The daily Alaskan., 1915-04-01
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e7 LOUISE B CUMMINGS

ti1ke oi Gloucester who fuuFlpTpd hts ] two ncphews in the Tower or London.
 one os whom was tbe riChtEnl Lair to . the throne and made himself king of : Eng,aud in tbe princes stcaG.
 . St that time there lived I England , Robert Percy, a young man 0f the
 most HdmirabIe qualities. IJ was some
 H5rnc before the secret ot Jhe uU7dcr
 of the young princes began Go teak
 out, and wAen it did there wcrc low uUUerinEs ou the part ot the people
 Percy, who was familiar with the kings JrgscbpTv, Wus morc loud spoken
 than others. and Richard aware of
 tho yoyus mans juGnrune with the . 3. asscs and fearing iha' ne would
 bring about a revolt or5a-nI his #rrrst
 on a charge or hiEh J7easau.
 uu thc day that Percy was conduct. . el along a street loading ta fhn Tower
 surrounded by men at arms Jac rgrtss
 were lined wiih symDa,a.acr>, who
 b7esghcd prayt9> Jhaj ho m.sai uscsro . the danger thre.'cuiuE b.m and muI- tc0,5 maleGigtians ou ths anra nt Che . JgraBt
 Al an upper window. s.s srf Lady
 Gwcudoacu Gfrsford. a ywwn-r daueh ;o- os tbc Ea-l of Tb0~r. .a. SHc
 looked down ou young grn,t walking c0CyI between his guards, Ui, hguginE . Indicating 1hai ho was rrady and will . Ing to lay down his fife iu enatru1ng HzaiuSt crImo. Evury our uruvvDi
 that he was g-ac Go his deaIh His
 manly bcauty. b.s noble bearing aui . tAc crown nf muyvra0m rou.orcd h#a
 bu oh'cyt oT pity to nH Bur t0 L0dy Gwpndc,cu De was wo-. t'"u ia.s
 Within those few m,au..~ da-iac vhlgh he was passing her 3.rt left : her bosom and settled upon ..n. Ter ! CT. happening to 'nak in l.7 ..rction. saw the I1veli-.i la her r-r~ and his . load was HShsoG".
 Richard feartE- Co order Percy to execution without a trial les; it excite . the people Co rava,t. directed 9ttu7nD1S . Co rrcua-. 8 sasC against h.r. Fer sors were f.~'ul Co swear th. -a haa . been hcaT1 advocating the bI-.s as. i sassinariou .-I placing the I1lc o'
 Richmond oa gEa throne Lady G-.a
 6oIcu. aoar.- ag flfs. nc--af lc- '. llcr Co f-Iu.r lawyers 70 d..ni -r accused. Tae ear. aat ou'v r-rw that the rasr w-- rn0e'a~s. hut did ..' dare . to orne-e faa king consequently hr
 refused Io .a.a aEvtl5nE SO ea win it
 One day Lady Gwendalgu weEt 10
 tho. quarter of Lnr.:Hu r.vCu ...r tn
 lawyers anf found Roger Mo.r a~
 old artoruar who laG served aer fa thc-. and -au-u-rl aim as to Uha' nI-st ha r.un fr save vour- I,rrg Afre- 1isrr2ru- tr vH-f thc -.g had to say hr -r-..E t.ai Perry'S ra~. was . b0n-s sesS he.a~g iae king had je.-nr. fuat be should Elg. He will surely la cuvicted.~ sad tho old man. "A..r . bis conviction there l> ,ut one way Hy
 which be may legally escape tho -": Iosss Rut should he -o free under t9.s
 statatc he sfa- would dou1-loss find
 some other Nay t0 get rid ut him
 E.adr 5wag1u.aa asked the attrrDey
 10 what Eaw be referred and ne re
 0licd that tt was a decree ot Ni.- Ed ward IV- naming a condition ar Whi.h
 a man abaui 1o he hanged shnua g"
 free As soou as fhe Ei~. heard tho condition hcr face lighted with hope To EulGU iJ was nass.n.a bw; w.uId u avail in the end:
 Percy was COON inlnl og high treason . against the Siu- and s-uicnro2 to ho
 hanged aud o1aucrcd on a certain
 date Al jhc Umr au army was =ath. . e-iuc under the Duke of Einhm0ud 'u . dara~p tb, kiHG. and Richard was saith . p-iuc his forrcS Co ucc, it There had ! been a former attcmp, to put the duke . on the throne ir the kings place. but l Richard was as bold and energetic as . be was wicked and bad defeated an 1 attempts auujusi his authority. . There was no one hr foaDrd to leave 1 In his rear So much as Robert Percy.
 and when Ee had made al p-cTara
 uons 60 march against his opponents
 be delayed a Gay Go make sure that . this dangerous enemy was dead ] The day before the one set for the
 execution Lady GwendoIea Bickford
 was cIosered with Roger Moore. and on the following morning, when the ! crowd went 60 Tyburn 10 witness the . hanging. these two were of the nun 1 ter. and when the prisoner arrived . they occupied seats near the scaTold
 When all was ready and the con. dCmned man was about to be swung ! oE Roger Moore arose and said:
 MT. Sheriff, as counsel for the 7rts- ] oner I claim bis body under an edict . Of King Edward IV-, wbo decrccd that
 whenever a man Es convicted Of crime
 and Is about to be hanged. fl there be
 woman willing to marry him, be ] shall go free. This woman beside me Is
 willing and ready to marry the pris-
 oner."
 , This speech naturally disconnected ! the she-IF. who had never heard Of ! the statute. The judge wbo had con
 victed the prisoner was present at the 1 hanlinc. and the matter was referred ! 10 him. He a' once confirmed Roger ] Moore's statement. whereupOn Percy
 was unbound, the black cap taken
 from his head. and he looked down
 mon the u1tu-ned face ot Lady Gwen,