Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-07

troubles by the duel of the Cham
ricns were In vain. The contest wis
incQWlusive and the truce was brok-
|ez1 k&S4AG
The scene changes TO Trdy itself.
In an interval Of the battle great Hec-
tor of the GlancinE Helm had gone to
the citadel. And there he said fare
Fw&H TO Ahdrofna me- his Wild and to
his little boy. picture that bps never
been surpassed for tfuee tenderness
although 1t was so many hundred
years hgo He smiled and foofed upon
the little boy in silence. "Ah. Hector"
|-she cried, stay here upon The wall
Thou art to me father and mother
and brother. tod. as we'll as lord. The
foe will attack thee alonew gT know
the day shall cone,- he answered,
when holy nios shall perish, and
Priam and the folk Of Priani Of the
goodly Aslen iSpear But thought of
him, of my mother. of my brothers.
does NOT trouble me go muehlas that
some warrior of the .Achaiahs shall
rob thee of the day Of freedom" He
stretched out his hand to tie little
boy, who shrunk back to hiss nurses
breast In fear of the bronze hnd the
horse-hair crest that nodded dread
fnlly fpm the top I'll the helm.
Straightmay HettOf to6R Jff the helm
and placed it on the ground. And
when be had Kissed his 500 ana tossed
him ID his arms. he spoke in prayer
to Zens and the rest of the gods:
"Grant, We gods. that this son of mine
prove foremost among the Trojans,
good and mighty king. And as he
comes back from battle may many
man say of him, "A far better man
than his father and may his mother
rejoice in heart" And then he hand
ed him back to, his pQtbeE who re-
ceited him smiling thtoh8h her tears,
and so departed to the battle with
Words tf high cheer.
There follow many scenes of va
fied action-the niad is one of the
great. collections of short stories in
the worlds literature, in which Is
given a, perfect picture Of the life Of
that lordly society of so long ago.
The plain people play little part, al.
though their champion. Thersites, Is
the first democrat mentioned In liter
allure. Mighty deeds of derring-do,
high adventure. love- of lords and Ia
dies the pranks of merry efildren--
:alksare preserved. as It were, in amber,
and the sentiment for the most part
is SO modern that it is almost impossi
BILE to believe that we are reading Of
'peopM Yh0s LIVED rnanyghundreds of
years before Christ was born. ----
But over all impends one dreadful
fate. It is a Greek taie-yet Hector.
prince and leader of the .foe,s is the
hero of the story. OF course he is not
quite SO strong. not; quite 50 great q
.fehterkas Achilles, the Greek cham
oiOn, and all know that In the end
Achilles will win. The great scenes
afe worked Up to with -consummate ar
EtiStfy., Achilles is still sdlking In his
1fedt:S Hector. is. pressing the Greeks
f1aryf Patroclus, Achilles / dearest
friend. begs his chief to let him don
hts lords arm0f and save his people
Ne has his way and Hector Stays him.
Achilles anger blazes forth in all its
passion. What now a petty slight?
The great scene Of the battle between
the two inspires the, poet to all his
h6blest power. They. fight; Achilles
,pursues Hectors thrice around the
walls of Troy; xeus weighs In golden
scales the fates Of the two; Hector is
dSomef to die; memorable destiny
may not be stayed. Achilles Stays
Hector, and every heart but that of
the victor As wrung with the pity of 1t
all. And in the end. even Achilles
heart is moved. For old King PHam
can neither sleep nor eat while his
sons body lies dead in the camp Of
the foe. Against the will Of all that
was dearest to him he gathered great
store Of ransom and made his way by
night under the kindly guidance OF the
gods to Achilles tent and sought for
the body of his dear son. 1t is scene
of love and pity. of chivalry and
greatness of heart that all the years
since then have never seen surpassed.
BE not angry with me, Patroclus,".
prayed Achilles, ''if thou shalt learn
in Hades' house that l have given
back noble Hector to his dear father"
And Patroclus,, one may be sure.
shared the pity of all brave men and
all true women ever since.
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