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A soLDIkps LOVE FOR NAPOLEON.
He Fell Dead on NIistakins the Prince for
Eis Master

He Fell Dead on Mistakins the Prince for
Els Master.
Anent the facial resemblance which the
late Prince Napoleon bore to his relative,
the Great Emperor, a pathetic little story is
told. One of the survivor of Napoleon s
Old Guard, who returned to his provincial
home after Waterloo, always refused to be-
lieye that his famous comm ander was dead,
and insisted that he would return to France
and power some day. One day it chanced that
Prince Napoleon had for some reason to go
through the town at night, and some of the
townspeople, thinking to play of jest on
the old soldier, came to him and told him
his dream had come true, that the mperor
had indeed returned, and was ut that
moment passing through the principal
street.
Wild with excitement, the veteran rushed
off to the spot, whore the Imperial escort was
slowly making its way through the shout
ing crowd. The glare of the torches shone
upon the soldiers and upon bareneaded
man looking out of the carriage window, a
man with the face of the conqueror of Aus
terlIz The old soldier gave wild cry OF
delight, "Vive rEmp.reur," and fell down
fainting. When they came to raise him
they found he was dead; he had died happy
III The belief that he had once again looked
upon the face of his old commander.
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turned to his senses without any trouble on
our part Shall we take the Individual p
GAS you please" the Wanderer answered
indiferently, as ne rose from his place.
SIT is very well for you not to care" OBJ
served Keyork. "You are big and strong
and young, whereas lam little man, and
very old at that. Ishall take him for my
own protection. I confess that value my
life very highly. 1t is part of that sim
plicity which you desoise. That devil OF
Hebrew is armed, you say?"
"I saw something like knife in his hand
as we shut him in" said the Wanderer,
with the same indiferenceas as before.
"Then, Twill take the Individual, "Keyork
answered, promptly. GA mans bare hands
must be strong and clever to take mans
life IN a scuffle, and few men can use pistol
to any purpose. But a knife is a weapon of
precision. will take the Individual, de-
cidedly."
He made few rapid signs and the Indi-
vidual disappeared, coming back moment
later, attired in long coat not unlike his
masters, except that the fur of the great
collar was of common fox, instead of sable.
Keyork drew his peaked cap comfortably
down over the tips of his ears.
"The ether!" he exclaimed. "How forget
full am growlngl Your charming CONVEX
sation had almost made me forget the object
of our visit"
He went back and took the various things
he needed. Then the three men went out to-
gether
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CAPT. JOHN HAYWARD.
Died Feb. 13. 1925. Et. 81 yrs. and
y mos.
He Was an Officer OF the RsTolu-
tion.

There lies before me an interesting docu-
ment, time stained and brittle, whose pos
SCISSOR is a great grandson OF Lieutenant
Hayward, Mr.. Preston NJ. Giines, of North
Bridgton. 1t is i commission issued to
Lieutenant John Hayward subsequent to
the Concord fight, promoting him 20 Captain
in the Continental armv; and also instruct
ing him to report to "His Excellence, Gen.
eral Washington" 1t is dated at Boston,
State of Massachusetts Bay" and is signed
BY Governor John Han cock, in the bold,
familiar handwriting o! the first signer Of
the Declaration of Independence. It also
bears the signature OF John Avery, Secre-
taYy."
He was farmer by vocation, quiet and
unpretentious. Physically he was large and
tall and finely built, of light complexion,
handso me both in form and features, OF
frank, genial manner, yet possessed of suf6-
cient dignity TO insure respect among his
associates.
1t Was q Great Undertaking
What wonder, then, that with such men
as Davis and Harvard for leaders, the rank
and file, when the hour of trial came, and
rallied at daybreak By excited messengers,
fell into line, BID sad goodbv to kindred
and friends and unhesitatiugly began their
march to Concord, there to meet the trained
soldiers Of Great Britainl 1t proved mo-
mentous march, that very company being
destined, under Providence, to fire the shot
heard round the world" What followed
the world knows. Arrived at the rendez-
VOus of the various companies, on the east
ern flank of Punkatasset HILL In full view
of the beautiful Concord river and the
usually quiet. but now tumultous village
beyond, through which the British troops
were seen approaching, Captain Davis and
his men, though belonging to the rear Of
the column, volunteered to take the right Of
the line. and were there assigned by the
commander.
