KNIGHTS ROUND TAB E Featuring Stories by the World’s Greatest Authorseayered imbeautiful browntetealisien leather and richly embossed in gold, each Get yours NOW. $1.50 each postpaid ($2 binder holds 12 books securely. in Canada). Fill out the coupon below Simple instructions make binding possible or a facsimile and mail NOW! TODAY! in a matter of minutes. Spa a pRB Ia IAB» BES RDB DDDIE BEADED RPPPP AE x : *% CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED re % Dept. S, 101 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003 : z z z z = Herewith is $_________ Please send binders, postpaid. z z < t = Name — _ x = (Please print) 5 amt coun doress 28 z = t z x City State Zip z Hires iss epiba tenes ind ead nen cesta secure sti ie Petpet oy a wear Summer 1969 issue. oF ery Saal tr’ony memner whanever le promod,” Pieted ln USOC Sortapur etd OUT THIS 5 STONEUN, T FEAR FOR THE LIFE OF Ay SON, ARTHUR. SOME OF THENOBLES MIGHT KILL HIM TO GET RID OF THE RigHTFUL. HEIR TO THE THRONE, WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A KING LONG ENOUGH. T HAVE CALLED ON ALL THE NOBLES TO ASSEMBLE ‘AT THE CATHEDRAL TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ‘A TOURNAMENT, THE VICTOR OF WHICH WiLL BE DECLARED KING, semeKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TASLE 4s tHe noaces GATHERED AT THE We ITHEDRAL, THEY SAW IN THE CHURCHYARD. [Bic artes auorvee, WE Nop.es 726070 | ei tne suoce our oe manne aur (-EVoeTa, WE Tey a Pao erreur ee as wor verawmnca PERHAPS HE WILL Se vent Town, ne WL WoLo Tee “oman Bs Pun. Sp MG PAT Hue Rove Home, BUT COULD NOT FIND KAY'S SWORD. ON THE WAY BACK 70 THE FIELD, HE PASSED THE CHURCHYARD... T'LL TAKE THIS ONE FOR 1 LEFT My SWORD MY BROTHER,. THE TOUR= AT HOME! ARTHUR, WiLL NAMENT FIELD YOU SEE IF YOU CANGET 1S just ONE FOR ME SO Z.CAN AHEAD, KAY.NOW T UNDERSTAND IT ALL, 90U, SIRE, ARE THE KING OF ENGLAND! You SEE, TAM NOT YOUR TRUEKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE REPLACE THE 6WORD IN THE ANVIL, MY LORD, ‘THEN THE OTHER NOBLES WILL TRY AGAIN. HE PULLEDIT (OUT EASILYS ER GET YoU A SWoRD WORTHY OF A GREATKING,CLASSICS Illustrated LO, YONDER IS THE SWORD OF panseL, wat ) (Cine NTOTHE J WHICH I SPOKE, THE MAIDEN IS SWORD IS THAT BARGE, ROW QUT “THE LADY OF THE LAKE. ASK AND YONDER? 7 WOULD] | 70 THE SWORE SHE WILL GE YOU THE SWORD. Ju3) | IT WERE MINE. ee sa THE SWORD 15 CALLED EXCALIBUR’ BUT THE SCAB- BARD |S WORTH TEN TIMES MORE. THAN THE SWORD. AS LONG AS YOU WEAR THE SCABBARP, YOU SHALL LOSE NO BLoQ?, BE OU EVER 50 BADLY WOUNDED. NN MERLIN, E LOVE GUENEVER, Pf tH25= Axe anoo THE PAUGHTER OF KING r LEOBEGRANCE OF CAMELIARD. | MASTER MERLIN, WOULD YOU 60 0 HER FATHER, : DAUGHTER WiLL BE [= ANE ASK FOR HER HAND IN HONORED. NARRIAGE FOR ME?KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE T THANK YOU MOST) HEARTILY, SIRS a” SZ MERLIN, WE MUST COMPLETE: ‘THE ROUND TABLE AS SOON AS INTHE SIEGE PERILOUS, NOBLE KING, THERE SHALL NO MAN SIT SUT ONE, AND HE SHALL BE THE NOBLEST KNIGHT IN THE WORLD. }(OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE,KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TASLE GIR; 1 WOULD ASK THREE FAVORS, ONE, THAT YOU ALLOW ME To LIVE HERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AT THAT TIME, TWILL ASK THE OTHERTWO. YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR WISH, BUT WHAT] 16 YOUR NAME? ys NOBLE, HMPF. I. DOUBT NOT THAT HES A THIEF OR WORSE, SINCE HE REFUSES TO TELL HIS NAME, T SHALLCALL, HIM BEAUMAINS ©KING WOULD) S/R KAY PUT THE STRANGER MoWek wre eae SSS re CLASSICS Pllushialed GIR KAY NEVER) HE HAS BEEN HERE GES Kim A i MOMENT'S REST. ALMOST A YEAR AND HAS NOT HAD A WORD (OF COMPLAINT. SSIRE,1 HAVE HEARD OF THIS RED KNIGHT, IT 1S TOLD THAT HE HAS THE STRENGTH OF SEVEN MEN. HE ALGO HAS TWO BROTHERS, THE BLACK KNIGHT AND THE GREEN KNIGHT. GIR KING, TODAY MAKES THE YEAR SINCE I CAME TO YOUR COURT, AND} I WOULD ASK MY OTHER TWOSIFTS, | FIRST, THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO RESCUE THIS DANGEL'S MISTRESS, SECOND, THAT YOU BID SIR. 5 LAUNCELOT TO KNIGHT MEKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE GuREERLY, A PARE APPEARED WITH A IG HaRSE ANC ARMOR FOR ABALUAINS..- {h > S AND SO FINE} ‘A WARHORGE. JES ; y —soK | T WILL RIDE AFTER MY WHAT 00 YOU 00 HERE? OU KITCHEN BOY 70 SEE IF ‘SMELL OF KITCHEN GREASE.GO HE KNOWS ME FOR HIS ‘AND 1 SHALL BACK TO YOUR POTS AND PANS. GETTER, SIRLAUNCELOT. Ji] FOLLOW TOSEE HE GETS FAIR OA TREATMENT, SIR KAY.‘AM NANE IS GARETH, PRINCE OF ORKNEY. 1 AM SIR GAWAINE'S BROTHER,KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (MY OWN ARMOR, 15 $0 BADLY CUT, TWILL HAVE TOCLASSICS Plusrated GREEN KNIGHT, HERES A TRATOROUS KITCHEN KNAVE, YOU COWARDLY KITCHEN BOY WHO SLEW WILL OIE FOR SLAYING MY BROTHER, THOSE SHIELDS BELONGED TO OTHERS: WHO CHALLENGED THE RED KNIGHT, BEST RETURN TO YOUR KITCHEN RATHER THAN, SOUND THE TRUMPET! yyROUND KNIGHTS OF THECLASSICS PUushriotedKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE 60 HE DEFEATED ME ANDY Lf BROTHERS IN FAIR AND HONORABLE COMBAT. HE IS INDEED A NOBLE KNIGHT, ) dave = i ay - OTe hg, | BROTHER KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, MAY T INTRO: DUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OFOUR COMPANY, SIR GARETH OF ORKNEY,L WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A KNIGHT, BUT DONT WANTKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Fe YEARS; MEN HAD BEEN IN ALL YOUR ADVENTURES, J SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR THE FT GRIEVES ME THAT NONE. U HOLY GRAIL THE DRINKING Dd | OF MY KNIGHTS HAS EVER FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL. MZ ae GALAHAD TO THE SIEGE PERILOUS. an aay aah ie 2 oe IES hiCLASSICS PUicstrated SIR LAUNCELOT, THis swoRD SHOULD | BEYOURS, FOR YOU |BSIRE, TONIGHT THE HOLY GRAIL, VEIL. SO 1 MAKE A VOW. TOMOR- ROW, I LEAVE FOR A YEAR AND. ADAY ON A QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL! NOU HAVE MADE ME VERY SAD. MANY OF YOU a WILL NEVER RETURN FROM YOUR QUEST. NEVER [Se AGAIN WILL WE ALL BE TOGETHER IN THIS WORLD, ‘BUT YOUR QUEST IS 600D, AND I KNOW THAT RAIL.1 GALAHAD AND A FELLOW KNIGHT OF THE ‘ROUND TABLE, KINS BAGDEMASUS, RODE 4 | TOGETHER UNTIL THEY CAME TO A SMALL ABBEY MANY DAYS! TRAVEL PROM CAMELO} FING BAGDEMAGUS RODE ON ALONE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE MET AND FOUSHT A KNIGHT BAGDEMAGUS WAS BADLY WOUNDE TAM NoT THE BEST KNIGHT IN THE WORLD, BUT 1 WiLL TRY IT. IF MIGHAP COMES TO THAT I WiLL) FOR T HAVE NO SHIELO’ "BASDEMAGUS SENT HIS SQUIRE TO GALAHAD WITH THE SHIELZ.. oy FOR YOU. ALLOW ME 70 LEAD YOU 70 A SHIP WHICH WILL CARRY YOU FURTHER ON SOUR QUEST,KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE