ere is THe se AuTIFUL, PATHETIC STORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN HISTORY.IT IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG PEASANT GIRL WHO || f HEARDVOICES CALLING UPON HER TO OBLIVER HER BELOVED FRANCE FROM ITS ENGLISH CON: | ||) QUERORS.SO GREATIY DID THE FRENCH PEO- PLE LEARN TO LOVE HER, THAT ALTHOUGH SHE FAILED IN HER MISSION AND DIED A MARTYR'S DEATH, THE MEMORY OF HER SHORT HOUR OF ‘GLORY CARRIEDHER PEOPLE ON TO ULTIMATE VICTORY,ON THE EARLY HOURS JACQUES DIARC, YOU'RE THE FATHER OF A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. ISN'T SHE THE SERIOUS ONE > NEVER, HAS A SMILE FOR MAMA OR HER. BROTHERS. IT 1S GOOD. SHE WILL GROW UP TO BE A_COMFORT AND HELP. TO HER MOTHER. 3 | Miran Early AGE, JOAN LEARNED jf ABOUT. HER COUNTRY'S CONDITIONS SHE HAS) JUST LEARNED: THAT HERCOU- SIN WAS KILLED IN THE WAR. WAR 1S BAD, MY LITTLE ONE. COME SY THE FIRE AND WHAT IS” WAR, PAPA? PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT Pra IT. Ai TO BEGIN! WELL, THE ENGLISH ANO WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 80 YEARS. NEITHER SIDE HAD A DECISIVE VICTORY UNTIL ‘A FEW WEEKS AGO.JOAN OF ARC AT AGINCOURT, FRANCE as LONG FLY THE ISUPFERED HER WORST B| FLAG oF st. GEORGE! — AND NOW I FEAR EVIL TD RATHER DAYS. THE ENGLISH AND SEE YOUR HENRY THEIR ALLY WILL OVERRUN GLAD To Have You.) | ON THE FRENCH’ OUR COUNTRY, LEAVING B BUT WHY HAVE THRONE. FRANCE'S Foy MURDER AND 'PILLAGE IN YOU COME TOUS? CHARLES WIS THEIR WAKE EVE YEARS PASSED. THE ENGLISH SHE'S BEEN BE- \| KEPT WINNING BATTLES, AND GOING ITRAYED! THE ENGLISH OEEGPER INTO FRENCH SOIL... eICLASSICS Illustrated HENRY MARRIES OUR THEN OUR KING'S, PRINCESS CATHERINE, OUR SON, OUR DAUPHINT IS KING, CHARLES Vi, RULES TO LOSE HIS THRONE UNTIL DEATH, THEN HENRY | | AND BE CAST ASIDE BECOMES REGENT OF FOR A SON OF THE FRANCE UNTIL A CHILO [BV @@ ENGLISH BUTCHER OF OF HIS IS OLD. \ Povey rau PANO HAD THE NORMAL A NORMAL Cc RL'S RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS WILL MAKE A FINE DRESS FOR MY LITTLE SISTER THE QUEEN TURNS TRAITOR AND THE ENG LUSH ARMY ROLLS ON. SUT AS YET, DOMREMY IS SPARED. COME, THERE'S FOOD IN THE KITCHEN HURRY WITH THE SOUPJOAN OF ARC JOAN! JOAN DIARC/, \, TIM ARCHANGEL MICHAEL. |\ MY CHILD, THE TIME WILL SOON COME WHEN A GREAT TASK WILL BE RE- QUIRED OF YOU. T SHALL SPEAK MORE OF IT LATER 5 ] @PHe voice RETURNED SOME JOAN, FROM NOW ON YOU hig SHALL'HEAR MINE ANDOTHER AA ‘YZ GUIDE YOU IN THE TASK z YOU'LL SOME DAY am SSS unvee take. oS Poe Wei AN @N THE TWo YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, THE VOICES OF ST. MICHAEL, ST. MARGARET] AND ST. CATHERINE a Ea Wass) War THe voices pe- JON, LEZE MANDED OF HER... \ = YOU MUST GET YOULL TOTHE DAUPHIN. DELIVER HE WILL MAKEYOY FRANCE FROM COMMANDER OF HS, THE ENGLISH T CONQUERORS, AND YOU'LL CROWN GUR DAUPHIN I HEAR, ST_ MARGARET'S VOICE IN THE IM 50 AFRAID. I'M UNEQUALTO THE TASK,JOAN HARDLY © BOTHERS WITH US ANY MORE. TL CAN'T TELL MANIA. SHE WOULDN'T YOU WILL GO TO GOVERNOR BAUDRICOUR’ AT VAUCOULEURS. ASK HIM FOR HELP TO GET YOU TO THE DAUPHIN. DO NOT UNDER- STAND YOUR, WHAT YOU CALL, VOICES. BUT VAU- COULEURS 15 ONLY TWO MILES AWAY, AND SINCE I KNOW THE GOVERNOR SLIGHTLY, LET US BE AsJOAN OF ARC ~ OVERNOR, t SAY THE CAUPHIN ‘TO WA