Arbutus . *1. Now it came to pass in the yearof our Lord, one thousand eight hun-dred and ninety-six, in the month ofJune, that an exceeding great multi-tude of wise men assembled beforeMaxwell Hall and demanded an inter-view with King Craven that they mightfurther learn of him. 2. These people, both men andwomen, came from the north and thesouth, the east and the west, even fromthe rising and the going down of thesun. 3. Amongst them were certain sooth-sayers, seers, prophets, sages, andhealers with marvelous Powers whosought to learn more of their myste-rious arts. 4. Thereupon King Craven a
Arbutus . *1. Now it came to pass in the yearof our Lord, one thousand eight hun-dred and ninety-six, in the month ofJune, that an exceeding great multi-tude of wise men assembled beforeMaxwell Hall and demanded an inter-view with King Craven that they mightfurther learn of him. 2. These people, both men andwomen, came from the north and thesouth, the east and the west, even fromthe rising and the going down of thesun. 3. Amongst them were certain sooth-sayers, seers, prophets, sages, andhealers with marvelous Powers whosought to learn more of their myste-rious arts. 4. Thereupon King Craven appearedand inquired why they wished to ad- vance further into the mysteries of theirprofession. 5. To this question on the part ofthe King, they all with one accordmade answer that they wished to knowbetter how to teach the young Americanhow to shoot. 6. Then the king waxed exceeding-warm and demanded of every one thetenth part of his yearly earnings to fillthe purses of his doctors and theirattendants. 7.
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