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DAWN  IN  THE  LAND  OF  MORNING  CALM 


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BY 

ANNIE  HERON  GALE 


Reprinted  from  Michigan  Alumnus  Quarterly  Review 
February  2,  1946,  Vol.  LIT,  No.  13 


DAWN  IN  THE  LAND  OF  MORNING  CALM 


BY 

ANNIE  HERON  GALE 


Reprinted  from  Michigan  Alumnus  Quarterly  Review 
February  2,  1946,  Vol.  LII,  No.  13 


The  Vanishing  Hermit  Kingdom  of  Korea 
as  a Little  American  Girl  Saw  It. 


DAWN  IN  THE  LAND  OF  MORNING  CALM 

By  Annie  Heron  Gale 


OREA,  my  childhood  home,  is  a 
beautiful  land  of  peaks  and  valleys 
and,  on  three  sides,  the  sea.  One 
of  East  Asia’s  great  peninsulas,  its  shape 
has  been  likened  to  that  of  Florida,  but  it 
is  as  large  as  Minnesota  and  resembles 
California  in  its  physical  contours.  A long 
range  of  mountains  forms  its  spinal  column 
along  the  eastern  side,  sloping  into  fertile 
plains  toward  the  western  coast  and  the 
Yellow  Sea.  For  a thousand  years  these 
plains  were  the  causeway  over  which  the 
all-embracing  culture  of  China  passed  to 
Japan. 

The  Korean  climate  is  delightful,  suf- 
ficiently cold  in  winter  for  skating  on  the 
rivers  and  without  the  long  hot  summers 
of  most  of  the  other  oriental  countries. 
There  is  a brief  but  very  hot  and  sticky 
rainy  season  during  the  months  of  July 
and  August,  when  shoes  and  leather-bound 
books  mold  overnight  and  food  cannot  be 
kept  from  one  meal  to  another.  But  this 
trying  season  lasts  only  a short  time,  and 
the  most  glorious  autumn  weather  follows 
and  lasts  until  almost  Christmas. 

The  people  are  pleasant,  easygoing, 
lovable,  and  loyal.  Probably  too  easygoing 

Annie  Heron  Gale  is  the  wife  of  Esson  M.  Gale, 
Counselor  to  Foreign  Students  and  Director  of  the  Inter- 
national Center.  She  was  born  in  Korea,  where  her 
parents  were  among  the  earliest  American  Presbyterian 
missionaries.  Her  early  years  were  spent  in  Seoul,  but 
she  removed  to  Wonsan,  in  the  rugged  country  of  the 
northeast  coast,  while  still  a little  girl.  After  some  six 
years  of  study  in  different  schools  in  Europe  she  returned 
to  Korea  as  a missionary,  where  she  met  her  husband, 
who  was  then  connected  with  the  American  diplomatic 
service  in  China. 


for  their  own  good  or  that  of  their  country, 
‘for  they  lost  their  native  land  to  the  Japa- 
nese in  1910,  when  it  was  annexed  by  the 
“Island  Dwarfs,”  as  the  Koreans  called 
their  hated  overlords.  The  Korean  people 
have  a distinct  history  and  culture  of  their 
own,  although  they  resemble  the  Chinese, 
whom  they  look  to  with  admiration  and 
respect  and  to  whom  for  years  they  paid 
tribute. 

In  China  the  masses  wear  blue,  but  Korea 
is  a country  of  people  dressed  in  white.  At 
least  it  was  so  when  I lived  there.  One 
was  constantly  surprised  at  seeing  a man 
dressed  in  immaculate  white  coat  and 
full  baggy  trousers  emerge  from  a little 
thatched-roof  hut.  How  anything  so  pure 
and  white  could  come  out  of  some  of  those 
hovels  was  truly  a mystery.  However,  the 
constant  sound  of  clothes  being  beaten  on 
the  stones  on  near-by  streams  and  the  un- 
ceasing tap-tap-tap  of  those  same  clothes 
being  pounded  on  smooth  stone  tables  to 
iron  them  and  give  them  a high  polish 
solved  this  mystery.  The  Korean  woman, 
Koseki  (What’s-her-name),  works  like  a 
slave  to  keep  her  lord  and  master  in  this 
gorgeous  white  apparel. 

In  my  childhood  I saw  the  Korean  men 
wearing  their  hair  long  and  combed  up 
into  a tight  knot  ( sangtoo ) on  top  of  the 
head,  the  early  Ming  period  style  of  hair- 
dress  in  China.  Around  the  forehead  they 
bound  a woven  horsehair  band,  which  kept 
everything  neat  and  smooth.  On  top  of 
this  was  worn  a black  horsehair  hat  with 
a string  of  amber  beads  or,  more  frequently, 


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a black  ribbon  of 
gauze  tied  under  the 
chin  to  hold  the  hat 
on. 

Women  never 
appeared  on  the 
street  in  daylight 
hours,  as  they  were 
not  supposed  to  be 
seen  by  men.  After 
sundown,  however, 
the  curfew  was 
sounded  and  all  the 
men  were  obliged  to  go  indoors  and  the 
women  emerged  to  do  the  shopping  or  go 
visiting,  each  wearing  a man’s  green  silk 
coat  over  her  head.  This  garment  entirely 
covered  the  individual  except  for  a peep- 
hole for  one  eye. 

The  men  and  women  never  met  in  public 
places,  so  the  missionaries’  church  services 
had  to  be  held  in  separate  buildings  or  at 
different  times.  Later  it  became  the  custom 
to  put  up  a high  partition  in  each  church, 
and  men  and  women,  entering  by  different 
doors,  were  segregated  on  either  side. 

The  Koreans  drank  tea  from  a.d.  700 
until  1500,  then  they  stopped,  no  one  knows 
why,  and  have  never  taken  it  up  again.  But 
buried  teapots  of  porcelain  and  of  gourds, 
beautifully  executed  in  the  forms  of  cranes, 
ducks,  and  other  birds,  have  been  found. 
For  serving  food  the  wealthier  people  use 
extensively  dishes  made  of  brass  which  has 
a satiny  golden  sheen  like  no  other  brass  in 
the  world.  This  metal  is  also  made  into 
spoons,  chopsticks,  and  graceful,  delicately 
chased  urns,  candlesticks,  and  braziers,  and 
the  famous  Korean  cabinets  and  chests  are 
beautifully  decorated  with  it. 

Korea  was  called  the  Hermit  Kingdom, 
because,  until  the  first  treaty  with  America, 
negotiated  by  Commodore  Shufeldt  in 
1882,  she  had  no  intercourse  with  the  out- 
side world  except  for  the  Japanese,  with 
whom  she  had  made  a treaty  in  1876,  and 
the  Chinese,  whom  she  regarded  as  hec 
friends,  their  country  being  her  cultural 


H5 

mother.  Previously, 
Catholic  missionaries 
had  somehow  en- 
tered Korea  and  had 
been  promptly  mur- 
dered. The  Ameri- 
can merchant  vessel, 
the  General  Sher- 
man, came  up  the 
river  to  the  city  of 
Pingyang  in  1866, 
and  the  craft  and  all 
her  crew  were  de- 
stroyed. The  Koreans  were  determined  to 
keep  to  themselves  and  have  no  dealings 
with  the  much-feared  white  men.  How- 
ever, they  finally  succumbed  to  diplomatic 
persuasion  and,  with  the  consent  of  China, 
opened  their  doors,  but  not  entirely  in  a 
welcoming  spirit.  It  was  then  that  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  of  Foreign  Missions  in  New 
York  felt  that  it  was  the  opportune  moment 
to  start  their  work  in  Korea. 

My  father  was  Dr.  John  W.  Heron, 
a young  man  who  had  come  from 
England  with  his  parents  when  a lad  and, 
after  winning  medals  in  every  department 
at  the  medical  school  of  the  University  of 
Tennessee,  felt  the  urge  to  use  his  knowl- 
edge in  the  mission  field.  He  was  appointed 
the  first  Presbyterian  missionary  to  the 
faraway  and  almost  unknown  Kingdom  of 
Korea.  As  was  the  practice  of  young  M.D.’s 
in  those  days,  he  had  worked  under  a 
Tennessee  doctor  and  plantation  owner.  He 
had  become  engaged  to  the  doctor’s  only 
daughter. 

At  the  Board  rooms  in  New  York  City, 
my  father  was  asked  if  Miss  Harriet  Gib- 
son, his  fiancee,  could  bake  bread  and  cook. 
My  father  was  rather  nonplused,  for  in 
the  charming  Southern  home,  where  he  had 
been  so  often  entertained,  there  were  many 
colored  servants  and  he  did  not  know 
whether  the  lovely  and  gifted  young  lady 
whom  he  loved  had  had  any  experience  in 
the  kitchen.  However,  he  recalled  that  on 


Jade  Emblem  of  Nobility 
One  of  Two  Presented  by  the  King  to  the  Author's  Father 


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one  occasion  he  had  been  served  a delicious 
lemon  pie,  which  he  was  told  she  had  baked, 
and  so  he  decided  that  anyone  who  could 
make  such  heavenly  pie  certainly  could  bake 
that  much  more  ordinary  food,  bread. 
Needless  to  say,  little  Miss  Harriet,  on 
hearing  this,  had  old  black  Aunt  Easter 
teach  her  the  art  of  breadmaking,  as  well 
as  other  things,  so  that  in  a far-off  heathen 
land  she  could  pass  on  her  knowledge  to  a 
Korean  cook. 

An  ocean  trip  in  those  days, 

1885,  was  nothing  like  the 
voyages  on  the  transpacific  lux- 
ury liners  we  recently  knew. 

The  little  band  of  young  mis- 
sionaries, mostly  brides  and 
grooms,  including  Methodists 
as  well  as  Presbyterians,  made 
the  voyage  together.  In  Japan 
they  transshipped  to  a small 
steam  tug,  which  took  them  on 
the  final  lap  of  their  long  and 
wearying  trip.  This  last  part  of 
the  journey  on  the  dirty  and 
smelly  little  craft,  with  a fierce 
typhoon  blowing  and  tossing 
them  about,  was  such  a terrible 
experience  that  my  mother  never  forgot  it 
and  was  always  reminded  of  it  whenever  she 
was  to  take  an  ocean  voyage. 

At  the  seaport  of  Chemulpo  in  Korea, 
where  the  party  was  to  land,  it  was  found 
that  an  uprising  among  the  people  against 
these  intruders  was  taking  place  at  Seoul, 
the  near-by  capital.  It  was  not  thought  safe, 
especially  for  the  women  and  children,  to 
go  ashore,  so  the  men  with  families  had  to 
return  with  them  to  Japan,  leaving  some  of 
the  bachelors  to  spy  out  the  situation.  That 
enforced  return  to  Yokohama  afterwards 
proved  to  be  most  useful  to  these  inexperi- 
enced young  people,  for  they  were  greatly 
helped  by  the  advice  of  the  older  mission- 
aries in  Japan. 

The  story  of  finding  houses  in  which  to 
live  and  the  ether  hardships  of  those 
first  days  in  a strange  land  among  more  or 


less  unfriendly  people  is  too  long  to  tell. 
Because  of  ever-present  danger,  my  mother 
for  years  went  to  bed  with  a hatchet  by  her 
side  and  my  father  had  his  gun  handy. 
They  had  to  flee  to  the  United  States  Lega- 
tion to  be  under  the  protection  of  American 
marines  during  several  antiforeign  riots. 
But  little  by  little  the  populace  was  won 
over,  especially  because  Their  Majesties, 
the  King  and  Queen,  were  friendly  and 
helpful.  An  old  “haunted” 
official  residence  was  bought, 
and  my  parents  remodeled  it, 
putting  in  chimneys  and  glass 
windows  and  succeeding  in 
making  not  only  a comfortable 
home  but  a most  attractive  one. 
It  was  here  that  I was  born.  I 
was  not  the  first  white  child 
born  in  the  Land  of  Morning 
Calm,  but  the  second  one,  and 
what  a disappointment  I was  to 
the  little  following  of  friendly 
Koreans,  who  felt  it  a disgrace 
that  my  parents  should  have  a 
girl  instead  of  a boy. 

My  baby  days  were  spent 
in  sitting  or  crawling  on  the 
heated  k’ang  floors.  These  stone  and  clay 
floors  had  flues  underneath,  and  a very 
heavy  oiled  paper  pasted  over  them  made 
the  floors  look  very  much  like  polished 
hardwood.  Nevertheless,  they  were  much 
more  comfortable  than  our  floors  for  a baby 
to  play  on,  as  they  were  warm.  The  Koreans 
sit  and  sleep  on  the  floor  on  mats  of  straw 
or  brilliantly  embroidered  red  silk  or  felt 
cushions.  But,  unfortunately,  the  cooking  is 
done  by  the  same  fire  which  heats  these 
floors,  and  in  summer  it  is  not  at  all  com- 
fortable. We  had,  however,  an  American 
cookstove,  so  did  not  have  to  use  the  flues  in 
the  warm  weather. 

From  the  very  first  I loved  the  Koreans, 
from  the  highest  to  the  lowest.  No  matter 
how  dirty  or  disheveled  they  might 
appear,  I always  had  a smile  for  them.  My 
mother  was  much  embarrassed,  however, 
when  she  took  me  out  dressed  in  my  best 


The  Two  Little  Sisters 
in  Korea 

From  a Sketch  by  Their 
Mother 


dawn  IN  the  land 

imeril™  :!  5 h"  Of  the  li.de 

ski!,  HWlreid  th4  Iforeans’  sm°oth  olive 
kin,  their  almond-shaped  eyes,  their  black 

thS;aadbnd  fhed  with^-yheS 

that  I had  been  fortunate  enough  to  have 
had  these  merits  too.  My  appearance  from 
the  native  ?ofot  of  view  was  anything  but 
attractive.  looked  ffded. 

and  my  gray-His  Majesty’s  question  had 
in  the  lowest  form  of  the 
e,  such  as  was  used  in  talking 
a people,  and  my  parents 
:he  King  might  have  been 
;uch  disrespect.  Quite  to  the 
oimd  it  most  amusing  to  hear 
aerican  child  talking  his  lan- 
ltly. 


OF  MORNING  CALM 

H? 

T dimly  remember  my  first  audience  at 
1 court  when  1 was  hardly  four  years  old. 
M n W‘h  ^ become  Physician  to  Their 

S whfch"?  Tathead  o{  the  mission 

^ , ’ bich  had  the  patronage  of  the  Kino- 
and  Queen.  Often  when  he  was  called  m 
the  palace  to  see  some  sick  member  of  the 

^ be  asked  to  bring 

his  little  girl  along.  But  as  these  calls  were 

takeaTlT  ^ m°fSt  inconvenient  times  to 
made  S h°me>  he  had  always 

day  when  the 


incident  of  those  early  days 
d to  me  by  my  mother.  My 
was  a 


The  Home  in  Seoul 


were  like  “addled  eggs.”  My  skin  seemed 
to  them  a sickish  white,  probably  made  so, 
they  thought,  by  using  too  much  soap  when 
washing. 

As  I grew  older,  I often  stood  in  front 
ot  the  mirror,  pulling  the  corners  of  my 
eyes  up  and  smoothing  down  my  hair  with 
water,  after  my  mother  had  taken  great  care 
to  curl  it.  But,  in  spite  of  my  looks,  I was 
pampered  and  spoiled  by  all  the  servants, 
who  thought  nothing  too  hard  or  trouble- 
some to  do  if  it  pleased  or  made  the  kun- 
saksi  happy. 


hour  was . especially  arranged,  and  I was 
dressed  with  much  care  and  drilled  in  court 
manners.  With  my  most  beautiful  French 
doll  in  my  arms,  a gift  of  the  diplomatic 
representative  of  France,  one  of  my  father’s 
grateful  patients,  we  set  out  for  the  palace. 
I sat  on  my  mother’s  lap  in  a gorgeous  red 
palanquin  carried  by  eight  bearers,  who  were 
dressed  in  loose  dark-green  coats  with  red 
sashes  and  who  had  red  cow-tails  hanging 
from  their  black  felt  hats.  My  father  rode 
in  a bright-green  palanquin,  and  beside 
us  trotted  two  soldiers  in  their  colorful 


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THE  QUARTERLY  REVIEW 


uniforms.  These  escorts  were  sent  to  my  The  sweeping  roofs  were  supported  by 
father  from  the  palace  as  guards.  huge  red  pillars,  and  the  beamed  ceilings 

Dr.  Heron  was  now  a high  Korean  offi-  were  gorgeously  painted  with  birds  and 
cial,  having  been  knighted  by  the  King,  with  flowers  in  most  exotic  colors  and  designs, 
appropriate  insignia  in  gold  buttons  and  Here  in  the  immense  hall  on  a raised 
carved  jade  medallions.  Thus,  bystanders  dais  sat  the  King  of  Korea  and  his  con- 


and  passers-by  along  the  road  on  seeing 
this  escort  were  expected  to  prostrate  them- 
selves or  dismount  from  their  ponies  while 
the  great  man  passed.  This  ceremony,  of 
course,  greatly  disturbed  my  father. 

n those  days, 
ing  like  the 
tnspacific  lux- 
cently  knew. 

