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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

Then we move on the Rule q to find who
is and what Is the arbitration board anS
its duties. However, with vivid stretch
of the imagination we revert back TO
Rule l. which furnishes the very definite
Information that 'an charges preferred
must be in writing and presented to the
commission in seven days. But, what
for? There is absolutely no provision
for trial board nor procedure for the
commission In its laws. He may appeal
however, but what is he to appeal to If
he had legalized verdict to appeal
from?
81 am at loss to realize the magni-
tude of the mind that originated Rule
%. "A team shall be considered a mem
Der of league when 1t has taken part
III a meeting of league by voting or
declaring its intention in any manner OF
belonging to the league
THE breadth. the width, the heighth.
the depth. of this one clause, like the
winds which 'bloweth where they Slisteth,
We heareth the sound thereof but know
eth not from whence II came nor
whittier II goeth.' passeth all under
Standing. BY virtue Of those few lines
could organize leagues and let them
die a-borning throughout the entire sea-
son. and then again
Player Il Nowhere.
Nowhere in the volume is the player
given honorable mention. Nowhere do
we find the ball player proper referred
to only when they are disposed to prefer
charges. release, OF sign. When II comes
to the real players of amateur ball and
their recognition in the rules. they are
very conspicuous by their absence. One
would find 1t difficult to differentiate the
laws and a treatise on how to handle
cattle in a storm stampede. And to say
the least, these laws and their appiica-
ton to individual players reflects upon
their intelligence as mere human beings
to be a party to a contract.
My idea Of the amateur baseball
proposition was this: That the minimum
fourteen men. 1 believed organized a
team and elected a manager. The man
ayers per instruction co-jointly made
application or formed a league. These
league managers elected president
who has a seat, voice, and vote in the
commission and acted simply In the ca
pacity of delegate for the managers. but
was off-decidedly on,
However, 1 hope next year we win
amend our laws to have these leagues
hold their meetings, and once a month
all leagues hold central meeting to
transact their own business. and every
member OF amateur ball take an active
part in the affairs that concerns the
ball PLAYERS of the District. and only
appeals from this central meeting are to
come before the commission, which will
be a sort of executive council, and
whose decision shall be final Thus CIV
ing every man a voice and a vote in an
organization conducted under parliament
tary procedure and the two fold purpose
Of educating them into organization and
abiding by the win OF the majority.
Il sincerely hope committee on laws
will be appointed, or an attorney, purely
nonpartsan and disinterested, to draft
suitable laws for this commission un-
der a new and better alignment"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

Runs-Young. GRIMES ~. Plata Stroebcl, Bischof.
Heaton, Smith, r. Sullivan, McMahon Haynes,
Lands tg. Butler. SmaIlvood t2. Doce Beall.
Knott First base BY errors-Southeru. I; Station.
3 Left on bases-Sorthern, .: Station. rnt
ninss pitched-By Booth. I -; by Heaton. l; by
stroebel, 2e3; by Gregory. j Hies made-On
Booth. Q: OF Heaton, 2; OF stroebel. 9: Of Greg
ory. Struck out-By Booth, !; b. Heaton. ?;
By stroebel 2; By Gregory, l.: by HAYNES. Two
base hits-Smith Haynes. McMahou- Sacrifice fly
Platx- Stolen bases-Youns ,Cymes D. F. Sullf
ran, Mcmahon. Lands t2j. Beall. Baik-Booth.
Hit By pitcher-By suosbel. Butler; By Haynes
Gregory wild pitcbes-Booth Heaton C2l. Passed
baII-Platz Umpire-Mr. Handiboe. Time Of game
Il hour and % minutes
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRIZES
To BE Distributed Among winner
in Checker Tourney.

