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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-20
IN MEMORIA

Peking. Mar. 10.-Miss IN
Of Annapolis, Maryland. aie
at 6 30 al the Picking lnlol
lege Hospital. Scarlet ie1
death, after she bad bees
lays.
Miss Han was p years
lut to Peking a little nwi
1 nurse for the T. e. VI e.
funeral service was held io
he British Legation CbH
service WAS held 80 tha 2
o'clock IN the Foreign Cene'
If the city.
The sun will shine ana ihe
The snow will melt. lholE
Across the ocean there F
Must we learn the lesson
70 know there is q SUI ~
sfoop low.
To believe in the vio'ts
To watch on the bows lN
shall rise;
That is Victory IN dis-A
As through live we We loliE
And our ucar oLC7 lr.i
Then we've learnt how ial'
On the possession oi ol'
out Of bitter grief ana W.
its known;
That we'll meet some ODD
unknown.
And orr Victory VIII rl4
II cur friends
While the light of TIE Or
our sorrow menus
Prom The Noril ]
OLNEY-In sad but LOWE
of our dear hus'jsae,
CHARLES WASHINGiV..s,
departed this ne Apni
a loving wife. Mary
daughters. and four z
| never viii forget yon I.
While in this world !
Ny heart has never De
Since you were e''l'
Yes. I am lonely. sad an
And my troubled hesi
That the world shou. Z
/ ann alone: ] am alone
49, BIZ BELdl
oh father. smile on u' .. l..--
Ask God 10 lead US Y, W.. h.
That We may meet our "a n
some sweet day bye al'
More and more esol. ~ MI
Friends may tnilA
healed A.. eorr
Bur they little know ~ y. eogI
That lies in our heeI .,. ID
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-20

BY and with the authority of its owner
the undersigned will offer at public sale
the Court House door, Annapolis, on
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-20

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The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
Temples Reveal ehsraets-.

People with "bony'- temples-the
cheek aud frontal bones almost cover.
Ing the temple spnce-ase stolld, non.
imaginative and slow In thought and
action. To set against those defscts.
the above type Of TEMPLES ls that
which is big. white and nanked with
small. well-formed ears. That is tho
statesmnn's temple. the s.ihor's tenn
pie, the temple Of the big man." On.
tors and noted preachers. have tAls
temple. The character Indicated In
justness, generosity, kindness and a.
great capacity for forgiveness. This.
too. is the iong.life temple, Those
with temples, which, owing TO thu
shape OF the skull and the growth of
hair, look high and unduiy narrow.
are geniuses, with great incentive
power, but Of erratic temperament.
This type Of temple Is not usually =
longlife one.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
Denying the Creative Impulse.

Well, this at least may be- said of
the authors business. Though the
mnchinc.made product pile M sales-
and dollars--m authorship even as In
mercantile trade. II viii never make
one permanent reputation. Neither
will the card index mind that consist
entity denies the real creative impulse.
The creative Impulse may make mon'
ey or II may not--it IL inealculable'
and unconscionable. But any writer
who lets II fume unsatlshed while the
central office Of his mind conducts a
coldly intellectual business purely foe
profit Is hound TO wake some fine day
TO find the sudden havoc Il has made
Of all his careful diagrams and codIfi-
cations. And the last state Of that
man shall he worse--and Just possi-
bly, better also--than his first From
the weekly editorial OF the Literary
Review.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
DENIES CROW IS ALL BAD
Bird That May BE Said to Have Few
Friends Finds a Defender In
Eastern Writer.