'f  young  mis- 
! brides  and 
y Methodists 
terians,  made 
ler.  In  Japan 
d to  a small 
took  them  on 
[ieir  long  and 
iis  last  part  of 


The  Two  Little  Sisters 


sort,  Queen  Min.  They  were  dressed  in 
rich  brocades  and  were  most  impressive  in 
their  dignity  and  pomp.  We  all  bowed 
very  low,  three  times,  and  then  were  told 
to  come  nearer  to  the  throne.  After  taking 
official  residence 
and  my  parents  : 
putting  in  chimn 
windows  and  s 
making  not  only ! 
home  but  a most  z 
It  was  here  that 
was  not  the  firsl 
born  in  the  Lane 
Calm,  but  the  sec 
what  a disappoint 
the  little  followir 
Koreans,  who  fel 


T , that  mv  oarents  s**  uiu  uavt  a. 

I remember  qu.te  well  the  excitement  a few  steps  forward,  we  again  bowed  low 
of  this  very  important  occas.on.  My  mother  the  King  in  a pleasant  voice  welcomed  m 
kept  telling  me  that  I must  bow  very  low  and  my  father  answered  appropriately,  but 
three  times  when  I came  before  the  King  through  an  interpreter  who  was  convSsant 

Sirs#  asatr?  s*  fcgrsts 

the  advice  given  me  by  my  little  Korean  a twinkle  of  amusement  mZrSw,*  hYn7 
nurse  meant  more  to  me.  In  my  mind  she  some  fnre  anrl  f aPPear  on  his  hand- 

knew  far  more  about  such  affairs  tZ  Ly  of  hiT  ^ °“  ^ "° 

American  mother.  v • * , 

On  our  arrival  at  the  palace  the  ereat  “WU  h P°mted  t0  me  and  asked> 
wooden  gates  were  slowly  swung  open  with  I YnsweSd'whh  'IT- armS’  L£Ie  gid  ? ” 
much  creaking  of  the  hinges.  The  oaJan-  ent-’  1 W,thout.llesitatlon-  Forgetting 
quins  continued  through  the  many  courts  nurse  t C * m.0nitl0ns  my  mother  and 

and  smaller  gateways  until  we  finally  language  Ttold  His  °V°Urt 

arrived  outside  the  royal  apartments  Here  Knfe  S ’ 1 j Majesty  in  ordinary 

we  were  slowly  set  downanTS  much  baby  Thifs’  7 T”  (“h  d my 

ceremony,  were  helped  out  and  escorted  Unit,  j so  amused  the  King  that  he 
by  palace  officials  up  innumerable  stairs  He^he  °Ut  °Uf  and  gknced  at  the  Queen, 
and  through  many  galleries  until  we  finally  down  the  T*  fr°m  j‘S  thr°ne  3nd  Came 
arrived  in  front  of  the  great  audience  hall  hand  he  leefm  me’  3nd  taking  my 

ne  led  me  t0  h>s  private  apartments. 


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149 


There  he  showed  me  beautiful  embroidered 
screens  depicting  scenes  of  old  Korean 
legends  and  history.  We  sat  together  on 
red  silk  cushions  embroidered  in  all  the 
colors  of  the  rainbow  and  chatted  away  as  if 
we  were  old  friends. 

My  mother  and  father,  who  did  not 
follow  us  but  remained  in  the  audience 
chamber,  were  somewhat  worried  when  we 
did  not  reappear  for  some  time.  They 
finally  asked  permission  to  look  for  me. 
My  reply  to  His  Majesty’s  question  had 
been  couched  in  the  lowest  form  of  the 
Korean  tongue,  such  as  was  used  in  talking 
with  common  people,  and  my  parents 
feared  lest  the  King  might  have  been 
offended  at  such  disrespect.  Quite  to  the 
contrary,  he  found  it  most  amusing  to  hear 
this  little  American  child  talking  his  lan- 
guage so  fluently. 

Another  incident  of  those  early  days 
was  told  to  me  by  my  mother.  My 
father,  who  was  a very  skilful  surgeon, 
had  often  operated  on  Koreans  for  harelip. 
He  had  had  great  success  in  performing 
this  operation,  and  the  news  had  spread. 
One  day  he  was  called  to  the  palace.  The 
Queen’s  cousin  was  afflicted  with  a harelip, 
and,  since  no  one  with  any  kind  of  blemish 
was  allowed  at  court,  this  relative  had 
never  been  able  to  take  his  rightful  place 
with  the  royal  family.  My  father  was  con- 
sulted and  was  certain  he  could  correct  the 
disfigurement.  However,  when  it  was  found 
that  a steel  knife  was  to  be  used  for  the 
operation,  there  was  much  opposition.  Steel, 
the  material  of  the  sword  or  dagger,  should 
not  be  allowed  to  touch  the  royal  person. 
Eventually  the  young  man  underwent  a 
very  successful  operation,  and  there  was  no 
bounds  to  the  gratitude  of  the  royal  family 
— of  the  Queen  in  particular. 

Presents  and  honors  of  all  kinds  were 
showered  on  my  father.  I have  today  the 
eightfold  silken  screen  sent  to  him  by  Their 
Majesties.  It  is  embroidered  in  delicate 
designs  of  flowers  and  poetic  Chinese 


characters.  But  these  presents  were  not 
always  so  acceptable,  for  on  one  occasion 
fourteen  court  dancing  girls  between  the 
ages  of  sixteen  and  eighteen,  chosen  from 


The  Kinc  of  Korea 

Later  Made  Puppet  Emperor  by  the  Japanese 
(Reprinted  from  the  Spring-  1944  Quarterly  Review) 


throughout  the  kingdom  for  their  beauty 
and  grace,  with  their  fourteen  maids  and 
fourteen  palanquins  and  fifty-six  bearers, 
arrived  in  our  front  courtyard.  Much  to 
my  parents’  dismay,  they  found  that  these 
dainty  and  gorgeously  attired  little  enter- 
tainers had  been  sent  to  amuse  the  “honored 
physician.”  The  denouement  of  this  situa- 
tion was  a very  difficult  one;  my  father  did 
not  wish  to  offend  the  King,  but  of  course 
could  not  accept  the  gift.  His  professional 
instincts  suggested  the  little  beauties  be 
trained  as  nurses  for  his  hospital.  Mother 
demurred  at  even  this,  and  the  whole  lot 
of  giggling  girls  were  sent  back  to  the 
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On  Korean  holidays  it  was  customary 
for  the  King  to  send  presents  to  those  he 
wished  to  honor.  Long  processions  of  palace 
servants  would  come  bearing  hundreds  of 
eggs  (more  or  less  fresh),  chickens,  pheas- 
ants (in  season),  dates,  persimmons,  rice, 
cakes,  fans,  straw  mats,  and  embroidered 
cushions  and  screens.  These  were  gala  days 
for  me  and,  especially,  for  the  servants,  to 
whom  much  of  the  food  went. 

Many  are  the  stories  that  were  told  to 
me  of  these  early  days  in  this  exotic  land 
and  among  this  strange  people.  But  to  me 
it  was  all  the  most  natural  thing  in  the 
world.  I had  the  Korean  point  of  view  and 
spoke  the  language  far  more  fluently  than 
English.  I preferred  their  very  highly 
seasoned  food  to  that  of  our  own  table.  In 
fact,  when  my  New  England  grandmother 
came  to  live  with  us  some  years  later,  she 
felt  that  her  two  little  granddaughters  were 
just  as  much  heathen  as  the  people  of  the 
country.  She  immediately  set  to  work  teach- 
ing us  the  multiplication  table,  which  we 
learned  by  rote  without  understanding  what 
it  was  all  about. 

I lost  my  own  father  from  cholera,  the 
dread  disease  of  the  Orient,  when  I was 
only  four  and,  in  due  course,  acquired  a 
stepfather.  One  day  a Korean  Buddhist 
priest  came  to  call  on  him,  and  as  my  step- 
father was  busy  at  the  time,  I entertained 
the  shaven-headed  guest.  I taunted  him, 
saying  that  I could  repeat  my  Buddhist 
prayer  faster  than  he  could  say  his  and 
immediately  started  reciting  the  multipli- 
cation table.  The  faster  I went,  the  rounder 
the  old  priest’s  eyes  became.  When  I finally 
stopped,  he  was  gasping  with  astonishment 
at  my  ability  to  recite  so  rapidly,  and  he 
conceded  that  I could  say  my  Buddhist 
prayer  faster  than  he  could  say  his. 

Soon  after  we  went  to  live  with  our  step- 
father, we  were  transferred  to  the  east 
coast  of  Korea  to  open  up  a new  mission 
station.  Well  I remember  that  wonderful 
trip  across  the  peninsula  by  sedan  chair.  It 


took  us  seven  days  to  cross  the  famous 
Diamond  Mountains  and  ford  the  interven- 
ing rivers  and  mountain  streams.  So  that 
their  bridges  will  not  be  carried  away  by 
the  floods,  the  Koreans  have  a -habit  of 
taking  them  down  during  the  summer  rains. 

This  trip  was  through  beautiful  but 
wild  country.  The  long-haired  man-eating 
tigers  of  Korea  abounded  and  forced  the 
inhabitants  of  the  little  villages  to  go  in- 
doors before  dark.  We  traveled  with  a 
huge  caravan  j my  mother  and  we  children 
in  sedan  chairs,  my  stepfather  on  horse- 
back. Pack  ponies  carried  our  household 
equipment,  bedding,  and  supplies  of  food. 
Our  escorts  were  the  same  faithful  soldiers 
who  had  been  provided  us  years  before  by 
the  King.  We  traveled  by  royal  post  road. 
Horses  and  bearers  were  supplied  us  at  the 
King’s  command,  thus  avoiding  any  trouble 
of  hiring  them  ourselves.  At  night  we 
stopped  at  inns  and  slept  in  dirty,  stuffy 
little  rooms,  which  one  of  our  servants, 
having  preceded  us  by  twenty-four  hours, 
had  cleaned  and  disinfected  against  vermin 
and  disease.  My  younger  sister  and  I 
thought  this  trip  was  a most  wonderful 
experience  and  what  was  a great  hardship 
to  my  delicate  mother  was  nothing  but  fun 
for  us. 

I remember  waking  up  one  morning 
after  a very  hot  July  night  spent  on  the 
heated  floors  to  find  our  pack  animals 
munching  their  boiled  beans  and  straw 
just  outside  our  door.  The  Koreans,  solici- 
tous for  their  diminutive  ponies,  always 
provided  them  with  warm  feed  and,  strap- 
ping them  up  in  slings  attached  to  the  raft- 
ers, never  allowed  them  to  lie  down.  My 
little  sister  said,  “We  are  just  like  Joseph 
and  Mary  who  slept  in  the  stable  with  the 
animals  when  Jesus  was  born.” 

One  night  my  mother  heard  what  she 
thought  was  the  heavy  but  soft  tread  of  a 
huge  tiger  pass  the  open  door  of  the  little 
cubicle  at  the  inn  where  she  and  my  step- 
father were  sleeping.  She  quickly  arose  and 
shut  the  door.  This  awoke  my  stepfather, 


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who  remonstrated  with  her  concerning  the 
closing  of  the  door  as  it  was  the  only  source 
of  ventilation  for  the  little  room  and  the 
summer  heat  was  extreme.  My  mother 
told  him  what  she  had  heard,  but  he 
thought  she  had  dreamed  it.  However, 
just  then  gongs  and  shouts  were  heard  com- 
ing from  next  door.  It  was  found  that  a 
pig  had  been  carried  off  by  a tiger — no 
doubt,  the  tiger  my  mother  had  heard  pass 
the  open  door  a few  moments  before. 

In  spite  of  the  excitement  of  this  great 
adventure  of  traveling,  I had  a feeling  of 


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osity  to  the  natives,  who  looked  upon  us 
as  very  strange  creatures  indeed.  My  sister 
and  I especially  excited  much  attention. 

I awoke  one  morning  to  find  the  tough 
mulberry-bark  paper,  which  was  pasted  on 
the  latticed  door  of  our  little  room,  punc- 
tured with  peepholes.  At  each  hole  was  an 
eye.  The  inhabitants  of  the  village  were 
having  a look  at  these  curious  little  crea- 
tures. In  righteous  indignation  I rose  up 
“in  my  birthday  dress,”  opened  the  door 
wide,  and  gave  them  quite  a lecture  in 
fluent  Korean  on  the  impropriety  of  such 


A Korean  Nobleman  Takes  His  Ease 


disappointment  and  shame.  We,  who  had 
always  lived  in  the  capital  and  had  been 
officials  from  the  Korean  point  of  view, 
were  sent  to  live  in  a country  town.  This 
was  a great  comedown  of  course,  especially 
from  the  Korean  way  of  looking  at  it.  I 
never  failed  to  tell  the  natives  of  each 
village  we  passed  through  that  we  were 
from  Seoul,  an  unnecessary  procedure  as 
our  language  was  definitely  that  of  the 
capital. 

Only  one  other  white  man  had  preceded 
us  on  this  trip.  We  were  thus  a great  curi- 


actions.  I heard  one  of  the  spectators  say, 
“Why  she  is  made  just  like  we  are,  only  she 
has  a whiter  skin,”  and  then  all  of  a sud- 
den I realized  that  I was  exposing  myself 
without  a stitch  of  clothing  to  the  gaze  of 
the  populace.  But  that  did  not  hurt  the 
pride  of  a six-year-old  half  as  much  as  their 
inquisitive  rudeness. 

Our  life  at  the  little  seaport  of  Won- 
san, on  the  northeast  coast  of  Korea, 
was  entirely  different  from  that  we  had 
lived  in  Seoul.  My  mother  was  the  only 


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white  woman  and  my  sister  and  I the  only 
American  children.  Our  city  servants  stayed 
with  us  for  a while,  but  soon  could  not  en- 
dure being  exiled  from  their  homes.  So  they 
returned  to  Seoul,  leaving  us  with  green 
country  help  who  were  difficult  to  train. 
On  one  occasion  my  mother  was  entertain- 
ing at  tea  the  Commissioner  of  Customs,  a 
European  gentleman,  when  the  houseboy 
appeared  carrying  in  his  hands  a large  white 
“chamber.”  He  had  decided  to  pass  through 
the  drawing  room  on  his  way  to  the  bed- 
room and  by  so  doing  show  off  what  he 
felt  was  a very  beautiful  porcelain  dish. 

The  house  we  had  rented  was  a flimsy 
one-story  wooden  building  built  by  Japa- 
nese carpenters  high  up  on  a hill  overlooking 
the  sea.  There  were  no  chimneys  or  cellar, 
and  during  the  near-Siberian  winters  the 
cold  winds  blew  our  carpets  up  from  the 
thin  floors  and  the  stoves  we  had  brought 
with  us  did  not  draw,  filling  the  rooms 
with  smoke.  Many  a time  my  mother  took 
us  children  to  bed  with  her  in  the  middle 
of  the  day,  so  that  we  might  keep  warm 
until  the  wind  would  change  and  the  fires 
in  the  stoves  would  burn  again. 

That  first  winter  was  a terrible  one, 
especially  for  my  mother,  who  never  re- 
covered from  the  cold  she  took.  Potatoes 
froze  in  our  dining  room,  and  I remember 
well  eating  Japanese  tangerine  oranges 
which  had  ice  in  them  and  thinking  how 
wonderful  they  were. 

But  when  summer  came,  we  forgot  the 
hardships  of  the  winter.  From  our  front 
porch  we  looked  out  onto  the  sparkling, 
blue  Japan  Sea.  We  went  bathing  and  ate 
delicious  fresh  fish  such  as  we  had  never 
before  tasted. 

My  sister  and  I found  for  playmates  the 
half-European  and  half-Chinese  children  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Customs.  My  mother 
soon  discovered  that  she  could  do  a real 
piece  of  missionary  work  in  that  mixed 
family.  She  taught  the  little  Chinese  mother 
to  make  American  dresses  and  suits  for  the 
children  and  gave  recipes  and  advice  for 


feeding  and  training  them. 

When  my  grandmother  came  out  from 
New  Hampshire,  she  started  a little  school 
for  us  and  for  these  playmates  of  ours.  We 
all  became  fast  friends,  and,  years  later, 
when  we  went  to  Switzerland  for  our 
schooling,  they  came  along  with  us.  The 
eldest  finally  came  to  America  and  went  to 
a well-known  Eastern  college,  where  she 
graduated  with  highest  honors.  The 
brother  and  three  sisters  all  did  well  for 
themselves,  due  to  my  mother,  who  started 
them  out  right  and  gave  them  their  first 
opportunity. 

That  first  Christmas  in  Wonsan  my 
parents  gathered  together  in  our  sitting 
room  a group  of  “new  believers”  and,  after 
the  Bible  reading  and  hymn  singing,  dis- 
tributed presents.  My  stepfather  had  had  a 
small  pine  tree  cut  from  the  hills  near  by; 
mother  fabricated  Christmas  tree  trim- 
mings. There  were  a tin  washbasin,  a small 
towel,  and  a cake  of  soap  for  each  guest — 
with  the  inference  that  cleanliness  was  next 
to  godliness,  I suppose.  Later  we  heard 
from  an  outsider  that  when  asked  what  had 
taken  place  at  the  “Jesus-believing  house,” 
one  of  the  guests  said  that  he  had  been 
given  a pan  in  which  to  cook  his  rice  and 
a cloth  to  tie  around  his  head,  but  the  cake 
was  very  hard  eating  as  it  foamed  in  his 
mouth. 

