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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

the pillow look / ckwasrd;
Though the plowsl re- cut through
the flowers of / e to its fountains
Though it pass o'e' he graves OF the
dead and the he this of the living
It is the will of the Lord; and His
mercy endureth for ever!"
So he entered the house: and the
hum of the wheel and the singing
Suddenly ceased; for Priscilla, aroused
by his step on the threshold,
Rose as he entered, and gave him her
hand, in signal of welcome,
Saying, 81 knew it was you, when ]
heard your step in the passage;
For l was thinking of you, as l sat
there singing and spinning"
Awkward and dumb with delight, that
a thought of him had been mingled
Thus in the sacred psalm, that came
from the heart of the maiden,
Silent before her he stood, and gave
her the flowers for an answer,
Finding no words for his thought. He
remembered that day in the
winter,
After the first great snow, when he
broke path from the village,
Keeling and plunging along Trough
&c crltts that encountered the
doorway,
Stamping the snow from mis- feet as
he entered the house, and Priscilla
Laughed at Ms snowy locks, and gave
him seat>Ry the fireside,
Grateful and pleasSed to know he had
thought of her hS the snow-storm.
Had he but spoken th&Q perhaps not
in vain had he spokeN~N
Now it was all too late; the goldeSn mo
ment had vanished! ~
So he stood there abashed, and gave !
her the flowers for an answer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08
The C0urtship Of
Miles StQndiSh
With illustrations by
Howard Chandler CEYiSfv

Copyright. The Bobbs-MerrM COMPANY,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08
into vast estates, of which he
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w
was basely defrauded,
Il bore the family arms, and had
'or his crest a cock argent
Combed and waited gules, and all the
rest of the blazon.
He was man of honor, of noble and
-o.,.> nature,
Though he was rough, he was kindly;
she knew how during the winter
He had attended the sick, with a hand
as gentle as woman's;
Somewhat hasty and hot, he could not
deny it, and headstrong,
Stern as a soldier might be. but
hearty, and placable always,
Not to be laughed at and scorned, be-
cause he was little of stature;
For he was great of heart, magnani-
nous, courtly, courageous;
Any woman in Plymouth, nag. any
woman in England.
Might be happy and proud to be called
the wife of Miles Standish!
But IS he warmed and glowed, in
his simple and eloquent language.
Quite forgetful of self, and full of the
praise of his rival,
Archly the maiden smiled, and, with
eyes overrunning with laughter,
Said in a tremulous voice, ''Why don't
you speak for yourself, John?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Glimmered the golden reed of the
angel who measured the city.
Welcome, o wind of the East!" he
exclaimed in his wild exultation,
welcome, o wind of the East, from
the caves of the misty Atlantic!
Blowing DER fields of dulse, and
measureless meadows of sea-
grass,
Blowing DER rocky wastes, and the
grottos and gardens of ocean!
Lay thy cold, moist hand on my burn
ing forehead, and wrap me
Close in thy garments of mist, to al
lay the fever within mel"
Like an awakened conscience, the
sea was moaning and tossing,
Beating remorseful and loud the mu-
table sands of the sea-shore.
Fierce in his soul was the struggle
and tumult of passions contend
ing;
Love triumphant and c:owned, and
friendship wounded md bleeding,
Passionate cries of desire, and i'm
Fortunate pleadings of duty!
"Is 1t my fault" he said, that the
maiden has chosen between us?
Is it my fault that he fai1ed,-my fault
that am the victor?"
Then within him there Numbered a
voice, like the voice Of the
prophet:
at hath displeased the Lord!"-and
he thought of Davids transgres-
sion,
Bathsheba's beautiful face, and his
friend in the front of the battlei
Shame and confusion of guilt, and
abasement and se1f-condemnation
Overwhelmed him at once; and he
cried in the deepest contrition:
ut hath displeased the Lord! It is
the temptation of Satan!'
Then uplifting his head, he looked
at the sea, and beheld there
Dimly the shadowy form of the May
flower riding at anchor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Chatting and choking with rage; like
cords were the veins on his tenn.
pies.
But in the midst of his anger a man
appeared at the doorway,
Bringing in uttermost haste a mes.
sage of urgent Importance,
Rumors 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
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 his hands as in childhood,
Prayed in the silence of night to the
Father who seeth in secret.
Meanwhile the choleric Captain
strobe wrathful away to the coun-
Gil,
Found it already assembled, impa-
tiently waiting his coming;
Men in the middle of life, austere and
cravo In 1oDortDoonf
Only one of them old, the hill that
was nearest to heaven,
Covered with snow, but erect, the ex-
cellent Elder of Plymouth
God had sifted three Kingdoms to find
the wheat for this planting,
Then had sifted the wheat, as the
living seed of nation;
So say the chronicles cl3, and such
is the faith of the people!
Near them was standing an Indian, in
attitude stern aid defiant,
Naked down to the waist. ard grim
and ferocious in aspect;
While on the table before them was
lying unopened a Bible,
Ponderous, bound in leather, brass.
studied. printed in Holland,
And beside 1t outstretched the skin OF
a rattlesnake giittered,
Filled, like a CULVER, with arrows; q
signal and challenge of warfare.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

