Ton. who lived under my roof, whom
I cherished and loved as 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,—
You, too, Brutus! ah, woe to the name
of friendship hereafter!
Brutus was Caesar's friend, and you
were mine, but henceforward
Let there be nothing between us save
war, and Implacable hatred!"
Ê Courtship ?f_
Miles Standish
With Illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy
(C o p y rig h t. T h * * B o b h i- M e r r M C om pany>
walls of Its waters around me.
Hiding me, cutting me oft, from the
cruel thoughts that pursue me.
Back will 1 go o'er the ocean, this
dreary land will abandon.
Into the open air John Alden, per­
Her whom I may not love, and him
plexed and bewildered,
whom my heart has offended.
ed like a man Insane, and wan­
Better to be In my grave In the green
dered alone by the sea-side;
old churchyard In England,
up and down the sands, and
bared his head to the east wind, Close by my mother's side, and among
the dust of my kindred;
I his heated brow, and the lire
Better be dead and forgotten, than liv­
and fever within him.
ing In shame and dishonor!
¡lofly as out of the heavens, with
Sacred and safe and unseen. In the
apocalyptical splendors,
dark of the narrow cnamber
fcak the City of God. In the vision
With me my secret shall die, like a
of John the Apostle,
burled Jewel that glimmers
fc vlth Its cloudy walls of chrysolite.
Bright on the hand that Is dust. In the
Jasper, and sapphire,
chambers of silence and dark­
bnk the broad red sun, and over Its
ness,—
turrets uplifted
-mered the golden reed of the Yes, as the marriage ring of the great
espousal hereafter!”
angel who measured the city.
John Alden
■Welcome, O wind of the E a st!” he
exclaimed In his wild exultation,
■Welcome, 0 wind of the East, from
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So spake the Captain of Plymouth,
as he strode about In the cham­
ber.
Chafing and choking with rage; like
cords were the veins on his tem­
ples.
But In the midst of his anger a man
appeared at the doorway.
Bringing in uttermost haste a mes­
sage of urgent Importance,
Humors of danger and war and hos­
tile Incursions of Indians!
Straightway the Captain 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 his waist, and,
frowning fiercely, departed.
Alden was left alone. He heard the
lying unopened a Bible,
Ponderous, bound In leather, brass
studied, 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.
Brought by the Indian, and speaking
with arrowy tongues of defiance.
This Miles Standish beheld, as he en­
tered, and heard them debating
What were an answer befitting the
hostile message and menace.
Talking of this and of that, contriving,
suggesting, objecting;
One voice only for peace, and that
the voice of the Elder,
Judging it wise and well that some at
least were converted.
Rather than any were slain, for this
was but Christian behavior!
Then outspoke Miles Standish. the
stalwart Captain of Plymouth,
Muttering deep In his throat, for his
voice was husky with anger:
“ What! do you mean to make war
with milk and the water of roses?
Is It to shoot red squirrels you have
your howitzer planted
There on the roof of the church, or
Is It to shoot red devils?
Truly the only tongue that Is under­
stood by a savage
Must be the tongue of fire that speaks
from the mouth of the cannon!"
Thereupon answered and said the ex
‘H i
Thus as he 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.
T ill he beheld the lights In the seven
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houses of Plymouth,
Shining like seven stars In the dusk
and mist of the evening.
Soon he entered his door, and found
the redoubtable Captain
Sitting alone, and absorbed In the
martial pages of Caesar.
Fighting some great campaign In
Hainaut or Brabant or Flanders.
‘Long have you been on your errand,”
he said with a cheery demeanor.
Even as one who Is waiting an an­
swer, and fears not the Issue.
“ Not far off is the house, although the
woods are between us;
But you have lingered so long, that
while you were going and coming
1 have fought ten battles and sacked
and demolished a city.
Come, sit down, and in order relate
to me all that has happened.”
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led the Belt 'Round His Waist.
the caves of the misty Atlantic!
ovlg o’er fields of dulse, and
measureless meadows of sea-
grass,
wing o’er rocky wastes, and the
grottos and gardens of ocean!
T thy cold, moist hand on my burn­
ing forehead, and wrap me
* In thy garments of mist, to al­
lay the fever within m e !”
Like an awakened conscience, the
sea was moaning and tossing,
ting remorseful and loud the mu­
table sands of the sea-shore.
Tee In his soul was the struggle
and tumult of passions contend­
ing;
e triumphant and crowned, and
friendship wounded and bleeding,
onate cries of desire, and Im­
portunate pleadings of duty!
