Part 9 (1/2)
”I am not understood Why, the Jews prove my theory If they had not been a superior race, they would long ago have been extinct But their nureat as it ever was The Indians, however, are vanishi+ng”
”And, really, Mr Bernard,” said his wife, ”on your own principles, they will be no loss, if they do vanish If a superior race succeeds, all the better”
”Right, right,to quote Latin They have had their day, and fulfilled their design”
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”There are many laws and purposes at work in the rise and fall of nations,” said the s over the devoted tribes; and, assign what reasons we please for their decay, there is only one satisfactory reason into which all the others are resolvable, viz: the determination of Providence That determination is obvious As the inhabitants of Canaan, were swept away for their iniquities, so is the red race destined to be extinguished; and it may be for a like reason--they will not abandon their aboenerally, I believe,” said William Bernard
”Alas, that word nis fatuus_ to mislead--a broken reed to lean on”
”But,” inquired Faith, anxiously, ”do you think, sir, that nothing can be done for those who are left?”
”I see but little prospect of it,” said Mr Robinson
”There are so them,” said the doctor, warmly ”I wish I was as sure of my own salvation as I am of poor Esther's”
This discussion scarcely disturbed the conversation between Anne Bernard and Pownal, who, ht, found hiuity seeirl
What is the charives boldness to the ti; which kindles the eye with a brighter lustre, and imparts a softer tone to the voice: which colors the cheek with frequent blushes, and fills the heart with unwonted flutterings? Sweet maiden, can you tell? Yet, what could they have so , and they who have not forgotten the feelings of youth will readily find an answer
”My heart warms to the Indians,” said Pownal, in a low tone, ”whenever I hear them spoken of It appears to , ”as if I were a sort of relation Were I a believer in the transration of souls, I should think I had been, in some previous existence, an Indian myself”
”Probably a Sachem, with your hair nicely shaved, except a little which was caught up into a knot like a cock's co Anne ”How elegantly yousome Indian Princess, with your face beautifully painted in all the colors of the rainbow, only handsomer How I should have liked to see you
Hard-hearted must have been the fair who could resist such charh at me; it is very ridiculous, but”--
”And then to think of the sad change that has befallen you! To subside fro succatash with an Indian Princess, into a ta apples to a poor little Yankee girl! I do not wonder you were melancholy and tried to shoot yourself”
”It was the most fortunate shot I ever made, since”--
”I aht have been transwam, and resumed your addresses to the Princess”
”Your fancy outstrips mine I find it hard, by the side of a real Princess, to think of an iinary one”
”Faithless, like all your fickle sex Ah me, poor princess!”
Here Mrs Bernard made a motion to rise, which was followed by the other ladies, and as Anne turned away she said:--
”You who have setyou, which please to consider a punishs”
”And a severe one,” said Pownal
But a short tientle room, where ill leave them to look after some other friends of ours
Upon the conclusion of his duties, Felix had opportunity to extend the rights of hospitality to General Ransome, who, true to his promise, had not failed to make his appearance in due time in the kitchen
There the worthy warrior had been received with all custoh-back chair, awaited his share of the entertainment And when the time arrived, seated between his friends, and opposite two other servants, there were few, if any, lighter and more careless hearts that day than the General's