fsERIAL
L STORY J
Wb Courtship
sTcyWiles
Standish
With Illustration
by
Howard Chandler Christy
(Copyright. Th bobt-Merrill 1awmdj i
John Aldcn
Iuto the open air John Aldcn, per
plexed and bewildered.
Flushed like a man Insane, and wan
dered ulore ty the sea-side;
Paced up and down the sands, and
bared his htad to tLe at wind.
Coo'iig bis he?ted brow, and the Ee
and lever within bim.
Siowlv as out of the heavens, with
"arocalypiii'aj splendors.
Sank the Cl'y of Grrl, in the vision
of John the Ar-ovtle,
So, win its cloudy aVs of chrysolite,
Jr.-per. and sapphle.
Sank ihe broad red sun, and over l;s
turrets uplifted
Clinui.ertd the goli'en reed of the
aLfctl who nieasuied the ci;y.
"YVe'come. O wine! rf the Fa;tl" he
excVnifd In Ms w',!d extiltat!rin.
"Welcome O wird of the Fst, from
tr caves of the misty Atlantic!
Elow i' g o'er fields of dutse. and
tr.nisure!e uieadowa of sea
grass, Elowi. g o'er rocky wastes, f nd the
gicttos and gardens of ccean!
Lay thy co'd. moist bard ca my burn
ing frrihead. and wrap me
Close In thy garments of mist, to al
lay the fever within ma!"
Like an awakened conscience, the
sea was moaning and tossing,
Beating remorseful and loud the ma
table sands of the sea shore.
Fierce in his soul was the struggle
and tumult of passions contend
ing; Love triumphant and crowned, and
friendship wounded and bleeding.
Passionate cries of desire, and Im
portunate pleadings of duty!
"Is It my fault," he said, "that the
maiden has chosen between us 7
Is It my fault that he faired, my fault
that I am the victor?"
Then within him there thundered a
voice, like the voice of the
prophe:
"It hath displeased the Lord!" and
be thought of David's transgres
sion, Bathsheba't beautiful face, and hit
friend In the front of the battle!
Shame and confusion of guilt, and
abasement and self-condemnation.
Overwhelmed him at once; and he
cried in the deepest contrition:
"It hath displeased the Lord! It la
the temptation of Satan!"
t
Then np'I'tlng his head, he looked
, at the sea, and beheld there
Dimly the shadowy form of the May
flower riding at anchor.
Rocked on the rising tide, and ready
to sail on the morrow;
Heard the voices of men through the
mist, the rattle of cordage
Thrown on the deck, the shouts of the
mate, and the sailors' "Aye, aye,
lr!"
Clear and distinct, but not loud. In
the dripping air of the twilight.
Still for a moment he stood, and
listened, and stared at the vessel,
Then went hurriedly on, aa one who,
seeing a phantom.
Stops, then quickens bis pace, and
follows the beckoning shadow.
"Yes, It Is plain to me now," he mur
mured; "the hand of the Lord Is
Leading me out of the land of dark
ness, the bondage of error.
Through the sea, that shall lift the
walls of its waters around me,
Hiding me, cutting rne off, from the
cruel thoughts that pursue me.
Eack will I go o'er the ocean, this
dreary land will abandon.
Her whom I may not love, and him
whom my heart baa offended.
Better to be In my grave in the green
old churchyard In England,
Close by ruy mother's side, and among
the dust of my kindred;
Better be dead and forgotten, than liv
ing in shame and dishonor!
Eacred and safe and unseen, In the
dark of the narrow chamber
With me my secret shall die, like a
burled Jewel that glimmers
Bright on the hand that is dust, In the
chambers of silence and dark
ness, Tes, as the marriage ring of the great
espousal hereafter!"
' Thus at be spake, he turned, in the
strength of his strong resolution,
Leaving behind him the shore, and
hurried along In the twilight,
Through the congenial gloom of the
forest silent and somber.
Till he beheld the lights in the seven
houses of Plymouth,
Chining like seven t'ara In the dusk
and mist of the evening.
Coon he entered hi door, and found
the redoubtable Captain
Sitting alone, and absorbed la the
martial pages of Caeaar,
Fighting tome great campaign In
Halnaut or Prabant or Flanders.
"Long have you been oa your errand,"
he tald with a cheery demeanor.
Even aa one who la waiting an an
swer, and fears not the issue.
"Not far off It the house, although the
woods are between us;
Dut you have lingered so long, that
while you were going and coming
I have fought ten battles and sacked
and demolished a city.
