The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-10-19

lands court some day (hunting
horns blow AGAIN..
Second Scene.
The second scene is laid i'm the
beautiful gardens of Sir William
PENIS London residence. The usual
group of court ladies are in attend
ance and have been enjoying the wit
and humor of the merry Admiral, so
famous for great deeds. For some
months past rumors have been reach.
ing the fathers ears of Williams un.
becoming conduct in Ireland; of his
arrest at a Quaker meeting; his
chance interview with the King, and
his constant use of the" and thou"
A short time before the time of this
scene the father had received a let
ter from a very intimate friend, Lord
Orrery, which stated that young Penn
had actually turned Quaker. While
Sir William is in the very act of read
ing his letter to the ladies', his son
returns home in obedience to his
fathers commands and now enters
the gateway. The scene that follows
is mixture of pathos and fiery
spirit.
Imploring the son to remain true
to the family faith and precepts to
step forward to take up the place
which the elder must soon relinquish,
the old admiral pleads with his boy.
William is distressed and troubled
and steps aside for meditation, while
the admiral, also much disturbed,
takes council with his company. Penn
refuses to fOrsake his newly adopted
faith and its ways and is openly de.
nounced and disowend by the father
and is cast away.
Juniors.
Cast: William Penn, Grover Lich-
tenheld; envoy for Duke of York,
Elmer Tatum; Dukes envoy, cava.
lier, Hubert Peckham; PENIS com.
panion, Hadley Kelsey; PENIS secre
tary, Harold Marshall; magistrate,
Harold Lane; mayor of Delaware,
Ray Cheney; friends, Indians and
colonists; Swedish sitter, Jens Jen.
sen; guard, Owen S. Laughlin.
The scene. is now shifted to Amer.
lea and the landing of William Penn
is shown. The daily occupation of
the colonists is interrupted by
demonstration of the Indians, telling
of the arrival o. the boat. William
Penn and followers land at New
Castle, Delaware, 1852. He was
greeted by the shouts of welcome by
the Dutch and Danish settlers. AS
the Quaker party approaches from
the river a party of dignitaries
energies from the town house, Will
lam Markham, PENIS cousin, and
deputy governor, the magistrate of
Delaware, the Envoy of the Duke of
York, cavalier and man at arms.
Greetings are followed by introduc-
lions and the magistrate reads the
charter granted the new company of
friends. The feudal ceremony, that
of delivering possession of the land
is performed by the agent of the
y.
Portions of turf, representing the
land, bundle of twigs and a meas.
ure of water are given to Penn, who
now addresses the assembly and re-
news the commission of the Magis.
trate. Penn returns to his ship toI
embark for Chasten and goes later
to found the city of Philadelphia, fol.
lowed by shouts of approval of the
settlers already on tht ground.
Seniors.
The enactment of the celebrated
treaty with the Indians, exchange of
presents, presentation of the famous
wampum belt, brief speech and
pledge of eternal friendship by the
tribesmen and chiefs.
Cast: William Penn. Lloyd Men
denhall. Chief of Tribes, Elmer
Hort, companions, secretaries, chiefs,
braves, Quakers and squaws.
Indians gather from the woods and
sit in counsel for the treaty on the
banks of the Delaware river at Shack
in the year 1862 Penn and
he Indians meet through an inter
prefer. After greetings Chiefs and
Sachems retire for consultation and
returning cast their weapons on the
ground and greet the white brothers
with open hands. Says the chief,
The nations are prepared to hear
md consider" Then follows the max.
ng of the treaty, exchange of pres
,nts and the yowing feternal friend
ship. Bancroft says of this scene:
The children of the forest were
ouched by the sacred doctrine and
'enounced their guile and their re-
ienge. The treaty of peace and
friendship was made under the open
ky by the side of the Delaware, with
he sun, the river and the forest for
witnesses. 1t was not confirmed by
IN OATH it was not ratified by sigma.
ures and seals; no written record of
he conference can be found and it's
erms and conditions had no abiding
monument but the heart There they
we're written like the law of God and
we're never forgotten"
This scene was one of the most
and was nicely timed as
he climax of the action. All who
lad witnessed the scene were irn-
ressed with its simple beauty and