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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

few home TO its little birds and how
cred over them. looking very fright
efled all the time.
The lion stopped walking and poked
it's head through the bushes to look,
1t croucled to spring. but the sweep ef
the eagles wings drew near. Strong
as the lion was, he knew that the eagle
was dangerous and savage, and he ala
not care to fight with the eagle. SO
he drew back into the bushes cnd
waited--patient and deadly
.,0h dear Cod" the little voice be-
gan gain. ..thisIs the time that little
fNllow needs to be looked after. so that
his mother and father viii not scry for
him. please, dear God, show me the
way home. for ! don't know and you
know everything.
There was no answering voice. The
sounds OF the forest were few and
every tree seemed to be standing on
tiptoe. as tho little fellow thought,
and to be looking at him, until he
grew nervous.
You don't need t. sTait. dear God.
he went on You can't come any too
soon. why don't yoa answer Mamma
orayer that even so little q fellow as
makes. why don't you say that you
will take me back to pap1 and
mamma.
hat the animals saw was e tear
stained ..tle hoy. about six years old.
all by ..imself His hat was on the
ground beside him and his heau was
touched his shoulders. His round
chee-.s were din,pled and red as any
ap,le. His eyes we-e as blue as the
xkv Near hin, was small wicker
basket. in which something stirred un-
easily at the sound OF his voice and
seemed to be trying to get out into the
air.
the basket. Again the lion paused and
slared and made ready to spring. But
the lad made no attempt to go away,
and SO Tie lion did not junp.
II guess" said the little fellnw, that
/ am some rested now. and will see IL
l can't find my way
He picked up the basket and started
straight toward the ..on. The brute
saw the basket and perhaps thought
that it was some sort of trap, and SO
skunk back and let the child go on.
Perhaps the seeming fearlessness of
the boy scared the lion. Suddenly 1t
growled. so that little Jack looked In
its direction and saw it for the first
time. Uttering sharp cry. he ran
fast. and the lion, not vet giving up
the idea OF eating him. followed after.
Patter, patter. the boy heard the
FOOTBALLS Of the m6hntain lion behind
and knew that he was followed. and he
ran faster. but never let go his hold
of the basket.
He glanced up and saw that the
eagle was flying the same COURSE, and
he needed only to see the eagle once
to know that this, too. was an enemy.
The woods were full of beauties. The
wild lilacs hung UP masses of sweet
smelling flowers in the shade. The wild
columbine had vases in which there
was lot of honey. The madrone tree
was red and graceful.
Little Jack did not think Of such
things now. He was running away for
his life-and praying harder than any
boy ever did before
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II Will be so good. oh. so good he
promised. and neve" ne cross to papa
and mamma and sister Edna. and-and
---ani I'll do everything you want me
to- dear Cod. II you will only tell that
bad wild animal that is chasing me
to 80 away. and that cruel bird to fly
home and forget all about me.
When the woods were thickest the
eagle flew high. But then the lion,
hiding as best it could behind the
bushes IS II ran. came closer.
Little Jac'-'s chest was heaving like
little bellows. he was so out of
breath. HIS little legs were numb with
cold with fear. He saw that the lion
was not at s'i tired and that the eagle
flesv as lightly as ever.
Its no use" sobbed little Jack. THE
wild animal Will eat me all up and |
will never see home or papa or mamma
again. But
Tho hut meant that little Jack
thought that he had something To do
yet befo-e the Wild lion should attack
him. Where the-e was little clear
space ameng tho trees. and a small
hill rounded up above the path that lit
tie Jack had como. the lad climbed
hreathle.sly. his eyes overrunninG with
tea-s. his vote" choiSed with sobs.
From ono of his trousers pockets
how proud he was of those pockets
but yesterday.--ne took out some
string. a jack knife. a rusty nail. an
apple core. his mammals shiny scissors
and marble.
With the scissors he cut from his
head curl Around 1t he tied the
string. Its all over for poor little
Jackie he cried. But I'll send this
curl home TO mamma and papa with a
kiss and | know they will like TO
have It..