Come, sit down, and In order relate
to me all that hat happened."
,Tben John Aldea spake, and related
the wondrous adventure,
From beginning to end, minutely. Just
as It happened:
How he had seen Prlscilla. and bow
be had sped In his courtship.
Only smoothing a lltt'c, and softening
down her refusal.
Put when he came at lenrth to the
words Prtscllla had spoken.
Words so tender and cruel: "Why
don't you speak for yourself,
John?"
I'p leaped the Captain of Plymouth,
and stamped on the floor, till his
armor
Clanged on the wall, where it hurg,
with a sound of sinister omen.
All his pent-up wrath burst forth In a
sudden explosion,
Even as a hand grenade, that scat
ters destruction around It.
Wildly he shouted, and loud: "John
Alden! you nave betrayed me!
Me, Miles Standish. your friend! hive
supplanted, deirauded, Letruyed
me!
One of rr.y ancestors ran his sword
through the heart of Wat Tyler;
Who shall prevent me from running
my own through the heart of a
tral'or?
Ycurs is the greater treason, for
yours is a treason to friendship! I
Winding Hit
Tou, who lived under my roof, whom
I cherished ' and loved at a
brother;
You, who have fed at my board, and
drunk at my cup, to whose keep
ing I have Intrusted my honor, my
thoughts the most sacred and se
cret, Tou, too, Brutus! ah, woe to the name
of friendship hereafter!
Brutus wat Caesar's friend, end you
were mine, but henceforward
Let there be nothing between us save
war, and implacable hatred!"
So spake the Captain of Plymouth,
at he ttrode about In the cham
ber. Chafing and choking with rage; like
cords were the velna on hit tem
ples. But In the midst of his anger a man
apptared at the doorway.
Bringing In uttermost haste a mes
sage of urgent importance.
Rumors of danger and war and hos
tile Inenrsions of Indians!
Straightway the Capraln paused, and,
without further question or par
ley, Took from the nail on the wall his
sword with its scabbard of Iron,
Buckled the belt round h's waiat, and,
frowning fiercely, departed.
Alden was left alone. He heard the
clank of the scabbard
Growing fainter ard frlnter, and dy
ing away In the distance.
Then be arose from his seat, and
looked forth Into the darkness,
Felt the cool air blow on bis cheek,
that wss hot with the Insult,
Lifted hit eyes to the heavens, and,
folding hit bandt aa In childhood.
Prayed In the silence of night to the
Father who teeth In secret.
Meanwhile the cholerlo Captain
ttrode wrathful away to the coun
cil, Found It already assembled. Impa
tiently waiting hit coming;
Men In the middle of life, auatere and
grave In deportment.
Only one of them old, the hill that
imfx MUM
mthmp0 Mil
was nearest to heaven.
Covered with snow, but erect, the ex
cellent Elder of Plymouth.
Ood had sifted three kingdoms to find
the wheat for 'his planting.
Then had sifted the wheat, aa the
living seed of a nation;
So say the chronicles old, and tuch
Is the faith of the people!
Near them was standing an Indian, In
attitude stern and defiant.
Naked down to the waist, and grim
nd ferocious In aspect;
While on the tab'e before them was
lying unopened a Plble,
Ponderous, bound In leather, brasa-
studled, printed in Holland,
And beside It outstretched the skin of
a rattlesnake glittered.
Filled, like a quiver, with arrows; a
signal and challenge of warfare,
Prought by the Indian, and speaking
with arrowy tongues of defiance.
This Miles Standish behe'd, as hw en
tered, and heard them debating
What w ere an answ er belli ting the
hostile message and menace.
Talking of this and of that, contriving,
suggesting, objecting;
One vclce only for peace, and that
the voice of, the Elder,
Judging It wise and well that tome at
least were converted.
Rather thun any were sluln, for this
was but Christian behavior!
Then outspoke Ml'ea Standish, the
stalwart Cr.ptuiit of Plymouth,
Muttering deep It) his throat, for bis
voice was hu.-ky with ang r:
"What! do you mean to make war
with ni!!k and the water of roses?
Is It to shoot red squirrels you have
yoitr bov ltzer planted
There on the roof of the church, or
Is it to shoot red devils?
Truly the only tongue that U under
stood by a savage
Must ' e the tongue of fire that speaks
from the mouth of the cannon!"
Slnuout Way.
