Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-02

iN'hior W tuitT anu tnhfls tnt OtltI,
locund anarchist anu Puckish free.
booter aud "ieveler" OF his time, both
ore objects OF equal, though unlike.
devotion, not only In the literature ri
centuries, but In the breasts OF millions
who speak the English tongue.
The most curious thing about these
two characters Is that the least aids 10
identification are found among the
high-mlnded aud learned. Litefatur.
universally places them In shallow.
hnu; Bnt 10 where you may among
the Engllsh lowly, King Arthur u
really there; Robin Hood with his
faithful little John, Ffiar Tuck aud
their hundred archefa bold are ever u
/ goodiy company, n helpful unconscious
ethical countcrpoise, II has sometimes
seemed 10 me, where buTdens aud i'm.
positions Of caste aud condition are
most grlevous aud sore 10 abide. a
few yean Of wandering among the
British lowly, more than all reading
aud study, have convinced me thai
both King Arthur aud Robin Hood
once really existed aud lived much tho
same manner VI lives ~ the song aud
the ballad makers. although roaponsi.
bic for their legendary character, have
Swallowed forth. ! can take you into
thousands OF cabins IN Devonshirc,
Cornwall, aud In Blittany--for King
| Atthurisc more god u the BfitOns
than to the West Of England Armor.
lean Ccl,s-where books are unknown;
where no manner Of literature ever
came; where history OF clan aud sept
have been preserved from father 10
son, where the Arthurlan legends live
ltuTn IElafIN anil oil al La. al
the printed tales OF the Table Round.
These absolutely bookless folk will
take you 10 the very landing-place of
King uthor; shOw you the real re-
mains OF the twin castles Tintngel and
Tetrahil; relate how Uther PendTagon
lpslege1 the Duke OF Cornwall, slew
hint the zane day wed his widow,
| lgtayne, TO whom the child, Arthur
was born, and reared by the cnchnntef,
Merlin, under good Sir Ect0r's care,
who restored TO him the kingdom OF
Cornwall on pcndragon'a death, how
the noble King Arthur Instituted the
Oder Of Knights OF the Round Table,
whose sanity acts In the service OF God
and man, until they fell Into sin, were
| loved only aud we'd Gulncverc, be-
hthN'i NJ AANAN
celving his deith.wOund In battle
with his rcbclllous nephcw's forces at
/ Camelford (which the poets make
Camelotl, Arthur babe the loyalknight,
sir BedUver, carry him 10 Dpzmaru
Pool, fling his sword ExcaliOur there
/ In, when n boat, rOwed by three
queens, appeared. Into this Arthur
was lifted and borne away TO the II.
la Ia. A ri
Gus wound might be healed. These
folk say, aud believe, that Arthur Ia
still In lalry-land; that his spirit often
returns In the gdlsc Of "A bird, the
enough, lowering about the old scenes
with pathetic murmurings; and that
he VIII surely 'comc again."
"wsaIlng the white nower OF blamsls,s
lifc.'
10 reign az n king should and might
over his beloved England. Literature
never provided hundrvl thousand
booklrss folk with this. II remains,
BECAUSE In IL has been preserved, with.
out books, u fadoless actuality.
In like man ner Robin Hoods land
bccomes the whole Of England. Pierc-
lug their armOr Of s0dden reserve, you
will lind that the sober English peas.
ant aud the grave English workman
have minds full enough VI chivalry
and romance. Robin Hood Ii Inn
mortal with these, because, m n
"levcller" Of rank and class, he repre-
SCENTS an undeiinnble yet certain power
to buffet the church anu the nobility.
lie IN "a rcscuer OF maids In distress and
men Ia durcss. He cmbodlca the uncon-
scious yet universal leaning towards
communism among the English lowly.
Above all, he IN the luminous type Of
that dearest thing 10 every lowly
Briton'a heart, "fair play,n whether
IN irollc, froeb0Oting or fight. Fairly
defined, Robin HOODS Land comprises
the shirvs OF Nottingham anu Lincoln
with the southern half OF Yorkshire.
| There n not a ploughman, forester,
gamckeeper, aud, l would almost
venture 10 say, any human being
among the lowly, outside the factories,
In this portion " England, who has
not a clearer conception OF the life,
character and exploits OF the merry
outlaw than all boots could give. As N
well known, the manuscript and old.
record researches by the Rev. Joseph
Hunter, an assistant keeper OF the pub.
lie records Of England, made public In
1859, placed fairly within the domain
OF authentic history the facts concern.
ing the actual existence and career OF
Robin Hood. He was born about 1900.
His family were Of some station, and
seated ut Wakefield. with many others
hc became mn outlaw from having Is.
poused the cause Of the unfortunate
Earl OF Lancaster. He reiterated with
u hundred or more OF MS comrades to
the depths OF snetWoou notssh no. y
score miles ,lVh III oh'niiaec' ny
their uh,guMeu SKIN ~ aiehe,yi god.
less piahhs Ml'h lVIus anu oishois,
fObDtflch OF tnt hlgn 10 Snhft Win Inv