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THE TROUBLOUS MIDDLE AGES.
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below grand larceny, the king ordered his retainers to put him out.
But the retainers shrank from the undertaking, therefore Edmund sprang from the throne like a tiger and buried his talons in the robber's tresses.
EDMUND THROWING LEOLF OUT.
There was a mixture of feet, legs, teeth, and features for a moment, and when peace was restored King Edmund had a watch-pocket full of blood, and the robber chieftain was wiping his stabber on one of the royal tidies.
Edred now succeeded the deceased Edmund, his brother, and with a heavy heart took up the
