Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-11-26

NEW Of us with red blood in our
veins ever lose our interest in
deeds Of valor and adventure.
and Dumas is master in his delinea-
tion of soldiers of fortune-their fatal
craftsmanship, their matchless WELD
Ing Of sword and rapier, Fad their
hairbreadth escapes.
In Twenty Years After he pre-
sents his Three Musketeers" some
what more matured aud not as rollick-
ing as when we met them in their early
manhood, but just as ready to cham
pion the needy and unfortunate.
Louis XIII of France is dead. His
son, the king, is but ten years Of age.
The mighty RicheIieu is in his grave.
Mazarin is cardinal, and though but
ghost Of his illustrious predecessor, he
holds almost absolute control over the
queen-Anne Of Austria.
The conditions are opportune for q
story of personal daring and bloody en-
counter
Mazarin is an italian and IS uni
versally hated. Paris is leagued
against the ministry, and the soldiers
of the royal guard are attacked and
their lieutenant - Cummings - Is
wounded. Everywhere there are fore
bodings and cries of Down with MAJ
arin." The cardinal DISCUSSES himself
and inspects the city He finds the
''Frondeurs ''-the insurrectionists-in
full sway. Somehow he must secure
trusty servants or downfall awaits
him. D'Artagnan, the lieutenant Of
the musketeers. is recommended, to-
gether with his three sturdy col
leagues. Count de Rochefort is brought
from confinement in the Bastile to tes-
tify to D'Artagnan's allegiance. and
Is freed by the mob while being taken
back to prison. Mazarin is in despair
and tells the queen that "the whole
world conspires to break their bonds"
and D'Artagnan is directed to find his
three friends and attach them TO the
royal service Aramis-Abbe D'Her-
bIay-is an ecclesiastic in love with
Madame de Longueville. He hates the
cardinal and refuses.
Porthos-the giant--Iiving in lux
Dry as Monsieur de Yalon de Bracieux
de Pierrefonds, desires above all else
TO be q baron. He enlists.
Athos- Monsieur de Ia Fere-re-
formed from drink and devoted to a
young ward-yiscount de Rragelonne
lis still as of old. a minded
lover Of the people, and viii not serve
the cardinal
Two for and two against Mazarin,
therefore the musketeers make their
way to Paris. where there is great
excitement because Of a prophecy that
Duo de Reaufort-the grandson Of
Henry w and the Idol Of the populace
will escape from the dungeon Of Vim
cennes before Whitsuntide Beaufort
hates Mazarin and uses ingenious
means of ridicuIing him. Grimadd, a
servant Of Athos, is set TO guard him.
and he. with Count de Rochef5rt ef-
feet his escape; and D'Artagnau and
Porthos, seeking to recapt1re 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 instruction are in
tensified and a new ally Of the popu-
lace cause il found in A5be Scarron
the queens invalid. who Is ID con
troll ~ THO rnpYlafrqufS Of Paris and
whose pension has been cut oT by
Mazarfn. Another important charac-
ter is also introduced at This iuueture
"a wounded soldier calls for a priest
sad he Who responds proves to pc the
Monk Mordaunt, a desperate charac-
ter whose sole aim To ayerga the
death of his mother It'll which tha
Three MuSketeers. partieig ted
Learning from the man II whom he
ministered that he had been the *
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