When  the  Japanese-Chinese  War  was 
taking  place  in  1894,  Wonsan’s  har- 
bor was  the  center  of  movement  of  Japanese 
troops.  They  were  brought  in  great  numbers 
in  troopships  and  men-of-war  and  were 
marched  northward  to  meet  the  Chinese  on 
the  border  of  Korea  and  Manchuria.  This 
was  truly  an  exciting  period  and  one  which 
caused  the  small  but  growing  white  com- 
munity much  concern,  for  if  the  Chinese 
troops  should  come  to  meet  the  Japanese, 
the  battle  would  no  doubt  be  fought  in 
our  midst.  After  much  discussion,  my  step- 
father and  mother  decided  we  should  all 
stay  on  in  our  house,  although  most  of  our 


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DAWN  IN  THE  LAND 

friends  and  their  families  took  steamers 
for  Japan.  Men  were  hired  to  keep  watch 
and  report  the  movement  of  the  Chinese 
armies  in  the  north,  and  we  rented  a large 
junk,  which  was  anchored  near  the  shore  so 
that  if  the  worst  should  take  place,  we 
could  go  by  boat  to  a near-by  island,  taking 
our  food  and  bedding  with  us. 

With  the  great  numbers  of  Japanese 
soldiers  marching  through  the  town,  all 
available  food — rice,  chickens,  eggs,  and 
even  beef  on  the  hoof — was  taken  by  them. 


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^ ork  hac*  ^nally,  after  much  red  tape,  given 
us  permission  to  build  a brick  house,  with 
cellar,  chimneys,  and  double  floors,  to  keep 
out  the  Siberian  winter  cold.  The  process 
of  buying  the  land  had  also  been  a very 
complicated  one,  for  the  site  my  parents 
had  chosen,  the  top  of  a hill  overlooking 
the  Sea  of  Japan,  had  many  graves 
scattered  over  it.  The  Koreans,  as  well  as 
t e Chinese,  do  not  have  burying  grounds, 
but  choose  grave  sites  anywhere  that  the 
geomancers  indicate  as  propitious  spots. 


A Korean  of  the  Old  Days 
A Gentleman  Traveling  with  His  Attendants 


We  had  great  trouble  in  getting  anything 
to  eat  and  lived  for  many  weeks  on  musty 
rice  with  curry  powder  to  season  it.  Fortu- 
nately, Grandma,  who  was  an  enthusias- 
tic gardener,  had  vegetables,  which  we 
were  able  to  hide,  and  these  helped  our 
very  scanty  and  tasteless  meals.  We  chil- 
dren felt  that  because  Grandma  had  lived 
through  the  Civil  War  in  the  Southern 
States,  she  would  know  just  how  to  help 
us  now.  We  thought  we  were  very  fortu- 
nate indeed  to  have  her  with  us. 

Some  time  before  the  outbreak  of  hostili- 
ties, the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  in  New 


The  owners  of  these  graves  had  to  be 
found  and  then  paid  sufficient  money  so 
that  they  could  buy  other  pieces  of  land 
to  which  the  bones  in  the  graves  on  the  hill 
could  be  removed. 

These  negotiations  took  much  patience 
and  more  time  and  greatly  delayed  the 
building.  Finally  the  ground  had  been 
leveled  off,  the  cellar  dug,  and  foundations 
laid.  All  the  materials  were  on  the  prem- 
ises. The  contractor  and  workmen  were 
Chinese — the  best  to  be  found — and  every- 
thing seemed  to  be  going  on  swimmingly, 
when  the  war  broke  out,  and  overnight 


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every  last  one  of  the  large  group  of  men 
disappeared,  leaving  everything  just  as  if 
they  intended  to  return  the  next  day. 

The  following  morning  a very  fright- 
ened and  shaky  old  Chinaman  came  to  our 
back  door  and  begged  to  be  taken  in  and 
hidden  from  the  Japanese  troops.  He  was 
the  cook  for  the  outfit  and  had  been  left 
behind  when  the  others  fled.  We  brought 
him  into  the  house,  and  he  crept  behind  the 
couch,  where  he  lay  all  day  hardly  daring 
to  breathe.  My  sister  and  I peeked  at  him 
every  little  while  to  see  how  he  was  and 
frequently  fed  him  pieces  of  pie  and  cake. 
When  darkness  came  he  crept  out,  bowed, 
thanked  us  many  times,  and  then  he,  too, 
disappeared.  For  days  we  waited  to  see  if 
he  would  return,  but  he  must  have  made 
good  his  escape  to  China  for  we  never 
heard  of  him  again. 

It  was  over  a year  before  the  work  on  our 
house  could  be  resumed,  and  by  that  time 
much  of  the  material  had  deteriorated  and 
had  to  be  replaced. 

This  new  mission  station  grew  rapidly, 
and  later  other  missionaries  came  to 
help.  In  those  first  years  my  mother  held 
Bible  classes  in  our  sitting  room  for  the 
women.  With  their  babies  tied  on  their 
backs  and  leading  older  children  by  the 
hand,  they  would  come  and  ask  to  be 
shown  around  our  house. 

I was  fascinated  with  the  babies  and 
always  wanted  to  play  with  them,  but  my 
mother  was  afraid  that  my  sister  and  I 
might  get  smallpox  or  some  other  disease 
from  them,  so  we  were  sent  to  our  room  to 
learn  Bible  verses.  None  of  these  women 
could  read.  This  made  it  difficult  to  teach 
them,  but  with  the  aid  of  a Korean  Bible 
woman,  my  mother  would  tell  them  the 
great  story.  It  was  astonishing  to  see  how 
they  would  listen,  fascinated,  and  ask 
innumerable  questions  showing  their  inter- 
est and  understanding.  The  Bible  stories 
fitted  well  into  their  everyday  lives,  for 
the  Korean  peasant  folk  lived  in  much  the 
same  way  as  the  simple  people  who 


followed  Jesus  in  Palestine  nineteen  hun- 
dred years  ago. 

My  mother,  during  the  years  of  her 
widowhood,  had  started  the  translation  of 
John  Bunyan’s  Pilgrim’s  Progress  and  later 
finished  it  in  collaboration  with  my  step- 
father, who  was  a noted  scholar  in  the 
Chinese  language,  as  well  as  in  the  Korean. 
The  story  was  told  to  a Korean  artist  who 
drew  the  illustrations  according  to  his  own 
ideas. 

This  simplicity  of  the  Korean’s  outlook 
on  life  was  brought  sharply  to  attention 
when  my  mother  decided  that  we  children 
should  have  fresh  cow’s  milk  to  drink, 
as  the  sweetened  condensed  milk  to  be 
bought  in  those  days  did  not  appeal  to  us  at 
all.  A cow  with  a young  calf  was  purchased 
and  the  art  of  milking  taught  the  Korean 
“outside  coolie.”  The  cow,  however,  had 
never  been  milked  before  and  objected.  So 
the  calf  was  brought  to  her,  allowed  to 
suck  for  a few  seconds,  then  was  pulled 
away,  and  the  coolie  would  squeeze  a few 
drops  into  the  bucket  before  the  cow  became 
aware  of  the  change.  Then  again  the  calf 
would  be  allowed  to  take  its  turn.  This 
would  go  on  until  a few  cups  of  precious 
milk  were  finally  extracted.  We  drank  it 
with  much  relish.  But  sometimes  the  calf 
got  loose  when  no  one  was  around,  and 
then  there  was  no  milk  at  all  for  us. 

Some  weeks  after  the  purchase  of  the  cow 
my  stepfather  was  called  upon  by  a delega- 
tion of  elders  from  his  church.  They  said 
they  had  something  very  serious  to  talk 
to  him  about.  As  they  seemed  unusually 
thoughtful  and  somewhat  displeased,  he 
wondered  what  this  very  dignified  body  of 
men  had  to  say. 

It  seemed  that  they  had  heard  of  the  cow 
and  the  milking.  They  said  they  felt  that  it 
was  a very  unchristian  act  to  take  away  from 
the  calf  the  milk  which  God  had  provided 
for  its  use  and  that  they  were  greatly  dis- 
appointed that  their  beloved  pastor  had 
allowed  such  a thing  to  take  place.  My 
father  very  patiently  explained  that  in 
America  cow’s  milk  was  always  fed  to  the 


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children.  Calves  were  fed  quite  adequately 
with  other  things.  There  was  nothing  cruel 
about  it.  Our  calf  was  fat  and  strong — even 
better  than  it  would  have  been  had  it  had 
only  its  mother’s  milk.  However,  nothing 


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ties  which  the  people  of  this  country  have 
undergone  since  the  annexation  of  the  land 
by  the  Japanese  have  also  made  the  Ko- 
reans turn  to  Christianity  for  help  and 
strength. 


Christian’s  Farewell  to  His  Family 

From  the  Korean  Translation  of  Pilgr  im's  Progress  by  the  Author's  Parents 


could  persuade  these  Koreans  that  such  an 
act  was  not  contrary  to  Christian  ethics.  We 
were  obliged  to  give  up  the  cow  and  the 
precious  milk,  for  papa  felt  that  his  use- 
fulness as  leader  of  the  church  was  at  stake. 

The  Korean  Christian  took  his  religion 
very  seriously.  He  was  not  satisfied  that  he 
and  his  friends  were  “Jesus  believers,”  but 
each  one  felt  it  his  duty  to  go  about  preach- 
ing the  gospel  to  those  who  were  not  as  for- 
tunate. This  largely  accounts  for  Korea  be- 
ing the  most  successful  mission  field  in  the 
Orient.  Of  course  the  hardships  and  cruel- 


After  six  years  spent  in  schools  in 
Europe,  1 returned  once  more  to 
Seoul — the  youngest  missionary  to  be 
appointed  by  our  Board.  The  return  to  my 
native  land  was  all  and  more  than  I had 
anticipated.  It  was  wonderful,  and  my  love 
for  these  people  was  as  deep  as  ever.  The 
familiar  food  tasted  just  as  good;  the  life 
was  just  as  fascinating  and  charming  as  I 
had  remembered  it  to  be  during  my  years 
away  at  school.  I thought  I had  forgotten 
my  Korean  in  the  effort  to  learn  French, 
German,  and  Italian,  but  I found  after  very 


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156 

few  months  I was  able  to  speak  almost  as 
fluently  as  when  a child.  I had  now,  how- 
ever, to  add  to  my  vocabulary  and  to 
learn  to  read  and  write  the  language. 

Many  changes  had  taken  place  in  the 
years  I had  been  away.  The  King  was 
virtually  a prisoner  of  the  Japanese;  the 
Queen,  who  had  been  the  power  behind 
the  throne,  had  been  murdered  by  these 
invaders  and  her  body  burned.  Girls,  as 
well  as  boys,  went  to  school;  the  women 
went  about  freely  with  their  heads  and 
faces  uncovered;  and  the  men  had  cut  their 
hair.  The  girls  I taught  were  about  my  own 
age.  They  were  so  bright  and  eager  to  learn 
and  improve  .themselves  that  it  was  a 
pleasure  to  be  able  to  help  them. 

And  now  that  at  long  last  Korea  is  free 
from  Japan,  I hope  she  is  going  to  prove 
capable  of  governing  herself  honestly.  She 
will  need  help  until  she  gets  on  her  feet 


again,  and  I sincerely  trust  no  more  blun- 
ders will  be  made  such  as  featured  the 
American  entry  into  Korea  in  late  August 
of  1945.  It  was  unforgivable  that  the 
American  Commander,  in  his  reported 
interviews,  should  have  expressed  himself 
with  so  little  understanding  of  and  sym- 
pathy with  a people  who  had  suffered  for 
thirty-five  long  years  under  Japanese 
domination. 

Once  more  may  I say  that  the  Koreans 
are  a lovable,  loyal,  patient,  and  upright 
people.  We  look  forward  to  the  time  when 
they  will  be  able  to  develop  their  beautiful 
country  for  themselves.  It  may  be  that  this 
hard  period  under  Japanese  domination 
has  had  its  useful  side  too.  They  have  prob- 
ably learned  that  government  properly 
administered  is  much  more  worth  while 
than  the  old  type  of  native  despotism  under 
which  they  existed  for  so  many  centuries. 


Mr.,  d.  the  daughter  or  Doctor  and  Mr..  sib.on, 
Eastern  Tennes.ee,  .hose  hoe  during  the  civil  ear  »as  on 
that  hard  and  dangerous  ".ladle  ground",  traced  and  pillaged 

by  b°th  frle”d  and  f0e  - «“*  .ere  glad  .hen  the  l..t  Tege- 

t able  fro m iUo  y -c a a ^ 

last  chicken  from  the  poultry  yard,  had  been  taken#  Doctor 
Gibson  was  declared  exempt  from  military  draft  that  he  might 
give  medical  care  to  the  families  of  his  section  and  he  gave 
it  freely,  not  only  to  them  but  to  the  sick  or  wounded  soldiers 
Oj.  North  or  South  whom  the  fortunes  of  war  brought  within  his 
reach.  Truly  this  was  a training  school  for  courage  and 
service# 

The  most  intimate  friend  of  Mrs.  Gale’s  mother  at  this 
time  was  Mrs.  Rhea,  a widow  returned  to  this  country  with  her 
three  little  children,  after  nine  years  of  mission  work  in 
Persia,  and  this  friendship  was  a strong  factor  in  determin- 

fih • j . - 

ing  the  choice  of  her  life-work  by  the  girl  Hattie”  Gibson. 

& - A 

She  went  to  Korea  the  bride  of  Doctor  JohnAH eron,  the  first 
woman  missionary  sent  to  the  "Hermit  Kingdom".  Indeed  the 
Board  delated  their  going  for  six  months  to  gain  assurances 
that  it  was  not  too  dangerous  ground  for  her. 


2 


The  Doctor's  home  in  Korea  seems  to  have  been  a haven 
of  rest  and  comfort,  for  his  wife  had  in  large  measure  what 
Ruskin  calls  the  highest  gift  of  woman,  the  power  to  make  a 
true  home  independent  of  all  material  conditions,  and  to  ex- 
tend  its  influence  "far  to  those  who  else  were  homeless". 

One  Wliu  went  vuu  v ~ .... — — 

hearing  of  her  death,  "Never  to  my  dying  day  can  I forget  her 
kindness  to  my  sister  and  myself  upon  our  arrival  in  Korea”, 
and  again  speaking  of  his  return  from  an  expedition  with  Doc- 
tor Heron,  ”1  see  her  again  as  she  waited  upon  her  couch  for 
our  return*  She  gave  us  a cheery  welcome;  sick  or  well,  her 
home  was  the  first  and  only  home  for  newly  arrived  mission- 
aries, an  oasis  after  the  desolation  of  dirt,  darkness,  and 
dogs,  through  which  the  Doctor  had  led  us*”  m # x ”A  sun- 
burst of  Christian  grace  and  hearty  good  fellowship”* 

Doctor  Heron's  death  left  her  alone  with  two  little 
children*  She  continued  her  missionary  work*  One  who  was 
with  her  writes:  ”It  was  she  who  planned  the  weekly  Bible 

Class  for  Missionary  ladies  and  her  sweet  face  stands  out  most 
clearly  of  all,  so  beautifully  responsive  to  our  studies  of 
the  life  of  our  Blessed  Lord”. 

After  her  marriage  to  Doctor  Gale  they  were  sent  to 


3 


establish  a new  station  at  Wonsan  - on  th 
The  people  here  were  largely  rough  fisher 


on  the  East  coast  of  Korea. 


winders  very  severe,  a letter  from  Mrs. 
y,  1893,  tells  of  intense  cold  and  the 
saw,  and  adds  -The  house  is  very  thin 


and  we  Iiave  no 


window  and  smokes  so.  My  little  girls  and  I have  sometimes  to 
go  to  bed  in  the  daytime  to  get  warm."  But  her  greatest  trial 
here  was  her  anxiety  when  Doctor  Gale  was  absent  on  long  and 
dangerous  trips.  The  station  was  afterwards  transferred  to 
the  Canadian  Presbyterians  and  the  Gales  returned  to  Seoul. 

She  solved  the  problem  of  the  education  of  her  daughters 
in  an  unusual  way,  bringing  them  to  Switzerland,  and  taking 
into  the  home  she  made  there,  four  Danish  children  - two  of 
whom  were  deaf  mutes,  the  son  of  a wealthy  Chinese,  and  two 
sons  of  other  Missionaries.  To  these  seven  she  gave  the  same 
loving  care  and  supervision  that  she  gave  her  own,  and  of 
course  receiving  no  salary  from  the  Board  during  this  time, 
met  all  the  expenses  of  the  thorough  education  of  her  girls. 

The  story  of  the  reunion  of  Doctor  Gale  and  the  family 
in  this  country,  the  winter  here,  and  their  return  to  Korea 
a year  ago  is  well  known  to  you.  The  loving  and  almost  wild 


4 


enthusiasm  with  which  they  were  greeted  upon  their  arrival  in 
Seoul,  must  have  been  a striking  contrast  to  her  memory  of  the 
fears  and  uncertainty  of  her  first  landing. 

