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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1914-06-12, Page 7ily nt - att.4 tat Su - .•,•=s1 itfEs*: ter. itt lt • tf:t tat ,yr tItiv viv krt. titt • •:•S ,,Srs JtriATE 12,1914 illgoiom.i.wirieursaimosommemeeimaisr 01111WIMINPIOSHIMIlliatuessaliwasee LEGAL. R. EL lEfelYS, 31.a:ester, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Ofeasiaa Public. Solicitor for the Dom - • Bk. Office iare-1w the Dom - *lea Bank, Seaforth. Money to Watt J. IL BAST.. jlarrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer anti Notarl F110 -11c. P-M.Ce up -stairs over Weaker's furniture store„, Hain street, lealortie. Acukceerriao, iSarrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Term for sele. Office, in Scott't block, Stela streeteaforth. faillIMPOOT, HAYS & KILLORAII. peters' Public. Bolicttor for the Cana - *WI Beak of Commerce. Money to loath Sesrristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, stet Money to lend ,la Seaforth on lien - Las of each week. Otfice in Kidd block. ritTBRIMEARY, JOE( (1111IIVE, V. Ilionor graduate ot Ontario Vete-Le- ss/ College. AU diseases of Domestic andneala treated. Calls promptly attend- s& tp and charges moderate. Veterinary grintistry a specialty. Office load rest- less* on Goderich street, one door east • Dta Scott's office, Seaforth. 7. ILL3S11101, Y. t, ilienor graduate of Ontario ',retests - &F7 COilege, and honorary saember ot tins Medical Association of the Ontario febarinary College. Treats dineases of eh* Deensatic Animals by the most mod - fern getneipleas Dentistry and Milk Dien. ec salselaltr. aftles opposite Dick's Wei, Main street, Seaforth. All or- asse.iatt tatt3 hotel will receive prompt StassItIon. NiSht calls received at the geoa, bitEDIOAL: C. J. W. KAM 425• Richeraned street, London, Ont. Speeirelist : Surgery and GenItoaalrin- &ay Diseases cia men and women. • va. 7. J. BURROWa. Stillna ruble** rich street, tfie tbe Methodist c urch, Seafortla Coroner to, the County • Illarest DEW SCOTT & MACKAY.. a. al. Eloottagraduate of Victoria, and vampO Playeicians and surgeons. Mn Arbes, and member a Ithtt ,Ontario Co:rocker for the diounty of Huron. D. Mackay, hotaor graduate, ofTrielitY Vetivereityt anel .goticl, medallist of Trin- ity Medical College, member of the Cola kite of Physicichas and Surgeons,011harla 73Ih. 11. HUG ri ROSS. Graduate a University of Toronto raculty a Medicine, member a col-. tag& of physietana and Surgeons of Ona Lain; pass gradisate Courses in Chicngra Ctircal School of ,OhIcago; Aoyai Op* Asiatic lioapital, LoRdo ng1a. t; Wililisreity College Hospital, Londoe, iireginad. Oftles-eliacit of the Dominion teeforth. Phdne No. 1. Night sabs answered from residence, 'Victoria atti,set, fleaforth. aUCTIONI11131118. - =OMAR BBOW11. Liennind auctioneer for the counties Ilhfron and Perth. CorreePendenee renglineents for sale dates can e made -ay sailing up Pilate 97, fietforth, or lipeeltor office. Charges istoder- ain mad malefaction guaranteed. JOHN ARNOLD, Licensed auctioneer tor the counties a Huron and Perth. A.rra.ngerneats for rale- dates can • be made be, calling up Phone 41eaforth, eir Tate Expositor Office.. Oharges moderate a:ad gattsfac- aihn gna.ra.nteed, B. 9). PHILLIPS. Licenaed auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Perth. Being a practical firmer and thoroughly understanding the value of farm stock and implements pewees we in a better positino to re - Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. All adze good prices. Charges moderate. orders left in Exeter will he promptly promptly answered. Imnaediate sr - attended to, C. P. 11,. Time Table Guelph and Godtirich Branch TO TORONTO Goderieh. ..... R Auburn Blyth Walton. Milverton Linwood Jct.- trnh Guelph tg .1 7.05 a m 7.30 " 7.40 " 7.59 " 8.25 " 8.15 9.05 0.33 " Guelph Jet.. .... . 10.15 Toronto Ar. 10.20 " FROM TORONTO Toronto Lv. 7.90 a. in. - Guelpi. Jet. ... .. . Ar 9.40 " Guelph "10.20 " Elmira ,, 10.59 Linwood Jet. ,., 11.23 " 11.42 " Walton ' IS 12.16 Blyth ' 12.93 " 'zoderich , I 00 p. m. Connections at Linwood for Listowel. Con Seotions at Guelph Jet. with main line for Galt Voodstock, Londcn, Detre' nd Mileage an al. intermediate lines. - S.00 p in 2.25 " 2:35 2.47 3.20 " 8.40 " 4.00 " 4.83 " 5.05 " •6.45 4.30 o e.10 ' 6.5C 7.22 " 7,43 " 8.02 8.36 " eas • 9.25 " • Grand 'Trunk Railway System. dfailway Time Table. Trains leave Seaforth as follows : 10.45 a re. For Clinton Gocierich Wingham 9 tid Kincardine. For Minton and Goderich For Clinton, Wingham and Ekon 1.20 p en 6 JJ3 prn dine. 11.13 p ru For Clinton and Goderich. 