Their. while the lion and the eagle
both wondered and waited strangely,
little Jack for the first time opened
the basket that he had faithfully car
white cove whose little heart was
going like trip-hammer at all these
strange happenings
Fly right home, dear Snow White,
said little Jack. Take this curl to
papa and mamma and tell them that
l am sorry that | didn't mind them,
but | thought / would be home In a
minute, and now - now shall
never see them again. Dear little
Snow White, / love you. too, good
g-g-g-o-o-o- od-d-d bye
So saying. he tied the brown curl
in which, the sunshine had strayed so
often when his mother had stroked
his head while she told him how he
must look out for her when he be-
came blS Iudi-dIodnu the snow
white and slender neck of the dove
which was trying to pull away in Its
fear, Then. kissing the bird repeat
edly, while his sobs were heart break
ing, loving little Jack let the dove
so
1t looked up and saw the eagle. and
wise with the knowledge OF bird-lore
flew low and out of reach of the eagle
going only where the branches were
thick so that the eagle could not ge.
through them.
Good by, Snow White; good by
papa and mamma and sister Edna
good by. every one-eome and help me
dear Cod SO the dove heard little
jack call after him.
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Y BIG bee sang bass song to the
Sundsy-llke silence of the woods.
n m-n-m M sounded his voice.
and it was like fairy playing a
cello. so faint and fine and even in
tone il was. With stealthy tread a
mountain lion walked to and fro, hid
ing behind bushes. lashing his sides
heTeeiy with his tail that never ceased
lnosins, so that IL was clear that he
Wss thinking very hard and that lie
knew prey was naer-someth.nr to he
pounceo upon. seized, torn to pieces
Win many Q snarling noise and fearful
cIuhching or cruel teeth. when the time
came and the prey closed his ewes.
salins In perfect circles, high over-
neao' casting faint shadow on fhe
oi creek mat watered the roots of the
mountain slopes. niirrored In thr has,
trees. ever looking straight down,par
as II he, too, saw something "a ho
huhted TO death and eatcn--a great
eagle Whiried around and around.
lscreaning at the lion that the nrav
was his, and the lion answering with
surly growl that the eagle wo,,la
nave to fight for the game both saw
near by. %"
-m.m-m." sang the bee. edo not
sleep, little one. Sweetcr than an,
hover from which | get honey ses
Inat you are; gentler than any rabbit
that wears fur coat Do NOT ~
do-o-o n-o-o-o-t sl-e-e-e-p'
But the last noise was so drowsv tba :
even the trees nodded and a sigh ws~ :
heard in the tops of the pines; such p
slsh as children often make when they
are ABOUT TO take the cars for sleenv
land. full OF comfort and ease.
But perhaps little Jack to whom thi,
warning was given by the bee. heard
and understood. At any rate. sob
the first that had ever been heard n,
all this wide California woodland
startled squirrel who was sitting on
his launches eating g nut and lookin q
very funny.
A brown bird that had a nest full of
little, feathered children made an any
ious noise as IL it was sorry for some
thing-perhaps for somebody Rut
hercer grew the eyes of the cruel. rest
less, tireless lion, who was the cruelest
soul that the forest knew
Swifter few the eagle until. the cir
Gle of its flight getting smaller and
smaller. IL was ready to swoop down
through the air with swift and deadly
aim on poor little Jack
Then. following the sobbing. noise
was heard that made all the animals
listen. without understanding at all.
but wondering very much
Oh, said little voice. Il am so
tired. l wonder where ! am? I've
walked. and walked. and walked, and
can't find the way home. ! guess /
must be lost / wish l had minded and
not started out to take a walk alone:
for am afraid mamma will cry when
/ don't come home any more.
mo one can find me, no. never any
one, for / walked through the creek
and no one can see where / stepped
there, and l have called and called, but
no one answers.
"Oh ! must be a fearful ways off
from anywhere. Oh, oh, OH. Then
there was more sobbing, which sound
ed so sad to the brown bird that it
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RUPERT, A HERO OF

picking up few things here and there.
dropping these and excltcSly picking
up something else. finally being ordered
away by soldiers or speeding away III
sheer terror of that dreacful enemy
Migration. that seemed to be set
ting the whole world afire.
