The Herald-Sentinel. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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'We Courtship
sf oMiles
Standish
With Illustrations
by*
Howard Chandler Christy
(OopyrlVht, Tim Bubba-Morrill (Joaipttnyi
Miles Standish
Jn the Old Colony days, In Plymouth,
the land of the Pilgrims,
To and fro In a room of hln Blmple
and primitive dwelling,
Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of
Cordovan leather,
Strode, with a martial air, Miles
Standish, the Puritan Captain.
Burled in thought be seeuied, with his
hands behind him, and pausing
Ever and anon to behold his glitter-
ing weapons of warfare,
Hanging in shining array along the
walls of the chamber—
Cutlass and corselet of steel, and his
trusty sword of Damascus,
Curved at the point and inscribed with
its mystical Arabic sentence,
While underneath, in a corner, were
fowling-piece, musket, and match-
lock.
Short of stature he was, but strongly
built and athletic,
Broad In the shoulders, deep-chested,
with muscles and sinews of iron;
Brown as a nut was his face, but his
russet beard was already
Flaked with patches of snow, as
hedges sometimes in November.
Near him was seated John Alden, his
friend and household companion,
Writing with diligent speed at a table
of pine by the window;
Pair-haired, azure-eyed, with delicate
Saxon complexion,
Having the dew of youth, and the
beauty thereof, as the captives
Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex-
claimed, "Not Angles, but Angels."
Youngest of all was he of the men
who came in the Mayflower.
Suddenly breaking the rillence, the
diligont scribe interrupting.
Spake, in the pride of his heart, Miles
StandiBh, the Captain of Plymouth.
"Look at these arms," he said, "the
warlike weapons that hang here
Burnished and bright and clean, as if
for parade or inspection!
This Is the sword of Damascus 1
JCMgllt with In Klanders; this
breastplate,
Well 1 remember the day! once saved
my life In a skirmish;
Here in front you can see the very
dint of the bullet
Fired point-blank at my heart by a
Spanish arcabucero.
Had It not been of sheer steel, the for-
gotten bones of Miles Standish
Would at this moment be mold, In
their grave in the Flemish
morasses."
Thereupon answered John Alden, but
looked not up from his writing:
"Truly the breath of the Lord hath
slackened tho speed of the bullet;
He in his mercy preserved you, to be
our shield and our weapon!"
Still the Captain continued, unheeding
the words of the stripling:
"See, how bright they are burnished,
as if in an arsenal hanging;
That is because I have done it my-
self, ?ind not left It to others.
This he said with a smile, that danced
in his eyes, as the sunbeams
Dance on the waves of the sea, and
vanish again in a moment.
Alden laughed as be wrote, and still
the Captain continued:
"Look! you can see from this window
my brazen howitzer planted
High on the roof of the church, a
preacher who speaks to the pur-
pose,
Steady, straightforward, and strong,
with irresistible logic,
Orthodox, flashing conviction right
into the hearts of the heathen.
Now we are ready, I think, for any
assault of the Indians;
Let them come, if they like, and the
sooner they try it the better—
Let them come, If they like, be it saga-
more, sachem, or powwow,
Asplnet, Samoset, Corbltant, Squanto.
or Tokamahamon!"
Long at the window he stood, and
wistfully gazed on the landscape,
Washed with a cold gray mist, the
vapory breath of the east wind.
Forest and meadow and hill, and the
steel-blue rim of the ocean,
Lying silent and sad, In the afternoon
shadows and sunshine.
Over his countenance flitted a shadow
like those on the landscape,
Gloom intermingled with light; and
his voice was subdued with emo-
tion,
Tenderness, pity, regret, as after a
pause he proceeded:
Better to hide from the Indian sccotf
the graves of our people,
Lest they should count them and see
how many ali e*dy have perished!"
Sadly his face he averted, and strodfl
up and down, and was thoughtful.
Fixed to the opposite wall was a
shelf of books, and among them
Prominent three, distinguished alike
for bulk and for binding;
Darlffe's Artillery Guide, and the Com-
mentaries of Caesar,
Out of the Latin translated by Arthur
Goldinge of London,
And, as If guarded by these, between
them was standing the Bible.
Musing a moment before them, Miles
Standish paused, as if doubtful
Which of the three he should choose
for his consolation and comfort,
Whether the wars of the Hebrews, the
famous campaigns of the Romans,
Or the Artillery practice, designed for
belligerent Christians.
Finally down from its shelf he dragged
the ponderous Roman,
Seated himself at the window, and
opened the book, and In silence
Turned o'er the well-worn leaves,
where thumb-marks thick on the
margin,
Like the trample of feet, proclaimed
the battle was hottest.
Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen of the stripling,
Busily writing epistles important, to
go by the Mayflower,
Ready to sail on the morrow, or next
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"Look at These Arms," He Said.
"Yonder there, on the hill by the sea,
lies buried Rose Standish;
Beautiful rose of love, .that bloomed
for me by the wayside!
She was the first to die of all who
came In the Mayflower!
Green above her is growing the field
of whf^at we have sown there.
day at latest, God willing!