Such  is  a most  inadequate  outline  of  the  life  of  a 

beautiful  Christian  gentlewoman;  a life  so  well  balanced  that 
we  cannot  say  j ju,  ^ - ^ 

on  the  field  writes:  "Her  lovely  gifts  of  mind  and  heart  were 

so  blended  and  united  that  we  hardly  think  of  them  separately  - 
but  her  efficiency,  her  good  judgment,  her  kindness,  her  cor- 
dial, practical  sympathy  and  above  all,  her  loyalty  to  her 
Savior  were  traits  that  stand  clear  in  our  dearest  memories 
of  her."  While  a friend  here  at  home  speaks  of  her  strong 
faith,  undaunted  by  difficulties,  and  more  rare  perhaps,  a 
faith  that  accepted  simply  and  gratefully  most  marvelous 
manifestations  of  God's  grace  and  power  - a faith  that  glori- 
fied her  sick  room  so  that  her  husband  speaks  of  it  as  a 
"portal  to  Paradise",  and  that  met  the  last  demand  made  upon 
it  by  the  shadows  of  the  valley  with  the  response  "The  Lord 
is  good  and  true,  I can  trust  Him". 

Judge  Stafford  recently  said:  "The  value  of  the  man  is 

the  value  of  the  object  upon  which  his  heart  is  set".  Measured 
thus,  how  shall  we  find  words  to  express  the  value  of  this 


5 


life  whose  dearest  wish  for  many  years  was  to  see  a nation 

turn  to  God.  We  rejoice  that  it  was  given  her  to  see  the  day 
dawn. 

Have  we  not  already  added  her  name  to  the  sacred  roster 
in  our  hearts  which  shines  out  bright  and  clear,  lighted  by  a 

ray  from  tiic  j - — * 

our  Alleluia  of  thanksgiving,  "For  all  the  saints,  who  from 
their  labors  rest". 


— 

MRS.  HARRIET  GIBSON  GALE 

Mrs.  Harriet  Gibson  Gale,  wife  of  Rev. 
James  S.  Gale,  D.  D.,  was  born  in  Jonesboro, 
Tenn.,  June  17,  1860.  In  her  were  blended 
Northern  grit  and  Southern  grace,  beauty  of 
person  and  beauty  of  soul.  She  was  ambitious, 
loving,  tactful,  merry  and  very  gifted'  in  the 
use  of  language,  whether  writing  or  speaking. 

Mrs.  Gale  was  a good  musician,  skillful  with 
her  brush,  with  an  all  around  culture  and  love 
for  the  beautiful  which  assimilated  the  best 


liBUUARV  23,  1902. 


TflE  WORLD:  SUNDAY, 


ftrtmtjgi 

flshiMfrn 


o hN&t&MO. . GERMAN  EMBASSY! 

b Splendor  will)  Ulbicb  Ambassador  Uon  fiolleben  fias 
Decorated  (be  German  embassy  in  fionor  of  tbe  Royal 
Uisitor===Cbe  Curious  Japanese  Room  and  fbe  Wonderful 
Collection  of  Pipes  that  Ornament  tbe  Smoking  Room 


EXTERIOR.. 

GERMAN 

EMBASSY 


f Hu  social  ns  well  a»  political 
il  Dr.  von  llnllcbcn  com**  from 
rc*|.l<-l  ,n  the  quaint  *'  *pon  if 
re-murlm  All  tin-  mm  of  l,1J- 
Mltorg  and  soldier*.  Hi*  only 
roilnd  general  of  «Oo  Prussian 
w In  a captain  In  tOe  navy. 
Personal  attendant*  of  Prince 
The  Ambnsm'lor  Is  a bachelor. 
ih(.  shadow  of  a romnnec. 
.dent  day#  ho  was 
her 

duel 


/lERRlfiNBOLUEdEN, 

RflMAM&A3MaR. 
% WHO  WILL  BE 
\ PRINCE  HENRY'S 
\H03T 


. .m*  nna  nanroom  *nrt  dlnln*  hall-  md.nn.n>.  »«•  » , 

rite  basement  Hoor  I*  occupied  by  offices.  and  lure  «<>»)  mlnld  with  mother -of-p«irl 
i ,rriM  nf  rlw<rk»  Li  busy  9 o’clock  In  lh«*  morn-  ana  llmicra 

* 7n,v  -*  °v"riou,on* ,<ie  Kn,,-r  * inurr,,s  zv*  *«&« 

,t  Tb*  no  mean*  a .injure  to  belong  to  th«  m.ln  hall  It  I*  T^TTo'lYi 
, rman  Emh,.>«>  No  men  In  Washington  labor  <•sc.pl  tlml  h*  *rtl Icier,  ar  ' 

. .re  diligently,  albeit  Him  the  stftK  of  the  Ambuss-  w « «'•  «ne*  'neclinens  of  D 1 

«'•<  National  C.pti.1  and  the  Km,....  .,  .Ill  hi.  bachelor.  • 

r,f  uVTvur a.  never  before  tn  these  ^graphs  framed.  <nd 

, history  In  nddlllon  to  Hn  Imperial  ting  of  Her-  group. 

gj-graar;:  „r."',u:  z w«»  ««■  «* 


ltremcr  for  *ev< 
ik  Journey  In  l.in.lly  hove  be 
just  over  the 
rational  style.  Ourosslers, 
k walnut  and 
l In  thl*  elty. 
i m - German 
.lerful  I 

i prince's 

>a*  just 

r 


.rot  her  is  treat 

HI*  Ti.-phe' 

and  will  be  one  of  the 
Henry  on  hi*  trip 
bo  I around  his  IK.  h 
In  * It  i-  iduUd  lb.it  * * 1 bts  g»y  ar 
s Wife  -Ktrotbed  to  a fnlr  maiden  of  Heidelberg. 
, h„,  i,o. tin r objected  to  Von  HOUeben's  suit.  at 
p|. using  follow  -I.  Tbi.  brother  died  of  his  Injtirl.w 
match  was  brokgp  off. 

Personal!'  f.«  Ambassador  Is  one  of 
ciurtly  "f  mm.  It  Is  said  that  h-  t«  »l 
nfilrlniim, . but  no  hint  of  this  Is  apparc 
111  no  drop,  I ,„.,ring  Iff  slv-s  »)•■  linn -r.  and  I. 
which  will  l"  ..her  diplomat  to  Vn.h.ngton  and  he 
r.  open*  iron.  v *t  me  hemes  of  bright  and  prett 
l.  a stri-l  disciplinarian  ir.  the  «< 

Just  m.rn.  mus  German  counts,  barms  at 
toe  cirlou*  degrs-as  have  anything  bui  ar 
Ani  mem  when  they  are  isnt  to  Waabinetu 
ory  _ 

on.;  strict  Discipline  Observed 

and  _ 

Ml  All  hive  to  report  at  their  office*  " 

Tho  at  H»  o'clock  sharp  and  Ihry  must  work 

- 

*rTst  a irini  f -lr  alwmir.  and  At  what  hoo. 


the  UohcnMlUri 
rmall  siulng-r<*.r 
for  the  chief  of 


over  the  bed.  A 
used  for  ,»n  office 
the  bed  eb  amber 
Tlu.  smoking-room 
across  front  the  m 
Prime  will  aec  a civ 
pipe*.  * t>  one  of  * 
In  bis  student  d'rj 
now  mature  Ambass 


■sling 
ae  *t 
luein 


.pects  one  of  the  unique 
on  Prlnee  Henry  enters 
ill  lltul  that  hi*  silting* 
if  Japanese  art.  I)r.  V01. 


n thr  Embassy 

< until  evening 

ten  they  n«ut 
ivtrffy  -II Ado — 

t they  Wilt  re- 


ts tn  many  res 
. Capital  Wit 
rtments  ho  w 


The  Embtu 
,1  vclltngw  a1 


hook 

evpl 


courage."  Mark  Twain,  tn  hi 
Tramp  Abroad."  has  ud  l j 


r.oltid  his  Informal  ten  from  the  fnij[ 
fieri:  and  not  until  three  years  ago  t J 

llluRtrU.ua  subject  of  hla  sketches. 

Collection  of  Curious  Pipe*. 


[Sine  Japanese  ’ urtosTtle.  Dun  any  oth. 
also  In  the  world.  It  I*  if  miniature  of 
Imperial  aumm.r  palace  of  Din  Mlkn 
;ct  in  HR  rrlnui.-t  dclnlla. 
r.  von  Hollobcn  had  the  room  remodel'.' 
iilrvtnents  It.  measnfemont  and  shape 
n lei  sund  two  photographs  of  Hie  Kn 
prats  of  Germany,  with  their  autnsrapl 
ae  are  copies  of  the  pictures  which  Prl 
ught  to  Japan  at  the  time  of  his  fair 
jmrs  ago. 

. men  side 
ado  and  ft 
phtt.  g\vvn 


The  Embassy  staff  i«  .«  presi  >.t  composed  of  Count 
Albeit  von  Quail;  limy  Wykrjdt,  First  Secretary  snd 
•’..unsellor.  Count’  von  MonleeUs.  R.-tmelster  Baron 
von  Knp-H.ir.  IJent.  Scbrqjn.  U-jt.  Count  von 
Arinin  l.leuL-Commander  lt.wor-P>.  hwtl*  ^nd 
line  GUiRi  napp. 

i-ount  von  Quad!  la  on*  of  >hr  mows  .rt.io-  rallc  of 
German  nobles,  and  Is  the  only  one  sutlon^l  In 
Washington  who  finds  bl*  mm*  In  that  repository 
of  fame,  the  Almanseh  do  Gothn. 

Che  l>o$tcss  oT  the  Prince. 


know  in* 


IN  Prince  Henry  com.*  to  Wusningtem 
,•  will  find  the  imperial  black  eagle 
lulling  over  as  hands. on.,  a r-oUilenco 
. the  biauUful  American  Capital  can 


'quipped 
oolite  r. 


if  the  mantel  are  photographs  »t  the 
Empress  of  Japan,  with  their  auto- 
lo  Dr  von  lloltetien  when  ho  «a-a 


I,.,  nii,  Hll,i  Klft.entii  street*  It  was  purehasol  in  I 
IV', !,  II,  the  predecessor  of  Dr.  von  Hollctmn.  tt.iren  I 
< i.n  ThUlmnnn.  whe  was  the  tlrst  Gertpan  Amba»ri«-  j 
dor  a credited  to  the  Culled  Slates.  1 

The  mansion  Is  of  red  briek  will,  white  »mna 
trimmings,  and  present*  n yuhSIMHIal  and  eomfert-  I 
, t.le  appearnneo  rather  than  an  Imposing  one.  An  ( 
English  basement  opens  Into  a wide  hall,  and  ‘he 
•l.lrway.  handsomely  enrpeted.  with  slAlunry  and  4 
pictures  adorning  the  walls,  leads  Into  thr  drawing-  l 


i,  which  will  Ae  U«K\1  when  tit  grand  state 
i*  tendered  lo  the  A mbit  vunlc.  ii  -t  slitely 
nt  occupying  the  entire  nrate,  win:  of  the 
on  the  second  Poor  It  It,  .InseotcJ  In 

daintily  carvel,  and  has  the  moothett  of 
floors  Llfe-siie  portraits  o'  Die  German 
■ and  Empress  arc  there  and  draperira  of  .rd.  ue 
flags. 

nil.nsador  Is  nctrly  slsly,  hot  ■ upright  nml  t>>  f >ro 


under  von  P.i».'h*it»  Is  thr  only  nav.l  man 
d here.  and.  by  a happy  coincidence,  nls  wife 
the  hostess  of  Uk  ti.-rn.an  F.mba*»y  during 
nee's  visit.  Counts*-  von  Quoit  I*  In  Europe. 
Rtnl-d  hefore.  the  Amtiarmdor  I*  unmarried. 
Paschsrlit  t*  n natlre  of  Dresden,  snd  was 
marrlno-  Miss  Dorothea  Renlsgnvlna. 


ig  tho  fret  sure*  of  this  room  are  the  mirror 
I In  carved  Ivory  which  linn**  -.ver  the  mantel, 
aperies  nn.1  the  tenkwood  enblnet. 
magnlflcci.i  curio  Is  the  massive  cup  of  jnp- 
bronse  which  rests  on  A tenkwood  stand.  Tn* 
nearly  five  feet  high  and  Is  skilfully  cast, 
v*. *vM. 


llnltsd  Stalls  were  among  the  "Forty-elghter*  ' 
When  tb-  c.lrll  war  con.menced  the  flood  of  lm- 
irlgrntlon  from  Germany  »u  ,t>pp*d  and  did  not 
begin  .gain  until  she  n.-w  railroads  and  land  grants 
Bttr.vt.il  ...ttlcru  to  tar  \V.»t#r»  8t»t« 
t-p  t0  t»u  n largo  number  , f pollttc.il  cvlles  were 
ubllged  to  Bwk  t\  hiwn  It.  America;  hut  since  that 
Urn,,  tin-  main  Incentive  tb  Immigration  has  been 
tbe  desire  tu  earn  n better  living  snd  to  own  ,v  home. 

In  every  O-nn.iti  Immigrant  the  spirit  uf  self-help 
and  Independence  Is  very  strong.  Few  Germans  are 
to  be  found  on  the  book*  of  charitable  societies. 

Industry  snd  thilft.  the  two'  virtues  upon  which, 
as  Benjamin  FTankUa  Mid.  our  American  prosperity 
must  be  based,  are  is  be  found  at  tb»lr  best  in 
every  German  community- 
If  the  German  Is  a farmer,  he  works  d.«,  and 
night  until  he  t*  .-rimes  the  ,.wn*r  or  his  f.rm;  if  he 
V-...S  Into  cummer  U1  Ilf.-,  lie  Is  not  wit  Is  fid  uqtll 
to  has  built  up  a provptrotis  business 
N„  11st  of  eminent  Amerlcaiis  could  be  drawn  up 
thnl  did  not  contain  a large  proportion  of  German 
pome*  From  the  Fatherland  wc  still  get  our  music, 
our  grand  opera  and  our *hllosophy 
According  I"  Prof.  Hugu  Mun»Urb«rg.  sn  eminent 
Oernmn  who  ho*  fwen  for  flfl-en  y.urs  an  Instructor 
<1  Karvuni  Unlveretty.  Ih<  German  and  American 


SINCE  ISO  the  enormous  number  .. 
man  Immigrants  have  landed 
pnrls.  Thl*  I*  more  thin  equal 
population  of  Canada  »nd  NewfOUndlo: 
If  we  include  their  children  and  grj. 
total  number  uf  German- Americans  I 
States  will  number  about  IftffoOOO.  or  „ 
One  statistician  «••»*  so  f , 
high  ns  one-third. 


V mnsalum."  or  High  School,  is' which  both  brother* 

• sent  tn  1ST!. 

...  uppearnnea  of  these  two  princes  it  Cassel  was 
nothing  In  the  nature  of  a family  revolution,  for 
. the  first  time  (hut  ini,  member  of  th.lr  house 
i over  been  aent  lo  n public  school.  Both  the  old 
merer  and  nismirek  wete  sl.o  kml  a.  me  Idea, 
ling  lhat  this  would  possibly  prove  the  beginning 

• ..  end  ..r  the  Hohemtollirn*.  nut  the  parents  of 
i wo  boy  pr  nc**a  *toml  firm. 

• i'*io  was  no  lonBcr  an  nutopracy,  Ii  b.id  now 
me  a constitutional  Slut.  and.  therefore.  It  be- 
d l(s  princes  and  rulers  to  be  In  touch  with  Ihe 

h ichts  nnd  the  aspirations  of  the  people 

\ prince  Is  to  become  a popular  monarch  h» 
t to  have  a public  cduoatloo:  so  reasoned  the  on- 

•tied  parents  of  Princes  William  nml  Henry,  snd 
bad  their  way.  "A  nmgnnnlmous  resolve."  wrote 


rkod  difference,  from  their 
Kslsrr  Wilhelm  sod  his 


C babyhood,  between 
brother.  Prim  e Henry. 

All  the  princely  children  were  brought  up  with  ex- 
treme simplicity,  u»y.  even  severity,  temp,  red  by  * 
due  piny  of  Ihe  duinesite  aff  etlons.  so  that  their 
English  tutor  was  able  to  write:  "I  have  given  many 
lessens  lo  many  hundreds  if  boys,  but  a more  proof 
• ng  pupil  than  Prim  e William,  or  more  gentlemanly, 
frank,  and  natural  boys  than  hnth  Prln:c  William 
and  Ills  younger  brother.  Henry.  I can  honrstly  say 
II  has  never  been  my  lot  to  meet  with," 

J’rlnce  William  was  decidedly  Ihe  mure  brilliant 
and  self-willed  nf  the  two.  while  Henry  made  up 
fur  the  lack  Of  Ills  elder  brother's  showier  gifts  by 


populntl" 
the  proportion 

It  Is  therefore  not  t"0  much  to  say  t t there  win 
be  In  New  York  City  more  Ovritian-  ■ " 1 0”' 

Prince  Henry  than  be  will  leave  behl  I him  in  the 
clly  of  Hamburg  and  balf  u*  many  a-  there  are  in 
tho  city  of  11*  rlln 

By  the  census  of  l.W  there  were  3,~  1 '51  German- 
born  residents  In  the  United  State*.  Thl*  I*  mariv 
equal  to  the  total  population  of  tho  thivt  largest 
(Hie*  In  Orrmany—  Berlin.  Hamburg  a I Munich 

If  ,.11  the  residents  of  Munich.  Lr!  'IK.  Breslau. 
Dresden.  Frsnkfort.  Hanover  and  l i-seldurf.  all 
famous  German  clll-s.  were  to  be  It  usplanted  to 
Amcrlos  they  would  still  lack  ro,0»  >f  being  .- 
many  as  lln  aermnn-born  residents  n.  are  now  in 


•nndsona  of  mine  arc!"  HR 
■a  once  tn  th.lr  French  tb 
himself  record*  "Do 
What  a pity  they  have  ' 


"Wlist  brave  buys  Iheso 
remarked  tile  Kropt**»-Au»l 
tutor.  PrnncolR  Ayme.  as  l 
you  n,‘t  think  so.  monsieur' 
such  a mother!" 

