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HBNRY IV AT THE BATTLE OF EVTCY
GAJ.ER1E5 17 VERSAILLES
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The King Im rom "o marshal u. tn all hla
irmr drapl.
And ha ban bound a ano'-4t hlta pluma
upon Ma (allant rrat.
lie looked upon hla paople, and a tear a
Iti hla ee;
He looked upon the traitor, and hla (lane
il item and hlwh.
KiKht arartoualy he am lied on ua. aa rolled
from wlnir to wlna,
Bo all our line, a dearenlnir aliout. "God
aev. our lord lha Klna-." .
"And If nj atanderd bearer fall. fall
full ell he may.
T"or never aaw I promlae at of auch a
- bloody frav,
I'resa h-re ye aee my white plum ahine.
amidst the ranka of war,
And be yiur oriflamnia today th helmet of
Navarr.
lvr, a Son; of th Huguenota.
T will he Just 300 fr thin coming
June aince the last great world mon-
an.h. a real ruler, really led his
nation to battle. Napoleon Bonaparte.
t -whether you fancy him In all hla
phases, poaaeseed the hlngly attributes
especially when the war trumpet
sounded, tie was the "brains of his
miles. He led his armies. He con
stantly visited the most dangerous
parts of battlefields and when the
buttle was hot. He was physically and
mentally brave. His soldiers, on occa
sion, fought better If he kept his -promise
not to go too far front, so well did
they -know his tendenry to seek the
fiercest righting rtpoL
- At the battle of Lodl he dashed on
foot aixocs the famous bridge that had
become the artillery target of tha
enemy, hia hand on the colors, the dead
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England. Normandy and an additional
slice of France and everybody else in
those realms was acknowledged to t
second to him In courage, enterprise,
strength, spirit, governing power and
rallying ability. He waa a magnificent
soldier and conceiver of campaigns and
battles. He spent very little time In
England he was too busy fighting
but for all that Englishmen of his day
were prouder of him and more-devoted
and loyal to him 'than the subjects of
British sovereigns every were before or
since with the possible exception of
Henvy V. . ,
Richard was called Coeur de Lion, or
Richard the Lioin Hearted, in hia day,
and even after centuries of fine histori
cal dissection It Is not disputed that the
name was well applied and well de
served. When it came to a battle he
wanted no one In It ahead of him. Hia
treatment of all matters concerning
state or diplomacy was of the broad,
open and hlgli-Fpirlted .character. Au
thentic history abounds with stories
Illustrating his kingly makeup. -
Once, when fighting fialadln in tin
Crusades word was brought to him that '
a troop of Knights Templar had been
surrounded. Richard was in his tetjt
resting. He sprang for his armor, or
dering one jot his earls and a body of
men already prepared to gallop to the
rescue In the meantime. While getting
Into the heavy metal harness a second
sail for help came, stating the need of
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TROM RHJPATH5 CYCLOPADiA OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. iKIKGJOHfOl F .
COURTESY OF JpNEJW3THBR5TMBiJSH)N&Ca f. I AT "POTTI"ERSl 1'' J -
of Blclly. who had been He bore a truncheon In his hand a rVv f5i-i.
near by. The Klnfe was a tall, well- " if "'f'y 3 I
his SIS- ,,,.,'., ni elirllna- hair. ' .1 I
ne r..r- . - va cvv. ?y i i
Vale, Rlchftrd! Wli-aj I I '
King Henry IV, of France, had an ' . jrUT J
undoubted right to his regal title. He . 11 1 1 fajtxl i ci
'ittii -i i f jla i
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King bore all before htm wherever he
- spurred his charger. On all sides his
valorous blows fell, and when the
French began to give way ami re
treat, he was the foremost pursuer.
Many times his life was In danger.
Once he was beset by three knishta to.
gether. His immediate bodyg-uard was
so hot pressed It could give him no aid.
Henry slew one knight with a straight
sword thrust tinder the camail or neck
mesh, piercing his throat. He turned
his horse Suddenly and caught his sec
ond foe with a back swing that threw
htm to the ground. At the same Instant
the third knight unhorsed the king. He
plunged his sword Into his last ene
my's horse and brought the third
knight to earth. There they fought It
out on foot, with Henry V. a final vic
tor. A noble king in every serine of the
word was John of France, and, as la
frequently the case, he was noblest in
adversity. He fought the Kngllsh un
der the celebrated Black Prince, at the
battle of Foltiera, September ID, 13, '.J.
His force was three times thst of the
bngiTuh, who had been raiding the
v south of Franco with 8000 men.
The French charged, but were so
falling by dozens every step of the the Templars waa greater -than before.
way. His tendency waa to war, but no "Then must I go as I am," quoth
one can deny that In his brief breath- Richard. "I should be unworthy the
lng spells of peare he governed France name of King did I abandon those whom
wisely In fact, brilliantly. Waterloo I have promised to stand by and succor
witnessed the last achievements of his In every danger."