But brave Captain Davis never reached
the bridge. A volley was fred upon them
by the redcoats, and he and Private Hosmer
iell dead. The patriots returned the fire,
and the great seyen-year contest had begun
Upon the fall of Davis, Hayward prompt
ly took copmand OF the company. Waving
alott his sword, he led his exclted men
against the foe, closely followed by the other
companies. The enemy fell back in con-
fusion. Hayward was the first man of all
that column TO spring upon the bridge, but
his act was quickly emulated by his COM
mand. And as the retreat of the redcoats
soon became precipitate flight, John Hay
ward and his men pressed them in flank and
rear, driving them like frightened sheep on
toward Boston.
We next behold Lieutenant Hayward,
with uplifted sword, leading his Acton men
up the slopes of Bunker Hill. Later on.
that same sword, in John Hayward's hand,
CLEANS at White Plains. at Monmouth and
other of the notable battles of the war. And
only when that long and weary contest was
at last ended, and the sun of peace dawned
upon a new and independent nation, did our
hero return his sword to its scabbard.
CHARLES D. STICKNEY.
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LUCKY LITERARY MEN.
Investments in Washington Real Estats
That Have Paid Well

Investments in Washington Real Estaes
That Have Paid Well
Speaking of George Kennan, writes Frank
G. Carpenter to THE DISPATCH, he has
made fortune out of his Russian expert
ences. He gets about $50. 900 for lecture
season, and his investments in Washington
real estate are growing in value. BE bought
5000 feet of ground on Sixteenth street a
year ago, intending to build house on the
lot, but he finds that be must be away from
Washington so much that he has decided
to wait In the meantime he has been offered
an advance OF about s., 900 on his lot and il
will soon double in value.
The property that John Hay bought on
the corner Of Sixteenth street and Lafayette
Park is worth twice what he paid for il,
and all Washington thought he was wild
when he bought it for S6 square foot. as
has made at least half the amount Of the
Presidents yearly salary out of the increase
in the value OF the ground. His biography
Of Lincoln is, l understand, selling well,
and though he Is several times a millionaire,
ne is getting considerable money from his
pen. Blaine, who may also be called lit
erary man, has made big ching out OF the
house in which he is now living. When
he rented it ut the beginning Of this admin
istratioD, it was with the privilege of pur-
chasing at the rate of $40 per square foot.
The ground has practically doubled IN
value, and he bought il the other dav. pay
ing somewhere between $50, 900 and $4,000
for il.
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AN UNHONORED HERO.
The Gallant Soldier Who Took Cap
tain Davis Place at Concord
WAS LIEUTENANT JOHN HAYWARD
His Foot First Touched Old North Bridge
When the British Ran.
A NAME NOT RECORDED IN HISTORY
las LIEUTENANT JOHN HAYWARD
A NAME NOT RECORDED IN HISTORY
tcoRR1spoSDENcE OF THE D1spArcH.I

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPArcH.I
BRIDGToN, Me-, April H.-Did it ever
occur to you, reader, what an important
link is missing from the colonial chain in
our country's history? To be more explicit,
who was it that led the battalion Of Pro-
vineials across the old North Bridge at
Concord against the British, on the historic
10Th of April, 1775, after the fall of their
first leader?
Every schoolboy and schoolgirl knows
that it was brave Captain Isaac Davis, Of
Acton, Mass, who, with his company of
mluute-meu led the head of the American
column when Colo mel Barrett ordered the
troops to advance against the foe, and that
at the first fire of the latter Davis fell dead;
but who was the officer to take up the thread
of leadership, momentarily snapped by
death, and lead the patriots across the
bridge?
On this point history is utterly silent.
Not even at the great centennial celebration
of that engagement at Concord was the least
allusion made by either historical orator,
Ralph Waldo Emerson and George Will
lam Curtis, although the subject was other
wise exhaustiyely treated; and Captain
DAVIS ana MS CeedS, anu the sword ne
welded on that immortal day, were made
the foreground of their mastery word
painting.
