The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-01

are all human beings and not mere
puppets. The story Is one OF intrigue
and of battle. centering nominally In
the Wars OF the Roses and the strug-
giles of the two great houses Of York
and Lancaster: yet the interest is far
larger than mere dynastic one: the
rise Of the middle class TO power at
the expense of the baronial. the
growth of a national spirit In place
Of mere individual loyalty to feudal
chiefta.n. Is the important thing In this
manifestation of class-consciousness.
the plain people uniting with the trad
ing townsmen against the mobiles.
The great earl. who had made Ed
ward the Fourth king. found himself
for very personal reasons trying to
unseat that prince and 10 put In his
place another Edward, Of the house or
Lancaster, heir to Henry the Sixth.
whom Edward OF York was holding a
prisoner In the Tower. Yet Warwick's
path was not an easy one: while his
younger daughter was married to Ed
ward Of Lancaster. his other daughter.
Isabel, was the wife Of the kings
younger brother Clarence. who was as
vet the male heir to the throne. How
ever things might 60. Warwick might
some day sit upon the throne Of Eng
land-tf one did not take thought Of
the possibilities that lay hidden behind
the inscrutable smile of the kings
youngest brother. Richard, duke 81
Gloucester. But Warwick was a.
heart fighting the battle of aristocracy,
while the king was with the current
which was converting an agricultural
into trading population. With War
wick was his powerful fighting broth
er, Montagu; with him-or against
him, who could tell2-was his other
aspired to be pope, whose mansion
was Mt once school for youth, a court
for middle life, an asylum for age,
whittier as to Medici fed the let.
tiers and the arts.
In the end Warwick found himself
in open battle against the king he had
placed upon the throne. The impstu-
Gus and fiery temperament of Edward
the Fourth was rendered yet more
fearful by the Indulgence of every In
temperance. His very virtues strength
ened his vices; his courage stiied ev-
cry whisper. It almost seemed as If
he loved to provoke danger for the
pleasure 1t gave his brain to battle or
his hand to crush 1t. And yet he had
a shrewd policy which perhaps drew
him knowingly into the quarrel with
Warwick. which merely his evil pas
sions seemed to provoke. II wish to
rinse a fresh nobility" he said. ito
cOunteract the pride Of the old; only
upon new mobiles can a new dynasty
rely" This was the YOrklst principle
Of humbling the baronial and raising
the middle class. 1t was easy Of exc
cution at period when martial arls-
tocracy was beginning to merge into
a voluptuous court.
Warwick was defending freedom for
the barons. Robin Hilyard was strug
Cling to win freedom for the people as
against king and mobiles. Yet the earl
and Robin found themselves fighting
In the same army. "Neither white
rose nor red shall be ON my banner
cried Hllyard, "but our standard shall
be the CORY head of the first oppressol
we can place upon pole. We ar,
taxed, ground, pillaged, plundered-
sheep, maintained to be sheared To-
your peace or butchered for your war.
Through the cause of the gentle Henri,
in the Tower Robin saw greater free
dom for the people.
War is not the only theme of tn
book, however. The intrigues of tn
queens family, the patient diplomac
Of the bitter and revengeful Margare
Of Anjou, queen Of the king In tn
, Tower, the love of the gentle Ann
, Neville for Margaret's son Edward, tn
influence Of royal marriages on tn
fate of nations, the struggles Of TIL
Lollards, predecessors of the Puritan
who caused Charles the First so muc
, trouble; the fine Italian hand of Rel
ard, duke of Gloucester; the long an
patient toll of Adam Warner schols
! who dreamed of Harvesting steam
his machine Eureka to do the work
! the world long before the world W,
!, ready to have its work done by ar
\ such magical means; the chicanery
! Friar Bungey, adept in all the seer
arts of the time, who thought to ste
q poor Adams secret from him; b
; above all else the troubled tale Of To-
g Of the beautiful daughter Of the scht
: ar. Sibyll, and the great and powerf
= Lord Hastings, with fste ever pla
u ing cruel turns against the girl as w
=. as against the father-all these a
- part Of this fascinating historical I
:, nance which author and public unit
~ In calling one of the best that car
= from the prolific pen Of Bulwer L!
" ton.
10 Warwick lost and Edward won. Al
r. with the earl persisted Hilyard, b
~ as he bravely met his death Rot
9 cried: "The People are never beaten
Q Copyright. 1919. by the Post Publishing
~ (The Boston Post.
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