, 1870-09-05

nd thAt our readers may properly appreciate 4
I, We give 1t near}y entire: Il
WHAT means that howtnx Of the dosssr eaid .
: The Indians are upon usl Nc must hxht Tor
scarce had he uttered this, when nsrn. sao. is
A ru,let aimed 100 veil passed through aad struck
him en- the side.
'' I'm wounded! oh. make fast the door!" he sanE ,
She se,zed an axe and closed the door which soon
the indians hrnke:
Once Il poasession ui The HOUSE. with tomshsHk
How could : lere'J female then .helr nezce AZ
san1ts Ntths<ano9
That heroine could resources wieid that serred
For she uudAunted, though alone. thelr violence
nd esse aertsirsp axe to d'lns aDundan.l, OF
Fur d fheIr plumber t,y her hand fell duwn to
The door, lne ha.els. and the walls were smea.ed
EuraseI and named ID their aims. three mouutea
Two down sse Gimme, would descend; the other
Just then. her only feasae1-eed she selzed as
And Oh tne eE.bers nnns tue mass. which down
The Indians brought,
Half su1o.atel bJ the alnoke: and there they 1
Till i! hsr &c ta'sz we're despatched ontae'ssp-
raesst survivor a; With hedsc nsss4'sd Lie eas.u
a n,es;s blow thu. Glove his cheek ~aa followed
Tsep fteli1,r lie drunken man. beside the s'onr
THUS : -, =, rec ;nEs Ell, " oAs weak 1'A'' ~.
This ia the poem BY which Mr.. Clarke vii, |
Ike mos, severely, judged In hia controversy
with Ro.seti, aud ii ia, therefore. well for ur
,o ..oy = momcnt and look At il 1t will be
observed tina, The poet does not stop for pre-
fuins1ics. ua is in hurry. Tho curtain
gees up at once aud introduces tho main
|. ecene With Ill tie characters in position.
Mer.il1-we may speak thus familiaTly OF him
as the poet sets us the cxample-is in hurry
4lso. He AEks his wife 4 question an.
answers it himself. the Indians are in \
Lurrr, too,. for a bullet passes through and
hits him s.on, the SIDE" It is to be presumed
tie bullet went into his side, for hc sank Is
| lie tpoke, Then his wife ''se.zed An axe and
closed the door which soon the Indians broke"
There il little confusion here. Did Mr.
Merrill eeiza the 'nxs to close the door
with, OF did she slo.e the door and
| then seize the axe, and, in either
event, which did the lndian break.
TIC door OF the axe: Il must have been the
door for tsonce in possession OF the house,
With tomahawl in hand, how could loneiy
fczrxlc, then, their 3e1ca assaults Eithstxnds".
Il will he noticed AZ a peculaiity OF Nj.
Cla1ko's genius. that he is emiuensly tnter1o-
ua.iye. lie continually aska the reader qaea-
| ,iops. and then caves the reader Ill trouble By
Immediately answering than. The conuna-
drum. therefore, touching the lonely female,
IL At once solved, for the lonely female could
resources WELD. she commences With hor re-
) yourcee.: Her frat resource is = thirsty Axe
,.hieh she gives to drink atnndantly OF btood.
The boldness Of metaphor, By which aIs. Clarke
; makes nm axe thirsty, Is quite equal to Mr.
lsosaetua blesaed dAmosel, who warns the bal
Of Heaven with her white breast. Whom ths
axe gets through drinking, four Indians have
fallen "to rise no mnre," lesying their b!ooe
: aud intelligence scattered rouud on tho doors
, l;rtely, aud wallis, which sufficiently oxplains
the cAt1ee why they did not rise any nore
u The other three Indians then resort TO ssEat
ecv. They climb the tvof, aud two OF them At
, ;eupt to como down the chimney. The lionel.
female has another resource 1t is = feathcr
u eed Not Only that, it ia her " only feather
u led. This is important, for il lets us into I
, .tcrat Of Mrs. Merri!ls dom. t: economy
Ws know now that sho had 3 festhar-bed, ba
oily one fealhei-bed. Poets Ike Miltoa ac
10 Daute often Use tho Aame effect, giving d
OILY hint, and allowing US to ill in the de-
~ tails from our Own imayinst:0rs. We uo'
~ know the devotion OF Mrs.. Merrill. Slse woul
~ devote even her only feathet"bed upon tA
- al,aE Of her country, and think sefself alesso
.r mthe subsequent holocaust she may ness
,e get another fcashef-peo, oa' "nA1 oooss ~
she may nave 10 e'eep hef t's'o's upon ~
bare floor That feather-oed may havs 'ise
h. hs IN heirloom. 1t WAS fntl OF assosl1tlon
N S,. ena "1 s,aat 49, :, ss.. ,,.r
In nnd she knew every feather Ill the t.s
~ and probably ~very tick tu IL
ne feathnrn lut il must CO. Sh0 thTOr
II ~ - $50, tha H,n Tho .wa 1rdi.n. c.u't ia q
u uPon ,uo ss'.s, -. A..
al ~ sS H. ~ s,asan;toa. ~ .mndCs Tnav =,
m sss,..n,,a1 Thoro !. ana 7n,,i.n 1eft II
.r es,a,x ,,,,, stooI .,oof ,,d t},a com,.t !. nm
~ eM,, Ia s.s,;,s tho door u;,l, sl,slv
IA e. .s.,;os xr;t,, c,,,a nm N, chaak r,
hi. s.a ~ tr1,owsS hv ro,r II mar b,va he,
~ ~. .1..-.,,..' -o.rof t,:,,m,,, =, i n,r h.,
T., 10. -. r. 80 n,oh,,1y no i,
.o.1. ~ IT,. .,,...an ~
- .e, ~ 10 aaraa ,,oas ,.sre s.nt .1,r...,
he'll"
,. by Mer1in's line, c. o. D. Amore expresEi
III poem. indeed, wo do not ternentter - ha
eA eecn. The narrative, aleo, il true to his:or
nj The writer never departs from the facts. IL
will find them told in almost tho samo Ia
er. guago in any history of the Indian va.
e.. Simplicity ia the chiaf charm OF Il
the no+m in which rearcct Mr., Clar
In ,,s tha .cr,nt,rc of Rnssatti. ;he l.t+e- be-,
o1,a, a, sr,,,nt.. esnec,,ll. In soo,s OF his It
@ 'os- famed noeus.