Volumes have been written about
the CROW. remarks writer IN ihr
Christian Science Monitor. lie is
famouS-ycs, and Infamous. TO not O
few of his blographcrs. Thus he re.
semblrs Napoleon. Further. he rcscm-
blcs Napoleon In his complete self.
reliance. his c0smopolitanisin. aud his
many. .sldedaess. The CROW Is our com.
posltc, or ideal bird. lie II typical
~ the clnss nves. Fr-iu.ntlng our
average or general environment aud
climate, he has adapted hiDseif To
the requirements Of that average sur.
rounding Ia mn aiLsround manner. lie
Il about u mean proportional In siz'
between the hummins bird and ostrich.
lie can iiy enough. walk enough, wade
enough. His beak IL long ,1ougi..
strong enough. round enough. curved
enough. ~ that little wkich In foo-l de.
He's his efforts st utillzsttss. H.. tsses
MT object to hot summers, yet spriags.
dry nuiumns, snd NY vintsrS And. In
line with this almost Greslan eQuiIsop
RUM Of faculties, experts stsAying -
status have ut lenxth CO.
cludcd thst his virt,Rs about balance
his sbos,comings In rhis neld siss.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
FOUND LIFE'S BATTLE HARD
Great British Painter Finally Van.
auished in Struggle for Proper
Public Recognition.

Few dlnries are more sud than thst
which was kept by Benjamin Hayden,
the greatest British historical painter
~ his day. His life was an heroic
struggle against adverse circum.
stances, partially the fault Of others.
but also rs a result OF his unscrupu.
l"nsneS- In money matters. vnnity and
cgotiSm.
Here IL an entry which he made In
his diary In April OF the year 1s46:
The beginning ~ the end" His rcn.
son for writing this forcbo,iing proph.
"Sy was on account ~ his opening nn
exhibition of the "Banislimcnt u Aris-
Tides" which was not successful. In
another entry he wrote: "They rush
hy thousands 10 see Tom Thumb. They
rush. they fight. they scream. they
fnlnt they cry, Help and Murder. .
They Sec my bills and caravan, but
do not read them; their eyes nre up
IN them, hut their sense Il gone. II
II an insanity. u rabies furor. dream
~ which ] would not have believed
England could have been guilty.
The lucky dwarf. Tom Thumb. was
The 'fentli"r that hroke the bnck" of
the unhappy artIst-n pistol and Q
rszor furnished the climax. Chicago
Journal.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
Most Ancient Ws> non.

Back In the dim reaches OF prehis.
toric ages. no one packed a sword un.
lsss II was the saber.toothed tiger.
but soon, primitive man began to
evolve his crude cleavers out OF every
sort OF material. from the Jawbone
with which Samson famed the Philis.
tines to the shining steel with which
the Assyrians cracked down, ''like a
wolf on the fold" Some very service
able slashers were swung by the
Greeks after they had exhausted their
ammunition. which consisted Of spears.
One OF their favorite modes OF combat
was TO mount their chariots and dash
by one another. chucking javeiins. In
the event no bulls eyes were made.
they would leap to the ground and
draw their swords, the survivor, as
In the case Of the procedure OF
Achilles with Hector, making fast the
body OF the vanquished to the rear
OF his chariot and ordering the char
ioteer In a clear, commanding voice.
"Home, Jameus."
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
BEAUTY DESCRIBED BY POET
Word Painting OF Sunset on the Arno
Brings the Scene vividly to
the Mind.

IL was sunset on the Arno; far down
the river, over mountain ranges where
snow yet fingered a warm tint, half
rose and half amethyst, CLEANED nlong
the horizon. beside the low pnrapet
that bordercd the street. people were
ioitcring bnck from their afternoon
promenade ut the Casino; here u sol.
dicr. now an Englishman on horse.
back, nnd then bearded artist; some
times an ovnl.faccd contndinn, the
broad brlm OF whose finely woven
straw hat iinpped over eyes OF mellow
Jet aud ngnin n trlg nurse with Saxon
ringlcts. dragging n petulant Nurchin
along: AMI over all these groups and
hg,ircs wns shed the beautiful smile
of parting day, and by them. under
graceful bridges. flowed the turbld
stream, the volume doubled by the
spring freshcts. I surveyed the pano-
r7,ma from nn overhnnglng balcony.
where stood awaiting the appearance
of n friend upon whom I had Called
Henry I. Tuckerman.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
ANCIENT TALE OF CREATION
According to the Chippewa Legend,
Menaboshu Was the Originator
Of All Things.

