Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-03
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The ourtew Heroine.

lie GlIleW heroine.
Th, .,or, ,ha, !, the ha,i. of the we'll
known potm. "Clrfrp shall not Rlns To-
nishi. j. to.l iu prose a, tn.!os.
II lsckrd quite hAif an hour uf rurfc~ toll.
The old b,l-r.us,f came from under the
uatjl-d roof "i hl~ cottage >tpop. and stood
~Ilh uncovered bead ia the clear. sweet
scented ar. III, had grown biIni aud isaf
ID the >cr,Ics. bat hi> arm uI- muscular
a. ever. and ne hu i-t-ned TINS ia, marked
un falieru. ID the hvav, mr,all.c lnrlh- oi
THE cathedral HE'LL Oh Jasper had lived
through man, ,nang,-. tie had 'ulirI out
he NOTES oi mourning for good Q4c-n Bess,
and with teAr- soarcr.y dry he had TIug the
elad ildlng, Of the coronation OF James.
Charles had been crusuej. rrigu-d and eN-
plated hl. weakness before al England IN
JAspcTs i.mc aaa nos L,. Shu under arms
held all tile commonwealth ID the hollow u
III, hand. ruled a, more than monarch. and
st... the old man. ai'h the hah, ~ a lnns
.Iie upon him. raus h. mAt!H and sorrow.
The Sai., OF h.. memory seemed 20 wrt-
ten over so crossed and r,-cru,sed hy the
annals OF III, wears tina, had gone before,
that there seemed little room for ANYTHING n
TIL, present. Little reckrd he that Crom
wells .pcAr.mru aere cAnpci on the moor
b,Nuud the village that Cromwell h'm,-H
ruI, wt'h hl> euard,meu lcagu" asat
D., uulN Knew that the bell thA; had been
ruug IN the tower aheu William the Con
qlefur made ci.ifrw d law. had been spared
D, Puritan and Koundhead. and tha, hi, arm
.ur ~ wears had never failed him al even
tide
he Was moving With -los step toward the
gate. when woman came t.urri-diy in from
the street. and stood beside him lovely
u w1uan. but With face So hlauehed that II
seemed carved IN the white,t Of marble With
al Of IL roundne>> aud d.mpies. Her great
solemn ewes sere ra,>rd to the aged face IA
p.;ful appeal. aud the hps we're forming
word, tina, he could not understand.
">peAA up. as ain deaf. and can not
hear yolr C.attrr.
III, voice raised, and the hand, clasped
and uncaspcd. and ~rung themselves To-
griher. pain and palm
"tor heavens .ake Jasper. do not ring
the curi,U tonight.
"NhAt, ma ring curfew u must be daft,
!a>,ie."
Jasper. fnr sweet heavens sake for NJ,
SAKE for one night IN al! ,our long life, for
get TO rlng the bell Fail this once, and m,
lover shall live; whom Cromwell. SAYS shall
die al curtew toll. Do YOU hear my lover,
Richard Temple. See. Jasper. here u mon
ey to make Your old age happy sold my
Jewels that The Lao, Maud gave ne. and the
gold SHAH all be yours .or ore curiea.
~ ould ,e brlbr me. In, De We're lere
cnangeiing le',. ia the blood Of the
Pl4ntascurts IN we're VEINS a. re mother
had What corrupt the bell-rInger under
Her Majesty. good Queen Bess Not for
all The gold that Lady Maud could bring
me What is YOUR lover to me 4? Babes
nave been born and strong men have died
before nov al the ringing OF ~, bell. Ava
ava +
And out on the village green, with the sol
emn shadows Of the hcnens i-ngthening o.
81 it, strong man awaited the curfe~ 10 toll
for M death. He stood, handsome and brave
and tall-taller by AN inch than the TALES,
pikeman who guarded hlm.
What had he done that he should die
Little II mattered in those days. when the
sword that the great Cromwell welded wa.
50 prone to fall, what he or other, had done
He had been scribe to the late Lord UP at
the castle, and Lady Maud, forgetting that
given her heart to him without the asking,
while the gentle Lily DE We're, distant kIns-
woman aud poor companion to her had,
without seeking. found the treasures Of hi,
true love and held them fast. Then he had
Joined the army, and made one of the pious
soldiers whose evil passions we're never
stirred but by sign or symbol of popery.
But scorned woman's hatred had reached
4 81. ,,,I al.
had compassed him about and conquered him.
Tonight be was to die.
He was God-fearing and God-ser
man. He had long made his peace With
heaven Nothing stood between him and
dealh-nothlng rose pleading between him
and those who were to destroy him, but the
swee, face OF Lily DE Vere whom he loved.
She had knelt at Cromwels feet and plead
ed for his life. She had wearied heaven
with her prayers, but all without avail.
Slowly now the great sun went down.
Slowly the last red rim was md behind the
greenwood. Thirty seconds more and bis
soul would be with his God. The color did
not forsak. his cheeks. The dark rings of
hair lay upon warm brow. 1t was his pur
pose to die martyrs and brave men die.
What was life that he should cling to it ?
lie almost Ieit tne ar pulsdle WIN liie nfst
heavy roll of the death knell But no sound
came. Still facing the soldiers with his
clear gray eyes upon them. he waited. The
crimson banners in the west we're paling to
pink. The kline had ceased their lowing,
and had been gathered into the rick yards.
All nature had sounded her curfew but
old Jasper was silent.
The bell-rnger with his gray head vet
barred had trayersed half the distance that
Law between his cottage and the UNCOVERED
tower. when a form went fitting past him,
With pale, shadowy robes floating around il
and hair that the low western lights touched
and tinted as with halo.
"Ah. Hulda. Hulda ?" the old man NUT
tered. show swift she flies l will come
soon, dear. NY work is almost done.
Huldsh was the good wife, who had gone
from him in her early womanhood, and for
whom he mad mourned all his long life. But
the feeting form was not Huldah's, it was
Lily DE We're, hurried BY sudden and des-
perate purpose toward the cathedral.
so help - Gsd, euEfsu sAAA not ring