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THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
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short story la the ww V•ar•
Tlie deice el Mary Roberts Rias -
hart mad Owes less.. was "T1s
Man without a Costar,: by Ed-
ward Everett Baia the weds are
published by Little. Brows k 4
FART I. 1
flHUJNOUN was as Ow •
P
young never as there Ines b
the Legion of tete West" •e
the western division of out
army was then called. Wben Aaron
Barr made his Ont dashing ezpedilio0
,down to New Orleans in 1000 a1 Fort
iMasae or somewhere above on the
diver he met, as the devil would have
1t, this gay. dashing. bright young fel-
low at some dinuer patty. I think.
,Burr marked elm. talked to him. walk -
1.d with him. took him a day or two's
'voyage In his flatboat and, in *bort,
;fascinated him. For the nest year
lbarrack life was very tame to poor
Nolan- He occasionally availed of the
permlafon the (treat man had Civet)
tblm to write to him. The other boys
in the garrison sneered at hlm because
,Aha ..winced in this unrequited affec-
tion for • politician the time welch
they devoted to monongabela, sledge
and high -low -jack. Bourbon, euchre
and poker were still unknown Bat
one day Nolan had his revenge. This
time Burr came down the river not as
an attorney seeking a place for 1111 ot-
dice. but as • disgntsed conqueror. It
'was rumored that be bad an army be.
bind elm and an empire before elm.
It was • great day -his arrival -to p00,
Wotan. Burr had not been at the fort
an boor before be sent for him. That
evening be asked Nolan to take him
out in kis skiff to .bow him • cane
'brake or a cottonwood tree, as be said
-really to seduce hlm-and by the time
tbe sail was over Nora was enlisted
body and soot From that time,
though be did not yet know It be lived
as "n man without a country."
Went Barr meant to do 1 know nc
more than 700, dear reader. It 1s none
of our business just now. Only when
OM grand catestropbe raw win* 01
Mrs Lamar try la that di.tast Wade
OW vane, as while sway the moan
tesy of the summer at Port Adams
got op for spectacles a string of court
inertia's oo the pacers three. One
aced soother of the cotooels and majors
mere tried. and, to 011 Out the list little
!Nolan. against, wbom, beaten knows.
tbere was evidence enough -that be
arm sick of the service, bad been wel-
ting to be false to 1t and would have
obeyed any order _to march anyweitber
'web any one who would follow bpm
bad the order only been signed. "By
command of His Exc. A. Burr." The
courts drlgged on The big ales et
raped-Hgbtiy for afl 1 know. Nolan
was proved guiity enough as 1 ay. yet
yon and I would Dever have beard of
him. reader. but test wben tee prest
dent of the court asked him at the
dose whether be wished to say thy -
thing to above teat he had always beep
faltbful to the United States be cried
out in a Ot of frenzy:
"1)- the United States! 1 with 1
may never bear of the United States
staler
1 suppose be d:d not know bow the
words shocked old Colonel Morgan.
who was bolding the court Nolan
bad grown tip In the west of those
days In tee midst of "Spanish plot"
"Orleans plot" and all tbe rest He
bad been educated on • pl•Otatlou
wbere the finest company was a Span-
ish
panish officer or • French merchant from
Orleans. His education, such as it
was. Dad been perfected In commercial
espediUons to Vera Cruz and 1 think
he told me his father once hired an
Englishman to be a private tutor for a
winter on the plantation. He had spent
ball his youth with an older brother
bunting horses In Texas. and. In it word.
to elm "United States" was scarce-
ly s reality. Yet be had been ted by
'United Stat.." for •11 the yen duce
be And been in tee army. Ha had
me 0 on his faith ss a Christian to be
true to "Coned States." it was "Unit-
ed States" welch gave him tee uniform
be wore and tee sword by els wide. 1
Go not excuse Nolan. I only explain t0
the re.der why be damned els country
and wished he might Dever bear ear
Dame again
He never did bear her name bet
encu again. From teat moment. Rept
a. 11107. till the dal he died. May 11.
3SU. be Diner board ber name agile.
For that half country asci more be was
• Nan without a tv.•tr7.
Old Morgan. as 1 mid. wee terribly
eh.rked He called tee route Into his
perste roam and returned In fifteen
minutes with a fate like a sheet. Is
era t
-1•rlan0er, bear the eente1tee of the
evert The court deckles. subject to
NAST 000Ltta
a]RGAaT
sad the whole room was embed dead
as night for a eninut4 Even Nolan lost
eta swagger in a moment alien Mor
gen added: "'Mr. Marshal, take tee
prisoner to Orleans In an armed boat
and deliver him tot the naval ram
mender there."