Doan ano - JOT GIVE BATTLE TO THE ENGLISH, FOR LAXART GOT HE'LL SOON RECEWVE AID. AN AUDIENCE ; WITH THE GOVERNOR. I SAY TOTHE| OAUPHIN> THE CHILD 1S 4 DEMENTED. : { AND WHAT ) JELSE SHALL YOU, LAXART. TAKE HER HOME AND SEE THAT SHE YOU REFUSE ME SOL: IS WHIPPED. THAT y DIERS NOW. BUT I MUST WILL CLEAR HER cs COME AGAIN AND AGAIN HEAD OF " UNTIL I GET YOUR AID. NONSENSE. j FOR I'm SO COMMANDED.Ween secaue THe LaveHNS HERE'S YOUR STAFR b STOCK OF DOMREMY... GENERAL, THE ENG: E * LISH ARE ATTACK: GORMANDER | i ING ORLEANS. | HAL ot Eee GO, THE CATTLE NEED THE ENGLISH Pic year was WATERING. DO YOUR CHORES GONG, JOAN TURNED AND LEAVE WAR TO TO THE VOICES FOR THE MEN FOLK. COMFORT. r YEAR,1429. PER- HAPS NOW THE | GOVERNOR WILLIG# LISTEN. @Pae FAITHFUL LAXART ONCE MORE ACCOMPANIED HER.. MERLIN SAID THAT SOMEDAY FRANCE WOULD BE Lost BYA } WOMAN AND RESTORED BY A WOMAN. AND T'LL TELL HIM WHAT THE GREAT ASTROL- OGER, MERLIN, SAID 800 YEARS AGO.JOAN OF ARC | @nce more in AND THE WOMAN WHO ‘ YES, AND THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S LOST FRANCE IS OUR BASE [MEN GOD'S GRACE, T SHALL PALACE... QUEEN ISABEAU? YES, FORE BE THE WOMAN TO IT 1S SHE WHO HANDEC OUR, RESTORE FRANCE. COUNTRY TO THE KING OF SF ENGLAND. YOU WASTE PRECIOUS TIME. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ON THIS DAY OUR FORCES HAVE LOST A GREAT BATTLE NEAR ORLEANS? od GPre Governor was TODAY? BUT HOW & IMPRESSED BY JOAN'S COULD YOU KNOW THE CLAIM OF CLAIRVOYANCE...*) NEWS SO QUICKLY ? co: IT'D TAKE Days. MY VOICES Fs IF THIS NEWS BE TRUE, HAVE TOLD Z T'LL SEND YOU TO YOUR MeyCLASSICS Illustrated Tbe THE OBFEAT WAS CONFIRMED, AND : GODSPEED, AND MAY ¥ JOURNEY END. IN SUCCE: ivi EGAN JOAN OF ARC'S LIBERATION OF FRANCE.JOAN OF ARC @ANGER LURKED THE WHOLE BqPE MARNE WAS FLOODED AT MANY PLACES... ‘DISTANCE TO CHINON .. 1“TIS FORTUNATE YOU EO, wi WELL DONE. YOU MEN SHALL! STAND WELL IN ip FRONT IN my FRENCH ARMY. Patty THE GROUP REACHED CHINON, THE NEWS

y 4 yyJOAN OF ARC = BUT YOUR HIGHNESS, IT 1S ADVISABLE But THERE WERE NOT TO BE HASTY IN GRANTING THIS MAID BEVERAL OF THE ‘ Ri ONE MUST KNOW IT WASN'T CARON BECAME pe bye, THE DEVIL WHO SENT HER. prem CO OUS OF JOAN'S S| 5 POPULARITY. AFRAID F LOSING THEIR OE LOSING ope AK KING, THEY, WrGcKeD Hee Wf am V4 Y QPETIENTI, JOAN CONTINUED TO SEND ol Hue oueen ER ALSO WV HER KNIGHTS TO GET HER AN AUDIENCE mM WITH THE DAUPHIN... ECAME AN EN THE WORLD KNOWS: Your FAT BUT ARE YOU MAD, TAQ, TO HARKEN TO THE WORDS OF AN UNLETTERED PEASANT ED WIS TIME, BUT RELENTLESSLY. OTELL HIMT SHALLGIVE | ; SECRET QUESTION, THEN SHE KNOWS THE HIM THE ANSWER 7O THE SECRET ee QUESTION THAT TORMENTS: HAVE HER COME. FOR IF SHE KNOWS MY y HONEST ANSWER, HIS HEART.CLASSICS PUlustrated I'M CALLED JOAN THE MAID, SENT TO SAY THE LORD WILLS YOU seas BE CROWNED KING. HE WILLS ALSO WHO ARE THAT YOU GIVE ME SOLDIERS THAT YOU AND WHAT| I MAY RAISE THE SIEGE WOULD Yau? ‘OF ORLEANS, AND NOW, CHILD, MY SECRET QUESTION? 