SERIAL
, STORY J
Courtship
ef oMiles
Standish
With Illustration
Chandler Christy
The Lover's Errand
i So the strong will prevailed, and Al
den went on his errand.
Out of the street of the village, and
into the paths of the forest.
Into the tranquil woods, where blue
birds and robins were building
Towns in the populous trees, with
hanging gardens of verdure.
Peaceful, aerial cities of Joy and af
fection and freedom.
All around him was calm, but within
him commotion and conflict.
Love contending with friendship, and
self with each generous Impulse.
To and fro in his breast his thoughts
were heaving and dashing.
As In a foundering ship, with every
roll of the vessel.
Washes the bitter sea. the merciless
surge of the ocean!
"Must I relinquish it all." be cried
with a wild lamentation,
"Must I relinquish it all, the Jcy, the
hope, the illusion?
Was it for this I have loved, and
waited, and worshiped In silence?
Was it for this I have followed the
flying feet and the shadow
Over the wintry sea, to the desolate
shores of New England?
Truly the heart is deceitful, and out
of its depths of corruption
Rise, like an exhalation, the misty
phantoms of passion;
Angels of light they seem, but are
only delusions of Satan.
All is clear to me now; I feel It, I see
it distinctly:
This is the hand of the Lord; it is
laid upon me in anger,
For I have followed too much the
heart's desires and devices.
Worshiping Ashtoreth blindly, and
Impious idols of Baal.
This is the cross I must bear; the sin
and the swift retribution."
So through the Plymouth woods John
Alden went on his errand;
Crossing the brook at the ford, where
it brawled over pebble and shal
low.
Gathering still, as he went, the May
flowers blooming around him.
Fragrant, filling the air with a strange
and wonderful sweetness.
Children lost in the woods and cov
ered with leaves in their slumber.
"Puritan flowers." be said, "and the
type of Puritan maidens.
"Modest and simple and sweet, the
very type of Priscllla!
So I will take them to her: to Priscllla
the May flower of Plymouth,
.Modest and simple and sweet, as a
parting gift will I take them;
Breathing their silent farewells, as
they fade and wither and perish,
Soon to be thrown away, as is the
heart of the giver."
Bo through the Plymouth woods John
Alden went on bis errand;
Came to an open space, and saw the
disk of the ocean,
Sallless, somber and cold with the
comfortless breath of the east
wind;
Saw the new-built house, and people
at work In a meadow;
Heard, as he drew near the door, the
musical voice of Priscllla
Singing the hundredth Psalm, the
grand old Puritan anthem.
Music that Luther sang to the sacred
words of the Psalmist,
Full of the breath of the Lord, con
soling and comforting many.
Then, as he opened the door, he be
held the form of the maiden
Seated beside ber wheel, and the
carded wool like a snow-drift
Piled at her knee, her white hands
feeding the ravenous spindle.
While with her foot on the treadle
she guided the wheel in Its motion.
Open wide on her lap lay the well
worn psalm-book of Alnsworth,
Printed in Amsterdam, the words and
music together.
Rough-hewn, angular notes, like stones
in the wall of a churchyard.
Darkened and overhung by the run
ning vine of the verses.
Such waa the book from whose pages
be sang the old Puritan antbera.
She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude
of the forest,
Making the humble bouse and the
modest apparel of homespun
Beautiful with her beauty, and rich
with the wealth of her being!
Over him rushed, like a wind that la
keen and cold and relentless.
Thoughts of what might have been,
and the weight and woe of his er
rand; All the dream that had faded, and
all the hopes that bad vanished.
All his life henceforth a dreary and
tenantless mansion,
Haunted by vain regrets, and pallid,
orrowful faces.
SUU he said to himself, and almost
fiercely he said It:
"Let Dot him that putteth his band to
the plow look backward;
Though the plowshare cut through
the flower of life to tu fountains.
Though It pass o'er the graves of the
dead and the hearths of the living.
It 1 the will of the Lord; and Ills
mercy endureth for ever!"