Cedar Point. Ohio. Aug. 5.-One thou
sand dollars in prizes will be distributed
among the winners Of the annual tourna-
ment of the American Checker Associa-
ton, which is scheduled to open here on
Monday, according to an announcement
made by NJ. D. Tedtzel, secretary of the
association, to-day.
This money will be divided so that
s675 will go TO the winners of the major
tourney. and 1875 TO the winners of the
minor tourney.
Monday, and will continue till August
II, exclusive of Sundays. The players
will be at the tables daily from II a. m.
to 3 p. m, and from p m. TO p. IN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
IN THE
SPOTLIGHT
SPORT o

WE ARE STILL able to say that Ty
Cobb has not as yet been traded, sold.
or given to the Nationals.
YESTERDAY ABE ATTELL earned
draw with Tommy Murphy. Yes. Abe is
still boxer.
HERE IT is THE 4th of August and
the Washington ball club is In second
place Who said. the early part of the
season, that the Nationals would finish
| in the second division?
WHEN HARD LUCK ball players are
mentioned, the name Of Danny Moeiler
might be showed in without stretching
the meaning. With his weak shoulder
and his bad cold. Dare Devil is not feel
| ing any too well.
81 WON'T PLAY If he don't"
CLIFF J. DAKIN. the local shufie
board champion. has been challenged by
Al Machler, to defend his title. Al is
pretty confident that his challenge VIII
not be accepted as he confided to US that
he had been unable to locate a sufne
board In town. Wise challenger.
| ONE OF CONNIE MACKs ablest
| scouts Ia Earl Mack. his son. The heir to
Comics millions Is the Eric the red
who FIRST spotted Carroll Brown on the
sand dunes OF Atlantic City. He has
| rolled in sundae money ever since.
JOHNNY EvERs WENT twenty-five
games without an error. and didn't stand
In one place. either. 7&tesf (
A NUMBER OF big leasuers have In
dulged in q 1897 haircut this season.
The "ses'' makes the knob resemble an
onion.
THERE ARE 2.sn.7ct Inhabitants IN
Chicago, counting the one who stili
thinks the Sox have q chance
UNLESS THE CINCINNATI REDS
take :. mighty brace. Hank o'Dsy win
be out scouting for new job. next
season. The Cincinnati stein gang Is
not strong for losers, az the teams rec
ord for panaseSs VIII show. The Reds
have had moro leaders than BROOKLYN,
Ard That's ecins snmA ~ : - !.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

Ruus-Mnkina, Savoy. Gibbons t2. sudler. Tyler.
Despert, Brown, Gatewood. Ford e., Earned rms
Giants. ;: Interior. l. First base by errurs-
Giants. 2; Interior. l. Left on bases-Giants. {:
Interior. First base balls-Oh Sudler. ?: OF
Ford. 2: OF Williams, Innings pitched-By Will
iams. rs; By Ford rs Hits made-Of Ford. Z.
Struck out-By Ford. 9; by Sudler. ) Three-base
hits-Minkns. Atkinson. Twobase hits-wlliams.
Ford. Sacrifice hit-Sudler. Stolen bases-Despsrt
t2l. Minkins. sudler. Gatewood. Hit by pitcher
By Sudler. Dcspor. Wild pttehes-Sudler t2l.
Passed ball-Gatevood. Umpir-Mr. Woodward.
Time Of gzme-l hour and 20 minutes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
CHEEKA GANDILLO.
BY IONA DA SOUS.

Billa Peet Joa Jack. Senators, anda Grilio
Geev nucha ne bout Cheeka Gandilo.
AHA muse of hees leg he crack
When ne sturnpa beeg toe ona hrstbasea sack
Poor Clarka Greet weep-go way up cen air;
puIla bees teeth anda snasha hees hair
He BY gar! lose gooda man!
be alasoas ran p
Nexta Gandillo right back ona job
Maka Hala Chase looka like beega slob.
He scoopa da grounda ball. catcha wilda throw;
up plate anda knocka tree heets row
Clarka Greet He How bout eet, Cheek;
You playa well whena you seek?'
cheeka say: Il drinka pint of juice OF garieek
Anda slap hot spaghetti poulteecs ona leg queek;
leg getta strong. aaso breath
Comea along, Clarka skeen resta teamas to DEATH
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
YANKS BEAT SOX.
Caldwell Beats Benz in Pitchers
Duel.

