The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1936, Page 10

Jacqueline of Holland—Part 11 <= By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD Tiis ARRANGEMENT DISPLEASED WILLIAM'S BROTHER , THE UNSCRU - PULOUS JOHN OF BAVARIA , WHO COVETED THE COUNTS TITLE AND POSSESSIONS. BEING WILLIAMS NEAREST MALE RELATIVE,JOHN CONSIDERED HIMSELF THE RIGHTFUL HEIR ........ HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY -- .IDOWED AT SEVENTEEN d BY THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, THE DAUPHIN OF FRANCE, IN 1417, JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND RETURNED TO HER NATIVE LAND weoeoe ome SHE FOUND HER FATHER, COUNT WILLIAM OF HOLLAND IN FAILING HEALTH 3 THe COUNT REJOICED TO HAVE HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER BACK AND PERSUADED HIS LOYAL SUBJECTS TO PROMISE THAT AT HIS DEATH THEY WOULD ACCEPT THE BEAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED JACQUE - LINE AS HIS LAWFUL SUCCESSOR THE LOVELY JACQUELINE WAS VERY POPULAR WITH THE NETHERLANDERS, BUT JOHN WENT ABOUT SECRETLY TRYING TO STIR UP THEIR RESENT- MENT AT THE PROSPECT OF BEING RULED BY A YOLING GIRL . LN May, 1417, COUNT WILLIAM DIED ........... NEVER DREAMING THAT A YOUNG GIRL COULD ACT WITH SUCH FORCE AND ENERGY, HER UNCLE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT HAPPENED LIKE A WHIRLWIND JACQUELINE AND HER KNIGHTS SWEPT DOWN UPON THE REBELS AND SENT THEM FLYING ... | OHN OF BAVARIA LOST NO TIME IN TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY. ASSEMBLING AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES AND MALCONTENTS AT DORDRQECHT, HE PROCLAIMED HIMSELF GOVERNOR @o-n oF Bavaria EscapeD CAPTURE AND FLED TO THE -COURT OF THE EMPEROR. SIGISMUND OF FEQMANY, The YounG CouNTESS MET THE CRISIS WITH COOL COURAGE A \ DONNING HER ARMOR ,SHE MUSTERED WHERE HE CONTINUED TO PLOT - S, \ t'« HER LOYAL KNIGHTS AND PLACED AGAINST HIS NIECE ..c..convencenee Wi HERSELF AT THE(IR HEAD ............ v 7O B8 CONTINUED 525 THE ELEPHANT IS 10 OR 11 FEET TALL AT THE SHOULDER, WHILE THE FULL- GROWN BULL ELEPHANT SEAL HAS A LENGTH OF 22 FEET AND A GIRTH OF 12 FEET "y WOULD You BELIEVE IT 2 l : FAMOUS "SAVANNAM, FIRST STEAMBOAT TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC - THIS LITTLE STEAMER SAILED FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA , ON HER HISTORIC VOYAGE ON MAY 24,1819 . DEPENDING ON HER SAILS MOST OF THE ED ANTS RAID THE COLONIES OF CRE, A WORUD DERIVED FROM BLACK ANTS 5. AND CARRY OFF THEIR : W= THE LATIN"AGER" (A FIELD), TIME, THE SAVANNAH REACHED LIVERPOOL LARVAE AND PUPAE \ CAME TO BE A OF LAND IN TWENTY-SIX PAYS - PASSING SHIPS CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY ONE PLOW COULD PLOW IN ONE DAY. 70 8& RAISED AS SLAVES -/ &