
P~ocahontas was dressed in q simple tu
mic Of white muslin. from the loom O
Dacca. Her arms were bare even Il
the shoulders; and, hanging loosely 10
wards her feet. was a robe Of rich stuff
presented by Sir Thomas Dale. and fan
cifully embroidered by hherself and b,
her maidens. A gaudy fllet ercirclel
her head, and held the plumage of bird
and a veil of gauzs. while her LIMBS wer,
adorned with the simple jewelry of III
native workshops. Role was alfred il
the gay clothing of an English cavalier
of that period, aud upon his thigh h
wore a Short sword of a gentleman o
distinction in society. He was the per
so~ni6ca.ion of manly beauty in form an,
carriage; she Of wumanly modesty an,
lovely simplicity; and as they came an,
stood before the man Of God, histor,
dipped her PEN in ihs indlssrucibls foun
,sin of truth, cad recorded : prophssyp