Chicago. Aug. Slim Caldwell pitched
the Yankees to victory over Benz and
the White sox in the closing engagement
of the series, thereby giving New York
an even break on the four games. Cald-
we'll allowed but three hits and but for
base on balls would have scored a
shut-out Benz allowed but FIVE hits but
they were too many for today. Score:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
QUAKERS DROP
SERIES TO CARDS
Rixey Is Pounded Of the Mound in
the Sixth Inning-Final
Score Is z to 8. -

Philadelphia. Aug. S-St Louis took
the entire series from the Phillies. the
score OF to-day's game being I to 5. The
Cardinals hit Rixey hard and he left
the game after the sixth. Ritter. the Con-
nellsville youth. held the Cardinals hit
less in the last three innings. Steele,
who won his second victory OF the series
was very effective until the ninth when
the Phillies rallied and scored three runs.
Score.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
SOUTHERN LOSES
TO THE BANKERS
Chief Greene Wins His Own Game
with Two Dagger in the
Seventh Inning.

American Security took a close game
from Southern yesterday in the Column
bia League. ! to g. Chief Greene won
his own game in the seventh with a dou-
bic with men on second and third. Many
extra base hits were made. Van Dyne
leading with a triple and a double. The
bankers got many men on the bases.
but could not bring them in for extra
runs. Score:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
Regents and Nativity Tie.

In one OF the best played games of the
season the Regents and Nativity battled
for nine innings to to draw.
Thompson. the strike-out king of the
Northern Association and premier hurler
Of the Herald team. caused Joy to fans.
while Kelly. the tsar hurler for the Ma
tiyity, famed a. Country Morris, who
caught for the Regents, put up his usual
good game and did not allow man to
steal These teams have another game
pending which will attract a good deal
of interest. Score:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

basss Nativity, .: Ressnts First base on balls
on Thompscn, 5; OF Kelly. Struck out-By
Thomp.on n: by Kelly. Three-oase hit.Co-
Sarzihcs hy-Monis. Stolen bsse-shipley. Hit BIS
pdtcher-By Thompson. Dean and Luscombe. Wild
pitch-Thmpson- Umpife-Mr Cooke. Time Of
nme-l hour and % minutes.
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sballas,
omoketowr.
DE CONSISTENT FAN.

DE CONSISTENT FAN.
Erbout dis time las yeah All met up wild fan:
Err pros'pous teIegent upstannin' bushes
He say he: Say. 'Ras Ah'm big dub
gwne rotten club ~
Fob take de mummy Is crime; es75.s>
Yoh betcher life dey gifts NOAH oh mine
Yoh know All doan expec' champeen team;
But finish 10th ffth--would be scream;
En- dey do dat mex yeah--Rastus. nah boy,
De fans In washington wull all drap dead wild Joy"
~
All seed dat sem'man wunst ergin las week.
Ode boys jes' drap same-los' by squeak)
His har stannn' his face err fame 100,
cursn' scan-lus bout game. y
say me. he: "wuz yoh inside ~ la
En- 'em hand IT to 'em7 Doggone nah hide
Fer gfbbin' to bunch like dat -. as
Dey couldn heT. dey couldn swing bat. ~ =
Dey ler de pitcha' in wen emmy chump
Cud dey -alls had him de jump -
No noah fer Abs dun. Yoh hear Ras? 3
An wouidn' go II dey gn,s me season pass"
49, - s
Now, kin yoh beat 1t? OATS ole Mistah Fan ~
mos ali things reasonable ~ 8 ~
Judgement in bizness deaiin, but
Wen it to baseball 5es nut. =
fers his quittin--huh! Why same -
hsterrfcks ef he couldn' so every game
s ~ MCCARTHY. 4
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
Lanxford beats Mcvey.