Patrick's mother had a friend who
owned a horse and cart and his first
thought was TO help her and Prince
Rupert. Early that dreadful morning
the cart stood in front of the widows
door and kind men carried out her
little store OF furniture to the edge Of
the sidewalk in haste. The story book
that contained the story of Prince
Rupert was one of the first things that
Patrick thought about
No wonder. for the hunchDack lad
read the story at least once a week,
and oftener, some weeks. When the
pain in his back was bad he reed 1t
from beginning to end at least twice.
and every time he said: Il. too. will
lac brave.
So. in the articles speedily heaped
into the cart the story of Prince Ru-
pert could have been found. Patrick
brought it down IN his arms, held care
fully as something that his love would
shield.
Just sec that dreamer" laughed a
man whom even the fire had not
taught the lesson of romance and hero
ism.
..p-t,,o prne-, ,oes a., H. io,S.
answered Patrick. little GROSSLY ii
may be. for Prince Rupert was TO him
more than dream; in fact. it was his
teacher for good.
Hurry" commanded his mother
there is no time to lose now See
The fire is at the end of the next block
and is burning Widow Gabelle's house.
I wonder II she is safer"
Widow Gabelle, Was she safe:
Horrible doubt was in that question.
What would Prince Rupert do now?
Would he so to the rescue Of the help
less and the poor, just as his hero in
the story book always did? His mother
was safe. but she was not strong. Who
else would dare the flames but Patrick
TO save the Widow Gabelle?
Drive on. mother, said Patrick.
III you don't go soon it viii be too
late. Co out toward Golden Gate Park
and / will find you there after while. .
.WiIl ind me. Patrick. is it? You
will not lose me- Come. you are going
with me now and at once. Get in the
cart"
No. mother; I am going to see IL
the Widow Gabelle is all right. and
then ! will come on as fast as ever /
can. 1t won't hurt me to walk, and
/ could never look up again If l didn't
do now just what Prince Rupert would
have done"
Prince Rupert is il? This Is no time
for storybook people, Patrick Get
into the cart"
This was the FIRST time that Patrick
had ever disobeyed his mother since he
was able to go ont on the streets to sell
the San Francisco daily papers. But
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
PRINCE
By David II. Walker.

r HE smoke was thick and hot A
thousand houses were afire at
once in san Francisco in April
1906. Prince Rupert then found
his chance. at home. to be good and
true and brave Prince Ruperts name
WAS really Patrick. and he lived on re-
hama street once. when he was small
and a dreaming boy. Patrick was heard
10 say that when he grew up he would
he ike Prince Rupert. hero that he
had read about in fairy story
The old people laughed at him The
Young people. partly because they real
ly liked Patrick and more from fun,
gave him the name Of Prince Rupert at
- 1ce. and TO the children Cor many
ocks around he was known as the
Prince"
Now Prince Rupert in the fairy story
had way of helping the poo- and dis
'rcssed. He went to the rescue of maid
ems whom the wicked giant magicians
had shut up in awful dungeons He
fought dragons which stood on bridges
that barred his way to the castles Ct
the giants. lie dared ~ tie perils OF
the Moving Forest with its shfee-h head
ed monster. and did all sorts 81 woa-
derful things. But Prince Rune-t WAS
unseinsh His life was continually
risked for the benefit OF Others. clad
~ his reval attire. with tie white
plume on his cooked hat waring above
= brave and youthful f'ee. lie was just
The one to get the applause Of Patrick
But Patrick vas neither handsome
ror rich. Isis father WIS dead sld his
mother found il difficult - make
enough money to keep herself and her
son in comfort Patrick was. in fact.
newsboy There was a hump on his
back lie WAS short an5 rut II all
handsome in figure. But IN AIS clear
eyes amy one could reed Che story Of j
dreamer who might be here.
80 ii Happened that. when san fran-
cisco was Burning. this small Prince
Rupert. when others failed and ran
away TO save themselves was Z lIe To
show that he was at heart "a Prince in
deed
Any enc who has Simply tha title OF
Prince that his parents have handed
down TO him. unless he Is unselash and
earnest. is of small account The real
Prince is the one who docs not fear 4
do his duty. In rags or in purple "a,
viii be found 70 show his royal rEint
some time and somo where whom ae il
most needed.
