The Knight Of The Golden Melice, John Turvill Adams [the reading list TXT] 📗

Will Not Breathe His Name, He Added, Looking Cautiously

Around,) Loves Thee Not. Thou Wert In His Way, And He Had Thee Removed

From England. He Is Strong Now And Fears Thee No Longer, And Has Had

Thee Sent Ignominiously Home, Seizing Hold Of The Idle Suspicions Of A

Woman As A Pretext."

 

  

"I See Now," Said The Knight, "Reasons For Her Conduct, Which At The

Time Seemed Inexplicable. But What Reported Celestina To Him?"

 

 

 "Recollect You Your Offer To Join The Congregation?"

 

 

 "It Was But A Stratagem."

 

 

 "But So Could She Not Understand It. Besides, She Mistrusted Thine

Intimacy With Winthrop, And His Influence Over Thee."

  

 

"I Loved The Man For His Gracious Qualities, Heretic Though He Be; But

He Never Influenced Me."

 

 

 "The Intense Zeal Of Celestina, Guided Only By Her Womanly Instincts,

Was Unable To Comprehend Thy Feeling. She Communicated Her Suspicions

To The Father, And It Was His Pleasure To Receive Them As Truths And

Act Accordingly. It Was The Father Who Wrote The Letters, Signing

Thereto Feigned Names, And Charging Thee With Crimes As Feigned. It

Was He Who, To Avert Suspicion From Our Order (For News Had Come That

The Jealousy Of The Prick-Ear'd Heretics Was Aroused, And That They

Were On Sharp Look-Out For Catholics,) Hesitated Not To Slander The

Sister, His Own Confidential Agent, Trusting, By The Magnitude And

Foulness Of The Charges, So To Fill The Minds Of Your Judges, That

Other Surmises Would Be Thrust Out, And Thus The Ground Be Preserved

For Further Operations."

 

 

"I Understand," Said The Knight, "That My Successor Has Departed."

 

  

"He Has Gone. Sister Celestina, In Her Elevation, Forgets Her

Temporary Humiliation, And Sir Christopher Gardiner--"

  

 

"Is The Victim Of A Woman's Suspicions And Of A Monk's Policy. Albert,

I Thank Thee; My Mind Is Now At Ease, And I Shall No Longer Beat The

Air In Vain Attempts To Discover My Accusers; Unsubstantial Figments

Of The Father's Imagination. But Why Told You Me Not On My Arrival In

London, When I Did So Eagerly Search For The Infamous Varlets Who Had

Attempted To Attaint My Honor, And When Vain, Of Course, Were My

Exertions?"

 

 

 "I Was Not Then Permitted. And Now, I Rely Upon Thy Discretion To Bury

The Secret In Thy Breast. Any Other Course Might Be Fatal To Us Both."

 

 

 Fear Me Not," Said Sir Christopher. "I Have Been Examining My Heart,

And Find I Bear No Malice Against The Holy Father. It Was Time We

Should Be Removed, And The Means, Though Harsh, Were Politic; For

Suspicions Of Our Being Catholics Were Rife, And What May Sound

Strangely, Our Friendship, Albert, Served To Confirm Them."

  

 

"Explain Thy Meaning."

  

 

"Out Of My Love To Thee, And As A Remembrancer For Myself, I Had Made

A Note In My Pocket-Book Of The Time And Place Of Thy Admission Into

The Holy Catholic Church, Of The Taking Of Thy Scapula, And Of Thy

Degrees, Whereunto I Had Appended No Name. This Book Escaping From My

Pocket, Was Found And Delivered To My Judges, And Considered Pregnant

Proof Against Me."

  

 

"The Writing Was A Great Imprudence," Said The Stranger.

 

  

"_Confiteor_, And Whatever Shame I May Have Endured I Accept As The

Fitting Punishment Of My Sins. Alas! My Individual Sorrows Are

Swallowed Up In Grief At The Thought Of The Condition Of The Church.

How Doth She Sit Like A Widow In Affliction! The Flood-Gates Of Error

Are Opened, And The World Is Deluged With Impure Streams. When I Look

On The Marble Images Of The Crusaders, Lying With Crossed Legs Upon

Their Tombs Around Us, And On The Cold Faces Of The Abbots And Mitred

Bishops, Standing In Solemn Dignity In Their Niches, They Seem

Saddened And Indignant At A Reverse That Hath Changed The Very Temple

Erected By Catholic Piety Over Their Ashes, And Wherein The Incense Of

Acceptable Worship Was Offered Unto The Lord, Into A Place Of Resort

For Impious And Deluded Heretics With Their Tasteless Rites. Here,

With These Mournful Monitors Around Me, I Cannot Indulge In Private

Resentment While My Heart Is Breaking For The Sufferings Of My

People."