Ungllko leadership. Since then the And go he did. leaping upon his
vi orld haa not beheld another, ideal charger and spurring alone to the dan
great ruler. ger point. There he fought so furlouslj
It is not to be Implied that the rulers and cut such a path among the Sara
ef today are not eager to fight. There cens with his mighty battle ax that
Is no doubt that they would shoulder the Saracans gave ground and th Tern
a rifle, handle a machine gun or lead plara were rescued. In those days a
a cavalry charge, were it permitted man who would light without armor
them to do so. Those who are close waa deemed a lunatic, but the King In
to them In a human way no doubt ap- Richard waa too -great to be held baak
predate the yearnings of the kings and by the artificial accessories of comball
emperors to bear the brunt of their During the alege of Acre' Richard
nation's battles, but It cannot be so. worked like common aoldler on the
Were a modern ruler to declare his engines of war aet up to batter down
Intention of taking his position in the the walla of the city. Once during his
foremost trench and squinting over the campaign In Palestine he delivered a
ateel barrel of a rifle the government ,wlft and lu,ty kick It might be
would cause him to be restrain: he termed a kingly kick to the person of
would be sent to the rear, even If force ona of tha Princea among hla allies, be
were necessary, to take bis place among cau tne Prlnc. hauxlitiiy refused to
the commanders where a bursting shell di- .nd con.tru.t def.n,..
.-vuiu nut uesiruy in a inuna iae Drains
f an army.
HK man wlione profession necessi
tates his traveling from elate to
SlHln in tills commonwealth Is con
stantly brought face to face with the
old saw, "Right on this side of the
Tyrenees, wrong" on the other:"
the United States virtues and vices
have become geographical. If one
travels amd would keep within the laws,
he must be alert- In one state the most
grievous crime la to smoke a cigarette,
In the next the playing of cards Is
declared for pro
rkers for the dry
jana. uicnira maneuver r, I m
- Even so, the rulers of the nations now ,0 abIy tnat flnally h, got 8aJa),ln ,t 4
disadvantage. He feigned attacks and
held back until he had wearied tha
lighter circling bodies of Saracens. For
an Impetuous King this waa much to
plunged In war have been nearer to
the field of battle than have rulers In
most of the modern-conflicts.
King Albert, of Belgium, has been
especially close to do, aa th. Templar, chafed and Insisted
lias even been actually under fire. His
upon being- led to battle. But the result
troop, worship him and It 1. only b.- th6 ,mme hi(rh f h k h A,
cause hla greatest usefulness I. In an
other field and because hia general,
will not allow it that the gallant King
of the Belgians I. not serving a. an
actual fighting man.
tne proper moment ha gave the signal.
The whole of Richard', army waa In
spirited by bl. reck leas and headlong
bravery In the opening- charge of thia
ft, TIKI 11 H fin-,,. With ', 1 .( . .
Kaiser WUhelm. who I. King of Prus- ....u Kith-.. . j . . . L
la .1.0. i. reported to h.v. visited th. '1,. ' S
trenche. of his armies several times. Mutorllna t 11 r tV !T mo8t ""f""-
c ... n.r , ,K. . . Historians tell of the darts.and Javelins
Bo has King George of the united King- fc .... . , . .1 .
. . , . . j snot by the enemy glancing by the hun-
. . ... , " . . .J dreds from
a bulletin says that the Tsar of Run
Any of the enemy
coming near enough to Richard to
strike at him was Invariably felled with
one swing of the ponderous battle ax.
ela ha. taken
for a talk
the Emperor Franz Josef, who is King
of Hungary also in his titles, is too
aged to pay such visits. The Fultain of
Turkey has not looked over things at
the trenches. Neither haa the Mikado
of Japan. President Polncalre of
France- haa.
Now, it will hardly be contended that
these trench visits have placed the
Kings where mediaeval rulers went.
The time of the visit Is purposely ar
ranged so that the monarch will run
little risk. It Is no reflection on th.
nnrlAa At the Vlntrai tn Kav thin Ta.
dav th. etlouctte re-rardlna- the tlare of commander down
Kings In war Is sucIT that ruler are m"e"t detail- Wnen W
hip urged Richard against landing,
but he swore roundly at his follower,
for their backwardness and leaping
Into the water near the shore, with his
battle ax in his right had and his
fthinld htlnir rrlund hla tieolr tn eiva hla
the steel armor be wore, for ifr h,n iik.. h -a
. uhiiu v.s .y i v ww nubu vuh va vua
" " ao 01 "nucu aougnc marie oy tne
archers, who hoped to luckilv land
Al , . ri--iicti!, w 11 o nopea to luckily land a
ken a flying automobile trip h,,h fh' fc . ,an
. . , , barb through some of the metal crevice,
with hla generals. Of course . . .7. v,c""v-:"
galled by a flnnklnc fire of arrow that
they gave round. .Then they ma.le an
other attack, but were repulsed nit-niu.
