Dayton tribune., May 21, 1925, Image 2

I
WÏTW
Glenn Hunte r
In the Days of Poor Richard
THE FAITHFUL PRINCE
By IRVING BACHELLER
NCR upon n tim» there lived n
king n Iio limi three »on» nini n»
they were nil brought on ths sum**
day by ths stork the king could not
Jedda to which one to leave til»
crown.
Tlie king had great wealth In Jewel».
bags of gold and n vast kingdom,
one room In the stronghold under hl»
castle he placed nil of Ids bags of
gold. In another room he placed all
of Ids Jewels and In the third room ho
placed a pearl Casket and In this he
put n scroll on which he wrote that all
Ida vast kingdom should go to the »on
who proved worthy.
Then the king called to him hl»
three »on», whose names were Rollo,
Uurlos and Zallto and to each he gave
Om.M H IRVING RACHFILFR
CHAPTER XXVIII—Continued.
It was. no doubt, a deliberate He
calculated to inspire frankness In a
possible Tory. That was the moment
for Andre to have produced his puss-
ports, which would have opened the
road for him. Instead he committed
a fatal error, the like of which it
would be hard to find In all the rec-
ords of human action.
“I am a British officer," he de-
clared. "Please take me to your post.'
They were keen-minded men who
quickly surrounded him. A British
officer ! Why was he tn the dress of n
Yankee farmer? The pass could not
save him now from these rough,
strong handed fellows. The die was
cast. They demanded the right of
search.
He saw hls error and
changed hls plea.
“I am only a citizen of New York
returning from family business In the
country." he said.
He drew hls gold watch from hls
pocket—that unfailing sign of the gen­
tleman of fortune—and looked at Its
dial.
“You can see I am no common fel­
low,” he added. “Let me go on about
my business."
They firmly Insisted on their right
to search him.
He began to be
frightened. He offered them his watch
and a purse full of gold and any
amount of British goods to be allowed
to go on his way.
Now here is the wonder and the
mystery In this remarkable proceed­
ing. These men were seeking plunder
and here was a handsome prospect.
Why did they not make the most of
It and be content? The “skinners"
were plunderers, but first of all and
above all they were patriots. The
spirit brooding over the highlands of
the Hudson and the hills of New Eng-
land had entered their li earts. The
man who called himself John Ander-
son was compelled to dismount and
empty his pockets and take off his
boots, in one of which was the dam­
ning evidence of Arnold’s perfidy. A
fortune was then within the reach of
these three hard-working men of tlie
hills, but straightway they took their
prisoner and the papers, found In his
boot, to the outpost commanded by
Colonel Jameson.
This negotiation for the sale of the
United States had met with unexpect­
ed difficulties. The "skinners" had
been as hard to buy as the learned
diplomat
CHAPTER
I’ll get on be-
ret askisi her lover.
hind you.“
Solomon took off the saddle nnil
tightened the blanket girth.
“Thar, ’taln’t over clean, but now
ye kin both ride,” said lie.
Soon tlie two were riding, she tn
front, as they had ridden long before
through the shady, mallowed bush In
Tryon county.
They dismounted nt Arnold's door.
“For a timo I shall have much to
do, but soon I hope for great promo­
tion and more leisure.” he said.
“Tell me the gixxl new»,” she urged.
“I expect to be the happiest man in
the army, and the master of this house
and your husband.”
“And you and I shall be ns one.” she
answered. “God »|>eed the day when
that may be true also of your people
and my people.”
He kissed her nnd bnde her good­
night nnd returned to his many tasks.
He had visited the forts and batteries.
He had communicated with every out­
post. His plan was complete. About
midnight, when he and Solomon were
lying down to rest, two horsemen
came up the road at a gallop nnd
stopped nt hls door. They wore aides
of Washington. They reported that
the general was spending the night at
the house of Henry Jasper, near the
ferry, nnd would reach camp about
noon next day.
“Thank God for that news,” said the
young man. “Solomon. I think that
we can sleep better tonight."
Jack was awnke for nn hour think-
lag of the great happiness which had
fallen in the mldst of bis trouides and
of Thornhill and hls message. He
DISMOUNTED AT
1 ARNOLDS DOOR.
XXIX
Solomon's Last Fight.
Meanwhile,
Margaret
and
her
mother had come up the river in a
barge with General and Mrs. Arnold
to the house of the latter. Jack had
gone out on a tour of Inspection. He
had left headquarters after the noon
meal with a curious message in his
pocket and a feeling of great relief.