Sydney, N. s. W.. Aug. 3.Asam Lang
ford, the American heavyweight prize
fighter. to-day defeated Sam Mcvey. of
California, in q twenty-round fight. The
decision was based on points. The con-
test was held In the Stadium.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

huns-DSG w. Moran. haWhrss. NeS. van
DIXIE q. Shugrue, Shea, Hntenan Hefin t2l.
Munich. First base on errurs-Baukers. l. southern
]. Left on bases-Bankers o. Southern. 2 First
base on balls-of Greene, 3: of Munich. Z. Struck
out-By Greene, .: by Munich, .. Home run
Huntcmsn- Thrce- base hits-NAn Dyne. Shugrue
Twobass hit-yan Dyne. Sacrifice hits-Messino.
Munich. Stolen bases-Dyer 49,. Rawlings. West
Van Dyne t9. Zachary. Wild pitches-Greene
Munich. Passed balls-Shea (Z. Umpire-Mr
Shurtlef. Time Of ezme-i hour and 30 minutes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
Giants, 6; Interior, 5.

The Washington Giants and the Int
rior All-Stars played one OF the classiest
games seen In the Union League Park for
a long time. The game was won in the
ninth. after two men were out, by the
Giants to g. Score:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

George Winter. formerly captain Of the
Red Sox. is manager and captain OF the
81. John team of the New Brunswick
Maine League, and his team is leading
the league.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

Runs-Cnas. stenett. Rath Twoba,e hits
linn, Collins Weaver. Stolen bsses-Callahan
Rath Struck out-By Benz, .; by Caldwell.
Bases on balls-0n Benz. Q: on Caldwell z Pissed
balis-Block, ! Left on bases-New York. 4; Chi
caso g. Umpires-MessrS ESan and Sheridan
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Runs-Paskert (2,. Luderus hnsbe. Boyle Hug
gins Mowrey. Kouechy C,. Ellis oakes. Steele.
Stolen bases-Luderus. Movrey. Bliss Left on
bases-Phiihes 6: st. Louis. 6 Tvohase hits
Honey. Ellis ca. Higgins, Pasker. S. Mage.
Knabe Home run-Koney. Sacrifice fies-Walsh.
Double plsys-Hauser to Huzgins to Honey. Hits
-of Rixey. 10 in innings. Struck oat-By Rixey.
l. Bases on balls-Oh Rixey. ): Of Ritter. .
Wild r4tch-Rixey Hit by pitched ball-LnderIs
Time q EameI hour and 50 minutes Umptres-
Messrs Orth and Klein
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
HENDERSON IN FORM.
North Carolina Defeats the Asylum
Club by 10 to B Score.

Henderson pitched the North Carolina
club. Of the Sunday School League, to a
10 TO victory over the Government Hos
pital for the Insane team yesterday, by
tanning nineteen batters.
Henderson also fielded his position in
good style, catching four men of first
base. Manager Sands would like to ar
range games with some of the best clubs
in the District Address 11s Thirteenth
Street Northeast, or phone Lincoln 1862
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

TOtals..... IS 81 II !
sRatted for Rixey In siIth.
fBatted for Ritter in ninth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-27
is RUDE TO GABRIEL

