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Courtship
lies Standish
W ith Illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy
and Friendship
Dg was heard In the room but
Ijit hurrying pen of the stripling,
, occasional sigh from the labor-
|m heart of the Captain,
Ug the marvelous words and
rchlevements of ‘Julius Caesar.
i while he exclaimed, as he
[smote with his hand, palm down
ward.
ijlj on the page: "A wonderful
I man was this Caesar!
lire a writer, and 1 am a fighter,
[tut here Is a fellow
( could both write and fight, and
Is both was equally skilful!”
;btway answered and spake John
lilder, the comely, the youthful:
, be was equally skilled, as you
| say. with his pen and his weap-
I oca
(¡»hero have I read, but where I
| forget, he could dictate
letters at once, at the same
> writing his memoirs.”
continued the Captain, not
|*ow to the Grave of the Dead.
heeding or hearing the other,
rclf a wonderful man was Calus
Julius Caesar!
iter be first, he said. In a little
Iberian village,
i be second In Rome: and I think
he was right when he said It.
was he married before he was
twenty, and many times after;
htles five hundred he fought, and a
thousand cities he conquered;
ttoo, fought in Flanders, as he him
self has recorded;
toy he was stabbed by his friend,
the orator Brutus!
' do you know what he did on a
certain occasion In Flanders,
hen the rear-guard of his army re
treated, the front giving way, too,
thd the Immortal Twelfth Legion was
crowded so closely together
*re was no room for their swords?
Why. he seized a shield from a
•oldler,
«
himself straight at the head of
his troops, and commanded the
So he won the day, the battle of some-
thlng-or-other.
That’s what 1 always say: If you wish
a thing to be well done.
You must do It yourself, you must not
leave if to others!"
All was silent again; the Captain
continued his reading.
Nothing was heard In the room but
the hurrying pen of the stripling.
Writing epistles Important to go next
day by the Mayflower,
Filled with the name and the fame of
the Puritan maiden Priscilla;
Every sentence began or closed with
the name of Priscilla,
Till the treacherous pen, to which he
confided the secret.
Strove to betray It by singing and
shouting the name of Priscilla!
Finally closing his book, with a bang
of the ponderous cover.
Sudden and loud as the sound of a sol
dier grounding his musket.
Thus to the young man spake Miles
Standish, the Captain of P ly
mouth:
"When you have finished your work,
I have something important to
tell you.
Be not, however, In haste; I can wait;
I shall not be Impatient!”
Straightway Alden replied, as he
folded the last of his letters.
Pushing bis papers aside, and giving
* respectful attention:
"Speak; for whenever you speak, I
am always ready to listen.
Always ready to hear whatever per
tains to Ml!es Standish.”
Thereupon answered the Captain, em
barrassed, and culling his phrases,
“ l i s not good for a man to be alone,
say the Scriptures.
This I have said before, and again
and again I repeat It;
Every hour In the day, I think It. and
feel It, and say It.
Since Rose Standish died, my life has
been weary and dreary;
Sick at heart have I been, beyond the
healing of friendship.
Oft in my lonely hours have I thought
of the maiden Priscilla.
She Is alone In the world; her father
and mother and brother
Died In the winter together; I saw her
going and coming.
Now to the grave of the dead, and
now to the bed of the dying.
Patient, courageous, and strong, and
said to myself, that If ever
There were angels on earth, as there
are angels In heaven.
Two have I seen and known; and the
angel whose name is Priscilla
Holds In my desolate life the place
which the other abandoned.
Long have I cherished the thought,
but never have dared to reveal It,
Being a coward In this, though valiant
enough for the most part.
Go to the damsel Priscilla, the love
liest maiden of Plymouth,
Say that a blunt old Captain, a man
not of words but of actions,
Offers his hand and his heart, -the
hand and heart of a soldier.
Not In these words, you know, but
this In short Is my meaning;
I am a maker of war, and not a maker
of phrases.
You, who are bred as a scholar, can ¡
say it In elegant language.
Such as you read In your books of the
pleadings and woolngs of lovers.
Such as you think best adapted to win
the heart of a maiden."
All aghast at his words, surprised, em
barrassed. bewildered,
Trying to mask his dismay by treat
ing the subject with lightness.
Trying to smile, and yet feeling his
heart stand still In bis bosom,
Just as a time-piece stops lp a house
that Is stricken by lightning.