But.  a»  a mnl ter  of  fael. 

English  and  llhcrnl-mlndcd  mother  Din1 
h-rlted  all  Ibut  *o»  best  In  thcm-ln  accnr 
the  general  rule  thdt  men  are-  inure  the  so 
mother  than  "f  ih<lr  sire- while  the'r  *l*l 
other  luin.l,  displayed  more  of  the  weak* 
Of  their  father 

Prlnco  William  proved  a very  tnuelt  b 
will,  his  brush  and  pencil  thnn  his  leas  1 


JAPANESE  ROOM 

GERMAN  EMBASSY. 

SAW  TO  BE  FINEST  IN  COUNTRY. 


Dr.  Ivnir v Krolipiellcr,  President 
! ot  the  new  York  Licdtrkranz  .. 


rlpcis  ri.mted  from  the  II  Th»» 

g*  wore  bung  with  striped  bunting,  snd 
..me  in  both  languages  gr.-eted  the  G«t- 

l.  Germany's  grrateet  seaport,  a ‘bcf!41 

p]  i<  d St  tb.  General's  disposal  Tho 
. American  dag.  snd  every  street  snd 
• with  bunting. 

ir.cr  was  tendered  to  Du  famnu*  Amer- 
turgomaster. 

welcome  was  repeat,-!  at  Frsnkfort 
imcr  Garten  was  ccwded  with  Grant  s 
l the  entire  rlty  mi*  llhimlnnted  snd 


by  his  physicians  Gen  Gr:i»|£*  .*  C*fu' 
banquet  by  Prince  Bismarck  aTlb  .>  rov 
Tito  dinner  was  attended  tflr ■ n,>0*  ex 
Mrs.  Grunt.  Bayard  Taylor.  At  fbnt  tin 
Germany:  Prince  Bismarck  Alt.l  the  m- 
myat  family 

it,  side*  thle  official  dinner.  Gen  Oral 

Invitation  to  spend  an  afternoon  with 
marck  nt  Ihe  private  hnuao  of  the  Prln 


er  nations,  more  particularly 
•"  • at  Ihe  growing  oemmer- 
'touin  has  dune  a gre.it  deal  to 
thl-  ide  of  he  ADaptlc. 

Plv  work  1.1  yn.  Dnltcl  StaH-J 
1 ....  4 ..  ,nd  more  espe- 

‘"o  which  was  lm- irporatcd  In 
I I ie  Herman  singing  societies 
i '"d  ridicule,  but  iu-da>  tTloy 
, - American  Inslltutlone. 
limited  to  Germun-hurn  mem- 
• . born  In  il...  United  Slates. 

I ac.Urkr.in*  memt. 


al  wns  no*  as  great  as  it  would  have  b*w>.  a 
recks  earlier. 

In  Kiutg  of  lh-  national  grief  at  the  asussln  * 
Getb  Ortli.l  was  everywhere  welcomed  with 

hospitality. 

Crown  Prince  ordered  a grand  roTlew  of  Ihe 
Ini  troop*  in  honor  uf  hi*  American  visitor. 
Cvl'  B-  wa*  held  on  the  Tompclhor.  u large  Held 
[•  of  Berlin. 

review  began  with  n sham  bailie  of  Infantry, 
ing.  firing,  retreating  and  rc-formlnc  »*"ln 
came  artillery  practice,  tho  gunner*  llrlng  at 
aginary  for,  then  rushing  forward  to  capture  a 


6MPEROB  WILLIAM  never  did  a more  brilliant 
Ihlng  than  when  h*  plann.-d  this  visit  of  Prlnc* 
Henry. 

Nothing  better,  to  my  mind,  could  have  been  ar- 
ranged lo  bring  tire  two  natlona  Into  closer  and  morn 
friendly  relations  with  each  other  or  to  awaket  popu- 
lar enthusiasm  fpr  s more  Intimate  alliance. 

It  should,  of  course,  be  remembered  that  Die  Prince 
I>  not  on  this  occasion  the  guest  nf  .he  Ucrman- 
Amerlean*.  Ills  visit  I*  In  llw  entire  Amarlc-an  peo- 
ple and  it  is  the  expressed  wish  of  Ihe  Emperor  that 
tb.  reception  of  the  Prlnc*  shall  not  be  distinctively 
German  in  Its' character. 

Hllherii.  thore  have  been  a number  of  slight  mis- 
understandings between  Germans  and  Americans,  but 
th.-  relations  between  them  have  been  growing  more 
friendly  year  by  year.  The  American  prejudice 
again.'.  Germany  a*  a land  Seller.-  bureaucracy  snd 
d‘ ’Poll  in.  rrlgned  I*  being  dispelled  by  a more  com- 
plete kfo.wtedg.  0f  c-rniiii  Institution* 

These  mletinderstandlrigo  have  arisen  mainly  through 


Anu  ri  a n..w  gives  lo  Prince  llenrv  of  Pru*’ln 

Illumination*,  festivities  and  banquets  nllcndvd 
upon  the  vl»lt  of  our  cx-Pre*ldent  from  the  moment 
of  liltt  arrival  until  his  departure  for  Norway  an’’ 
Sweden- 

Tire  crowds  of  clu-ering  Germans  Dint  greeted  him 
\ In  the  larger  elites  with  so  great  as  to  make  U lm- 
poslblc  for  him  to  walk  about  on  font,  as  was  his 
usual  custom. 

A few  days  before  Gen.  Grant  arrived  al  Berlin  on 
bla  memorable  three  years'  Journ-y  around  the  worn’ 
an  Anarchist  had  allot  Die  aged  Emperor  of  Germany 
The  wound  wti*  sufficiently  snvero  In  confine  the  Km- 
l.ovor  to  his  mom  .luring  Gen.  Grant'.*  visit,  and  tl>< 
honors  of  the  occasion  .were  done  by  the  frown 
Prince.  Naturally.  Ihe  court  anil  empire  Were  In  u 
slat*  of  suspense  anil  anxiety  because  of  the  at- 
temp  cd  nsaasslnatlon,  and  the  ovation  given  to  the 


cannot 


.erlcajf  Ir  piirfly  German,  so! 
■ innol  b.  Rlrldly  regarded 
• man  h.iblts.  German  words 
been  an  largely  adopted  by 
th#  difference  between  lh< 
"n  II  w os  balf  a century. 


4 vr  y 

>obm 


MP 

mm< 


THE  WOULD;  SLN1 -W,  FEimi  All V 23.  1902 


Ho  tv  James  V.  of 
Scotland  Escaped 
Assassination  by  His 
Marvellous  Adroit - 
Hahtrt  75»nt  ness  and  Loaded  t/vith 
FaVors  the  "Beautiful  Girl  'COho 
Had  Entrapped  Him 


CHAP.  I. — The  Meeting. 


milled  me  tif' 

"A  rope  livt'"'*  drachm!*  from  the 
,i  . jm,  i>'.‘  1 1 *u»  r.-^.  r\ji»,i*biocCorop*o«.  N#^r«n  Wn?'.*  • pomrn  iloor 

THK  King  ruled.  There  wa«  none  to  que»lion  "A  rope  1 “Ider!  Thst  toundi 
the  supremacy  of  James  V.  At  the  nge  of  promlslm:.  «"■  you  unco  ml  Ilf 
twenty-two  hr  now  sat  flrmly  on  his  "Yc«,  Sire.  'U|  meanwhile  I Itn 
thror. r.  He  wa#  at  peace  with  England.  piorc  your  M'lMty  to  be  sllenl  ” 
friendly  will,  France.  ami  about  to  tnke 
i w If r from  thot  country  Ills  grvai-*randfalher. 

.Inn..  H.  had  crushed  the  Black  Douglas.  anil 
hr  hlni-<lf  had  scattered  the  lt*d  Douglas  to  exile. 

No  Scottish  n.Alc  was  now  p.Jw.uTiil  month  «» 
threaten  the  «ln)«l*tj  of  tho  throne  The  couniry  ten* 
contented  mnl  prosperous,  *o  Janie,  might  well  lake 


King  . 


rope  ladder  <-  » lit  hl»  hui 
•I  linin'  It  I-  Ironic,'"  he  r 


no  more  until  the 
hand. 

murmured. 

Then  he  mon d tod  lightly  up  In  tin 
darkness.  until  he  stood  on  the  «lll 
of  the  nnri  doorway,  when  he 
reached  font  rd  hi*  hail* 


. plena ii re  a*  best  pleased  him  If  any  dancer  lurkod  jq,  a|nwer  comrade  In  roountlnic,  tint 
near  nlm  II  w«.  unseen  anil  unthouvhl  of  ahe  .print  p '*1  him  without  uvnll- 

"My  Lord  the  Kind*"  she  Mild,  and  her  voice,  like  |n)t  herself  ol  his  aid.  and  In  n low 
qiiurre  run  on  four  legs  or  on  two.  found  mm.elt  W|C„  excusing  herself  fur  preceding 
alone  on  the  rusd  lending  northwi-t  from  Stirling.  h|m  sulked  up  and  up  u winding 
having  outstripped  Ills  comrade#  In  their  hunt  fur  the  „,,I1K  aUtlnar.  . on  whose  step*  Ihero 
d'- r Kv.nlug  «u»  falling  and  the  King  was  some  w.,,  barely  r -m  for  two  to  pass  each 
miles  firm  S'lrllng  Castle,  so  he  ral.ed  hl»  ougle  to  0,h(.r  pn,  lied  open  a door  which 

h. y  Hi*  ,o  call  together  hi.  scattered  follower*  bu"  fti|OW,.,|  Rht  to  stream  through 

liefer*  a blast  broke  Ihe  silllm  v*  His  Moje.ty  «.<•  on  ,a„  turn'  stair  which  disnp- 
..•(..sled  by  a woman,  who  emerged  suddenly  and  pi.nr<j  jn  th.  darknera  still  further 
i irotleed  from  the  foriwl  oi  hi*  left  hand. 

•My  Lord,  the  King’"  she  said,  and  her  voice.  UK. 

I.ie  .mind  of  .liver  bell*,  had  a note  of  lnqulry> 

V.s  my  lassie."  answered  the  young  man  peer 
me  down  al  hla  questioner,  lowering  U>  bugle  an. 

i. inlng  lf>  “■»  frightened  horse,  startled  b^the  *udd*t 
uppariiion  lurfore  him.  The  dusk  had  not  yet  wr  fin 
mlekene-J  but  the  King  could  see  his  Interlocutor  w«J 
y.uing  and  .trlktngly  beautiful.  Although  dr>**ei! 
ihe  garb  *f  the  lower  orders.  Iherv 
Imposing  dignify  in  her  demeanor  a*  sne  stood  there 
by  tn-  -Hi  "f  the  road  Her  head  «M  uncovered,  tnc 
~ ,ml  elm  wore  over  It  having  altpprd  down  to  n#r 
should)  * ■ .rid  her  abundant  hilr  unkOOttcd  and  un- 
nbbooe  l w.i»  aa  ruddy  a*  uron  gold. 

-They  told  me  at  Stirling."  she  .old.  "that  you  were 
hunting  through  thu»  district,  and  I have  been  search- 
ing for  you  tn  the  fortst  " 

"Good  h. nvens.  girl""  cried  Ihe  King,  "have  you 
walked  all  ihe  way  from  Stirling?  1 
"\y«.  and  much  further  It  Is  nothing,  for  X *m 
oe.  unom.d  to  1 1 And  now  I crave  a won!  with  Your 
Milcsty." 

"8UTdy.  surely."  replied  the  King  with  enthusiasm, 

T.n  thought  of  danger  In  this  unconventional  encounter 
.rv-urrlng  ro  him.  Tho  natural  prudence  of 
InvYritbiy  deserted  ^hlm  when  a pretiy  woman 
„ ,'j,  concerned.  Now  instead  of  summoning  Ms  train, 
lo-  looked  anxiously  up  and  down  the  road  lls’cnmg 
Tor  any  sound  of  Ms  men.  but  fhr  stillness  seemed  to 
merest**  with  the  darknew.  and  the  silence  was  now 
in  found,  nol  even  the  rustic  of  a leaf  dlslurblng  It- 


oloft 

The  King  nod  himself  In  a large 
square  apiirt  cut  either  on  the  llrsl 
or  .erond  .-.I  ' It  appraisal  In  some 

sort  to  be  a ndy's  houdulr.  for  the 
benches  vn  r.  ushloned  and  comforl- 
abhs  and  to.  ' were  ovldener*  about 
on  smull  tab  • of  mpi'alry  work  and 
other  ncedl  employment  recently 
abandoned. 

-Wilt  Yd  Majesty  kindly  be 
seated  1“  said  lie  girl.  "I  must  drew 
up  i He  ludd-  close  ihe  postern  door 
and  then  In  rm  my  lady  that  p)» 
an  here  " 

y the  way  they  bod 
the  dour  with  a 
to  the  King  un- 
i ha  caught  hi*  breath 
iter  aa  hi*  quick  car 
i that  » holt  had 
tried  to  ope" 
d tint  It  was  In- 
tho  outside 


‘My  Lord 
the 
King?’ 
she  said, 
and 


She  went 
entered  an 
force  Hiot 


twy  ■ 


CHAP.  II.— The  Girls  Stratagem. 


instant 
seemed  to 
fallen.  H' 
the  door 
deisl 

Tmh». 
••Now 

bow  In  thl 

such  chll. 
authority 

that  her 

Scotland 
ond!  Me 


Udl 

-...  himteff  i~~  I 
■ in  mv  mother  V.  * , 

she  expect  by  *"  V’t 
to  rmunia  her  \ 

Doe*  l hr  hope  x 
Ini' band  shall  rule  ( 

,oi"  **  did  hefr  »e 

i ’ By  Si  Andrew. 


CHAP. 

The  King 
uvar  hla 
ngalnst 
that  reverbe 
"Open'.” 
Then  he 
of  his  fury, 
hr  heard  light 

the  [isssagu 


— A Prisoner. 

i • bend 
rondo 


icb.  raised  It 
cl  It  In  blU 
r loor  wltb  a noise 
' orough  the  ca*lle. 
i "open  instantly'" 
waiting  the  result 
•ntty  he  thought 
1 -b  ps  coming  along 
n instant  later  the 
'lowly  In  Ihe  lock. 

. and  to  hi*  amage-  • 

i indlng  bofnfe  him 

ned  eye*,  his  guide.  Wit  dressed  now 


•Ar„l  who  my  girl,  are  you?"  continued  the  King 
noticing  that  her  oyew  f.illowed  his  glance  up  ano 
down  the  rood  with  wune  trace  of  apprehension  In 
them  and  thnt  she  hrwltaled  to  speak 
"Mur  II  plr«J*  your  gracious  .Majesty  I am  numOle 
tlrv-n"mnn  to  thot  noble  lady.  Margaret  Stuart  your 
honored  mother.-" 

The  King  gave  a whistle  of  aston1«hmrni. 

"Mr  mol  her!"  he  exclaim  Sd.  “Then  wlmt  in  Ihe 
name  ef  Heaven  an.  yviu  doing  her*  and  alone.  *o  far 
from  Methuen?”  ..... 

"We  dime  from  Methuen  ywlerdiy  to  Her  I-ady-  rnJgp  kc>. 
ohlp's  Castle  of  Doune."  Tho  Joor  op 

Thill  Her  Ladyship  must  have  come  to  a very  sud-  mrnl  ,u,  MW 
den  rewolt/tlon  to  travel,  for  tho  Constable  or  Doune  wlth  w|(lo  frl< 

Is  In  my  hunttng  party,  and  I II  swear  he  expected  no  a ,ni,r 
vlaliors  ' "Madame." 

.My  gracious  Lady  did  not  wish  3tunrt  ihe  Con-  me4nlns  (lf 
S'  able  t ' expect  her.  nor  does  .he  now  desire  hla  "p|Msar,lry  t 
knowledge  Of  her  preOrnew  in  the  castle  She  com-  hffr  ||ltnll  u „ 
nisndrd  me  o ask  Your  MaJ.sty  to  request  the  r .o-  |lunl),OIno 

«"->»  *“  «"•  "bneh  he  i roken.  attempted  to  lay  hand,  on 

hr  •pend#  mo*X  of  M*  iime  bhf  sour  Majesty 
lo  romc  lo  Jw  with  all  speed  and  secrecy  ’* 

• M>  slrl.  ' sold  the  Kliur.  leaning  toward  her.  '*>eu  ‘'Pleasontnr^' 
do  not  .peak  like  a serving  maid.  What  Is  your  may  w II  nsk 
name-  1,0,1  ao,ne  hcr' 

"I  nave  been  a gentlewoman,  sire."  she  an.wered  "Who  I am 
simply,  "but  w .men.  alas,  cannot  control  their  for-  very  well,  boci 
tunes  >ly  name  I*  Catherine  1 will  now  forward  to  of  garb  does  ; 

Doune  and  wall  for  you  at  the  further  side  of  the  and  the  King 
n.w  bridge  the  lullor  has  built  over  the  Tcltb  If  hi.  eustomnry 
you  will  secure  your  horae 


-N  W* 


ef  voice, 
ike  the 
sound 
silver 
bells, 

of 


from  me  of  cnnceMlon*  for  your  family?" 