5 EVERY ONE, SAVE JOAN, AWAY FROM THE THRONE... BEGONE, ALL OF YOU. IZ MUST SPEAK SECRETLY OTHE MAID. RISE, CHILD AND COME HERE. POSSIBLE THAT KR SHE'S TRULY ¢ GIFTED? T MUST FINDOUT. . YES, THOU ART LAWEUL HEIR TO THE THRONE. GOD HAS. SPOKEN IT.JOAN OF ARC 50 SHE REVEALED A SECRET KNOWN 16 YOU AND GOD. BUT PERHAPS SHES | THE INSTRUMENT OF THE DEVIL. MOAN wap PieRCED THE OAUPHIN'S SECRET AND. NOW HE BELIEVED IN HER. BUT HIS CHIEF COUNCILOR, TREMOILLE, WAS WARY... I HAVE MY SECRET PACT WITH THE ENGLISH. HE PRESENT, IT Crow 7 G MUST STAY SECRET, MEAN, WHILE, T'LL TRY 70 STOP THE MAID'S PROGRESS. WAEANWHILE, NOBLES OF THE HIGHEST RANK RALLIED TO JOAN'S SIE... FREMOLLE HAD JOAN SUBJECTED TO STERN QUESTIONING... I, THE DUKE OF ALENCON, HUMBLY OFFER MY SERVICES ~_70 Your Cause DISCUSSION, THE VERDICT WAS REACHED...© QUEEN AND TREMONLLE NSMAYED BY THE VERDICT... 16 IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS MAIDCOULD ORIVE OUT THE ENGLISH?, lee aa SO 77 die Ty KS; CS PLshrated AND NOW THE DAUPHIN WAS FORCED TO CEDE TO JOAN... ROYAL BLOOD, HIS GRACE, THE DUKE OF ALENCON: RecRurtne HEADquarTers WERE SET UP FOR JOAN'S ARMY AND SOON RECRUITS WERE POURING IN..Seige TO THE ENGLISH CONQUEROR... Tense? TO ROUT SAL: Sg BACK ALL YOU AND YouR SOLDIERS HAVE TAKEN AND LEAVE FRANCE. OT ORLEANS, THE EncuisH | RECEIVED THE WARNING... WE MUST SUBMIT OF THE YOUNG WITCH WILL CAST A SPELL ON US!T SUGGEST WE TRAVEL ALONG THE OPPOSITE BANK OF THE RIVER LOIRE. WE CAN THEN STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE AND STARVE OUT THE ENGLISH.JOAN OF ARG i FORT GUARDS, WHILE THE MAIN) ® iM. THE OFHER ARMY |, UPSTREAM...CLASSICS Pllctbrated GUEARING THAT THE ENGLIGH WERE TO RECEIVE REINFORCEMENTS, THE FRENCH ATTACKED FORT ST. LOUR.. [7 ~ a WI = ane | | aaa Or, a Va te US OL BLY Flew. a fe a) 9 \,-Bothis = FBR) miest victoey WE HAVE TASTED |) ee yi X 6] Donn, va wine ano aievcoy \ { oe (AT THEIR NEXT OBJECTIVE WOULD BE (26 ToURELIES. fT wae THE STRONGEST LINK IN THE CHAIN 3e ENGL oH 9H78 GUARDING TE Ron TO oaLEANS.. i i Pre Enciick, SEEING THE FRENCH ARMY COMING TOWARD THEM, RUSHED OUT OF THE FORT 10 MEET JOAN'S TROOPS...CLASSICS Pisdrcted = Pic two ARMIES STOOD FACE TO FACE, BUT ONLY - THE ENGLISH GAVE THE ORDER TO RETREAT...WE ENGLISH FLED TO THE FORT, WHERE THEY 7 AP HE Til RALLIEO AND DROVE BACK THE FRENCH... NI “ts ww,a PACK 0 ” if sous Wal foe PRENCH ee GiEy bor ceaoLs WEE ATTENOEDTO, AF oe ee HAND TO HAND COMBAT NGLISH SURRENDERED... WAS QVEN & NERONES _ WELCOME AT ORLEANS...GPHE DAUPHIN CAME OUT OF HANDS, WHERE HE ORDERED. JOAN TO MEET BUT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE ROAD TO RHEIMS LIES THROUGH STRONGLY, HELD ENGLISH TERRITORY, IS THAT NOT SO, TREMOILLE?, CAUTION IS THE WORD. THINK OF ENGLISH FORTS ALONG THE LOIRE, THINK OF THOSE BETWEEN US AND. RHEIMS., BUT IF WE WAIT ANY LONGER, THE ENEMY WILL HAVE TIME TO REINFORCE, MY VOICES TELL ME TO STRIKE NOW.f Te DAUPHIN i ALMOST A MONTH TO MAKE UP HIS MIND, AND THEN DECIDED AGAINST PERSONALLY PREACHING THE FORTIFIED TOWN, JOAN) AN WENT BACK TO ORLEANS, WITH BOO SENT A CHARGE AGAINST THE ENEMY, FIGHTING MEN, ALL VETERANS, AS THE BUT THE FRENCH WERE REPULSEDAND: CORE OF HER ARMY... RETREATED TO THEIR OWN LINE... LSAy OUR FIRST || ¥e5, GENERAL. iT )|\I W'S WeLL-PRoTécten, | \2 BE THE ENGLISH | BUT WE'LL TAKE IT. Fort at uarceau,| /If! Tf T UW AGREE? ‘a = ayy) \\ H f FELL AND JOAN'S ARMY CAMPED FOR THE NIG)CLASSICS Ilshaled Rs THe MoRNIe, JOAN ARRANGED THE CANNON.) [REDRESS RaRSSE a SE seen MOST FAUDRABLE POSITIONS. Pre evens eetveNED THE ARTILLERY SRE. Goon The ENGLISH. HELD FORT CRUMPLED