Tee marshal gave his orders. and
the prisoner was taken out of court
"Mr. Marshal," continued old Mor
gam, "see teat se one mentions the
United States to the prisoner. Mr.
Marshal, make my respects to tiro -
tenant Mitchell •t Orleans and request
him to order that no one shall men
tion the United States to tee prisoner
while be is on board ship. You wUl
receive your written orders from the
omeer on duty ben this evening. Tbe
court is adjourned without day."
I have always supposed that Colonel
Morgan himself took the proceeding
of tee court to Washington city and
explained them to Mr. Jefferson. Cer
tain tt 1s that the president approved
them -certain, that 1s. 1f I may be-
lieve the men wbo nay they have seen
bis signature. Before the Nautilus got
round from New Orleans to the north.
ern Atlantic coast with the prisoner o0
board the sentence had been approved,
and he was ■ man withont a country.
Wbe° 1 was second omcer of the
Intrepid some thirty years after 1 saw
the original paper of instructions:
Washington (with the date, which must
have been late In 1107).
ger-You will receive from Lt. Neale the
person of Philip Nolan. late a Lieutenant
In the United States army.
This person on his trial by court mar-
Hal
art hal expressed with an oath the wish that
be might rover bear of the linked State*
again.
The court sentenced him to hate he
wlah fulfilled.
For the present the execution of the or-
der u Intrusted by the president to this
department
You will take the prisoner oe board your
'bap and keep him there with such pre-
asvtts•s ea shall prevent ee maws
You will prords him wills such quarters.
ration* and clothing as would be proper
for an officer of his uta rank It he were
a passenger ea Your verse) on the busi-
ness of his government
The gentlemen on board will make any
arrangements egresOble to themselves re-
garding
01 l
tooindignity
ndihis
any
kind, nor 1. be ever
unnecessarily to be reminded that be le s
prisoner.
{ But under no circumstances le be ever
to bear et Ids eouatre or to as. and In-
formation regarding 1t, and you will es-
pecially caution all the °facers under your
command 10 take care that. In the v*rloue
indulgences which may be granted. this
rule. In which his punishment 4. involved.
shall not be broken.
It Is the intention of the government
that be shall never again see the country
which he has disowned Before the end
of your cruise you will receive orders
which well give effect to this intention.
Resp'? yours, W. SOUTHARD.
For the Secretary of Harr Navy.
1 suppose the commander of tbe Le -
rant has it today as his authority for
keeping this man in his mild custody.
The rule adopted on board the stem
oa welch I bate met 'Tee Man With-
out a Country" was. I think. transmit-
ted from tbe beginning. No mew liked
There's a Subtle Charm
about the delicious flavour of
11
This flavour is unique and never found
in cheap, ordinary teas. Let us mail
you a sample. Black, Mixed or Green.
Mobil to tt Be had *hood *11 the Of oTtb. eu-Taui. mar Or1Wo
foreign papers that came into the ship travelers wbo bad ventured w far and
smear or later. only somebody most a nice eery of `ogltab girls end ma -
go over them brat and cot not any ad- i trona, perhaps Lady Hamilton herself.
,ertl.ement or stray paragraph that I oa toe dancing went on, Nolan and
alluded to America. Phillips told me s our fellows ail got at mow. as l said -
story of something welch bappened at so moc i so that it seemed quite nate-
the Cape of flood Hope on Nolan's first rat for ham to bow to that splendid
voyage, and 1t 1. the only thing I ever Mrs. Groff and sal:
knew of that voyage. Phillip. had "1 bops you have not forgotten me.
borrowed a lot of English books from Miss Rutledge. Shalt I have the bun -
en emcee, which in those days. as ln• ee of dancing?'
deed 1n tees., was quite a windfall. He del It so quickly that Sbubrick.
Among them, as the devil would order, wbo was by him, could not binder
was the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," I Mia She laughed ■rad told:
which they bad all of them beard of,
but wbkb most of them bad Dever
seen. 1 think It could not have been
published long. Well, nobody thought
then could be any risk of anything na-
tional in teat, so Nolan was permit.
ted to join the circle one afternoon
wben a lot of them at on deck smok-
ing and reeding aloud. Nolan took the
book and read to the others, god be
read very well, as I know. Nobody In
the circle knew a line of the poem,
only 1t was all magic and border cbly-
airy and was 10.000 years ago. Pool
Nolan read steadily through the fifth
canto. stopped a minute and drank
something and then began. without a
thought. of what was coming:
"Breathes there the man with soul la
dead
Who never to himself bath aid.