"I  could  not  wring  concession#  from  you.  been  us  o 
you  could  not  moke  good  tboae  conceskons  unle-a  l 
releaaeil  you.  1 dar#  not  ruliwse  you  because  l <lart 
not  trust  you." 

"I  foresaw  that  would  he  your  ilinirulty.  and  so  I 
lol  l your  slslor  Dial,  buying  gone  so  far.  you  could  not 
retreat.  The  iwue  la  therefore  narrowed  down  to 
death  unit  how  It  may  Int  be  accomplished." 

"1  dare  not  let  you  go."  ns  termed  Catherine 

"Of  a surety  you  dnre  not.  That  la  what  I have 
said  from  the  beginning. 

"On  the  other  hand.  1 dure  make  no  coneestlon 
under  coercion  Unit  would  save  my  life  Yoo  are  wo 
ore  both  ir  wardly.  » i-h  In  a different  w.iy.  And  now. 
having  come  to  the  utisulutuly  loginai  conclusion  ihat 
the  King  mu*  die,  you  should  turn  your  mind  to  the 
dimoulile*  that  confront  you.  I.  you  tee,  am  uiwo 
armed.” 


CHAP.  VIII. — Dagger  for  Dagger. 


. in. nle  by  my  dagger 


dieivor  to  eliminate  from 

Oh  Catherine  Catherine  ...bbed  Ieahel.  weeping  advice  la  to  la-  .muasll.il  and  nf  act 

veatid?  We  h\( 


In  fear  and  horror  of  the  situation,  "you  cannot  e 
template  s,i  xwful  a deed.  » murder  «a  foul,  for  h. 
ever  ufiworthy  he  may  be  be  Is  still  Ihe  King." 


CHAP.  VI.— cA  Sister's  Tlea. 


tausted  wltb 
i her  beneb. 


"Your  mother's  fiouas?1  echoed 

uncanny  laugh.  fcln*  nad  once  more  seainl  himself,  and 

"When  bos  the  Lady  Mnrvoret  svt  foot  In  Doun*7  ,,-sting  hla  chin  on  hi*  open  palm.  Ilalened  to  the  dl«- 
Nut  since  she  was  divorced  from  my  uncle.  Archibald  emudon  ev  It r>  the  mt#n  *ted  bearing  of  one  who  had 

• •ted  the  girl  staring  at  him  with  Douglas,  Ksrl  of  Angus,  and  the  Constable?  An  the  C0I.  ..rn  w|,h  p.  nsuii.  \ half  im.med  -mile 

.lie.'  Iron  key.  alert  to  run  If  this  COnslable  ls  In  8tlrllrig  Duunr  Cflsilc  •tanda  glo -my  „r  hi*  lips  and  on,-,  or  twl  .•  he  made  a m •- 

strewn  round  by  the  wrevkag.'  of  an<'  alone,  but  In  Stirling  wlili  the  joun*  King  tn.-re  |lon  ll#  ,r  tll.  WOuld  Intervene,  but  on 

are  monks,  and  hunting  and  g:syel>  Young  Htiiari 
draws  ihe  revitnuea  of  hla  charge  but  pays  ailgnt  at- 
tention to  the  fulfilment  of  h * dutv 
"You  are  then  Isabel  Douglas,  and  now  to  echo 
your  own  question,  how  came  you  hero?  If  thta  is 
a den  of  Douglnm*  u*  you  #wy.  how  cornea  my 
mother"*  castle  to  be  officered  by  the  enemies  of  hur 


i the  King  sternly.  "I  ask  you  tn* 

'h'asantry 


in  s.itd  again  "Thai  la  a question  I 
i.  Who  are  you.  sir.  nnd  wliai  arc 


allayed, 
women. 

"Madame,  the  lo  no  Queen 


where  before  coming 
tho  river,  and  meel  me  there  on  foot.  X will  con- 
duct you  to  the  e/isito  Will  you  come?" 

"Of  o sure."  cried  the  King,  in  a tone  that  left 
no  doubt  of  hla  intentions  "I  shall  overtake  you 
long  befor#  you  are  at  th*  bridge!"  As  be  suld  this 
tho  girl  fled  away  In  the  darkness,  and  then  Tic  hair,  whllo  she 
rained  his  bugle  to  hit  lips  and  blew  a blast  that  Inm: 


what  1 am  doing  here  you  know 
you  brought  me  here.  A change 
change  a well-remembered  face." 


"That  you  s*k  such  . 


■d  to  Ms  visitor  with  a return  of  sight  or  knowledge  of 


rlllnes*.  now  that  hi*  suspicions 
ho  knew  how  to  deal  with  prvlty 


■tin allnn  shows  little  for* 
When  your  Aral  *t»p- 


Scotland.  but  you 
Queen  by  >i  of  nature.  »o!  ;hougb  you  doff 
ihange  your  golden  c-own  ' 
went  up  unconsciously  to  her  ruddy 
armored  mure  to  beranlf 


speedily  brought  answering  calls 


CHAP.  III. — The  King's  Ride  Alone. 


m>  honorabl^ t 


•'This  la  some 
"Catherine  wa 
ulial  Is  yiur  na 
"Isatml  Is  my 
have  met  my  t 

J.iiTiiws  unexplained  absenen#  wore  so  frequent  that  „rauKi„  you  pure 
hi*  announcement  of  an  Intention  not  to  return  home  an  nbvJle 

that  night  caused  no  surpriie  among  his  company,  so  • - ' 

bidding  him  good-nlxht.  they  canlerwl  off  toward  Stir- 
ling, while  he.  unaccompanied,  w«t 
northwest  and  ht*  spur*  to  the 
but  lil«  *(c*d  was  ulovnly  lin'd  out  and  could  not  now 
keep  pace  with  Ida  Impotlenne  To  his  disappoint- 
mint  he  did  not  overtake  the  girl,  but  found  her 
• ailing  for  nlm  at  ihe  now  bridge,  and  together  choj 
miked  the  short  half  mile  to  the  castle 

night  had  prov*d  exceedingly  dark,  and  Ihcy 


' '•.Hhorlnc's  work. 

>"ur  mi m*'  In  tho  forest,  my  lady. 
in  tho  CaHlUr- 

on-  In  castle  and  forest  allko.  You 
sister,  Catherine.  Why  lias  *ho 

-on,  1 am  here  at  the  command  of 
in  r,  ofnil  your  sister— If  Indeed  god 


. . vtrang  * f.Ur  and  «o  strangely  similar  can 
face  to  Itn  (wo  p,. ™on>—  " done  to  acquulat  my  mother  of 
horse's  flank*.  m>.  arrlr(v|,-' 


The  girl's  al. 

diminished. 

"Your  mt  tliegfl  Who  is  shi?" 

"Kintl,  Margarai  Tudor,  daughter  of  Die  King  ol 
Kngluml.  si'cond-t'Murgarei  Stuart,  wlf"  of  tno  King 
-f  Scotland,  thlrifl  M argil r.  1 Dougins,  Ill-mats  of  Ihi 


father,  and  my  uncle.  Archibald  Douglas,  had 
trol  of  this  rustle  through  your  mother's  name  he 
fllluj  It  with  hla  own  adherents" 

"Naturally;  nivpotlsro  wn«  a w*ll-kn.r»n  linn  of  my 
domineering  stepfather.  whloTi  did  not  add  to  hi# 
popularity  In  gcotlnnd  Who  can  get  office  or  Jusilc 
against  a Dougins"'  was  their  cry.  But  dkl  nol  young 
U*n  |i,  Smart,  when  he  was  made  Constable,  pul  In  his  own 
msn?" 

"The  Constable,  a*  >urely  you  are  well  awoie. 
light  ni  tent  Ion  to  anything  but  the  revenue#  .,f 
thl*  cjatlr.  which  he  guyly  sjiends  In  your  capital  " 
"I  sec.  g.>  you  and  your  sister  found  rvfugv  among 
your  underlings,  and  wher*-  so  safe  from  scorch  ns 
within  the  King#  mother's  own  fortr.-s*  almost 
under  the  slradow  of  Stirling’  An  admirable  devi  e 
Why.  then,  do  you  Jeopardise  your  safely  by  letting 
me  Inin  the  secret?" 

The  girl  *l*h>il  deeply  with  downcast  eye*,  then  * is 
flashed  a glance  at  him  which  had  something  In  ll  of 
tho  old  Dougin*  hauteur 


ond  thought 

kept  silent. 

"Do  not  all*  nipt  this  fell  deed,  dear  slsn  r."  pleaded 
Isabel  •nroeslly.  "l*-t  u»  away  a#  we  Intended  The 
hor*,s  are  ready  ond  waiting  for  u#  Our  mother  I# 
looking  for  our  coming  in  her  room  The  night  wear* 
on  and  «*  mu«t  pirn*  Sttrllnc  while  it  I*  vet  dirk.  *o 
there  l»  nil  lime  to  be  lost-  Dear  slrter.  let  -n  quit 
ik-otland  a#  we  purposed,  no  ort'itrved  land  to  all  of 
our  name,  but  let  n#  qalt  ll  vlth  unsMImd  Iiimdr." 

I,, In j,  darling,"  said  Cnlhorlno  in  o low  voliv  that 


I beg  of  you  to  he 
us  an. I may  consider  the  rirtoui 
at  our  leiaurr.  and  thus 
need  be 

Isabel,  well-nlgli^  exhausb 
her  frellu*#.  «ank‘ii|>oii 
Stood  mollonlrsw  dngge-r  in  hand, 
the  doer  The  King,  seeing  »?.. 
obey,  went  on  suavely.  Thor*  « is 
admiratlnn  in  his  eye  as  he  regu- 
somin. 

"Cstheilne.”  he  said,  "can  you 
i King  of  Scotland,  a Jamew  also, 
1i.nu.Tns  bore  relation  to  each  oi 
similar  circumstances’" 


The  King  a*  ho  spoke  took  from  hlf  doubl.  e ' 
dagger  almost  similar  to  the  on#  held  by  the  girl  A 
gentle  smile  passe!  his  lip*  a#  he  ran  hla  ihumh  along 
the  edge,  and  then  glanced  up  at  the  two  In  lime  to 
notice. their  consternation  at  this  new  element  In  tb. 
situation 

"One  cannot  expect  to  enter  a tiger's  cave  and  not 
feel  a touch  of  hlf  clnw«,  so.  Lady  CatM-rlnr.  your 
task  I*  more  serious  than  you  anticipated  There  is. 
furthermore,  another  #nurc*  of  dungcr  iis.vn.-r  you. 
and  li  i*  my  sincere  wish  that  In  ihe  strugnlc  to  con 
you  mav  not  be  too  severely  handicapped.  While  tl  ■ 
Issue  of  our  cnntcsl  Is  still  In  doubt,  yoar  sister  wl  I 
assuredly  unlock  the  <lour  snj  give  the  alarm  npbln 
tn  prevent  your  tvyni.  mplntivl  crime,  or  my  killing  .. 
you.  I think  If  rlgh  that  you  should  nut  be  called 
upon  to  suffer  this  intervention,  for.  If  you  will  per- 
mit m»  tc  *#y  so.  I tdmlre  your  determination  « 
much  as  I admire  In  another  way.  the  Laly  t«ai»-l  « 
leaning  lownnd  mercy  l shall  thon  take  this  key 
from  th*  larv.-r  door  xnd  place  It  with  your  cuter 
outside  on  the  nnrrow  stairway  You  have  withdrawn 
tho  rope  1td.Tr  she  cannot  alarm  the  garrison." 

"Rut  1 have  not  withdrawn  It."  salJ  Catherine 
quickly-  "My  sister  must  not  leave  thl*  room  or  .h« 
will  bring  h Isfferenee  " 

"Then  ” #sl.l  the  King,  ealmly.  a#  he  rose  and  took 
the  key  from  the  large  door.  "w»  shall  at  Isasl  n.  it'- 
ll impossible  for  her  to  open  the'  * ay  Into  the  hall.' 
•no  wring  tie  wteyiiHvl  to  me  smaller  door.  wiuoT 
h,'  opened  anil  before  either  of  th*  women  could  pre- 
vent Ms  action,  or  even  grasp  an  Inkling  of  his  de- 
► l»n.  h.'  stepped  qUJSIde,  key  In  hand,  nnd  thrust  10 
their  place#  the  boits  of  the  slairwoy  dfior. 

The  two  girl*  looke-d  at  each  othor  for  a moment 
In  silence.  laob*l  plainly  panic-stricken,  while  In 
Catherine's  face  ang»r  -I  mint  led  with  chagrin.  Each 
was  quick  to  see  the  sudden  oonsequeiwea  of  this 
turning  of  the  tables,  the  two  were  helpless  prisoner* 
In  « remote  portion  of  th*  ensile,  no  one  within  its 
walls  being  acquainted  with  thslr  whereabout#  The 
King,  Insulted,  hoodwinked  and  all  but  murdered, 
was  now  at  liberty,  free  to  ride  ths  few  short  leagues 
that  toy  between  Doune  and  Skirling,  and  before 'lay- 
- v h ' hre *k  the  fortress  would  be  In  the  hsnds  of  an  over- 
' ind  if  my  whelming  force  and  the  whole  garrison  rrlw>n*r*  In 

' '.  May  ,,le  and  alienee  on  unexpected  #oun!  exme  to  thwn 
nl«m  b.  fore  f,om  lhc  dibble:  the  sound  ..f  i man  endeavoring  to 
' .lii',',.  point#  Mk"'”  the  hearty  laughter  lh:ii  overmastered  him. 

’ . To  iw  doomed  l#  bad  enough,  but  to  be  mad*  :h" 

11  ’ ' subject  of  levity  «m*  tno  much  for  the  dauntlesi 

Catherine.  She  flung  her  dagger  ringing  lo  the  stone 
with  s gvwlure  of  rage,  then  wink  upon  a bench, 
and.  like  her  ulster,  gave  way  to  tears— tears  of  bitter 
humiliation  and  rage 


ih#  intensity  of 
n Catherine  still 
r back  against 
i not  Intend  U> 
ght  of  intense 
i : he  » landing 


CHAP.  IX.— The  King's  RSbenge. 


1 aic  Wtlf*  

,nd  . Catherine  ,h,", 
r In  aomi-whul  lr(e  , 


■ UiMr  luuiw.  PW Kl  inf  IV1UK.  IV 

CHAP.  VII. An  Appca  to  History.  Both  of  »"U  take  mailer,  r 

rr  , mile  laughter  Is  mvi'WAry  In  Lhl 


"Ladles."  said  the  King  from  the  outside.  ”1  o*'X 
i will  allow  me  to  open  tn*  door,"  but  recelv- 
miswer.  Ulo  bolts  were  dniwn  once  more. 
Jumes  iignln  entered  the  apartment  an  t gnied  down 
upon  ts.v  fair,  proud  heads,  crowned  with  ruddy  hair 
Dror  linin'*  -old  the  King,  "forgive  my  untimely 
muon  loo  seriously: 

. ......  ™ , ...  this  world  My  r^#uy 

The  King  paused,  but  the  girl,  .vcrlng  at  him,  rll)c.  I told  you-thul  f could  grant  no  concesalons 

made  no  reply.  »nd  after  a few  nv  nts  the  young  c„t,rcion.  but  now  coercion  has  vanished  aril  I- 

man  went  on.  enter  Inis  room  a tree  roan  nf  my  own  will.  Tell  me. 

"It  was  ii  year  more  than  a c-  ,lir'  1 ■"  whon  m>  girl,  what  la  It  you  want— the  rescinding  of  your 

the  life  of  James. I.  was  not  only  tl  utened.  but  ex-  ftl(hpr  , *xlle?  It  Is  granted.  The  right  to  live  un- 

quaver,  l with  the  emotion  caused  by  her  slct*-  - .Its-  anguished,  not  by  mi*  bravo  woman  nut  b'  • niob  of  mo,e,ted  In  your  own  castls?  It  is  grunted  bite 

ir«  »s  uml  nppeal.  "what  unlii'  ky  chnn  e brought  you  cowardly  nssaasin*.  Then  Catherlt  Dougl  " m-arh  ,.onjuct  ,0  longlnnd?  II  I*  granted.  Toe  privilege  of 

lo  this  fatal  dour  al  such  n moment?  Can  you  not  -nved  tin-  life  .if  hcr  King.  She  thr  ' her  r . ' young  r-innlnln*  In  Doune?  It  Is  granted.  But  do  not  nk 

under ilo nd  that  I hnvo  gone  too  far  to  retreat?  Wn..,  arm  Into  the  Iron  loops  of  # door.  ^ 

having  raged  the  tiger,  dare  open  again  Ih*  door  nnd  ternl  by  ihosc  craven  miscreant# 
him  free?”  Iwiliel  wept  quietly,  her  faeo  In  he- 

••Catherine.  Catherine,  th*  King  will  piHon  ; ' ''••■•  ■" “ 

IB  will  surely  forgive  what  you  hnve  done  In 
change  for  Ids  life." 