7 51 a in For Stratford, Guelph, Toronto Orillia,. North Bay and Points wont Belleville and Teterboro and points east. 1 31 p m For Stratfora, Guelph, Toronto, Mon- treal and points east. b V, pm Porkltrattord Guelph and Toronto LONDON HURON alt BRUCE. 0 NORTH Passenger 1,0fidon,dep5rc , . . . 842 450 Centralia, . . . . 9 33 5 43 Exeter. -- . . .. ....-...- •_9 48 5 54 Hensall, . 9 55 6 05 Kippen, ................ .. . .. 10 01 6 II. • Brucenelcl, ...„ ....... . . . . . 10 09 6 19 ' Clinton, 10 25 6 85 • Lonclesboro, ....... . .. .. . .. 11 18 6 52 Blyth, • 11 27 7 00 Belgrave. 11 40 7 13 Wingharn, arilve. 11 50 7 25 " 801:T14 Passenger .! • Wingham, depart 6 88 Belgrave, 6 50 Myth, 7 04 Londesboro, .. . . . ... . .. 7 13 4014.- Clinton, ....... - - .......,7 29 Brucelield, 8 28 335 Ilensall, ........ - 8 41 Exeter, 8 54 Centralia, „ . . .. 9 04 London, etrive...... & • & 9 62 23 3 44 8 56 4 04 418 -4 29 4 47 4 62 6 05 6 16 600 THE HURON EX OSITOR Brethren BY RIDER HAGGARD Author of "King Solomon's nines," "She " 9 ,!"Cleopatra," "Allan Quartermain• , "The World's Desire," Etc. NOW tney consuitee together, some taking one side and some the other, but the most of them declared that , she roust be given up • to Saladin. "Come of your own will, I pray you," said the. • patriarch, "since . we would not take you by force." . "By- force only will you take me,°! answered Rosamund. • Then the abbess spoke; "Sirs, will you commit so great 'a crime? Then I tell you that it cannot go without •its punishment. With this lady I say" -and she drew up her tall shape --"that it shall be paid for in your blood, and thayha.p in the 'blood of all of us. Remember my words when the. Saracens have won the city, and are putting its children to the. sword." al absolve you - from the. sin," shouted the patriarch, "if sin it is." "Absolve yourself,' broke In Wulf sternly, "and know this. 1 amlbut one man, but 1 have soraeastrength and skill. If yeu seek but to lay e hand upon the novice Rosamund to hale her away to be slain by Saladin, as he has sworn- that he would do shOuld she dare to fly from him) before .17 die there are: those •ariong you Who have looked the last mon the ligbt" • Then, standing there before the -altar rails, he lifted bis great -blade and settled the skulablezoned shield upon his arm. - Now the patriarch raved and storm- ed, and one among them cried that they would fetch bows and shoot Wulf down from a distance.- • "And thus," broke in Rosamund, "add murder to sacrilege! Oh! sirs, be- think what you do-ays and remember this, that yoa do it all -it vain. Sala- . that if you deliver me to hini, he will floating here and there upon the wall, • din has promised yeti nothing, except. talk with you, and then you may find and to one that at this moment rose upon: thebreach itself. "Why"should- I spare what I have al- ready cm:tattered, and what I have sworn to destroy?" he asked. "dateen I offered you Mercy you woula have none of it. Why. do you ask it now?" Then Bittian answered him in thosc word!' that -will ring through .hisairy forever. • "For this reason, Sultan. •Before God, If die we muet, we will. first slaughter our women and our; little ciliation, leaving you neither Male nor feniale to enslave. We will burn the., city and its. wealth; We will grind the. aoly Rock - to powder and make of the Mosque 4,1. Aksa, and the other sacred latices, a• heap of ruins. We will culathe throats of the five thousand efolloerers of the Prophet- w/o are in our lipower, and then, ever man of us wl o can bear arms, we will sally out lute the midst of you and fight-- on till we fall. Soi I think Jerusalem shala cost you dear." The Sultan starec1 at him and stroa- ed his beard. . "Eighty thousand lives," he mutter- , ed;e "eighty thousand lives, ' besides those of my soldiers whom you will slay. great slaughtera--and the holy city. destroyed forever e Oh! it, was of •suca a massacre as this that once I -dreamed." . • -O Then Saladin sat still and thought a 'while, his head bowed- tipon his. breast, LIVES A glit Who Suffereei As Nlarw Girls Do -Tells How She Found Relief. Sterling, Conn.