SIR BORS--AND SIR PERCIVAL! HOW J ciao © ah To see Fen moet Aor ce rie nouns vase nea Tar wienr, aereR THES THREE MEN HAD ALLEN ASLBER CALAHAD WAS AWAKENED BY A SUND (MUCH LIKE ANGELS: SNSING.. ] GAL Anan AROSE AND STARTED TOWALK W TH DIRECTION FROM WHICH THE SOUND CAME.i : 2 3p J :KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE TL TELLYOUL SAW GALAHAD’ COME IN HERE JUST. ‘ININUTES AGO! AX ii I Mi 1 Bo FULL many OF MY GOOD KNIGHTS ARE GONE FROM OUR COMPANY. BUT WE MUST FORGET THOSE WHO ARE GONE AND BUILD THE ROUND TABLE AGAIN & Y FOR THE FUTURE! WE WILL HAVE A GREAT “TOURNAMENT IN HONOR OF THE BRAVE KNIGHTS WHO HAVE RETURNED FROM THE QUEST. PERHAPS IN THE HEAT OF THE TOURNAMENT, WE SHALL FIND OTHER BRAVE. KNIGHTS TO REPLACE iCLASSICS PUustrated GOOP FELLOW, WHAT IS THAT. | PLACE AND WHO LIVES THERE? THAT, R16 * ASTOLAT-“THE HOME OF SiR TWILL freetc} THE freetc} IN Diseuse. ths . BERNARD, THOUGH T KNOW YOU NOT, YOU SEEM LIKE A NOBLE KNIGHT, 1 HAVE TWO SONS. | BB one is criPPLer aNd WILL NeVER USE. HIS NAME, AND THEN WENT TOSIR | THIG SHIELD. YOU MAY USE IT IF YOU BERNARD WITH A REQUEST. IR BERNARD, T WOULD UKE TO ENTER THE TOUR THAT T CANNOT TELL YOU NOW, SIR, BUT 1 ASSURE YOU THAT 7 WILLNOT BRING SHAME TO YOUR SON'S SHIELD.GRIN SIR BERNARD INTRODUCED Wis SON AND ay) QAUGHTER TO LAUNCELCT. ie, THIS, WORTHY KNIGHT, 1S Pay My BELOVED DAUGHTER, ELAINE. AND THIS Is MY SON, LAVAINE, WHO WILL. BE YOUR COMPANION IN THE TOURNAMENT, ee x 4 VR i LADY ELAINE, T HAVE NEVER } STILL, ALL THE KNIGHTS KNOW. WORN A LADY'S TOKEN. THAT I HAVE NEVER WORN A TOKEN, IT WOULD CERTAINLY IMPROVE MY DIEGUISE! VERY WELL, LADY ELAINE, T WILL WEAR SOUR TOKEN. ANO ‘SHIELD FOR MYKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE GYRROMIELY, LAUNCELOT HAD CHOSEN TO FIGHT AGAINST HIS COMRADES OF THE ROUND TABLE... THOSE TWO KNIGHTS HAVE SHAMED US IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE COURT.CLASSICS Jidiraled T WILL BEAT THE MIDST OF BATTLE, THEM BUTT WILL AUNCELOT'S HORSE STEPPED ON NOT KILLTHEM. A PALUEY HELMET AND CTUMBLED BUCALY ‘ions ec ONE OF THE KNIGHTS. ! Sore oF aul THe. OTHERS PRESBING INKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE WONDER WHO THAT KNIGHT WITH THE RED SLEEVE ON HIS IR, He WILL, HELMET MIGHT BE. BE KNOWN ERE HE DEPARTS. THANK You, BUT % MUST LEAVE. 1 MAY HAVE: BOUGHT THAT PRIZE AT THE PRICE OF MY LIFE,FOR| TAMBADLY WOUNDED. pe KNIGH) KY “THis 16 ASTOLA LOpeING KY WHAT WOULD YOU? Bi FOR THE NIGHT, tt F } GOOD SIR. | ! Ly HI Le IM"CLASSICS PUushrated Biter thar Bene BOTH OF THE KNIGHTS WITH WHITE SHIELDS WERE WORTHY KNIGHTS, BUT THE ONE WITH THE RED SLEEVE ON His HELMET WAS ONE OF THE | WORTHEST I HAVE EVER SEEN, WHY, HE ALONE A FELLED FORTY KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE! J) YOU HAVE MADE ME VERY HAPPY, FOR THAT KNIGHT 16 MY TRUE LOVE, THOUGH T KNOW NOT HIS NAME, T HAVE hig SHIELD IN MY SAFEKEEPING. (THAT IS LAUNCELOT's SHIELD. | NOW ANY HEART IS INDEED HEAVY, FOR HE LEFT THE TOURNAMENT FIELD BAOLY WOUNDED! _| ONTILT FIND SiR T WILL SEARCH LAUNCELOT, FATHER. AVAINE THEN LED ELAINE TO LAUNCELOT. THEN ‘SHE EXPLAINED HOW SHE CAME TO KNOW. HIS NAME... HOW IG SIR LAUNCELOT? SIR HF GAWAINE TOLD ME HE WAS WOUN! ‘ANDI WOULD NURSE HMO HEA! IR GAWAINE STOPPED AT ASTOLAT AFTER THE TOURNE’ AND RECOGNIZED YOUR