Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-21
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| France had mover --has noyer--beeu
so near srtifpation. 1.-THE people" 40
w" hi"torian Martin expresses II, "wer,
no longer bathod In thor sweat, bu,
ground In their blood, debasod bslo-
Tho beasts ~ The forest, among which
they wander, panic.striclen, INITIATED.
VA quest u an Asylum IN tho wilderness .
IhiH fcryoht and sympathetic girl came
at length 10 scc tho dasolation ~ he,
eouatry; her own village was laid vast,
and plnndered by maraudine band.
From childhood shs had been familia,
With Tho legend, France. los, through,
a maid, shall Nv e maid DO saved"
Tho story ~ bor exploits al court. In
amp. IN the field. Ia familiar 10 all thu
world. thousand vulgar fotlons oh.
'cure aud degrade itp essential truth
What this untaught girl did for he,
country was simply this She broueh,
10 bear upon tbs armies ~ France tho
iniincnro ~ what orr own Western
"'ieicN would call powerful re-
'iynI 81 religion From bands Of rock.
les and diasoiutc pluDderera she made
ircnch soldiers orderly decent. moral
ana doyouL HOPE revived. She made
Iho hWg believe In himself; she made
tho court believe in tho causc. Man Of
Iuth saw IN her tho expected virgin
.nviori men of understanding perceived
.ho advantage 10 their side Of having
her thus regarded. She may, TOO (aa
como uf her warrior comrndes testified
~ lntor yenra), have really possesscd
'"me military talent, ns well o. martial
fdor aud inspiration They said Of her
that she Ind good Judgment IN placing
irtillery Later in her short public ca
'eer slie showed herself restless. rash
uncomfortable she made mistakes she
incurreddisasters. But for many months.
during which France rcgained a place
among the powers Of Europe, she was A
glorious presence in tho arny-a war.
nor virgin, in brilliant attire. splendid
ly equipped, superbly mounted, nobIy
attended a leader whom all eyes fol.
lowed with confding admiration, as one
Who had been their deliyerer. and wa,
still their chief. The lowIiness OF her
origin was an element in her power over
a people who worshiped every hour a
savior who was Graded in a msnQey.
We can still rend over the door Of an an
cient inn at Rheims, the Maison Rouge.
this inscription In the year 1929. at
The coronation OF Charles W.. in this
tavern, then called the Zebra, the father
md mother Of Jeanne Dare lodged, at
the expense Of the City Council"
Her career could not but be brief
When she left home 10 deliver her conn.
ny, sho had lived, acc )rding to the most
'ecent French authorities. seventeen
'ears and two months. Fifteen montbs
alter, May "A, 1880, after n series of i'm
'ortant victories followed by minor de-
eats, she was taken prisoner under the
walls Of Compiegne, which she was at
empting to relieve. French troops.
aptured her and held her prisoner
'rench priests, in the metropolitan
hurch Of Notre Dame, at Paris, oele-
rated her capture by a "Te Deurn."
is doubtful if her own King lamented
er loss for this devoted, deluded girl
elonged TO the order Of mortals whom
ne powers OF this world often find it a,
to be rid Of as to use. II il
robable that she had expended her
over TO be OF service and had become
Small, needless fail
res, chargeable to her own rash impet-
osity, had lessened her prestige. For
Re fair and wanton Agnes Sorrel tn.
lie King Of France would have at
'mpted much but he made no serious
Tort to ransom or to rescue the maid to
HON lie owed his crown and kingdom.
james Parton, in Harper Magazine.