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DAYS REMEMBERED

An Indian Legend of Wild Cat Rock, near Liverpool. N.S.i

Tilk not ill (iirck unless you understand it.
J'reach n(.t of love, unless you can (•oniniand it.
Too many lives waste i^'s in advisui^;,
VVl.en J their lS^l>''y oujiht to l.e devisin- !

Mi-u conK' before us, stron;--, and full of reason.
And tell us of it in and out of season ;
Yet all their moments never use it truly,
Debase their ^ifts in thin-s that are unruly.

The world is full of temples without power ;
Of resoluticms living' scarce an hour :
Of bri-ht hopes dying, and those Ion- snice <lead ;
Of saddaned features from which hope hath tied.

In cv'ry storm that ra-eth, life departeth.

The air is purer after lij-ht'niiiM <larteth.

Thing^s that we see, and those thiuo-s not appearuiji'.

All rest upon one fact, aud one sure hearing,'.

I stood upon a miglity I'ock of ages,

F<,rme<l ere the birth of earth's earliest sages.

Called "Wild Cat" by the peasants who snrroun<l it.

The' why, none ever could i.ropound it.

U stretches east and west, of furlongs many.
Tiion its western tude, a shade for a)iy
Who might need shelter when tiie days were torrid,
Or when the maple leaves were turning tlorid.

lifiiirinlii rill..

.\ii riuliiiii told iin' timt ill days \^)^\\^ ended,
A mijility river round flie pliiee had Itended ;
Had eovt^red all that now were niai'sliy jilai-es ;
Had met the «»eean in its wild endtraees.

His fathers lived around, and fished, and hunted,

( Where now in truth a tew s))niee trees stood stunted ;)

Had lived i,'o(td lives of usefulness, and pleasure,

And tlHai^lit their land would always prove their treasure

That once this rock liad lived within the ocean,

A nii{.dity fish, that ^'ave the water motion ;

And warretl with ev'ry form of life about it.

( He looked at me, and asked, "why did I doulit it '.")

Said he : 1 tell you that in days for;,'ottt'n,
When our younj,' maids were not arrayed in ('(jtton,
This ntek did not exist, as you liehold it.
Was not a roek at all 1 oft have told it.

Our tribes had sullered deep, and heavy losses,
.\nd murmured daily at these constant crosses ;
The Spirit i)aid no heed unto their ))leadin^',
And heads of tribes pive up all intereedinj;.

A. mighty fish would come within the river,
And ere one hand could stretch out to delivei'
Thereof our own from tiie destruction near them,
Would cau.se a fearful wave to outward Itear them.

Home in canoes ui)on tlic rushinu waters,
Out, out, far out, were taken sons and daughters ;
Who filled with terror from the monster roaring-.
Saw over them an angry temjiest pouring.

And none returned to comfort those remaining ;
And fear.s, and deej> distrusts were ever gaining
A ]iower over those who asked ]>rotection.
And ne'er received a hope in their dejection.

Homes were destroyed hy the dark monsters doing.
The youth and maid gave up the ways of wooing.
High waves at any time miglit swee}» the pathway
And scatter others with those now astray.

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rill' iMiT lodl.i'il tiiiuanl to ((iiniili'tt' cxtiiirtioii.
None ot' tlitiii liail the cuurii^'i', or (listiiictinii
To Itiil tin- ciuni'I' of the IhimI a ('casiiij,'
l''roiii cniL'l iiioM'iiiciits tliiit wi'ir not (leciviisini;.

A ^latlicriiij; ot" the tainilifs yt-t existin;,'
Was once more calli'u, to iiiiistioii if resisting;
Would ill tlir final \i\\ii tlit-m peace and power,
Or swt'ep tlnni from tlie r.iiuitry in an hour.

'' Kt'sist !"' tile elders said. Onee more petition
That tlie (Jreat Spirit, seein;,' our contrition,
Will send a swift deliver, with true ruling'
And perfect Us more with a lietter schooling.'.

To teach us liow the foe may lie confounded.
That we nuiy l)e with peaci' on all sides hounded.
To keep us closer unto truth and liK'ssin^'.
To ;,'ive us coura<ie when our sins confessing'.

A mi;^hty slujut went upward unto heaven.

And all the woods re-ech(»ed until even ;

Then darkness came, and fears came onward tlyin;,',

And hope again went swiftly to the dying.