And vet, in the beautiful town of Bridg-
ton, in Western Maine, only a few miles
from where 1 am writing these lines, lies
buried a hero unknown and unhono-ed save
by the people of this immediate region, the
Ii eutenant who, when Captain Davis fell,
nIqaa nHa nf no AofOn
Company and was their new leader on that
eventful day.
Lieutenant John HaywarPs Grave.
Within a little graveyard of a sparseiy
settled hamlet, known locally as the
"Glines Neighborhood," in picturesque
valley, at quiet and lovely spot near the
banks of small stream, beside whose
waters were reared two of Americas greatest
humorisrs, Sch Smith (Major Jack Doun-
ing) and Charles f. Brown (Artemus
Ward), sleeps all that is mortal of Lieu.
tenant John Hayward, who performed
like part in the opening scene OF our
revolutionary drama 10 that which made
his neighbor, friend and eompatriot, Captain
Isaac Davis, so deservedly ilIustrious. A
plain marble headstOne marks his humble
grave, on which, despite times destroying
touch, is plainly read the simple legend:
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CULTURE AND CASH.
How a College Genius Tried to Con.
vert One Into the Other.
HIS STOMACH FARED VERY BADLY
And at Last He Broke for Country Store
Left by His Uncle.
MAKING MONEY IN THE METROPOLIS
WRITTEN FOR THE DIspATcH.1

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.1
He had drifted into New York, as Sc
many young men do, with general notion
of getting rich, and no particular idea about
it except tn at the sooner his friends and
enemies at home Especially the latter) were
made aware of his distinguished success the
better he should feel about it. His capital
consisted of S13 and a college education.
He had no fear of hard work because he
didn't know what it was.
Perhaps I should have included in my
schedule of his assets q letter of introduc.
tion to myself. The writer Of this valuable
document was man whom had forgiven
and forgotten. The sight of his hand.
writing upon the envelope recalled his eI-
istence to me, and awakened a faint hope
that he might have experienced change Of
heart, and have thus been led to return the
$40 he borrowed of me in the fall of 1881.
An Invitation to Kicking.
But no; he wrote in cheerful vein, and
the shadow of remorse did not darken the
page. It gave him great pleasure to intro
duce his young friend. Thomas Brown.
"He's thoroughly good fellow" the letter
went on. HE deserves everything you can
do for him. Treat him just as you would
ma"
1 glanced up at Brown and wondered
how be would look if he realized that his
friend had requested me to kick him down
stairs.
Hes been highly educated" said the
letter; 81 should think you ought to get
him the editorship of something. 1t would
be right in his line, for he has already
shown great literary ability"
Granting this to be true. there could be no
doubt that Thomas was distinctly superior
to most of the editors I knew, but I could
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not Immediately call to mind any of them
who would resign in Thomas favor on hav-
ing the facta laid before them. The assist
ant sportiug edtorship of the Pictorial 20
lice Record was temporarily vacant owing
to little trouble at the Gilligan-Smith
mill, but I understood that the bullet had
been extracted. and that the distinguished
Journalist was expected to be out of the hos
pital within few weeks. 1 mentioned this
vacancy to Thomas, but he said that he
would prefer something permanent
Banked on His Education.
''It would seem WISER" said he, "to select
at the outset some position where my supe-
rior mental attachments will insure my sue
cess and advancement"
"Mr. Brown" said I, Gin these days q
college education is of no account whatever
except when you haven't any, and then 1t is
a tremendous disadvantage.
"But many of our college graduates have
made money in New York" he persisted.
''Tal1e your own case for example,"
"My dear young friend" said I, Gin the
rural districts from which some of us ema-
nate our careers are seen through glass
darkly. When We come to the metropolis
news of our death by starvation is an1iously
awaited during the first few months. This
expectancy is relieved from time to time by
rumors that we are coming home to live on
the old folks. When we don t do either of
these things it is reported that we are max
ing untold wealth and spending it in wild.
uncanny orgies, SO that the gilded dens OF
vice resound with the din of our unhallowed
mirth. In reality it is our landlord who is
getting rich, while We rub along in 25-cent
reversible socks and mediate suicide regu-
larly on the first of every month. l have 4
diploma from our most ancient university,
but my old silver bull's-eye watch has often
helped me to breakfast.
