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I had hoped to see at least one Representative committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms; but, on that day, the hardly-worked official had rest from his labors. I heard some "tall talking," enforced by much energy of gesture and resonance of tone; but not a period veiling on eloquence.
One more stride yet, and at last our leader's pistol flashed and we poured in a close volley, supported by a shower of heavy stones from the sturdy peasants behind. I could hear them splintering against casque and cuirass like hail upon a casement. The cloud of smoke veiling for an instant the line of galloping steeds and gallant riders drifted slowly aside to show a very different scene.
All this bit of country, indeed, is most interesting, picturesquely, industrially, and geologically, and on this perfect day, the second of October, every feature is beautified by the weather; large cumuli dropping violet shadows on the hills, deep ravines showing intensest purple, golden mists veiling the verdant valleys.
Emboldened by this emotion, the Spartan gave way to his passion and his joy. He clasped her in his arms his first embrace and kissed, with wild fervour, the crimsoned forehead, the veiling hands. Then, as he tore himself away, he cast his right arm aloft.
'By their fruits ye shall judge." Very dimly all this passed through her mind. She was perplexed and troubled at the confused ideas veiling her trust. "Beulah, I have an engagement, and must leave you. Stay here, if you like, or do as you please with yourself. I shall not be home to tea, so good-night." She looked pained, but remained silent.
The inscription had a double sense; while honoring the dead republican, it struck at the Empire: "Lincoln the Honest Man; abolished Slavery, reestablished the Union; Saved the Republic, without veiling the Statue of Liberty." Everywhere on the Continent the same swift apotheosis of the people's hero was seen.
Is it the nightly pressure of helplessness or is it the exalting separation from the turmoil of life that veiling of the world, in which for the soul nothing more remains but souls; is it therefore that the letters in which the loved name stands written on our spirit appear, like phosphorus-writing, by night, in fire, while by day in their cloudy traces they but smoke?
Tiny jets of flame and smoke shot from the level of the prairie, from over dingy mounds of sand, from behind the trunks of stunted trees, from low parapet of log or leather. Then the entire grove seemed veiling itself in a drifting film of blue, the whole charging circle to crown itself with a dun cloud of dust that swept eastward over the prairie, driven by the stiff, unhampered breeze.
Over the veiling whiteness, over the red roofs, and high above the church tower, the sky of a glorious July morning rose unstained to measureless arches of blue. As always in this early hour of the day, the postmaster thought of his own importance.
In arranging for church discipline, he advised that men should uncover the head, and women should wear the veil. But he said, in reference to that veil, that "woman should have power on her head, because of the angels." The angels are spoken of in the New Testament as veiling their faces in the very presence of the Creator.
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