"Korglver.essl"  cried  Catherine,  her  eye*  bln; 
iiniln.  "I  want  no  forgiveness  from  th- 
qi'otlnnd  Pardon!  The  llgcr  would  pnrdoi 
he  Is  free  again.  The  King  mnsl  die," 


you.  but  Cutheriiio  nnsncrel  In  auger 
,x-  “Why  did  the  Catherine  Douglas 

her  life  to  save  her  King?  Benins  Tune*  ■ »#»  “ 
ling  Just  monarch.  Why  doe#  the  CUthei  ■ Dougins  of  I"- 
,,f  doy  wish  to  thrust  her  dnneer  Into  fa'"1'  heart  of 
till  once  Jitmeu  V.?  Because  he  ha#  inrn.,|  . me  hand  th  it 
niirlurei  him" 


"I  shall  go  as  you  hnve  bid  me.  Catherine,  but  not 
lo  do  your  bidding  I shall  arouse  tills  ensile  and 
prevent  nn  nhomltsible  crime  " 

Catherine  laughed  harshly. 

"Whom  would  you  call  to  your  assistance?  Doug- 
Dnugloe**.  Dougins**'  How  main  of  y 


"The  hand  that  imprisoned  him. 
Bunion  my  correction." 

"He  turned  mi  the  mini  who  f 
wisely  and  well  " 

"Again  pardon  me;  he  had  no  rig:, 
th*  King,  not  Archlbuld  Douglas.  I 
slds  Ihe  question,  and  recrimination 


ml  had  It  shat-  mi,  rr5Cind  ii.mlshmcnt  again#!  Archibald  Ihiugln". 

Karl  of  Angus,  for  that  I shall  not  concede  Tne 
no  open  bunds,  pouglss  amblthui.  and  not  the  Scottish  King,  nns 
wrecked  Ihe  Douglas  family,  both  Black  and  Ked 
i mot  -lay  risk  But  r ,r  ,,  coniv-rn*  your  own  ImmsdUte  kin.  with 
i nne*  I »x»  a one  exertion  I Shull  give  anything  you  like  to  j»k  " 
Catherine  rose  to  her  feet,  threw  hack  her  auburn 
Ire- id.  anil  sold  curtly: 

"We  nsk  nothing  hut  the  privilege  of  leaving  tne 
countrv  you  rule." 

The  King  hnwed 
"And  you.  Lilly  Isabel?” 

"|  go  with  my  sister  and  my  mother  " 

"t  grieve  at  your  dcolslon.  ladles,  and  for  the  first 
lime  In  my  life  envy  England  In  gelling  #n  advantage 
. ver  poor  old  Scotland,  which  1 hope  will  nol  be 
Irreparable,  for  I trust  you  will  return  But  If  such 


ply  Ca'-ncrlne- 

, rned  Scotland 

. govern;  I was 
.,11  mat  1s  oe- 
, M l ns  sontl- 


1 fear."  she  said,  "that  it  |,  not  our  safely  wM,  ?,  w»H.  one  only,  and  tba*  Is  obr  n.aHisr,  old  and  help- 


' ...  . ^ ^ #IIIC  (IIP  IUBI  Ilium  ' ‘P*#" " . _ , . 

I thinking  Will  you  find  in  tOr  on. lie  Ymi  know  (D<inl  fl|p  l.|uU,lln<  oolll  rea,,,,,.  v l wished  to  ,,  v„„r  n„nl  determination,  then  go  In  pesce  and  In 


■s.-re  almost  *1  the  caatir  beforr  ll#  huge  bulk  loomed  i;jr|  of  Angut-  fdi.uh.  ,el  u,  hope>  imally,  Mor 
blackly  before  them.  There  wn*  something  »o  slnle-  stuart  a(«n,  iqxiuw  of  Lord  Methuen. 


■ t<r  m IH  dim.  grim  contour  that  for  the  first  U 
Sinew  he  set  out  on  thl#  night  »dvcnlur-  a simpiclon 
that  he  wa#  acting  unwnoly  creased  th-  King  # mind. 

Still,  he  medllaicd.  It  wa#  hts  mother's  own  cistlf. 
tb»  constable  of  which  wu*  a firm  friend  of  Ms  own. 
almost,  as  one  might  any.  * relative,  for  he  wa#  the 
y-.unew  brothel  of ' hts  mother's  hu«hunfJ,  so  whut 
Could  br  jmlys  with  hl»  vl»M? 

"You  ar>  not  inking  m*  ;o  I 
whispered. 

"Xo.  to  the  postern  door" 


uuu  ibk** 

Dilrdl  Marg 

u*:  M ' Ih.  : 

1 ag®ii. 

owner  uf  this  csiwt 


■ sume  slrungliolil  which  gives  Immunlly  to 
uglntew  eon  liurdly 
confer  sccurlly  upon  James  V , itudr  p 


family  of  the  Rod 


CHAP.  V. — The  7lot  Revealed. 


Tin • girl  •wiiyod  at  If  she  would  fall,  all  color  struck 
*uddcnly  from  her  fare  She  leaned,  nearly  fainting, 
agalniit  ihe  #lonc  wall.  pa#*lng  her  hnnii  once  or  twice 
main  entrance,"  he  across  hor  terror-filled  eye*. 

"Great  God."  »bd  mooned,  "do  nol  tell  me  that  >'0U 


The  helpless  IWhi.l  yank  hor  head  against  the  will  J^„Vnnted,  nnd 
,1  into  n fury  of  nerplng  Grahams  und  t 

mild  the  King  soothingly,  rising  to  his  executed.  io  his 
yi.il  gmoloosly  rondone  mv  mierventlon  fnthor.  janesjll.  wax  carried  ofT’i 
dispute?  You  arc  dl«eu#*liig  an  Important  art.  y||r  Aiesnrder  Boyd  was  bchendixl 
. in  tl*  eommi»#ton  nf  which  all  — ntlmeuj  ’hmilit  n„pj,„w  » ifferod  forfeiture 
tie  llmlnated;  nn  act  wnloli  requires  ihe  haul  •trang  ,|ml  vlolenc»  Is  usunly  futtl. 
mln.i  *r  x man  brought  to  Ixir  upon  Ihe  p'"'  "id  ,0.”  answered  Cotherlm 

con#  "f  It*  consummation.  You  arc  dealing  with  It  on 
Itandpolnt  of  the  heart  and  not  of  the 
iimnoii  with  women,  and  one  thill  ha? 


"No  Certainly  Hint  would  lie  lop 
Aro  you  then  In  tills  plot  ngulnat  m. 

"I  have  not  heard  of  any  plot.  If  there  I*  on-  I 
know  nothin*  of  It.  1 merely  aoquulnt  you  with  soin.- 
c«  o »f  my  f«ors." 

■Then  I chiirgu  you  a#  a loyal  subject  of  tho  luwfui  tiroly  from  th. 
king  to  guide  me  from  Ihla  stronghold  into  which  i head,  on  error 

luivn  neon  eosenod  by  treo< fiery  and  falsehood."  ever  prceludoil  th-lr  effi-uiivr  dealing  with  mnl 
Catherine,  who  had  sntsred  silently  and  unnotlctd  state.  You  will  t#««lon  me.  Lady  l»at"T. 
through  Ihe  smaller  door.  ri  >w  slopped  forward,  drew  that  your  slater  take#  # much  more  i>r«i-tic..l  vnr 

hor  slslor  Into  tho  room,  took  out  the  hug*  Key.  of  tne  situation  limn  you  do.  She  Is  perfectly  rignt 

Jams*"  Kliig  of  Scotland,  here  and  nlono  in'  this  «><«">  'he  door  and  locked  It.  then  turned  riercei,  t , in  holding  that,  having  me  prl,r^ 

P.ut  th.  postern  door  Ir  .itusfed  In  lh<  wall  high  den  of  Douglases  " "is  King.  Her  beautiful  white  right  arm  was  bars  fcoMtblc  fi>  allow  me  ta ' go  se..  Me.s 

above  niv  reach,  ll  I#  mt.nded  for  tbe  exit  of  .»  "Douglisf  cried  the  King,  roused  at  the  nateq  l<>  Ihe  elbow,  the  h*.»e  sleeve  rollev!  up.  and  In  her  *r*'i*r  ‘0l|y  ,,mn  rnl,V  °*  nH" 

poulble  in* s*.  i: err  during  » »fi*c  *nd  nob  for  ihe  name  "How  can  there  be  Douglas.#  In  the  Castle  of  hand  she  held  a dogger  ti  lth  her  back  aguloet  lh«  "Docs  Your  MaJ.-*' 
cinr.im.  i.r  n guest.  Duuns,  my  mothev’s  house,  cunstsbltd  by  mjr  friend,  newly  locked  door.  #be  said-  mur. 

ug  Stuart ?'  "I'll  b*  Your  Majesty's  guide  from  thli  castle. 


Hlt'lll  H»»  i iuu"iin  t urn  ivuwwii,  i * 

point  nut  Is  Hint  a -fiixslnstlon  or  th  ■■d'lurn  of  king#  lho  .myitght.  Your  Journey  .hall  not  h.  ,’>I 

very  rarely  accomplish  their  ohi. . .irnnes  I.  * '»  m„  nul  before  you  add  fim.llly  to  your  intention#.  I 

Idas  a rosulte  « Stuart#.  ,hlnk  It  would  be  but  f.i‘r  to  Inform  your  I-nJy  Motner 

wo  Chamberses  w mriure  I ,hc  King  Is  »nr..u*  Ui  be  of  service  to  her.  an! 

murderer*  pyonte.i  "•  My  fD""'  lirrIllip,  »h,  mo,  be  content  to  accept  what  her 
ne  tl'.yd*.  blit  jaughtM*  „rr,  pppar  ntly  too  proud  to  recolv  - 
lx  brother  nnd  j,m(at  p|nc.d  the  key  one*  mor*  In  the  lock,  and 
l nave  shown  (i .rn|nB  l0  (-..thorlnc  snld. 

"Mv  fair  aningonlsl.  1 bid  you  good-night  " 
tl,  .rretched  out  hi#  right  hand,  and  *he.  with  « 


odd  ai 
I thl. 


" 


iidfath-r 


n««ii ••milted  nnd  the  mnn  wh*  fi""  " n"’  ,ii  ,n,-.„  I.vd  visible  reluctance,  placed  her  palm  In 

known  to  thl-  day.  Your  great-g  .*«»»*»  bn^lf  - -n.es 

murdered  the  Block  Dough.#  In  80 ,hu".  hr,n“ 


it  ling  in  accordance  with  my  Instructions.” 


-ru,  .,  the  King  raised  to  his  Up*  M>e  hand  which 

..  ,1,,,.  - mrd  like  to  have  #Un  kSi.  him  down. 

"And  yon,  -"e«T  Isabel,  who#*  gentl*  words  I shall 
not  soon  forge',  you  will  not  ref. is*  me  your  osmtr 
• No.  Your  .Mijcsty.  It  you  will  promise  to  think 

l*Th#r  Klng^however.  did  not  raise  her  hand  lo  Ms 
in*  nn  arm  shout  her  waist  he  drew  hcr 
and  klsxed  her  N*tl  momeni  he  was 

iocs  lour  maj t*.»  ois*'-  ,--v»  — * — • . - . . . hurrying  down  the  stone  *l*(W.  snd  the  two  wxr* 

do,?"  raked  Isabel.  aroo*«1.  giulng  at  the  yoing  may  b*  th«  better  able  to  advise  ,)an«  together. 

her  tear#  4 true  objocl-rvvengo  and  my  daath  - «V  *nnl' 


’ srgue  In  favor 


when  I i 


thing  " 
of  your  own 


Inf  Mr  urnrxl  ftonor.  for  h*  hR«l  c OI*  n*u*,If  1*f‘‘ 
conduct,  yrt  he  profiled  by.  Ms  ac»  ' MRhw  my 
klnsmep " i i 

"I  sec.  laid*  Catherine,  that  yoVsr  ?■»  «*"  v*r*C'1 
In  history  for  me  to  contend  with 
on  that  »t>bject."  said  th.  K'ng  wl' 

"We  will,  therefore.  rv#trlct  the  Inqu- 
people  should.  Tell 


dull) 

„ silent  laugh-  , . 

,h*  present  "P*-  P'*dn*  " 

new.  s*  lhal  X 


man  through  hor  tear*. 


■ i 


V 


-V 


Hohenzollern  family,  to  which  FHn 
# J Emperor  William  belong,  in  on--  of  the  m< 
■ Europe. 

1"  fact.  IU  genealogical  tree  ha*  a*  n 
the  Trojans  who  fled  to  the  north  Wjiei 
1Toy  was  raptured 

The  nnmo  Hoheniollem  «u  first  given  to  a rugged 
crag  tn  the  middle  of  the  Swabian  Alps.  This  crag  wi> 
royal  family  or  Prussia— the  first  nest  of  the  Black  E 
The  flrsl  great  Holienzullern  to  be  mentioned  In  hi 
who.  In  UTS.  was  made  a Prince  of  Iho  lloly  Homan  E 
In  1117  one  of  hls  descendants  beenme.  by  purchase, 
of  Brudenburg  The  llohentollern  family  continued 
tint II.  In  17W  It  came  to  Frederick  the  Great.'  the  ret 
the  Horn mollern  dynasty  and  the  German  Empire. 

From  Frederick  the  Grcul  (he  family  tree  runs  do 
Kaiser  as  follows. 


M.nr>-  and 
■indent  In 


'•■crowned 
folio  of  I he 


Trcdciick  ihc  Great.  1740-17«* 
Trederick  Ulilliam  IT..  niMW 
Trederlek  Ulilliam  m..  i707-im« 
Trederick  Ulilliam  TU.,  iMO-ite 
Trederick  Ulilliam  Lewis.  wv* 
Trcdcrlck  ITT.,  im. 
Ulilliam  TT. 


They  have  been  a race  or  soldiers,  battling  to  axis  I Ih.  houi 
of  tholr  country  or  to  add  prestige  to  her  flue.  From  >•  errlleit 
they  were  prepared  for  the  responsibilities  of  iho  tor  >»  with  «■ 
diligence  a,  if  they  were  athletes  training  for  o coni' 

Emperor  William's  young  sons,  for  Instances  or*  0 >*ed  to  bi 
6 o Chick.  Winter  and  summer,  and  rcudy  for  s piling'  ' an  Icy 
Half  an  hour  later  they  bre^ifa*'  With  Ihelr  fall  r,  dlnlngj 
simplest  and  plainest  food  They  are  repaired  to  give  t i-  military 
on  entering  and  tewing  the  room,  and  the  converaatt^'  1»  goner 
mlllUry  and  naval  subject* 

Every  hour  of  the  day  l«  laid  oui  like  the  running  >cheilul 
train  But  bonks,  atbtellcs  and  romps  are  so  lnl*rmlr0td  that  ll 


TXJDKJTJV  or  TH/ 


SlUNDAV,  FEBRU 


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mi 


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100 


drrn  have  plcrm  of  relaxation.  For  hair  an  Imur  every  morning 
and  evening  tin  Kaiser  romps  with  them,  rolling  about  on  the  floor, 
playing  'Tieor  i d "Indian.-  u»  if  he  were  only  ten  years  old  In- 
stead of  torty-uirve 

Sometlmei  . w hole  family.  Including  the  Empress,  carry  their 
noon  luncheon  to  ti  woods  nt  WUhelmshohe  Then,  lying  on  the  soft 
gras*  beneath  the  I,  k trees,  the  Kaiser  unbuttons  hls  stiff  military  coat 
and  has  o good  t uo  vfiih  the  youthful  Hohcnzollorn*.  eating  cold 
chicken  or  pork  pit  when  the  frolic  comes  to  on  end 

But  fun  Is  only  ,n  occasional  Incident  In  a Hohcnzollcrns  life  With 
Iho  Kola  or.  us  will  hls  Imperial  grandfathers,  the  throne  U a business 
am]  a rvsponslblllp  Upon  hls  shoulder*  rests  the  German  Empire,  atid 
hls  dally  endeavor  i*  to  increase  the  number  of  Its  friends  and  to  de- 
crease that  of  Its  rotmlcs 

The  llnhcnzoll and  adoptability  has  always  mode  a favor- 

able Impression  up.  n American*  who  have  been  prvssnted  at  the  German 
court 

In  ISM.  says  Poultney  Bigelow,  an  American  otllcer  was  presented  t- 
ibe  Kolser  at  the  r vitle  manoeuvres. 

•'Well,  what  th.  >ou  think  of  the  Emperor 7"  asked  Mr  Bigelow. 

•Immense!"  re. lint  «h*  oOlcsr.  with  enthusiasm  "He  has  a genuine 
Yankee  hoafl  on  him!" 