The Only Way to Win.
John Henry Claggs, who graduated in
'S5, is said to be worth over half q million, ="
said Brown.
"Claggs has got rich, admit, and he's a
first rate sample of the men who make
money in New York. He did it with a
single idea, which came to him like a flash.
He advertlses to forward for 81 a prescrip-
ton for rheumatism, and he gives an iron
clad guarantee that he will pay S100 for
every case not cured within one week. He
has made fortune; has never cured any
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PRESERVING THE FORESTS.
A Law Secured by a Pennsyvanian That Is
Not Enforced.

A Law Secured by a Pennsyvanian That Is
Not Enforced.
While so much talk is going the rounds
of the press referring to the destruction of
our forest growths, is it not time to inquire
as to the fate of the bill introdu uced in Con-
gress BY Mr.. Haldemau, OF this State, in
1873, and passed by that body. 1t made a law
the very remedy suggested some weeks ago,
but it seems evident that the provisions OF
that bill are not being strictly complied
with or there would not be so much neces-
sitg for the complaints now being made.
Mr.. Haldeman's. bill provided that every
future sale of Government land should be
with the condition that at least 10 per cent
of the timbered land should be kept perpet-
ually as woodland; and if the land be not
timbered then the patent TO be issued on
the condition that 10 per cent of the guam
tity was to be planted with forest trees
within ten years, and kept forever as wood
land. If this be done, an abatement of 80
per cent was to be made on account of the
expense of the. planting. A violation Of
this agreement was to be met by forfeiture
Of the land.
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tion of character, and 1t led to his being en-.
gagged at small salary to abuse the editors
of esteemed cotemporaries and certain
members of the city government. But this
triumph filled Brown so completely with
the milk of human kindness that he couldn't
have said anything derogatory of the devil,
and 80 he lost his place.
A Place Secured at Last.
I met him q few days after this disap-
pointment and lent him IS with which to
'stand off" his landlady, who was becom-
ing i'm Fortunate. He had not yet begun to
despair, but he was getting impatient, and
was inclined to rail at New York as place
where tine recognition of genius was dis
gracefully slow.
During the following week, by great good
fortune, secured place for Brown in the
employ of firm of publishers. Raggs &
Co. had been looking for a man who had
wide acquaintance with literature and an
empty stomach. The former would enable
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BODY vet; has never been called upon to pay
his S1OO forfeit and yet the law can't
touch him, for he sends the prescription
every time"
"That seems impossible"
TIT is true. He has made his prescrip-
ton entirely OF chemical curiosities. The
drugs are so rare that it would cost about
SIC, 900 to make D tablespoonful of the medi-
cine. The dose recommended is a wine
glassful before each meal. A man under
that treatment couldn't afford to eat more
than once in 16 years, consequently nobody
has yet been able to show that the thing isn't
q sure cure. That's the only way to make
money in this town. Get up safe and ar
tistic system of robbery"
Writing for the Waste Basket.
Brown was so much depressed by this con-
versation that began to pity him; and DUR
ing the next few days kept sharp eve out
for a position that would suit him. OF
course I didn't find any. Mean while, he
was writing editorials and sending them to
one of the leading papers. They didn't get
into print. Nothing that he wrote got fur
ther than the waste basket during the first
two weeks; and then, inspired by hunger
and modification, he wrote personal letter
to the editor which was full of the most bit
ter denunciation. By mistake, he mailed it
to another newspaper cfiice, and it was
printed, with sume slight alterations, in the
"people's column"
1t was really a masterly effort at defama-
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WOMEN AS SWEATERS.
They Can DoubIe-Discount. Men When It
Comes to shop Oppression.

They Can DoubIe-Discount. Men When It
Comes to shop Oppression.
New York Recorder
The most abused class of women seems to
be the chorus and ballet girls. Next come
the employees of the fashionable dress
makers. 1t takes a woman to give man
points on being cruelty grinding. No op-
pressor can oppress as can one of the gentler
sex. Usually, too, she defies the union. A
man may be confined in Ludlow Street
Jail for nom payment of debt of less than
$50. But there is no clause potent enough
to squeeze payment from an unwilling
woman.