E..JOAN OF ARC Ae Fr FRENCH CAPTURED THE TOWNS OF Y—] {~~ Sa eee. MEUNG AND BEAUGENCY AND, ON ‘4 JUNE 18, ENGAGED THE ENGLISH AT PATAY. i} JOAN HAD TROOPS RIDE TO THE REAR OF THE ENGLISH. BATTLE CORPS WHILE HER ] Sy MAIN BODY OF MEN ADVANCED ALONG THE ‘| ROAD. THE ENGLISH CORPS SEEING FRENCH. . TROOPS ALONG THE ROAD, RUSHED TOJOIN 4 vA SEEN HEIR JOAN! I e ABN TH Ni jee < IZED. THE Fi MAS: RS Z f ) & = Sr aS fi iOTHE FIRST TIME IN 3! YEARS OF I, THE FRENCH HAD SOMETHING TO CHEER ABoUT. CLASSICS IlLustrated } ee i T AGINCOURT HAS BEEN | “iia AVENGED ON THE a FIELDS OF PATAY’ a s @oan's voices pad NOW TOLD HER HAVE IT WAS TIME FOR | NO FEAR THE DAUPHIN - BUT THE ROAD 70 p YoU SHALL = |RHEIMS 1S STILL MARKED. TO6OTORHEIMS PF GUIDE THE WITH ENGLISH- HELO r~ TO RECROWNED. yp DAUPHIN ee FORTS: ef, SAFELY IN- TO RHEIMS/ PF) Pic oavevin, } fg AeRAID BUT ‘CONVINCED, pecioeo 70 E THE i PHE PEOPLE WENT WILD WITH JOY.WALT ENGL Ion AND BUBGUN- VARIN REACHED The BT ROME sar z 2 ae < gen HELD TOWNS ALONG: ne S| Pe TOWN OF TROYES... <= r ce i, 7AD. SURRENDERED,, TOMORROW, MY WORK 1S FINISHED.CALLED 4 COUNCIL O} FATIGUED FROM THE LONG MARCH TO RHEIMS. WE MUST HAVE SOME PARTIES AND BALLS TO LIVEN OUR SPIRITS. (Pre KING, HOWEVER, INSISTED JOAN REMAIN COMMANDER OF THE ARMY. AT RHEIMS, HE h BUT MY DEAR CHILD, WE ARE ALLJOAN OF ARC GPREMONLE, MEANWHILE, WAS SIVING HS. TREACHEROUS-ADVICE TO THE NEWLY~ CROWNED KING... THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY HAS ASKED. FOR A TEMPORARY TRUCE. HE PROMISES TO DELIVER PARIS TO YOU WITHIN A FORTNIGHT. DELAY ANOTHER FORTNIGHT! WHEN YOU KNOW “THAT EVERY DAY THE ENGLISH] ARE BRINGING IN MORE TROOPS TO RE- INFORCE PARIS. THE MAID IS RIGHT. WE NOT| ONLY HAVE TO FIGHT THE ENGLISH AND THE BURGUN- DANS, BUT ALSO OUROWN, TRAITORS / VERY WELL, I GIVE IN TO THE MAID AND| HER VISIONS. PROCEED TO GENERAL BEDFORD, YOU REALIZE THE AID T HAVE GIVEN You? I APPRECIATE IT. IN REWARQT Now APPOINT: YOU GOVERNOR OF PARIS.CLASSICS Pllstraled WEVER, ON SEPT. 8, AGAINST THE JOAN DECIDED TO ATTACK PARIS, FOR THE FIRST IS A COVER FOR JOAN'S MEN, WHO INTENDED TO STORM THE GATE, ALEN- CON HAD HIS ARTILLERY RELEASE A | BARRAGE... } iz KING'S WISHES,JOAN OF ARC GPHE FRENCH AT THE MoaT Were NO, NO, ALENCON, EXPOSED TO THE ENGLISH FIRE... We Must CONTINUE LF STILL BE TAKEN. DARK. AND YOUR WOUNDS NEED TENDING. YOU'LL GO TO OYEXT MORNING, TREMOILLE PERSUADED OUR CAMP.AT LA IE KING TO GIVE UP THE BATTLE... CHAPELLE FOR THE NIGHT. frst. DENNIS, THE KING TOOK OVER THE Com- MY VOICES. TELL ME TO STAY HERE.CLASSICS PUlustraled WHY NOT SEND NO, WE MAY USE HER THE MAID BAcKTO} | AGAIN I= BURGUNDY HER cows AND SHEEP? WE DANCES WHILE THE ENGLISH 1 SAY, } AND WE HabJOAN OF ARC THE KING 15 A : ; ure. TREMOWLE E JOAN, YOU ANO HIS FRIENDS | c WILL BE CAPTURED RULE FRANCE, 6 i SOON. BUT HAVE IAREZTA DECIDED To GO TO THE AID OF COMPIESNE... WS 7 I HAVE. JUST RECEIVED GOOD. we WiLL OOPS, si TO At Nelo TERRITORY [THAT 1S SO. WE WiLL ATTACK THE CENTER FORT, KEY TO COMPIEGNE.JOAN OF ARC AND CARED FOR. SHE WiLL BRING A GREAT RANSOM, (GUND JOAN SAFELY UMPRIGONED; AND OFFERED * HER FOR RANSOM 10 BOTH THE FRENCH AND THE ENGLISH... AND FAS MADE AN vou Re wate FoR a LA SS oa OFFER FOR YOUR RANSOM. HIGHER PRICE FROM THE, Fhe eveviey, {B01 1 am A RENCr ON ROO