spond. BY that time he had glanced
over the secondclass passenger list
and had picked out for his own
large unoccupied stateroom.
Gabriel was one of the first at table
for the first meal of the voyage, and
He was cheerful soul, and in his
search for congenial spirits acquired
considerable popularity in the Sec
ond cabin.
For the first few days of the trip
the purser was visibly worried. Time
and again he wandered about the ship,
counting noses. One by one he call
ed the second-class passengers into a
private conference ard quiZzed them.
The last to be crosS-examined was
Gabriel. Every one else had been able
to point out their particular name on
the pursers list and show in other
ways that their passage had been hon
orably contracted for
You are rude, sir" snapped Gabriel
when the purser suggested that he
might have neglected to purchase his
passage. You are ridiculous, too,
and | must refuse to discuss this af-
fair with you."
Without delay the purser proceeded
| to live up to the character given him
by Gabriel. He moved the young gen
tleman from his comfortable state
room to the lazaret, which is the
ships prison. And then-but no!
1t is too horrible; 1t is monstrousu,
the act of fiend--this rude, ridicu-
lous purser dug up from the hold an
other who had started without the
equivalent of stowaway de luxe.
This person was Lucien Guiliermet,
Swiss, who had worked with his
hands. He was dirty from his days
of intimate contact with the cargo
in the bowels of the ship, and not a,
all debonair. And into the lazaret
they put Lucien Guilliermet!
Gabriel sent an indignant message
to the captain, saying that he was un.
used to occupying the same sleeping
quarters with another, particularly
one such as his present roommate.
But the pig of purser intercepted
the note.
They turned both Gabriel and the
Swiss. who confessed he wanted tt
work with his hands In the new work
so badly that he had stolen a perfect
ly good passage from La Campagni
Trans-Atlantique over to the Ellis Ii
land authorities.
And the mockery of 1t is that the
will probably let the horny -hande,
Flooding Swiss have his way, viii.
the most desirable Gabriel will retur
F, whence he came.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-27
Further Substantlation of Aztec In.
dams Remarkable Record-He
Died at 1885.

Austin, Tex.-Further substantiation
Of the report from Tuxpan, Mexico,
of the death some time ago Of Jose
Calvario at an age lacking only Is
years of the two century mark. was
contained In letter received here
from Frank L. Watson, an American
mining man at Coloma, Mexico.
Il was at Tuxpan on the day Cal
vario died." he writes. Il had seen
the old man walking about the streets
Of the town many times and he was
often pointed out to me as being near
ly 200 years old. So interested were
the state officials in the report Of the
great age of the man that special
commission was appointed to investi-
gate the claim. The records Of the
parish church show that he was born
in 1927 He left 1000 descendants.
HE often told his friends In jok-
ing manner that he had the largest
family of any man in the world. No
one knows how many times he was
married, but it Is commonly reported
that he married his last wife when he
was past the age Of $50 years and that
they had several children.
"Calvario was an Aztec Indian. He
ate whatever he liked and, of course
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-27
TRIP A PERILOUS ONE
JAPANESE PRIEST CROSSED pEs-
ERT TO TIBET.
In His Journey the Most Inhospitablo
Land on the Earth Had to Be
Traversed-Nast Unehart-
ed Regions Explored.

Kioto, Japan.-The Rev. Zuichc
Tachibana, priest of the great West
Hongwanii temple, has returned after
five years passed in exploration in the
virgin parts of central Asia. His Jour.
ney was undertaken for purposes of
research under the instructions of
Count Otani, the. lord abbot of the
Hongwanji temple, an enthusiastic
geographer. Mr.. Tachibana is young
man, % years old, and of such deli
cate physique that the natives said he
must be woman disguised as a man.
Mr.. Tachibaha proceeded from Lon
don to Omsk, and thence by stage
coach to Semipalatins; thence to Tur-
fan. In sinkiang ("the new terri.
tory'') passable roads were found
During his explorations Mr.. Tachi-
bana Travelled across the Takla-Makan
desert, which he describes as the
worst of all deserts Of central Asia.
Neither bird nor even insects are to
be found there.
The desert is a sea of sand, where
there is only the wind to hear and
the moon to see. The party constant
ly met sand mountains more than H.
900 feet high and the men began to
grur1ble, fearing that they would be
buried by the constant sandstorms.
On arriving at Coma, on the right
bank of the River Tarim, he caused
considerable fright among the shep-
herds, as his was the first party from
the south for thirty years. At first
the shepherds fed, but were brought
back. The feat of crossing the desert
caused Mr.. Tachibana to be treated
with the greatest reverence by the
shepherds.
At this point he left the camel cara
van to follow on slowly, whilst he pro-
ceeded on horseback to Kuchar, which
place he reached after three days.
This is large town, though not to-
be compared with civilized cities.
Nevertheless" said Mr.. Tachibana,
81 felt on entering 1t as though had
suddenly been put down in Piccadilly.''
Some time was passed in the neigh,
borhood Of Kasgar investigating the.
buried cities, and afterward the ex--
plorer proceeded through the valley to.
the east Of Uzunling to Khotan, the
districts previously explored by Dr.
Stein (now Sir Marc Aurel Stein).
Thence the party proceeded to Tibet
for the purpose of geological investiga-
ton.
Several districts were visited by Mr..
Tachibana, which had been omitted by
DR.. Sven Hedin. These regions are
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-27
Wartime Romance Recalled by
Goth Anniversary.
hasty Marriage of Divinity Student
Mawes Deep Impression on Fa-
nous Preacher - Makes Ii
Subject of Article.