 

  

"It Is A Holy And A Commendable Frame Of Mind, My Brother," Said The

Stranger. "O, If The Spirit That Animates Thee Were Universal In Our

Order, How Might The Wilderness Of The World Be Made To Blossom As The

Rose Of Sharon, And The Lamentations Of Sion Be Converted Into Songs

Of Deliverance!"

 

  

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

  

 The Lost Hunter:

  

 

A Tale Of Early Times.

 

  

_By The Author Of_ "The Knight Of The Golden Melice."

 

  

12_Mo_. $1.25.

 

 

 "The Style Is Fluent And Unforced; The Description Of Character Well

Limned; And The Pictures Of Scenery Forcible And Felicitous. There Is

A Natural Conveyance Of Incidents To The _Denouement_; And The Reader

Closes The Volume With An Increased Regard For The Talents And Spirit

Of The Author.--_Knickerbocker Magazine_.

 

  

"The Style Is Direct And Effective, Particularly Fitting The

Impression Which Such A Story Should Make. It Is A Very Spirited And

Instructive Tale, Leaving A Good Impression Both Upon The Reader's

Sensibilities And Morals."--_Eclectic Magazine_.

 

 

 "An Interesting Plot, Dramatic Incidents, Characters Well Conceived

And Executed, Picturesque Sketches Of American Scenery, And A

Satisfactory _Denouement_, Are The Elements Of Success Which This New

Novel Invites."--_Ballou's Pictorial_.

 

  

"The Locale Of The Story Is At Norwich, Ct., The Time, A Generation

Ago, And It Embraces A Wide Range Of Characters, And Brings Into

Discussion A Variety Of Subjects. There Is No Feature Of The Book More

Worthy Of Commendation Than The Indian; This Is Worked Up With Great

Fidelity To The Character, Passions And Legendary History Of The

Aborigines, And Exhibits A Rare Acquaintance With Their Characteristics.

The Surprises Of The Story To The Reader Are Most Felicitously Arranged,

And The Conversations Introduced Are Keenly Bright."--_Springfield

Republican_.

 

 

 The Author Of This Work Has Not Favored The Public With His Name--And

Why, We Are At A Loss To Know, For It Is One Whose Authorship No One

Need Be Ashamed To Acknowledge. A Train Of Incidents, Now Pathetic,

Now Humorous, And Now Marvelous, Is Woven Together With An Ingenuity

Not Less Happy Than Remarkable. Any Reader, So Intense Will Become His

Interest, Who Shall Peruse The First Chapter, Will Find It Difficult

To Lay The Book Aside Before All Its Contents Shall Have Been

Devoured. And More, And Better, No One Can Read It Without Becoming

Wiser And Better--It Abounds With Wholesome Lessons."--_Examiner_.

 

 

 "No Clue Is Given To The Author Of This Story, But It Is Marked On

Every Page By Evidence Of A Practised Pen, Of Great Dramatic Power, Of

Experienced Judgment Of Character, And Of Rare Powers Of

Description."--_St. Louis Republican_.

 

  

"Something As Bright And Cheery As The Blue Skies And Sparkling Waters

Of The New-England Land Selected For The Scene Of Narrative; As Quaint

And Hearty As The Early Settlers Of The Northeastern States, Whence It

Draws Its Sketches Of Character, And As Wild And Picturesque In Places

As The Indian Legends Of That 'Long Time Ago' It So Cheerfully

Describes.

 

  

"Savage Life And Scenes Of The Forest Are Interwoven Like Threads Of

Purple And Crimson With The Pleasant Homespun Of Colonial Story; And,

Ere The Reader Has Ceased To Smile Over The Antics, Adventures And

Sports Of The Odd Specimens Of Early Yankee Character That Fill The

Foreground, He Is Charmed Into Silence By The Poetic Pomp Of Indian

Tradition And The Fiery Display Of Indian Loves And Hatreds.

 

  

"The Lost Hunter Is A Fine Specimen Of That Class Of American

Literature We Have Sought To Encourage, And We Will Not Mar The

Enjoyment Of Those Whom We Hope This Notice May Attract, By Any Brief,

Imperfect Shadowing Of The Story. Buy It, Read It, And You Will Find

It Amply Worth The Time."--_National Democrat_.

 

 

"We Were Prepared, By The Original And Facetious Style Of The Preface

Of This Book, For Something Out Of The Beaten Track; Nor Have We Been

Disappointed. The Plot Is Ingeniously Concealed, And Well Carried Out.

The Delineations Of Character Are Admirable. The Indian Legends, And

Specimens Of Indian Eloquence, Are Some Of Them Surpassingly

Beautiful; While The History Of The Hero Is So Exciting, And Withal So

Shrouded In Mystery, That There Is No Sagging Of The Interest Till The

Last Page Is Reached."--_Vermont Republican_.

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