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Taunt From Countess
Brought Story of WoOing

The world did not know she was
betrothed to Michael Collins until the
day that negotiations were being made
between Great Britain and Ireland for
the peace treaty. During the debate on
the treaty in the Dali Eireann, Collins
took Countess Markiewicz to task for
referring humorously TO the probability
that Princess Mary's engagement to
Lord Lascelles might be broken off 80
she could marry Michael Collins"
Collins in his speech declared that the
Countess statement might cause pain
"to the Princess or to the lady who
to pass without challenge or allow any
deputy in this assembly Of my nation
suit any lady of this nation or any
other nation"
And that was "Micky's" way.
The pair we're betrothed formally
about year ago. The marriage was
set for Tuesday, August 90 But Ar
thur Griffith, president Of the Irish
nation, died on August - and the wed q.
ding was postponed for month.
1t was on the night of August %
however, that Collins and eleven other
men were returning from an important
meeting. They had reached Bandon.
County Cork, when on a lonely road
their machines were fred upon from
behind bordering trees. About $50 men
comprised the ambuscade.
The driver of Collins car wanted To
speed ahead, but Collins ordered him to
halt. And in his open machine this man
of adventure directed the defense against
force twenty times larger than his
own.
During n lull in the FIRE. Collins spied
4 sniper moving along the ditch beside
the road. He leaped from his car and
cautiously approached the man. At that
moment there was a sharn cracking OF
runs and "Micky" spun around and
crumbled to the ground.
ssMy God Micky's shot !" cried one
Of his own men.
But Collins, though mortally
wounded, was far from giving up. Dur
inr the fifteen minutes that he lived he
huns over the side of his car. pumping
bullets into the brush where the irregu
.MarS were concealed.
49, inally he fell back and gasncd For
1--we 'em And let the Dublin guards
bury me with the boys" They were
4 ~ last words.
Nicky's death was not entirely un-
espected, even to him. When he broke
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Arranged feeling Escape
From British Stronghold

Perhaps his most spectacular feat
was the escape of Francis feeling from
the kilmainhall Jail. Collins, whom
the police were scouting for with eyes
of hawks. arranged the entire scheme.
He got three pretty little girls of the
Camman Namban. or Girl Scouts. TO
tiirt with three Tommies who guarded
the entrance to the prison. The merry
girls lured the soldiers into neigh
bor's house. And there. instead of the
joy of their feminine smiles. the SOL
diers gazed into the cold muzzles of
automatics. They were stripped of
their clothes. Three of Collins men
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rev seconds. His hands were strong
ana his fingers those of a man used to
heavy labor. He was usually smiling
but there were moments when his face
went harder than iron, and the jaw of
him bulged out like a crag. In those
moments his kindly eyes burned TO the
CLINT of steel and men retreated from
his. presence very quietly.
Apparently he wss an ideal director
OF an army secretly organized, secretly
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protested. "It's disgraceful to have Z
naked man"
Sure. and Mick had more clothes
on him than she had at that CON-
mented the waiter.
IF you don't do something sad
the woman, I'm call the manager
But, ma am, you don't understand.
Can't you see that it do be Mick COL
Inns himself?"
She gasped and fed. III
Latest reports state that Tom Hale!,
who admits he is responsible for the
ambuscade which resulted in the deata
of the Irish general, has since repu'
dated the entire business. He hM
thrown down his arms and offered 70
join the national forces.
Micky was dressed for burial
the blood stained uniform which he wwoss
when the sniper's shot killed hiss
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DEATH CAINE ON FIRST Day
SET FOR CEREMONY, BUT
POSTPONED FOR Il MONTH
WIW. o'.WHp Of Revolution, Who
Laughed at Traps Of Foes, Gaze
Wovd of Betrothal in Retort to Slu,
at Princess Mary

