The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-09-08
AT Orpheunl
Theatre
THE THREE MusKETEERs"

state country boy, armed with his
fathers advice and letter of intro
duction to prominent Wall Street
brokers, sets out nowadays to con
quer New York. so did D'Artigar,
the hero of Dumas immirtal tale,
THE Three Musketeers," fare form
in the year 1925 to make his way TO
Paris. The advice of the elder
D'Artagnan was simple. His son
was to bear in mind loyalty to tht
King, reverence for the Cardinal
and devotion to the Queen" To this
was added corollary which rehec-
ted the spirit of the times. Fight y
the old Frenchman had said, "fgha
the more that duelling is forbidden,
for by so doing you doubly prove
your courage And having placed
in his sons hands a letter to NJ. De
Treville, Captain of the Kings Mus
keteers, he gavt him a sword and d
venerable horse-much as the mod
ern father bestows a safety ra1of
and Ford-and sent the boy forth
into the world.
AS a matter of fact. the young
D'Artagnan had little need of en-
enlargement to fight. Your tue
Gascon is ever ready with his blade
and our hero was Gascon plus. He
not only fought but to such good
purpose that within a week he had
become the talk of Paris and in a
month the talk of France.
At this time Cardinal Richelieu.
the powerful minister of France.
was seeking to widen the breach al
ready existing between the king.
Louis XIII, and his wief, the lovely
Anne of Austria. The Cardinal held
absolute sway overt he mind of his
royal master and the only influence
which threatened his supremacy was
that of the queen Could he but
permanently estrange the royal paiI
his power would be undisputed
Anne had an admirer in the person
of the English duke of Buckingham
and while she had steadfastly rejec
ted his advances Richelieu sought tt
make her appear guilty in the eyes
OF the king.
The king had given Anne dla-
mond buckle upon her birthday and
this she had given to Buckingham
at a time when the latter, forcing
into her presence, had de-
manded that she at least give him
a token of remembrance since she
would not permit him to see her.
Richelieu through his spies learned
of this gift and prompted the king
to command Anne to appear at a
state ball wearing the diamond
buckle, knowing full we'll that Buck
ingham had returned to England
and that Anne would not be able to
obtain the return of the jewel in
time to prevtnt her disgrace
How D'Artagnan. brought to the
Queens notice by Constance, the lit
tie seamtress with whom he was in
love, was able to accomplish the ap-
parently impossible; how he rode
through way beset by spies and
guards of the Cardinal. how he
crossed the Channel. communicated
with Buckingham, wrested the dia'
monds from Milady de Winter the
Cadnail's spy. who had stolen then
and finally placed them in tbs
hand of his grateful queen, at the
very moment when ruin confronted
her-all this forms thrilling tal'
as told in the memoirs Of D'Artag
nan himself.
Not only did he gain the gratitUo'
Of the queen and of his sweetheart
Constance, but the grudging admira
ton OF the Cardinal as well, togeth
er with a membership in the King
Musketeers bringing with it further
association with his beloved friends
Athos, Porthos and Aramis--tl.'
three Musketeers.
At Orpheum Theatre. Friday ant
Saturday, September Is and is.
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