The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
BY
SIR WALTER SCOTT
BY

Wnlle the soldiers We're sleeping off
the1r potations of the night before.
SO with small escort they fed at
daybreak and Arthur rode bv Anne's
side to strasburg.
And on the way what more natural
than that he should pour out into the
listening ear of the maiden that of
"hich his heart was so full--his love
for her?
But Anne replied that she would
never marry without the consent of
her father and that this she knew he
would withhold should Arthur make a
formal proposal for her hand. But she
would never marry anyone else.
And so, farewell forever,' she said.
and giving him a little locket with
"A Won G" engraved upon it, she left
MIN at the entrance into the city of
Strasburg
Arthur met his father at a place thew
had agreed upon and together thew
proceeded to the camp of the duke
near Dijon.
The seeming merchant found ready
access to the great duke. for Philinson
proud race of the de veres and Arthur
his heir to that great title.
The earl had found defeat, poverty
and exile In the service of the House
of Lancaster and had now been sent nv
the exiled and dehroned Queen. Mar
garet of Anjou. to endeavor to induce
the duke to furnish men and means
In aid of a Lancastrian descent upsn
England
The diamond necklace was sent by
margaret as token to Charles and
was to be as his pledge for the men
and money he should furnish
But Charles declared that he would
do nothing until he had chastised the
Swiss. He declared he would hang the
Swiss delegates when they should ar
rive at DiJon, and it was only the in
fluence of the Earl of oxford that pre-
vented him from carrying out his
threat.
Finding peace impossible. the envoys
made formal declaration of war and
returned to their mountains Then be-
gan that war against the Cantons in
which the great duke was killed and
the power of Burgundy broken forever
Arthur and his father made the cam
paign with the duke.
Amid the forces of the young claim
ant of the dukedom of Lorraine, who
Joined with the Swiss, rode a warrior
who had vowed the death of Charles,
and whose death the duke had sworn
He was Albert Won Geierstein, once
the black priest of st. Pauls and head
of the Secret Tribunal so hated by the
duke. He was now released from his
priestly vows and took the field in
armor.
Bothhe and Charles were Killed In
the last battle between the Swiss and
the Burgundians
Margaret of Anjou died and be-
queathed the diamond necklace to Ar.
thur and his father. With the proceeds
of the sails of the Jewels they pur-
chased, after the war; a farm near
Geierstein and settled down as Swiss
farmers.
Anne had repaired to Geierstein to the
protection of her uncle, and soon after
she and Arthur We're married.
Years passed, and with the triumph
of Henry VII at Bosworth the PRO-
scribed earl was restored to his for-
tune and title in England. He repaired
with his family ito his native country.
where he soon after died, and Arthur
and Anne, as earl and countess of OK
ford. long lived in prosperity and
power.
Rudolph of Donnerhugel was killed
during the Burgundian war He fell
beneath the sword of Arthur, fighting
valiantly in a personal combat. which
he himself had sought with the rival
who had stolen the heart of the girl
he loved.