So he entered the house: and the
hum of the wheel and the singing
Suddenly ceased ; for Priscllla, aroused
by his step on the threshold.
Rose as he entered, and gave him her
hand, in signal of welcome.
Saying. "I knew it waa you, when I
heard your step In the passage;
For I was thinking of you, as I sat
there singing and spinning."
Awkward and dumb with delight, that
a thought of him had been mingled
Thus in the sacred psalm, that came
from the heart of the maiden,
Silent before her he stood, and gave
her the flowers for an answer.
Finding no words for his thought. He
remembered that day in the
winter.
After the first great snow, when he
broke a path from the village.
Reeling and plunging along through
the drifts that encumbered the
doorway.
Stamping the snow from his feet as
he entered the house, and PrUcllla
Laughed at his snowy locks, and gave
him a seat by the fireside.
Grateful and p'eased to know he had
thought of her in the snow-storm.
Had he but spoken then, perhaps not
in vain bad ho spoken;
Now it was all too lat;the golden mo
ment had vanished!
So he stood there abashed, and gave
her the flowers for an answer.
Then they sat down and talked of
the birds and the beautiful spring
time. Talked of their friends at home, and
the Mayflower that sailed on the
morrow.
I have been thinking all day," said
gently the Puritan maiden.
Dreaming all night, and thinking all
day, of the hedge-rows of Eng
land. They are In blossom now, and the
country Is all like a garden;
Thinking of lanes and fields, and the
song of the lark and the linnet.
Seeing the village street, and familiar
faces of neighbors
Going about as of old. and stopping
to gossip together.
And, at the end of the street, the vil
lage church, with the ivy
Climbing the old gray tower, and the
quiet graves in the churchyard.
"Why Don't You Speak
Kind are the people I live with, and
dear to me my religion;
SU11 my heart Is so sad, that I wish
myself back In Old England.
Tou will say It Is wrong, but I can not
help IU I almost
Wish myself back in Old England, I
feel so lonely and wretched."
Thereupon answered the youth: "In
deed I do not condemn you;
Stouter hearts than a woman's have
quailed in this terrible winter.
Tours is tender and trusting, and
needs a stronger to lean on;
So I have come to you now, with an
an offer and proffer of marriage
Made by a good man and true. Mi lee
Standish, the Captain of Ply
mouth!" Thus be delivered bis message, the
dexterous writer of letters
Did not embellish the theme, nor ar
ray it In beautiful phrases.
But came straight to the point, and
blurted It out like a schoolboy;
Even the Captain himself could hard
ly have said It mors bluntly.
Mute with amazement and sorrow,
Priscllla, the Puritan maiden.
Looked Into Alden'a face, her eyes
dilated with wonder,
Feeling his words like a blow, that
stunned ber and rendered her
speechless;
Till at length she exclaimed, Inter
ruptlng the ominous silence:
IX ths great Captain of riymouta Is
Mgsd av y
t Y ' IV-& J
T to very eager to wed me.
Why does he not come himself, and
take the trouble to woo me?
If I am not worth the wooing, I surely
am not worth the winning!"
Then John Alden began explaining
and smoothing the matter.
Making it worse as he went, by say
ing the Captain was busy-
Had no time for such things; such
things! the words grating harshly
Fell on the ear of Priscllla; and awitt
as a flash she made answer:
"Has be no time for such things, as
you call It, before he Is married.
Would he be likely to find it, or make
it, after the wedding?
That Is the way with you men; you
don't understand us, you can not.
When you have made up your minds.
after thinking of this one and
that one.
Choosing, se'ectlng, rejecting, com
paring one with another.
Then you make known your desire.
with abrupt and sudden avowal.
And are offonded and hurt, and Indlg
nant perhaps, that a woman
Does not respond at once to a love
that she never susiwcted.
Does not attain at a bound the height
to which you have been climbing.
This is not ritiht nor Just: for surely
a woman's affection
Is not a thing to be asked fur, and
had for only the asking.
When one Is truly in love, one not
only says It, but shows It.
Had he but waited a while, had he
only showed that he loved me.