Thus made answer and spake, or
rather stammered than answered:
"Such a message as that, I am sure I
should mangle and mar It;
If you would have It well done— I am
only repeating your maxim—
You must do It yourself, you must not
leave It to others!”
But with the air of a man whom noth
ing can turn from his purpose.
Gravely shaking his head, made an
swer the Captain of Plymouth:
“Truly the maxim Is good, and I do
not mean to gainsay It;
But we must use It discreetly, and not
waste powder for nothing.
Now, as I said before, I was never a
maker of phrases.
I can march up to a fortress and sum
mon the place to surrender,
But march up to a woman with such a
proposal. 1 dare not
I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot
from the mouth of a cannon.
But of a thundering ’N o !' point-blank
from the mouth of a woman.
That I confess I’m afraid of, nor am I
ashamed to confess It!
So you must grant my request for
you are an elegant scholar,
Having the graces of speech, and skill
In the turning of phrases."
Taking the hand of his friend, who
still was reluctant and doubtful,
Holding It long In his own, and press
ing It kindly, he added:
"Though I have spoken thus lightly,
yet deep Is the feeling that
prompts me;
Surely you cannot refuse what I ask
In the name of our friendship!”
Then made answer John Alden: “ The
name of friendship Is sacred;
What you demand In that name, I
have not the power to deny you!"
So the strong will prevailed, sub
duing and molding the gentler,
Friendship prevailed over love, and
Alden went on his errand.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
TELLS WHEN WATER BOILS
Novel Alarm Arrangement Invented
by a German for the Benefit
of the Cook.
The secret of good tea lies In pour
ing hot water over the leaves Just as
the water has come to a boll. If the
water has had a chgnce to boll a
while, some of the air In it passes oft
and the taste of the tea Is much In
ferior. Of course a cook cannot stand
around the kettle watting for the ex
act Instant the water comes to a
boil, so a German Invented an alarm
to tell Just when that moment was
cached Two metal arms extend out
7b
A l
a v i
ecu.
over the spout of the kettle and are
connected by wires to an electric bell.
When the ends of the arm meet a cir
cuit Is formed which rings the bell
These points of contact are separated
when the kettle Is put over the fire
by means of a lump of sugar placed
between the two. The first pufTs of
steam that Issue from the spout, just
as the water Is beginning to boll, melt
the sugar and bring the arms togeth
er, ringing the bell. The cook then
pours the water over the tea leaves at
once.
COFFEE BREAD THAT IS FINE
It Contains Chopped Nuts and Is Cov
ered With Caramel and Orange
81 Ices.
“ A Wonderful Man Was Calus Julius Caesar.”
Glass Confusing to Them
Birds and Fish Do Not Easily Learn plex. Two parents lacking brown In
That They Cannot Pene
tbe Iris (blue eyed) will never have
trate It.
children with brown eyes, but only
with blue eyea
If both parents have
A correspondent recently reported brown eyes simplex, then one In four
what he described as the "curious of tbe children will have blue eyes. If
freak" of a blackbird flying against a one parent has simplex brown eyes
parlor window many times at the and the other has blue eyes, one-half
same spot.
of tbe children will have blue eyes.
Such an Incident Is not uncommon But If In boLi or either one of the
Birds have been known to fight for parents the blue Iris pigmentation Is
hours at a time, day after day. with duplex all of tbe offspring will have
their own Image reflected In a pane brown eyes.
of glass, pecking and fluttering against
the pane and quite exhausting them
Names for “ Good Friday.”
selves In their fury to demolish the
Perhaps no Christian festival has so
supposed rival. It Is another Instance many names as Good Friday
Our
of how the arts of our civilization Anglo-Saxon and Danish forefathers
corrupt and confuse the birds
It Is called It "Long Friday,” In allusion
the same with fishes.
to tbe length of the day's services and
Darwin tells a story of a pike In an fasting; In france It Is "H oly Friday;”
aquarium separated by plate glass In Germany either "Stiller Freltag”
from fish which were Its proper food
Quiet Friday) or “ Cbarfreitag," In al
In trying to get at the fish the pike lusion perhaps to the exhibition of the
would often dash with such violence crucifix
for adoration after being
against the glass as to be completely veiled all through Lent In the Greek
stunned
it did this for more than church it has been known at various
captains,
three months before It learned cau times as "Tbe Pascha of the Cross,"
tong each by his name, to order for
tion. Then when the glass was re "The Preparation, "The Redemption"
ward the ensigns;
When he had gpoken, John Alden, moved the pike would not attack and "The Day of the Cross.” and to
to widen the ranks, and give
the fair-haired, taciturn stripling. those particular fishes, but would de these names the Latins have added
®ore room for their weapons;
vour others freshly Introduced.