PReNH TEAR Noe Feauewe tee - | | AT HEART, AND wouLo afeatizing THe, | |Sannce Cuatces SCAN Hero owes HE Common Pebee ree cule SF BuceUNoy TO TURN HE Bur 47 THE ravace. SIRE, DON'T RANSOM THE MAID, FOR SHE MAY SOMEDAY BECOME SO POWERFUL THAT SHE MEANWHILE, JOAN HEARD THAT COMPIEGNE WAS ABOUT TO BE CAPTURED. THE PEASANTS: DO HOLD HER HIGHLY, THE BURGUN DIANS WAVE THREATENED 10 MASSACRE ALL THE IN- HABITANTS. I MUSTGO. TOTHE CITY'S.GOD I BE SPARED! TO STAND TRIAL FOR WITCH- CRAFT... HA! EVEN HER AND RAN TO WHERE SHE-LAY UN BUT HER DESPERATE BID FOR FREEOON, FAILED. TWO GUARDS SAW HER JUMP Sciove BUT UNHURT...- SHE 1S ONLY STUNNED /THEY HAVE FORBIDDEN ME TO TEL OF THEM TO ANYONE BUT | THE KING. CN SS oe q WERE You TO CUT OFF MY HEAD, I STILL | WOULCN'T TELL. e i 5 iTHE ENGLISH WANTED RESULTS EY GOT AFTER BISHOP CAUCHO) FP IE YOU DON'T Have FINE HER PUT TO DEATH, [i ENGLAND WILL HAVE THE TRIAL TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CHURCH / DO YouR UTMOST TO SAVE THE MAID. WE DO NOT WANT. HER TO Ole EXCEPT] ‘BY THE STAKE. WHY DO YOU WEAR MEN'S CLOTHES? WAS ITON SATAN'S ADVICE? ADMIT YOUR GUILT, OR THE CHURCH ‘A CHRISTIAN I WAS BORN, WILL ABANDON YOU LIKE A RAGAN! A CHRISTIAN T WILL DIE. /Pte CHARSES AGAINST JOAN FEAR NOT, JOAN, FOR YOU HAVE SALVATION. WE'LL SHOW HER THE RACK. PERHAPS THAT WILL FRIGHTEN HER IN- TO CONFESSION. EVEN IF YOU TEAR MY UMBS APART, T'VE NAUGHT TO CONFESS. TAINED IN THE TWELVE ARTICLES. DO (aU WISH TO CONFESS? @DileR 80D7 weARy PROM HER ILLNESS AND BATTLE WOUNDS, HER MIND BECLOUDED BY THE Fl ceAsevess quesTionNe AT [\ HER TRIAL, JOAN SIGNED. . IN. WAS TAKEN TO THE STAKE WHEREIE | CONFESS AND ABJURE, SHE WAS TO (BE BURNED... —— ABJURE AND SIGN THIS CON- FESSION, OR GPE ENGLISH WERE NOT SATISFIED. WITH THE VERDICT... € FAUCHON HAD HIS CONFESSION, BUT fe NOT PRONOUNCE THE OEATH PENALTY. WE'LL HAVE HER DRESS STOLEN FROM HER IN PRISON. THEN, CATCH" ING HER IN MEN'S CLOTHES, WHICH WE'LL PLACE IN HER CELL, WE CAN BURN HER FOR SREAKING HER VOWS. CRIMES, AND COMMIT NO MORE, YOU ARE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.1030, ON MAY 30, t5/ WAS COMTTED HE MOST NAAVOUS CRIMER IN HISTORY. i @ 146% DEATH $0 AROUSED THE ANGRY FRENCH, THAT THEY FOUGHT WITH NEW AND INCREASED FURY AND BY 1/53 DROVE THE ENGLISH FROM THEIR SOIL. ing N 1456, THE CHURCH ABSOLVED JOAN OF ALL. CHARGES.AND IN \ 1909, SHE WAS BEATIFIED BY POPE PIUSX. THEN IN 19/9, JOAN OF ARC WAS CREATED A SAINT. | Fic ENGLISH MADE THEIR GREATEST MISTAKE 87 BURNING JOAN,DOG HEROES SKEETER—A SLEEPER | IKEETER is @ fair-sized dog, tipping the beams at 40 Pounds, And by his easy-swinging tail you can tell that Skeeter is Proud of all his ancestors which comprise many and varied breeds. Skeeter is a happy, friendly dog belonging to Mr. ‘Howard Spiller of St. Louis. When folks who are perplexed by Skeeter's unusual appearance inquire as to his background, Mr. Spiller explains that Skeeter is a Sleeper. “You'll always find him sleeping behind the counter of the store,” Mr. Spiller says. And it was not so long ago that Mr. Spiller and his wife were mighty glad that Skeeter is a sleeper. It all began when Mr, and Mrs. Spiller, who was helping her husband, pre- Pared to close their store late one night when business had been unusually heavy. They ‘were