"A COLLEEN today Ireland heroic dead!
"A today Ireland but has
ltwith ironically by death She
be known everywhere because she is ent
leader national thinks of her
something apart from life, apart from human tragic
broken today because Mcky' Collins is dead and
"ky" Consnot the Minister of the Dali
commandern-chief of National Amybu
Collins his his flashing SMILE caprou
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thinker. That he could talk with and
convince gentlemen with gentlemen
speech on his tongue, as well as whip
a rounder into thinking his way. Be
sides this, he convinced his associates
that he was an organizcr-a young man
who found out facts, knowing their
strength beyond all oratory, a young
man with an ineXplicable control over
men.
From the middle Of 1913 on, he was
organizer and adiutant of the Irish
Revolutionary Army. This was called
variously the murder gang" the
band Of gunner" the blackguards, ="
by the English.
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drilled, OF an army whose chief warfare
was haphazard kind of banditry. It
was necessarily 30. of course. but It
demanded Il man Of lightning wits and
Immense fortitude to- guide it.
While organizing and conducting the
activities Of his scattered bunds he
proved to be the most active officer i'm
the organization which raised funds TO
support the wives and children OF the
men imprisoned or executed. He trav.
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Often Warned Collins
When Foes We're Near

Many's the time has Kitty run
through the darkness of the night to
warn the man she loved that his enc
mics were close upon him. Many's
Tie time has she saved him. But to-
day all that is over.
Today she has only her imme-
mortal dreams. Today she can but
recall that dark night the Black and
Tans were after her fiance. He was
lying in a hut, catching few hours
sleep on the run.
She heard the motor lorries Of the
enemy rumbling by her fathers old
tavern at Granard. Not an hour be-
fore she had left "Micky' with a
brave smile. She rushed out OF the
door, through the black night,
sldrted hedges, jumped bitches and
walked "Micky' with a hystericaI
knocking at the door. When the lor-
yes arrived "Micky" was gone.
Kitty Is a tall woman. fit mate for
q six -footer. with an indomtable will
light brown hair and blue eyes, with
something of the wayward will o the
boy about her.
Triumphant, glad in her heart that
she had saved the man whom a great
nation feared, she returned to the tav-
srn and found It smoldering in ruins.
Her parents had died when she was
young and she had some money. She
was wrapped up in love for her land
and devoted her efforts to the service o.
the Irish White Cross. the nurses
branch of the Sim Fein.
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Took "tke Other SiGe'
and LOUed q Debate

"Micky" always took the other
side" of every question. He was dery
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rso. r,so az over ireland addressins ,sc,-
m,setinss--an impa ssioned adyocsts
wrongs not to be suffered. II "
reaIiy long before 1910 that hs
re ,ecoenized az the unof1cial head a. M.
sssry unomcial army, and from ~. Nv
s,ne on he was wanted by the enn,.ss
- sS tne empire wanted no other in ~
Wnole movement. :" 'ne
"A story, Is told of him durin, ~.
herman plot roundup Of 10i0 ~ u
lode up to his home in his fiiyyer nns M
oay aad found Crown soldiers in possss. ~
sion. s He parked his jitney across n.
street from his house. lighted a ciss.
wsteh e.te and sat on the running board d
we sh unb t tne English officers direct tbs
sacked his place and had left be an.
PIG machine into the yard and went os y
De0. ~As
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with the De yaleristas over the question
Of the treaty. although no longer
bounded by the British. be was not on
the best Of terms with the irreguIars.
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peolLJ6~kHuy MthoN Wabstar

u would be nice 10 think about"
Princess" Patrick burst out at
the end ~ a rather long silence,
Iust, Indeed ns he was laying his
hand upon the farmyard gate;
Princess, ] don't believe there's
anything unfair about saying this
10 you. ln fact think the unfair
ress would ho the other way. Don't
you know that you can pay that
money back TO the Lazarofs n you
want 10, whether your mother
agrees 10 n or not2"
She clutchod the gate with both
lands. holding II shut while she
stared blankly into his face.
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CHAPTER XXI.