Danbury, Gonna wartime mar
riage, performed by Henry Ward
Beecher, then pastor Of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, while making a
visit to Washington, Conn, was re-
called by the celebration of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the wedding of
the Rev. and Mrs. Horace Q. Judd, at
their home in Bethel.
Mr.. Judd, a retired minister of the
New York East Methodist Conference,
was young divinity student at the
time of his marriage, and had just
enlisted for the war. His bride was
Miss Ellen E. Crofut, of New Preston.
The wedding was decided upon the
day before Mr.. Judd's regiment, tie
18th Connecticut Volunteers, was to
march away to the war, and the youth
full soldier and his bride fastened to
Washington, the nearest village to
Miss Crofut's home, to find minis
ter.
Mr.. Beecher learned of their errand
and performed the ceremony. The in
cident so impressed the famous
preacher that he made 1t the subject
of an article that appeared In "The
New York Independent" soon after,
ward, in which he wrote:
1t was Sabbath evening, calm, soft
clear, sweet breathed, as if there had
never been a sin or a sigh among
these lovely hills We wandered down
to Mr.. Gums school to find boy OF
our liking, when lo posthaste, came
messengers, wedding! A young sol
died just going to the war meant to
give his girl the right to come to him
should he be sick or wounded. To
morrow he leaves. Tonight they must
be married. To Mr.. Frank Brinsmade's
we posted
How came 1t to be there? The
young volunteer had got his "certifi
cate" of the town clerk, and he had
stepped across the street and told oul
friend that the brave soldier was
hunting for minister. Just then, II
stout, coarse soldiers blue, came the
man. and his flower by his side.
By one of those generous sympa
thies that seize good people, out raI
noble woman to invite them tt
stop and be married there, and a!
several connected families were gath
cred there for an evenings singing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-27
Welded BY BEECHER

there were score of maidens to greet
the bride, and many men to welcome
the bridegroom.
Not one had ever seen the parties
or knew aught of them. 1t was enough
that the man was going to fight for the
old flag. We looked in their faces
and were satisfied. The rooms were
thronged. The service proceeded and
closed. Then some one, unbidden, but
moved to do 1t, began to sing, Guide
Me, o, Thou Great jehovah" all
joined. Then America" and the "Star
Spangled Banner" were added.
Flowers were brought in for the
young wife-white day-lilies and &C.
ranium leaves. Little membranes
were sought out for the guests, and
an enthusiasm of kindness filled the
house. Thus two strangers, at twi-
light, came riding into town, seeking
solitary wedding, in order that on
the morrow, he going to the war, she
might have a right to wear his name.
They were stopped, caught out of
their vehicle, borne into a refined
home, surrounded with loving hearts,
all delicately offering service and ma
king them welcome, and giving them
wedding that, for glow and joy and
gladness, few even of those most fav-
ored can give their children AS the
young husband and wife were leaving,
all gathered about the dooryard gate
and sang parting hymn.