"'This 4. my own, my native land""
Then tbey all saw something was tt
pay, but be expected to get through, 1
suppose, turoed a little pale, but
plunged oo:
"Whose heart bath neer within him burner
As borne his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on • foreign strand?
If such there breathe. go, mark him well
By this time tee men were all beside
themselves, it -teeing there was any
way to make him turn over two pages.
but be bad not quite presence of mind
for that He gagged a little, colored
crimson and staggered on:
"Tor him no minstrel raptures swell.
High though his titles. proud has name.
Boundless his wealth *1 wish can claim.
Despite these titles, power and pelt,
The wretch, concentrated all le seir-
And ber the poor fellow choked. could
not go on, but started up, swung the
book Into the sea, 'aniseed tato Ids
stateroom, "and, by Jove." said Pee-
Ilps, "we did not see him for two
months again. And 1 had to make up
O me beggarly story to that English
to have bim pt tem:wetly, because 111.
presence cut off all talk of borne or of
the prospect of return, of politics or
letters. of pcsce or of war-c•at oft
more than halt the talk men like to
bare at sea. Rut It was always thought
too bard that be should never meet lee
rest of os, except to touch beta, and
we finally sank Into ole system. 11e
was not permitted to talk wltb the
men aulew an omcer was by. With
omcers he had unrestralted inter-
course. as far as they and be chow.
But be grew shy, though be had favor-
ites.
avorItem 1 was one. Then the captain al-
ways asked elm to dinner on Monday.
Every mess to succession took op the
levitation In Its turn According to the
size of tee ship, yon bad him at your
mus more or less often at dinner. His
breakfast he ate in his own stateroom
-be always had a stateroom -which
was where a sentinel or somebody on
the witch could see the door. And
wbateTer else be ate or drank be ate
or dank alone. Sometimes. when the
marine• or gallon hal soy special jo-
!lantern. tbey were permitted to invite
-Plain Buttons." as they called bias.
Tbey called him "Plain Hatton?' ba
cause. while be always callose to weer a
regulation anis, esteem. be was net
permitted to *ter the army betties.
for the noses Ibet it bore either the
10111.110 nr 111• insignia of tbe comagr7
be had disowned.
I remember soon after I joined the
Bevy. Some ora told 10. sperm wbkb
was adopted from the Grit .bot
banks duel other reading As be was
,vel of the prey/dent that yea .[sten meet permitted M go o* three.
theappy *Tee thumb the vowel lay to part rev
a.ontha, his class et the best bong
bee • y and everybody was permitted
to lend elm best. H they were set
published 1a ASMtee .ad MO/ • al
"I am not Miss itutledge any longer.
Mr. Nolan* but 1 will dance ■Il the
Nee," just nodded W Sbubrlck as if
to say be must leer* Mr Nolan to ber
end led him off W the pace wbere the
lance was forming.
Nolan thought be had got his chance.
He bad known her at Philadelphia.
and at other places had met ber ■od
Ibis was a godsend. He said boldly -
t little pole, she said, as she told me
lie story Jean after:
"And great do you bear from home.
Erg.draft'."
And teat splendid creature looked
trough hits. Jure! bow she must
lave looked through elm! "Hume!!!
Nr. Nolan::! 1 thought you were tee
man who never wanted to bear of
earn* again:" Aud she walked direct -
7 up the deck to her busband and left
icor Nolan alone, as be always was.
He did not dance again.
