Show 1 H N M X XI t 1 H t 11 i X jl d l 1 N Ocr 2 H I Il EROES OF I f I r rL L I 1 By u l I J I 11 PI t 0 I 1 t Cyrus the Conquered Half the Earth 1 I 1 BIL u uN 1 t tI N N N Written for or the Dc eret News New j iA t i i f 9 D Boy supposed ton fon of a Median lan shepherd stood In Inthe q i Ii f A the tho of J Sl king of the th Modes The hl lad la t vas accused c n of 11 to nI o his follow fello schoolboys him ny king Idl and an o caus causing i I t ing hll tho ho flogging tog li of o a It son who hail hl disobeyed him Such notions Well not cOlmon to tt peasant nor did thu tho boy by him himself hlo 1 t self solf look a shepherd after the th custom of o tho day put the thc 1 father f hel to In older r to tip up tho mystery r lr If Tho rhe herdsman confessed that tho boy bl was WM not really realy his foil Oll but hud r J gt been bi ought hought to him In Infancy by b one of chief counsel counselors counRel f ors OIS had bidden hid don him lay tho tle baby among tho rocks locks ot of si a moun mountain T r IIi I IL 1 tain L II for rOl wild Ih boasts to oat eat This ho hud hl not Hone hut but hall had placed there thoe a f i l dead of ol iJ n and hail 11 brought brought up the changeling us his tJ J was w s then sent s n for or Ten lell earlier had hal been h cn warn pd t 1 in a I dream that tho newborn son ot of hIs daughter ono uno day wrest tho Iho tr j fI kingdom of Media II tr m him So S he Imil put the child to tJ N now l acknowledged that he ho had hll Instead In given the baby haby to the H I Ii i herdsman fj i Tho C chain of evidence WIS iia complete d tho shepherd 1 it I Il boy us l S hIS own O VII grandson and only Cyrus CI Cyrus elo at that f lt time living In Persia a I Principality subservient to In Media II Thith Thither hll rif l f er CI after by b putting tho son to death In a pe pc peculiarly j 1 f l way a stint IHs newly grandson OI I g 1 M MI In I n Persia I I grew gre to manhood man I 1001 1 tIC the brave 1 simple I people ot of that r i h f oung country Media M I uis the thc nation nuton on curth but hul like most too i ri kingdoms was WU giov wok and through Its Is own on greatness ot of on Wll at tho hands of or i incited Cyrus to raise a n Persian army against t Media 1 t 1 dJ i Gyms did so In command of tho Median forces vent t j 1 i over to tho enemy and Cyrus won an overwhelming victory 55 I I C k ff iJ capturing capturing the aged and annexing Media to ll combining thu tho It t two tw Into ono vast empire with himself as aR Its It sovereign Ho HI spared his grand J I I lifo but forced the tho humiliated old man lun to wait In him as a IL servant 51 t j J J I INo for fol tho rest ot oC his Now No that he swayed Sh erl the thu ot of the Mules Is and uld pol lan and all had hd I raised from a mei o petty tu u power Cyms was still lar lur Cram fram content lie He hall had tasted success The fever fovel o of was as upon him II I Media had been ben so easy eu to why wh not tho lest of oC the tho world j i l Ills His neatest powerful neighbor lel was wa King ol or who ruled u I II TO Mil 1 mighty that Included the tho protectorate of or a It roul of Greek Cree cities cites and provinces along tle COlst and who was m u rich that tho name Iame 1 j Croesus had come to bo boo a synonym for or wealth had foreseen some somo such move on tho young oung Persians part and had hlll an In alliance wih thu he j rr i two ng nations Egypt and Babylonia I But Dut Cyrus s gave guve Croesus no time to await tho of oC his hl allies alles He Y 1 1 attacked tho LYlan army ulm Then hon utter driving It back hu hI followed and erush f t tW cd od It taking SI 11 s tho capital subduing the tho land and malting Croesus R Ji It y yIt 11 a It If I lh l Having annexed tydia i C rus turned bis hl attention to Babylonia Uth Ills nl f ff i armies overran the country countr and he ho nt at lust last cooped up lP Prince In J f l tho city of oC Babylon itself Babylon was the as well as tho most 1 1 J i beautiful city on earth larth ct sure of Its enjoyed life lre behind the tha huge huga wall walland wall t i 1 f and save scant thought to tho Yet after two Iwo lIIS of o patient y i waiting Cyrus G rus won his way Into the city by hy night 5 S U C q Bel ii 1 was feasting and put the tho garrison to the 11 sword i j Ono by h ono ho he subdued the clUes cities on the Ionic coast who fiercely w 6 his rule annexed by 1 other cn kingdoms and he placed I f l mr i Egypt also In a I position ot o practical subjection 1 f I h Thus rims before lie he reached middle age the tho former boy hoy found foun l emperor of the tho continent of Asia from the tho to India In n other I he hc was master ot of nearl oil 01 tho world orl that was WIl then thon civilized t l N Homo Home was wa but a city oly not yet ot in its prime Tho h rest 1 f of Europe was hotter boter than savage Tho orient was tho most m t Important 1 i part of the globe And AmI Cyrus bad hlll conquered all 11 the orient 1 i H tl f nut Dut India It I was an al immense country r powerful and 1 il progressive Long I n it had appealed to C cupidity lie le had won detached It k frontier provinces of it I Now he to at the cry en heart hear of the tho I d rich rl h territory As preliminary campaign ho marched against the tho wild wit 1 I t tI f and their c Heio for fol tho first time In II his life le thu tho i j JJ was beaten Beaten Beatel by Iy a woman olan too which in those t I days da s b f was the acme of or disgrace WD Cyrus fought in person jC on on the disastrous and Ild slain Yet the Hn lI f victories he had won n were destined to live 10 after him Chief of these was WIS the Ij ft founding of If tho Persian empire an that swayed waed tho rest rost ot f tho nations i i as an invincible mistress until antl like Media its Is own later caused frY l I Its ILs weakness and fall 1 r W L h Jf |