The Washington herald., 1914-09-21

French history is replete with thrills
| and brave dOings of men. particularly
| during the period when the Duke OF
| Orleans and all his followers were in the
| LanguedOc Revolt. Bravery and sacrifice
| were the dominating factors OF this
| heartrendnS period. and a mans sword
was his true savior. This period. how
] ever. developed and brought forward the
| ever famous saying of the great Cardinal
! Richelieu and proved that the phrase.
THE pen is mightier than the sword is
| replete with truth. Prior to the car
| dinafs great reign in France, man was
/ ruled and made his success by the sword
alone and the weakling and the schemer
| had no chance whatever. The great car
dinal proved that a brain did not need
| the power Of strong right arm TO back
it up. and that intrigue and diplomacy
| could accomplish more than the broad
I sword and lance.
The human-interest side of the cardi-
| nals life and his great affection for his
| ward, Julie Mortemar, are only a few
Of the points which endeared this priest
diplomat TO the hearts OF those with
| whom he came in contact Living as
Rlchelieu did among enemies by the
thousands. cruel and without scrupIes,
on the brink of the grave with many
slaves, but without friend, he ruled the
court with an iron hand. Hrs great love
| for Julie, coupled UP with his power TO
command men, enabled him TO accom-
pllsh his desires with the strength Of a
deity rather than a human being.
Our story opens with the Richelieu
the tottering. aged cardinal. sending the
warrior. Adrien de Mauprat, against the
Spaniards because they seized a French
town without his leaders orders Richie
lieu advises him to seek honorable death
in battle. Julie. the cardinals ward.
loves De Mauprat, but notwithstanding
her entreaties, the cardinal is relentless
and De Mauprat courts death on the bat
teheld- Fate is kind to him, however
and instead Of winning a soldiers grave
he covers himself with glory Baradas
a favOrite Of the King, is another ad-
mirer Of Julie. and he has secretly sworn
to bring discredit and dishonor on De
Mauprat In order to aid him in his
| love AFFAIR. he invegles his king to COM
mand Julie to present herself at court
He does not suspect, however that the
Feeble. weak-minded King would also
I have designs on his pseudo's sweetheart
4 year after de Mauprat's departure
Baradas and his conspirators deter
mine to murder Richelieu and seize the
throne of France. De Mauprat returns
while the caldron of trouble is bub-
bling over and joins the conspirators.
Richelieu, however. hears of the con-
spiracy and has him arrested Julie
returned from court. again appeals for
de Mauprats life. and instead Of hear
/ ing his death sentence when he is
ushered into the cardinals presence
he is told that he may marry Julie on
the following day. The news of the
marriage reaches the King. and he
again commands Julie to appear at
court, where he invaIidates her mar
I riage and holds her prisoner. Badaras,
the false cOnspirator. COnvinCes de
/ Mauprat that he has been tricked by
the cardinal and de Mauprat swears
vengeance on the masterhand Of
France. A plot is fOstered wherein il
is the desire of the COnspirators to de-
liver France unto the Spaniards. When
Richelieu hears of this he decides 20
protect himself in his castle at Ruel.
He finds IL unprotected. however. and
through the interCession of the Queen.
Julie joins the cardinal The conspir-
ators, led by de Mauprat. storm the
castle, and de Mauprat parleys with
| Richelieu, learning that he has been
deceived into thinking himself tricked.
De Mauprat arranged with the cardi-
nal to feign death. and he then admits
the bowling mob. showing that he has
liberated France from the hand of the
archconspirator The King pretends
sorrow at the cardinals death, is Sc
cretly rejoicing and has de Mauprat
arrested. BaradaS. VINO tnlnkS MS
path is now clear. attempts to
seize Julie. but at this moment
the cardinal appears and throws
the holy circle OF the church around
Julie. threatening accommodation 10
him who steps within. De Mauprat IL
sentenced to death, but the cardinal has
not played his last card. He appears
in the council chamber and resigns his
office as councillor to the crown. The
weakling, King, who is lost without the
sage advice of Richelieu, realizes his
helplessness Thereupon Richelieu shows
him the scroll Offering to turn the
realm OF France over to Spain. This
scroll is signed by all whom the King
believed to be his friends Richelieu re-
gains his lost prestige with the throne.
de Mauprat is pardOned and Baradas is
taken to the headsman. while Julie and
her lover are again united.