Show FAMOUS AMOUS STORIES King A Arthurs Arthur's Death Told in inT tit T Tennyson T Tale llie By ELIZABETH C. C JAMES JA IN N THE TIlE last days of King Arthur his men were led In revolt against him by the traitorous knight Sir Modred Warfare had continued many months and the time had now come for the last struggle Among those faithful to the king was the knight Sir Bedi- Bedi vere now constant companion to the he lonely and aged king Overlooking the camps which were arrayed for tor battle the king thought sorrowfully of his knights whom he was now fighting His Jils heart icart was heavy as the battle began began be be- gan relates Lord Tennyson in his story The Death of King Arthur On every side there was strife strite to the death until the field was strewn with men At the point of ot bur jur King Arthurs Arthur's famous sword Sir Modred met his end But Dut alas King Arthur was sorely wounded Carefully Sir carried his ils king of off the field But Dut King Arthur knew mow that now he was to die Calling his loyal knights to him he requested Sir Bed Bed- vere to carry Excalibur Ibur bur down to the Elizabeth lake ake front and throw James Jamest It t into the water The knight thought this a strange request but he lifted lilted the treasured sword and went his way to the lake Standing beside the water Sir thought of the needless waste of so many jewels and of ot so much nuch beauty and he hid Excalibur in a tree When Sir stood again before him King Arthur asked what he had seen when the threw the sword into the water Sir Bedi Dedi vere answered The rippling of the waves Betrayer cried the king Do Doas as I 1 bid you Standing again beside the water the knight thought the king is illand ill illand illand and does not know what he says so soI soI I 1 will hide the sword Accordingly BEAUTIFUL LIFE Alfred Lord Tennyson lived a alife alife alite life lite as beautiful and unreal In Its romanticism as that of 01 any hero heroIn heroia In ia his King Arthur stories The drowning of Arthur Hallam Hal Hal- lam Tennyson's college friend who understood and encouraged the sensitive poet caused Tennyson Tennyson Tenny son to suffer a nervous collapse and to live ten years in retire retire- ment meat At the end of that time he presented for lor publication In Memoriam an elegy to Arthur Hallam a poem said to have brought more comfort to sorrowing sorrowIng sorrowing sorrow sorrow- ing people than any other outer poem Tennyson was not wealthy and he and his sweetheart wanted to leave the path of 01 his life lICe open for writing Instead of trying to earn carn a less precarious livelihood so 50 they waited many years before before be be- fore marriage was possible Speaking of his marrying Emily Sellwood he be said On the day I married her the peace of 01 God entered into my soul At the death of Wordsworth Tennyson was made Poet Laureate Laureate Laureate Laure Laure- ate of England having long enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed the friendship of Queen Victoria After Arter that he was so 50 besieged by sightseers that thal he was forced to move to the Isle of or Wight which place Is now famous lamous for lor having been his home Tennyson died In 1892 at atthe atthe atthe the age of eighty three he once more placed it safely away The second time Ume the king asked what he had bad seen and the knight gave the same answer as before The rippling of the waves waves With great effort King Arthur cried If you do not do as I 1 command com com- command mand I 1 will kill you with my own hands Sir ran to the lake wheeled the sword high and with wilh all aU his might burled hurled it into the lake Instantly an arm clothed in rich apparel rose from the lake caught the sword brandished It U three times and drew Excalibur under under un un- der the waves When the king had heard what Sir had seen his soul was satisfied Then he made his last request of at his knight that Sir would assist him to toI I reach the shores of the laV latt Old Order I When the king stood beside the I waters there appeared in the distance distance dis- dis tance a barge Nearer and nearer it came until the richness of ot the black draperies could be seen Three queens weeping in lamentation lamenta lamenta- lamentation j i tion stood on the bow looking toward King Arthur Sir supported his king until the outstretched arms I of the queens assisted King Arthur i ito to take his place on the barge I Slowly the barge began to lo leave the shore Standing alone as King Arthur Arlhur moved into the distance Sir cried out I am left alone What shall I 1 do Kindly answered the king The Theold Theold old order giving place to I new Pray new Pray for me for more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of So ended the life Ufe of King Arthur for many years year ruler over the Round Table e O B Ben Bell U Syndicate Service |