| Show I The Ue Death Dealt of M By H. H W. W Lo ww O 0 the long loOK and add reary Winter O 0 the co cold l and cruel Winter rI Bv Ever thicker t bicker thicker Froze lh ice lc on lake Jake and nil river fiver Ever dt deeper lr det deeper r. r d de dep pr r Fell the t snow now or oer all rho the landscape Fell the covering If snow OW and fl rift d Through the tho for forest t. t round the Iho village Hardly from his bin lJur burled buried d wigwam Could the hunter force torce a II pa ag s With hi his hilt mittens mitten and hi his hi snow sho II It ho hon 0 n s Vainly walk walked d he the iho forest it Sought for fur bird or beast l and ami found none Saw no track of f deer or rabbit In the snow beh beheld ld no too foo prints print print v vIn In the tho ghastly gleaming forest Fell lell and aud could nl nut rUe rise from r Perished there thore train from cold and hun hunger r. r O 0 the famine and aud the f fever ever O 0 the wasL wasting n of the thu famine O 0 th the of the f f. f verl ver 0 o tho the wailing of tho the children I Io O 0 tho anguish of the th women All the earth narth way was dick aud and l Hungry wax was the thu air around t lIun Hungry ry was wall the sk sky above them And tho the hungry stars in ill heaven Like the eyes of wolves glared at them I Into Hiawatha's as a's wigwam Came two silent guests and gloomy Waited not to to be invited Did not parley at the tho doorway Sat San there thero without word of welcome in II the seat fleat of Laughing Water Walt ri Looked with haggard laggard eyes and anti hollow At t the face of Laughing Water And the foremost said me mel I am Famine And Aud tho the other sad nad x xam I 1 am Foyer u And Aud the thu lovely lIun l Shuddered an as they lok looked d upon ht her r Shuddered at tho ao-tho tho words they uttered Lay dowse on her bed in ill silence deuce lid Hid her face but out made matle no answer Lay ay there freezing burning At Atthe ho looks they ther eal caul al upon her hor At Vt t trl trio u fearful word words they uttered I lulu into Lh the empty fur forest tlc Rushed the maddened Hiawatha In n his nis heart was deadly sorrow In III n nid niel faro e a stony Uri OJ u u ni nis I 10 the sweet sweat f anguish Started blurted but J jr u. froze and find fell not Vt Wrap iJ tl I d larr or hunting WIth hl ills mighty might bow of ash tree tre With his quiver of If arrows With hid hie mittens milieus Into nto the thu vast and ancl vacant forest forestOn forestOn forestOn On his ht- snow shoes strode he tiO forward Gitche f the tho Mighty Cried with he- he with his face uplifted In n that bitter hour our of anguish Give your children food tood 0 O father Give us food or we must perish Give me for Minnehaha For Minnehaha my dying Through the resounding far forest Through h the tho forest vast and vacant Ran Rang that thaI Cl err cry of desolation But Dut there came carne no other othor answer Than th the echo of hit his crying Than the echo cello of the woodlands Minnehaha ha I Minnehaha I IAU All AU long roved Hiawatha In n that that melancholy forest lorest bike bad whosel thick thick- eta ete In n days of Summer Of that forgotten Summer Lie He had bag brought his young wife homeward FoD the on the laud land Of f the When the b in the tho thickets And Aud the tho streamlets laughed and glistened And the air ail was full of ot fragrance And the lovely Laughing Water Said Raid with voice that did not tremble I 1 will follow Collow you yon my husband 1 I In the wigwam with Nokomis With tho those e gloomy guests that that- watched her With the Famine and th the Fever Sh She was walt lying the Ibo Beloved Sh the dying dlug Minnehaha said I hear bear a ru rushing rush hin h- h in ing lear Bear a a. roaring and a ru rushing hing Hoar Hear the falls of Minnehaha Calling to me from a distance No Nu my old Nokomis Nokomi Tie fis the in tho the wind night-wind trees pine saidI aldI t nee eee ee my father Standing lonely at his bis doorway Beckoning to tome me from his pis Vj wigwam In the In-the the land of the tho 1 No old Nokomis the smoke that waves and beckous beckons II Ah I said the tho eyes of or Glare upon me in the tho darkness I can feel fingers Clasping mine amid the darkness darkness 1 Hiawatha Hiawatha And nd tho the desolate Hiawatha Far ar a away way amid amid th the f forest rest Miles away among the mountains mountains' Heard Eleard th that t sudden cr cry of an anguish Heard the voice of Calling to him in the darkness Hiawatha l' l Hiawatha Hia Over snow fields waste and pathless Under snow snow-en snow encumbered branches Homeward hurried Hiawatha I handed Empty heavy hearted Heard Nokomis moaning walling wailing n Would that I had bad perished for you Would that I were dead as you ou arel W And he rushed into the tho wigwam Saw the old Nokomis slowly Rocking to tn and fro and moaning Saw Minnehaha J Lying ing dead and cold before him And his hill bursting heart within him Uttered such RuCh a cry of anguish That the forest moaned and shuddered That the very stars titans in heaven he Shook Shank and trembled with his anguish h. h Then he sat Hat down still and speechless 1 J On the bed of Minnehaha At the feet of Lau Laughing Water I Continued on Page 4 n t T i T J 1 r c i The h Death of Minnehaha i w Continued from Page 1 7 A AZ Ai b those those willing feet leot that never neverMore 7 More would lightly run to meet him him him- v Never more would li lightly follow With both hands his face tace he hu covered S Sven Seven ven lon long days and nights he sat there tt As if Ie in a swoon ho he sat there here Speechless motionless unconscious y Q Of the daylight or ortho the tho darkness ti Then they buried Minnehaha In the snow a grave they made her I In the tho forest deep and Underneath tho the moaning hemlocks Clothed her in her richest garments j N r Wrapped her in her robes of ermine ermine Co Covered her with snow like ermine Thus they buried Minnehaha And at ni night ht a fire was lighted lighte d On her grave four times was kindled it For her soul upon its journey To tho the the tho Islands of tho Blessed f From his doorway Hiawatha Saw It burning in the forest r Lighting up the gloomy hemlocks From his sleepless bed uprising From the be bed of Minnehaha Stood and watched it at the doorway That it might not be extinguished it Might not leave her in the darkness I said said he 1 I g If Farewell 0 O my Laughing Water I tt t. t All An my heart is buried with you All my thou thoughts go on onward ward with you yoni 1 Come Como not back again to labour ot Come not back a again aln to suffer fi Where the tho Famine and the Fever J Wear the heart and waste the body E. E Soon my task vill viii be completed 1 r r Soon your footsteps I shall follow To the Islands of or the Blessed To the kin kingdom dom of t. t To the land of the Hereafter |