Thereupon answered and said the ex
cellent Elder of Plymouth,
Somewhat amazed and alarmed at
this irreverent language;
"Not so thought Saint Paul, nor yet
the other Apostles;
Not from the cannon's mouth were
the tongues of fire they spake
with!"
But unheeded fell this mild rebuke
on the Captain,
Who had advanced to the table, and
thus continued discoursing:
"Leave this matter to me, for to me
by right It pertalneth.
War is a terrible trade; but In the
cause that Is righteous.
Sweet It the smell of powder; and
thus I answer the challenge!"
Then from the rattlesnake's tkln,
with a sudden, contemptuous ges
ture. Jerking the Indian arrows, he filled
It with powder and bullets
Full to the very Jaws, and handed It
back to the savage.
Saying, In thundering tones: "Here,
take It! this Is your answer!"
Silently out of the room then glided
the glistening ravage.
Bearing the serpent's skin, and seem
ing himself like a serpent.
Winding his sinuous way In the dark
to the depths of the foreet.
(TO UK CONTINt'KD.)
Too Much Ceremony.
A Cincinnati drummer happened to
be put at a table at Columbus with a
number of legislators, and the courtly
way In which they addressed each
other greatly bored the commercial
traveler. It wat: "Will the gentleman
from Hardin do this?" and "the gen
tleman from Franklin do that?" They
Invariably spoke to each other aa the
gentleman from whatever county they
happened to ball from-
For 10 or 16 minute the drummer
bore It In silence
Then be suddenly crushed the tales
men by tinging out In stentorian tones
to tb waiter: "Will tbe gentlemao
from Ethiopia pJ paaa the butter!"
That ended the "gentleman from"
business. RehoboLh Bunday Herald.
FRAMES ARE BIG FACTOR IN
GROWING TRUCK GARDEN STUFF
Keen Competition and Constantly Increasing
llljin-Grada Products Out of Season Makes It li-c-essary
to Provide Speclul Facilities
for Securing Vegetables.
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Cross Section of
(Dy W. R. rtKATTtK. tnltd Htatos I
partmont of Acrlvultura.)
Intensive gardening under sash or
cloth covert has become one of the
most popular and. In certain localities
where the conditions are suitable, one
of the most profitable lines of out
door work. The trucker and the mar
ket gardener of the present day have
been compelled by keen competition
and a constantly Increasing demand
for high grade products out of season
to provide special facilities for In
creasing and Improving the product,
aa well as to take advantage of every
favorable natural condition.
Many localities are especially fa
vored with an abundnnce of sunshine
at all seasons of the year, and at the
same time their climate, due to the
Influence of large streams or near
by bodies of water. Is mild ai.d free
from extremes of tem!rature. In
such localities It woule be possible
to grow lettuce, rndUhes and similar
crops during the entire winter with
out protection were It not . for the
few cold days and nights. A vtry
slight covering or the application of a
small amount of heat will, as a rule,
carry the plants through In good con
dition. The greater portion of the work
with frames Is concluded on light or
sandy loam soils which are naturally
well drained and adapted to Intensive
trurklng. The original soli Is usually
employed, but when necessary rich
soil Is -hauled ami placed In the beds.
The drat essential Is gsxl dra Inane,
and If the land Is not naturally well
drained It should 1 tiled or provided
with numerous open ditches to carry
off the water. The surface of the soil
should be graded and all depressions
filled In and leveled. For best results
the land should be subjected to two
or three years of preparation by ma
nuring and planting to leguminous
crope.
The presence of plenty of organic
matter In the soil Is very Important,
especially where large quantities of
commercial fertilizers are to be used
This organic matter may be added In
the form of stable manure, but more
satisfactory results will be obtained
where leguminous crops are Included
In the preparatory treatment. For
green manure nothing Is better thnn
KEEP PULLETS
BY THEMSELVES
Ejvpevtments at Geneva S'ntlon
Show Itetlvr Kesuttn Wliwre
Cockerels are fclim
Inallil, Some of the very early hatched pul
lets will be laying In a short time, and
those, poultryincn who are In the busi
ness to produce ckhs for the market
will be Interested In some of the ex
periments conduct! d by the elieva
(New York ) station.
These experiments were for the pur
pose of finding out what effect the
keeping of males with the pullets had
on the egg production. Many poultry
raisers, and certainly most farmers,
believe It Is best to permit the rocker
ela to run with the pullets at all
times, but these experiments show that
this It not true.
