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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Tarry in TantallOn

Some days Marmion tarried In Tantai- lon while every day brought rumors oe the invasion of England by the Scottish host and of the victories which King James had won.
 Marmlon fretted at his likeness, as a war horse frets when he hears the sound of the bugles sounding a charge and is not allowed to enter
 The manner of the Douglas had sud- denly cooled toward the English lord, and he gave him only that scant courtesy which was his due as a guest consigned to him by the King. Marmion observed 1t and wondered why.
 This was the reason. The palmer was. of course, none other than Ralph De Wil- ton.
 With the packet which had been en- trusted to him by the abbess he felt justi- fled In revealing his Identity to the Douglas and showed him the papers which proved Marmion's perfldy.
 After that Douglas could no moro be the friend of Marmion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
A Prisoner of State

From the time ne mel the king-at- arms. Marmion was, more or less, a pris- oner under his guidance, though no armed force surrounded him and all courtesy was shown him.
 Lord Marmon was, of course anxious to push on to the Scottish court at once.
 But, upon one rretext or another. Sir David delayed the march. keeping the English guests first in one castle and then fin another. until messengers from Edinburg told him that he might let the foreigners approach the capital.
 James had been gathering there upon the Roroughmoor, before the city. the fighting strength of his kingdom, and did not wish that stranger eye should sec the array until all had assembled, and the gathering been reduced to some sem bIance of discipline.
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haps a death of lingering pain may cleanse my sins.
 T listened to the tale of traitor For three long years bowed my pride to be a horse boy in his train. And well did l deserve, for my transgressions that should have been treated as l was at last by him.
 But, had I the power as l. even now, have the will history should never read of maiden betrayed like me who was SC revenged
 But that is passed. Marmion saw Clare de Clare, knew of her broad land: and from that time longed to be rid oi me.
 You all remember how. when Mar mion attainted his rivals name, the con test of the lists gave the victory to Mar mion and the disgrace, exile. perhaps death, to De Wilton
 Now. though Marmion gained the bat tie. his charges against De Wilton were fase-based upon forged papers which myself placed among the papers of the vanquished knight
 Here s packet containing all the story all the material for the testimony--con- taining enough 10 send Lord Marmion to the block. Now welcome death for. slow or fast, it is but death that comes at last "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Brooding Oyer Dark Things

But deeper. darker things brooded in the perturbed mind of Marmion There were secrets about his charge against de Wilton. which he recalled with a feeling of self-contempt.
 And, worse than all was that to which Sir Hugh Heron had alluded when he asked after the health of the page, Con- stant.
 In truth the page Constant was Con- stance de Beverly, a rrofessed nun, whom Marmion had lured from convent and ruined and deserted.
 Firing of her and her constant re- breaches, and learning that she had tried to kill with poison the Lady Clare. he had. before his journey north. delivered her over to the ecclesiastical authorities. He told them, it is true, that she must not be harmed, but kept in confinement. But the laws were strict he feared that something more than Imprisonment might befall her.
 He was a false and per1ured knight he knew it, and. whenever he caught fixed upon him the deep sung. piercing eyes of the palmer, his guide, his soul seemed to sink within him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Rival Suitors

One yeoman bore Lord Marmion's lance --the same with which he had some two years before overcome Ralph de Wilton in a tourney when, charged by Marmion with treason. De Wilton had defied him and they had fought and Marmion had been victor.
 Both De Wilton and Marmion had been suitors for the hand of the wealthy heir ess. Clara de Clare, and now Marmion, backed by his sovereign was bent upon marrying the heiress
 His enemy's shield had been reversed and hung upon a gibbet after the tourney and De Wilton had disappeared. It was rumored that he had died on a pilgrim age to the Holy Land.
 Proud cold. stern. remorseless-such was the man who was welcomed with all the ceremony of the times by Sir Hugh Heron in to the castle of Norman with salvos of artillery from the battlements. the proclamations of heralds and the song of mnstrels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Marmion's Brand