All through the night the watchers waited slowly ;
And deeper came the darkness (tn them wholly ;
I'ntil ere morn the sentinels are slumhering,
And their dread foe again the host is nund)ering.

One tjutward rush of water will outswei'p them.
One mighty wave will sure forever keep them.
Xo more shall their dark forms in peace be drifted,
Or their strange praises unto (iod he lifted.

Vet ere the final rush of devastation
Hath been attemjited, as its first invasion,
A dazzling light far in the east ai»peareth.
And speaketh wisdom unto such that heareth.

Calm is the ocean, just its bosom heaveth.
Their enemy his liaunt a moment leaveth,
And rusheth out to meet the form he seeth
Then back again unto its pest it fleeth.

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The Mcntiiicls awiikcii, uiid tlit-y trcinlilc.

TIkmi all the suiils ajjuiii in liastc asMcniMc,

Filled part with ft-ar, ami part with hope nt" power

To oveiroiiie at last, tint' late the Iidiu'.

The eastern cloiuls are tiiiK<'<l with purple j,'li»winK.
With here and there a s|teek of Mue sky showin;:.
And Innn the li;;ht that eanie when all were sleeping.
Appeared a (Jod tn hold tlu-ni in his keeping'.

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riieir hearts are filled with terror. And while tnrnin;;:
To tiee afar from all this hitter Inirnini;,
A voice spoke calm, and elear, and fidl, niito them,
"The sufl"eiin;fs of yon all, oh, trihes I I knew them.

I saw yonr sorrow, and I heard yonr eryin;; ;
And lonj,' delayed myself, that all this tryin;;'
Should make you daily stronj^er in your labor,
And kiM>w more .syTiipathy for evVy neiyhhor.

Kehold ihine enemy, swollen with passion,
f sh-ill destroy him hy no eommon fashion.
He shall remove from out his place and keepin;;,
And he a mark of an eternal sleeping'."

Then o'er the earth eame darkness, and the thunder
Rolled low and lonj?. The forests fell asunder.
Forked light'ninji' threw its talons o'er the trouMe ;
And the vast deep heeame a hissinj,' huhhie.

The form of li^ht eame nearer to those V>ein^%
Whose chiefest thoughts were of immediate tleeiuKs.
It hade them wait the end, which could not harm them.
The' all the elements didst now alarm them.

He hid the great disturber of their ]>leasure

To cea.se from heneeforth, and to no more measure

Its mighty pride with things beyond its knowing.

That heaven and earth had learned to curse its showing.

The field of water trembled at its foaming.
And all the energies of its past roaming
Were gathereil for a final rush of si)lendor
T'pon these tribes, and then on the defender.

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Till! wutt'TH parteil iit its (uiwanl s|HMMli!i;; ;
And all iiroiiml was »'v'ry Hliort' rfcftlin^'.
Victniidiis oiH'c a;:aiii it looked, and tliouj,dit it.
Wlifii In, till' rivt.T vanished, i-aith had caught it I

This iniKlity fish, a Nvhal«\*thi' Indian calli'd it,
Found t'i'oin its home a tori'or that a|i|iallt'd it.
The sini shone out upon its form alone,
And their di'liviTiT tuiiit'd it into stone.

O'er oci'Hn's hed tho waters nuiv. inoiv mil.

Tlie ones onre ta'eii were l)rouuht Itark sat'i' antl whole

All gather round this savi(»ur, and deelait!

That they are willing' of his life to share.

The sweetest maiden unto liim is taken,
And tells that for him >iie hath all forsaken.
♦She prays iiim rest himself, and l»e tlu'ir leafier,
The trihe'.s own (iod, its one eternal pleader.

Around his neck her dark-dyed arms are meeting,' ;
And from her eyes love seeketh love's repeating.
Soft kis.ses fall upon tho weary feature.s
Of him who hore deep .sorrow for all ereatures.

."hild, he e.xclaim.s, 1 cannot have th.\ pleasure.
To other men you sliall l»e holy treasure.
'I'hou knowest not of love as I behold it,
And if thou didst, thou never wouldst enfold it.

Love unto me i.\ to he constant dyin^' ;
To rescue men, yet from them ever tlyin^' ;
To hear their praises, and not of it to li.steu,
To see n > grandeur where your hri^ihtest ;;listen.

Iieturn unto thy people, and obey them.
The noble deeds of all, truly portray them.
Love always ruled, far in the (hiys for^'otten,
E'en days themselves were never here be;<otten.

