The evening world., 1911-10-06
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Copyright. 1911. by The Prs Publishing Co. rs New Yuh World.
"a Good Thin9 Which No One Knew How

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IRoUND the tent walls sat a ring of stond Indians In the centre
ws piled a huge mass of gold dust. a fortune for which many .
VMv man would have risked life. Several Spanish adventures were
N9 souabbling violently owe the task Of dividing the treasure A.
they wranglcd the Indian Chiefs eldest son sprang forward. kicked the
heap of gold to pieces and exclaimed In disgust:
Why do you white men quarrel like babies I'VE a trAe like ths7 II
you have the courage to follow me westward through the wilderness can
lead you to an ocean whose coasts are full of gold for the digging"
The young Indian did not make good his promise, but the anecdote
went all over the civilized world and drew men TO America by the shou-
sands Incidentally. It led to the discovery Of the Pacific
Spain and Portugal-chieny Spain-ruled all America. These nations
were somewhat s a Hottentot might be who had found a cake Of soap
He would know It was a good thing. but he would have no idea at oil
world at the we're bind to It's vondrOus possibilities. pazhed by a craze for
''''''' 'N''" lot ''', with tn t bunting "sns' . ss.a' {. .'. srsss so sa' . sPa"Sss' tor psnns..
C.-.-) ooldmad. they threw away me Chance of IN Ages. and ~
w W.. H%o a result neither Spain 10 Portugal to-day WINS one inch
~ Portugal claimed Brazil. Portuguese II. sn thar oun.
try. language, re rest of the New World Va. SPANS Then spranr up q
ss.:s Of ss ss' .i%S.sn sn. n sA ,ssA as .o sS the " sake sF o;s res ssss''' rn. s' rs s'S re-
..s. Of e y ,s ssa s%s 'f Ts instances s"s ''' '"'" minds these results were mi '"'
n s.rs hear, "a n !. .b inar.n ss fg 1t ' ns ssssrI s ~sar boast H.. m na Se p pssS.les se ~
r4sarro. . peasant VII cOuh no, read or write became al american soldier,
treasure It. oold lay hands N. N inaden,any; made that country a spanish
catez, hearing hat. Mexico "a. a gold country, conquered that whole lana
Florida (which peninsula ne believed to be a island. He discovered n such
fountain. whose waters would have brought Mm a fortune ut lie opened ~
D. Soto T.. search %, a we smx: .%s C, COUNTRY %r,, s.srS' pc ca'i for. ,, ,'s .
broken a. his failure to find gold, and was buried in the waters of thu CRANE
These men, and raj more like them. looked On Amene-
(-.-.. merely as a treasure chest They tortured and enSarei N
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Gold and ns true GREATNESS And in time the Power thus ewelv 'nd inconN
It remained for, thu rugged men of tn NorssG Of Europe to md the Key Which
two o., her .a captains. Sebastian and John Cabot expored-no, the warm
.. %s,aa.s s.. sGu, ,. "nsas The h n russ:s S Sornar Atlantis sn ,.s Shores s%%es.sd Fr ,H ni, " We xo o
Henry II of England CAV John Cabot $50 F'ry dollars ''- presenting Eng
Cartier N other hardy Frenchmen coionisei Canada Hendrix Hudson <
New York m New Jersey New England and VIRGINIA were settled by English
. SSnsss'; +. aaa "an , 100 ys5n' Sse discovery england" n France a.
Then the actual Story of ~ Country began. A story more aromatic than
any ever born in the brain OF the most daring fiction writer.