Then the PiiKe of Orlvana, the Kltiu'i
brother, drew the remnnnt of Ms com
mand off the batllegrnunil, declurlng
that victory waa tinpo.iKlble. King
John ImMrnnntly refuxrd tn take that
view anil headed hi.' reaervo In a flnul
attack the enemy. A feint ami h
flunk attck hy the Uluck Prince
threw lliein lulu rn nohui, an. I (ho
battle became a aeries of detached en
counters between the Ktisl'ah ati'l Iho
groups of French lliat. tilovd tlicir
ground.
To fight better at rlo"e run.l King
John dismounted and went at his ene
mies moM valiantly. AnJ i he fouslit
one of the mont itlrrliis plclures of
hintory developed. At I In- Kins' Mo
baUling with him w,i.i hia younciel
and favorite son Philip. ftrwarj cre
ated Iuke of Kurgumly, ani known ss
Thillp the Bold. When King John's
foe had entirely encircled father and
won the boy, with flaohinc eye, warned
which way the next blow threatened,
crying a the need lnflc:itel: '(iu.ird
right, father; tJnard left, father!" lint
finally both King and -Prince were
taken prisoner.
"THOU SHALT NOT" RULE
For three weak, before th. battle of right for his .later Joanna, the Dow net, brocaded In gold, covered hhj head.
aiter Queen
unJu.Uy imprisoned and robbed of her ort scepter.- finely adorned. Hit
. tri T.eFari celebrated war charger Faunelle wa.
cbikvco 117 ,11a .v WW 1IIH -
Richard promptly ' whipped Tancred,
took Messina and held it until
t.r'a wrongs were righted. Then on
went toward Jerusalem, deeming th.
Joanna incident just a little side mat
ter nicelv fixed ud.
At the second taking of Jaffa Urge w cunning King, but nevertheless
bodies of Saracen, were lined up along -TU monarch. A. King of NaVarr. he
the shore to prevent th. landing of learned war. And, If w. are to credit
Richard's troops. Knights aboard th. " chronicler, bf the day. h. came to
sea and rushed the foe. His soldiers,
ashamed not to obey his summons,
were at his heels. A path was cut
through the Saracens and Jaffa retaken.
This may seem too much. Of Richard,
his first battle a coward. By sheer
fore, of will power he remained on the
field of Moncontour, although he trem
bled co that he all bu tell from hi.
hor.e. He spurred several feet away
from his aides, so that he. might hurl
cowardly epithets at himself without
being heard, and determined to con
quer hi. craven desire to flee.
That he did conquer it Is evidenced
by the celebrated battle of Ivry, fought
January 13. 1590 At that fight Henry
said to hia troop, before engaging the
enemy:
' "My friends, yonder Is your foe, here
I. your King, and God i. on our aide.
If you lose your standards, rally round
my white plume; you will always find
but ha Meema the hmUi Iclnr m.iiI
and seldom fought again. This ax has cannot be dismissed with lust a word
IU own history. Richard had It 'spe- or two. He reached a high plan, when,
cially made to a weight of 20 pounds In after being conducted to the great hill
the bead. Historian, tell of Instance, from which Jerusalem can be Seen, he
where In the hand of the royal wlelder held his shield before hit eyes to that It In the path of honor and Victory!'
It descended upon the helm of a steel- he could not view the. city. Th. victory of Ivry wa. On. of tha
clad knight on bl. horse and. breaking "Since I have not een able to re- moat complete la th. annala of war.
through everything, crushed both man deem this sacred city I am not worthy And the aoldler. 0 th. King did ln-
and Horse to earth. to look upon it." was the kingly reason deed And that his plume wat a true'
Kichard proved himself an able expe be gave- for shutting out the sight of
to the the goal of the Crusades,
consider For those who often make us. of th.
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pretty well guarded against death of that h Personal direction to th. poet's expression "every Inch a king"
excessive danger.
Of all history's great kings and thl.
assertion will includ. now those who
spring from kings the Is a pre-eminent
something about Richard I of Eng
land that impels the bestowal of the
regal palm upon him. He was a very
poor peace monarch, but he never drew
other than a right kingly breath during
every instant of the 10 years he
reisrned.
He was the true bosa of his realms
Bssemoung or hi. Crusade fleet at Mar- In describing th. appearance or bear.
sellles and that he sailed on ahead in ing of certain personage, the de.crlp
his splendid galley, the Bea Cut tor, tion of Richard at the time of bl. mar
with a huge lantern aet In th. stern at riage to Queen Berengarta may be ln
nlght so that the other vessels con- terestlng. He wore a satin tunic' of rose
taJning his army and that of his allies color, fastened about his waist by a
might follow where he led, it will be jeweled belt. A mantle of striped sil
seen that be was the brains of the en- ver tissue," brocaded with silver half
standard.