'Nt'TK,— Al)ou( a milt' lowiutls Milion from the Uri^tol side of l,i\cr])ool tin- lock has a
little likeness to a hea\.v-li('a<leil specie of wlmle such as is not foiiriil in
these waters.

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The even came, and he their friend was niovinji;
Far off from them, and other mortals proving.
A i)eace he left, that each tried with ex|ilainiii^
To prove why it was constantly remaining.

The sluul(jvv of the rock in weary ]»laces
Bid them again lift up their .saddened faces,
To gaze with awe upon their foe bef(.re them
Whose veign of horror now no more was o'er them.

Hope smiled again, iUid homes again were gladdened,
Witli those in joy, whom once much grief had maddened
Their one Great Spirit loved them with a kindness
That drove away deep doubt, and all its hlindtiess.

FINAL.

1 stood and viewed the land ib<jut, around me,
The trees, the river ; and the evening found me
Loo'ving u}ion the ocean, eastward laying
With all its fishing crafts, wear>^ of straying.

Some came within the harbor for a resting ;
Others continued the long billows breasting.
Then night came down where once salvation entered,
And all my thoughts upon th.at tale were centred.

And there before me lay a village sleeping, —
The town of Liverpool, in sacred keepuig :
Unconscious of events that made the rock-mound.
And all its coast-line varying, and rock-bound.

Out on the sea, lights from the sliii ' were gl<)wing ;
And far beyond, the stars of the unknowing
Shone deep, and clear, and tender, to my seeing,
And taught me moi-e of the Creator Being.

I find the beautiful is ever near us ;
To give us peace, to comfort, and to cheer us.
Where'er we stand is full of earnest story,
Of trial, failure, and of final glory.

lilVKRl'OOL, N. S.

.Jul.v, 1898.

DAYS REMEMBERED

( An Incident in the Late War with Spain )

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I remember when the sol.Uer parted from that one in sorrow,

Who had vitd(UMl up her life into his own ;
And liot tears fr.-m eu h. were falling, bitter tears of bitter weeping.

Mingling with the broken spirit's heart-life moan.

He raised her tear bathed forehead 'till it rested on his bosom,

\nd imi)rinted on the trembling lips a kiss.
Wliile the village kine looked shyly, full of wonder and amazement,

At the strange and earnest doings sueh as this 1

See 1 the ten.ler lips have met his with no words of a reprovrl,

Ah ! a lover's parting, friends, is sacred time :
For this life is so uncertain^ and true sei.arations deadening.

And too many unjust cravings in our clime 1

And a friendship here once broken with a true and honest lover

In this fleeting time may never be renewed.
Then we mourn in secret places o'er the shameful sudden parting,

E'en when fully with the worldly scenes imbued.

Other tears have left the fountain, and a sigh escapes the prison.

As he draweth her yet ch)ser to his breast ;
And the faltering lii-s they whispered, "Oh 1 my darling, precious
darling.

Let us luunbly trust in (iod who knoweth best."

L must obey the order, for my n<.ble country needs me,

And I am sure you would not wish me stay.
Yet my love is not cold growing, nor my only hope despairing,

And never shall while other paths 1 stray.

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Rememheretl...

If had I my will my dearest 1 would never leave your iiresence,

It sheds a holy comfort over me,
And when f)n the march with comrades, or where e'er the soldiers'diity.

My inward thou^dits shall l»e of (Jod and thee.

Of the God who thus far led me through the evil days with lriuni[ili ;

Who hath ke{)t this life 'mid dangers, amid ill.
I'nto Him command my sjiirit, I have found Tlini evei' faithful,

And I au! sure he doeth justly still.

Then of thee. For we have promised to share life's toil together.

To bear each other's burdens nobly on.
Unto Him who gave thee to me shall 1 trust in this dark future.

And He will not forget the soldier gone.

If I fall when fierce the battle storm is raging loud around me,

Ere other earth shall cover up this frame ;
I will come to thee in spirit, and will gently l)re;ik the soi ow

That may gather o'er your lover and his name.

Then another kiss and i)arted. He dare nf)t look behind him.

For a bitter sadness filled his humble soul,
And his heart cried out in anguish to the God of love and i>ity, —

To the God who doth the paths of worlds control.

