, 1873-07-08
CALDWELL or SPRINGFIELD.

nors' ,as, tas spot Look around you: A1oro on the
Lay the Messians encamped. by that church on tho
right
Stood the saunt Jeraey farmers. And hors ran
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball.
Nothing moro. Grasses epring, waters run, flowers
Pretty much as thoy did nlnoty-threo years. ago.
Nothing moro did say7 stay ono moment; you've
OF oaldwo, tho psrson, who onco preached tho word
down .. spr,ngaela7 m What, NOT come-thass bad,
AL tho jorseys alamet And thoy gavo him the
OF the rebel high priest" Hc etuck in thelr gorge
For ho loved ths Lord dod-and ho hated King
deorge!
s bag isst ssass ss sou might s'y' When tho Hess'n'
Marched up With Knyphsuscu thcy stopped on their
At tho fArms.n vhoro his wife, With child in her
sat sat elono IN the house. How It hspponed mono know
But God-and that ono Of tho htrclinR crew
Who 0red tho shotl Enough !-thero she lay
And Caldwell, The chaplain, her husband, away!
Did ho prcach-lid hc rrsy7 Think Of him, you
py tho old church to-day think OF him and that
OF militant ploughboysi Soc tho smoke and the beat
OF That reckless sdyancc- that struggling rereat
Keep tho ghost Of that wife, fouly slain, In your
And what could you-what should you. what would
Why Just what he did They wero left in tho lurch
For the want Of more wadling. lie to tho
church,
Broke tho door, stripped the pors, and dashed cut in
With his arms full Of hynn-boots, and threw down
Al ho1 ee ee Then. .bove nil tho shouting and shots.
Rang his goso-"rus Watts into 'em-Boya give EN-
and tney ns, DID, That is a aEaases spring. aowsrs
Pretty much ~ they did nlnety-threc ycara ago.
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up hall
But not always hero Like thta-and thnt't al
BnEr HAnTE,
A knigt1t~x3rrnnt Amazon.
A most extraordinary Traveller was tho nun.
Monjn Alfercz, Whoue romantic adventures pub
lishod in an old Spanish volume. would scarcely
bo beloved woro they not confirmed by other
documents. Having been placed in a Dominican
convent, she Escaped in the dress Of man, whom
nan es bis pago, trayersea the greater part of
Spain, mooting with adventures as ANUS
| lug as those Of Gil Bias. But an irresiati-
bio dceiro for more distant travel led her to en-
Here she enlisted in the army destined for Chill;
fought brayely against tho Americans, gainiug
tho rnnk Of Htsndard-bearer; and afterward that
Of Captain. A sad incident stopped hor courBc
brother without knowing him. After this. aho
shut hareelf up in convent again. But auch a
life was little suited to hor tasto. She again
Joined tho army md fought in many distant parts
Of South America, which tho sPaniards were de-
oner by tho Dutch, and, when roleased, returned
to Cuzco, where new adventure awaited her.
Being at q gaming table, her noighbor, IN arro-
! giant spaniard, abstraeted aome Of her money
when her eyes woro turned away. sho detcctod
him, drew her sword, and attacked him. Ho was
we'll covered by hiB cuirass, 30 that hor blows
| glidod over him without injury, while ale was
wounded in the breast, and fell bathod III blood.
But, rounitng her falling powors, she rose
and rushed after tho culprit, and, as the Hol-
| diers. said, actually made him ewallow her
| sword. 10 was dead. Appealing to tho Bishop
for protection, she told him her secret, aud ho
remittod hor once moro to tho convent Of st.
Claire. Longing for new adventures, Bho OBJ
tained permission to return to Spain, bade adieu
to her companions, and followed tho course OF
tho Rio alagdoloua embarked at Carthagena,
and landed at caliz in 1924. Her reputation
had preceded hor, and everybody wished to 500
SO remarkable woman. Going to Madrid, sho
was presented to Count Ollynrez, and fol-
lowed in the suite Of Count do Javior, who waa
going to Rome for tho tnbilee. She crossed
iuto prison as u spy; md, whom hcr liberty was
restored, 1t only condition that she should
return to Spain. In the deepest destitution, she
| rotracod her way On foot, and was Obliged to
was attacked by brigands; but at length tho
Marquis do hIontos-Ciar presented her at the
Court Of Madrid, whom ahe obtained q pension, q
recognition Of her titlo Of standard-hearer, aud
permission to woar mons clothes. Still de-
tor1nined to roach Romo, ahe embarked and
landed Mt Genoa, whom Bho again got into
difficulties through o quarrel with an Italian
soldier but at length she had the pleasure OF
kissing tho foot OF Urban VIII. He listened to
her story with interest. and she vas soon sur
ller with plonsure. Sho WAS then nearly DO years
| of age. 1ittlo ia known OF her after. though