Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-13
THREE BOY KINGS.
Edmund, Edrcd aud Edwy Were Rul-
ers of England when Young.

Edmund, Edrcd aud Edwy Were hui
ers of England when Young.
We Of today always think Of king |
II prince as being creature with
nothing much to do but to enjoy life
and be waited on Kings and princes
10 not enjoy life any more-in fact,
not rs muCh--as we common mortals
DO, though they may tako their ca"
md dress in silks and plush Now,
there was time when even kings could
not take their ease hut lived in con.
slant state of turmoil and danger Hun.
1reds and hundreds of years ago there
reigned in England n hoy king called
Edmund He was only Is years old
when he came 10 tho throne. and he
was tho first of six boy kings whose
ieigns were short and turbulent Ed
mund was called tho Magnificent be-
cause ho tried 10 improve the dress and
the living of the times; but, unfortu
nately for him, ho had violent tenn
per, which soGn ended his reign and his
life
In those days the kings palace con-
sisted Of a few sleeping apartments and
great dining hall, where everybody,
from the king to the meanest servant,
dined Mt tho same table. The king,
however, was at one end on u raised
platform, which distinguished him from
the others who sat below.
yv,o thn r,tSt,,,, thon onl N VOW
beautiful one, to allow any poor way
farer who might be passing to come in,
warm himself and take his place at the
table. One night King Edmund. after
he had eaten heavily and drunk too
deeply, it is to be feared, noticed among
the company ut table noted outlaw
and robber called Leof. This man had
been banishcd FROM England, and when
the king saw him sitting there he flew
into mighty rage at tho mans pre-
sumption. and he commanded him TO
depart
Leof said, II will not depart, -
whereupon the foolish king, instead Of
ordering his servants to put him ont,
| himself seized the bold robber and tried
to throw him out. Leof had dagger
concealed under his long cloak, and he
stabbed the king. In minute all the
kings retaincrs were upon the outlaw
and cut him to pieces, but not before
tho king and several Of his servants
were killed.
Then came Edred, another boy king,
who was very weak of body, but strong
of mind He fought many great battles
against tho Danes and the Norsemcn
and beat them of, hut he only lived 10
rule niue years.
Then Edwy, Is years old, became
king, but he was ruled by monk
named Dunstan, who watched over
him like u guardian The handsome
youns monarch had married his cousin
the beautiful Elgiva, although he wa
50 young. Dunstan did not approve q
this marriage, fed the country and 80.
cretly worked upn plot TO get rid %
Edwy and put his younger brother I'll
gar ON tho throne. Not content with
dis Dunstan caused the beautiful girl
queen to be seized and her fair face
branded with a rcdhot iron, and then
sho was sold into slavery in Ireland.
For in those days white people wor,
made slaves just ms we made slaves Of
the blacks before tho war.
The Irish people, however, were then.
as they are now, warm hearted race,
aud they determined to restore the poor
aueon to her husband. First they cured
her Of the awful scar on her face, sc
; she was as beautiful as ever, and then
, sent her on her way back to England.
|, But ON the way homo she was killed.
When tho king heard OF her fate, ht
died. too, Of a broken heart.
You can easily imagine it wasn't
much fun to be n king or II queen Ell
) ther in those old days New Yori
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