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


History tells of more than one stur
cy youngster who, long before man
hood was reached, was Injured to thu
hardships Of camp and the hazard o.
battle. Many Of these boy warriors
with years and experience developed
into great generals. Some did not
and their story is very sad and briei
indeed.
Almost 1000 years ago, when 6
monster named Maximin was Empero,
# Rome, there dwelt in the imperia
city a famous family called the Cor.
lan.
The head of the Gordian had been
appointed pro-consul Of Africa, and
his soldiers, becoming disgusted with
The wrongs and brutalities committed
by Maximin, compelled him tc raise
the banner Of revolt and assume the
purple. AZ the time the pro-consul
was an old man Of so, who for years
had left the administration Of his Of
flee to his SOD, he would have been
very glad to have ended his days in
pcacc and quiet had not his lcgions
decreed it otherwise
Maximin, hearing Of the revolt of
the African troops, promptly dispatch
ed an army against Carthage, where
the Gordians had established their
court. The two Gordians perished,
the son in battle, and the father by his
own hand when informed Of his son S
death
Maximin's triumph was brief, how
ever; he was soon afterward murdered
by his own soldiers, who then took
the last Of the Gordians, a 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
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 rcpcl the Per-
slams who had assailcd the frontier.
lie had fought one or two unimpor-
tant battles, when he was poisoned at
the instigation Of one Of his generals,
who aspircd to the purple.
Some centuries later, still another
boy, a German prince, Conradin by
name, was struggling for that part 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. 1t 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 aud 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 Of
experience. He was outgeneraled by
the veteran Charles Of .Apjou. His
troops were cut to pieces, while he
himself was taken prisoner. His ex-
ecution was decided upon by Charles
ard infamously carried out. AS he
took his place upon the scaffold,
bravely and unfalteringly, as became
prince, and barred his neck for the
sword, he cried. ooh, my mother,
dreadful will be the grief that awaits
you for my fatc!'
In the year 1900, in the city Of Pal
nero, there lived Q sad enough little
prince by the name Of Frederick Ho-
fenstaufen, heir to the two kingdoms
Of Sicily and Germany. He was an
orphan, and in Germany his uncles.
Philip aud Ohio, 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 Of these warning factions
Frederick was we'll nigh forgotten. He
was saved from absolute want by the
citizens of Pa!mcro, who had a 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 for
Germany to take the crown. Ohio