South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-04

Few Of US with red blood In our
veins ever lose our interest in deeds
81 chivaIric vaIor and adventure.
and Dumas is master in his de-
Iinsa ton OF soldiers OF fortune
their fatal Workmanship. their
matchleEs welding OF sword and
rapier, anC their halrbreadth escapes.
In Twenty Years After" he pre-
sents his Three Musketeers" some
what more matured and not as roll
licking as when We met them In
their early manhood, but just as
ready TO champion the needy and
unfortunate.
Louis XIII. OF France is dead His
son. the king. is but 10 years OF age.
The mighty R.chelieu Is an his grave.
Mazarin Is cardinal. and though but
a ghost OF his illustrious predeces-
scr. he holds almost absolute control
over the queen-Anne OF Austria
= The conditions are opportune for
"a story Of personal daring and bloody
encounter.
MazaTin Is an Italian and Is uni
versally hated. Paris Is leagued
against the ministry. and the sol
diers Of the royal guard are at
tackled and their Mathematician
Iaings-is wounded. Everywhere
there are forebOdings and cries OF
Down with MaZarin." The cardinal
DISCUSSES himself and inspects the
city. He inds the "F'rondeurs''-the
insurrectionists--in full sway. Some
how ne must secure trusty servants
or downfall awaits him. D'Artag-
nan. the lieutenant OF the musket-
GERS. is recommended. together with
his three sturdy colleagues. Count
de Rochefort Is brought from con-
finement IN the Bastille 90 testify
TO D'Artagnan's allegiance. and is
freed by the mob while being taken
back % prison. Mazarin Is in de
spair and he tells the queen that
the whole world conspires 70 break
their bonds" and D'Artagnan is di-
reCted 20 find his three friends and
attach them 10 the royal service
Aramis-Abbe D'Herblay-is an &c
clesiastic in love with Madame de
Longueville. He hates the cardinal
and refuses
POrthos-the giant-living in lux
ury as Monsieur de Nalon de Bra
cieux de Pierrefonds, desires above
all else 10 be a baron. He enlists.
Athos-Monsieur de Ia Fere-re-
formed from drink and devoted 10 a
young ward-Viscount de Bragg
u
minded lover Of the people. and will
not serve the cardinal.
Two for. and two against Mazarin.
therefore. the mUsketeers make their
way 70 Paris, where there IS great
excitement because OF a prophecy
that Due de Beaufort-the grandson
OF Henry " and the idol OF the
pOpulace-will escape from the dun
geOn OF Vincennes before Whitsun-
tide. Beaufort hates Mazarin and
uses ingenious means Of ridiculing
him. Grimaud. n servant OF Athos.
is set 10 guard him, and he. with
Count de RochefOrt, effect HIS es-
cape. and D'Artagnan and Porthos.
seeking 20 recapture him. have an
encounter In which they are taken
prisoner by Athos and Aramis, but
are set free and the four pledge
mutual friendship Meanwhile the
preparations for insurrection are in
tenEihed and a new ally OF the pop
ular cause is found in Able Scarron
the queens invalid" who is in
control OF the mendicsnts OF Paris
and whose pension has been cut off
by Mazarin. Another important
character is also introduced at this
Juncture-a wounded soldier calls
for a priest, and ne who responds
proves 20 be the Monk MOrdaunt. a
desperate character whose sole aim
is TO avenge the death OF his mother.
in which the Three Musketeers'
participated. Learning from the
man TO whom he ministered that he
had been the eXecutiOner of Milady.
nMOrdaunt stabs him 10 the heart and
then makes his escape.
At this time Lord de Winter
uncle Of MOrdaunt-Comes with a
letter from Charles 7. OF England 70
Queen Henrietta, who is an exile in
France. telling OF the desperate
straits in which he is placed by the
troops Of Oliver Cromwell. and di-
recting her To entreat Mazarin 10
grant him asylum. Henrietta goes