Even this Captain of yours who
knows? at last might have won
Die,
Old and rough as he Is; but now it
never can happen."
Still John Alden wont on, unheeding
the words of Priscllla,
t'rging the suit of his friend, explain
ing, persuading, expanding;
Spoke of his courage and skill, and ol
all his battles In Flanders,
How with the people of God he had
chosen to suffer affliction.
How, in return for his seal, they had
made him Captain of Plymouth;
He waa a gentleman born, could trace
bis pedigree plainly
Dack to Hugh Standish of Duxbury
Hall, in I-anrashlre, England,
Who was the son of Ralph, and the
the grandson of Thurston de
Standish;
Heir unto vast estates, of which he
was basely defrauded.
Still bore the family arms, and had
for his crest a cock argent
Combed and wattled gules, and all the
for Yourself, John."
rest of the blazon.
Ha was a man of honor, of noble and
generous nature;
Though be was rcugh, he was kindly;
she knew how during the winter
He had attended the sick, with a hand
as gentle as woman's;
Somewhat hasty and hot, he could not
deny It, and headstrong.
Stern as a soldier might be, but
hearty, and placable always.
Not to be laughed at and scorned, be
cause he waa little of stature;
For be waa great of heart, magnani
mous, courtly, courageous;
Any woman In Plymouth, nay, any
woman In England,
Might be happy and proud to be called
the wife of Miles Standish !
But as ha warned and glowed. In
bis simple and eloquent language,
Quite forgetful of self, and full of the
praise of his rival.
Archly the maiden smiled, and, with
yes overrunning with laughter,
Said In a tremulous roles, "Why don't
you speak for yourself, John?"
(TO BH CONTINUED.)
Ths Result,
"I suppose those garden seeds
sent saved you quit a little money,'
said the affable statesman.
"No," replied Mr. Oroweher. "I
hadn't the heart to waste 'em
nd!
tb result I. that I'm In d.bt for BVM bankrupts, procwdinga
FOE OF FOOD
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Vtah. and came to Washington In
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tion In I'lah. v.hlrh entitled blm to a position )n the treasury department t
$55 per month. He took the Job and decided to study law. Ills salary whs
raised to 1100 per month before he bad been In the treasury department
many months. In 19'H be waa transferred to the agricultural department
McCabe prepared all the bills that
priations and on other matters. He
salary to 12.500 and he prepared a bill
ants. The department of agriculture
Cahe decided to be the solicitor of the
and he wrote an appropriation bill In which the word "solicitor" was used In
specifying the salary be was to receive. Congress passed the bill. Mcl'al
was "the solicitor" and has continued to be so called.
NEW CHIEF OF
Judge Harvey M. Trimble of Prince
ton, III., who has been elected com
mander In chief of the Graud Army of
the lie-public. Is one of the best
known of living Grand Army men.'
lie served with the famoua Ninety
third Illinois and accompanied Gener
al Sherman on his march to the sea.
The election was made unanimous
when Mr. Trimble's rival, Col. John
McElroy of Washington, D. C, with
drew after a heated contest
Judge Trimble was born In 1842
near Wilmington, Clinton county, O.
The family removed to a farm near
Princeton, Ilureau county. 111., In
October, 1S43. and remained on this
farm until 1S67, when they removed
to the city of Princeton. Ills early
education was obtained In the com
mon schools, supplemented by a par
tial course at Eureka college, Illinois.
While a student In this Institution be
entered the army In the summer or
1862, In the Ninety-third regiment of
Illinois volunteers, of which regiment
participated In all the campaigns of his regiment.
Among old soldiers he bus always been active, having served as the
president of the Ilureau County Soldiers' association, and commander of
Ferris post No. 300, Grand Army of the Republic, at Princeton, and also as
commander of the department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic.
HAYTI'S LATEST PRESIDENT
1 if 1 I
began what proved to be a successful
revolt. In the meantime "Gen." Antenor Firmln was heading another revolt.
The two rebel armies approached Port au Prince from different directions.