Evening was falling over the castle of Norham. that great fortress of the north which stood on an elevation upon the southern banks of the Tweed, when the warden, looking forth from the battle ments, saw approaching over Hornecliff hill a elump of spears.
 A horseman darting from the ranks spurred on to the castle gates and wound his bugle. horn.
 He blew the call of Lord Marmion, one of the most renowned warriors of Eng land, who was then on his way to Edin- burg by order of the English King to ask the Scottish King. James, why. through all Scotland, he was gathering troops for war
 Sir Hugh Heron commanded the strong hold and when the warden notified to him whose bugle 1t was that sounded before the gates the captain of the hold hastily bade a great banquet to be provided, his minstrels and his heralds to take their station and that the castle gates be un- barred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Restored to His Rights

It was soon after the ceremony in tho chapel of the castle which had restored De Wilton to the ranks of chivalry that Lord Marmion drew out his band to de- part from Tantallon All hope of peace was over and he took his leave of tha Douglas.
 As he sat upon his charger ready to de- part, he offered his hand to tho earl Douglas refused to take 1t, and Marmions in fury, grossly insuted him.
 Dare you beard the lion In hls den and the Douglas in his castle?" cried the earl and shouted out for the drawbridge to be raised and the portcullis lowered.
 But, turning swiftly, Marmion sprang through the sally-port and across tho drawbridge just as 1t trembled on the rise.
 Lord Marmion and his train came within sight of the English and Scottish armies confronting each other upon tha field of Flodden one afternoon two days later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
The Law of the Church

Meantime, a tragic scene was being en- acted In the Holy Isle Of Lindisfarne.
 The abbess of St. Hilda, the head of the convent of Whitby, where the Lady Clare had taken refuge, had been summoned to Iindisfarne. together with the Proress of Tynemouth, to hold. with the aged and blind Abbot of Lindisfarne. conclave for the trial of two people who had been given up to the judgment of the eccle- sastical law.
 For in those days people who had once been of the church were subject to the ecclesiastical and not the civil law
 And the two criminals who were brought before the conclaye were Constance de Beverly and a forsworn monk who had assisted her in her attempt upon the life of the Lady Clare.
 The evidence was clear and the guilty pair were condemned to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
The Hnnd of Clara

The two s0ures dragged from beneath the horses feet of the desperateiy light ing combatants their lords body. He was still alive. but mortally wounded.
 They bore him Co the little hlll where staia the Lady Clare They stripped him of his casoue and armor, and the baron cried out for water to assuage his dying thirst
 Glare, forgetting all but that a dying man was in agony, tool, the yoided hei- met and filling it from the spring of sybill Cray gave him to drink and soothed his dying moments
 "Is 1t the hand of Clare" murmured Marmion, "or of the Injured Constance that bathes my head?"
 Then, gathering all his dying strength. he shook the broken sword he still bore above his head. shouted ms war cry-and died.
 When the battle was over and the tenn porary success Of the Scots had been sue ceeded by a complete and crushing defeat. De Wilton. riding by the well of Syolll Grey. found Clare there beside the dead body of Marmion.
 It must be dull man, indeed, who cannot imagine the rest. how De Wilton proved his innocence of the charges which had been against him. how nc married Clare and lived happy ever after.
 Next weeks one-page classic will be ''The Battle of Life" by Charles Dick ems.
 Copyright. 1912, by Irving 1ling.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
On Flodden Field