The message had been delivered to
1 Im by the mother of a captain tn one
of the regiment^. She said that it had
been given to her by a man whom she
did not know. Jack had been busy
when It came and did not open It
until she had gone away. It was an
astonishing and most welcome mes­
sage in the flowing script of a rapid
penman, but clearly legible. It was
without date and very brief. These
were the cheering words In it:
“My dear friend: I have good news
from down the river. The danger Is
HENRY THORNHLLL.'
passed.
Jack being out of camp. Margaret
had found Solomon. T >ward the
day’s end he had gone out on the
south road with the yount lady and
her mother and Mrs. Arno 1.
Jack was riding into raup from an
outpost of the army. The day was In
Its twilight. He had bet riding fast,
He pulled up his horse is tie ap­
proached a sentry post. T iree figures
were standing In the dusk road.
“Halt! Who comes th re?” one of
them sang out.
It was the voice of M rgaret. Its
challenge was more like a phrase of
music than a demand. He dismounted.
“I am one of the great army of
lovers,” said he.
"Advance and give the countersign,”
she commanded.
A moment he held her In hls em­
irace and whispered: “I love you.”
“The countersign is correct, but be­
fore I let you pass, give me one more
look Into your heart.”
“As many as you like—but—why?'
“So I may be sure that you do not
blame England for the folly of her
king."
“I swear It”
“Then I shall enlist with you
against the tyrant. Ho has never been
my king.”
Lady Hare stood with Mrs. Arnold
near the lovers.
"I too demand the countersign,” said
the latter.
“And much goes with It,” said the
young man as be kissed her, and then
he embraced the mother of hts sweet­
heart and added:
“1 hope that you are also to enlist
with us."
"No, I am to leave my little rebel
with you and return to New York."
"Will you give me a ride?” Marga-
heard the tw» aides going to their
quarters. Then a deep silence fell
upon the camp, broken only by the
rumble of distant thunder in the moun­
tains and the feet of someone pacing
up and down between his hut and the
house of the general, He put on his
long coat and slippers and went out of
doors.
“Who’s there?” he demanded.
"Arnold," was the answer. "Takais
a little walk before I turn In."
There was a weary, pathetic note of
trouble In that voice, long remembered
by the young man, who Immediately
returned to his bed. He knew not that
those restless feet of Arnold were
walking in the flames of hell.
Had some premonition of what had
been going on down tlie elver cLme up
to him? Could be hear the feet of
that horse, now galloping northward
through tlie valleys and over the hills
toward him with evil tidings? No
more for this man was the comfort
of restful sleep or the Joys of home
and frl* ndship and affection. Now tlie
touch of Ills wife's band, th - sympa­
thetic look In her eyes ami all her
babble about the coming marriage
were torture to him. He could not
endure It. Worst of all, he was In a
way where there Is no turning. He
must go on. He had begun to know
that he was suspected. The conduct
of the scout, Solomon Blnkus, had
suggested that tie knew what wns
passing. Arnold had seen the aides of
Washington as they came In. The
chief could not be far behind them. He
dreaded to stand before him. Com­
pared to the torture now beginning for
this man, the fate of Bill Scott on
Rock creek In the wilderness, had
been a mercy.
Soon after sunrise came a solitary
horseman, wearied by long travel, with
a message from Colonel Jameson to
Arnold. A man had been captured
near Tarrytown with Important docu­
ments on hls person. He had con-
fLsed that he wns Adjutant General
Arvlre of Sir Henry Clinton's army.
The worst had come to pass. Now
treason! disgrace! the gibbet I
Arnold was sitting at breakfast. He
arose, put the message In hls pocket
and went out of the room. The Vul­
ture lay down the river awaiting or­
ders. The traitor walked hurriedly
to the boat landing. Solomon was
there. It had been hls custom when
In camp to go down to the landing
every tnornlng with hls spy glass and
I
survey the river. Ubly one boatman
was nt the dock.
"Colonel Blnku». will you help this
man to take me down to the British
ship?" Arnold asked. "I have an en­
gagement with Its commander and am
half an hour late.”
Solomon had hud much curiosity
about that ship. He wished to see the
man who had gone Into the bush and
then to Smith's with Amel.I.
“Sart'n,“ Solomon answered.
They got Into a small barge with
the general In the cushioned rear »eat.
his Hag in hand.
They came up to the Vult.ire «nd
made fast at Its landing stage where
nn officer waited to receive the g< n-
eral. The latter ascended to the deck,
In a moment
voice called from
above :
"General Arnold’s boatmen muy
come abolirti.”