The hot breath Of the vast fires ate
up house after house. with its furnl-
ture its keepsakes. its small riches in
that part CT The city waere wealth was
not common Ia the dwellers. The wind
that the heat made forced the flames
on and on. block after block. and it
seemed as II not one building would he
left standing in san Francisco. the
proud and magnificent city by the
Western sea
The streets were filled with fleeing
people Men and women ian to and fro
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he was on now; deaf to her calls; deaf
to everything except the voice of con-
science that the story OF Prince Rupert
was stirring SO that. he heard II ex
uitantiy above the roar of the oncom-
ing biIlows of flame end the terrible
and continuous sound OF falling timbers
and beams of steel and crumblng walls
of brick on Market and other streets
lie was off with great speed for him
lie ran along Tehama street half
choked with smoke that grew thicker
every second. He reached the house
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the lions head and stunned II little.
With growl IL leaped at Billy and
struck him down to the earth But in
BilIy's belt was his revolver. ready for
use He did not cry out when the
lions claws scratched him cruelty He
had no time for that. II was life or
death in an instant. The lions hot
breathing was in his face. The lions
eyes were glaring into his when he
fired the revolver. So close was he
that the powder burned the lion.
The brute uttered sharp cry--its
iast-and. as the bullet pIoughed be-
tween it's ribs to its savage heart. IL
fell in a heap on Billy. After few
seconds of struggling IL was dead
Then Billy. flushed with his second
and greatest victory as a hunter. took
his rifle and fred IL twice in the air,
the signal to call his father.
Almost at the same instant he heard
a voice calling him-a little voice. and
faint with fear--Hers am. I'm little
Jackie
The hunter and Billy found little
Jack and asked him how he came there
Il runned away did--and then r
got lost. and a wild animal was going
to eat me up and big bird frightened
me. and then l knew 7 would never
get home any more: and so I let NY
dove. Snow White, go and sent . curl
TO papa and mamma 20 let them know
that ! sent them love. and that ID all.
except ] prayed very hard TO dear God
to save me. He sent you 20 me. didn't
He?~
Little Jack mourned when he heard
that the same bullet that had killed
the eagle had also pierced the breast
of Snow White. but he soon dried his
tears when the hunter and his son
told him that they would take him to
his papa and mamma
Little Jacks raother has in a bureau
drawer brown curl that is stained
red with the blood OF a cruel eagle and
a gentle dove. and il rests there al
ways in a box. laid close to a pair Of
white slippers that she wore the Gay
she was married to little Jacks fakAsr.
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II is Prince Rupert that you are your
self and no mistake Where is the
fire?"
Less than block away and coming
like raeehorse toward you"
Come on, then. Help me downstairs
and I will go with you.
Prince Rupert glanced swiftly around
the room. 1t had very little of value
in it. But in corner, where it had
stood for years was musket that
rheS Widow Gabelle's husband had
carried through the Civil War for the
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asked.
The whole city is burning UP and I
have come to save you.
impossible. The city can't burn up.
Where are the brave firemen?"
-The water mains are broken and
there is no water to put out the FIRE
with. Every one is running away"
And you came here to save poor
old woman who has nothing TO give
you?" -
prince Rupert told me to come"
..rhen il Ia God bless you. dearle. and
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of Widow Gabeile, which was not yet
on ere. his mother being mistaken
about that. He ran up the stairway to
her room. to which he had often
climbed slowly enough before, when
he went to read to the widow. who was
bedridden and old. He burst open her
door. which was locked. and his heart
sank within him as he heard her CHEEKY
and brave voice calling from her bed.
where she had been used to sit when
he read aloud about Prince Rupert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

ing gloriously in the evening Every instant
a fresh golden spot grew out of the fog which
blazed like a star for instant, and then
surged forward to show itself as the brazen
beak of the great red vessel which bore it. Look
ing back, the whole bank of cloud was broken by
the widespread line of noble ships which were
bursting through it. The Basisk lay mile or
in front of them and two miles clear of their
wing Five miles farther off, in the direction of the
French coast, two other small ships were running
down Channel A cry of JOY from Robert Knolles
and hearty prayer of gratitude to the saints from
the old shipman hailed them their missing COM
rades, the cog Thomas and the Grace Dieu.