A happier story than either of thee•
I hare told 1s of the war. In one of
the great frigate duels with the Eng -
Ise. In welch tee navy was really bap-
tized. It happened that a round shot
from the enemy entered one of oar
ports square and took right down the
glint of tbe gun himself and almost
every man of the gun's crew. As the
surgeon's people were carrying off the
bodies there appeared Nolan ion hie
shirt elegem, with the rammer 1n bit
band, and, just as if he bad been the
°dicer, told them off with autbortte
wbo should go to the cockpit with the
wounded men. who should stay witb
him, perfectly cbeery and with that
way which mates mes feel sure all Is
right and is going to *right And be
finished loading the gen with his owl
hands, aimed it and beds tb. mea Ore
And there he stayed. captain of tbai
surgeon why I did not return his Wal- gun, keeping those fellows in aptrlts
ter Scott to him." t111 the enemy struck. The captain
That story .bows about the time walked forward by way of eocourag
when Nolan's braggadocio most bate Ing the men, and Nolan touched 1W
broken down At first they said he bat .nd pld:
took a very hlgh tone, considered 1111 •Z amrsbowing them bow we do this
ce,
Imprisonment a men faraffected to in the.rtillery. sit"
'joy the swage, and all that, but And this is a part of tee story where
Phillips said that after be came out of al rte legends acres -that the comms,
his stateroom M never was the wine
man agate. He never read aloud
spin unless it was the Bible or Shake.
spears or 'something else be was sure
of. He was always aby afterward
when 1 koew him -very seldom spoke
unless be was spoken to, except to •
very few friend. He lighted np occa-
sionally, but generally be had the Dery-
ous, tired look of a heart wounded
owl los bases owe tear'drthi sue
g ums i.. 'iris. W anybody was aid i w
did, se if to aagtar wY11d do M
ea ay ether scerai°st be was always
ready to real prayers. I have meads
as that be real beaulltell7.
My own acesalotasce alta PbUUB
Iteral began els oft dgbt years atter
the war. a my drat voyage attar l
was appointed a mWsblp ren. It was
la the that dale after eau' slave trail
treaty, while the reigning boast wbkb
was et111 the base et Virginia, bad
still a sort of aatlsaatabs attest the
sapprewiss et the boners of the leg
die Padage. sad ssmMhlng w.s ssall►
tins deed tat way. I drat cane 1•
,adeestasd anything about "tbe Rao
without a comity" am du )wean we
.verbeeed a Arty IMtln a hs,s.
which bad slaves es board. As alai
was vast to take charge « bio sad
after a few wastes be wall beck W
boat to ask teat some owe sight he
vent him wbo could speak Pompoms
We were all looking ewer tee nil whom
the message came, ■rad we all writhed
we could interpret ween the captalc
asked who spoke Portuguese. But Done
of the omen did, and just as the ray
tab) was seeding forward to ask it any
of tee people could. Nolan stepped oat
and said brsbould be glad to interpret
it the captain wished. as be understood
the isngu•g. The captain thanked
elm Otted out anotber boat with him.
and In this boat 1t was m7 tuck to go
When we got there It was sore a
scene as you seldom vee and Demi
want to. Nastiness beyond aecoest
and chaos run loose 1n the midst of tee
nastiness. Tee oegrbes were. most 01
them. uut of tee bold and swarming all
round the dirty deck, with a central
throng surrounding Vaughan and ad
dressing ham In every dialect and pa
tole of a dialect, frons the Zulu click og
to the Parisian of ltrledeljeretd.
As we came on deck Vaughan looked
down from a hut;sbead on welch be
bad mounted in desperation and said.
"For God's love. is then anybody
who can make these wretcbes under
stand something?"
Nolan said he could speak Portu-
guese and one or two One looking
Kroomen were dragged one who. as
1t had been found already. bad worked
fur the l'urtuytie.e at Fernando Po.
"Tell them tbey are free." .said
Vangbao. "and tell three tbat terse
rascals are to be banged as emu as we
can get rope enough."
Nolan explained It to once Porto -
geese as the Kroomen could coder-
stand
oyerstand and they In turn to each of tee
Degrees as conld understand teem
Tten there was such a yell of delight
clinching of fists. leaping end dancing,
kissing of Nolan's feet and a general
eie•er Maar the same of the United
Metre aplw
Kenn M ngbed Rut nobody elm
yomhed Old Motge• was too sees.
man
Nolan's transfer at sea to tee War-
ren
arten was the lint of some twenty such
transfers, weld) brought dim sooner
or tater into half our best vssels, bot
which kept him all his life at least
some hundred miles from the country
be had boped he might never hear et
*Se In-
It
nIt may hare been On that seems
crake --It was once when be wag y
the Mediterranean -that llrs. Grafi
the celebrated southern teauty of those
4 danced trite b1m Tbey bel
t,r
The range with pure white enamelled steel
reservoir stamped from one piece. The
•
•
nd�ra
reservoir is seamless and clean
enough to use in cooking,
s See the McClary dealer. `s.
f� preserving.