SHIELD.KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE FAIR LADY, I VOWED NEVER TO WED. FORGET ME AND FIND SOME Al PEW MONTHS LATER, ATASTOLAT.. ‘SOON YOU RETURN 6000 KNIGHT TO WED AND T WILL TO KING ARTHUR'S e SETTLE A THOUSAND POUNDS COURT. KNOW FRET YEARLY ON YOU. THAT I HAVE NEVER | LOVED ANY MAN BUT SOU AND 7 WILL LOVE NO OTHER, FATHER, I KNOW TAM DYING, AND T HAVE LAST REQUEST. Z WANT IY BODY PLACED IN A BARGE AND SENT DOWN THE RIVER TO CAMELOT WITH A LETTER FASTENED| IN MY HAND. THIS IS AB. Few NiBuT: AATER, ELAINE | Bcf} Z 8 afKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE THERE (5 A NOTE HERE, IT6ays, ° MOST SIRE, WITH YOUR LEAVE, T WOULD HAVE THE NOBLE KNIGHT, SIR LAUNCELOT, SINCE YOU BODY OF THIS FAIR MAI REMOVED FROM THIS WOULD NOT TAKE ME AS YOUR BRIDE, BARGE AND PREPARED FOR BURIAL, I--T DEATH HAS TAKEN ME AS HIS. PLEASE CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED. PRAY FOR MY SOUL. ra LEAUNCELOT, ETILL HEAVY HEARTED, SET QUT ALONE FORNOYOUS GARD. AS HE CAME TO THE TOP OF A RISE IN #9 LORD, Z WOULO YI] LAUNCELOT, x < THE ROAD, LEAVE CAMELOT ano | FEAR THAT YOUR BANDITS ATTACKING REPAIR TOMY CASTLE} | GOING MARKS THE| UNARMED TRAVELERS! TS AT JOYOUS GARD. }| BEGINNING OF WILL HELP EVEN THE ODS! THE END OF THE| ROUND TABLE. B] UNARMED MEN, WILL You?CLASSICS PUusbrate COWARDS! ARE YE AFRAID TO FACE THE STEEL fii) SIR GARETH, HAVE BEEN SLAIN BY OF AN ARMED MAN? THE KNIGHT’ WHO PRETENDED 70 | . I HELP US. I RECOGNIZED HIS SHIELD. IT. WAS SIR LAUNCELOT. "BROTHERS, SIR GARETH AND SIR. GANERIS, WERE KILLED. SIR SIRE, YOU HEARD HIM, LAUNCELOT DID IT. I SAW IT. { LAUNCELOT KILLED AY BROTHERS WHEN THEY WERE UNARMED. T SWEAR TWILLNOT REST UNTIL, THEY ARE AVENGED. ‘SIRE, LAUNCELOT HAS NOT" ANSWERED, THAT PROVES His GUILT. I DEMANO THAT LAUNCELOT AT LEAST COME BACK 70. HE BE PUNISHED. COURT AND EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. THAVE SENT A MESSAGE, ASKING HIM ‘TO RETURN. VERY WELL; T WILL TAKE AN ARMY TO JO;0US GARD AND RING HIM BACK.KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Fie saris nesses anoTiER CON RETURNED: THERE'S MESSAGE, J LAUNCELOT'S ASKING HiMTO ‘IR LAUNCELOT REFUSES TO CASTLE. SURRENDER. GURRENDER , YOUR MAJESTY, HE SA¥S HE REGRETS WHAT REALIZE IT WAG’ ‘AN ACCIDENT. NO, SIR GAWAINE. WE WILL WAIT SEVERAL DAYS, THEN T WILL GO SEE cate TeteCLASSICS Pllistrated IW LAUNCELOT'S CASTLE... NEVER DREAMED T WOULD i EVER FIGHT 2” "NGT KING BUT, SIRE, WE HAVE 5 ARTHUR. BUT ARE RIGHT. TO FIGHT SOON. THEY ARE : WE MUST PROT. JUR PEOPLE, BURNING ALL OF THE FARMS! 1E FOLLOWING MORNING, LAUNCELOT SENT WORD THAT HIS ARMY WOULD MEET KING ARTHUR'S FORCES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. AT A SIGNAL, THE TWO ARMIES CHARGED TOWARD ONE A ER We BATTLE || | * RAGED FOR | HOURS. MANY ‘46000 KNIGHT FELL ‘ARTHUR, BUT ) HE WOULD NOT 00 60...KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE ATPHE KNISHT. RUSHED UPON ARTHUR WITH SWORD UPRAISED... MY LORD KING ARTHUR, T HAVE: NO HEART FOR THIS WAR. WE ARE WITHORAWING. T HOPE4OU WILL TAKE YOUR ARMIES AND WITHORAW FROM THIS LAND. WILL FIGHT ‘YOU NO MORE. WHERE ARE 40U, Boeri was narey 70 cal. FALSE TRATOR A HALT TO THE FIGHTING, BuT NOT 60.51R GaNAINe:.