The Scottish camp was pitched upon q hill which rose above the edge of tho | plain, and before the camp stood the | army, drawn out in battle array, | Between the English and the Scots ran l the River Till. spanned by a single bridge. As Marmion watched the English army put Itself into motion and began the pass age of the river. the Scots watching them. but making no opposition to the passage
 It seemed as if King, James. with naughty infatuation wished to give tha English every advantage of position be- fore attacking them.
 The passage of the English army over the river brought 1t between Marinion and the Scottish forces, and he at once set out to find the commanding general and place himself and his men at the dis posal of that officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02

the esquire to prepare his war horse as silently as he could-he would ride forth to the Pictish camp. Perchance the night air might cool his fevered brow
 With wonder the squire obeyed and saw his master ride forth into the night.
 For some time he stood there awaiting the return of Lord Marmlon. Then, sud denly, he heard the sound of horse s hoofs coming rapidly toward the inn.
 It was Lord Marmion returning and re- turning in different guise than that in which he had ridden forth.
 His falcon crest was soiled with clay the stains upon the chargers knees and I upon his left side showed that he had been down.
 Marmion sprang from the saddle so has tily that he almost fell and. without a word, throwing the reins to the squire, sought his chamber in the inn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02

the country-enough at least to act as guide for Marmion's train.
 The palmer was ordered to be brought before the high table where sat Lord Marmion and Sir Hugh. The palmer came. He was of tall stat ure, his black cowl partially overhung his face. which was emaciated and worn with fastenngs and toll and exposure to the suns of many lands. ] His feet were shod with sandals and upon the left shoulder of the long black cloak which he wore over his sable gown shone the red St. Peters keys. while his hat was caught up at one side with the scallop shell which denoted the pilgrim of the Holy Land
 He bore a staff and withered palm branch in his hands. His look was all most unearthly, so weird and stern was 1t. He stood with his tall, gaunt form be- fore Marmion and Sir Hugh as if he had been their equal.
 When it was proposed that he act as Marmions guide into Scotland the palmer agreed. saying but few words. and those ir a deep and hollow voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02

morning how one small nation could summon forth so great and diversified an array of warriors.
 It was evening when the envoy, under the escort of the Lion King-at-arms en- tered the palace of Holyrood, which rang with 'wassel, game and glee," as King James feasted the chief officers of his army.
 He was a splendid monarch and this feast outshone all his former ones. It was his greatest-and his last. l The King greeted Marmion with great curiosity and the English envoy thought he never had seen a man of such noble bearing, free and open. or one so gor- geously attired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
At HOlyrood

Marrnion and hls train were assigned fitting quarters upon their entry Into the Scottish capital and the English envoy was invited to attend that night the Gings court in the ancient palace Of Holyrood.
 IL was Q great and valiant army indeed that King James had assembled to march into England, and much Marmon mar veled, as he rode through the camp fin the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Waiting at the Spring

But before he could reach the lines of the English the battle had toined.
 A great cloud of fire and smoke arose from the hill where the Scots were post cd The warriors of tho north had fired their tents and In the smoke which tho wind rolled down the slope. the Scottish army charged upon the English army be- low r
 Lord Surrey was in command Of tho English, and to him Marmion reported. But first he bade his squires, Blount and Ftz Eustace to stay as guard to Lady Clare upon little hillook overlooking the war close by q spring where, for the rcfreshment of wandering wayfarers. arose little cross of stone beside tho spring. The cross was engraven with the legend:
 Drink, weary pilgrim drink and prey. For the kind soul of Syblll Grey,
 Who built this cross and well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
The Iegend of the pictish Camp

Marmion and his train, when well into Scotland. stopped at village hostelry. and among the tales told around the fire that night waN one by the host.
 He told of an enchanted ring called the Pictish Camp which lay near the vil- lage. Low mounds of earth incosed It with entrances from the north and from the south.
 It was said that whoever went there at midnight would see appear from the en- trance opposite the one he entered his deadliest foe.
 A King of Scotland had once gone there to make the test, and had crossed weap- ons with the phantom of that English Edward who afterward overran the coun- try.
 The old tale sank deep into the heart of Marmion. and q song which his esquire Fitz Eustice. sang-a song telling of the fate of false lovers-still further got on his nerves. He could not sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Safe for a Time