Sold by HOWELL HARDWARE CO.
rase made to the bogsbead by way of
epoutaneoas worship of Vaugban as
the deus ex machine of the occasion
"Tell them," said Vaogban. well
pleased. "that 1 will take teem all to
Cape Palmas."
This did Dot answer so well. Cape
Palmae was practically u tar from
the Wawa or most of teem as New Or-
leans or Rio Jknetro wan-tbat Is. tbey
would be eternally separated from
home there. And tbelr interpreters, u
we cold underused. instant's said.
'Ab, Don Palmas," and began to pro-
pose infinite other expedients In most
voluble language. Vaugban was
rather disappointed at ebb result of
his liberality and asked Nolan eagerly
what tbey said. The drops stood o0
poor Notan's white forebead as be
bobbed the men down. and said:
''$e says 'Not Palmas.' He says,
Take us borne. take us t0 our own
Lha"paylitado third U 1R. country slid.- "Clod Lias yawl Tell 1ai‘ 11111
hunot, your country, and that you be- . name he said, and he pointed to to
sues ea t to fins
long to her as yon belong to your own Wil. I told nim the names In as lend
mother Stand by her boy as You order as I could. sad he bade me take
would stand be year mother If those dome his mautttul mapicm7 p.awa >�
devils tbere had got bold of ber to- to u 1 beat coed
was wild wnn dWght about Tesu. told
d°Yr how he urethra died there. He sena
I was frightened to death by IUs marked a tad cross wue�aha W
don said • countr'y', take os - to oat Own_ house.
"I see Jou do. and I thank you, sir, take os to our own plckaninals and
end I shall never forget this day, sir, our own women.' And tete one says,"
and you never shall, sir." choked out Nolan, "that be ABS not
And after the wbole thing was oven heard a word from els boom In six
end be bad the Eagliehman's sword is mouths. Wille be bas been locked op in
the midst of tee state and ceremony 01 an infernal barmcoon."
.be quarterdeck be aid: Vaughan always said be stew gray
"Where is Mr. Rolan? Ask kir. Ns himself while Nolan struggled throogb
hall to come bete." this interpretation I. wbo did not on -
And wben Nola* came the captalr d tendn*nything ot the that the very he
geld:
"Itt. Nolan. we are all very grateful menta were melting with fervent hest
to you today. You are one of us today. and that something was to pal some
You will be named 1n the dispatches.' where. Eve° the Degrees themselves
And them the old man took off lob stopped bowling as they saw Nolan's
awn sword of ceremony and gave ft tc agony and Vaugltan'l almost equal
de blah pot it on. Tet agony of sympathy- Aa quick u be
cairn, bard passion. but I bloodered ata brother, [res
out that 1 would, by al that was bol [leered at Te:aa Teen ha was MDgsbl
1• as D• naw t:alltorau and Oremm. Tbab
and that 1 bad never tbuugbt of doing ha aid. Le had suspected °*elle brrcae..
anything els. He hardly seemed to I thatbad ahem.r min n i tms'Dted we r. tbatre
beer me, but be did, almost in n wbl.• so much "And gb men•" sad r labus
10 liald ell
per. sal• "Obi. if aDJbodJ had ald w Ins. "brought off a good deal Wades
to me when 1 was of Jou age,"' I fairs." Then b• amt hack -heavens. b•w e
1 think 11 was this half confidence of (*r! -to ask •bout the Cbaaapeake and
what wan dull• to Barron for aurrandIftn•
lots, wbkh 1 teres abuser!, fur I octet te*r (o th. l.eovard, and wbeth,r Bun
told (1113 Storz t1U now• wbkb atter• ! •ver Iri.d again. and be [round 4113 (*0441
ward made us great friend. He was with the only cession e. ancwed. But la
very kind to me. Ween we parted • moment that was over. and be alai
••pod torslr. on: for 1 am sur. 1 lordly
from him le St. Thomas banter at the I him" Tem he •eked about the old war
cod of our cruise 1 w•ai more sorr7 },"mai attled down mss qu+tUh sad von
the] I can tell. I wan cry glad to happily to hear m. tell ,In an hour the
meet him again In 18x0, and latertu 111. Wamry of 0(17 yeah.
who knew aometdht wg had 41 0 .0,Tl r
when I tboagbt 1 bad some IoOaene. !