- THE WALLS LIKE A COWARD ? T WILL HAVE NY REVENGE ON FF LAUNCELOT YET.CLASSICS Pustrated MUST DEFEND YOURSELF | AGAINST THESE FALSE CHARGES. ‘IR GAWAINE IS WOUNDED. NOW IF OUR LORD, SiR. LAUNCELOT. KILLS HIM, THE WARIS:KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE KING ARTHUR HAS ORDERED THAT WE LEAVE IN AN HOUR FOR ENGLAND. AN USURPER HAS SEIZED THE THRONE! THIS IS STRANGE. | THERE HAS BEEN NO TRUCE DECLARED AND SYET-THEY ARE LEAVING,SIR MORDRER HAS ASKED FOR A MEETING, AND T HAVE ACCEPTED. TEN KNIGHTS TO ACCOMPANY ME, WORPRED MAY INTEND ‘SOME TREACHERY. IF YOU ‘GEE ONE SWORD ORAWN, ATTACK WITHOUT DELAY!”THERE STANDS MORDRED, WHO HAG CAUSED: ALL THis BLOODSHED,NY TIME HAS COME, SIR SEDWERE. TAKE | an SWORD “EXCALIBUR” AND THROW IT INTO ON LAKE, THEN COME BACK AND TELL ME BEecwere THEN RETURNED 70 ARTHUR... TSAW NOTHING BUT THE: LAPPING OF THE WAVES, SIRE. JE WOULD YOU BETRAY MME FOR A RICH SWORD? GOAND 00 AS T HAVE COMMANDED. CLASSICS Pliusticled 7 SR BEDIWERE HAD OTHER PLANS FOR THE SWORD... THIS IS ‘A GOODLY SWORD AND RICHY: JEWELLED, I WILL HIDE IT = 60 IT WIEL DO.MORE GOOD) « THAN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.) INCE AGAIN) S/R BEDIVERE Hib THE SWORD’ INSTEAD OF THROWING. IT INTO THE LAKE, WHEN HE AGAIN REPORTED THAT HE. HAD SEEN NOTHING BUT THE WATER, ARTHUR WAS TERRIBLY ANGRY AND AGAIN, ORDERED BEDIWERE To CARRY OUT HIS: ORDERS. THE THIRD TIME... PHE ASTONISHED BEDIWERE THEN. ia REPORTED TO ARTHUR... vee AND THEN THE ARM. WAVED THREE TIMES AND DISAPPEARED WITH THE swoRD. (000. Now TAKE METO ‘THE WATER'S g0ce. 4KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE ” ait uw PUT ME INTO THE BARGE, PN DP RY TE Z10NF S700 00D KNIGHT, THESE THREE (A BARGE, DRAPED IN BLACK... NOBLE, QUEENS AND THEIR eee LADIES WILL TAKE ME TO . oY RESTING PLACE, HE BARSE DRIFTED DOWNSTREAM, CARRYING THEN THE NEWS. Thi WEEPING LADIES AND OF KING ARTHIR'S THE DYING KING ARTHUR... “ATH WAS RECENED BY QUEEN GUENEVER, SHE JOINED A CON- VenT AND BECAYEA NUN. SIR LANCELOT, HEARING OR MORDREO'S REVOLT, ARRIVED WITH HIS ARMY., TOO LATE TO SAVE HIS KING. HE VOWED NEVER TO USE HIS SWORD AGAINStories of Early America THE LOST COLONY N 1584, SIR WALTER Raleigh obtained authority from England's Queen Elizabeth to ex+ plore and colonize remote heathen and barbarous lands, countries Rally possessed by any Christian prince, nor inhabited by Christian people.” That year, Raleigh sent an expedition of two Wessels to America to select a colony site. On July 4th, this expedition, under Phillip Amada and Arthur Barlowe, entered an inlet north of Roanoke Island off what is now North Carolina. They named the area Vir- ginia. Scouting parties were sent out and Roanoke Island was selected for the site of the first British colony in América, They returned to England that fall and brought with them tobacco, maize, pumpkins, Potatoes and two Indian chiefs. Queen Eliz- abeth was disappointed that no gold had been found but Sir Walter Raleigh showed her the tobacco and even tried to teach her to smoke. ‘He succeeded only in making her cough. The following year, another expedition ‘was sent, It consisted of 108 men under the command of Sir Richard Grenville. On Au- gust 17, 1585, they landed on Roanoke Island and Grenville sailed back to England, promis- ing to return in the spring. The colonists built @ stockade—Fort Raleigh. Despite scarcity of food and Indian attacks, only four col- onists died during that winter. Spring arrived but Grenville failed to re- tum. In