The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-08-11
SCENE II.

Thou art SAD, deer daughter, shlu
venerable father to his child, as they
traversed that once couutrihed expRnse
through which we jostle on our wey from
the city of Westminster.
"Thou art sad, dear daughter"
"Nay, my father" replied the maiden,
81 would not do SO; but it is hard always
to wear cheerful coun tenance when"
"The heart is sad, thou wouldst say"
"Nay, mean it not
II have scarcely seen thee smile since
we entered this England may not say
this hereto England"
"Hush! dear father, hushl the winds
may whisper it; see you not that we are
surrounded by multitude?"
"They are running msdly to some rev.
elry."
"Let us leave the path, the n" said the
girl; sit suits not our fallen fortunes, or
our dishonored faith, to seem to mingle
III this stream of folly. Doubtless the
king has some new pageantry."
"WelI, and if it be so,' replied the IA
Their, "hspIy the gewgaw and the show
might bring back the truant smile to thy
lip, and lost luster to thine eye. Thou
art too young to be thus moodily sad.
See how anxious, how eager, how happy
seem this multitude! not one care-worn
browl thou mayest catch their cheerful
ness. We will go with the stream
The girl offered no resistance. They
we're strangers in the land; poor, almost
penniless. They had come from their
own country to reclaim a debt which one
of the mobiles OF the court had incurred
III more prosperous days, when the mer-
chant was rich in silver and gold and
merchandise.
The vast throng poured Cd, swelling
until it became mighty tide. The bells
pealed out, the cannon beloved, human
voices augmented the din. The Thames
was lined on either bank; every building
on its margin crowded, and its surface
peopled. Every sort of aquatic vessel
covered its bosom, so that the flowing
river seemed rather some broad road
teaming with life. Galley after galley,
glittering With the gold and the purple,
came on laden with the wealth and the
pride, and the beauty of the land, and
presently the reclamation of thousand
voices rent the skies. "The Kingl the
Krng long live the Kmgp He came
Henry Will, came in all that regal
dignity and gorgeous splendor, in which
he 80 much delighted.
And then began the pageant, contrived
to throw odium on Rome, and to degrade
the pretensions of the pope. Two gal
legs, one bearing the arms Of England,
and the other marked by the papsl insig-
MIA, advanced toward each other and the
fictitious contest commenced.
Born on by the crowd, our merchant
and his daughter had been forced in 70
conspicuous situation. The peculiar
dress, the braided hair, the beauty and
foreign aspect of che girl, had marked
her out to the rude gallantry of the
crowd; SO that the father and daughter
we're themselves objects Of interest and
curiosity.
The two vessels joined and the mimic
contest was begun. or course the Eng
lish colors tciumphed over the papal.
Up to this point the merchant bore his
psngs in silence; but When the English
galley had assumed victory, then came
the trial of patience. Effigies of the car
dinRls we're hurled into the stream. amidst
the shouts and dsrisions of the mob. At
each plunge, grosns issued from his tor
turel breast. 1t was in vain that Emilia
chung to his arm, and implored him by
every fear, to restrain himself. His re-
ligious zeal overcsme his prudence; and
when at last, the figure of the pope,
dressed in his pontifieal robes, was
hurled into the tide, the loud exclama-
ton of agony and horror burst from his