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PRESIDENT TAFT'S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO MAJOR ARCHIBALD W. BUTT.
Major Archibald W. Butt was one of the heroea of tho Titanic. Hi wn President Taft'i military aid. After
Major Butfa death tht preaident, with taara in hia eyea and faltaring voioa, mada him tha aubjact of ona of the
most heartfelt eulogiea aver pronounced over a gallant man, praiaing hia manhood, hia courage, hia loyalty, hia
(If sacrifice.
"Everybody knew Archie at 'Archie.'" aaid tha preaident "I cannot go into a box at a theater, I cannot turn
around in my room, I cannot go anywhere, without expecting to aee hia amiling face or to hear hia cheerful voioe
in greoting. Tha life of the preaident it rather ieolated, and thoae appointed to live with him come much cloaer
to him than any one elae. The bond ia very oloae, and it ia diffioult to apeak on auch an occasion.
Archie Butt'e charaoter waa aimple, atraightforward and incapable of Intrigue. A clear tense of humor light
ened h life and thote about him. Life waa not for him a troubled problem. He waa a toldier, and, when he waa
appo;ntH to aerve under another, to that other he rendered Implioit loyalty. I never knew a man who had ao
much eel' abnegation, ao much self aacrifioe, aa Archie Butt.
"Occationt like the einking of the Titanio frequently develop unforeteen traita in men. It makes them heroes
when you don't expect it But with Archie it waa juat aa natural for him to help those about him aa it waa
for him to ask me to permit him to do eomething for some one for me.
"He was on the deck of the Titanio exactly what he waa everywhere. He leavee a void with those who loved
'him, but the circumstancee of hia going are all that we would have had, and. while teara fill the eyes and the
voice :e choked, we are felioitated by the memory of what he was."
8fore entering upon military life Major Butt dleplayed high literary ability. The best of his etories ia "Both
Sides of tha Shield," eplendidly written romanoa of love and war.
The next "moruiiig some ' of the
young niou of tlie county. Hud's
friends, came for me to go hunting
with them. I got Into some of Hud
hunting to?s nnd with hia gun on my
shoulder rode with them to the hunt
ing lodge, from which point we scour
ed the country for many miles that
day. The sport was new to me on ac
count of the game we found. I bad
indifferent luck, however, though the
others filled their bags with plover,
robins, doves and larks. There were
plenty of blackbirds, but we scorned
shooting these, though I was told they
make a good pic, which Is a favorite
dish with the colored bands on the
farms. 1 saw something of each mem
ber of the party during the day and
the Hunting
Them to
Lodge.
fUVmiL tNXi n" t ' grpnfT- or less
degree. In love with .lFss Ellen. Jim
gave me miu-ii information about the
others, but added:
friends have put me back Tn my work?"'
"Set the table end bring the wood,"
1 cried.
"Come; you shall set the table, for
tho wood has been brought In already."
I followed to the dining room, where
she threw me the tablecloth.
"Be careful," she laughed, "for It
will not bear rough handling, though
1 dare say father would tell you that
It has lasted since General Oglethorpe
breakfasted off It nnd therefore will
last after we are dead."
And so we set the table. Miss Ellen
running to the kitchen every now and
then and coming back to straighten
the knives and forks, telling me that
men were no earthly good about a
house. Once our hands touched while
placing the plates, and Instantly, as if
by Instinct, we faced each other, and
our eyes met After that she kept on
the other side of the table from me
and later sent me upstairs to dress for
dinner. When I came down there
seemed to be a glow on ber cheek, and
In her hair there was stuck a wild rose
which I had brought her from the
woods..
The next three days all was bustle
Tha boys and girls came on Thursday,
eacb bringing something In a basket
So much cooking 1 bad never seen
One was put to beat the whites of the
eggs and another the yolks. Some one
was detailed to mix the cake and still
nother to watch It after It had been
pot Into the oven. Margaret Robert
son was given a squad nnd ordered to
decorate the ball with greens. The
Jelly was made, and some one was
sent with It to the sprlngbouse. where
It was left to cool and harden. Every
now and then the colonel would ap
pear at the kitchen door to tell us
what times they used to have before
the war when he was & boy.
That night when all were gone and
Dud bad fallen asleep In a chair Miss
Ellen and I went on the lawn to look
at the moon.
"Miss Ellen," I said. "1 am happy
here, nnd I hate to leave the Pines."
"Why do you talk of going?" she
said, her voice subdued nnd her face
turned away.
"Because 1 do not want to outlive
my welcome." I said.
"No one does that at the Pines. As
there Is not
you see. there Is not imn-u to oner,
but our friends are always welcome.
Bud likes you. and father seouis
"She Just laughs at them all and ' younger since you came."
won't even let them pay her compli
ments ns they do to the other girls."
"And you?" I said.