In Washington. 1 moved heaven and 1t wasa bard tale[ to condense 01. °u-
terth to have elm dlscbarged. But It tory of halt a century into that talk with
was 11te getting n ghost oat of prison • nick man. And 1 4o not now know
he
i what 1 told elm of emigration and the
and pretended teem was no such mal , moans o1
It• of .t.amboala aid nilroada
and octet was such a mesa They .111 and te!errspba. tet inrrotlona and b0nte
ay so at the department now: I and literature, of the colleges and Wet
Then i. a story that Nolan met Burr Point and 4he sacs! scb0ol. but with 4h.
)ueerest tnterruptlona that .ver you nerd.
once on one of our vessels. when a You sea It was Robinson Cruses asking
party of Americans came ou board to 1 111 the accumu:ated •]u.atioaa of 0fty-tdx
the Mediterranean. But this I bellere Team
to be a Ifo; or. rather, 1t Is • myth. well I 1 remember h. ••tad ail of a sod old
I wDo wan president now, aOd wMe 1 told
found, involving a tremendous blowing him b• asked 1f Vw Abe was010.,•1
ao with wbkb 1e sank Barr-asking,id4 Ienlinn can�wnent1. was id 41. S
elm bow As I1ked to Dm "wilboat a • toy himself at some Indian treaty 1 sad
reentry." I no; that 014 Ab. was 1 Kentuckian. Ilk*
After teat cruise 1 never saw Noise I Dossed. but 1 could bot tali nim of what
again. 1 wrote to him at least twice • amuy. H. na4 worked rap from the
year. for to that voyage we became even rank, 4.00s (.,r ,....'''ked Nvl•n. "1
T Js I am itad of Inst Al 1 nae. bro6.led nad
co*ldeotlally intimate; bot be never weeder.d I have thought our dancer was
wrote to me. The otber men teY me ' in eeeeies up tho.e regular .uec.alooa
that to those afteen years be aged very in the first families" 1 told him every -
fast. And now It seems Ism dear old Hems 1 could taloa of that wood ah*w
the grandeur of his country and Ila pros -
fellow is dead. He bas found a home purity.
1t last end a country.And he drank It in and miey,td e as 1
Slaw writing fhb bare received 'menet tell you. H. grew mere and MOM
from Danforth, who is es board tete Ment rat 1 rov.r un * g h. asttrsa
xtient 1pyelm•gessol water,
Levaot a letter wOleb Ores an se- Out he lust wet his lips and told s• got
count of Nolan'. last boars. It remove to go away. Thea be asked nes to setas
all my doubts about telling this story. the Prc.hytewn Boot of P.Wi4 Prayer.
whlen lay tbs.4 ■rad sd. wkb a sa•Ile.
To understand tie first words of the that it woad open at the rtabt pbea,
letter the nonprofessional reader should and so k did. Tb/n was els de.Ne
remember that after 1817 tee position red mark down fns Dasa ■.d t bait
of "Teriofficer wbo bad Nolan in town and read. and b• repeated with
toe,
-Pur' ourselves and our 'Del Ra"
ebarge was OD* of ,tbe greatut dell• mous God. w• thank tbe., that, DOtwIth-
easy. The government had felled to
renew the order of 1807 regarding h1*.
Wbat was a man to do? Should be alt
him go? Wbat. then. tf be were called
to account by the department for vie. ib'• word, mon tamiilar to ma "sleet
luting the order of 18071 Sawmill be t'.'ruty wa falvum the• wash shy tar0e
40.behod and bless the servant aha genw
keep him? What, then, tf Nolan atloald dent of the United States. and an others
be liberated some day and abooh' taring n •uthorlt7." and the rest of the Eptseo-
.n action for false Imprisonment or =a1 collect. -Danforth.- said ha "1 have
kidnaping against fa every stn who had repeated thea prayers night a°d morn -
p g .rig -It 1. nth::
yearn" Abd teen
bad him 1n charge? The kacr tary al- h• said be would go to steep. H• beet
ways said, es they so often do al ate down eve him sad ku••d me. and
Washington,that there
were
no ! O• alai ^[ ook 1n and Bthlt way. te,
Pe. when 1 am gen•." And I went away.
dal orders to glee and that we mast But [nad no thought It was tn• mai 1
act on our own judgment I thought h• was tired and would deep 1
Hen b else letter: knew ea• was happy, and 1 wanted nim to
>• ■lona
Levant. r r a O Ill' W. But In an hour when the doctor ...nibs
Dear YY.d-1 try to and heart and lite gently he found Nolan had bathed hie
to toil You that 1t is all over with dear old life ■way with a smile He had ,pee -
Nolan. Th• doctor had been watching thing preened Gime to his icon It was
has eery carefully and yesterday morning 1 !b father's badge of the Order of C$
cam• to n e ■0d told m• that Nolan was lin eatI.
