The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-22

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Correspondents Of The CaneaaaAn-
Enterprise.
IN the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries superstlttaion o. al kinas
reached lis height In France. Al
that time that terrible disease. Iep-
rosy. wnx very common and the dread
oY hit caused the people TO be in a
state o. panic nearly awl the time
Awl persons having the plague were
placed in pest-houses an forbidden
10 "a anywhere or have any eonxer-
satlon With any persons who faced
them TO the gindward. There were
many other precautionary ruies.
some good. some foolish. Hit liz
claimed that the goods an chAttles
ov any leper. even live stock. were
free from danger oy bein' stolen for
hit wuz generally believed that tarri-
BILE things would happen TO any one
who might wrong a leper. The home
ov awl persons were burned AZ soop
az they were placed in the pest house.
The warlike and enterprizin' mon
arch ov England never lost site o.
hiz main object In life-which wuz
to whip France. When the three
year truce expired he At once set out
to try again. In the days when there
were no newspaper. no telegraphs.
news got around slowly. 30 when the
English monarch landed in France At
the mouth oy the River Garronne and
began to burn towns and destroy
other things. he surprised the
French. for they did not expect any
thing ov that sort rite away. The
French military leader soon had an
army on the move. but seemed rather
anxious to avoid a battle. though the
French army on hits own soil wux
much superior to any force England
coudl invide the country with at that
ps.t 70 he Eww
lish King left France In a short time.
embarkin' hiz troops at Calais. But
France thought he would return. an
he did. In the meantime France had
increased her standing army to 30.-
900. Soon thereafter hit wuz known
that the Prince OF Wales had
marched with an army ov 10000
men from Bordeaux The Prince
wuz quite young an he soon conciud- !
ed that in takin' the place ov hiz
King he had big job on hand. He
found that the French had burned or j
broken down awl bridges behind him. /
which prevented a hasty retreat. .
while before him the country SEEM .
ed to be alive with French troops. 4
But the English have awlways been /
known az bull dogs" in war. and I
the young Prince selected a position /
ov advantage and awaited the French
The French thought they
had a light Job on hand and marched .
boldly into what proved TO be a 4
The French were forced
TO retreat and the French King. who
wuz ieadin' h!z troops in person. hav-
in stood hiz ground TOO long. wuz
taken prisoner By the English
This dreadful defeat which hap
pened IN 1856, added TO the unrest /
ov the French government Another
truce or three years wuz agreed upon
and at the end or the period King
/ 100 ships and increased the Eng
Iish forces IN France 10 about f0o.-
1G0 men The French ruler bad de-
cided 10 make hiz stand II Paris.
The city wuz veil prepared against
famine and IL wuz certain that the
English could not capture hit By as
saGlt This continued for a year an
the English saw that France wuz
still not ready TO be ruled b. the
King ov Englar-. 4 conference aux
held ar Bretigny an peace wux made
On the foIiowin' conditions: The
French King wuz 70 pay three MIL
lion pieces ov gold az a ransom; King
Edward forever renounced agI
claims 10 the French Kingly throne.
French provinces: so while no great
gain WIZ made by either side. both
countries had been pat to an enor-