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Show three weeks found them And Richard had caught learning the art of still the there. fever and washing and crad- ling, was putting in full time with the rest of them. And by this time each man had assumed an air of importance, for the little shot bags were growing heavier and heavier with a more preicous metal than lead. Butone day Richard’s fever having cooled off a little, he resolved to take a ride on the bluffs above the valley and see if he could not bag an_ antelope, for fresh meat was scarce at camp. So mounting his horse he took one of his friend’s rifles and started. He rode up out of the little valley and found himself on a vast table-land, covered with grass and clumps of shrubbery. He rode along for some time, seeing nothing, when he espied several dark ob- jects tion, lope rode running along in a southerly direcand thinking it was a herd of anteor deer, rode down upon them. He to within a quarter of amile of the herd, when to his surprise they stretched out ina half circle and began coming straight for him, and then he discovered they were Indians. Seeing they were up a series of discovered, they blood-curdling set yells, first impulse was to make for camp, and he started his horse on a run in that direction, but soon saw that he was cut off, and altered his course, only to find that the enemy had out- flanked him there also, leaving but one course open, and that was in the direction of the river. So turning his horse’s head in that direction he urged him on with voice and spur. In a few minutes he heard a sound as of running water, and soon the sound increased to a murmur. and then the murmur to a roar, and presently he found himself on the very edge of a yawning chasm, with the water of the river roaring far below. How far be- low he did not know, but clearly com- prehended that it was dangerous, to say the least, to investigate it just then, and so turning his face to the foe, he prepared to give them a warm reception, and at least sell his life as dearly as possible. His enemies hundred came on to within a few yards or less, allthe time yell- . ing like maniacs, and then they halted and began firing arrows and bullets at aspired to the English thrcne. He was deeply chagrined on hearing of the election of Harold. He was himself distantly related to the Saxon line; he also declared that Edward had named him as his successor; and to render his pretentions more secure, he had extorted an oath from Harold when the latter chanced to fall into his power, to support his claims to the crown, which oath Harold had ignored. He now determined to Kingly power by force of arms. win the The enterprise he had undertaken was a gigantic one, but he with unerring judgment laid his plans and complete- ness. Soldiers were enlisted from every portion of France, the assistance of neighboring countries was secured, In the meantime King Harold had been beating back an invasion of Norwe- gians in the North, and scarcely had he succeeded in doing this when he was forced to turn upon William in the South. The two armies met upon the field of Senlec, a few miles distant from whole with sides, eye by both Normans and English. Yet it was not till five years BY J. The little isle of Britain has passed through a series of remarkable foreign invasions which have exerted a powerful four hundred years First the Roduring nearly their institutions and civilization flourished there; then came the Angles and Saxons to sweep these entirely away in a war of extermi- nation against the Celtic inhabitants; they in turn were scarcely settled ina tolerable degree of order and security before ‘the predatory attacks of to speak of the conquest of the island by the Normans, a bold, polished and adventurous race, through whose admixture with the people already there the composite character of Englishmen was finally made complete. The Normans to the Angles in their origin were akin and Saxons themselves. At atime when the Danes were descending upon England, Rollo, a daring Norse- Be was crowned the plaudits of later that Swift and terrible was the king’s vengence. He bought the Danish off with a heavy bribe. Quickly marching from (though moi abpdso- of York island. When aman marries . a second wife, after the death of the first, the female relatives of the dead wife gather together and are permitted to do as much damage to his property as they can. A man may have as many wives as he can purchase, but if he cannot afford to buy one, and his credit is low, he may have to remain single. Sir John Lubbock said: ‘In some parts of Australia when a man married each of the bride’s relations gave him a good blow with a stout stick by way of a warm wel- every part England William. that most of the kingdom. now lay helpless at the feet of He had won it by the sword, powerful of human agencies, and his into hands <i <- Marriage Customs. At the meeting of tho British association at Bath, the Rev. B. Danks read a paper on “Marriage Customs of the New Britain He said that for marriage purGroup.” poses the people of New Britain are divided into two classes or divisions. 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And to render the work of subjugation complete he erected castles in the Danes began which finally culminated in placing upon the throne of Alfred a race of Danish Kings; it is my purpose now he amid one centre of resistance to another he crushed the revolt with an iron hand. That no support might be afforded to future invasions of the Danes, he converted the country for sixty miles north of York and along the sea coast into a desert, entirely sweeping it of its«inhabi- R. effect ‘upon its destiny. mans conquered it, and 1066, Assisted by Swegen, King of Denmark the whole English nation rose in revolt. CONQUEST. M. day, of England, | William earned the title of “Conqueror.” Weekly. ] NORMAN Christmas King Duke day the till an the deep, dark chasm which yawned be. preparation a fleet was created to transport his army across the Channel, and to crown alland tolend a sort of holiness to the enterprise the sanction and blessing of the Pope was obtained. Thus after months of preparation William saw himself in readiness for the attack. vance upon London, and in that city on THE Gi. also the fire, when a bullet struck his horse on the jaw, and witha scream of pain he whirled and sprang with Richard into Sketches irom English History. % of Normandy, arrow, and victory declared for the Normans. William now began a slow ad- [ Written for the Western Ge of events that on the King’s death he was called to succeed him. Willidm of arrows and bullets. He dropped his bridle, and was in the act of returning ee = years of his reign had a great minister called Harold, who so shaped the course the town of Hastings. Fora the battle was contested greatest obstinacy on both Harold was shot through the [TO BE CONTINUED. ] wg thereby preparing in a manner for its future conquest. Edward in the later him. — He hardly knew whether to fire back or reserve the charge for the last, when they suddenly charged him with a volley fore him. asvunicignl lutely necessary .to marriage) fol the boys and there appears to be no needful preparation for the girls. On New Ireland some girls woar a fringe across their shoulders and the French King, Charles. the until they are marriageable. These are the Simple, at length bought peace by psorer class. Others are put into cages, in which they ceding to him the province of Nenstria, remzizn four or five years without being alwhich finally grew into the dukedom of lowed to go outside the houses in which they are confined. These cages are conical Normandy—the country of the Northstructures, about7 or 8 feet in height and men or Normans. The Normans soon about 10 or 12 feet in circumference at the adopted the manners and customs of the bottom and about four feet from the French; indeed, they became even more * ground, where they taper off to.a point at the top. They are made of the broad leaves French than the French themselves, and of the pandanus tree, sewn quite ¢lose tofor a considerable period previous to the gether, so that no light and very little air conquest of England they were univer- can enter. On one side is an opening which sally recognized as the most advanced is closed by a double door of plaited cocoanut tree and pandanus tree leaves. About and enterprising people in Europe. ~ three feet from the ground there is a stage In 1042, on the death of Hardicanute, of bamboos, which forms the floor. There is the last sovereign of the Danish dynasty only room for the girl to sit or lie down in a in England, the Saxon line was restored crouched position on the bamboo platin the person of Edward the Confessor, form, and her feet are never allowed to touch the ground all the time she is conwhose reign continued tiil 1066. Hehad fined in the cage. Great marriage feasts are received his education in Normandy, and provided for these girls when they are taken when he ascended the throne many out of the cages. Wives are purchased with shell money, Normans were attracted to England, and are often married at a very early age on Duke brandishing their bows and arrows and - some of them guns, they came. Richard’s man in company with a band of adventurous comrades, made a like descent upon the coast of France. Sailing up the Seine, he captured the City of Rouen, WEEKLY. we washing away like mad. 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