The evening world., 1911-01-30
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HI II i S t O r Y
By Albert Payson Terhune

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
osun. iSl S tho Pre-. rubAAAAs o. ussS ss yt wod0.
No. asa Moment of Impotence That h uineda Great Enterprise
REDBEARDED sant-handsomest and greatest man of his time
came, in June, 1890. to a crowded bridge. Finding he would have
WAv to wait a little while before crossing he turned aside in a TT OF
G9 impstience and started Ito go through the river by a nearby ford.
1.-The had not given way to this foolish within for unnecessary haste es
altered.
The man was Frederick /, Emperor of Germany, ntcknamed because Of
his scarlet beard) "Barbarossa."
10 m.nased' at the g of twenty-nne. to secure hi W election to os
had left a so, M t srnA ns.s %eS h. ,a us m", n a%, MS T Tnss, the late" ne h"p""'
,h. H sm ron. r Germany a"s,r I" bad ,G condition. S.n. rSS petty sn, prlnsiDa"'s ss, that mad, ~ ~
"o-.-D country districts. crsppnns 'cnn m T ce ana ni" %evss satn :.
Punishment. ' ::' - Ss: s,', on, r, %,'; a.. d s ''' s's., g countries ss o s.s sy- :.
49,. s.sdea. It "a anoether a poor start, for a ma VIII.
s, Z. cS,. .. ;: !, e. ,n wS,s' . not, only with N, ,ns Ssa, ,. o.. 1, sosn warrior ~:
loyalty that bound h German Prince. to he Empire. patched u p their qua>
Germany greater than over before. prosperous united. happy He ~ Town II.
wher. a N d example o punishment, va. needed hi. quick brain r..anv
sssS.s 10 mis- pow .n" m +. h; t sapuT t%n n'a ,o s nsua np pr down. n S hss |s ns -
palace CARRYING dogs in ..ar arm. THIS was deemed IN yerasAn a,.sr.s.
Ma, Mas''r r%s of, M e. .na"er red city to knssl before him. him. barefoot ," clad in .A4-
OF E IA. e.r% Tss'F ss. S''; r.. II, r. Ss~. =: M; sTS sssss,n to . punish q, THAI, ,s.y sssnt having ,.y. ~:
he Ssg. Of A., a" ", to %, u, ,s ssSssS On q a r ss~ss Its Bohemia s.lo. with n ,st; : .S sSsss .ss
He vas at m time master of thu greater part of the European Continent
f@e tanns. h. tried diplomacy The .lon became Tor he time tn K. and
rnsn cam, came sx. that s, ; s.m IL Christian a. Eu,SO, with a.. horror. , r..
had driven them from Jerusalem. thu. sn..chms IN sacred shrine: as.
had ,.s...n tn, he Holy City. A. ono. ;: :I S,s,s crusade s., "a, p', ,onsr to 2. win a.. S.s ..
n ns, ss til X. ps of ys."s. + t ssS:s % :. sEn, , s%s .. TT arm" a.. but %.. s%:
aginst The inhdeL
On Barbarossa an his veterans depended the whole noSs OF tho Crusade
On Barbarosa, toe in a MEASURE. depended much IF Europes future He
reached Constantnope me thence crossed 30 Syria. con
querng al ne went
l" "Pe'o' On June 10. $780, the main body Of hst oops came -
In the River. calvcadnu. River. a little stream running through CYncaa
- When Barbarossa reached the bridge that Spannsd 0ds
liver he fumd 1t crowded nth marching soldiers There ws no real causs
for haste. At his order the bridge coud have besn cleared for him to cross
within . cry few minutes But Barbarossa - inpatient % press or n ION
the vanguard Of lis arms.
50 in.sesd Of waiting h. rod into u. water I. . sora y. BY Tn. CAV:
cadnus ws swonen by rain. The Emperors horse as swept on its feet I'D
Baroarossa fell into tho water. Weighed down by his heavy arnor n % rowos
before help coud reach him..
MI German ARMY which ws he backbone II the Crusade rehssd % - -
without It's leader. The other mmarche. deprived # BarnaToaas Guidanos.
ouarreued amone themselves. The Crusade was a failure Tho HN LAnd
remained, al It is to-day, in the hands Of the Mohamrnedans.
Tho nan who might have turned failure int victory land have thus diverted
thu saamiues IN overlook several European nations through the result q
tho crusader had thrown away his life IN the muddy watss o q bette Eastern
rver-oeeause, he laeked the pa"enoe 10 ""' NV """" ~" "
Cleared.