. sinGCus way.
the reddubtable 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 CHEEKY demeanor
Even as one who is waiting an an
swer, and fears not the issue.
mot far off is the, house, although the
woods are between US;
But you have fingered SO long, that
while you were going and coming
l have fought ten battles and sacked
and demolished Ia city.
Come, sit down, and in order relate
to me all that has happened"
Then John Alden slbake, and related
the wondrous adventure,
From beginning to end, infinitely, Just
as it happened:
How he had seen Priscilla. and how
he had sped in his, coprtship.
Only smoothing little, Sand softenina
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
Changed on the wall, where 1t hung
with sound of sinister omen.
All his pent-up wrath burst forth in
sudden explosion,
Even as a hand-grenade, that scat
tiers destruction around it.
Wildly he shouted, and loud: John
Alden! you have 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
my own through the heart of a
traitor?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08
John Alden

Into the open air John Alden, per.
picked and bewildered,
Rushed like a man insane, and wan.
dered alone by the seaside;
Paced up and down the sands, and
barred his head to the east wind,
Cooling his heated brow, and the fire
and fever within him.
Slowly as out of the heavens, with
apocalyptical splendors,
Sank the City of God, in the vision
of John the Apostle,
So, with it's cloudy walls of chrysolite.
jasper, and sapphire,
Sank the broad red sun, and over its
turrets uplifted
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Yours is the greater treason. for
yours is a treas on to friendship,
You. who lived under my roof. whom
cherished and loved as
brother;
You, who have fed at my board. and
drunk st my cup, to whose keep
iuE
have fTtrusted my honor. my
thoughts the most sacred and Sc
cret,-
You, too, Brutus! ah, woe to the name
of friendship hereafter.
Brutus was Caesars friend, and you
were mine, but henceforward
Let there be nothing between us save
war, and implacable hatred"
So spake the Captain of Plymouth,
as he strobe about in the cham
Der,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