June, when a ficet of ships under Sir Francis Drake stopped to see how they fared, the homesick and hungry colonists embarked for England. Thus the first Eng- Tish settlement in America was abandoned. Only two weeks later, Grenville arrived aboard a supply ship. Finding no one, he left fifteen men to guard the fort and returned to England. Early in May, 1587, 121 colonists left Plymouth, England, in three ships bound for Fort Raleigh under Governor John White. After a stormy crossing, they landed on Roa- noke Island only to find the fort in ruins and no sign of the fifteen men. The colonists rebuilt the fort and = few houses, and tried to establish friendly rela- tions with the Indians, They fished, farmed and explored the land. They named their settlement “The Citie of Raleigh in Virgini In August, 1587, Eleanor Dare, daughter of the governor and wife of Anania Dare, gave birth to a daughter, the first child of English parents born in America. They named her Virginia. > Shortly afterwards, Governor White sailed back to England for more supplies. He found England at war with Spain. Every ship was needed for defense against the mighty Span- ish Armada, Queen Elizabeth refused to grant Governor White permission to return to Roa~ noke. Though the Spanish Armada was de- stroyed by Sir Francis Drake in 1588, the war continued for two more years. Governor White was finally granted permission to sail for Roanoke Island in 1590. He and the sai ‘ors announced their arrival by firing @ can- non, but there was no answering signal. They went ashore and found Fort Raleigh a scene of complete desolation. There was but one single trace of his colony—the word “Croa- toan” carved on a tree. This was the name of @ sandbank inhabited by friendly Indians. A storm arose, endangering the vessel and Governor White was forced to sail back to England without visiting Croatoan. Later ex- peditions searched for the colony in vain. What was the fate of the colonists? The answer is still unknown, Perhaps they had been killed by Indians. Sir Francis Drake had attacked the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1585; perhaps the Spanish had retaliated by wiping out Ro: noke. One day, perhaps, evidence may come to light to solve the great historical puzzle, the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.Our American Heritage THE LIBERTY BELL 'N 1751, the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania decided that it needed a bell “to grace the State House in Philadel- phia,” and to call meetings together. So, Isaac Nortis, Speaker of the Assembly, wrote to Thomas Lister in London, England's finest bell founder, to “get us a good bell of about two thousand pounds weight . . let the bell be cast by the best workmen ... with the fol- lowing words’ well-shaped in large letters round it; ‘Proclaim liberty through all the land to all inhabitants thereof —Levit., xxv. 102 The bell arrived in August, 1752, aboard the ship “Matilda.” In appearance, the bell seemed perfect, Many townspeople gathered in the State House yard to hear the Iong- awaited first clap. The clapper was raised, swung, and...the great new bell cracked under the first stroke of the clapper! ‘The captain of the “Ma- tilda” refused to take the cracked bell back to Eng- land. So, at an iron foundry near Philadelphia, the bronze bell was