Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

| Dunois Law sore besieged by, the Eng
| lish in Orleans, and nearly out of food.
| Joan accomplished the revictualinS ana
| reinforcement of the city, and chai-
Ienged the English to battle. They for
| time held back. But one night as the
Maid lay sleeping she suddenly aWoke.
| Arm me! Arm me.'' she cried to her
astonished squires. Il am commanded 10
iattack the enemy. Great God. the plooo
| of France is flowing. Why did you not
| call me sooner:' Her retinue, amazed
| for no alarm had reached them, htted
| her for the field land, faring forth, she
| found the armies engaged Her presence
| inspired the French, and they beat PACK
the English And she fought. Hers was
no empty parade of leadership. In one
so1.tie she received an arrow run IN the
shoulder. the barbed shaft standing out
behind a hands breadth. At the moment
she was placing a ladder against the ram
| part. but the shock of the wound bore
| her to the ground. seeing which, the Eng
| lish rushed out to capture her, but With
| out success.
| In the end Joan was rescued and taken
| to the rear, where her Wound WAS
dressed. She wept at the slght Oh oloou.
| but shed fewer tears than she was Won.
! to let fall by the filters OF her WOUNDED
soldiers The crimson flow was scarcely
| stanched when she caught up her slihen
! banner with the golden lilies anu iilaue
again into the hurtling storm OF arrows
and javelins. Up and over the wan Tue
assailants went, "as il 1t had peen
STAIR wrote one witness. ana lne uss
| was won In eight days the Engilsh ue,
stroyed their works and retreateu, anu
the long siege was ended.
King Indifferent to War.
| This was Joan's first triumph. and sac
had trouble enough in getting opportu-
uity for another The king was idle
pieasure-ioving indifferent to the prog
ress of the war SO long az the gayety OF
| his court carefully established far .Tnm
the batt!efields. was unabridged. Joan
pleaded for action, and cried with pro-
phetic truth: 7 shall only last year,
| take the good OF as long as it is pos
sible" Bedford, whom the English
| had named regent VI France, wrote nome
| that his disasters were caused IN great
part b. the fatai faith and vain fear that
| the French had of a servant of the Enemy
of Man. called the Maid. who used many
false enchantments and. witchcraft, py
! which not only is the number OF our sol
diers diminished, but thehir courage mar
velously beaten down, and the poIdhess
of our enemies increased.
At last the king set out for Rheims.
On the journey band OF the DomremF
villagers came 10 see their petite Jeanne
pass and nlaryeled much at hef SHINING
arInor and prancing charger
Hast thou no fear of arrow or bullet
asked one.
81 fear naught save treason. replied
Jeanne with fatal foresight.
Cmens of Ill Befa1l Her.
In the great gray church of Notre
Dame at Rheims Charles was crowned
with due pomp and ceremony. About
Joan the soldiers clustered. kissing her
standard, and women and little children
fiocked. reverently touching the hem OF
her garment. At the end she knelt be-
fore Charles "Oh. gentle king. said
she. "now the will Of God is accomplished.
He commanded me to lead you to Rheims
to receive your crown. Behold YOU are
king, and France will become subject TO
your sway.
with tears she now begged 10 be sent
home, but the king refused. No longer