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
= lnals Of H-nlnr on nA.-AuA..

veins ever lose our interest in
deeds of valor and adventure.
and Dumas is a master in his delinea-
ton of soldiers Of fortune-their fatal
craftsmanship, their matchless WELD
Ing of sword and rapier, and their
hairbreadth escapes.
In Twenty Years After" he pre-
SCENTS his Three Musketeers" some
what more matured and 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 Richelieu is in his grave.
Mazarin is cardinal, and though but a
ghost Of his illustrious predecessor, he
holds almost absolute control over the
queen-Anne of Austria.
The conditions are Opportune for a
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
b0dings and cries Of Down with MAJ
arm 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 conspres 10 break their bonds, -
and DArtagnan is directed to find his
three friends and attach them to the
royal service. Administrative D'Her-
hlay-is an ecclesiastic in love with
Madame de Longueville. He hates the
cardinal and refuses.
Porthos-1he giant--living in lux
ury as Monsieur de Valon de Bracieux
de Pierrefonds, desires above all else
10 be a baron. He enistS.
Monsieur de Ia Fere-re-
formed from drink and devoted to a
young ward-Viscount de Bragelonne
lis still, as of old. nohle-minded
lover Of the people, and will 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
Due de Reaufort-the grandson of
Henry " and the idol Of the populace
will escape from the dungeon Of Vim
cennes before Whitsuntide Beaufort
hates Mazarin and uses ingenious
means Of ridiculing him. Grimaud. a
servant Of hthos, is set to guard him.
and he, with Count de Rochefort, ef-
feet his escape; and D'Artagnan and
Portbos, seeking TO recapture 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 is found in Able Scarron
the queens invalid" who is in con-
troll of the mendicants Of Paris and
whose pension has been cut of by
Mazarin. Another important charac-
ter is also introduced at this juncture
"a wounded soldier calls for a priest
snd he who responds proves to be the
Monk Mordaunt, a desperate charac-
ter whose sole aim is To ayenge the
death Of his mother, in which the
Three Musketeers' participated.
Learning from the man to whom he
ministeFed that he had been the OK
acutioner II Milsdy, Mordaunt slabs