"Oh. me! She would not even look
at nic." said the manly young fellow,
looking me squarely In the face, not
ashamed to confess the hopelessness of
bis love. I made up my mind that If
It ever enme tn my way to do Jim a
good turn, no matter how my own suit
came out, for I was now Intent upon
winning Miss Ellen, 1 would do It for
his open and honest confession.
We were a happy party as we
lunched at the lodge. We barbecued
our robins and some of the doves on
little spits over a charcoal tire and
stewed some with rice. We rode home
early, however, more to Kce Miss
Ellen, I think, than for any other rea
son. Each would have left all his
game ut her feet, but she would uot
have It so. but' said she would take
what 1 had killed In part payment for
my board, which Innocent remark
brought n Jeep tlush to my cheek, re
membering, as I did. my unhappy
mistake when I tlrst arrived at the
Tines. We described our sport, and
Bhe showed Interest In everything we
snld nnd nil we hnd done. Presently,
looking at the sun, she exclaimed;
"Come; go home, you boys, for 1 am
not going to usk you to stay to dinner,
and be here early Thursday morning
or 1 will not dance with any of you at
the party." It took them but a few
minutes to get tbelr horses nnd disap
pear down the roud.
"And yon. sir," she said, turning to
me as we lost sight of the others
"what are you going to do In the way
of retinrntlon now that. XPU and yyur
"And you?" I said, drawing n step
nearer to her.
"Oh. I!" She gave n little gasp and
ended with a laugh. "It is as easy to
cook for five as It Is for four, so don't
thluk of leaving on my account"
"That is what hurts." 1 said. "If
you did not have to do this or If I
had only known you long enough to
tell you all that Is in my mind," I
ended bitterly.
She held up her finger and, laughing
In my face, snld: "But you haven't,
you know. So you must stay a long
time and then come back some day
and tell me." she added roguishly.
"Neverl" 1 said. "I will tell you be
fore I leave If I have to stay tho year
out."
"Bravely spoken!" she cried. "And
1 w ill do what 1 can to make you take
Christmas dinner with us. And now
remember to be nice to all the homely
girls you se tomorrow evening, and I
promise not to get Jealous even If you
dance with the pretty ones as well."
P.ud was still asleep when we got
bnck to th house. We roused him,
and nil went quietly to bod. 1 did not
sleep much that night, nnd somehow I
did not think Miss Ellen did cither, for
! I did not feel ns lonely as when every-
liody was unconscious In that spacious
mansion.
CHAPTER V.
The Wishing Stone.
riE girls who had been Invited
to sjiend the night at tho
Tines came enrly the next day,
and 1 went to the fields with
for Miss Ellen told me that I
Bud.
would only. be. .Injhe way If A stayed
at home. 1 'Saw Bud at "tils plow and
watched how cheerfully he did the
work of a day laborer. I lit my pipe
and walked sovern I of the furrows
with him. nnd then, heartsick nt see
ing this One specimen of young man
hood trudging wearily to nnd fro In
the thankless soil. 1 wandered off In
the woods to dream of Miss Ellen and
weave schemes for the rest of tho fam
ily when she would have become my
wife. When? The question brought
with it a flood of doubt, for. after all.
would she give up the work she had
undertaken, or would her pride allow
her to nccept any nsslstanco for her
family? I felt there were depths to
her nature which I hnd not been able
to sound In the short time I hnd been
there.
For fear of wounding her I hnd re
mained silent, but 1 was now resolved
to speak to her before leaving, and had
I received orders that night to return
to Boston I would have told her of my
boundless tove and asked her to be
come my wife. Still wavering between
my Inclination to declare my love and
fear of being too precipitate, 1 returned
to the Pines. I did not see her until
dinner time, however, then only during
a hasty meal, after which we assisted
her to clear thp table and plnce a
number of small ones on the side porch
for the pnrty. We laid the collation
for the evening's entertainment nnd
then went t' dress. ...
It was with some misgivings that 1
donned my evening suit, but on com
ing downstairs I found the colonel ar
rayed in one of an anterior date nnd
Bud transformed from the plow hand
of the morning In the suit he had
worn at the time of his graduation. A
number of young girls had arrived be
fore Miss Ellen came down, nnd the
men were assembled nt the foot of the
stairs as If waiting for her.
My heart seemed to stop beating ns
I saw her lithe nud graceful figure,
clad in an old brocade of her mother,
coming toward me. ller hair was built
high on her head, which seemed to
change her whole appearance and
made me start ns I remembered my
dream picture. The brocade was fad
j ed. but Its gloss nnd richness remain
ed Her shoulders were bare, nnd her
tilted chin gave her the air of some
quaint eld medieval picture come to
life.
"Am I not In keeping with the
house?" she said, interpreting my
gaze.
"You lire like n queen," I snld.