But fair as was the view of their lost friends and
wondrous the appearance of the Spanish ships, it
not those that the eyes of the men of the
Bassk were chiefly bent. A greater sight lay
before them-a sight which brought them cluster
ing to the forecastle with eager eyes and pointing
fingers. The English fleet was coming forth from
the Winchelsea coast. Already before the fog
lifted a fast galleass had brought the down
Channel that the Spanish were the and the
Kings fleet under way. Now their long array
of sails gay with the coats and coors of the towns
which had f1fSshed them, lay bright against the
Kentish coast from Dungeness Point to Rye. Nine
and twenty ships there from Southampton,
Shoreham, Winchelsea, Hastings, Rye Hythe,
Romney, Fokestone, Deal, Dover and Sandwich.
With their great sails sued round to catch the wind,
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to the afterguard and say the same to them. We
are lost if of these great ships should spy us
For an hour with bated breath they stole through
the fleet still hearing the cymba1s cashng all
round them for in this way the SPaniards held them
selves together. Once the wild music came from
above their very PROV, and warned them to
change their course. Once also a huge vessel
doomed for instant upon their quarter; but they
turned two points away from her, and she blurred
and vanished Soon the cymbals but a dis
tant tinkng, and at last they died gradually away.
1T is none too soon" said the old shipman,
pointing to a yelowish tint in the haze above
them. See yonder! 1t is the which wins
through. 1t will be here All! said l not
so?"
A sicI1y sum- no larger and far DINNER than the
moon, had indeed shown its face, with cloud
wreaths smoking across it. As they looked up it
waXed larger and brighter before their eyes-a
yellow halo spread round it, one ray broke through,
and then funnel of golden light poured down upon
them, widening swiftly at the base. A minute
later they sailing a clear blue with
azure Cloud-flecked sky above their heads, and
such a scene beneath it as each of them would
carry in his memory while memory remained.
They in mid Channel The white and green
coasts of Pcardy and of Kent lay clear upon either
side of them. The wide Channel stretched in front,
deepening from the light blue beneath their PROV
to purple on the far skyline. Behind them that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll

shadowy forms of
the ships of Spain.
Four of them had
already emerged,
their red bodies,
gilded sides and
painted sails shin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

thick bank of cloud from which
they had just burst. 1t lay like a
gray wall from east to west, and
through it were breaking the high
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heatHs

GREEN-ln this city. on May OH. 1905, Ma-ioIie
widow OF Edward Green.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited
10 attend the iuneral irom her late residence,
1901 West Second street. on Monday morning 40
O'Clock. Requiem mass 90 rt inula Chtt o..
Interment az cathedral cemetery.
NcCkAY AY--suddemlV, on Nay 10th. 1905. William
a. MCCray. IN bis 36th year
Relatives, friends, members On MaHaset
Tribe. No q j. % n. d. and Evening shr
Iodte. No. 2, 6. OF b. are invited TO attend tne
funeral services. at his late residence, No las
one Row henry Clay. on sunday afternoon,
May i8ln. 1900 at O'Clock, lnterment M
salem cemetery.
McEvuLY- I'm this city, on May 9ih' 1900 hlien
Mckvilly aged so years
Relatives and friends are rcnecuuNy lntlleu
to attend the funeral from the residence OF hef
sonin-law, John T. Healy' No lvo y. htoolne
street. on Monday morning. a. 90 o'clock. re.
ouiem Mas % ~ paul's Church. lntement az
Cathedral cemetery.
MIII.ER-In this city, on May 10Th 1906, George
j., son of Frank and Carrie II Miller, aged o
Rclntives md friends Of the family are invited
90 attend the funeral services az nus parents
residence, No. 2s7 Jenon on street, o. SUNDAY
afternoon, May 18th, az SO O'Clock lnieimen'
al Wilmington hraudyWiue cemetery
pusEY-Ou Fifth month, 9th, 1906 safah
rharulcss daughter oi 6eoree W. ana p hAul'
cuce pusey. age years and months
Funeral from the residence OF hef parents ~
tshi.nd. Tel. on First da7, Fifth month"; itin
Meet al the house a. ] O'Clock p. m helatlte
and friends are invited without iurtner nollct
Carriages will meet trolley cars a. lorklyn o.
40 and 1910. lnierment at hockessln.