And gave him seat by the fireside
Feeling his words like a blow, that
stunned her and rendered her
speechless;
Till at length she exclaimed inter.
rupting the ominous silence:
If the great Captain OF Plymouth is
SO very eager to wed me,
Why does he not come himself, and
take the trouble to WOO me?
# am not worth the woohg, surely
- am not worth the winning"
Then John Alden began explaining
ard smoothing the mater,
Making it wofse-,as he wens by say
ing the Captain~yas busy
Fad no time for such fSipgs;-such
things! the words gratingx 1arshly
Fell on the ear Of Priscilla; and swift
as flash she made answer:
Has he no time for such things, as
you call it, before he is married
Would he be likely to find it, or make
it, after the wedding?
That is the way with you men; you
uOnI understand US, you can not.
When you have made up your minds,
after thinking of this one and
that one,
Choosing, selecting, rejecting, com
pairing one with another,
Then you make known your desire,
with abrupt and sudden avowal,
And are offended ard hurt, and indig-
nant perhaps, that a woman
Does not respond at once to love
that she never suspected,
Does not attain at bound the height
to which you have been climbing.
This is not right nor just: for surely
a woman's affection
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Then they sat down and talked OF
the birds and the beautiful spring
time,
Talked of their friends at home, and
the Mayflower that sailed on the
morrow.
4 have been thinking all day." said
gently the Puritan maiden,
Dreaming all night and thinking all
day, of the hedge-rows OF Eng
land,-
They are IN blossom now, and the
country is all like a garden;
thinking of lanes and fields, and the
song of the lark and the linnet,
Seeing the village street, and familiar
faces of neighbors
Going about as of old, and stopping
And, at the end of the street, the vii
to gossip together,
lage church, with the ivy
Climbing the old gray tower, and the
quiet graves in the churchyard.
Kind are the people live with, and
dear to me my religion;
Still my heart Is so sad, that I wish
myself back in Old England.
You will say it is wrong, but can not
help it: I almost
Wish myself back in Old England,
feel so lonely and wretched."
Thereupon answered the youth: en-
deed do not condemn you;
Stouter hearts than a woman's have
Quailed in this terrible winter.
Yours is tender and trusting, and
needs a stronger to lean on;
So / have come tn Won now. with an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Full of the breath of the Lord, con
soling and comforting many.
Then, as he opened the door, he be
held the form of the maiden
Seated beside her wheel, and tbs
carded wool like a snow-drift
Piled at her knee, her white hands.
feeding the ravenous spindle,
While with her foot on the treadlt
she guided the wheel in its motion
Open wide on her lap lay the well
worn ngalm-bcck Of Ainsworth.
Printed il Amsterdam, the words and
music together,
'Rough-hewn, angular notes, like stones
in the wall OF a churchyard,
Darkened and overhung by the run.
ming vine OF the verses.
Such was the book from whose pages
she sang the old Puritan anthem
She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude
of the forest,
MAKING the humble house and the
modest apparel of homespun
Beautiful with her beauty, and rich
with the wealth of her being,
Over him rushed. like a wind that Ia
keen and cold and relentless.
Thoughts CT what might have bean
and the weigA AID woe OF his err
rand;
All the dreams that had faded. and
all the hopes that had vanished,
is life henceforth a dreary and
ntless mansion,
w vain regrets, and pallid,
ul faces.
to himself, and almost
said it:
hat putteth his had to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

Made by a good m; w itrue. Miles
Standish. the ..rtan of HP
mouth"
Thus he delivered his message, the
ueX-erous writer OF letters
Did not embellish the theme, nor ar
ray it in beautiful Phrases,
But came straight to the point, and
blurted it out like schoolt-y;
Even the Captain himself could hard
ly have said it more bluntly.
Mute with amaZement and sorrow,
Priscilla, the Puritan maiden,
Looked into Alden's face, her eyes
dilated with wonder,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

comfor;;.e- breath of the east
wind;
Saw TIE rew-built house, and people
at work in meadow;
ri as he drew near the door. the
afal voice of Priscilla
lie hundredth Psalm, the
ID Puritan anthem.
Y uther sang to the sacred
the Psalmist,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-08

BuckIed the belt round his waist.
Brought by the Indian, and speaking
with arrowy tongues of defiance.
tered, and heard them debating
What were an answer BETTING 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
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
NAVAL STRENGTH
. OF GREAT POWERS
[ Special cnblc 10 rb, r,,,,, n.