not so well and nad not left lou efo arae. W looked 1a his Blbla and there wan
a thing 1 never remembered before H• a slip of paper at the place wean he had
bad let the doctor come and see him at he marked the text:
stindtng our manifold traD.grrestota ce
thy holy laws. t"lou hast continued to tae
thy marvelous kindness," and so to the
ted of that tbankagtvmg. Team he tuned
to the end of the same book. and 1 red
Gua told (bee tete .bo saw It Noise could get words. be said: lay th•ra the ant rim• the doctor had 'They d..l . •country. uvea a hrvw-
tried like • baby, seed well be might "heli them yea, ye. Tell them they Men In tb* stateroom and h• said e. y: wh.refon God b not unam.d to to
He had Dot worn ■ sword since teat obeli go to the &fountains of the Moon should Uk. to se• m.. rah. dear. do yea balled their God: for h• bath prepared for
will. It 1 sell the schooner r.memDs. tha m7st •rte, wed OOY• used is thorn a city."
lrferoal day at Furs Adams 11 Ltte7 Invent about nu room ID (she Did Intrepid On thu ■lige of blear he had written.
The captain did intention him in the through tee Great White desert they 1 Jaye? Well. 1 amt to asci then tow Bury m• In the •e. It has 11.rro say
• , Sure the poor fellow lay is hie berth. home. and I love It But will d
M dlapatcel. It was always said De sbW N sumer • ear
been s long time in the toy of Naples. .d tDa[ "tar
De fordon.d. He And •iter some fasbloo Nolan said 3mlitag plewbtt7 a be gent me his os• sat up a storm for sy s.movy at
and the omcen were very Intimate band, bot looking very tnlL t could not Fort Adam* or at Orle,aaa that a•7 der
te the English fleet and there had -bees wrote • aspect letter to t1e secretary w And they ■11 fell to tlwing elm •ted/ Wp • glance round.
ound wretch ,unwed en* dears may not D• mon than I samba e
e< war. Hot Dothing ever came of it wanted to rub his Dos write theirs.
what a little *brine h• bad made of the Mar? Say on It.
great festivitlea, and our men thought Alt 1 mid. that was about else time But be could not Stand 11 lottg. and, tax he was lying to Tbe stars wed stripes "I• mosey d
they most flue l first Dail On board were tried up .boy and around a picture
whims they began to Ignore the wWk getting Vaughan to soy be might p I et Washington, and h• had panted a sea- PHILIP NOLAII
the ship. They wanted to use Nolau'U iraa.actlOm at 1VublDgtun back, be b!t ko0ed me down tofu Ong mitts eagle, wkh lightnings blaring from IJ•atemant
stateroom for something, and they hat- glia ' Ms beak and his foot lust clasping the la (be army et
bat Aa wt lay feet 1n the -'"' wee(. elasbe 'dmotakehoiheetaywipoingl
ga oyrshad- eth
e Vatted Stats.
&Meta sod the men gave wsy. be
d without to do 1t wiout asking him to the
th
ball. so e captain said they might they ask him If would be respoo■ibie
that be did not talk with the WOMBS
People. "who would give elm tat1M• ,
geoc.." For_la¢1es they bad the ted#
PART II.
to me: "Youngster. let tibia d said, at show yes ; aid, with • sad 'mile, -Hera YOU sea W loved e
hotrod iter, t
Use d•aerved WIN
("kill mist ate been In ever) what It is to be without • famlyr I have • country." And be pointed to tee at bar mach"
e.. and yet almost never of without a boom and .itDout a coop 1 toot of his bed. where 1 had got seen b. -
t a eat map ottMtmtad States ail
land. He toad me voce, with s on sr
try. And It Yon are ever temOted tin be had drawn It from memory and which
gave smile, that Do ream to tet say a word or to do a thing teat shall he had there to look upon as be lay.
....
