Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-01-25

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Charles he Bold ruler Of Burgundy
and Flanders. duk"ot seven dukrdum~,
count Of srvrut"ru rurldums. was at
the Sruuit of his emncucc. In his
grip he crushed the estates Of Bur
guudy and Flanders. He was invad-
ing Lorruue and already had added
to his titles that of duke of Lorraine.
He mrnur-d great Louis If France and
bnnstcd openly thai lie would nail the
hide nf til" old fox t. stable door.
He was bargaining with Margaret OF
AnJuu for the lovely kingdom ~ Pro-
venr", ruled by her mild old father.
Good King Rene, In exchange for
which he promised to make war in
England on the house OF York and re-
establish Margaret'S house Of LuncaS-
! ter. And with all these affairs on his
| hands he turned lightly. rs to an eI-
| curSiOn, to make war On the Swiss.
In vain did the duke Of oxford. who
was in his camp Us Murgar.ts envoy,
advise him that these rough noun
taineers were bears who might we'll
ruin all his greater plans. He ronre,l
with fury at the int!mHtion that his
| chivalry of Burgundy. his mailclud
mercenaries from all Europe, and his
new and wonderful fire.spittlng can
non might full to aunihIlate the Swiss.
who fought on foot with arrows and
mammoth. clumsy. twu-handed swords.
He said 10 the Swiss deputatIon that
had come to beg for peace:
"A deputation of your most notable
persons who shall meet me On your
frontiers with halters around their
| npcks and their swords held by the
points. may learn from me on what
conditions We will grant peace"
Then farewell, peace and welcome
war" said the undauuted Swiss dele.
gates. We will meet you on our from
tiers with our naked swords. but the
hitS. not thu points, shall be In our
grasp. Charles IF Burgundy, We bid
! you defiance. and declare war against
You in the nam" Of the Coufedcruted
Cautions"
Marsarct'S nephew Fnrranl Dc"
% vaudrmont, whose heritage was the
dukednm of Lorraine. Joined with TIN
Swiss. Charles laughed when h. heard
, II. ION to Neuchatel :" he said. I'VE
viii teach thrS" beGgary peasants n
/ lesson"
At Granson. near 'he great lake Of
N"uchatrl, III" heGgarly peasants
! caught Eursuut!yS uG-ry In narrow
) pass and So t.'l IN i, from ull sides
'hat l., m-'f'll IN" shining host was
II uurr!.u- hight.
The check merely infU-iat,! Charles.
Before u.I-G..Grr Of The ur\, Year h.
l1d ready a Now army of at least sixty
,huuNuni men with one hundred and
, nifty piece, Of "uuuun. They entered
U i'.' Eai Of 'lr Swiss, who had called
} "n the Fire." C''I"- nf III" Rhju" 10 hrII
r ,H.4. Al Muv,,, near Bernie Nh" Bur.
-.uauu Cannon battered the walls
20 y"."yi SWISS ears: hur the artillery
| novel thug-g {, was. failed ~ trrr.fy
- 'h..u. Il I.r""i great gaps among
fh.'n, hur before 1t could tr" again
'.' survivors rushed in with tho~,
t clumsy :yr.tort swords amt hryvrr
ma.c'nd men down uS II they wrr,
~up,tuEs. Charles himSrlf had To- rid,
for hS III" win the >rrvr-hnrn> oi
Tri. wN.A III" Swiss blew as Wal
; 'rump"tS hrayIn. hck,nl him rs h,
q fled.
Even he was stunned FOR n time
hut when word came To- him that Fer
t rand and the Swiss hni dared to lrav,
\ their mountain fasrI,,~rS and In,
# "yrrrun Lorruinc, tukiu: the city %
Nancy. he reused himself and lnuchr,
: again. gloefuly. "Thry have trappe,
themselves" he cried. 81 swear tina
# shall destroy them utterly hefor,
. two weeks have passed.
:. Three days before Christmas hi
II army sat down before Nancy In
strong position. That night there wa
- "a great commotion in the dukes tent
When his officers rushed in, they say
: him standing undresSed, with hi
J. sword in his hand. Ee ronred tina
"A strangers had been by his bedside.
The bodyEuard was incredulous. 10
IL.
n swear that they had not closed thei