Especial Cable to Tho Times. Dlson,ch
LONDON June ia useful White
paper just published shows the naval
strength OF the great powers on ais,
March last, excluding battleships and
armored cruisers over twenty years
old. All other vessels are included.
Tho tabular statement clearly de-
monstrates the vast superiority or tho
BIT sh navy. which is shown to be
greater than the combined fleets OF
any twofof the other powers
Bat,leships tbuilD-Britain. 5S
France. II. Russia. 4: Germany. ~:
Italy. . Austria Hungary. IL; United
states. %; Japan. Is.
Battlcships building BRITAIN. 10.
France. $; Russia 4 Germany Q: ItaIy.
~ Austria Hungary. 3: United states.
6; Japan. @ +
Coast defense vessels (armorcd)-
Britain. nil; France. 4. Russia 2: Ger
many. Z: Italy, nil: Austria Hungary,
nil; United States. . Japan. nil Most
~ all ships. Gcrmnnys for example.
heinG over thirty years odD
rmored cruisers (built) Britain.
IS; France, 20: Russia. &. Germany.
10; italy 10; Austria Hungary, q:
United States. Is: Japan. l3
Armorcd cruisers (buiidinc) Bri-
tain. tinclud'ng ono FOR Australia
France !. Russia .; Germany. . Italy.
MI; Austria Hungary. nil: United
States. nil: Japan. i
First-class protected cruisers-Bri-
tain. Is dncludlng one for CANADIAN
governmental. France. 5. Russia. 1;
Germany, nil; Italy. nil: Austria Hun
gary. nil; United States. !: Japan. ..
(These are an OLD type, Britain's date
from 1895 or eariier) S
Second-class protected cruisers
uilo-Rritain. 81 Including for
Canada); France. 5; Russia .. Germany,
~; italy. 2;Austria- Hungary. 3: United
States. i6: Japan. II.
second class protected cruisers
touilding) -Britaia. Q dncluding ? for
Australial: France. NIL; Russia. MI;
Germany, G; Italy, nil. Austria H,n
gary, 3. United States. nil: Japan. 3.
Third class protected cruisers
Britain. i6; France. :; Russia. ,: Ger
many, II; Italy. II. Austria Hungary.
8; United states. nil Japan. 6 tnone
launched since 1900.
Unprotected cruisers - Britain, !
built building France nil. Russia
NIL Germany, s: Iialy. MI: Austria-
Hungary. 3; United States, 81 Japan
Scouts Britain, snuilt; italy. build
ing; United States. 3 (no other pow
or has any,.
TORPEDO vessels Britain. % dnciud-
.iiS ~ hePol shlPsl; france, :: Russia,
4: Germany, |; Italy. s: .Nnstria- Hun
gary, u; United States .: Japan. 1
including submarine depot ships)
Can old type; no British bull, since
1891.
Torpedo boat dcstroycrs fbuilt.-
Britain. III Gncluding 3 for Amstralia)
France, 60; Russia, %: Germany. 81;
italy, %; Austria Hungary. IL: United
States. SO; Japan, 81.
frorpcdo- boat destroyers tbuilding).
Britain. IS: France. 81; Russia. ] Ger
many, II; Italy, 10: Austria -IIungary,
6: United States. 10,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
HOW no WITNESS
GREAT PROCESSION


n tSP"cini ga Ole TO Tho TIMES Dispatch.
London. June lO.-The problem of
now to sec in comfort the corona ton
procession and the royal progress
buying ticket and booking n seat
on one of the hundreds of timbercd
siands now being erected on all the
t einsi ~. oin sites between Buckingham.
heiore YOU occupy your seat you will
nave to set there--a fact which is
complicated by the elaborate police
regulation now being drafted. And
when you are in your seat You viii
nave nave to SIT tight for n good many
hours before YOU can break away to
Eour favorite chop house
Moreover, in booking your seat, II is
Just rs we'll to make personal IN,
spectlon of the stand, for not all of
ang two-sninea coronation stalls Will
| passing OF Their ATajesties. Some OF
the stands are being constructed 81
,e.SHIraordlnary. angles from the sight
S,eers viewpoint, owing mainly TO .iif-
hcuitles attending the boarding up of
Ccnurches and statues and other street
INJURIES, which may not be clipped or
ut ma Eed In any way. Some stands. too.
seem 70 have been SO placed as to in
Voivc the use of glasses for. any ade-
ouate glimpse of the royal paseantry.
While the holders of seats on stands
NAY take their places as early In the
morning ns they choose, they may not
he later than $40 to . a. NJ, on Coron-
alton Day, and In some cases ticket
holders are already warned that they
must be In their seats by y. NJ
Nor Will there be any getting away
until after the return procession. which
means late afternoons; for the corona
ton ceremonies Will last the greater
part OF ave hours. The prospect Of
spending siN to seven hours in corona
tion nishtseeing would he less INVITING
! 70 nc majority Of PEOPLE if it were not
lhat arrangements are in progress in
| most instances 10 prOVide rnfrSsbp,onte
! on the stands either at sum incl,l.
f ssiVc with the cost of seat. or at what
/ Is euphrmistically termed 'rcasonable
charges ~ small army Of VOTERS and
| Mattresses arc being engaged for the
| coronation and Progress Days for ser.
] vice nj street stands alone nm
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
PRINCESS KEEPS DoGs
WITHOUT LICENSES
Especial Cable to rho Times Dlspa,ch i