It my fault,” he said, "that the
maiden has chosen between us?
It my fault that he failed,*—my fault
that 1 am the victor?”
within him there thundered a
voice, like the voice of the
prophet:
hath displeased the L o rd !”— and
he thought of David's transgres­
sion .
beta's beautiful face, and his
friend In the front of the battle!
-• and confusion of guilt, and
abasement and self-condemnation,
whelmed him at once; and he
tried In the deepest contrition:
hath displeased the Lord!
It Is
the temptation of Satan!"
*h«n uplifting his head, he looked
at the sea, and beheld there
y the shadowy form of the May­
flower riding at anchor,
hed on the rising tide, and ready
to sail on the morrow;
the voices of men through the
mist, the rattle of cordage
wn on the deck, the shouts of the
mate, and the sailors’ “ Aye, aye,
sir!”
* n<! distinct, but not loud, in
dripping air of the tw iligh t
■°r a moment he stood, and
“ •taaed. and stared at the veseel,
w«nt hurriedly on, as one who,
***ln8 a phantom,
, then quickens his pace, and
ojiowg the beckoning shade#.
™ * I* plain to me now.” he mur-
•ured; “ the hand of the Lord is
tne out of the land of dark*
the bondage o f error,
the sea. that shall lift the
Then John Alden spake, and related
the wondrous adventure.
From beginning to end, minutely. Just
as It happened;
How he had seen Priscilla, and how
he had sped In his courtship.
Only smoothing a little, and softening
down her refusal.
But when he came at length to the
words Priscilla had spoken,
Words so tender and cruel: "Why
don’t you speak for yourself,
John?”
Up leaped the Captain of Plymouth,
and stamped on the floor, till his
armor
Clanged on the wall, where It hung,
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
W ildly he shouted, and loud: "John
Alden! you nave betrayed me!
Me, Miles Standish, your friend! have
supplanted, defrauded, betrayed
me!
One of my ancestors ran his sword
through the heart of Wat Tyler;
Who shall prevent me from running
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Winding His Sinuous Way.
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
w ith !”
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
Meanwhile the choleric Captain
by right It pertalneth.
strode wrathful away to the coun- War la a terrible trade; but In the
ell.
cause that Is righteous,
Found It already assembled. Impa­ Sweet Is the smell of powder; and
tiently waiting hls coming:
thus 1 answer the challenge!”
Men in the middle of life, austere and
grave In deportment
Then from the rattlesnake’s skin
Only one of them old, the hill that
with a sudden, contemptuous ges
was nearest to heaven.
ture.
Covered with snow, but erect the ex­ Jerking the Indian arrows, he filled
cellent Elder of Plymouth.
It with powder and bullets
God had sifted three kingdoms to find Full to the very Jaws, and handed It
the wheat for this planting,
back to the savage,
Then had sifted the wheat as the Sayiug. In thundering tones: "Here.
living seed of a nation;
take it! this U your answer!”
So say the chronicles old. and such Silently out of the room then gilded
is the faith of the people!
the glistening savage.
Near them was standing an Indian, In Bearing the serpent's skin, and seem­
attitude stern and defiant
ing himself like a serpent.
Naked down to the waist, and grim Winding hls sinuous way In the dark
and ferocious In aspect:
to the depths of the forest.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
While on the table before them was
clank of the scabbard
Growing fainter and fainter, and dy­
ing away In the distance.
Then he arose from his seat, and
looked forth Into the darkness,
Felt the cool air blow on his cheek,
that was hot with the Insult,
Lifted his eyes to the heavens, and,
folding hls hands as In childhood.
Prayed In the silence of night to the
Father who seeth In secret
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 was: 'W ill the gentleman
from Hardin do this?” and “ the gen
tleman from Franklin do that?" They
invariably spoke to each other as the
gentleman from whatever county they
happened to ball from
Through the congenial gloom of the
For 10 or 1* minutes the drummer
forest.
bore It in silence
Then he suddenly crushed the states
my own through the heart of a men by singing out Is stentorian tones
traitor?
to the waiter: “W ill the geoüemsa
Tours Is the greater treason, for (mm Ethiopia please pass the butter!"
yours la a treason to friendship!
That ended the "gentleman from"
business.—Kehobotb Sunday Herald.
Thoughtful Child.
A little boy whose grandmother had
Just died wrote the following letter,
which he duly posted: "Dear Angels—
We have sent you grandma. Please
give her a harp to play, as she Is
short-winded and cannot blow a trum­
p e t” — Vanity Fair.