According to the legend Of the Chip
pewa Indians, Menaboshu was the
creator Of all things. He avowed one
day that he would make the earth.
He rounded the soil between his pow.
erful hands until II grew into q great
ball. Then Menaboshu mixed water
with the soil to form mud. and be-
sides, nodded II about a great rock.
when. behoId-a stiil larger ball. says
Gersbom Crane In the Boston Tran
script. Menaboshu then undertook TO
devise the living things which dwell
on the earth. The first bear escaped
from Its maker, leaped to the earth
and bounded stralghtaway across the
North American continent. But the
land where the sprawllng bears huge
paws struck the earth was still so
fresh and soft that they left deep
tracks.
These deep marks quickly filled
with water. Scarcely had the fright.
ened bear bounded away when the
beautiful iakes-Superior. Michigan,
Huron. Onis~io and Erie-appeared.
full to the brlm. They are as old
as the first bears tracks.
The creator now hastened to make
rain. AZ sight OF the water filling
the lakes he began to fear lest the
soil again fall In n heap; and he
caused the rain to fall from the sky
so long that the lakes oyerilowed to.
wnrd Erie, the track OF the foot which
struck first and settled under the
bears weight much lower than the
othcrs-the water, on Its way to the
sea, dropped abruptly from Ontario
Into Erie. And 10! the Falls OF Nj.
agara
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
lake OF FIRE NEVER QUIET
Spectacle Furnished by Hawaiian VOL
eano May We'll Be Said to Be
Everlasting.

Hawaiis lake Of everlasting fire
has never been quiet so far as Hilo
local records or traditions testify.
That is, not quiet for any length Of
time.
It covers itself with a black sheet
Of lava which looks like wet rubber
at intervals as regular as the breath
Ing OF u sleeper. This black covering
no sooner completely hides the llv.
Ing. angry red lava than II cracks and
splits with startling noises, breaks In.
10 cakes which sink Into the burning
pit, and the molten lava Of the lake
II again In commotion. The whole
strange performance, as I recall, the
freezing over, the breaking up. the
renewed blllowing OF fire, takes less
than ten minutes
The lake so called, Is an opening q
hundred yards or SO wide In the floor
Of the crater, which Is eight miles In
circumference. II can he compared
to u hole In ice; the crater floor, al.
though Of black. hardened lawn, is In
physical character like rough shore
lee, the surface OF the lake like water
kept In commotion by wind. except
for the periodic freezing over. The
live lava of the lake rolls In waves
which break against It's shore. sending
up spindrlft, which. blown from the
top Of the waves, hnrdcns into hair.
like glass. The natives cnll this glass
'Pele's hair" that lady being the God.
dcss Of Fire.
Little wonder that the excellent
deacon who had sat on the edge of the
lake In wonder and terror plously an.
swered one who asked him whnt the
lake wns like: Brother. IT'S a hi
" n hole New York sun.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
To Garble.


While modern custom permits the
use Of the word ''garbled" In the sense
Of selecting the worst and not the best
parts Of a story, yet the use Of the
word In this sense Is Incorrect. THIS
word originally meant TO Gull out and
select the most suitable parts and to
reject the worst and least suitable
parts. II Is therefore incorrect to
speak OF "garbled statement" In the
sense Of q mutilated or dishonest state
ment. for formerly In Lopdon the name
"garbler" was applied to officers ap-
pointed by law to look after the pur-
ity-gf drugs and spices. and, the term
~snrbled" was applied to such articles
s6ly. after they, had, ;besR examined
ana freed from Impurities and improp-
- admixtursa n 3@
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
Tn. Rs.or ii History.