Especial Gable to The Times Dlspatchl
London June l0.-At the Spel:horne
Petty Sessions, Princess Sophia 4. Du-
leep Singh was summoned for kecpinc
ilNe dogs without licenses. ana she wac
also summoned for using arm orial
bearings and for keeping e carriage
and q manscrvant without having taken
out the necessary licenses, There rere
els MT sunmonscs altogether. The bench
mas decided 10 deal with the fye-doe
sumnonses as one case. and for not
taking. out licenses defendant vas
keeping an unlicensed male servant.
'nnd 81 for Keeping an unlicensed car
riage
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
Rink for the nlind
Especial Cable 10 The Times-Dis

lSpecial Cable TO The Times Dispatch.
=, serlin, Juno 1o.-A skating rink for
me Diind has recently been opened in
I'M. .hls CITY The wonderful acutcncss or
The the sense OF feeling In those who arc
plind makes It possible for them to
SNOW when they approach objects. al
avoid each other with ease. whether
skatihS singly or In pairs: they walt
around the hall. and the spectator
they were sightless. for their move
inonts nre ms swift and sure as those
or people blessed with normal sf.ht.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

JoEef Strnnsky, appointed an sueces-
sor TO the Int Gustnyc Mailer, con-
ductor Of the Philharmonic Society OF
new York, who by his acceptance az
the New York offer gave up a musrcnI
career In Europe such n. comcs to few
mon. - -, ~
The young bohemian conductor bnd
enhrSe or the Biuthcr Orchestra, ono
or inc thrcc leading symphony .ocIc-
Ties OF Rcrltn, and liz WINS urged TO
lcgcs. lie refused. however. In elm.
with this offer, which wouId have IN
surcd hin work for the next three
Sshra, md decided 20 brave tho yic,s-
Stuhcs Of American critfcism with N
contract TINT lasts hut n ycnr. "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
and abroad. Time will show whether
tho people OF Russla are foolish
enough TO be hoodwinked. .i
Intelligent Crnbs.

Especial Cable to The Times D ispatch.
London, June l0-Two crabs hnve
displayed both intelligence and indus
have filed the fishing population OF
ment. 81. iIH' n ~ 4
Having been caught close TO With
ernsea, they were decorated with brass
numbers and returned to the decp off
Saltflcct by the Eastern Sea Fisheries
district cruiser s.715 l'', III
Last week they were picked in a grin
on their old ground having Travelled
at least forty niles ~ =.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
sot.DIER's EXECUTION
CAUSES ENLIGHTENMENT,


[specia cable 10 The Times Dispatch.l M
much public excitement in Valencia
over the execution Of the soldier who
killed non commissioned officer OF II s
reslment. The entire town demanded
q. royal pardon, but 1t was refused
ihe public sympathy was chiefly moved
py the fact that the father OF the
murdered man sent a message forGiv-
ing the murderer for the dped sa,it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

ESPECIAL Cnble 10 The Times Dispntch. / Z
Mini Novgorod. June 1O.-NIada mo
lSuddscheff, the widow.iof a cossack col.
9 ITa VINO is riding on horseback from
mere safe and well. Her mount g. In
excellent condition. II ~ 2 ~
From Hardin tManchuria) to Niini
$500 miles, and 1t Is sono 5oo =, III
more no n from Mini 6Novgorod 10 st. Pc 70
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

Nine. Edyth Walker, famous prlmn
donna and erstwhffe Inpccunious schooI
teacher, OF Rome, n. Y, who cnthusi-
nsucaiiy advises American girls "to
come TO Germany md learn singing if
thcE hive the voice, and wish to reach
thc top branches OF the tree OF suc-
cess Mime. Walker In II brilliant ex-
nmrlc of efficacy Of hrr teachings for
she herself, nftcr hut a few yefrs of
hhrd work, Is known nA ono of the most
promising singers In Europe