-" I am a girl of 22 years and used to faint away every month and was very , weak. I was also bothered a lot with female weakness. I read your little book Wisdom for Wo- men,' and 1savi how there had bden elped by Lydia_ E. Pinkhanfe Vegeta- ble Compound, and decided to try it, and It has made me feel hie a new girl and I am now relieved of all these troubles. I hope all young girls wil1 get relief as I have., I neyer felt better in my llIfe. ' '-fdiss BERTHA A. PELOQUIN, Box 116, Sterling, Conn. • ifeesena, N. y. -"x have taken Ly- dia E. 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"He. lived on the day of Hattin, and suffered it," said Heraclius; and .the council _broke hp, having decided nothing. . . That afternotan Batten stood once more before- Saladin and implored him to spare the city. , • - Saladin led him to the /door of the tent and pointed to -his yellow banners that yeti have sinned for nothing. Have pity on me and go ybur ways, leaving the issue in the hand of God." "That ie true," cried some. "Saladin made no prothises." Now Dalian, the guardian of the city, who had followed them to the chapel and standing in the background heard what passed there, stepped for - \tiara and said: "My lord Patriarch, I pray you let this thing be, since from such a crime no good could come to us or any. That altar is the holieat and most noted place of sanctuary in all Jerusalem. Will you dare to tear a maiden from it whose only sin is that she, a Chris- tian, has escaped the Saracens by whom she was stolen? Do you dare to giate her back to them and death, for such will be her doont at the hands of Saladin- Surely that would be the act of cowards, and bring upon us the fate of cowards. Sir Wulf, put up your sword and fear nothing. If there is any safety in Jedusalern, year lady is safe. Abbess, lead her to her cell:" "Nay," answered the abbess with fine sarcasm, "it is not fitting. that we sb.ould leava this place before his Holiness." "Titeil you have not Tong to wait," shouted the patriarch in fury. "Is this a time for scruples about altars? Is this a time to listen to the prayers of a girl or to threats of a single knight, or the doubts of a superstitious cap- `. CHAPTER XXIII. tain? Well, take your way and let your lives pay its cost. Yet I say that if From the day, when he saw. Saladin Saladin asked for half the noble .Godwin began to grow strong again, Maidens in the city, it would be cheap and as his health came back, so he, to let him have them an payment for the blood of eighty thousand folk," and he stalked towards the door. So they went away, all except Wulf, who stayed to make sure that thea were gone, aid the abbess, who came to Rosamund and embraced her, say- ing that for the while the !danger was past, and she' might rest quiet. "Yes, mother," answered Rosamund witliaa sob, "but oh! have I done right? Should I not have surrendered myself to the wrath of Saladin if the Haas of so many hang upon it? Perhaps, after all, he would forget his oath and spare my life, though at best I should never, be suffered to escape again while there is a castle in paalbec or a guarded harem in Damascus. More- over, it is hard to bid farewell to all one loves forever," -and' she glanced, • towards Wulf, who stood out of hear- ing "Yes," answered the abbess, "it is hard, as we nuns know well, But, daughter, that sore choice hap not yet been thrust upon you. When Saladin says that he sets you againstethe lives of all this cityful, then you must judge." "Ay," repeated Rosamund, "then I -must judge." The siege went on; from terror to terror it went on. The martgoneis hurl- ed their stones unceasingly, the arrows flew in clouds so that noneicould stand upon the walls., thousands of 1he cavalry of Saladin hovered round St. Stephen's Gate, .while the engines poured fire and bolts upon the down-. ed town, and the Saracen minerwork- ed their way beneath the barbican and the wall. The soldiers within mild not sally because of the multitude of the watching horsemen; they could not show themselves, since he ,who did so was at once destroyed by a thou- sand darts, and they could not build up the breaches of the crumbling wall. As day was added to