“The Day of the Lord’s Passion,” “ The
It did not at all understand the sit Sixth Holy Day of tbe Pascha,” and
uation, but associated the punishment many others
"Qood Friday" seems
It had received not with the glass, to be peculiar to the English lan
but with a particular kind of fish guage.
Darwin s American monkeys proved
themselves more "know ing”
When
Japanese Pastime.
they cut themselves once with any
Combats between animals of differ
sharp tool they would not touch It ent species are a source of great
again or else would handle It with the amusement among the Japanese One
greatest caution.
of the most popular contests Is that
Thus thqjr gave evidence of the sim between monkey and goose. The
pler forms of reason of which mon monkey Is tied to one of tbe goose’s
keys are no doubt capable, but birds legs, by means of a cord, and both
are evidently lacking In reasoning animals are set down near the bank
powers.—The Scotsman.
of a river, or pond The goose, stand
ing In dread of the monkey, seeks for
Color of the Eye.
safety In the water, and the monkey,
Brown eyes are due to a brown pig afraid of the water, exerts himself to
ment laid down In the Iris; blue eyes the uttermost not to be drawn Into It.
are due to
lack of such pigment As a rule, tbe goose draws tbe monkey
When both parents are brown-eyed Into tbe water, and then the cunning
the children get the tendency to form simian sfta astride of the goose. In
iris pigment from both sides of the equestrian fashion. The goose then
bouse, and the condition of the pig tries to dive, and the monkey pre
ment Is said to be duplex. If tbe chip vents her If be can; and so the fight
dreo get the tendency from one par goes on until the spectators tire, and
ent only, they will have brown eyes, tbe animals are released from aa un
hat tbe condition la said to be sim congenial companion shly
E ver, Sentence Began or C lo s * With -Prlecllla.-
*
Half pint each of liquid yeast and
water, one tablespoonful of lard, one
teaBpoonful of salt, one-half cupful of
white
sugar, one-half
cupful
of
chopped nut meats, one cupful of stale
light bread crumbs, and flour to make
a stiff dough.
Knead until elastic
and glossy. Cover and place to rise.
When well risen, which should be In
two hours, work In one large well
beaten egg. Dip Into a shallow bak
ing pan to the depth of little over one-
half Inch When light bake for thirty
minutes In a moderate oven; keep
covered for first ten minutes of bak
ing.
Make a caramel of one cupful of
white sugar, a tablespoonful of water,
and the same amount of grated orange
peel. Let cool, and- when the bread
Is cold pour the caramel over the top,
smoothing with a knife, and dot with
thin slices of sweet orange. The
bread crumbs are a great Improve
ment and the result Is a feathery, de
licious coffee bread.
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To Bottle Pees.
Green peas that are to be bottled
should be gathered on a dry day and
only peas that are perfectly sound
should be used. Shell them carefully
and dip them In boiling water In which
a spray of mint has been soaked. A ft
er blanching, dry the peas and put
them Into wide necked bottles with
mint and salted boiling water. Cover
the bottles and put them, wrapped In
hay, In a pan of water. Rrlng the wa
ter slowly to the boll and allow tbe
peas to cook gently for an hour and a
half. Set tbe pan aside till the peas
are quite cold, then lift the bottles
out and lay them on a damp cloth In
a warm place. Hermetically seal the
bottles, dry them carefully and store
till required.
Salmon 8alad Molds.
One cup of cold salmon, one-hall
teaspoonful of lemon Juice, one-half
teaspoonful of parsley, two drops of
tabasco sauce, one tablespoonful of
gelatin. Mix tbe salmon, lemon, par
sley, tabasco, and gelatin dissolved
In a little water with enough salad
dressing to moisten.
Wet one-half
dozen molds. Fill with salmon, level
the top of each one, and place on Ice.
When ready to serve turn out on let
tuce leaves or on a small dish and
serve with mayonnaise.
Steamed Sweet Corn.
Balt sweet corn thoroughly and
steam a good twenty minutes. This
saves gas, as it can be steamed over
tbe potatoes and the corn will not
turn yellow, as It often does when
boiled, and Is better cooked this way.
Browned Carrota.
Roll good sized carrots until par
tlally tender, but not s o ft Slice length
w ise sprinkle lightly with brown
sugar and fry thorn In butter, brown
ing first on one side and then on the