The next time your razor slIps re.
member that It was sclpio Afrtcsnus,
the great Roman, who was the first
to institute the custom OF shaving
daily. Which observation brings Us
to the subject Of shaves and boards
10 general, Who took the tirst shaver
NOBODY knows. The answer to the
question who wore the nrst bsardi
70 more simple, Adam. Of eourse.
Something Is known Of the beard
OF Belshaxzar, the ancient monarch
VINO made great feast to 1000
lords. Belshazxar used curling hon
aadhas frequently been picturs6 with
beard full Of curls. To userp Or hep-
na9swt@N tt'SSuht'tu be asc6iSf6Yfy0i
know te's monarch used gold powder
On hag bsard. m ,tg Y !. n y
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
Lono.pIssa Expert

Mother" said Jack, "rm going to
become an expert In aviation"
"All right" replied Mrs.. .Corntossel,
II have noticed that some Of the ex-
parts never had much practical ex-
psrience in the subjects< they superin-
'tsnd III buy you 4 .raescops ! end
yea can climb = tree and study AVA
.ston all IRON zlthRs but idou.ts JanszAsos
deyp.te vet foot N soas n then, ,airy-
plKns;" !,
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20

rs II true. Tom, :" asked the shade
Of Theodore Hook, sthat you supplied,
the sculpsev with the marble block for
your own statuer'
a. Certainly not r. replied the .shada
Of Hook. sHad I done 20 he'd have
hesn sure to chisel me out Of Il"
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
ADjOURNED7
BY ALICE BORDEN STEVENS

Dot and carry. dot and carry Boh's
crutch struck the stony ground aud
lifted, rs In regular swing he skipped
down the hill road In his own eccen.
trio way. one shoulder lifted by the
crutch. the other dropping with the
bend Of the well knee.
Have a rider The sweet voice
rang above the chug Of the engine as
the automobile came to a sudden stop.
Going to the village1 I'll give you q
lift" She spoke In a careless, com.
radely voice, as though every day she
took In unknown cripples and landed
them at unknown destinations.
"surel" he cried. deftly lifting him.
self through the door to the back seat
OF the touring car Doris Berkeley
didn't offer to help. She released the
brakes and slid into the road again
where to. oh prlncei"
Golf links" he replied.
Golf! All right: here goes" The
road was winding. now through woods
and now nlong cliffs dipping 10 the
river, The car ran with un occasional
catch. "Brnke out OF ordcr7 Cnn I
helpi" Dob Randall listened. "Knock.
ing. isn't shef oh. all right. I didn't
mean to butt In: 20 on, please"
Doris laughed. II am sensitive
about my driving. suppose. I've had
III luck nll day; now do you dare ride
with me7"
'To the DEATH" said Bob, more sol.
emniy thnn he intended.
Inwardly he wns swearing at his
wooden leg and luck generally; but he
did know the value OF brave front.
and used Il. With all the money IN
the world. had he n right To nsk any
womnn 10 marry half n manp The
dgsh and snap resolution that had
mnde him remarkable aviator gave
him many n jolt US he llmpcd through
his days, by deciding on future
course sure 20 please his glorious
spirit, only to fnd Il impossible TO his
nnimed body. however expert he might
become In the use of mnkeshlft iimbs
and tools. So. with his heart and soul
Insisting Thou art the girl" his mind
and will clnmped down the I'D OF do.
sire with the Iron ~ fair play.
There! It's Jammed ngninl Oh
cnn you jump2 You can't. of course! -
Doris tuggcd NJ the wheel In despair
but IT. would not move.
s
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'a,"' ,' "'.a .ne "npnc,.
~ ~" P'''eu Ut ,'xn' "ns'.s NV"
W.. wy VI '"" snl''hg, nnu sn"'
,.,r V' ,n" ~" ~ ocuk
'',,,s ~, Wv n v,"."'", s''pp'ns
rn. M. y, % 10 w.. s :" wy VIZ
y, ',, ~ '' "as' '"u' .''Nc"'
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,,,- o., ,.., .,. 80 49,. -
cur~s-i hIs ,mno,.ncy IN h.,, 49, . n,on
who w.. M, . xrcck-a thIn,--an
Id,o,-m,,h, ,.,, To n. .,ran.n,
u,.le., ,-whet n main,
An v,. s,,u Dor,s ,,to,asa ,r,,,
the ho,,o,, =, IN. car .h.ra IN. a..
landed her and n.eoed over the s.,,
.Wh.,, Are,', Won a.,5, r-n.nl
As,vso. ,bouyh Tv,. mn. rI,h, %. .,.n
.n..L ~ h.ny., a,,ar r,sL,,, ,.,-
NE ,bl. way How co,,d I g,... 4,
wou,d act 40, II ala I, This morn,ny
ana I.n,,aa m. 4, ,ho s,,cn hn, ,n.
xuruge man said n was nil rieht nav -
.sTurned II too hard. that's aIl.-
Bob upscrambled the real and the
ARTIFICIAL of his be,onp,nus and cr.n,
from the car. Holding by the back
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
The
"Counterfeiter"
By FREDERICK CLARKE

