. St. Nicholas [serial]. BY ALICE BRAUNLICH (AGE 15). When the Carthaginians, with the aid of the SpartanXanthippus, defeated the Romans in one of the battlesof the first Punic war, Regulus, consul and commanderof the Roman forces, was taken prisoner and brought toCarthage. Here he was kept for two years, pining in captivity. At last the tideof battle turned ;the Romans were victorious. Theenemy, disheartened by the lossof many of their possessions, sentRegulus back to his home to makepeace. He was promised his lib-erty if he should be successful. Regulus went to the gates ofRome as commanded,
. St. Nicholas [serial]. BY ALICE BRAUNLICH (AGE 15). When the Carthaginians, with the aid of the SpartanXanthippus, defeated the Romans in one of the battlesof the first Punic war, Regulus, consul and commanderof the Roman forces, was taken prisoner and brought toCarthage. Here he was kept for two years, pining in captivity. At last the tideof battle turned ;the Romans were victorious. Theenemy, disheartened by the lossof many of their possessions, sentRegulus back to his home to makepeace. He was promised his lib-erty if he should be successful. Regulus went to the gates ofRome as commanded, but refusedto enter, saying: I am no longer a Roman citi-zen. I am but the barbariansslave, and the Senate may notgive audience to strangers withinthe walls. His wife and his two sons cameout to meet him, rejoicing thathe had at last returned how sorry they werewhen they learned under whatcircumstances he had come! He met the Senate outside thewalls of Rome. After the Cartha-ginian ambassadors had spoken,. his turn came. Conscript fathers, he said, beinga slave to the Carthaginians, I come, on the part of mymasters, to treat with you concerning peace. Whenasked his opinion, he advised the Romans to continuethe war, and not even to exchange prisoners ; for theCarthaginian generals, he said, who were in the posses-sion of the Romans, were healthy and strong, while hehimself was worn out by long imprisonment. Even the stern Romans were surprised to hear a manargue thus against himself, and were unwilling thatRegulus should be put into the power of the Carthagi-nians. The chief priest declared that, since the oathhad been forced upon Regulus, he was not by dutybound to keep it. However, the latter was determinedto return to imprisonment, to suffer the punishmentswhich the Carthaginians would inflict, and which heknew would end in his death. What need to comment upon the brave deed ofRegulus? The story speaks for itself. The man whowill die for his country is great; bu
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