"Then you shall pay me court for
this one night." she answered nnd held
out ber hnud to me. which I took. nnd.
with the mnnner of nn old time south
ern gentlemnn. Just ns I bad seen Colo
nel Tnrpln do, I bowed low and for n
moment let my Hps linger on the tips
of her fingers.
"You bnve other courtiers." snld one
of severnl men who enme forward to
Join us.
She held out her bnnd, nnd ns sho
lld so she looked at me for a second.
She withdrew It gracefully and added.
with a Binlle, "I was ouly admitting
a new one." and then bade me fol
low ber. She Introduced me here and
there nnd told me how many times
1 must dance with each. We went
on the porch, and. standing there. I
was again struck with the resem
blance to the Indy In my dream.
"You are like the first part of my
picture," I snld softly.
"Then let me play It for this even
ing." she said. "And If you can Ira
agine me a colonial dnme you shall be
a courtier from King George's court'
"Good," I cried, "If. you will admit
that 1 have come across the seas
-wooing!"
As you will, my lord." spreading
ont her gown and courtcsying. "But 1
will not be"TespouHllIe "for "die conse
quences. So see to It that you play
well your part else I will send you to
your king ngaln."
After that I addressed ber only as
"most gracious lady" or "fair Mistress
Ellen." I wooed ber In the strange
and qnnlnt language of a hundred
years ago. Sometimes' she seemed
startled at my earnestness, and when
thinking mv spooch too fervent she
would bid me go hence aud add an
other wallflower to mv already large
bouquet I would straightway return
nnd tell her of t!e court life and wove
amid mv imagery aa odd mixture of
my New England home. Once, taking
her hand for a moment aud looking
Into her eves. I said:
h. Ellen. I love you well, nnd I
would take yon to n court in tmtn
where you would find a royal welcome,
and you would be a queen to every one
who knew you. and I would so guard
you that neither poverty nor sorrow
should ever come near you or to those
you love."
I have nnugtit to do with courts, my
lord." she said with n certain pathos.
and 1 knew she was thinking of her
duty at the Pines. "So go back to your
king. and. whether he be nnibition or
gold, or both, forget the simple colo
nial dame who more often plays the
part of dairymaid. And now," she
said, looking into my eyes and laugh
ing, "go and seek out every maid over
twenty-nine, and when you have led
them all through the graceful minuet
come back to me."
And I would do as bid and dance
some old time waltz, with some lonely
maid and then return to Miss Ellen's
side only to be sent away again to
some one who she noticed was not
dancing. Finally the supper hour was
announced, and I was mnde happy by
Miss Ellen, who chose me as her part
ner for the march. Just as we were
forming luto line some one cried, "It
is the hour for the wishing stone!"
and then one and all, save myself, for
I did not know what was meant by
the wishing stone, Joined In tho clamor.
Miss Ellen yielded at length, and, still
holding my hand nnd bidding me give
the other to the girl behind me, nnd so
on down the line, we started out of the
house through one of the deep, low
cut windows. We circled tho porch
crossed the gardens and passed down
the terrace. The moonlight filtering
through the trees glimmered brightly
on tho colored frocks as we sped down
the cedar lane.
At length we emerged on an open
knoll in the center of which was an
old stone sundial covered with Ivy. We
formed a circle round it, and Miss El
len, letting go my band, stood on a step
by its side and, calling one after an
other by name, bade each lay his or her
hand on the bare surface of the stone
where the ivy bad been cut away and
to make a wish. One looking on might
have thought we were a baud of se
cret plotters taking the oath of allegi
ance on n tomb. It was no Jesting mat
ter, I could see, for ench one In that
gay party approached the stone In si
lence" and reverence. The only sound
that broke the stillness wns that of
Miss Ellen's voice ns she called each
name In turn. At Inst my name was
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Resolutions of Condolence.
Whereas, It has pleased Divine
l,rnviileii('i to remove from our
midst Itrnlher Nicholas Ilalmes, a
member of Lodge No. -15, Sons of
Herman, and
Whereas, In his death this
o:J(:e loses one of its most use
ful and liesl of members, and this
comiiMiiiily one of its noblest,
most upright and sincere
nlizens, and his family a faithful,
Kind and loving husband and
lather; therefore be il
Resohed, Hy Lodge No. 45,
Sous of Herman, that this lodge
loses one of its most respected
and upright members and this
community one of its best citizens
and his family a kind and loving
husband and father; and be it
further
Resolved, That this lodge ten
ders the relatives of our deceased
brother our deepest and most sin
cere sympathy; and be it further
Resolved, That these resolu
tions be spread at large upon tho
minutes of this lodge, and that a
copy thereof be printed in I lie
newspapers of the city of IMalts
mouth and that the charter of this
lodge be draped in mourning for
the period of thirty days.
Martin I'riedrich,
William Weber,
William Slarkjohn,
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