When the darkness slowly covered uj) tl.e hills, the vale, the forest,

A sorrow-stricken soul awoke again ;
And it hastened to the mansion with the earthly form in trend >ling,

With the head bowed low in deathly weak'ning i)ain.

O'er the ocean wave a steamer bore her lover from his country
To where fevered winds in fierceness sometimes blow ;

And he paced the deck with sadness deeply seated 'neath his forehead,
And a longing of the future days to know.

Far in the distant looming as a sudden gath'ring tempest,

The land of deep-blood battles now ai)peared :
And his thoughts Hew back to Mary, whom he left in sadness weeping,

And 'twas only for this loved-one that he feared.

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Yet each day would l>e one nearer to the time of the home man'hiii;^'

And earh day one less obeying of command :
After battles well contested had each added to his glory,

And the honor to this mighty freedom land.

(^nick he shuddered as so sudden came there swiftly to remembntnec

Of a vision which last night in beauty fell.
Of a i)lace of untohl glory, amid lights of tender shining,

Where the wearied souls of saddened one . might dwell.

.Nfusic tilled the sacre<l country, far beyond his expectatiou,

Sweetest music as his ear had never heard,
And how soon he grew accustomed to the grand angelic anthems I

Yes I he thought he could repeat them word for word I

While he listened to the jtraises that were tilling him with rapture,

And the harpers with their notes in holy chord ;
He beheld a form of glory clothed in s[)otless robes of pureness,

And the name he bore was "Jesus, the Christ, the Lord."

And to him he said, "come over, we are waiting brother for you.

All thy life-work among men on earth is o'er ;

Thou art not too yijung to meet us, old age dangers would destroy
thee.

Old age trials too would sweei) thee past the shore."

"Soon the soul you love will enter, here to rest in i»eace eternal,

And with you I too shall the fir.st welcome give.
Then the bitter pangs from parting will have disappeared in greeting,

And all past hoi»eless hopes shall bloom to live.''

This the dream the soldier pondered, and he knew its true fore-
telling, —

That he on the field of battle soon should die.

He woidd bravely meet the ending with a calm and perfect trusting

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Fiercely raged the battle round him, now the foe is swiftly tlying,

And he heard his soldiers shouts of victory ;
Yet he did not heed the cheering of great joy uV-r foemen driven;

He was dying, slowly dying, peacefidly.

I'enifiiilicrrd...

('oiuradu.s raisocl tlic iiiaii^lcd t'on.'liead on tlie bloody field of hattle.

Comrades .sought to give liiiu comfort, give him rest ;

Vet he knew not of their kindness, for liis mind had homeward
wan(h'red,

As a free-let hird straight wingeth to its nest.

And the f(trm he loved was near him in the evening of his dying,

Ves ! he saw her ere the spirit sought its home ;
And he fell asleep at midnight with a smile of ju-ace upon him,

Witii bright starlight tilling all the mighty dome.

His faithful one that midnight rose to walk her huud)le chandier,

For all sleep refused her ] (leading to return.
And she deemed that spirits hovered near, around, and all about her:

Then the lamp was (piickly set to dindy burn.

Swifter than the swallows" flitting, or the light'nings flash on mortals,
TTnnamed brightness tilled the; (piiet sleeping room,

And she sprang unt<» the wimlow as a thought of tire crossed hei',
F'eering far into the chilling, silent gloom.

Vet the light was not earth's brightnuss, n(.>r its peaeefuluess earth's
keeping ;

These were sacred scenes of an eternal view.
Vivid, strange sensations crossed her, still she felt no fear or terroi-,

In these m<)ments of revealing, strangely new.

As she turned unto the mantle where the carved clock was pealing,

Slowly ringing (jut the startling midnight hour :
Clear before lier rose her lover, calm and pale, and gently smiling,

With all the old-time will and former power.

Sacred peace lay o'er his features, peace as [(assetli our weak
knowledge :

Peace, that luortals of this earth have never known.
Lovingly he looked uiion her, bei'koning at once to follow.

Ami then he went into the silent night alone.

Morning light had long arisen o'er the mansion and surroundings

And the parents humbly waited for their child.
Why wasab.sent Mary's presence? Such a thing had never hai»i)euetl.

How they missed the morning greeting ever mild !

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Still they iisteiu'd loi' Iht t'ootscps. Tlicn a scrxiiit iiuick was
sniiinioiicd ;

"(Jo and kiUH-k at Marys ddor and call lier down !"

