The Monticellonian., 1917-01-11

bined system Of defense for French
Lorraine. lie in a region famous in
history and iegenA None Is more
thrilling than the capture Of Nancy
bB the SuiSS tbs episode aud the
destruction Of the BmgHndjaa army
are d fine part Of Sir Waiter SCOTS
lime Of GeierStciR. .
Charles the Bold. ruler of Burgundy
aud Flanders, duke of seven dukedoms.
"9uAt of seventeen earldpms. was Mt
the summit of his emineuce. In his
grip he crushed the estates of Bur
sHndy aud Flanders. He was ipvnd-
lug Lorraine and already had added
To his titles that of duke of Lorraine.
lie menaeed great Louis of France and
housted openly that he would nail the
hide of the old fox tn stable door.
lie Wis bargaining with Margaret of
aniou for Ia" lovely kingdom Of Pro-
veuee, ruled by her mild old fnthef.
Good King REM. In exchange for
which he promised To mike war In
England on the house of York and re-
establish Margarets house of Lancas-
ter And with all these affairs on his
hands he turned lightly, H. To an ex-
cursion. to make war on the Swiss.
In vain did the duke of oxford. who
was in his camp MS Margarets envoy.
advise him that these rough noun
taineers We're bears who might well
ruin all his greater plans. He roared
with fury at the intimation that his
ehivalry of Burgundy. his mailelad
mereenaries from all Europe. and his
new and wonderful tire-spittlng can
non might fail 10 annihilate the Swiss.
who fought on foot with arrows and
mammoth, clumsy, two-handed swords.
He said to the Swiss depHtation that
had come to beg for peace.
y derutation of your most notable
persons who shall meet me on your
frontiers with halters around their
neckS 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 undaunted Swiss dele
gates. I'VE will meet you on our from
tiers with our naked swords hut the
hits, not the points, shall be in our
grasp. Charles of burgundy, we bid
You defiance and declare war against
YOU in the name Of the Confederated
Gantons, :"
Margarefs nephew. Ferrand de
Naudemont whose heritage WIS the
dul<edpm of Lorraine. joined with the
Swiss. Charles laughed when he heard
Il "on 10 Neuehafelt" he safd. we
will teaeh these heggarly peasants
lesson"
At CRIMSON, near the great lake of
Neuchatel the begearly peasants
caught Burgundys army In narrow
pass and 80 fell on It from all sides
that by nightfall the shining host was
In Notifying Hight.
The check merely Infatuated Charles.
Before midsummer of the next year he
had ready new army of at least sixty
thousand men with one hundred and
fifty pieces of cannon. They entered
III ihiit VI tii' oNiHNs WIZ luu talitt
on the Free Cities of the Rhine to help
them. At Morat, near Berne, the Bur
gundian cannon battered the walls
around Swiss ears; but the artillery.
novel though 1t was, failed TO terrify
them. Ii plowed great gaps among
them. but before 1t could fire again
the survivors rushed In with those
elum fve-foot swords and hewed
mailciad men down as if they were
saplings. Charles himself had 70 ride
for his life with the steer-,forns of
Irf, which the Swiss IL " as war
trumpets. brayng behind him as he
flea.
Even he was stunned for n time;
but when word came to him that Fer
rand and the Swiss had dared to leave
their mountain Businesses and had
everrun Lorraine, taking the city of
Nancy, he reused himself and laughed
again. gleefully. "Fhey have trapped
themselves !" he cried. II swear that
| shall destroy them utterly before
two weeks have passed.
Three days before Christmas his
army sat down before Nancy in
strong position. That night there was
great connection In the dukes tent.
When his officers rushed in, they saw
him standing undressed, with his
sword In his hand. He roared that
strangers had been by his bedside.
The bodyguard was incredulous, for
fhara a
swear that they had not closed their
eyes. But he pointed to table.
Pinned to 1t with dagger was parch-
ment st1ned with three crosses. Ev-
eryone present recognized at once
what IL was and even In that armed
camp many Of them trembled; for the
parchment was summons from the
dreaded Vehm-Gericht, the mysterious.
mighty secret tribunal of Germany.
whose secret, unknG n and powerful
judges exercised u Jurisdiction that
awed even emperors.
The summons called on Charles to
appear at a given place and time I'M
attended and deliver himself to the
officers of the tribunal, who would lead
him to the place of trial. Failing APP
pearance, he was outlaw and doomed
to death without hearing
81 know from what CULVER this ar
row comes !" said Charles. his lips
white with rage. ut Is shot by that
degenerate noble. Albert of Geiersteln.
BY St. George of Burgundy! Nothing
shall save him after such an insult as
thist | will hnnn him 10 The highnst