With early morning Lord Marmion and his train, guided by the palmer crossed the Tweed bound for the court of Scot land.
 Moodily did Marmion ride forward. And much cause of moodiness and reflection did he have. The Lady Clare, whom he wished to marry, had taken refuge from him in the convent of Whitby, where she had de- clared herself a novice.
 The King had sworn to Marmion that he would make her that lords wife. even though she were sworn nun. He would see, though, that her desire for clois- tered life went no further than being a novice.
 But the mission to Scotland delayed for a time the plans of the amiable lord and his amiable master. King Henry VIII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
In ihe Press of Battle

De Wilton had also arrived upon the field, had shown his papers to the Earl of Surrey and had told him of his re- knightlng at the hands of Douglas. De Wilton was at once assigned to a com- mand.
 The two young squires fretted at their charge and the terror of the Lady Clare. thus left upon "the dubious verge Of bat tie fought" was agonizlng.
 On the left the Scots were defeated, after. a stubborn resistance. stanley broke Ienox and Argyle, and amid tho press of spears Clare could see flying the peBnon of Lord Marmion like u ships flag whipped by ocean breezes.
 There In the battle went down the Hon of the Towards and the white banner of the "Stainless Tunstall." Only Marmion's pennant at length was seen flying amid the press of contending men.
 Blount and Fltz Eustaee could stand tho strain no longer, and mounting, rushed to the rescue But scarce had they left the hill when the banner of Marmion disnp- peared and his war horse came rushing by them, wounded and rlderless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
A Guide to the King

But his nephew. young Selby, who carved at the feast for Sir Hugh and his guest, remarked that palmer had come to the castle the night before who was to take his way with the morning into Scot lend and who seemed to be familiar with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
In Safe Keeping

Now turn we to the Abbess of St. Hil- da and her maids. Among those whom she had taken on the ill-fated galley to Llndisfarne was the novice Clare.
 Realizing how Marmion's late remorse would awaken if he knew of what had taken place at the Holy Isle, and having the Lady Clare in her train. the abbess was filled with terror when, after having been captured and brought to Edinburgh, she was informed that she and her maids were to journey south under the protec- ton of the English envoy
 King James had, unwittingly. given them as guard the man most dreaded by them under heaven.
 As the abbess was entering the lodg- ings assigned her she caught the eye of the palmer, who had been Marmlon 8 guide and who was passing down the street moodily.
 She stopped him and whispered that she had a secret to reveal to him of great importance: he must meet her alone that night upon a certain balcony.
 He did so and the abbess gave Into his charge the packet which Constance de Beverly had left with her judges. the packet which proved the perhdy of Mar nion and which had been confded to her keeping.
 She no longer dared have it in her pos session, and she must journey south un- der the guard of Marmion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
An Act of Justice

But before the sentence was executed Constance standing undaunted before her judges, said:
 T well know that it would be useless for me to plead for mercy. l have sinned too, deeply and too grieyously But per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
The Missing Page

When the feast was high in the castle hall, Sir Hugh, turning to Marmion, begged that he would stay for while as his guest at Norham. But Marmion plead- ed the commands of the King and de- clared that he must hurry on to Edin- burg.
 At signal a page handed to Sir Hugh a great bowl of wine and the knight said
 Pledge me your lady's grace, my lord. But frst-what has become of that gentle page which I noted in your train when last I was your guest at your castle of Raby towers? Ah. my lordi I fear that was. in sooth--well not what he seemed In short, my lord, a."
 Enough" said Marmion. rolling a kindling eye upon his host, to whose head the wine seemed to have gone ''that page could not stand the northern air I left him sick at the Convent of Lindisfarne. But, Heron, why does your lady disdan to grace the feast today?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Exchanging Pleasantries