day, the despair grew ever deeper. In every street 'might he raet long processions pf monks bearing crosses and chanting penitential psalms and prayers, while M thfause-doors women wailed to Christ for mercy, and held to their breasts the childreti which must soon be given to death, or torn from them to deck some Mussulman harem. The commander Batten called the knights together in council, and show- ed thetas. that Jerusalem was doomed. "Then," said one of the leaders, "let us sally out and die fighting in the midst of foes:" . "Ay," added Heraclius, "and leave our children and our women to death CASTOR 1 A rat Mats and Chilthen. IlinlifoiYalicallosysikviii llowe 111Patote ce fell to thinaing. Rosamund, was. lost to him and Ma.souaa was dead, and at times he wished that he' were dead also. What more had he to do •saitle his lifeawhich had been so full of sor- row, -struggle and Woodshed? Go back to Enaland to live there . epon his iands, and wait until old age and death overtook him? The prospect would have pleased many, but itdid not please Oodwin, who felt that his days . were not given to him for this purpose, and that while he livedate must also labor. As he sat thinking thug, and was very unhappy, the aged bishop Egbert, who had nursed bim so well, entered - his tent, and, notink his face asked: "What ails you; My son?" "Would you wish to her?" said Godwin, • . "Am I not your confessor, 'with a •right to hear?" answered the genii.] Old man. "Slmi,v Me your trouble." 4 So .Godwin began at the beginning and told it all -how as a lad he had sdcretly desired to enter the Church; howethe old prior of theabbea at Stan - gate counselled hint that he was too young to judge; how then:the love of lacsamund had entered into his life with his manhood, and he had thotight 110 More of religion. He told him also cif :the dream that be - had dreamed when he lay wounded after. the fight on Death Creek; oathe vows which he and Wulf had Siceaed at the, tittle of their knighting, and of hew by degrees he had learned that Rosaniand's love was not. for him. Lastly, he told him of Masouda, but of her Egliert, who had shriven her, knew already. • The bishop listeted in silence till he had finished, Then he looked up, say- ing: "And now?" • . "NOw," answered.Godwin, "I know not. Yet it seems to me that I hear the sound of my own feet walking, upon cloister stones,- aird of my own voice lifted up in prayer befora the altar." - "You are still youngeto talk thus, and though Rosamund be lost to yon and Masouda dead, there. are . other • Women in. the world," said Egbert Godwin shook his.head. "Not for me, ray father." "Then there are the knightly Orders, in which you might rise high." Again he shook his bead. . • "The Tempters and the Hospitallers are crushed. Moreover, 1 watched' them in Jerusalem and the field, ant love. them not. Should they change their Ways, or should I be needed to fight against the Infidel, I can join them by dispensation in days to come. But coaesel me -What shall I do' now?" "Oh! -may son," the old bishop said, his face righting up, "if . God calls you, come to Ga. I will show you the rand Children Cif.- - FOR FLETCHER'S CAS_TORIA "Yes, I will come,". Godwin answer- ed 'quietly. "I will come, and, unless - the CieAe should once more call nie to follow it in war, I will strive to spend the time that is left to me in His ser- vice and that of men, For I think, my father, that to this end I was born." Three days later Godwin was ordain- ed a priest, there in the camp. of Sala - dire by the hand,of the bishop Egbert, while around his tentthe servants. of Mehemet,' triumphant at tbe-appeoach- Mg-downfall of the Cress, • shouted that Cod is great and- Mehemet His only prophet. Saladin lifted; his head and looked at Dalian. - "Tell me," hea Said, ','what of the princess of Baalbec, whom you know as the lady Resamuna D'Arey? I told you tbet- I would speak no more with you of the eafety of !Jerusalem until she was delivered toque"- for judgment. Yet I see. her not." • • , "Sultan."