This is one of the rights which Mrs.
Creagh believes should b. extended to
women. She should have the same priv
ilcge of lingering in debtors cell that
man has. There seems no good reason why
the right should not be extended, and many
an overworked, half-staryed seamstress
would be benefited thereby,
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body vet; has never been called upon to pay
his S10O forfeit, and yet the law can't
touch him, for he sends the prescription
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as like. In the third place, shall un-
doubtedlv satisfy my curiosity"
SIN what respect, if you please?"
81 shall discover the secret of your won
derlul interest in Israel Kafka's welfare. 1
always like to follow the workings of L
brain essentially different from nv own, as
know that yours is. Your solictude for
Kaika is philanthropic. of course How
could it be anything else? Philanthropy
deals with 4 class of ideas wholly unfamiliar
to me. 1 shall ieara much IN your society,"
And possibly 1 shall learn something
from you," the Wanderer answered. "There
is certainly much to be learnt. 1 wonder
whether your ideas upon all subjects are
simple as those you hold about oranges"
Absolutely. 1 make no secret of my
principles. Everything do is for my own
advantage"
"Then," observed the Wanderer, ''the ad-
vantage of Unorna's life must be an enor-
nous one to you, to judge by your satisfac-
tion at her safety"
Keyork stared at him a moment, and then
laughed, but less heartily and loudly than
usual, his companion fancied.
Every goodi' he exclaimed Excellent
I fell into the trap like a rat into basin of
water. You are indeed an interesting COM
panion, my dear friend-so interesting that
hope we shall never part again. There
was rather savage intonation in the last
words.
They looked at each other intently, neither
wincing nor lowering his gaze. The Wan
derer saw that he had touched upon Ke-
york's greatest and most important secret,
and Keyork fancied that his companion
knew more than he actually did. But moth
ing further was said, for Keyork was far too
wise to enter into explanation, and the Wan
derer knew we'll enough that if be was to
learn anything it must be by observation
and by questioning. Keyork filled both
glasses in silence, ana both men drank be-
tore speaking again.
"And now that we have refreshed our
selves" he sand, returning TO his former
manner "we will 90 ami find Israel Kafka.
1t is as well that we should have given him
little time bv himself. He may have re-
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is no way that / know OF by which this con-
fession of allegiance may be so naturally
and Enthusiastically made as BY joining the
church. If you are really on His side, you
are not ashamed to say SO, are you? Nor
afraid? You must see how He sets value
upon such an act as this open declaration.
You would not be satisfied in any hostile or
Indifferent company to have your friends
content themselves with silent affection, lift
ing no voice III your defeuse. That would
not be genuine friendship. It is not enough,
in political campaign, to have silent
opinion. Which side are you on? Here,
choose ballot, cast in your vote, enroll
yourself upon this side that. It is not
sufficient i'll day of war, that a citizen
shoald be silently patriotic. Everybody
vino is really on the right side, in such
dav, is bound TO make his position known.
Now. here is the world on one side and
here is the Church on the other; here is the
kingdom of Christ, and there is the king
dom of the deyil-which do you believe in?
W hich side are you on? OF course, you are
on the side of Christ. We infer that from
your presence here with us Why not say
so, plainly and openly? Why not confess
before men, rs He asks, that He is really
your Lord and Master?
Complaining of Opportunities.
People sometimes imagine what they
would have done for Christ if they had
lived in His neighborhood while He was
dwelling among men. The phrases of re-
ligious invitation seem to them altogether
vague and unsatisfactory. Come to
Christ" The preacher SAYS. All. yes; if they
could but rise up on their real ieet and 30
out to meet Him as Johns disciples did,
that long-ago morning far away iu Syria,
that would be easy enough. But to ''come
to Christ" to-day and here, under these
changed conditions-what is it? How to
do il?
Well. here at least is an answer to that
desire for something to do with your flesh
and blood feet. You can stand up and
come forward in the presence OF your neigh
b0rs, and set yourselves on Christ's side.
lie recognized just this need, as said ct the
beginning, and made provision for it. To
faith He added baptism. Belief He sup
plemented with confession. "With the
heart M IN believeth unto righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation" GEORGE HODGES.