White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-07

are all nuu1an DelugS Anu uot iheit
puppets. The story is n of intrigue
and of battle, centering nomlnally 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 a 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 a feudal
chieftain, 10 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 mads Ed
ward the Fourth king, found himself
for very personal reasons trying to
unseat that prince and to put In his
place another Edward. Of the house OF
Lancaster. heir to Henry the Sixth,
whom Edward Of York was holding n
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
yet the male heir to the throne. How
ever things might 20. q Warwick might
some day sit upon the throne OF Eng
land-sf q did not take thought Of
abe possibilities that lay hidden behind
the inscrutable smile of the kings
youngest brother, Richard. duke Of
Gloucester. But Warwick q Mt
heart lighting the battle Of aristocracy.
while the king was with the current
which was converting an agricultural
into q trading population. With War
wick was his powerful lighting broth
er. Montagu: with him-or against
him, who could teilf-was his other
brother, the facile archbishop who
aspired to be a pope. whose mansion
was at once a school for youth, q court
for middle life. an asylum for age,
whittier as to a 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 impetu.
ous 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. II almost seemed as II
he loved to provoke a danger for the
pleasure II gave his brain TO battle or
his hand TO crush II. 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
raise a fresh nobility" he said. "to
counteract the pride Of the old: only
upon new mobiles can a new dynasty
rely" This was the Yorklst principle
of humbling the baronisl and raising
the middle class. 1t was easy OF exc
cution nt n period when n martial arts
tocrncy was beginning to merge into
a yoluptuous 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 Hilyard. .but our standard shall
be the CORY head of the FIRST oppressor
we can place upon a pole. We are
taxed. ground. pillaged. plundered-
sheep, maintained TO be sheared for
your peace or butchered for your war"
Through the cause of the gentle Henry
In the Tower Robn saw greater free
dom for the people.
Wal IL not the only theme OF the
book. however. The Intrigues of the
queens family. the patient diplomacy
of the bitter and reyengeful Margaret
Of Anjou. queen of the king In the
Tower, the love of the gentle Anne
Neville for Margaret's son Edward, the
influence OF royal marriages on the
fate OF nations, the struggles of the
Lollards, predecessors Of the Puritans
who caused Charles the First so much
trouble: the fine Italian hand OF Rich
ard. duke OF Gloucester; the long and
patient toll OF Adam Warner, scholar
who dreamed of Harvesting steam 10
his machine Eureka 10 do the work of
'If Nfliu lNiA btibIf int Nbiiu WIS
ready TO have its work done by any
such magical means: the ehicanery Of
Frlar Bungey. adept In oil the secret
arts of the time, who thought to steal
poor Adams secret from him; but
above all else the troubled tale of love
Of the beautiful daughter of the schol-
mr.. Slbyll, and the great and powerful
Lord Hastings, with fate ever play
Ing cruel turns against the girl as well
as against the father-all these are
part Of this fascinating historical ro-
nance which author and public united
In calling one of the best that came
from the prolific pen Of Bulwer Lyt-
ton.
Warwick lost and Edward won. And
with the earl perlshed Hilyard. but
ns he bravely met his death Robin