• answered Dalian, "We found ads lady in .the convent of the Holy Cross, wearing the robe of, a novice of that order. She .had -taken the sanctuayy there by the alter which we deem so sacred and inviolable, and refused to. come." Saladin laughed. "Cannot all yoar Men-at-arms arag one maiden from an altar stone? -1-, un - Jess, indeed, the great knight Wulf stood before it with swortl aloft," he added. "So he etood," answered Dalian, "but it was not of him that we thought, though. assuredly he would have slain some ot us. To do this thing would have :been an awful crime,. which we were sure must bring° clown the ven- geance of our God upon. us and upon the city." "What of 'the vengeance of Salah -ed - din "Sere as is our case, Sultan, weStill fear God more than Saladin." "Ay, Sir- Batten, but Salab-eddin may lie a sword in the hand of Gp-a:' "Which sword, Sultan, would atave fallen swiftly had we done this daed." "I think that itlis about to fall," said Saladin, and again was silent and • stroked his beard. "Listen, now," he said at length. "Let the princess, my niece, come to me and ask it of 'my grace, and I think that I will grant you terms for:which, lb your plight, you may' be thankful." "Then we must dare the great sin and take her," answered Batten sadly, "having first slain the knight Wulf, who will not let her go while he is alive." "Nay, Sir Dalian, fo. r that I should be sorry, nor will I suffer it, Tor though a Christian he is a man after- my own heart. This time I said 'Let her cotra to 111R,' not 'Let her be brought.' Ay, come of her own free will, to answer to me for her sin against me, under- stanaing that I promise her nothaia, who in the old days promised • her much, and kept My word. Then she WKS the princess of Baalbee, with all the rights belonging to that great rank, to whom I had sworn that no husband should be forced upon her, nor any cheinge of faith. Now I takeabitele these oaths, and tf she comes, she comes as an escaped Cross -worshipping . slave, to whom I offer only the choice of Is- lam or of a shameful death." "What high-born lady would take suele terms?" asked Batten in dismay. "Rather, I think, would she choose to dieby her own hand i than .by that of your hangman, Since she can never abjure her faith." "And thereby doom eighty thousand of her fellow -Christians, who Must ac- company. her to that death," answered • Saladin sternly. "Know, Sir Ballan, swee.a it before Allah and for the last time, that if my niece Rosamund does not come, .of her own free will, • une • forced hy any, Jerasalera. shall be put tp sack." "Then the fate of the 'holte,eitY and . . VISMISI~SNINISISSMSSIM.4 Dr: Morale's Indian Root. 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If her spirit is high enough, Jeru- salem may yet be saved. ,If it be ha.i--r than 1 thonght, as well n -ay clainee. then ass:treaty with lier It is the -read. rhave no more to say, but my c..voys Within an hour Radian rode to the city. rade with you bearing a letter,' whleh with their own handsthey must present to myniece, the paincess of Baalbec. Then she can return with them to me, or sae- can bide where she is, when I shall know 'that I saw but a lying vision -bf peace and mercy flowing from her bands; and will press on this war to its bloody end. Within an hour Batten rode to the, cit' under safe conduct, taking_ with him the envoys of Saladin and the let- ter, which they were •cbarged to .de- liver to Rosamund. " It was night, and in their lamp -lit • it -chapel the Virgins of the Holy Cress 'upon bended knees chanted the glow and Solemn Miserere. From - their hearts they sang, to whom death and dishonor were so near, preeatig their Lord and the merciful Mother of GO to have pity, and to spare them and the inhabitants of the hallowed town where He -had dwelt and suffered, and to lead them safe thi h the shadow et' a fate ea awful as His own. They knew that the end was near, that the walls were tottering to their fah, that the 'defenders were ,exhausted, and that soon the wild scildiers of Saladin would be surging through the narrow streets. ' Then would eOlile the sack and the slaughter, either by the sword of the .Saracens, or, perehance, if theeic found time and they were not forgotten, tool mercifully at (he hands .of Chrisdan men, who thus would save them from the worst. Their dirge ende, the abbess rcse and addressed them: Her bearing was stall proud., but her voice quavered, i"My daughtees in the Lord," she said, "the doomaje almost at our door. and we Meat braee our hearts to meet it. If the Commeeders of the cite d0. what they have