Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-25

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This - appareHtiy part
..G;estandnisse." from the Preach edi-
ton for which Heine students have
49,, searching in vain for the lastsfif1y
ve,rs The collection includes also
s.[....st hundred. Letters written 80
ua,la afnonz the corTesT,ondeate being
Dauernfeldt. O'Connell. Dagobert Won.
1:erBarat. DR.. Hartel. Heins's uncle.-S-
Heiaa. his niece. Princess della Rocca;
ue,arich Kruse. Franz List. Juiius
poaenters, fgnaz Moscheles. and MANY
ofhefs. 1t was first. made By Henri
lula. Heine's counsel. ana 10 hun the
tr1pers were -beguea thed by the poet
gkhdrd Harding DdyfS IS nndoubt-
eilg an extraordinary writer. He can
turn out a short story IN mastery
fashion or he can write a long yarn
very interestingly. His styia changes
IA dertain9Ssays froni9time 70 time hut
thefe is always 4 iiuency. a sturdinss
and. a @tsB RI. winch hoid onc' attention
amt admiration. wharever The >ubjecf.
Away back in the days Of Gallagher.
we svere impressed by the peculiar
Qualities of Mr. Davis's style, and later
when the Van Bibber tales came Gus.
since then Mr.. Davis nas coTered Ire
CLONE in person and in Imagination
He mas given Us stories of many
cliries. Of many peoples. OF many
rrraraeters. In his sforr stories ne has
won an -errvta bic place amrn.s Ameri-
can writer's. and h. has been given the
credit of writing in The Bar Sinister
the A1est dog story ever told. But Mr..
Davis. while n. knows dogs. knows shn-
manity. And he invariably has SOME
thing vital, something Interesting I"
. tells
coming down TO the present volume.
I -Captair sIaekiin: His Memoirs" one
j.; struck by the stride forward taken
by AIR. Davis. In a way it IS remindful
Of mis- other novel,. or novelette,. Sol
dIer.s Of Fortunes for here again he
Laws his scenes in South America. and
tells OF those rebellious. treacherous.
4 rnercnrial people, who inhabit certain
small pseudo-republics 70 the south Of
us. Mr. Davis knows his territory and
his peopl. well, tor he went al over
! thescmn,ry with ,syt otisar wrtsr~, alt
three being yenturesome and brilliant
, NEWSPAPERS, Correspondents. Out Of the
{ rich experiences which must haze be
( fallen them Mr. Davis has saved
3 t'Gis4N-,Il tiidtti III tu tNo Nc8IAAl'---
! the second N which is now offered to
the reading public.
! Royal Mackiin, grandson of Major
General John VI. Hamilton Of Dobbs
J Ferry. tells the story in his own
| words; in fact he gives his own me-
! rnoirs-the memoirs of a -ridiculOusly
young man. who is born with the fight
ing instinct. an instinct which mis-
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tSoung Mackiin II sent to West PoinI.
but is dismissed dishonorably because
he went out of bounds at FORBIDDEN
hours. Uncertain what To make Of his
tuture his eye catches an newspaper
. paragraph about an uprising in IIor-
duras. 80 he takes his t-randfather's
swort, and Journeys from DoDbs Ferry.
ma from his cousin Beartice. who is
= very fond of him. by the way. and
..e.1,tTs mis- fortun..-- southwark. Eitis
mateiy he falls in with General La
/ guerre. soldier of fortune of very
high character and with ideals which
fer rhs-ursst srrr.s ma 49, gone unreal
-1zed After 4 rfr;iriatic Introduction
tmany of the subsequent events are
: also strikinGly dramatic). young Mack
. IN is frlaEesa captain. with n troop of
: fifty men under him. and proceeds Ia
carve a name for himself IN this two
penny revolt. He takes big chances.
makes AN. error or two and comes
within an ace of losing his life. In
tact ne once catches his own men
shooting at him. and this 50 angerS
him that he turns on them and dares
them tauntingly to shoot him while he
l. booking He objects to being shot IN
the back. Throughout the story
Mackliu inprcsses one as fellow OF
absolute bravery and feariessness.
honest and clean and. manly Re 4. is
lust such a character as Mr.. -DdTiS
likes to write about. ard he makes a
very good model for the average
american youth 10 dwell on. whether
h. X going inta iii lz-afTrlg husffcss''
ar any other.S ,
When the revolution 'busts. tas
revolutions Ia i'll South America. just
before dawn. silently and stealthily the
president ana the cabinet. aud all that
{ vas left of the government and army
or General Lagnerfe. stole ont Of his
palace through hole in the courtyard
wall" and Captain Royal Mackiin.
aftera few more misadven:ures. found
t.hnns..h hack al Dobbs Ferry. Here
flor I: time he dwelt with his Aunt
Mary and his cousin Beatrice. restless
and inlpa tieHt for something To hap
pcn.- HE was nearly tempted 10
mercantil. life ami escaped it, His
< fondness for b. atrice and her affection
for him. Shown reservedly by each.
was not laid bare. however. until one
day Mackiin received a despatch from
!.aguerre asking him IL he wished to
Join him as adjutant. with the rank of
captain. in the Tonkin expedition.
with the French Zouaves. They plead
with him 10 remain mt home. tn give up
lighting. and give the quieter life a
fair trial. And his answer is the key
mote TO his character. n fitting epitaph
to he placed on his tombstone when
death overtakes him: you ask me tn
think of what | am giving up" | said
gently. Il gave up this this grand
fathers sword)- l shall never sur
render it again. l am not deciding in
} minute, Ii was decided for me long
ago. It's tradition. It's handed down
10 me- My grandfather was Hamilton
of Cerro Gordo. Of the City of Mexico.
80 Gettysburg. My father was fighting
Mackliu. He was killed at the
head OF his soldiers All my pearia