ow on their stalks, it must have looked
to the soaring eagle, gazing from his "pride of place," like a vast
nest in a green leafy frame.

Around this building, at some little distance, viz., at the edge of
the encircling forest, were scattered some four or five wigwams, or
Indian lodges, made of the bark of trees, from some of which smoke
curled lazily up into the blue sky, imparting assurance thereby of
their being inhabited, though the presence of some naked children near
the entrances, who were shooting with little bows at marks, and
amusing themselves in other ways, made any such indication
unnecessary.

As the soldier drew near, he heard more and more distinctly musical
sounds, and presently could distinguish the tinkling of a guitar,
accompanied by a female voice. He stopped and listened. The air was
slow and solemn, the notes were soft and clear, and the words sweet,
but not English. There was a rich luxuriance, yet pathos in the music,
like the utterances of a spirit whose hopes were mingled with
reminiscences of joys which it had lost. How long Philip listened, he
knew not, so entranced was he by the sounds. It was a long time since
he had heard such delicious strains, and the effect upon him was
therefore the greater. Suddenly they ceased, as if his approach had
been discovered, and immediately thereafter, a man stepped out upon
the piazza. Philip recognized him at once as the young man to whom
Prudence had sent a message, and whom he himself had called Master
Arundel.

He was a fair-haired youth of some twenty-three or four years, with
that clear, bright complexion so common among the English, and which
they owe to their foggy climate and habit of exercise in the open air.
Dark blue eyes looked out joyously from a handsome face, which would
have been effeminate, so delicate were the features and rosy the tint
of the cheeks, but for a brown moustache, which shaded the lip, and
redeemed it from the imputation. His doublet and hose were of a dark
green cloth, as was also the cap he held in his hand, and he wore
boots made of yellow leather, reaching above the knee, and full at the
top. Around his neck was a white band, like those worn by the
wealthier colonists. This young gentleman first spoke.

"Ha! Achilles, or Coeur de Lion from captivity," or to fashion my
speech more into the humor of this new world, "O, Daniel from the
lion's den, greatly doth my heart rejoice at thy deliverance."
"Welcome, good Phi