promised, they will seed some, here to behead us at the lest, and se we shall pass happily to glory and be ever with, the Lord. But perchance they will forget us, who are.but a few among eighty thousand ;souls, et whom some fifty thousand must thus be killed. Or their arms may grow weary; or themselves they may fall before ever they reach this house -and What, my daughters, shall we do then?" Now somo of the nuns clung to- gether and sobbed in their -affright, and some were enema Only Rosamund drew herself to her full height, and spoke proudly. "My :Mother," she said, "I am a new• comer among you, but I have seen the. slaughter of Hattin, and I know what befalls Christian women and ehildren 'among the unbelievers. Therefore I ask your leave to say my say." "Speak," said tbe abbess. -, "This is my counsel," went on Rosa- mund, 'and it is short and plain. When we know that the Saracens are in. the city, let. us. set fire to this con- vent and get us to our knees and so perish." "Well spoken; it is best," muttered several. But the abbess answered with a sad smile: "Ialigh counsel indeed, such as might be looked for from" high blood. Yet it may not be taken, sinte selaslaughter is a deadly sin." • "I see little difference between it," said Rosamund, "and the 1. stretching out of our necks to the swords of friends...Yet, although for °there I can- not judge, for myself I do judge who am bound by no final vows. I. tell you that rather than fall into the bands cf the Paynims, I will dare tbat sin ,and leave .thein nothing. but the vile mould which once beld the spirit of a woman." • And she laid her hail upon the dag- ger hilt' that was hidden in' her robe. . Then again the abbess spoke. "To you, daughter, I cannot forbid thealced, but to those who have fully SW0311 to by me I do forbid it, and , to them I show another if a more piteous way of 'escape from the last shame of womanhood. Someeadf us are. old and withered, and havealaught to fear but death, but others are still young and fair. To these I say, when the end is nigh, let them take steel and score face and bosom . and seat themselves here in this chapel, red with their own blood and made.loath- some to the sight of man. Then yill the end come upon them quickly, and they will pass hence unstained to be , the brides of Heaven." • Now a great' groan of horror went • up from those miserable women, who already- saw themselves seated 'in stained robes, and hideous to behold, there in the carved chairs of their choir, awaiting death by the swords of furious and savage men, as in 2. day to come their sisters of the Faith were to await it in the doomed convent of the Virgins of St. Clare at Acre, _Yet one by one, except. the aged among them, they came up to the ab- bess and swore that they would obey her in- this as in everything, while the abbess said that herself she Would lead them down that dreadful road of -pain and mutilation. Yes, save Rosamund, -who declared that she would die undise flgured as God had made her, and two other novices, they swore it one by one, laying their hands upon the altar. Then again they got them to their knees and sang the Miserere. Presently, above their mournial • chant, the .soundtof • .loud, insistent knockings .echoed down ehe .vaulted roofs. They sprang up screaming: "The Saracens are here! Give us knives! Give•us knives!" Rosamund -circa,. the dagger from its sheath. "Wait awhile," rated the abbess. "These may be friends, not foes. She_ ter -Ursula, go to the door and seek tidings." . .The sister. an azed woman, obeyed ••••••1•`••••.• withtotterfag steps, and, aeactung tne trasaive portal, Undid the, guiehet, or lattice,and astted . with a quavering voice: "Who are you that knock?" while be . uns witnin held their breath and en alined their ears to, oatele the an - sena . • Presently it. came, In a woman's sii- very., tones, -that sounded strangely still and amall in the spaces of that tomb- like :church. "I . am • the Queen %Thine, with her ladies." - . .. "And What would you with is; 0 Queen? The right of sanctuary?" "Nay; I bring with me some envoys fromi Saladin, who would have speech WI l il,, the lady named Rosamund D'Aray, who Is among you. Now at these words Rosamund fled to titi e altar, and, stood there, still holdi g the naked dagger M her hand. "Let her hot fear," went