Now Marmion spoke in covert scorn. for gossip had been busy with the name of Lady Heron. and well Lord Marmion knew that she was not dwelling at the court of the King of Scotland, ostensibly as a hostage of her lord, who had vio- lated some border law. but really as an English spy, and where she had com pletely captivated King James.
 Sir Hugh laughed and replied that his dame seemed to like the pleasures and freedom of the Scottish court better than the hard life of his grim old castle. 'The falcon would come back when she had tired her wing
 After this little exchange of acrimo- nious pleasantries. Marmion remarked that he would be greatly obliged to Sir Hugh if he would furnish him with a guide through the Scottish border.
 Sir Hugh was puzzled, for most of shis retainers would have been ill received north of the Tweed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
undignified Return

Fitz Eustace was sleeping in the hay of the loft where he was lodged when, by the moonlight. he saw Marmion standing before him clad in full armor. He bade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02

man and James at once begged his par don. saying he had spoken hastily and there had never been a Douglas ''more tender and more true"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
Lord Mnrmlon. as soon as he saw Ind

Lord Marmion, as soon as he saw the "Iion King" sprang from his horse 10 show the deference due to him who worked as his sovereigns other self in all official business of the sort now to be settled.
 Sir David said that the King had heard from his scouts of the approach of Lord Mairnion and his train and would, at q fitting time receive the embassy at his court of Holyrood
 Meantime the Lion King had charge to attend the English envoy and to see that nothing was wanting to his proper com fort and dignity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT
rather than marrY wIth that "

rather than marry with that wicked lord. she would take her own life
 Lady Douglas, that ancient dame, scothed and comforted her, while the princely Earl of Angus gave such reeep- ton and hospitality as became his name to Lord Marmlon and his followers.
 And in Lord Marmions hand still marched the stern and austere palmer who had guided him into Scotland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
The Lion King

His aspect was grave and sage. sucf as beftted kings messenger his ey5 was keen, sly and penetrating. Still is thy name In high account,
 And still thy verse has charms. Sir David Lindesay of the Mount
 Lord Lion King-at-arms.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-28

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-28

NCN York, Feb. % neither
he $4,000 mine workers employed
in the hard coal region will lay
down their picks and walk on on
strike on the last day of next month,
and by their action inaugurating one
of the greatest industrial struggles
tho United States has ever known, de
pords In great measure upon the
results of the conference between the
miners and operators begun today
Al the offices of the New Jersey Cen
trail Railroad In this city. George p.
Raer. president Of the PHILADELPHIA
and Reading Coal COMPANY appear
ed at the conference as The chiei
representative of the operators, The
committee to present the demands
of the miners consisted of John u
White. president of the United Mine
Workers. and several Of the Other
national officers and district presi'
dents.
There has been peace in the an
thracite coal field for nine years The
present agreement. which has b'cn
i'm force since the Strike Commits
sion. appointed by President Roos'-
Welt in l9Os made It's report. viii
exrire at midpifh ut on March 81
next The miners have formulated
demands and declare they VIII
strike unless the demands are SAINT
cd As the operators say with equal
poriti,eness they will gram the min
ers nc concessions the outlook Ger
tainlv points to general strike on
April /
There are no unique temptations
to trouble a, the present time In
the first place, an unusual situation
preyails in the wage agreements in
both the soft and hard coal f'eldS
eXrire al the same tme--then, too
iit is a presidential year This gives
tho mine workers organization a
strone weapon. because by simultan-
cons action In several mining regions
the leaders could create condition
approaching fuel famine.
The anthrocitc mirers demand q
wage increase Of 20 per cent, an
eirhi-hoir day. recocnition o. the
union AND mcidently collection by the
coal companies of the union dues
from the mire workers. abolition Ct
the Cancellation board, payment Tor
mined coal by weight instead o. by
carload, a oue-year agreement and
minor concessions.
The operators have not given ans
official notice OF their intentions
hut q is well known that they hav.
no intention Of frantine these lie.
mands. While the mine worker, ar
lgue that the Increased cost Of lir."s