The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
. than If they were thistledown or feath.

than II they were thistledown or feath
ers!"
by Saint Joan of Arc" said Ivan
hoe, raising himself joyfully on his
couch, "methought there was but one
man in England who might do such q
deed!"
Ivanhoe was right the Black Knight
OF the Fetterlock was Richard Plantag.
anet of the Lion Heart, king Of Eng
land, only just returned to his king
dom from the Holy Land, though but
few knew of his arrival as yet. In
his absence England had been under
the selfish rule Of the kings younger
usurp the kingdom.
The great story teller gathers his |
characters together at the tournament |
Of Ashby. There come for the sports !
of chivaify Rowena, heires. Of the |
Saxon rulers, now dispossessed by the |
Normans, accompanied by her sturdy
uncle, Cedric; Rebecca, beautiful Jew
joined with that of Ivanhoe, disInher-
tied son of Cedric, father who will
have naught to do with a Saxon son
who is willing to accept the Normans
and their ways, and even to be de-
vout follower of Richard the king;
Isaac of York, Rebecca's father, wan
dering Jew of vast wealth, who Is
constantly the prey Of the ruthless
Norman mobiles, who would wiring his
riches from him by torture and i'm
prisonment; Robin Hood and his mer-
ry men Of the forest glades, not for
getting the redoutable Friar Tuck,
equally adept in the ways Of the clerk,
the yeoman or the roisterer. To them
!, are added of Norman stock the re-
! doutable Front-de-Boeuf, Brian dc
Bois-Gu;lbert, the prior of Jorvaulx,
, and Prince John; Athelstane. Saxon
lord, destined by Cedric for the hand
of Rowena Gurth the swine-herd, and
Wanda, the jester; and the mysterious
. Black Prince, who, like Ivanhoe, makes
: his appearance incognitO till he shall
: discover how things have gone in his
n absence.
Sir Walter prided himself on his
j. mastery Of what he called 1.-THE big
!. bow-wow" style; no other Of the Wa
E verify novels illustrates his power bet.
. ter than "Ivanhoe." One stately and
= stirring event follows another, all hold
ing the reader rapt in thrills, but none
quite as much as the siege Of the cas-
tie of Front-de-Boeuf by Richard and
his Saxon friends. Rebecca from the
lattice recounting to the wounded Ivan
a hoe the fortunes of the battle stands
g out in the memory of many reader
G as Sir Walters greatest success in the
# grand style. And despite the heroic
II mold in which the characters are cast.
e they yet surpass in the hold they gain
It upon the reader. Few have closed the
E. book without a sigh of regret that the
if hero had to make a choice between Re
becca and ROwena and in our day and
in country few can fail to see the Ike
ness in many respects between Rich
?" ard of the Lion Heart and the presi
dent so lately gone.
rs The knights are dust,
S, And their good swords are rust,
ot Their souls are with the saints, VIZ
trust.
;; In the passage at arms at Ashby ap
lie pears the Mysterious Knight, whom
h. the reader knows to be Ivanhoe, fresl
lie from the Crusade in the Holy Land
le in the contests of chivalry he valiant
a, ly defeats the Norman champions, ant
IS bestows the prize of Queen Of Beaut!
:" upon his youthful love, Rowena; thu
reader gets but glimpse of still
e; more mysterious knight, whom vi
IN can only suspect to be the king. From
the jousts all journey on their severa
es ways, but in the forest the Norman
'; plan a lawless ambuscade and carr.
er off to the castle Of Front-de-Boeuf TO
" motives of revenge. or passion. Of
$; greed. Ivanhoe who had been wounded
8. at Ashby; Rebecca, Rowena and Isaa
I'd of York. The mysterious Knight of tn
ne Fetterlock appears as the timely lead
a er of the merry men of the greenwood
. who besiege the castle, to the grea
uf disaster of the lOrdly brigands. Afte
ic the rescue of the prisoners. all say,
lg Rebecca, there follows the joyous cele
is bration Of the forest outlaws, happ.
to interlude between the scenes Of der
lg ring-do.
70 The strenuous king departed for sti
more strenuous struggles in winnin;
e. his kingdom; Rowena and Cedri
hit sought their home; Ivanhoe followed
his chief; Brian de Bois-Gu.lbert
i'd Templar though he was and pledged t
er holy practices, bore off his unhapp
ne prisoner, Rebecca. But he was dis
w covered in his wicked designs by tn
q; austere head of his order. In an as
sembly Of the Templars. however, Re
Il. becca was condemned to death as
ly sorceress who has seduced from tn
uf paths Of virtue an unwilling knight
to Her only chance for life lies in tn
Of ordeal by battle. Her one champion i
e. Ivanhoe, far away though he is. whom
tn she had cured Of the wound receive,
d ut Ashby. Brian de Bois-Guilbert, b
k. the irony Of chivalry, is the champion