recast. Af- ter two failures, a suitable bell was made. It was hoisted into the State House steeple with no special cele- bration, ‘Thus the bell took on its duties of calling the Assem- | bly to sessions, announcing public gatherings, festive occasions; and in muffled tones, it tolled the death of notable townsmen, The bell, like others of its kind, became a sort of Town Crier. In 1764, the bell took on the more serious task of calling the people together to protest @ new tax on the Colonies—the Sugar Act. Other grievances followed until, in 1775, the big crisis came—the Battle of Lexington. In May, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and the majority of the delegates agreed on “the necessity for taking up arms for the protection of our property.” They appointed George Washington as Com- mander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Inde- pendence was approved and adopted by Con- gress. Four days later, Andrew McNair, the official bellringer, mounted the'State House steeple. In the yard below, a large crowd had gathered to hear Colonel John Nixon read the text of the Declaration. Cheers followed last words and MeNair pulled on the bell cord as never before, There were musket shots, fireworks, shouts, other bells; but above them all, a symbol of the new independence, Tang ‘the newly-named Liberty Bell. But freedom was not won easily and there followed dreary months when many setbacks tocked the new republic, By September, 1777, it became apparent that Philadelphia would fall into British hands. The bell was taken north to Allentown and hidden under the floor of the Zion Reformed Church, however, the British evacu- ated the City of Brotherly Love. The Liberty Bell was then brought back to the State House. Finally, in October, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrend- ered at Yorktown. It was not until 1783, however, that agreement was reached. on peace terms, Eight years after the Battle of Lexing- |. ton, the American Revolu- tion ended, with victory and freedom for the Colo- nies. he great bell rang out in truth the words emblazoned on its crown, and their prophecy was fulfilled. In the years that fol- lowed, the Liberty Bell rang at other occa- sions, some joyous, some sad: the ratification of the Constitution, the death of George Washington, the visit of Lafayette to Inde- pendence Hall, as the State House became known. On July. 8, 1835, while ringing in muffled tones for the death of our first Chief Justice, John Marshall, the bell cracked, ‘Thus, with e scarrunning upwards from its ip, the Liberty Bell was removed from the steeple, Today, it may be seen in Independ- ence Hall. Though the Liberty Bell is silent, its message tings on, a symbol of freedom,Storiés from the World of Sports BASEBALL COMES BACK HE 1919 BASEBALL SCANDAL was exposed just as the 1920 season was com- ing to a close. ‘The scandal shocked the world of sports and rocked big league baseball to its very foundations. It was proved that some of the regular stars of the Chicago White Sox (the 1919 team has since been known as the Black Sox) had taken bribes from gamblers to purposely lose the World Series to the Cin- innati Reds. ‘The guilty players were expelled from or- ganized baseball for the rest of their lives, but the 1920 World Series started under a severe handicap. There was