A British warship was a thins of
great Interest to Solomon.
once
aboard he began to look about him nt
the shining guns and their g«ar nnd
the tackle and the men. He looked for
Arnold, but lie was not In sight.
Among the crew, then busy on the
deck. Solomon saw the Tory d«'sper-
a«’o "Slops," on«« time of the Ohio
rtver country, with bls black pipe In
hls mouth. Slops paused In hls haul­
ing and reeving to shnke a flat nt
Solomon. They were h«-nvlng tlie nn-
cl or. The sails were running up. Th«>
ship had begun to move. What was
the meaning of this? Solomon steptied
stair hud been
to the ship's shle.
hove up and made fast. The bürge was
not to be seen.
"They will put you all ashore
low,” an officer said to him.
Solomon knew too much about Ar-
The
nold to like the look of this.
officer went forward. Solomon stepped
to the opening In the deck rail, not
yet closed, through which he bad come
aboard. While he was looking down
at the water, some ten feet below, u
group of sailors came to till tn. Hls
Solomon
anti was roughly
stepped back. Before him stood the
man Slop^ An Insulting word from
the latter, a quick blow from Solomon,
nnd Slops went through the gate out
Into the ulr nnd downward. The scout
knew It was no time to tarry.
"A night hawk couldn’t dive nn
quicker m-r what I done," were Ids
words to the men who picked him up.
He was six-iiklng of that half second
of the twenty-fourth of September,
1780. Ills brief account of It wns care­
fully put down by nn officer: "I struck
not twenty feet from Slops, which I
seen him Jes’ cornin' up when I took
water. This 'ere ol' sloop that had
overhauled us goin’ down were nigh.
Hadn't no more'n come up than 1 felt
Slop's knife rip into my leg. I
had no practice In that 'ere knife work.
'Taln't fer decent folks, but my ol'
Dan Skinner Is alius on my belt. He'd
chose the weapons an' so I fetched 'er
out. Had to er die. We fit a minnlt
thar In the water. All the while he
had that d—n black pipe In hls mouth,
I were hacked up a leetle, but he got
a big leak In him an’ all of a sudden
be wasn't thur. He'd gone. I struck
out with ol' Dan Skinner 'twlxt my
Then I see your line and
teeth,
grabbed It. Whar’s the British ship
now?"
" ’Way below Stony P’lnt an' a fair
wind in her sails,’ the skipper an-
swered.
“Bound fer New York," said Solo­
mon sorrowfully. "They’d ’a’ took me
with ’em If I hadn't 'a' jumped. But
me over to Jasper's dock. 1 got to see
Washington quick.”
>
“Washington lias gone up the river.”
“Then take me to quarters soon as
ye kin. I'll give ye ten pounds, good
English gold. My God, boys! My ol'
hide Is leakin' bad.”
He turned to the man who had been
washing and binding hls wounds.
"Sodder me up best ye kin. 1 got
to last till I see the Father.”
Solomon and other men in the old
army had often used the word "Fa­
ther" in speaking of the commander
In chief. It served ns no other could,
to express their affection for him.
The wind was unfavorable nnd the
sloop found It difficult to reach l lie
landing near headquarters.
After
some delay Solomon jumped over­
board and swam ashore.
What follows he could not have told.
Washington wns standing with hls or­
derly in the little dooryard at hend-
quarters as Solomon came staggering
up the slope at a run and threw hls
body, bleeding from n dozen wounds,
at the feet of his beloved chief.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
Starting Into the theatrical butin«««
at ths age of seventeen, popular Glenn
Hunter experienced the rough spot»
which all stage people encounter at
one time or another. He did hie bit in
ths late war, after which he got Into
riaing rapidly to atar
the
Something to
Think ¿4bout
By F. A. ifALKER
ged
Not to Enter.
SLOWING DOWN
\A7HEN we of normal health nnd
* * strength begin to proceed more
slowly than Is our wont, put off at­
tending to our customary duties and
neglect to till each day with a full
day’s work, the Inference Is that we
are taking a step on the downward
path.
Pleasant ns these steps are In the
beginning, they soon become the cause
In
of untold sorrows, from
Inter life It Is frequently Impossible
to escape.
A musician who fulls to practice
dally soon loses Ills dexterity. . Ill»
mind becomes sluggish, Ids tinger»
clumsy and his eyes less alert.
So It is in tiny other profession or
in craftsmanship.
