The diamond drill., 1921-01-01

puppets. The story Is one OF intrigue
and OF battle. centerlng nominaliy In
the Wars OF the Roses and the strug-
gles 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 10 power at
the expense OF the baronial, the
growth OF national spirit In place
OF mere Individual loyalty to feudal
chieftain, 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 20
unseat that prince and TO put In his
place another Edward, of the house OF
Lancaster. heir 10 Henry the Sixth,
whom Edward OF York was holding n
prisoner I'm the Tower. Yet Warwick's
path was not an easy one: while his
younger daughter was married 10 Ed
ward of Lancaster, his other daughter,
Isabel, was the wife of the kings
younger brother Clarence, who was as
yet the male heir 10 the throne. How
ever things might go, Warwick might
some day sit upon the throne of Eng
land-,f one did not take thought of
the possibilities that lay hidden behind
the inscrutable smile of the kings
youngest brother. Richard, duke of
Gloucester. But Warwick was at
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, Montague; with him-or against
him, who could tell?-was his other
! brother. the facile archbishop who
aspired 20 be pope. whose mansion
: was at once school for youth, court
for middle life. an asylum for age,
whittier as to Medicl 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-
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 stifled ev-
cry whisper. II almost seemed as II
he Lowell TO provoke a danger for the
pleasure Il gave his brain TO battle or
HIS hand 10 crush It. And yet he had
shrewd policy which perhaps drew
him knowingly into the quarrel with
Warwick which merely his evil pas
sIons seemed TO provoke. IL wish To
raise fresh nobility" he said, "to
countenct the pride of the old; only
upon new mobiles can new dynasty
rely" This was the YorkIst principle
OF humbing the baronial and raising
the middle class. II was easy OF exc
cution al a period when a martial aris-
tocracy was beginning to merge into
a volupnous court.
warwtk was defending freedom for
the baroos Robin Hllyard was strug.
Cling 20 fln freedom for the people as
against ting and mobiles. Yet the earl
and Rotin found themselves lighting
In the anne army. Neither white
rose nor red shall be on my banner,
cried Hilhrd. but our standard shall
be the COY head OF the first oppressor
we can hace upon pole. We are
taxed. griund. plllaged, plundered--
sheep maintained 20 be sheared for
your peacSor butchered for your war
Through tie cause of the gentle Henry
In the Tower Robin saw greater free
dom for the people.
War Is lot the only theme OF the
book. how@er The lntrigues OF the
queens family. the patient diplomacy
OF the blttf and revengeful Margaret
Of Aniou, queen OF the king in the
Tower, the love OF the gentle Anne
Neville for 1argaret's son Edward, the
influence Oa royal marriages on the
fate OF natbns. the struggles of the
Lollards, predecessors of the PuritanS
who caused fharles the First SO much
trouble: thetine Italian hand of Rich.
ard. duke of Gloucester; the long and
patient toll bf Adam Warner, scholar
who dreama of harneSslng steam "a
his machine Eureka TO do the work OF
the world lhg before the world was
ready To haze It's work done by any
such magIca' means; the chlcanery OF
Friar Bung6. adept IN all the secret
arts Of the tme, who thought to steal
poor Adam'A secret from him; but
above all elss the troubled tale OF love
of the beautiful daughter OF the schol
: ar. Sibyll. ar1 the great and powerful
Lord HastinS, with fate ever play.
ing crueNturH against the girl as well
: as against tie father--all these are
part OF this fascinating historical TO.
nance which author and public united
I'm calling one OF the best that came
from the profile pen of Bulwer Lyt'
ton.
Warwick los and Edward won. And
with the earl perished Hilyard. but
! as he bravely met his death Robin
cried: "The Pople are never beaten y
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