Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-10-15

'"By SAINT Joan Of Arc" said ivan,
hoe, raising. himself sjcyfullya on his
couch. .smethought there was but one
man in England who might do such a
deed I" ...,.,s4l rs. CT
Ivanhoe was right: the Black Knight
fof the FetterIocK was Richard P1a1tag.
anet OF the Lion Heart, king or eng
LAND. only justOreturned to- his king
dom from the Holy Land, !. though hut
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. ..es. ~. sac ;. ~;
The great story teller gathers bis
characters together at the tournament
of Ashby. There come for the sports
OF 'chivalry Rowefia, hefress or 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 IvaMnihoe, disfnher4
tied son Of Cedric. alYatiiefa WHO will
have naught to- DO with a SakoA son
who isawilling to. coept ytle Narmans
and their ways, and even to be al de-
vout follower OF Richard the king;
Isaac of York, Reseeea's father. wan
dering Jew ofs vast wsalth~awho Is
constantly the prey, Of the. ruthless
Norman mobiles, who would wiring his
riches from INN BY tortufe atiti i'm
prisonment Robin Hood and. hts nera'
'ry men Of the forest egiades, not for
getting the redoutable Friar Tuck,
equaiiy'adept inythe ways of the clerk,
the ,yeaman. or the roisterer. To them
are added of Norman stock the re-
EQUITABLE Front-de-Boeuf, Brian de
Bois- Gullbert the prior of Jorvaulx.,
and Prince John; -Athelstane, Saxon
lord. destined BY Cedric, fol, the hand
of Rowena; Gurth the swine-herd, and
Wanda, the jesterJ and the mysterious
Black Prince. Who like IYanhoe.. makes
his, appearance iRcognito till he shah
discover how things have gone in his
's sis waiter ,pses.a .,'.-.,t on ~ u.
mastery Of what he called "the big
bow-wow style; no other Of the Wa
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. Eebecca from the
lattice reconnting TO the wounded IVAN
hoe the fortunes OF the battle stands
out In the memory OF many a reader
as Sir Walters greatest success in the,
grand style. And despite the heroic
moid In which the characters are cast.
they yet surpass IN the, hold they gain
upon the reader. Few have closed the
book without sigh OF regret that the
hero had TO MAKE choice between Re
becca and Rowena and in our day and
country few can fail to see the IKE
ness In manysrespects between Rich
ard AZ the Lion Heart and thu presi-
dent DO ihtslS kope. S-- - ~ fs
The lkufeh4s1 are, f1...t .5a - ssrssi
ana fbeIf k0otf ssa3of6 Z }nSe mn na-,
Their so1iis~sre .wAfhFf6H saints. .ws
trust. "a
In ti,e.pn,,rre ~ arms at Ashbv an.
nes "a aha ..Mystsrfost.. Rnieht !, .whom
the reader knows to be Ivanhoe. fresh
from the Crusade In the .ff6ly Land |
Ia the contests of chiyairy he valiant. !
" defeats the Norman cfarnt.ons. and
bestows the prize OF Queen Of Beauty
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reader Gets but a glimpse IF. q stilI
more mysterious knight, whom we
can only suspect TO be the kfng. From
the jousts ali joufney ON their several
ways. but M the forest the 'Normans
plan a lawless adbuscade ana carry
Off to. the castle Of Front-de Boeuf. Tor
motives Of revenrs,..,or passion. .,,or
greed. ,Iyauhoe. who had been wounded
at Ashby !: Rebecca. -Rowena and isaac
Or York .asTira nv Inyysttriuus Knight 81 1tihIsl
Eetterloclr appears "A, the timely lead
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