The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-15


hoe. raising himself joyfully on his
couch. -methought there was but oos
man In England who might do such q
deed!"
Ivanhoe was right: the Black Knight
Of the Fetteriock was Richard Plantae
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
brother John. who was planning to |
usurp the kingdom.
The great story teller gathers his
characters together at the tournament
of Ashby. There come for the sports
Of chivalry Rowena. helress Of the
Saxon rulers. now dispossessed by the
Normans. accompanied by her sturdy
uncle, Cedric; Rebecca, beautiful Jew
ish maiden, whose fate Is constantly
Joined with that Of Ivanhoe. disinher-
tied son of Cedric, a 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 a de-
vout follower of Richard the king;
|, Isaac of York. Rebecca's father, wan
: dering Jew of vast wealth, who Ii
|. constantly the prey Of the ruthless
! Norman mobiles, who would wiring his
riches from him by torture and Inn
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
Z are added Of Norman stock the re
n doutable Front-de-Boeuf, Brian de
Bots Gu.lbert, the prior of Jorvaulx.
: and Prince John; Athelstane, Saxon
Il lord, destined by Cedric for the hand
Is of Rowena; Gurth the swine-herd, and
!. Wanda, the jester; and the mysterious
le Black Prince, who, like Ivanhoe, makes
e. his appearance incognito till he shall
- discover how things have gone in his
In absence.
!" Sir Walter prided himself on his
mastery Of what he called "the big
d. bow-wow" style; no other of the Wa
he verify novels illustrates his power bet
OF ter than "Ivanhoe." One stately ant
:. stirring event follows another, all hold
ing the reader rapt in thrills, but nom
20 quite as much as the siege of the cas-
tie Of Front-de-Boeuf by Richard ant
his Saxon friends. Rebecca from tn
lattice recounting to the wounded Ivan
a hoe the fortunes Of the battle stand
n. out in the memory Of many reade
lie as Sir Walters greatest success In tn
or grand style. And despite the heroi
Of mold In which the characters are cas-
zee they yet surpass in the hold they gal
,at upon the reader. Few have closed tn
be- book without sigh Of regret that tn
!, II hero had to make choice between RI
becca and Rowena and in our day an
ain country few can fail to see the Tx
ness in many respects between Ric
, =, ard of the Lion Heart and the pres
It. dent SO lately gone.
WIS The knights are dust,
res, And their good swords are rust,
cot Their souls are with the saints, '
trust.
oe: In the passage at arms at Ashby q
the pears the Mysterious Knight, who
CHI the reader knows to be Ivanh0e, fire.
one from the Crusade in the Holy Lam
the in the contests of chivalry he valial
cca. ly defeats the Norman champions, a
as bestOws the prize OF Queen OF Beau
De-" upon his youthful love, Rowena; t
reader gets but glimpse Of a ST
zoe more mysterious knight, whom
hen can only suspect to be the king. FRI
the jousts all journey on their sevel
hes ways, but in the forest the Norma
ow plan a lawless ambuscade and cal
der off to the castle Of Front-de-B oeuf
'hev motives Of revenge, or passion,
les greed, Ivanhoe, who had been wound
xes. at Ashby; Rebecca, Rowena and 1ss
road Of York. The mysterious Knight of
the Fetterlock appears as the timely lie
lie er Of the merry men Of the greenwo
in who besiege the castle, to the gr
oeuf disaster Of the lordly brigands. AT
mite the rescue Of the prisoners, all 81
rong Rebecca, there follows the joyous G.
IS is bration Of the forest outlaws, hal
a to interlude between the scenes Of
ting ring-do.
two The strenuous king departed for
more strenuous struggles in winn
ttice. his kingdom; Rowena and Cet
sight sought their home; Ivanhoe follo'
his chief; Brian de Bois-Guilb
said Templar though he was and pledged
her holy practices, bore of his unha
some prisoner, Rebecca. But he was
now covered in his wicked designs by
rain austere head Of his order. In an
sembly Of the Templars, however,
d al becca was condemned to death q
HOLY sorceress who has seduced from
,oeuf paths of virtue an unwilling knl
ID to Her only chance for life lies in
ar OF ordeal by battle. Her one champio
prog- Ivanhoe, far away though he is, w
with she had cured Of the wound rece
, can. at Ashby. Brian de Bois-Guilbert
rick. the irony Of chivalry, is the cham
10 a Of his order and Of virtue in dist
At the last possible moment lval
"for comes squirting to the lists. to a
vh,ch tory which all the laws Of fiction