Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
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SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I-John Valiant, a rich so
olety 1aVorlte, suddenly discovers that the
valiant corporation, which his father
founded and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
CHAPTER HE voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
Tor the corporation.
CHAPTER Hills entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car,
white bull dog and Damory court, a
neglected estate in Virginia.
CHAPTER IV-He learns that this es-
tate came into the family by royal grant
and has been in the possession of the
Vaiants ever since.
CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
court he meets Shirley cambridge, an au-
burn-haired beauty, and decides that ne
IS going to like Virginia immensely.
CHAPTER Wan old negro tells shir-
leys fortune and predicts great trouble
Tor her on account Of a man.
CHAPTER vII-Uncle Jefferson. an old
negro, takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER vIII-shirley's mother, Mrs
cambridge, and Major Bristow exchange
"reminiscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major, Valiant's father. ana a
man named SassoOn. were rivals for the
hand Of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
account in which the former was killed.
CHAPTER Tx-valiant finds Damory
court overgrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings in a very much
neglected condition. Uncle Jefferson and
his wife, Aunt Daphne. are engaged as
servants.
CHAPTER X-Valiant explores his an
SSestral home, He Is surprise, b, by a fox
He recognizes Shirley at the head of the
party.
CHAPTER XI-He gives sanctuary to
the cornered fox. Gossips discuss the ad-
vent of the new owner and recall the
tragedy in which the elder Valiant took
part
CHAPTER xII-Valiant decides to re-
habilitate Damory court and make the
land produce {. living for him.
CHAPTER xIII-He meets Shirley. who
has been gathering flowers on the Valiant
estate. and reveals his identity 10 her.
CHAPTER XIv-Valiant saves Shirley
from the bite of a snake. which bites him.
Knowing the deadliness of the bite, Shir-
ley sucks the poison from the wound and
saves his life.
CHAPTER XV-Shirley tells her mother
of the incident and the latter is strangely
moved at hearing that a Valiant is again
living at Damory court.
CHAPTER XVI-Vanant learns some
of the history of his family from Doctor
Southall and Major Bristow.
CHAPTER xvIEHe learns for the
first time that his father left Virginia on
account Of duel in which Doctor South
all and Major BTistow acted as his faith
er's seconds.
CHAPTER XVIII-Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. cambridge
faints when she hrst meets Valiant.
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The major made an appealing cen
ter to the charming picture as he
stood on the green turf, the glass
of fashion and the mold of FORM" his
head bare, his shock Of blond-gray
hair thrown back, and one hand thrust
between the buttons of his snowy
waistcoat. His rich bass voice rolled
out to the farthest corner of the field:
'SiF knights:
The tournament to which we are
gathered today is to us traditional; a
rite of antiquity and monument of
ancient generations. This relic of the
jousts of the Field of the Cloth-of-
Gold points us back to an era of
knightIy deeds, fidelity to sacred trust,
obligation to duty and loyalty to WON
an-the watchwords of true knight
hood
we like to think that when cur
forefathers, offspring of men who es-
tablished chivalry, came from over
seas, they brought with them not only
this ancient play, but the precepts it
symbolizes. We may be proud, in
deed. knowing that this is no hollow
ceremonial. but an earnest that the
flower of knighthood has not withered
in the world, that in an age when the
greed of gold was never so dazzling,
the spirit of true gallantry has not
faded but blooms luxuriant in the
sparkling dews of the heart of this
commonwealth.
Most Noble Knightsi In the name
of that high tradition which this day
preserves! In the memory of those
other knights who practiced the tour
ney in its old-time glory In the sight
of your Queen of Beauty! 1 charge
you, Southern gentlemen, to joust with
that valor, fairness and truth which