had come to the beach Of the great
city's breathing spot after hard days
work.
She had wandered purposely away
from the crowds. A sense Of utter
friendlessness overcame her. A sad.
far-away look was In her eyes. Life
seemed very hard to the young girl
An orphan, leaving distant relatives
In country village a year previous.
she hud come to the city TO ind her.
self dlslllusioned, lost In a desert.
She had learned how TO operate a
typewriter and had secured suborii.
nnte situation at Si5 week. hum.
drum, dragging labor. She felt that
II was only step to the sweut shop
present I.csltiOn.
Nellie drew back with a tlmid start.
A man had come rushing from a line
OF bushes, two little children with him
quick" he said. his glance burning
full Into the face OF the shrinking
girl. "Thcsc two children--take them.
Where do you liye1"
Some Influence Nellie could not NJ.
sisi compelleJ her to rpply in /, ,rc.
NOR:
"Twen,y.,vo p,rd.p ,loce"
The man pushed the children to-
words b,r opJ ,h.n dn,,.I L,,,, ,.a
bench. A second mnn cnm. inn, y,ow
OF n swift run. lie approached the
bewlldcred Nellie
"Tbe ma, vbn ho, ,,os, ,,,,,-.,.
n, smoke rn,I,lI.--..,hIch way a., b.
po,"
Mu,clv S.,lI. ,ol,,.d Tho mn, r,,
on. lilo. Too. dIsnnneor.a
Amid her fri ,dlessn.s. N.,i,.s
henr, won, ou, =, tho d.scr,.d II,,i,
ones.
There was nothing for Nellie to,Jo
but take the children TO her room.
She placed them cn her own bed. She
did not sleep the long night through
A week went by--two of them. Al.
most unconsciously. Nellie grew into
loving tho abandoned children.
The mystery surrounding them trou.
bled her. hut she found a new interest
In life. g
One evening Nellie had lust out
her charges In bed when "A shnrp tnp
came 10 the door. She opened Il. A
strnngor hurried by her.
Lock N. door," he said huskiIy.
THE cliIiirrn--they urc -nfe?"
A smile ~ gladness and relief crossed
his face rs Nellie told him of the M
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-05-20
N.su.d Boiling Down.

WATERWAYS the dinner cooked 10,
suit you. sir3
.. piner-Yes, all but The bill. Just
thRs tsstsback' snd''boh It dowR 8
Ettls. %
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
COLONIAL HOMES OF
NEW ENG. ARE RAzED
By The Associated Press.3

PITTSFIELD. MASS. Sept. 10
Some of New England's fine old man
sions are being sawed apart to make
modern homes.
One bit of cross-cut saw handiwork
here was the successful division of a
20-room house into two apartment
dwellings. One of the sections was
moved to new site. The "old Whit
head mansion" of 81 rooms is to be
torn down and made into many small
houses. It's three huge chimneys alone
are said to contain brick enough to
build two modest homes.
Thousands of mansions like this
were built in New England years ago
when materials and labor were mex
pensive. Increasing cost of mainten-
ance has caused many to be sold.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
At THE CIRCLE PLAYHOUSE
TONIGHT