Several pens of birds were made
up; In some of them the males were
kept with the pullets and In others
the pullets were kept by themselves.
The net results show that the pen
of pulle's kept without a male pro
duced eggs at about 3D per cent, less
cost than an exactly similar pen where
the cockerels wers entered.
In the pen without a male the hens,
during the first three months laid
about 30 per cent, more eizgs than the
pen from the same batching and
under exnetly simlinr conditions ex
cept that they wjjre kept with a
cockerel.
In all the experiments the pens of
pullets without the male birds be
gan to lay from one to two months
earlier than In any of the correspond
ing pens In which the male birds were
kept.
No attempts wore made to force lay
ing and broody fowls were allowed to
tit at will there being plenty of nest
boxes In each pen.
About the same number became
broody in the pens having the males
aa In those without.
This Is pretty conclusive evidence
that the young cockerels should be
eepexated from the pullets Just as soon
a they are old enough to be dis
tinguished. It would be better If
they could be kept In an en
closure not far from the pullets, par
ticularly at tbe beginning of each lay
ing; season.
Every cockerel that It not kept
for breeding purpoiei ought to be
aaoonlied.
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,, A ''i
a Pipe Heated Bed.
cowpeaa as a summer crop and crim
son clover as a winter crop. The
crimson clover should be turned un
der about the lime It comes Into full
bloom In the spring, the land planted
to cowpeas, and the resulting crop
plowed under or mowed for bay dur
ing the month of August In ample
time to prepare the land for frame
work during the autumn. When
heavy crops of green manure are
turned under It Is essential that lime
be used to Improve the mechanical
condition and to sweeten the soil; a
dressing of 1 .' pounds to the acre!
should be sull'ieleiit.
Wood ashes coinlttute an excellent
source of both poUi-h and lime. po
dally If they have resulted from the
burning of hnnlwoi d. Ashes from pine
and other soft woods are of little
value. Much of the value of wood
ashes may t lost by leaching, and
while a ton of strictly fresh hardwood
ashes would t-e sutSle'eiil to nppl on
an acre, aa much na five tons of
leached ashes could be used on the
same area without fenr of burning
tbe plants. Wbere ashes are used
less lime Is needed, although the per
centage of Utile In the ah is com
paratively small.
IjirKo quantities of stable manure
are used In growing crrps in frames,
sometimes as much as thirty to sixty
cartloads to the acre The manure
Is generally spread In a broad, fiat
pile to compost bt fore It Is applied to
the soli on which (tames are In be
located. Where manure la employed
for heating the I e ls It may after
wards be mixed with tbe anil for the
growing of subsequent crops. In the
work with frames around Norfolk,
Va , the manure Is placed In long, nar
row piles ami turned two or three
times before It la used In the beds.
Care should be exercised to avoid the
use of manure In whlrh there are
shavings or snwdust, as these have an!
injurious effect upon the growth of
plants. Poultry and sheep manure
are excellent fertilizers for frame
work, but the quantity obtainable Is
very small, in tbe application or
natural manures of all kinds It Is es
sential that the manure s'ould he
fine; that It be what Is termed "short"
manure.
MACHINE FOR
SEWING BAGS
German Invention of Much Inter
et to the Kurinrri ami
Grutn Mm of Till
Country,
Prom (iermnny comes an Invention
of interest to farmers ami grain men
In this rount ry. It Is a machine for
stitching grain bags shut and sews
them up after they have been fl.led.
Die fllhd bag, with the lop open, of
course, is placed ou a wheeled plat
form which runs back and forth past
the sewing mechanism, which can be
raised or lowered to suit the height
of the bag. A plate over which the
Grain Dag Stitcher.
needle works presses down one side
of the mouth of the ,nck while an
other plnta presses nualnst the other
side where It Is held by nn arm that
extends over the top. The mnchlne
makes a peculiar seam of stitches
that Interlock and finally tangle, so at
the end of the run that there It no
necessity for tying a hand knot to
keep them from unraveling. At the
nme time, the seam enn be quickly
opened by cutting one of the loopa
of the thread and pulling It out
Reforeststlon In Northwest
The first attempt at reforestation on
a large scale in the Puget sound
country It now going on In th Olym
pto National Forest reserve, nr,
burned over lands are being planted
with Douglat Or
' 1 :
Fine Care
Fine Hah
It's fine care (hit mikes fine I
new Improved formula, syaJI
lennilcilly, conscientiously !
inu you win gci results. ('(
know ii slops falling hair, cures
dandruff, and Is most eleemi
dressing, entirely new. Ne
bottle. New contents.
not tfutng th toiot ef iht Aafr.
f MKan w it SMk , Hit I
ijers
Aak kla akMlt.1
Aysr's Hair Y'4gor,as now made Iron
new Improved formula, Is tht laieit.mo
scientific, tnd in every wsy the very be
nsir preparauon mimr piacea upoi rk
msrksi. For filling hsir snd dinOruli
It the on (rest medicine.
sueeky J O. a tot Oav, lewen. mm
Deceitful
"Sister Henderson," said Detca
Hypers, "you should avoid even tia
appearance or evil.