The man or woman who shows
signs of slowing down is making the
first step toward going down. In n
little while this Is observed In
changed attitudes of thought nnd ac­
tion. The world is seen from a new
viewpoint. Any effort to recover lost
ground is fatiguing.
There is no more delight In the old
chase, no Joyous Inspiration In seek­
ing to excel our own best efforts.
We have become inert and Indlf-
ferent. To make an unusual gesture Is
wearisome to the flesh. To lure from
It» lair some great Idea which shall set
the world agog is Impossible, for we
are descending to the lowlands where
resourcefulness Ims perished and hope
Iles burled beyond our reach.
As compared with eternity, life Is
but an existence of u moment, but It
is our duty to make the best of It by
being always active In climbing the
high hills, which take ns n little nearer
the heavens.
To keep going, to continue to press
toward the heights ought to be our
chief compelling purpose.
It Is better to wear the rags of
honor than to be found among the
faithless who have turned their
from the hilltops and lost their way.
Even If nt the end we can show
only one soul we have Influenced for
good, we shall be remembered and
blessed.
And when we close our eyes In the
final sleep we shall have the sweet
conscioUHness of having never turned
back, having never lost our faith nor
hesitated In the doing of our duties
ns we understood them, though nt
times the paths were hard and our
hearts were troubled with doubts and
four«.
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A LINE O’ CHEER
By John Kendrick Bang»
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O(X8XHX»rXifXX»<>D0^^
THE TEMPLE
a key which fitted the three door» In
the stronghold.
To Carlos was given the key to the
room In which the gold was stored, to
Rollo the key to the Jewel room and
to Zallto the key which unlocked the
the
door to the room where
cuskvL
“I urn getting to be nn ohi man,'*
king to his sons. "and the
said
time Is not fur off when one of you
must reign In my pince. I urn going
on a J' lourney nnd If nt the end of one
ilo not return unlock the doors
year
which your keys tit Ui the stronghold
of the cn»tle.
< >iu- old und trusted servant shared
the king's secret nnd took food to
him ami attended to hls needs
For awhile ull went well. Every
dny the three brothers went to the
stronghold and dusted the keyhole of
the door to which they held the key
and went, away without anything hap­
pening.
But one dny while the king watched
from hl« secret hiding place be no­
ticed that Zallto ns he dusted tried
to peek through the keyhole Into the
secret chamber.
"He.” said the king, "is not the one
to rule nfter me."
But not only Zallto wn» getting Im-
patlent, his brother Carlos hnd once
slyly tried the latch of Ids door to
The prince of Wales at an Informal
dinner was behaving so naturally that
gome of those present forgot the dis­
tinguished company they were In. Pres­
ently a speaker arose and began an
orattsn.
“Gentlemen—” he »farted.
Then lie paused nnd hls fnce colored.
’1 beg your royal highness' pardon,”
he sold tn confusion. “Carry on, sir,”
laughed the prince. “I’m quite con­
tent to be called a gentleman.”
WhafsinaName?
By MILDRED MARSHALL
H
CLAIRE
wns originally n masculine
Generally spelled Clare, It
wns first used in Englund to name a
Norman family who enme from one
of the villages of St. Clair. "Red De
Clare," stout Gl..... ester's earl, the foe
of Henry III. was one of them.
The son of Red De ('hire mnrrled
Into the House of Geraldln In Ireland
nnd received from Edward I a grant
of hinds, now known ns County ('lure.
Hls heiress cnrrled the county to the
De Burghs nnd their heiress mnrrled
Lionel, son of Edward III, thus mak­
ing the county n dukedom nnd creat­
ing the title, the duke of Clarence.
The feminine form Is Mild to have
arisen In Italy ns Chlnra nnd sprend
Into France, where It wns Immediately
changed Into finire. Though prefer-
rlug the original Clare, the i- English nc-
cepted Claire nnd It gained some vogue
there, but In this country It was
adopted with enthusiasm nnd Ims un­
dergone widespread usage.
The diamond Is Claire's tnllsmanlc
Jewel. It promises her brilliant nt-
tainments. magnetism, nnd courage.
Saturday ts her lucky dny and <1 her
lucky number.
name.
C LAIRE
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Of this my body, and to keep
on external things keep
watchful eye.