Owen Moore in a new Selznick Pic
ture, "A Divorce OF Convenience. .
at the Circle Playhouse. proves one
of the most delightful screen farces
ever shown on a local screen. After
having seen Mr. Moore in his recent
two successes, The Poor Simp" and
The Chicken in the Case" something
out of the ordinary was expected OF
his new production and of the. big
audiences that witnessed it it is
doubtful If a single person was dis
appointed.
A Divorce of Convenience" is a
farce comedy throughout in which the
star is seen as Jim Blake, a love-sick
youth, who. in the absence of the girl
he loves is coaxed into becoming a
correspondent of convenience for the
purpose of expediting the divorce of
an ill mated pair Innocent though
Jim was. the part he assumed made
him appear guilty of all the guileless
deeds of "a HE" vamp and when his
sweetheart Unexpectedly appears. he
is thrown into both confusion and de-
spair.
The manner in which Jim fits from
one ridiculous situation into another
and out again, eventually clearing
the haze of suspicion that had been
lowered about him. make for some of
the most comical situations ever
screened.
Victor Herman wrote A Divorce
of Convenience" and the direction was
by Robert Ellis. Among others in
the supporting cast Katherine Perry
and Mia Naldi. both noted beauties,
had important parts
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
.D|M|N| ISLES (WED
; INCREASE POPULATION
tcorresponaence AssoeIated Press,


NASSAU, BAHAMAS, Sept 1.--(By
Mail). The Bahama Islands, the Brit
ish colony lying Off the Atlantic Coast,
show a decrease in population during
the last ten years. principally on ac-
count of emigration to Florida. This
is the first decline in numbers in the
recorded history of the colony.
The census just announced places
the population at 1894, which marks
a decrease of 2,913 or So per cent.
since 1911. Demand for labor in the
United States is regarded as the cause.
Watlings Island. where Columbus is
believed to have first set foot on the
New World, showed an increase in
population Its total was CSC people
or 50 more than ten years ago.
The Bimini Islands, where much
liquor was sent from the United States
when it went dry, has population of
610 people. an increase of 194 in the
ten years
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
SYNDICATE INTENDS
COMPLETE REVIVAL
OF OLD BAY RIDGE

CONTINUED From Page ~
the property on the south, viii De
available for similar purposes.
Overland connections with both Bal
timore and Washington will be Sc
cured either by the relaying of rails
Oh the old right-of-way between Bay
Ridge and Annapolis or by the es-
tablishing of notorious transportation
between the two points. Communica-
ton with the shore resort will be
further facilitated by the building OF
concrete road from the Eastpori
road at Annapolis 10 the water front.
AS the nearest town in the direct
approach to Bay Ridge, Eastport will
be materially benefited by the bust
ness that the development will bring
For several years the B. o. Rail
road has maintained a toll at the en-
trance TO the property, allowing picnic
and shore parties to enter and make
! themselves at home
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF
McHENRY COMMANDMENT

The events Of yesterday one hundred
and seven years ago gave birth to
"The Srar-Spangled Banner" written
by graduate of ST. Johns College.
The oft-repeated story is that the
immortal hymn was written by the
author. Francis Scott Key, while he
was a prisoner on board British ship.
This is erroneous. The real facts OF
the incident were that DIR. Beane, a
resident of Prince George county, Nd
on the retreat of the British from
Washington. had been taken prisoner
and placed on board of the British
feet on a charge of being engaged in
guerilla warfare.
Mr.. Key and friend, ]. s. Skinner,
on a small vessel. set sail down the
bay for Admiral Cochrane's fleet in an
effort to secure the release of DIR
Beane. The interview for the physi-
clans liberty was very satisfactory
but as the admiral was about TO at
tack the city OF Baltimore. he detained
Mr.. Keys boat i'm order that he would
not carry the information of the prep
arations for the intended assault to the
town.
The song was printed first in the
Baltimore American of September II
1914, and had at the time these pre-
fatory remarks: ""This song was
composed under the following circum'
stances: A gentleman left Baltimore
in flag of truce for the purpose OF
getting friend of his who had beer
captured at Marlborough. CDR. Beane)
He went as far as the mouth of the
Patuxent, and was not permitted to
return, lest the intended attack upon
Baltimore should be disclosed. He
(Francis Scott Key was therefore