The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-02

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reminder of the knight errantry OF
oIden times is tinged with the CLAM
or of romance, and frought with the
weiehtiest memories of other days
and other lands, when civilization
was young and the minds of men
we're cropping about through clouds
of superstition, eagerly scanning the
eastern sky, keeping watch for that
certain light that would lead them
unto the perfect day.
esLong before the Northern con-
ounrors set their foot upon English
soil. long even before Alfred the
Good reigned alike over Britain;
Saxon and Dane, history, legend and
tradition, made real to us by Tenny-
sons immortal Tyre, tells how hlng
AArthur and his hundred stainless
knights first made the name of
Knighthood synonym for all that
noble in human nature, and all that
was good in a world of wrong And
we are told how the gentle daughter
of King gave her heart and her
hand to him who was at once the
best and bravest of them all.
Gas time went on the Christian
! religion spread its influence through
out Europe, the Christian Knight
! bowed before its sacred shrine and
pledged his life, his lands and his
sacred honor and all that his heart
held near and dear to the service of
the Cross. And that bloodstained
banner he carried about the Syrian
sands and smotc the heather hosts
OF Islam in the gateway of their
citidels.
Il might tell how Richard of the
Lion Heart, led his gallant hosts
against the hords of Saladin,. stack
ed victorious guns against the Ieager-
| ed walls of Acre and on othGr well
fought fields. How his brave and
gentle Queen was the companion OF
his camp. and how, when foul as
sassin drove a poison dagger in his
breast, she drew with her own sweet
lips, the poison from the gaping
wound, and how the heart of SAL
adm was touched by the bravery1of
his enemy and he was moved to send
him snow from the mountain tops,
TO allay his burning fever, and choice
fruits from the gardens of Palestine,
to give back health and strength.
eff I were called upon to name a
stainless Knight above reproach,
even above all the brave and daring
of those troublous times, ! would
name Richard Cour de Lion, BRAY
est of English kings.
CHAD / the time I might tell You
| IF C,fl1nT.
| times. who went forth, armed with
shield and lance to fright the souls
Of fearful adversaries. And out of
| III the romace and glamor that was
half hidden from our view, in the
| deeds Of those early days, his is the
figure that stands out in bold relief.
! challenging our respect and admira-
| ton. His mission was to lift up the
fallen and comfort the afflicted, pro-
/ tcct the widow and care for the or
! phan, to chastise wrong and uphold
| the right. Whose acts of kindness
and deeds of daring read grander
and stranger than romance itself.
What better mission ever engaged
human strength since time began or
viii until time shall be no more?
Oll, IIlN lIl5DNlS- WIN lAii'7
vie in friendly contest for the honors
of this tournament, may draw your
life's lessons from the teachings of
medieval chivalry. Although your
life blood will not pay the forfeit of
Your failure here today, yet your
I.hcarts and hopes are bent upon this
contest and like the Knights of the
middle ages, We who this day shal
VIII the mead of victory will lay
yoif1v trophies at the feet of woman
that bunch of dimples and eN-
trayagance for whom Mark Anthony
flung away ambition, and Romeo
scaled the walls that were high and
hard to climb and tarried there I'M
til nights candles had burned out
and jocIund day stood tiptoe upon
+9le misty mountain. top. For whom
[eantfer braved the icy current and.I
compulsive course of the Hcl1spont
This ont, who through the long
Matches of the night may be found |
keeping Weil at the bedside of the
sick: oh, weary, weary hours in
which the feyerish patient drags his
chain Of care aroNnd the rolling
world, DER desert is1ds and cross
ten4pestous oceans rank with dcadI
mems bones and the rotting hnlls of