The Return OF tho Princess.
TT was getting on in the after.
noon when Patrick sent in
Genevieye, the farmers good
looking daughter. TO ask II he might
zee her presently-any time within
q halfhour would be soon enough.
Oddly enough, this ambassadorial
approach frightened her little. re.
minded her rather grimly OF the
Gays OF long ago-that was how II
seemed, though yesterday had be.
gun as one OF them. She thought
he might have banged on tho door
and shouted 10 her to get up and
dress and come along II that was
what he wanted. She played up to
his new-old manner, however, by
telling Genevieve she would receive
him In fifteen minutes and asking
the girl to come back, after she
had delivered this message, to help
her get ready for him.
They staged the scene rather
carefully, and, with the aid OF a
straightbacked armchair (baoked
into tho bay window, opposite to
and Pcing the door, the pretty
pink bathrobe and an eiderdown
guilt, produced an effect rather
suggestive. the Princess thought,
Of royal leyee.
Genevieve was accorded the
eostatic privilege of brushing the
Frincess's hair-you know all about
that hair. OF course, so you don't
rsed a description OF it!-and with
the help OF its proprietor got a
formal-looking, though not very
substantial, do" on II, which
helped out the picture.
She meant Walter TO get tho fun
effect OF this, and she was glad, in
a way, to be able to read in his
face the moment he opened the
door that he did, Yet It gave her
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power OF attorney, suppose, SO
that she can go on taking care OF
II for you, but that's purely for
your own convenience. All you
have TO do TO get any amount OF
roney you want is 10 keep a check
book Of your own"
Al that, oddly enough, she put
her head down upon her hands.
which still clutched the top rail-
OF tho gate, and began 10 cry. it
seemed silly to cry, and unkind as
well, because he, she could tell,
was reduced 10 a state of utter con.
Eternation by il.
Il guess it's Just because I'm so
tired and hungry" she sobbed. But
II was only a minute or two before
fhe got herself together and opened
the gate. "You see" she explained,
81 haven't really eaten a square
neal since We left New York. on
the train and there In the hotel in
Chicago | was so excited planning
to run away that l couldn't" This
was OF course literally true.
She was too tired even to try
TO think, but she was accessible to
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the chauffeur and so on. But she
was perfectly aware of him as the
inspiration of them.
After ALL" she told herself, Just
as she was dropping of, "lf IT
hadn't been for him ! never wouli
have run away in the first place."
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Walter Came Around
Behind Her Chair and
+ Took Steadying Hold
of Her Shoulders. 81 don't
believe he's getting beaten,
Princess" He Said
ComfortingIy.

