The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
FAMOUS BOY HEROES.
DARING DEEDS OF YOUTH ON THE
BATTLEFIELD.
Pittsba,,g Dispatch.

dy youngster who, long before man
hood Was reached, was Injured to tn
hardships Of camp and the hazard o
battle. Many Of these boy warrior
with years and experience developed
into great generals. Some did not
and their story is very sad and brie
indeed.
Almost 1900 years ago, when
monster named Maximin was Empero
O. Rome, there dwelt in the imperia
city famous family called the Cor
dian.
The head Of the Gordian had beer
appointed pro-co4sul of Africa, ant
his soldiers, becoming disgusted will
the wrongs and brutalities committed
by Maximin. compelled him tc raise
the banner Of revolt and assume th'
purple: At the time the pro-consu
was an old man Of 80, who for year:
/ had left the administration Of his Of
fee to his son, he would have beer
very glad to have ended his days il
peace and quiet had not his legions
decreed it otherwise.
Maximin, hearing Of the revolt Of
the African troops, promptly dispatch
ed an army against Carthage, where
the Gordisns had established their
court. The two Gordians perished
The SON in battle, aud the father by hii
own hand when informed Of his sons
death.
Maximin's triumph was brief, how.
ever; he was soon aftervard murdered
by his own soldiers, who then took
the last Of the Gordians, lad Of 13,
and carrying him through the camps.
proclaimed him emperor an honor as
dangerous as it was exalted, for five
emperors had fallen in less than a
year, some in battle, some by poison
and some by the knife Of the assassin.
As might have been expected, the
reign Of the boy was Of short dura-
ton. The great Roman world, made
up Of many different peoples and held
together by force Of arms alone, rose
to throw off the yoke. Five years af.
ter he was made emperor, young Cor,
dian took the field with his army and
hurried into Asia to repel the Per-
slams, who had assailed the frontier.
He had fought one or two unimpor-
tant battles, when he was poisoned at
the instigation of one Of his generals,
who aspired to the purple.
Some centuries later, still another
boy, a German prince, Conradin by
name, was struggling for that pare of
the Roman world known as the king
dom Of Naples, which his father had
Won from the degenerate Italians. He
led his army in triumph over the
Alps and through northern and central
Italy. It was doubtless all like gor-
geous pageant to the young prince, his
soldiers in their brilliant uniforms
and polished armor, with waving silk
en- flags and pealing bands Of music.
Thus attended, Conradin swept
down upon the borders Of the kingdom
he had come to claim, and his success
seemed certain, when he suddenly
found himself pitted against men IT
experience. He was outgeneraled by
the veteran Charles Of Anjou. His
troops we're cut to pieces, while he
himself was taken prisoner. His ex-
ecution was decided upon by Charles
and infamously carried out. As he
took his place upon the scaffold:
bravely andunfalteringly, as became a
prince, and barred his neck for the
sword, he cried. "Oh, my mother,
dreadful will be the grief that awaits
you for my fate!!''
In the year 1900, in the city Of Pal
nero, there lived sad enough little
prince by the name Of Frederick Ho-
fenstaufen, heir 70 the two kingdoms
Of Sicily and Germany. He was an
orphan, and in Germany his uncles,
Philip and Otho, of Brunswick, dis
puted the crown, while Sicily, where
he was recognized as king, was torn
by strife and discord-Saracen, French
and German strove for first place. In
the turmoil ct these warring factions
Frederick was we'll nigh forgotten. He
was saved from absolute want by the
citizens of Palmero, who had kindly
feeling for the lonely child in his
great empty palace.
When IA Frederick was declared of
age. Several years later, at the head
Ola band Of soldiers, he set out fol
Germany to take the crown. Othc
was warned Of his purpose, and endeav.
ofed to intercept him before he cross
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