King Henry V of England wa. with
out doubt the kingllest kind of King.
He also had to conquer a weak aid. of
his nature. He wa. a roy.t.ring Prince,
dissipated, reckle,' the companion of
th. loo., and low. Shakespeare', vivid
portrayal of th. futur. great King la
hot thought to be overdrawn.
It was at the battle of Agincourt,
fought October 25, 1415, that this great
King achieved his greatest fame and
AS
terprise. . mnnna. went over the tunic. He wore nrnved he well deserved 'to be classed
The human side of his "nature was a blade of the finest Damascus steel, with the true Kings. At this battle
evidenced .in his stopping at Messina the hilt of gold and the scabbard of Henry, although outnumbered four to of his followers, although many of them
on nis way to Palestine to set things silver, richly erijjraved. ' A scarlet boiy one, met hit French foe most cheerful- were renowned for brave deeds. The Year's evo, in & town of 20,000 people, improvement
"RICHARD OF THE HON HEART AT ACRE. . '
C ROM RtDPATW3 CYCLOPAEDIA. OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. i
COURTESY OF JONt3 3BROTMET13 P0eU5HIMi CO.
ly, good-naturedly chiding one of hit declare that In Ave year, mora at th.
chl.fa for wishing, tbey had mora man. furthest, w. will have National prohi-
The flower of French knighthood hition. v
charged the English line. The famous
English bowmen cut them down with
a storm of arrows. Then the English
charged in turn. - .
In this charge Henry V outshone all
Kansas Is the model of tho dry. It is
the state Where It I dunned pruhlhl
tlon I actually enforced, and haa hcen
enforced for many year. William Allen
White quotes statistics to prove that
the percentage of Illiteracy Im the small
est, and the per capita banli dpoiia
the largest of any slate In the I'nlon.
I was astonished on Now Year's evo In
this town of 20,000 people, that New
Year's eve passed like any other even
ing. There was no noise, no shoutlni;.
no ringing of bell, no tooting of h'.nm.
JUHt deadly quiet. On the following
morning I expresurd niy surprise to tho
proprietor of the hotel where I lived.
"The people In this state are lloktd."
he explained, "just licked: that I all
there Is to It. There are so many las
against everything, and ao many limy
bodies prying abnirj trying to convict
vollieone of aomothlng, that people have
lost all heart and cannot even shout.
They have become callous to emotion
of any kind whstever."
And so they appeared to me a 1
viewed them In th. street, plrlU, -"licked,
just licked!"
Do w. really want that sort of Amer
ican citizens, even though the per capita
batik deposit are greater than In any
other state In th. Union?
"What shall It profit a man If he gajn
th. whol. unlvera. and lose his own
ouir ,
In Texas, a few years ago, a law was
passed by th. Legislature making It a
felony Ho play cards on a railway train.
Thla law was amended later also to
mak. It a felony to play card in a
hot.l. Uat year thl. law w. amended
to make It a felony, punishable by a
fin. of 50, to play card In one' own
home on two successive nlshts! That
ls Mr. and Mrs. Jones are respectable,
lawabldlng cltiacns If they play pinochle
In their own home Monday and Wednes
day nights, but If they play Monday
and Tuesday nlghta, they are crlmtnuK
and may be subjected to a nne of fji).
And fjrolth. the next door neighbor, if
he peeps through their shutters and
secures the convlctloln of Mr. and Mrs.
Jooe. la entitled to one-half of the
One, t23.
tn Arkansas there Is an antl-cUar-elt.
law, making it a crime, punishable
by fine or lmprlonment. not only to
sell cigarette, but to buy or to offer
to buy them!
In Oklahoma a Icglnlator Introduced
a bill making a straight beat a flush In
a game of draw poker! Ktrnng to aay.
It was not paased W. 11. Wright, of
fyn Bernardino. Cal.. In New York Sun.
Alibi In Demand.
(Birmingham Age-Herald.) '
Farmer (bursting Into the vill:
Inn) What dye think. frMlaa? Tlio
bon.a of a prehiotorio man has been
found on Jim White's farm.
Innkeeper Great gosh! I hope poor
Jim'll be able to clear hUself at th.
coroner's inquest.
It Is Interesting to consider what
sort of a person the young American
of a few generations hence will be.
reared under these "Thou shalt not:"
laws.'
I happened to be in Kansas on Kew
Willi Ma-ln-Law', Help.
(New York Times.)
He I am not worthy of you.
She Never mind thut; I feel that I
am capable of muktng all the necessary