Agents' Easy Task.
Some people are so easy, a Re publie
County (K an .) editor says, that a
smart agent could sell them a con­
tagious disease
SERVE BEFORE LUNCH
ONE OF THESE NOVEL OVER-
v
TURES TO TH E MENU.
Clam Cocktails Frapped W ill Find
Much Favor— Egg Appetizers Are
Also Excellent— How to Pre­
pare a Cold Entree.
A novel overture to the luncheon
menu for ono of these warm days
would be clam cocktails frapped. They
are not much trouble to prepare, and
especially when guests are looked for
add quite a touch of modernity.
To make them you will need one
pint of clam Jutce. Add to the Juice
one-half cup of vegetable relish or to­
mato catsup, a teaspoonful apiece of
grated horseradish and Worcester­
shire sauce. Juice of one lemon and
four drops of tabasco. Turn Into a
freezer and frappe. Serve It In lem­
on cups, having these cups In cham­
pagne flares surrounded with shaved
Ice. Bank watercress around the
Btem of the glasB so as to hide It aft­
er placing the glass on a small plate
with doylie beneath.
Egg Appetizers.—Or these little ap­
petizers made with egg may be sub­
stituted, If the clam Juice is not at
hand to lead oft a more or less Im­
promptu bill of fare. Combine one-
third teaspoonful of horseradish, one
teaspoonful of grape fruit Juice, three
drops of tabasco, one teaspoonful o f
tomato catsup and a dash of salt.
(These are the proper portions for
each cocktail.) Chill thoroughly and
Just before serving add an egg whipped
to a light froth.
Serve In cocktail
glasses with a little cracked tee.
A Cold Entree.— For a cold entree
on a hot day, try this excellent way
with chicken. Cut up and wash a
fowl as usual, and place It In a pan
with hot water to cover.
Bring It
quickly to a boil, then reduce the
heat to simmer It until tender. Pick
the meat from the bones and return
the latter to the broth. Add a stalk
of celery, a sprig of parsley, half an
onion. In which slick two cloves, and
about a half teaspoonful of salt Sim­
mer the broth until reduced to less
than a pint Put the meat, light and
dark alternately, Into a mold lined
with paper and decorated with a hard
boiled egg. cut In slices or fancy
shapes. Strain the liquid over the
meat, after which put the dish In cod!
place for half an hour. Now place a
closely fitting board or cover upon the
meat and on this a weight.
Let It
stand until the following day, when
It may be easily sliced.
Summer Soup.
Three pounds of coarse lean beef,
cut Into strips; one pound of ham or
salt pork bones; four quarts of wa­
ter. two carrots, two turnips, 12 very
small and young onions minus the
stalks; one cup of strained tomato
sauce; one cup of green peas, one-half
cup of green corn from cob; pepper
and salt Cook the beef and bones in
the water down to two quarts of liquid.
Strain, cool and skim. Meanwhile cut
carrots and turnips Into neat strips or
dice, parboil with the onion five min­
utes in boiling water. Return your
skimmed and seasoned stock to the
fire, and when almost on the boll put
In the parboiled and drained vege­
tables, with peas and corn. Simmer
half an hour. Add the tomato sauce
and cook ten minutes more, then pour
out
Tomato ►'reserves.
Peel twenty-four good sized ripe to­
matoes, quarter and cook slowly one
hour with one cupful less of sugar
than you have tomatoes. Add nine
large peaches that have been peeled
and sliced thin, cook another hour.
Leave in four of the peach stones
while cooking
Upon removing from
the fire add one tablespoonful of va­
nilla. Put In glasses and when cold
cover with paraffin.
German Beef Stew.
Cut two pounds o f lean beef In
cubes, brown In dripping with ono
cnlon, add two cups warm water or
stock. Simmer three quarters hour,
add twelve small peeled onions, cook
one-half hour, add twenty four stoned
olives. Fifteen minutes before serving
add one half cup sultana ralstna or
stoaed prunes.
Frying Eggs.
If a few drops ot water are added to
the fat and the frying pan covered
eggs will not become tough.
To Peel Eggplant.
Cut tbe egg plant lu slices about an
elgbtb of an inch thick. Then take a
grapefruit knife and run It around the
edge of each slice. This will remove
the peeling ail In one piece. Besides
saving time and avoiding waste by
thick peeling your pieces of egg plant
are • better ahape.
Vegetable Hint.
The addition of a generous plneb of
sugar to all boiling vegetables ex­
cept potatoes gives a- flavor which
enee tried will be repealed.