It looked as though Port au Prince was to be given up to rapine, but the
American minister, H. M. Furnlss, went out to the rebels and told them
they could come In and take possession, but If they began the old program
of slaughtering the people and destroying property they would hsve to reckon
with Uncle Sam. Leconte's army marched In. he waa proclaimed president
and the senate regularly elected him for the term of seven years.
SEEKS FORTUNE IN AMERICA
Sir Percy Rholto Douglas, ninth
marquis of Queensberry, who has
come to this country seeking his for
tune, belongs to a family long dis
tinguished In Scotch history. He Is a
collateral descendant of Illack Doug
las, who fought side by side with
Robert Uruce In the great days of
northern chivalry, and for centuries
the family waa all powerful In the
annals of Scotland. One of the hold
ers of the marqulsate waa "Old Q,"
as he was best known, who was a
famous or, perhaps It might be more
truthful to say, an infamous, msn
about town In the days of George III.;
and another holder of the title of
marquis of Queensberry wss the
eighth nfarquls, who was deeply In
terested In sports and who drew up
the rules which modified the old code
of the Ixmrton prize ring.
It was "Old Q" who dissipated the
Queensberry fortune and since then
the family has been poor. The present
marquis has tried his hand at many occupations. He has been a midshipman
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EXPERT WILEY
According to the evidence Detore
the house Investigation. Solicitor
George F. Metal Is the man who
has been trying to oust Dr. Wiley
from the bureau of chemistry of the
agricultural department. Although he
has been the active adversary of Dr.
Wiley for a long time. It Is only re
cently that Met 'she has been brought
further Into the limelight. When the
pure food and drugs act went on the
stutute hooks McCiibe became "so
licitor" of the agileiillurul depart
ment. Congress specified that the bu
reau of chemistry should be the arbi
ter of questions arising under the
pure food and drugs act. Wiley wna
heud of the bureau. Hut MeCube said,
In effect that the "solicitor" of the
department, the position he aa or
rup)lng. should be the actual arbiter
of the questions Involved In the set.
That was the beginning of the strug
gle for supremacy. Young Met'abe I
the son of a railroad engineer or
1S99. He passed a civil service examina
were sent to congress both for appro
prepared a bill that raised his own
that authorized him to take on assist
had no legally appointed solicitor, .vc-
department In name as well as In fact.
GRAND ARMY
he became
Just at present "Gen " Cincinnati)
Leconte claims the right to be called
president of Haiti. He's a mulatto
with a reputation for blood lust.
When old Nord Alexis waa nrealdeiit
In 1908 I-ecohte waa minister of the :
Interior In his cabinet. A black man '
named Klmon got up a revolution and j
for months there was bloodshed In '
Haiti. I-conte ordered ten protnl-'
nent sympathizers lth the revolution
to be taken from their beds In Port j
au Irlnce. marched them to a ceme
tery, stood them up In a row, shot !
them to death and burled them on the
spot. Nevertheless the revolution !
succeeded. Old Nord Alexia was 1
driven Into exile and Hlnion waa made
president Of course l.econte had to
flee from the blood stained black re
public. He took refuge In Jamaica
and began Intriguing for the downfall
of Simon and his own elevation to the
presidency. In May he returned and
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Duinsttlc Rspartse,
Professor McCoosle was deeply ,1
orbed In the effort to take the tand
out of a knotty point In nietsphynn
I.ysander," said his wife, look-up
from the paper she had been ttl
Ing-. "what does it cost to hav on,',
name changed?"
"It never cost you anything to hit,
yours changed, Alvlra," Irritably .
swered the professor. "I paid all ti,
expenses." .
The worm turned at last.
"That was no more Ihun you sr-oulj
hsve done," she snapped, "connidar.
Ing thst 1 changed my nam froi,
Yanderpoole to McGooxle." Chicam
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"Well, well, well," said the IcIixSt
stranger, patting little Mollis on u
head, "I suppose you are your papa,
little darling I"
"I don't know yet, thir," liipj
Mollie. "The court hathn't drUiidei
yet. Jutht now I'm 'the pet of tin
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