Homeward bound with the tidings of
all that terrible winter,
Letters written by Alden, and full of
the name of Prlscilla,
Full of the name and the fame of the
Puritan maiden Prlscilla!
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WHY BE WEAK?
High Degree of Devotion
a
Fidelity Shown by Virginia
"Darky" That Annals of
History M \y Be
Searched to
Mitch.
The Puritan Maiden, Prlscilla.
Serve yourself, would you be well
served, is an excellent adage.
So 1 lake care of my arms, as you of
your p^ns and your inkhorn.
Then. too. there are my soldiers, my
great invincible army,
Twelve men. all equipped, having each
his rest and his matchlock.
Klghteen shilling a month, together
with diet and pillage,
And. like Caesar, 1 know the name or
each of my soldiers!"
Dick was a nigger, just a Virginia
Blave nigger. When a little boy, he
was scullion In the kitchen. He car-
ried the wood and water for the cook,
and scoured the pots and kettles, and
turned the spit when the turkey was
roasting, dipping and basting the
gravy from the pan, and nodding in
his work after the manner of all small
darkies.
When the war came the carriage
rested In the carriage house, the
horses were takeu by the Yankees,
and Dick became my servant In the
army of the south—a geutleman's gen-
tleman, as he called himself.
No man ever had a more faithful
and devoted follower than I had In
Dick. He was captured twice with me
by Union forces, and each time re-
fused the freedom which his capture
gave him. "I don't want to be no freer
than 1 always has been," he said on
both of these occasions. Once 1 dis-
charged him for being drunk. Think
of discharging a slave! It was at
Chattanooga, and Dick hung around
headquarters for several days and was
very unhappy Finally he came to me
with a Bible In his hand and said: "1
wants to swear on this that if you will
take me back 1 will not drink a drop
during the war." He took the oath
and kept it faithfully to the end, at
Appomattox.
When 1 was captured at Rich Moun
tain I was ill. and was sent to the
Federal hospital, an immense tent. I
had not fully recovered when we evac-
uated our position, and wandering
about the mountains In the rain for
two days and two nights without food
had brought on a relapse. And be-
sides enduring the exposure, we had
forded the river nine times in the
vain effort to avoid large bodies of the
enemy's troops. The sand had got
into my boots, and when my socks
were taken off, the skin came off with
them. I was a pitiable object. Dick
stuck to me. He was free now to go
where he pleased, but he never left
me. He was by my cot all day, kept
off the flies from my raw and skinless
| feet, and did what he could to allevi-
ate my sufferings. At night he crept
! nder my cot and took his only rest
on the bare ground. When I was well
enough to go north with Colonel Peg-
ram, I asked Dick what he was going
to do, now that he was free. He said
that he would go with me. When I
told him that was impossible, he
' aaid; "Well, if 1 can't go with you,
i I will go back to Mis' Lizie" (my
wife).
I When he was leaving I gave him
I ?200 In Virginia Valley bank notes (it
( was before the days of Confederate
! money), and he walked 263 miles—by
way of Staunton 150, and down the
valley, a hundred and thirteen—to my
home In the valley, and gave my wife
196 of the money.—Maj. A. R. H. Ran-
son. Late Major of Artillery, C. S. A.
in Harper's Magazine.
^WILBUR P.NESB1T
ft
Dixie"
'Twaa in a glided restaurant
Where people came to eat,
A Southerner,' ail grim and gaunt.
Stepped tn on eager feet.
He sat him down and ordered food
And suddenly and soon
The orchestra in Joyful mood
Struck up that "Dixie" tune.
There came a tumult of applause;
The Southerner was glad-
He felt th|s honor to his Cause
And could no more be sad.
"Hurrah! Hurrah!" the diners cried
And straightway dropped their r's;
It seemed as though with valiant pride
They'd showed their battle scars.
The Southerner then asked of one
Who almost broke his dish
Applauding: "Whah ah yo' from. sonT"
He said: "South Haven, Mich."
Another came from old South Bend,
And one who cheered with glee
From Southport. Maine, had come; his
friend
Was raised out in 8. D.
A maif from South Chicago yelled
The (wildest of wild cheers
Until ^he folk about him held
Their hands upon their ears;
Another man whose voice was loud,
Whose hands gave blow on blow
In the .applause that led the crowd
Was from South Charleston, O.
The Southerner looked all around
And pursed his grim old mouth,
And said: "I'm glad that I have found
So many from the South."
He seeks another place to eat
But everywhere he goes
When "Dixie's" played they stamp their
feet a
' And cheer It through ^he' nose.
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young lady's reading?"
"Yes, miss. We keep them on the
three front tables."
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Out of the Whaleback.
Jonah joined the Vacation Liars
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"Yes," he remarked, "I enjoyed my
ocean trip imfnensely."
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1 an "adaptation" ti was called by the
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I representative turned to another and
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"Have vou heard that money is Just
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Expert Touch.
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"But he says he has a perfect
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Gunsenhouser, M. H. The Herald-Sentinel. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1911, newspaper, September 7, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc174528/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.