Wood lived ad methodical • IUs as M pet • ber between yen *ad your fan. quaint eumr ofd narnea run on It in
.1 know the boys say I •m tie trot !arse lunar.. 'Vh, Lantortb," M ■ad. "1
117 year boom ■od 700r 000011-7. prig : know 1 am dying. 1 cannot sot 110014
Hast, 104 you know bow busy be Ood In bb mercy to take you that he ! Surely you .un tel me sosetbtng DOW-
God
He said It did not do for any slant bows to tete owe haven. Mpg! , Mow ,toot Do nes *peak em 1 oar what 1
one to try to read •11 the time more be
re Ugly. boy. rergst you halo 1* son you know -that there le not In
1 seam •11 the time 7,,,,,1 this ship teat then is use is America -
than to do anything a self, .b11e yea 6o everything tor' pod bless her' -4 sore loyal mag than L
Mit that be rad jest ere boon a dal them This* et your base, boy. Wats ' There ta0noe b. • man aha loves the old
"Then." be said, "I keep up my nota
cooks. writing In thorn at trace and sad meg sal talk ar sht tt. hat rot I M w t«l It sa 1*or I "earners Tbreae •rIt ase U+i 1 do t7-teerr
such Doan hs ewest 1 bare bene nasal sal °same 1. yase Bagel the syn a it raw, Danforth. 1 Mink clod
th
farer lee Mee to tarsi hs t that eit *ad loe 1 do net tome what thole
reading, and 1 tnet,8s In 1111* m7 nob beet b N wren yes ars hM r names are tb.re W never bow nae
tairtttsspaasta." Tees. wee• ver? maims tat poor Meek mere b slag sow. takes away. 1 lamab ped tee that. 1
eat + He had sig or eight. et dlfen fur y� eesstry, . •d the snow fa tO■t that thi0*. Da stth tt.rrs
set +e,l,jetts. Tigre was OO. d br arr7 ewsastOel tore. t, Danforth no -
tory. sloe of natant! selear . use wad lima "lural h W thre.t ` . toe forth."' he death eat "sW saes-t•D m■
ba cooed "odd■ ■td ■ads•" Sot they that Mi." sod a P■dhl ` the obis. rodeos a
tel se overrates Danforth.•fsmasmarts'serer'tim*dried • dam bet K msrvtns t•etas1 area to yea that l tet Iles
were not merely
r" ly bo
from newspapers. They Or eb
y bed bits et ber re beds . s,tb the msrvi e a sweats.,
that t tame sot told hes every.
pent" sad yfhb00% maw thug wo alas catty Tie tkroagh • tbeneasd Odle. Miss before Dauer r se Bangor dol•
Its stator .bat bap. to yea. so lesay r 50 dsaeae7. was w l that 1
can ., m• of team clad weld. w11e! sbwN try wan setuts w tyrant .0
be bad u,• :lot the Masa to rot far Na•k ruler wbo Wars yea Or Irbil att�s teas tis* err (0.4.7..•stud ab era
an 1 . eenoiseany Mss- ----- yes. sever leek .t .mother tlhg, oalell wow tad awn age eapattd a lass wtsIs
aloft s great deal tie away* tape 1K lido tat Ms Remember. tea,. - =III=
am s" -IMP-MAIM"
les aa! ram I. web "'re
Iia exrel.e. meed I asps bend met bs 8.1104 MI them M lee ave le di i wn I honer
Ras tet If say other OM well Ills be .1j W .14/14 Oral !>!/ !!WIPP ob- the leased Mies that wort ewer mls
erblss teem Aad ba ars•sd •aa WA sad
ons the tlMest MOM M tJ1G..W'�
t ewe eat yes pray God M 1 asrs•h'tI's M the Msaaaas et s were
?111 t" crew very otL be *twnpe weMd hat • wet gas w*awsr "1tr balsa" ram
“'r
C "l v tee
WEAK, AILING CHILD
lade Strong By Delicious Vinol
Lakeport, N. 11. - " Our little girl 8
ears of we was in a debilitated, rm-
twoditiom and had • stubborn
cough so the was weak and ailing all
the time. Nothing helped her mtil
we tried Viand
she
strong
her EI
increased veld cher .troxtg sed aid
I wish other parents of weak
children would try Vinci." -(iso, A.
C•Ol.leQea
ib} is brea0se Vinol (-attains tie
tissue building.strengthening cod livor
earnest ane the tonic iron which a weak
std std -down system needs.
ft t .1, p, 1 ruttgist, Goderirh
*
Send far the tete-16 Edifiers of ear
FUR STYI-E BOOK
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a: d for gamed' f r sea, worse sod
(beeriest . iT 1e FREE Address
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