counting up the money in the register and scarcely looked up as the front door felosed. =, “Sorry, we're closed for the night,” Mr. Spiller said, and he turned to his wife. “I thought you closed the front door.” “I thought so. to0,” she answered. “We're not buying a thing,” said one of the two visitors, Mr. Spiller looked up and into the grim, threatening barrel of a pistol. “Just keep quiet and you won't get hurt,” said the bandit. His companion pulled a pis- tol from his pocket too and, levelling it at Mrs, Spiller, began to fill his pockets with the money on the counter. Mr. Spiller in- voluntarily made a move to protect his hard- eared money and Mrs, Spiller cried out in warning to her husband: ‘Give it to them” As she. afterwards explained, she | ‘meant that her husband should not attempt to save the money at the expense of his life. But the sleeping | dog behind the counter understood the alarm in her voice as a com-— mand to attack the robbers. And he didn’t wait for the command to be’ repeated. In a flash, the gentle, friendly Skeeter was transformed into a howl- ing fury as the safety of his home was threat- ened. Racing from behind the edtnter, he flung himself at the nearest of the bandits with bared fangs flashing — biting, snarling, growling — as the panicky bandits attempted to beat him off with the pistols in their flailing arms, Skeeter flung himself at their arms, then next at their feet, nipping and biting, and barking, and never giving the holdup men a chance to set themselves against his attack. Mr. and Mrs. Spiller watched in amaze ment as the frightened bandits beat a retreat to the door. Skeeter followed them step.by step, snarling, snapping, and barking, The holdup men flung out of the door and rattled | the glass in the pane as they slammed the door behind them. Skeeter had completely | routed them. The commotion he raised had made the robbery impossible because even as he raged beside the door which separated him from the bandits, people were gathering out- | side the Spillér’s store, c | Today when visitors enter Mr. Spiller’s | store and ask what kind of a dog Skeeter is, Mr. Spiller still says that he is a sleeper, but he reminds his customers that two bandits found out the truth of the proverb that “it's best to let sleeping dogs lie,” — or sleep.PIONEERS OF SCIENCE FRIEDRICH, BARON VON HUMBOLDT | Discovery of the Science of Geography HE science of geography is a study of the relationship be- tween the physical features of the earth, and the nature, location, and activities of the living things on the earth. By physical features we mean the mountains and valleys, the oceans, the different soils, cli- mates, and minerals. By living things we mean plants, animals, and human beings. Geography is'a very in- teresting science and the father of this subject was a German naturalist and traveler. . . Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Humboldt. Humboldt was born in Berlin Sept. 14, 1769, the younger of two sons of a famous major in the Prussian Army who was given a royal post after the end of the Seven Years’ War, Thus, Humboldt and his brother Kar! received the best teaching of the times. Humboldt, a sickly child, early showed where his interests lay. While still a young- ster, he began collecting and labeling plants, shells and insects, However, when he grew older, Humboldt was told by his father that he would have- to prepare for a political career, to uphold the family tradition. Although Humboldt’s father died suddenly, Humboldt, to please his mother, continued his political studies at the Universities of Frank- fort and Gottingen. Here, Humboldt, whose secret ambition was to become a scientific explorer, made the acquaintance of George Forster, son-in-law of a famous explorer who traveled with Captain Cook. Because of his mother, Humboldt restricted his travels, but together with Forster, he made geological and botanical studies of Eng- land, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Mean- while, he was appointed assessor of mines at Berlin, and although disliking the job, worked so well that he was soon appointed head of the department. Upon the death of his mother, Humboldt was free to follow his chosen career. He teamed up with Aimé Bonpland, French botanist, and they went to Madrid, Spain where they equipped a ship to sail for Span- ish America. They traveled extensively through South America and Cuba. In Cuba, they explored the basin of the Magdalena River. In Quito, Hum- boldt climbed the famous ascent of Chimborazo to an altitude of 19,000 feet. At Caracas, they began following the course of the Orinoco River until it joined the Upper Amazon. This trip lasted four months and covered 1,725 miles of wild and uninhabited country. In the Andes Mountains of Peru, Humboldt studied electrical and as- tronomical phases due to the high climate. Wherever Humboldt traveled, he made ex- tensive study and took notes, and where pos- sible, specimens, Among his accomplishments are the discovery of the origin of tropical storms; he constructed a table rate for the decrease in temperature to the proportional increase in elevation above sea level; the study and introduction into Europe of the Quinine plant; worked out the proper theory of the magnetic forces of the North and South Poles; and proved that nations of peoples are affected by their plant life and what they eat. Returning home, Humboldt decided to pub- lish his mass of material in book form, He hoped the task would not take more than two years, but it was twenty-one years before he wrote the last volume. Altogether, Humboldt published 30 volumes and 1,425 copper plate illustrations were used. His books, as soon as they came off the presses, were quickly translated into many languages. King Fredrich of Prussia gave him a life pension and insisted that Humboldt reside at court and be his companion: But Humboldt could not stand the idle, useless life at the royal court, In 1829, he accepted an invitation from the Czar of Rus- sia to explore that country. For the Czar, he discovered diamonds and other precious met- als in the Ural Mountains. Returning shome, Humboldt wrote a four volume encyclopaedic account of the physical universe. That was the true beginning of the science of geography. He died on May 6, 1859.EPORTS of # beautiful maiden, Aclfrida of Devon, have Feached the cars of King Eadgar of England, a widower. Anxious to re- marry, King Eadgar would like to confirm her beauty. He decides to send his friend and foster-brother, Aethelwold, to Devon, Young and