The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-09-11
THE FRENCH HEROINE
. DIES. 1t THE STAKE
The Last Hours and Tragic
Death Of Blessed Joan Of
Arc, the Deliverer Of Her
Country From the English
Invaders-Her Execution is
! Black spat on the Page
Of English History and one
Which j. Indelible.

Which is Indelible.
The following account Of the death
OF Joan sof Arc is taken from last
5 weeks issue of the New York Free
mans Journal:
EARLY in the morning of May 80,
1881, Joan's jailer admitted to her cell
/. the Dominican friar, Martin Lad
venu, and Jean Massieu, Dean Of
Rouen, Doctor of Theology, and who
as usher and citer Of Cauchon's court
was prominent in the trial from tho
4 beginning and always had access to
Joan's cell. Joan noted the porten-
tious gravity Of their looks.
You bring me message?" she
/ asked OF Friar Ladvenu.
II am come to prepare you for
DEATH" i, r..
59 Death! How soon?"
Even now. You are cited to ap-
pear in the Old Market Place at
O'Clock.
What kind Of death?" .
And he hardly had uttered the
{ words "by fire." when she cried out,
4 agoniEinEly:-
Il knew it! knew It! Obi. it is
3 too cruel; too cruel! And must this
hra. 1,,h;oI, \. : .a,xnu t,.n,,t .s~a1ax -,
1 consumed today y-re educsd, to. asher!
Sooner Would I that my head were cut
s;77orf sevyn tisnss thsn su4tter sthes names.
III ~ had ths promise of tho churoh's
prison whom I submitted, and II I had
been in the church's prison and not
left here in the hands Of my enemies,
this had not befallen me. oh. I ap-
/. peal to the Great Judge against this
injustice done met"
Just then Cauchon, accompanied by
!, Warwick and Pierre Maurice, showed
himself at the door.
% Bishop, it is by you that l. die,''
Patience, Joan; you die because
you have not kept your promise, but
have returned to your SINS" said the
bishop. &. g,
g-1 Alas! IL you had kept your prom
Use and put me in the church's prison.
this would not come to pass. And for
this I summon you to answer befo:e
God"
The bishop WINGED and turned away
| with Warwick; Pierre Maurice before
leaving put his hand as If in COM
u passionate farewell benedlction on hes
& head.
Master Peter, where shall I be this
;night?' 81, 5q5
Have you not good hope in God?'
e Yes. and by His grace / shall BE-
n in Paradise .. Z. 81 !,
Friar Ladvenu heard her confession
E and sent to Caucbon asking If she
4 might not receive the Molly Commu-
nion. 81 x
Give her whatever she wants now
\ was Cauchon's answer. and he ordered
4 the Blessed Sacrament. conveyed to
i her as quietly as possible, without
\ lights or sacolytes. 5. 5.5a.. II. &
Lad dvenu would not have 1t SO. He
got together the proper accessories
i and formed q procession Of priests and
acolytss and the. Body Of her Savior
v was brought to Joan's cell through
lines Of kneeling. weeping, praying
people on the streets adjacent to the
castle. saying aloud the prayers for
the dying. The tollins Of the bell had
been the signal that brought them out
for the public execution. \
Quickly long white robe ]. was
Il thrown over Joan, ana the two ftia,s,
Isambard and Ladvenu, climbed with
!. her into the felon's cart sent to; con-
\ vey her to the Old Market Place. A
regiment Of 800 English soldiers SUR
/ rounded the cart. For the English
feared she would escape them some
II how. f.5
As the cart turned : corner Of !
street leading to the square q great
I ccmmotion was caused BY = howling
man darting through the lines of the
itary and clinsing to the cart cry
4 Ing: Pardon, pardon. pardon" It
syas I.cyseIleur. who. for Englisl,
promise OF preferment, had spied IN
issr. and lied to her, and then gave
false reports 70 blacken her chara:-
ger to suit his masters. Joan Wiling
forEaye. him. but not ~ ths English