on the sil- very voice, "for no ham shall come to her against her will. Admit us, holy Abbe s, we beseech you ita the name of Carist." - ' I Then the abbees said, "Let es re- ceive the queen with- such dignity as we May," Motioning to the nuns to take their appointed seats In the -choir site placed herself in the great chair at the head Of them, whilst behind her at the raised .altar stood Rosamund, the bare knife in her hand. T1Ii door opened, and through it swept a strange procession. First came the beauteous queen wearing her in- eignia of royalty, but with ,a bleck veil apon her head. Neat followed ladice of her court -twelve of theme- tremaling with fright' but splendidly .epparelled, and after these three stern !nil turbaned Saracens clad in mail, their jeweled scimitars at their sides. Then :appeared a procession of women, -nest of thern draped in mourning, and :eading sacred children. by the hand; tie P ‘yives, sisters, and Widoevs of eoblea, knights and burgessest of Jeru- -ialemt Last of all Marched a hundred er m re of captains and . warriors, "one them Wulf, headedd by i -Sir "3-a1ia end ended by the patalarch Scent:lees in his gergeoui -robes', with 'els attendant priests and aco/ytes. On swept the queen, up the length f dial long church, and as she came he abbees 'and ber nuns Doze and bow- l. to bete while one offered her the Lair of staietbat was -set apart to be v tha bishop in Ms visitations. ie -wciuld bave none of at. y,V said the queen, " meek me vab ilo honorable seat who come here se a humble suppliant, and will make -y prayer upon my_ knees." So down she went upon the marble 7oor, wit) all her ladies and the follow - •ng women, while the solerlin Saracens i 'coked at, her wondering and the ' nialits and nobles massed themselves *whine'. - "Whet can we give you, 0 Queen." esked the -abbess, "who have nothing alt sive our treasure, to which you ire most welcome, our honor, and our hves?" • "Alas!" answered the _ royal Mat-. "Alas. that I must say it! I come to • as' the life of one of you." • - "Of whom, 0 Queen?" .hybilla lifted her head, and with her outstretched arm pointed to Rosa- mund, who stood above them all by the high altar. . . For a moment Rosamund turned pale, then spoke in a steadyvoice: "Say, what service can my poor life be to you, 0 Queen, and by -whom is it sought?" Thrice Sybilla strove to answer, mei at last murmured: "I cannot. Let the envoys, give her the letter, if she is able to read their tongue." "I am able," answered Rosamund, and a Saracen endr drew forth a roll and laid it against his forehead, then gave it to the abbess, who broaght it to Rosamund. With her dagger, blade she cut its silk, opened it, and. read aloud, always in the same Vie-I:look°, translating as she read: - "In the name of Allah the One, -the Allenercifel; to my niece, aforetime the princess of Beattie°, Rosamund D'Arcy by name, now a fugitive bid- den in 'a convent of the Pranks in the city eaKuds Esh-sherif, the holy city of Jerusalem: - "Niece, -All my promises to you I have performed, and more, since for your sake I spared- the lives of your cousins, the. twin knights. But', you have repaid me With ingratitude and trickery; after the mariner of those of your falee and accursed faith, and -have fled from me. I promised you also, again yet again, that if you attempted this thing, death should be your portion. No longer, therefore, are you the prin- cess of Baalbec, but only an escaped Christian slave, and as such doomed to die, whenever my- sword reaches you. f ' "Of my vision concerning you, which caused me to bring you to the East from England, you know well.. Repeat it in your heart before you answer. That vision told me that by • ya-ur nobleness and sacrifice you Should save the lives of many. I demanded that you should be brought back to me, and the request was refused -why, it mat- ters not, Now I 'understand the reason -met! The later fluttered froin her hand down to • the marble floor. -that this was so ordained. I demand no more that force should be used to you. I demand that you shallcome of your own free will, to suffer the bitter and shameful reward of your sin. Or, if .you so desire; bide where you are of your own free will, and be dealt with as God shall decree. 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