the comforting sensation OF being
cnce more the Princess, with no
more decisions to make, no more
einiculties TO struggle with. Wal.
Ter would look after everything.
He did. He made some sort OF
explanatlon-she didn't even listen
Ito the farmers wife. He made a
whole-hearted ally OF the farmers
daughter, a big. nice.lOoking girl.
rather incredible from the fact that
she neither spoke nor dressed the
way farmers daughters Of the Prin.
cess's acquaintance-on the screen
always did.
There was delightful stir OF ac.
tivity In the interest OF the Prin.
cess's comfort. A wonderful meal
was cooked-ham and eggs, a bowl
OF milk toast, cup OF chocolate
ana at the conclusion OF Il she
vas In good part undressed and nus
to bed with hot water bottle. n
ralr Of feece-lined slippers ana
pretty pink bathrobe left handy
against her waking and wanting 20
set up,
Walter Patrick had remained in
the background during these minis.
tFations, consulting with the farmer,
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Ike that?' she asked. ~ wish" she
went on after ne had told her not
to worry about it, that mother
would pay the whole OF II back
the whole three thousand. | mean,
ana not Just this. think Bnra
bnclo would be- more likely TO for.
gave him II sho did Any maybe
Ned be more likely 10 forgye me"
Vhon with sigh; "But OF course
she won't Sholl be so perfectly
furious with me for having run
away that ! wouldn't dare ask her"
Indeed it frightened her tust TO
be talking about her mother like
this to anybody. even 10 Walter
Patrick.
"Of course" sne went on, for he
made no immediate reply, III she
did pay back the whole three thou.
sand dollars then the cottage would
belong 10 us, wouldn't it? It's the
darlIngest little thing you ever saw.
! thought Of you the minute saw
4. And then--well--l don't suppose
| ever could 20 travelling around
In II with-anybody, out into the
desert or down TO tho soashore, but
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Good" De aal4 with nod
Wen walk tO thr farmhouse and
have them send hnor o. team for
my car AND ha fuuol To- tho
taxi chauffeur "wDI pay you uf'
now"
But This wasn't quito 90 easy as
% looked The young man. PAS.
Hlpns'"ly protecting his complete
iuJliicrnu.. III. tu what they dld or
Doc did or any FbOdy dI firmly do.
rlinod a. 'Nn same time to be dig.
missed. NHH SWIM Wbs hle rIvht.
fnl aud 'uEi passenger Shnd eu-
gagged h.u tp thke bier to ,ho con.
Fress llotal and be- Intended to
do so
~ ~c pay you for tnhlng her 10
tho Congress- Hotel thiiU bo salts.
factory, won't ilE Patrick nstrd
PLEASANTLY, Tor it was not his vay
10 quarrel with pouple. Now
much viii that bcY'
Tho young man B0usuitod hts
meter ana two or turoc crum.Ipd
memoranda extracted from MA
trousers pocket llo made some
calculations with tho stub Of "A
poncll and 40 last with touch OF
dcfinnco, announced his result
elghtyfour dollars ana seyentyfly
cents
The Princess saw a look Of blank
distress come into Walter Pntrick'a
faco, ana made swift guess n.
the cause. lie wasn't, most likely.
In the habit uf carrying large sums
ut money around with him, and In
his haste 20 come TO her ho had
set ont without being especially
munltiOned In this respect. IL was
oven conceivable that some diffl.
Guilty had been mado about II and
no had come to her simply on his
own.
She nodded him smile. and
saying, Leave Il 10 me, Walter;
III fix &c. she rather deciglvely
excluded him from the confnb with
the chauffeur by inviting that
young man, with n gesture. 20 tho
running board OF the touring car.
From her vanity case, where she
had slowed Bill's eighteen hundred
dollars. ahe took out a hundred.
dollar bill and pressed II into his
hands.
"You needn't bother about tho
change she said. "Thntll do for
n tip, won't lt2 And I'm very
much obliged"
lie unfolded the bin. gaZed at Il
reflectlyely on both sides and then.
shaking his head, offered to hand
II bnck TO her.
Look here, Miss Swan" he said
you como along back with me-.
Wen make II right when we get %
tho hotel. Thats tho best thing
for you TO DO. You've been trapO.
sing around tho country long
enough. IT'S n good thing you got
rid OF that other glnk, but you don't
want 10 hook up with this one Just
because | happened to skid you
into HIM You think II over and
come along with me"
who" The Princess demanded,
with u gasp--"who do you suppose
this gInk is7"
u don't know" tho chauffeur re.
iorted violently, "nnd ! don't care.
| know III got YOU safe homo to
your folks and don't know
whether no will or not hut II hs
thinks I'm going 10 turn you over
to him for any hundred dolars hs
can guess again"
Tho Princess, as you may havo
observed WAS never addicted to
half measures; and this, perhaps,
wps not tho moment for them.
1T happens she observed with
splendid. Icy mendacity. that he's
my husband"
The chauffeur stared at her,
nruu,ti.H tha hupdrn1
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NIuUlpltN iue huuuIeu-
dollar bill and showed
Il into his pocket.
81 guess you movie
queens are too swift
for George!" he said.
and won't, In ruins, out
OF the PrinCess's life.
$ he wasn't sure,
when she and Patrick
set out through the wet
grass at the roadside
to tho farmhouse,
whether or not ne had
overheard her eNplana.
tiun TO the chauffeur.
Partly by way of Great.
ting n diversion and
partly because she
wanted 10 transfer all
her worries 10 him as
eNpeditlously as pos.
sible, she took the rest
OF Rills money out OF
her case and handed II
over TO Patrick telling
him what Il was aud
how she como by Il
DO you suppose his
uncle could have mo ar.
rested for stealing Il
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Continued on Next Pase)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-30
THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1922
nARanAL rocApe BIG RIDE

itSh 0I'NL lONFl D'O HlDE
Marshal Foch is now at his home in
France, and If he has any gandchi-
dren. he is proDably telling them abou.
his long railroad rides in America,
says the Des Moines Capital. In forty
seven days he rode 10000 miles. lie
Travelled through thry-two states,
stopped in 700 towns and made 800
speeches. lie spoke at 200 banquets;
he planted trees dedicated buildings,
and It is estimated that he was seen
ana heard by 100000 people. lie
Travelled on thirty.six different rail
road lines and toured throughout
thirtytwo states The marshal lives in
country which is about twice the size
Of the state Of Iowa and his home
folks Will scarcely be able to believe
that he could have Travelled 50 far
and seen so much When that great
Frenchman Lafayette, revisited this
country in 1924 he Travelled up and
down the Hudson, also, visited our
coast cities, but he did not cross our
continent At that time there was
no means by which he could have
crossed. This biz country has been
growing tremendously, and undoabted-
~ made a splendid impression on oar
commander in chief
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-30

