Arizona republican., 1917-04-19

taken by the Englishs pleads 10 be allowed to find out if Joan is speak ing the truth and hurries off for Or leans.
 The Spider" seeing that Joan left alone may eventually arouse Charles to take some military action against hls friends, the English, tries to in tIuence Charles against her by say ing that she is clever, but that it may be black magic" and that she may come from the devil. charles, belonging to the most super stitlous age in history, is torn both ways and. to make sure, calls for his bishop and priests and bids them ex- anime her as to her integrity.
 The bishop and priests at Charles command examine Joan as to her re- nglous views. Joan, with her simple answers, full of earnest faith con- Vlpces the bishop that she is indeed inspired with a great mission Mean tune. herald from England arrives at the court of Charles and asks:
 Art thou Charles. who calls him. self king of France?" He announces ; that he brings a message from the English king; and proceeds, with iil- concealed contempt for Charles to read him the scroll as follows:
 Our merciful English sovereign. rightful king of France, generously offers thee peace. providing thou wilt relinquish thy claim to the throne Otherwise. be it known to thee that fh ' head shall pay for thy follyi'
 Charles is disturbed by this abrupt message and IS urged by the traitor- ous La Tremoille to sign the paper and make peace with England. Shrewdly, Tremoille points out that he can end the war which has split { France for 100 years. The court. composed principally of Tremoille's s sycophants, also urge Charles to sign.
 In the ante-room. Joan, replying to the bishops searching questions, suddenly feels a premonition that her king is in danger and hurrying from the room comes to Charles just as he is about to sign the treaty with Eng land. Joan sweeps the pen from Charles, and, grabbing up the treaty herself, entreats Charles to wait She pulls him back to realization of what he is doing. and. turning on the as tonished herald, says:
 Take this answer to thy master: Tell him if every sword in France were broken. there is still the God of justice to free us from thy yoke!'
 Then she tears up the treaty and hands it back to him. The outraged herald tells Charles he shall pay for such impertinence, and sweeps angri- i ly from the court
 Tremoflle and the courtiers turn on Joan, telling her that all is lost through her interference.
 Across the river from Orleans, Eric Trent marches almost unopposed into the fortress of The Towers.
 Back in the court at Chinon, Joan suddenly kneels by her king, and with the strange look of premonition i in her eyes she says: Sire, 1 see. I sec and she points to the great tap estry by the kings throne Here a vision of Fries marching men comes through the tapestry in ghostly fig ures. The stamping horses and Eng fish soldiers march again straight over the heads of the laughing cour- tiers. As the vision fades. Joan begs , Charles to give her soldiers, and ex- plains desperately that even now the English take the fortress of The Tow CTS,
 Charles. half believing her, swings again in loans favor. La Hire at this point rushes in to beg the king to give him men. as he has just heard that the English are headed toward the gates of Orleans. Joanx proph- ecy Is confirmed and the court falls back nonplussed. Joan and La Hire join forces, and In an impassioned speech to the cour- tiers beg them to follow her to bat