doubt in many a fan's snind whether or not this series was honest. Every error, normally forgiven quickly, was studied with critical eyes, A wild pitch, a passed ball, or a strikeout received more at- tention than it deserved. In short, baseball ‘was on trial for its very life in the 1920 World Series. The Cleveland Indians ‘won the American League Pennant and the Brooklyn Dodgers captured the Na- tional League flag. Each club was studded with many stars. It was hard to believe that any one of ‘them would be guilty of “throwing” the games. But | there was doubt in some fans’ minds and. baseball would have to prove itsel Fortunately, the Series started off well, each game being hotly contested. Each team won two of the first four games. Baseball was slowly regaining the confidence of the fans. It was the fifth game, played on October 10, 1920, that saw baseball really return to full health. It was during this game that the most remarkable play ever seen in a World Series occurred. ‘Manager Wilbert Robinson, of theDodgers, sent in his rough and tough pitcher, Burleigh Grimes, to attempt to win the all-important fifth game. Tris Speaker, playing-manager of the Indians, countered with Jim Bagby, a 3i-game winner during the regular season. Unfortunately for Brooklyn, Grimes did not have his usual effectiveness and the Indi- ans scored four runs before a man was out. ‘Jamieson opened the Cleveland part of the first inning with a single. Wambsganss also singled and Speaker beat out a bunt, loading the bases. With a count of no balls and two strikes on him, the next batter, Elmer Smith, sent the next pitch over the right field fence. A grand-slam home run! Robinson allowed Grimes to continue to, pitch until the fifth inning, when he replaced Grimes with Clar- ence Mitchell. As the Dodgers came to bat in the sixth inning, they trailed Cleveland 7-0. Tt looked like the Dodgers were about to start a big rally in the sixth. The first two batters, Kilduff and Miller, got on base. With runners on first and second, and no outs, the scheduled batter was pitcher Mitchell, Nor- mal strategy called for a pinch-hitter; but Robinson was hoping that the Dodgers would get enough runs in this inning to again make it a real contest and he wanted Mitchell to continue pitching. He figured he would waste ‘an out by having Mitchell advance the runners with a hit-and-run play. Both runners took a big lead. Mitchell, who was @ fair hitter for a'pitcher, met the ball squarely and hit a sharp line drive out toward second. But Wambsganss, the Indian second baseman, ‘was a clever ball player. He anticipated the hit-and-run play and he broke toward second base with the piteb. He caught Mitchell's line drive on the run, That was one out, Meanwhile, Kil- duff had broken for third, Wambsganss stepped on second base, com- pleting the second out as Kilduff could not getback to second in time. ‘At the same time, Miller was running at full speed toward second, Wambsganss tagged Miller as the latter started to turn back to first base. That made the third out! In much less time than it takes to tell of it, ‘Wambsganss had executed the first and, to this day, the only unassisted triple play in World Series history. ‘Wambsganss’s unassisted triple play was the final tonic that baseball needed. 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