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Show IFOUGHT HIS WAY TO FREEDOM Th Emperor of Rome Admired tha Courage and Pluck of Caractacua. One of the most unique rnptlvei ever brought home to Home by Julius Caesar waa Caractacua of the early Hrltoua. Thia (treat chief lout everything every-thing In fighting to drive out the Romans and was tnken prisoner with bla wife and children. When brought before the Human emperor the proud ruler of the primitive people never bowed the least fear. Ilia arms were chained, and the emperor roared to try to frighten Caractacua, but the brave chief never ao much aa quaked. Instead he looked the monarch In the ye and said; "You fight to pain the whole world and to make everybody your slaves. I fought to keep my own land and for freedom." The great courage the chief ahowed finally touched the heart of the emperor, em-peror, and the ruler of tho Romans resolved to aee If CnractactiB would be as hrave when facing warriors On one of the great holiday! In Rome raractncuH waa taken to the great open air amphitheater where the populace popu-lace gathered. He was told that If he could defeat the bold knight that would be Bent agalnnt him he could go back to Ms home. Caractacua fought aa he never had before; for some-thing some-thing tweeter than hla life waa at take that of hla wire and children. Justice aeemed to have tempered the metal of hla weapons, and when he truck the atrong armor of bla antagonist antag-onist gave way before bis fearful blows. The result waa that Caractacua and bla fumlly returned to lirltaln and to bapplneaa. |
