Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-08-21
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ByLOUISE d. CUMMINGS

There is In man a faculty for devel-
opment that the lower animals do not
possess
An illustration of this diversity he
tween men and animals occurred dur.
ing the eighteenth century I'm the cnse
of n Young freshman who emIprated
TO America and later returned TO his
native country. Arthur Donovan was n
younger son of the Earl of Stronghold
Young Donovan was devoted to hunt
Ing, and, since there was q fine pack OF
hounds on the estate, he occupied him
self largely with the sport. Neither Of
his two older brothers cared for 1t, so
that the dogs came to look upon Arthur
as their master, and he never went
among them that they did not show
the greatest affection for him.
Arthur WINS not only beloved by his
dogs, but by every one who knew him.
He was fine. manly fellow, while his
older brothers were disposed to lead a
dissoiute city life The heir to the title
ana estates spent most OF his time In
London, while the second was an OIL
Ger In one or the aristocratic English
regiments arthur having only the re-
motest chahce TO inherit the ttie' be-
came restiVe ana ala what great
mahy younger sons OF brltlsh noDie-
men uiu Ill those days-he emigrated
10 america.
hrthur poioVuh was put eignteeh
years o'u WHEN ne Ieit ireihhu lor
ITG llHL RDOuDY lie HDOkH
was 10 inc uogs' uoihg OUT 10 inc ken
heis, ne chiieu 10 theIn' ana tney gatn-
ered ABOUT him' barking thelr JOY, sup
posing that they were going TOT
hunt, Ihere was one dog, HECTOR OF
Whlch arthur had made an especial
pet. lie was very young, Dut Arthur
had rouhd MN capable OF Deing tram
ca Iar easier thnh the other hunters
iector IoVeu ms MASTER ana MS master
loVed hector. When IL came 10 DID
ulhB IareWeil 10 tnls uoB Arthurs eyes
became wet, ana, breaking away from
MS pet ana waving ndieu to the pack
ne returned to the house, where con
veyance was waiting to take him TO
Belfast, from which point he was to
sail FOR Virginin.
Arthur reached America not long
before the breaking out OF the Revolu
donary war. In civil strlfes the side
youngsters take Is liable to be decided
by circumstances Perhaps young
Donovan was influenced by heredi-
tary antngonism to England, but the
Immediate cause OF his advocating the
American cause was meeting with
John Paul Jones, who became famous
as naval commander. Jones was as
much Scotch as Donovan was irish
Donovan Joined the future conqueror o.
the Scraps and was with him during
that famous brittle, receiving wound
in the face which left scar which
largely changed his expression.
At the end of the war Donovan had
been in America ten years. Between
eighteen and twenty-elght there Is al
ways n considerable change in mans
appearance, but In this case there was
much more tlan Is usual. When Ar
thur left ireland his fnce was smooth.
Now IL was covered with n beard,
which he wore partly to hide the scar
he had received In battle. Then he
had thick hend Of hair, which WINS
now thin. and he had Inherited n fam
fly predlspositIon to become gray enrly.
AS soon ns hostilitIes ceased. with
sono nrIze NANCY no had rece,ved no
bouobt n tobacco Manhattan in Vir.
GINA and settling down ON II tbere
wns overv nrosnect of bIs living tho
Ife of nm Amoricon soutborn nlanter
when Artbur ioinod pouI Jonoa no
wrote bia family In ireland NJ the fact
and bIs father ordorod that b,s nomo
eho,,Id mayer oooIn no mentioned
anv OF tho family Eigbt voora noaaad
without n word between him ond them
The oldest son died of dIssInotIon and
the next Younger brother who had
been sent with his regiment IN Amer
len. WINS killed nj the siege Of York
town. which occurred near the end of
the war Neither OF these men was
married.
This left Arthur Donovan Earl of
Stronghold by right but there was n
barrier between him and the title
which would be difficult 70 mass. In
the first place. n cousin. Jerhert Dono.
van. n keen and unscrupulous LAWYER
WINS next OF kin and with Arthur ont
OF the way would POSSESS the tItJe on6
entitled estates Secondly, Arthur. hav-
ing Ind nc communication with his