inexperienced concerning women, Aethelwold docs not feel confident enough to take the respon- sibility. However, Eadger finally persuades him to go. The king and Aetifelwold drink a toast from the same cup of wine, an old Saxon cus- tom which pledges friendship. Aethelwold departs, accompanied by Maccus, servant and friend, and his followers. During the journey, a heavy mist causes Aethelwold and Maccus to become separated from their men. Weary, Aethelwold de cides to rest in a forest. Maccus con- tinues to search for the rest of the party. Although he does not know it, Acthelwold is actually resting in a forest of Devon. Aethelwold falls asleep. Aelfride, the maiden whom he seeks, ap- proaches, accompanied by her serv- ant, Ase. The mist lifts, revealing the sleeping Acthelwold. Somewhat frightened, but fascinated by the handsome youth’ at her feet, she rouses him with a kiss. Aethelwold awakens. Before him stands @ beautiful maiden whom he believes cannot be mortal. She be- lieves the same of him, After expla- nations, they are convinced that each is @ human and that they are in love with each other. Suddenly, Ase calls Aelfrida’s name. She leaves Acthelwold, who is completely taken by surprise. His first impulse is to rush away, but before he can do so, Aclfrida calls to him. Aethelwold is torn between his loyalty to King Eadgar and his new- found love for Aelfrida, He does not follow the warnings of his con- science — to leave and never retur FAMOUS OPERAS THE KING'S HENCHMAN By Deems Taylor Instead, he contrives to send Muc- cus back to the king with w false hood, Maccus is to tell the king that Aelfrida is ugly but rich. He is to ask the king’s permission for Aethel- wold to marry Aelfrida because Aethelwold is poor. The king con- sents, not knowing that he is being deceived. As time passes, Aethelwold is cor science-stricken and tormented by his betrayal of friendship to the king. At the same time, Aelfrida’s enthusiasm for her marriage is sub- siding. Her personal ambition of being accepted at court as the king's foster-brother’s wife has never been realized, She does not know of the deception. ‘One day, Maccus rusheé to Aeth- elwold with the news that the king and his retinue are approaching, Now, Aethelwold is forced to tell Aclftida the truth, that she was denied marriage to the king through a falsehood. Aethelwold is now at the mercy of Aelfrida. He contrives a plan that will pro- tect him from being discovered. He begs her to disguise herself as an ugly woman and feign illness. Then he will escort the king to her chamber. King Eadgar arrives. He and Acthelwold exchange greetings, then go to Aelfrida’s chamber. When they reach her door, she opens it herself and appears splendidly beautiful in gown and jewels. Eadgar is dazzled. Sudden realization of the faithless- ness of his friend deeply grieves him, Aethelwold, himself deceived by Aclfrida, takes a dagger and stabs himself, Maccus supports the dying man. The king moves from Aelfrida and walks over to the dying man and gazes down upon him, He bids Mac- cus to put him down. His sorrow for his friend is shown as he laments for Acthelwold. He is joined by those who take up the dead man and bear him away in # solemn proces- sion. The widowed Aelfrida is left to follow alone.