Vt't no voici' tlif kiKukin;; lu'odcd, and tlii' sci'vant slowly told tliiMu,

"All is still and stranjivly (|nit't witii your own."

Ilisiug (luickly t'roiii their arnudiairs, Followed closely liy tlie servant,

Father, mother slowly sta.u^er up the stair ;
And they enter in the ehaniher of the one they love so dearly,

Who was known ainoii);' the masses as "The Fair."

There upon the earjjet layin.u, was their dau^diter pale and deathly.

And from her lips there dropped ileep whitish foam ;
While tlie hands u'raspecl wildly, tiizhtlv, it some unseen form around
her.

And the death glazed eyes with va<ant stare would roam.

Then tiiey ipiiekly raised the fainting;', and they hatiied the fevered
tem])les,

' )li ! with tiieir hands they eagerly worked (»n :

I'ntil the toil rewarded well l>y a siyii of life retunnn.u',

And at leuiith the total couseiousness is won.

Kre the noon-tide meal was ready. Mary told of the deep vision,

Of the ^ilory, of th.e lieauty of the set'ue,
Of the lijiht, its tliizzliu;^' hri^htness, of her ealmness in that monient,

( )f liei' lover, of the trrandeur of his mien.

Then she told li.-r tremhiiu;.,' )>arents that when he was partint-' from

her.

(Heedinji' as a soldier tnu- the country's call ;)
That he said his spirit j,'ently would disclo.se to her the sadness,
If he for the nations sake should fall.

" i am sure that he has fallen on the hlood-stained Cuban island,

I am sure that he will never come a,i,'ain.
And I know that shortly 1 shall .uo to meet him in that restiuj^'.

Free from sorrow, free fi'om partinji'. free from pain.""

I )reary rose the mansions l)eariu;n' in the dawn of the next morninj;',

(Jhostly shadctws slowly strolled alonjj' the vale,
Throuj^ii a path-road spe<l a horseman sti'aij,dit unt<» the (h.Mth-

wrappe

dwell

Weai'ied with the race o"er rockv hill and dale

lieineiiihereil.

rp till' KiHvelled path lie speedetli, iK'cdiii;; not the wjitrli-dog';

itiiyiuK

Never noticiuf; the sihiDcc o'er the ])lace :
Than with sudden hound he lea|»eth from th(^ sa(hlK' to tli<' (h)orwa.v,
(Quickly s\vee|)inj;' off" the dawn dew tV<ini his face.

Then lie holds the jJoHshed knocker, raised it thriee. As many echoes

Art! resounding throu^^ji the sad-toned loonis and hall

And

a servant liastneth to luni to receivi! a niessaj^e

That \vhi<Oi yesterday was made known to thi'iii all.

Then the servant tells the horseman of tiie stran.iic, the real appearinj;'

Into Mary, (»f Jier lover, in the ^doom,
( )f the (iiidin<;' her nn<'()nseious, of her story when restored,

And of her now slowly dyiny in the room.

The morning's dullness fa(h'd, and there rose a noonday's splendor,

That hriyhtened up the sorrowiii'' ones, the ill.
It thronged in IkiI, ,ulory through <"he chamher of tlie dyinj;.

And shed deep lustre o'er the western hill.

Dear friends sought to stay the spirit that Wii winjiin^' fast its
presence

To that restin.n' where another sjtirit lay.

h]artlily ties are rent, are riven. Human help of none availing'.

Soul-deep frii'uds in bitter anjrnish weep to-day.

N'es, in vain ! a ray of hri,i,ditne,s.s, far beyond all other shining'

Shed a sweet jjcace on ev'ry wee]»inji' ftM-m ;
Then callin.i'- to her lover, wliotn she saw in ^lory waiting',

Slie turned away fr(>m home, and tryin.u' storm.

Slie entered in. The evening' clouds were ^-raiidly clothed in pur))le :

The settiiif"' sun sank in a <>'ol(len wave.
No tierce wild wind swe})t over those remainiuir here as mourners.

No myriad foes arose to chill the bi-ave.

The ui^dit came on. The heart-sick souls were in deep silence bending'.

O'er the still form of her they loved so well,
And ja-ayers went up unto the throne of .ijfrace for deeper comfort.

And on sad hearti'd (uies a deeper comfort fell.

Nkvv (Ji.ASdiiu. N. S.

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