"Why, deacon, what do you tutu?
asked Sister Henderson.
"I observe that on your lidthoiaj
you have several cut glass dretntai
ami that escn of them is half lti;
with what appears to be ardent qi
Its.
"Well, now, deacon, it isn't it
thinjf of the kind. The bottles Uk
so pretty on the slclHa'd that I jug
r.lloi them hnlf wav with sem t-
stain ami furniture ixilinh, Jmt fori
.
pe trances.
"Tint's why I'm eautionirf yn
sisti r. " replied the ileSio t. "Kvli
a tr tie weak and faint, 1 htl. tr.f
self to a doe from the big buttle ii
the mi'l'ile.
FACTS ABOUT Ct-UIN3.
luce th,. placing of ItKO Cl'l
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been n rni'U! f.ill!iij; o In 'M
s of all I'm r.l bi.itiu Wb' Is
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and
cii.
-r eililatulii a small perr-lltie
il ilng ben ' von ran p't tail
;.:iK" at' I dissolve It n-i
.is !."! i i!t"r. las's leatr
is clo-s per, l.aiee iisekuje, H
:s. A'ilv YOL K Hit' X'l.iL
"Art ani business have nothing It
en:. nen. ssitl the idealist.
"Oh, 1 don t know aUiut that, te-
plied Mr. t'umrox. "The valutsfl
puintinif, like the value of t (hni
depends a great deal on whose tismii
st the bottom of It. Wash ffV
Star.
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DISUStI
She (gushingly) What a mip
cent Great Dsn I And of coarse b
name is Hamlet?
He (the owner) Not exactly; J"
see, I er couldn't consistently
that name. The best 1 could do (a
t cmII her Ophelia. Kverybod'a
Facts
About
Motherhood
The etperlem e of Motherhood b '
trying dim to most women rial W'
1iIii.,-II I. In l.uir lives. V'
J I . Virn.
tnoiiii woman iu
iMNtin.irlv rare filf DK'
..ir of cuiirDfir'
ly every wninsiiiH
mlavs has niedlff
treatment at W
1.... ..f liiid-tiin'-
ll&btit many appnJ
Pi ft am iotj r.u""""-, . i
an onr.inlsin unfitted for tlm in"
strength, ami when tbe strain "
lier system lias rei-elved a tlim'k fr
wliidi It Is liaril tu recover, r"110
lug rljrlit iiKin this comes the nerv"
f 'raiu of caring for the -l.ilI.
(1! .timet cluing. In t tin mother rM'
'I here Is nothing more rhartnit'1 '1
n happy nml healthy mother '
ilren. iiml Indeed child Mr th utidcrbf-'
t'oii.litiniia il be no liranl tun'"
or beaut v. Tim nnex plainaMi; th i"j
tint. Willi nil the evidence of "li:,M'
nerve a-el broken lii'llllll reu
fr .i tin nnpreeiretl condition.
will pi n Uliig..ii,Kl liiitllytotlit't
It bun us tl I'll th" ;V"VZ,
prime, upon llieni iinnwan-. '1 "J,,
ample llimi In which tt I'f ITlT,
tliey. for tlm most part, trust wc ,
a.M. pi lliepenal.j.
ill inanv liomes o 'cn rnn""n"
Bre now i hllilren IsrnusH of ' V
I that J.y.liit K. I'lukliiun'H VP
iCoinpollll.l lllllkl'!! w o in o "0"
Health, unit Mtrong-.
Any woniiin li w,1,..L
NiMTial ml v ten In ri'lfi'r" ,
m , hit ii corn in ii v " . irs
Muss. M.r l.-ttrr will l!
trlct coiillilcmiv.
Mearchant-Well-er-tht truj
my business I hardly worth -Si"
Hustling' Ad Solictor Then J
tlse it for tale. Hoston Tra
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