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166 wild princess and her posterity. This march of soldiers along the street betokens the breaking-out of King Phillip's war; and these young men, the flower of Essex, are on their way to defend the villages on the Connecticut; where, at Bloody Brook, a terrible blow shall be smitten, and hardly one of that gallant band be left alive. And there, at that stately mansion, with its three peaks in front, and its two little peaked towers, one on either side of the door, we see brave Captain Gardner issuing forth, clad in his embroidered buff-coat, and his plumed cap upon his head. His trusty sword, in its steel scabbard, strikes clanking on the door-step. See how the people throng to their doors and windows, as the cavalier rides past, reining his mettled steed so gallantly, and looking so like the very soul and emblem of martial achievement, destined, too, to meet a warrior s fate, at the desperate assault on the fortress of the Narragansetts!

&quot;The mettled steed looks like a pig,&quot; interrupts the critic, &quot;and Captain Gardner himself like the devil, though a very tame one, and on a most diminutive scale.&quot;

&quot;Sir, sir!&quot; cries the persecuted showman, losing all patience,—for, indeed, he had particularly prided himself on these figures of Captain Gardner and his horse,—&quot;I see that there is no hope of pleasing you. Pray, sir, do me the favor to take back your money, and withdraw!&quot;

&quot;Not I!&quot; answers the unconscionable critic. &quot;I am just beginning to get interested in the matter. Come! turn your crank, and grind out a few more of these fooleries.&quot;

The showman rubs his brow impulsively, whisks the little rod with which he points out the notabilities of the scene,—but, finally, with the inevitable acquiescence of all public servants, resumes his composure, and goes on.

Pass onward, onward, Time! Build up new houses here, and tear down thy works of yesterday, that have already the rusty moss upon them! Summon forth the minister to the abode of the young maiden, and bid him unite her to the joyful bridegroom! Let the youthful parents carry their first-born to the meeting-house, to receive the baptismal rite! Knock at the door, whence the sable line of the funeral is next to issue! Provide; other successive generations of men,