OF interest to the entire colntry,
but especially TO inhabitants Cf this
state, is the dedication of the new
canopy for Plymouth Rock, says the
Worcester Telegram. Now, for the
first time in It's history, this American
shrine has housing which BELTS its
sentimental and historical Importance,
II is probable, too, that there wiz be
made an end to the iourneyngs of the
rock, for we have come to realize the
importance Of its preservation intact
and guarded from damage for the
benefit of future generations, as We
have with tie Liberty bell The
memorial. erected by the Colonial
Danes and presented TO the state Of
Massachusetts, makes this state, in ef-
feet trustee for the entire country 1t
also appropriately makes the home az
Plymouth Rock lis guardian rather
than the entire country which would
make It's care that matter Of every
body's business which soon becomes
robody's business.
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1t Is the long lesson Of the history
Of warfare that the first power to use
effectively a new invention wins It's
way. To refuse to make use Of the
material means which others utilize
is suicidal. This is an ugly prospect;
and any bond or pledge mutually
agreed upon only gives an advantage
70 the least scrupulous. We know now
that treaties may be worthless. All
that can be done Is to study the means
Of couuteraction; as trench warfare
was invented TO parry gunhre, and
masks to parry gus, so there must be
the utmost activity in sounding all pos
sible models OF attack, and the sharp
est wits must be set to invent the need
mi protection. writes Flinders Petrie in
the Yale Review. Such preparation
will be a cheap insurance TO a nation.
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eclEMcE OF GRAMMAR

After tracing very briefly the fall OF
grammar in Canada, particularly In
Ontario, Professor Jones Of Ontario
college admitted that in the past the
teaching Of grammar had been TOO
formal, that too much time had been
spent on useless distinctions and that
the subject had been cursed with
bewildering Technology; but he con-
tended that a reasonable presentation
Of grammar was a highly useful and
quite essential subject in both ele-
mentary and secondary education The
task of simplifying the presentation OF
grammar has been made much easier
by the recommendation Of the Amer
lean and English committees on uni
form nomenclature The pupil should
now learn a Technology that Is not
only accepted in all parts of the coun-
try in connection with English gram
mar, but is equally useful for his
study Of foreign languages. The main
argument on behalf OF grammar in MS
modern, simpiGed form is that it IS
thoroughly useful, both in developing
correct speech and in written COM
position Tile various studies made OF
the errors of school children prove
that, while the kinds of error are not
very numerous, the grammatical
knowledge necessary for the correc-
ton Of such errors is just what the
defenders OF reasonable course in
grammar have been advocating.
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The comforts Of 1921 are the luxuries
NJ 1870. What household Of that time
could obtain the devices which are
the common Indispensable equipment Of
our day? cur young men and maidens
who demand standard Of living which
the youth of 1870 had never thought Of
may be distressing to oldfashloned
people, but they are obeying natural
forces. The victorians themselves
were not content with what satisfied
the Eighteenth century That all these
changes have made for happiness, we
may feel no compulsion TO believe. But
there is nothing in the past to justify
US in expecting that the young people
Of the present will be. content with
what satisfied us in our youth They
may be going on the road to the true
golden age they may have chosen ths
primrose path which leads to the ever
lasting bonfire. What Is certain is that
they will not stand still
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Numlsmausts have been gladdened
by the news that single gold franc
has been struck as the monetary unit
which is the basis Of all financial
transactions Of the League Of Nations
It Is a piece of gold about one-third
the size Of an English farthing, with
the inscription on one side, IS. des ~
(Societe des Natlons) 1927; and on
tie other 81 franc or in American
currency It is equal to 0l925 dollar
Apart from there being only one gold
franc, the remarkable thing about it
is the shape, which is octagonal, and
maybe II win act as Il protest against
the continued use Of round coins, which
does not enable one, say, TO tell the diff
ference by feeling between six-pence
and a half.sovereign.