The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

was Jeanette; that she was nineteen
 years old. that she was skilled in needle work, that she heard the voices
 of the saints" in her sleep, and in her
 waking hours; she refused to promise
 not to escape; she could repeat the
 Lords prayer; she had more fear oi
 God than of the court. and when asked
 if she was sure of the favor of God''
 she replied;
 If I am not, may God help me to
 1t; if I am. may God preserve me in
 The learned theologians who made up the court, archbishops, university
 professors, experienced inquisitors and controversialists were completely baf- fled by the innocent faiIh and can
 dor of this country girl and were un- able to find anything heretieal or reasonable in her replies. Her piety and her patriotism appeared clearer
 and more clear as the examination pro- ceeded. She was perfectly natural and frank throughout. Without the advice of counsel or anyone to assist her, de- prived of every friend and sympathy from every source, brought from her iron cage before the court daily after fasting for months upon her prison fare, she never lost her dignity, her presence of mind, her sweet gentle ness. Even the consolation of her re-
  not permit her to sec a priest. AL
 though her judges, strong and clever men, tried to entrap her into danger ous replies, they failed to do so, al- | though she frequently refused to an ! swer questions on the ground that she 1 did not understand their meaning. | She showed great prudence in sher replies" says a writer of that day 1 ''so much so that those who heard hel were astonished and the prosecutor re- tired with his assistants without touch- { ing her.
 Saint Margaret and Saint Michel com
 municated with her frequently and ! told her what to do and say, and on 1 the much disputed questions of her
 masculine attire she simply explained that ~she preferred it and wore wo- mans dress cAly when she went to
 mass. When the bisnop finally at tempted to frighten her into confess | ing that her 'voices'' were imaginary l piled that she was ready to answer l to God and to the Pope Tor all that ! She was conscious of no evil.
 T submit myself to the church." she
 said.
 The cruel court convicted her of
 heresy; it pronounced her guilty Of each of the twelve articles of aecu- | order to confirm their own verdict her 1 aceusers tested her courage with in- | struments of torture and threatened i her with horrors 'iA she did not aVow | the truth" She was showr the instru-
 ments and the officials were called in | to use them, but sne smiiea sweetly | anG said:
 Even if saw the flames before
 me. I should say what l have already ! said and do what have already done" And it was an honest clerk who wrote the words 'Superba respoDsio" oppo- | site her answer.
 She was burned in the market place | on the 3Oth of May, 1431, in woman's dress. wearing mitre upon which, was written. "TIeretique, Relapse, ApUstate 1 Idolatre" She was guarded by eight l hundred men-at-arms who /surrounds sd | the cart in which she rode for fear | she might be rescued by the people 1 She sobbed several times as she stood
 waiting for her executi0ners to prepare | the fire, and as the slow flames en- veloped her. she died with the words | Jesus upon her lips. Her ashes were cast Into the Seine.
 1 Scarcely had the sensation subsided when the most astonishing phenons sns | took place Half her judges died in | awful anguish and the people pro- l claimed her a martyr to the faith. l There have been many other famous | people in Rouen, so many that 1t would | be impossible for me to tell you about
 them all. William the Conqueror, who | crossed the channel to give the people | of England charter by which their civil liberties and right of self govern