The  Hnficnzoli.  ru-  arc  to  Germany  what  the  Bourbon*  wero  to 
France,  or  what  tn.  Rominotf*  sre  to  Russia,  ihr  Hapsburgs  to  Austria 
and  the  Otivlphs  t..  Great  Britain 

No  other  tamlly  could  hold  together  so  well  a*  the  Hohensollern*  the 
various  sections  o'  'he  German  Empire,  for  while  the  prestige  of  Iheir 
family  Is  bused  ui  ">  force.  " nl*°  bMm  founded  on  fair  play  to  all 
classes  of  citizens 

Emparor  Wllliim  refuses  io  side  with  the  workers  against  the  em- 
ployees. or  with  tin  employers  against  the  gvorkers  He  declsres  himself 
to  be  the  ruler  of  "all  the  people  •• 

Since  the  days  of  If"'  nr*1  Frederick  every  Hohviis jllern  Is  obliged  I" 
learn  a trade  Eiaeeror  William  serve!  an  apprenticeship  with  a glove- 
maker,  and  print  H»"f>  with  a watchmaker 

Scwtlcred  about  the  royal  palace  m Berlin  aro  fancy  clocks  made  by 
Ih«r  young  Prince  U I*  sold  *l"»*  ho  never  send*  hla  watch  to  a Jeweller, 
hot  If  II  needs  repairing  takes  It  apart  and  llaes  II  hlenself 


J 


L... 

‘"I  the  iiftrriivait 

the  Columbia. 


-----  Dditruu 
than  i hr*.  l 

of"««u‘r,  tc, 

rrhramlnc  Gilbert  «a,M*>  s,  mV  ‘ 'ult  '■  aro 

r -■'• 

M«ua«-  i.-ro,u-k,  ,.^';;:;  * '«“”« 
Wmic?E,i';,g?r'“  Al,rcd  r'7/4'“"'i 

®™{R!T,  f^T,u  *••  *<«- 

«s» 

.V',o  ;;:^::;:rn-!r.^  ;;V‘ 

cb-h‘0?',  *;=•-»; 
ffTOiin.i  <,*  one  or  * ' . ** 
i rultoM  II,  r ' u"  Pfomlnim  . ...  - 

T,ue  rilUIIAl,  HOfUlTl. 

Ilprltnl  ofJVIollo,nr^,ll,y 

Tl.r  nr  xl  ro«rrlalran«ri  v>  be  .-nvn  by  the 
«ltor.nory  u.  II..  cUlr^l.  „ bi,-,. 

on*  noli,  ...m-e,  ,,  Mr  , -.  . 

or  <.Tir,r  ror  u.u  “;it 

•■  -l"K  lb.  Ihe  . oniervKaiiunB|  church. 

r.  « Mu-r  Join  rr.  rrv.a  from  Mr. 

J* “»•  ,h‘‘'  '•'*»  <»  <■■  «.w  ,b„„i  , 

sr;  r*^r::r,ofrih?  •*".«. 

xom.lblneVj  , ,™'.;'1!1  'h,',,,„w,H  *"'K 

»■:  h^4  «v tu?rr  .r^"rsssf 
3?  S/ftrs  arSSJS5 

"'*  ™fr Vk".: 

bn°!k'S  S-  b l- 

..-  1 . I n. r ui.ii-  lUlX  BOl..,  Wanner 

Jr'"  ,rom  ",,lr  W'alkurr.'  \Vaf 

,|KU  IIKIMITA1KO. 

■oiuclhlu*  Owr  WM,h  VII  


"Her 


PRINCE  HENRY'S  VISI'i 


His  Visit  Marks  Important  Epaoh  in 
Our  Diplomatic  Relations 

COMES  WITH  MESSAGE  OF  GOOD  WILL 

Royal  Welcome  Awaits  Kaiser's 
Special  Ambassador. 

FAVOHITB  OK  Ills  FAMILY 


Tin  npprnschlnjt  visit  or  Print-.'  Henry  of 
Prussia  :o  this  country  mnrluwun  Imtmrtnnt 
CIiO.il  In  the  history  of  tin-  dlplomotlc  re- 
lations between  the  Unhid  Sim. » and  for- 
cIko  countries.  A great  many  princes  tuivc 
Visited  Ann  rti  -i  In  the  past.  hut  none  of 


Prince  Henry. 

tlirni  ever  came  for  anythin*  hut  his  . 
pleasure.  Prince  Henry  comes  UH  tho  ape- 
elol  ambassador  of  Ids  brother,  the  Empe- 
ror of  Germany,  lie  cornea  on  nn  Important 
errand,  to  lie  sure,  ns  tho  personal  rvprc- 
aentiitUr  of  his  monarch,  lle'also  comes 
to  brln*  n message  of  good  Will  from  Ills 
(toi  ermn-nt  to  tho  people  of  tho  United 
Ctates.  These  points  are  whnt  lend  n.ldl- 
Monsl  Interest  to  his  visit.  Ho  will  be  ac- 
corded a royal  reception,  not  only  by  the 
name  natives  of  Ills  own  country  who  have 
become  elllrenx  of  this  great  republic,  but 
( native-born  Anierjcnns  who  appreciate  that 
Germany  Is  one  of  the  srcat.st  of  the  clv- 
lllsi'il  C "nitric*,  and  who  lire  anxious  to 
shun  m him  upon  Ids  Initial  visit  the  glo- 
ries of  Our  laud  and  people 
The  nominal  purpose  of  Prince  Henry  s 
Journey  t>.  the  I'nlitd  State*  at  this  time  In 
to  e pi"  at  ..  Ih.-  lunnrhlnjr  of  Em,,.  nr 

\v  it  tin  in  - pivv  • •uerleon-bullt  yacht  In 
Jvewark  ..  jn  «u'.  ilinu  next  month.  II 
Tklii 


12 


THE  ABBOTT  COURANT. 


Soon  the  elfin  callers  vanished ; 

Soon  the  children,  tired  with  playing, 
Closed  their  bright  eyes,  sweetly  smiling; 
And  we  saw  but  dying  embers. 

Then  we  said,  with  best  of  wishes, 

“ Good-night,  friends,  until  the  morning.” 

Sweeter  waking  had  one  never : 

Nought  but  glimmer  of  the  sunshine 
Breaking  gently  through  the  tree-tops, 
Whispering,  “ Up!  for  work  or  pleasure!” 

Many  horn's  were  spent  in  rambling ; 
Lured  by  the  delicious  coolness 
Of  the  woods,  all  veiled  in  shadows, 
Carpeted  with  greenest  velvet, 

Netted  with  the  partridge  berry. 

Seats  were  found  of  rarer  pattern 
Than  our  human  workmen  fashion; 
While  around  our  feet,  in  plenty, 

Grew  gray  mosses,  scarlet  lichens, — 

“ Fairy  drinking-cups,”  we  called  them. 

But,  with  never  wearying  footsteps, 
Onward  moved  the  sun  above  us; 

And,  descending  his  bright  stairway, 
Paused  a moment  on  the  mountain ; 
While  we,  on  the  rocks  moss-covered, 
Watched  him  as  he  kissed  each  flowret, 
Tinted  every  shrub  with  beauty, 

And  the  clouds  with  untold  splendor, — 
Then  was  gone ; and  left  us  singing 
“ Glory,  glory  dwelleth 
In  Immanuel’s  land.” 


E. 


F.  C. 


“DULCIS  MEMOR.” 

/ 

It  is  cold  and  dismal,  and  the  New  England  hills  look  gloomy 
1 enough  in  the  distance.  The  sunset,  although  rosy,  seems  cold; 
unlike  the  glow  of  our  southern  sky. 

As  I sit  by  my  window  and  look  at  the  clouds  I think  of  home. 
There  is  the  great  log-house  with  its  long  piazzas  covered  with  vines  ; 
they  cling  to  the  mossy  frames  of  the  small  windows  with  the  tight 
grasp  of  many  fingers.  The  faithful  dog  is  lying  on  the  door-step 
that  he  has  guarded  for  years.  I stand  before  the  great  fireplace, 


CAMP  FERN. 


11 


Vedas  and  Vedantas,  deep  in  all  the  Shastras,  strong,  acquainted 
with  the  secrets  of  nature,  practising  every  duty,  penetrating, 
amiable  to  all,  upright,  ample  in  knowledge,  of  noble  mind,  ever 
attended  by  the  good  as  the  ocean  by  rivers,  the  companion  of  truth> 
social,  the  only  lovely  one,  Rama,  the  seat  of  every  virtue,  the  in- 
creaser  of  Koushulya’s  joy,  profound  like  the  deep,  immovable  as 
Ileemaluya,  heroic  as  Vishnu,  grateful  to  the  sight  as  the  full-orbed 
moon,  in  anger  dreadful  as  the  conflagration,  in  patience  like  the 
gentle  earth,  generous  as  Dhanuda,  in  verity  unequalled.  By  these 
his  matchless  virtues  he  conferred  felicity  on  his  subjects,  and  theie 
fore  is  he  known  by  the  name  Rama.” 

This  poem  of  twenty-five  thousand  verses  is  tedious,  both  on  ac- 
count of  its  length  and  the  carefulness  with  which  each  detail  is 
painted ; but  to  those  who  love  to  enter  the  realms  of  antiquity,  and 
who  can  cull  out  the  beauties  from  the  rank  weeds  in  the  midst  of 
which ’they  grow  — to  those  the  Ramayana  caunot  fail  to  be  a 
garden  of  delight.  M*  M*  F* 


CAMP  FERN. 

On  a mountain,  all  surrounded 
By  the  fragrant  pines  and  spruce  trees, 
Where  a brook,  with  ceaseless  chatter, 
Sought  its  way  through  ferns  and  mosses, 
Stood  our  tents;  their  snowy  canvass 
Only  adding  to  the  beauty 
Of  the  quiet  scene  around  us. 

Ere  night  fell,  we  all  assembled 
On  the  rocks  to  watch  the  sunset. 

When  the  last  bright  ray  had  faded, 

Lost  itself  among  the  shadows, 

For  a while  we  sat  in  silence, 

Thinking,  till  the  stare  were  shining. 
Then  we  rose,  and  sauntered  slowly 
Through  the  clearing  to  the  brookside ; 
Stepped  across  the  brook,  and  clambered 
Up  the  bank  to  our  encampment, 

Where  the  firelight,  brightly  gleaming, 
Soon  buguiled  us  into  laughter ; 

As  the  flames,  like  elfin  people, 

Danced  upon  the  hemlock  branches, 

Or,  like  children  of  the  earth-folk, 

Played  at  hide-and-seek  so  gaily. 


“ DDLCIS  MEMOS.”  13 

around  which  generations  have  gathered,  and  watched  the  gum  log 
blaze  and  the  shadows  dance  on  the  hearth. 

I see  again  my  baby  brother’s  dimpled  hands  throwing  kisses  to 
me,  and  hear  my  mother  say,  as  her  eyes  fill  with  tears,  “A  year 
will  soon  be  passed,  and  then  you  will  be  home  again.” 

My  older  brother  draws  the  brim  of  his  hat  down  over  his  eyes  ; 
and  my  father,  saying,  “ God  bless  you,  my  little  daughter,”  takes 
me  to  the  carriage  and  kisses  me  good-bye.  Old  uncle  Ned  whips 
up  the  greys,  and  we  are  soon  rolling  over  the  rough  road  toward 
the  station. 

The  day  is  one  of  November’s  most  melancholy  ; and,  as  we  drive 
into  the  deep  shadow  of  the  great  oak  wood,  the  wind  sighs  through 
the  bare  branches,  and  catches  up  the  brown,  dead  leaves,  carrying 
them  far  away  from  their  summer  home  upon  the  trees. 

I can  see  a robin  shivering  in  a poplar  near  the  road-side,  and 
trying  to  cheat  himself  into  the  idea  that  he  is  comfortable,  as  he 
warbles  a few  notes,  doubtless  his  farewell  to  the  summer.  I wish 
I were  a robin ; I would  build  my  nest  in  that  old  poplar  tree,  and 
never,  never  fly  away. 

But  why  am  I dreaming  of  the  good-byes,  the  birds,  and  that 
Southern  home  ? I must  “ yield  to  the  dictates  of  reason,  and  let 
the  memories  of  the  past  be  effaced.”  But  a Southerner  feels  lonely 
here  in  New  England,  where  she  finds  no  friendly  black  faces,  no 
log-cabins  cosily  set  down  in  large  corn-fields,  with  beds  of  bright 
marigolds  and  poppies  in  front  making  a pleasing  contrast  with  the 
little  black  faces  that  are  always  peeping  out;  no  real  plantation 
‘ Ha ! ha  ! ’ to  disturb  the  busy  buzz  of  the  New  England  air  ; no  kind 
flattering  black  auntie  to  attend  to  all  her  wants;  no  merry  old 
black  uncle  to  relate  to  her  many  strange  signs,  interpret  her  dreams, 
and  tell  her  fortune. 

Most  of  all  she  finds  no  time  for  this  dreaming.  Every  one  is  in 
a hurry,  and  the  hurry  is  contagious.  She  gets  her  words  twisted 
in  her  efforts  to  talk  like  a Yankee ; her  brain  is  confused  by  the 
rush,  and  at  last  she  gives  up  in  despair.  She  talks  so  slowly  that 
no  one  can  stop  to  hear  what  she  has  to  say,  and  walks  so  slowly 
that  her  Yankee  friends  get  tired  waiting  for  her.  She  finds  no  one 
who  seems  to  be  having  a good,  easy  time,  with  nothing  to  do. 

H.  E.  6 


14 


THE  ABBOTT  COURANT. 


LLANDRILLO. 

On  the  coast  of  Wales  there  is  an  old  stone  house  with  French 
j windows,  through  which  you  can  pass  to  a pleasant  lawn.  One  side 
of  the  house  is  thickly  covered  with  ivy,  and  all  around  are  tall  elm 
trees  ; and  behind,  separating  the  lawn  from  the  flower-garden,  is  a 
thick  hedge  of  bright,  dark  holly.  The  lawn  runs  down  almost 
to  the  water’s  edge,  where  the  waves  break  on  high,  black  rocks. 
About  half  a mile  further  on  is  a smooth  beach  of  yellow  sand, 
where  the  children  paddle  all  the  morning  in  the  sun,  and  watch 
their  castles  being  carried  away  by  the  receding  tide. 

In  one  place,  a little  sheltered  from  the  waves  and  wind,  is  the 
weir,  owned  by  John  Evans,  who  is  the  host  of  the  stone  house.  At 
low  tide  the  visitors  all  assemble  around  the  weir,  and  the  two 
dogs,  Snap  and  Jack,  are  let  loose.  They  instantly  rush  into  the 
now  shallow  water,  and  are  almost  sure  to  come  out  bringing  large, 
shining  fish ; generally,  at  the  right  season  for  them,  salmon.  Lland- 
rillo  is  the  name  of  this  little  place ; although  when  pronounced  by 
a Welsh  person  you  would  never  recognize  it.  In  the  course  of 
your  visit  you  will  drive  over  to  Llandudno,  the  next  town,  about 
four  miles  away.  It  is  quite  a fashionable  summer  resting-place, 
although  very  quiet.  The  bathing-vans  are  small,  wooden  houses 
on  wheels,  with  one  round  window  in  the  back.  They  hold  about 
three  people.  At  high  tide  they  are  drawn  to  a depth  of  water  con- 
venient for  the  bathers.  At  low  tide  they  are  all  drawn  up  in  long 
lines  in  front  of  a barricade  of  donkeys  and  goat-carriages,  almost 
constantly  in  demand.  Not  far  from  here  is  the  light-house  on  its 
little  island,  at  low  tide  a promontory,  and  easily  reached  from  the 
main  land.  The  rocks  around  are  covered  with  the  brightest  sea- 
anemones,  although  they  close  instantly  on  seeing  a shadow  over 
them.  For  a little  silver  the  old  man  who  keeps  the  house  will 
gladly  show  strangers  from  the  topmost  room,  where  the  light  is, 
down  to  his  own  little  sitting-room,  and  tell  long  stories  of  his  adven- 
tures here  on  stormy  nights.  His  life  has  been  spent  almost  entirely 
in  this  one  lonely  spot ; and  since  he  was  little  more  than  a child  it 
has  been  his  pride  to  keep  the  light-reflectors  around  the  lamp  well 
polished.  The  grey  stone  walls  of  the  light-house,  and  the  sharp 
rocks  all  around  it,  present  a dreary  appearance  to  one  not  used  to 
them,  but  to  him  they  are  dearer  than  any  other  place.  After 
having  once  seen  the  place  it  is  not  easily  forgotten  ; and  long  after 
we  had  returned  to  our  city  home  we  thought  of  the  old  man  in  his 
lonely  room,  and  of  the  old  stone  house  at  Llandrillo.  h.  j.  G. 


Dear  John, 


Here  are  some  of  the  lyrics  we  might  need 

Bess  was  Bess  Brothers.  She  graduated  in  phys  ed  and  dance  from  UNC  at 
Greensboro  and  went  to  New  York  to  study  dance  with  Hajiya  Holm- 
some  sort  of  take  off  on  New  York,  New  York? 

Then  How  Are  You  Going  to  Keep  Her  Doun  on  the  Farm  After  She's  Seen 
New  York? 


Dear  John, 

Here  are  some  ideas/requests  for  lyric  making — 

Ron  is  from  Blacksburg,  Va.  whene  his  father  was  Dean  of  Agriculture  at 
VPI.  After  a year  at  Davidson  College  he  went  into  the  Army  to  win  World 
War  II  for  us  a few  months  later — so  a nice  WW  II,  Navy  song 


Bess  grew  up  in  LaGrange,  N.C.  where  she  undoubtedly  yearned  for  glamor