Wall—vain am I, perhaps. I'm
satisfied
I'll not deny that I've a
for pride,
But »Ince I've got a Soul that
And
A chanc« to win tru» Immortal­
ity
I'm Kilng to »«« that In this
world of din
It ha» a Temple well worth ¡Iv­
in* In,
Tigers In captivity consume from 14
to 16 pounds of beef ■ day.
betlt
IRPINQ K I N q
PLANTING GOURDS
Journal
of
exists in Tenne«»ee u quite common
belief that In order to raise n good
crop of gourds a certain cere my Is
necessary with regard to the seed be­
fore It Is planted. Perhaps the name
superstition exists In other parts of
the country. It 1s it most Interesting
superstition nml nuggest» n survival
from devil worship or nt least an ap­
peal to the "gods of the underworld.”
The gourd Heeds must be thrown
over the left shoulder by the ntnn «ho
is to plant them nnd lie must utter nn
oath ns each »ml Is thrown. It will
be noticed that the direction In which
the seeds lire thrown Is from right to
left or “against the huh .” ii movement
which typifies a ret ro Tension Into the
realm of the spirits of darkness ns the
“ceremonial circuit" or sunwise move­
ment typified a progress In conformity
with the sun god. the giver of life nnd
light, the beneficent Influence. The
cursing and swearing taken in connec­
tion with this “against the sun” move­
ment would appear to be nn appeal di­
rect to the powers of evil.
Instead of being plnnted with n
prayer for Increase to the beneficent
sun god the seed Is plnnted with blns-
phemy calculated to nppenl to the
powers of evil, those gods whose dark
Plutonian realm waa conceived ns
lying In subterranean regions and'
therefore, naturally gods fitting to be
nppenled to In behalf of seeds con-
signed to a dark nnd subterranean
place of germination. Survivals of this
sort nre rare. In the superstitions, of
agriculture especially, It Is generally
the beneficent forces that are appealed
to.
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H our
of Kings,
haply doth
Things.
QhcWhij I
of
Superstitions i
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By H
HEY call me vain becaua» 1
As
“Have my brother» not fold you?"
Inquired Rollo.
replied the king, "but ! wish
to hear your story as well,"
"My story would count for little
agnlmt that of my two brothers, fnth
er." replied the prince. "You found
me Inside the room to which I held the
key. I am sorry; that 1» nil I have to
•uy."
"I am sorry also, but not for you.
my son. but for your two Faithless
brothers who could not be trusted to
keep faith with their father and who
have stooped to treachery to place
their brother In n false light."
"You, my »on Ratio, ahnll l*c«mv
king nnd rule nfter me. and If In your
heart you can find pity for your faith­
less brothers they may live on your
bounty."
Rollo forgave them nnd promised
them a living which was much more
than they deserved and then the king
told them how he find watched
by day from hl» hiding place In
wall and had seen everything Hint had
taken place.
Two shame-faced princes left
stronghold with the king and one very
happy-faced prince: and though It
wn» many years before Rollo hecamo
king, when tie did he hnd no trouble
with the two brothers who tried so
hard to disgrace him.
When knaves »uch at Zallto nnd
Carlos find they nre discovered In
such wrong-doings they lire usually ns
.submissive to the one In power ns
they were overbearing mid wicked.
S
And til to house my Soul for-
He Was Satisfied
chance it had heell left un­
locked nnd the king from hls hiding
pince hml »«’« n with a »ad heart thut
he Imd another »on to whom lie did
not wl»h to leave hl» crown.
Now lie bml only one »on left.
Would Rollo »tnnd the tc»t? Tln're
were only two monili» left In wtildi to
lie was
prove --
----- worthy and th" king
with Miixlou» eje» wulelied day by
duy.
On the morning of the third duy
the king uppenred at the breakfa»t
table nml lifter greeting Zallto and
Carlo« aaked, "Where I" your brother
Rollo?"
H
"Ain», we drend te tell you. father,"
mild Zallto, “for we know how It will
grieve you when you li-nrn Ilie truth.
"Three day» ago we found Rollo In
the »trnnglwld unlocking the door to
tin« room you hnd charged him to care
for until your return nnd we have
locked him In there Hint you mny »Co
for yournelf he liu» proven unfaithful
to Hie truHt."
For reply the king snld "We will
go at once nnd open the door."
Poor Rollo, faint from want of food,
lay on the floor of the room when tlie
door wn» thrown open. The king
couimtimjed III» servant» to curry him
up the »talr» and give him food
After a little time the king nikc<L
"How did you happen to be In the
room I charged you not to enter, my
Immortal
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Our neighbor Is constantly out In
hls bark yard these day» with n mnp
or diagram."
"He's trying to figure out where bls
turnips were plusted."