out he surely would have been drowned your beams are sir sun said yield or suffer yourself to perish u spare me i yield murmured the red haired knight then leave your arms and shield with me and hasten to arthur s court give yourself up as a prisoner and wait till i return glad was the knight to escape so easily and hung his red shield upon his horse s neck beneath the blue of morning star lead on fair he cried and i will follow so they rode onward over the meadows and through shadowy groves until they came to the third bend in the river there the stream was by a narrow bridge and at the farther end of the bridge the third robber knight stood waiting hail evening star cried arm thee for both thy brothers have gone down before this youth and so wilt thou then the knight blew upon a horn and forth from a wretched hut beside the road an old and dame came in her hands she carried a suit of well and and stories of the king in this the evening star arrayed himself slowly as one whose limbs have failed him he took his shield and his time worn spear while dismounted from his defend each cried to the other and the two met at the middle of the bridge then was there fighting such as any knight of the round table would have in back and forth back and forth they drove each other striking with their swords and now the victory seemed to be with and now with evening star and now they stood and panted and glared at each other like fierce beasts of the woods the stood at the end of the bridge watching and when seemed to be gaining she cheered him with words of courage well done sir champion thou art worthy to sit at the table round and when he seemed almost beaten she cried in pleading tones oh fail me not sir champion but strike strike strike struck with all his might but with the blow his sword broke short off below the i have thee now cried evening star but with a sudden swift movement rushed upon him and seized him in his strong arms and pitched him headlong into the roaring rushing l o stories of the king stream below then panting and all a tremble he mounted his horse and said to lead on fair and i will follow sir said u no more will i call you a kitchen boy a or a for now i know that you are a knight and one well worthy too pardon my for when i was most you were always courteous and meek and slow to anger as king arthur s knights are taught to be i thank you fair said and i blame you not your helped me even more than fair words could have done so now side by side they rode onward through the leafy woods but while yet the towers of s castle were still far away they suddenly heard a voice calling from behind they turned and saw a knight on horseback riding fiercely towards them halt there robber cried the stranger you have slain my friend and i will him drew up his and waited for the stranger s with his shield he the strangers spear and then threw himself from his saddle into the tall grass beside the road and as he lay there he laughed loudly and shouted o sir would you me on myself the maiden then for it was he turned and rode back and as he saw lying in the grass with his removed he also laughed o sir he said what happy fortune is this i followed you from the court for king arthur had whispered that you might have need of me i saw you sir and it served him right but i lost you as you were passing through the wood then after long searching i came to the road which we are now following i saw the prints of horses feet and i hurried to overtake them presently i saw a knight and a lady riding before me i knew the lady and as the knight carried a sky blue shield with a golden star in the i thought i knew him also i guessed he was the robber knight of the first ford and since he was of your horse i felt sure that he had killed my friend you know the rest sir and i thank you for taking so good care of me sir laughed well i shall ride home and tell the king that you need no help and are amply able to take care of yourself and for my hasty zeal to you i ask your pardon sir sir sir the why sir to him of the king � ii stories of the king yes sir answered for this young knight who has you is sir the son of king lot of the then was it that blushed and stammered and knew not what to say so great was her confusion but sir now no lo laughed and lightly passed the matter by and the three rode happily onward the maiden in the middle of the path and a knight on either side welcome welcome sir said the lady and welcome thrice welcome sir and echoed her sister s words welcome thrice welcome sir now i know not how long sir in the white castle which was thereafter called the castle perilous but when at length he rode back to the lady rode back with him as his wife and there was great joy at the table round story the the making of a knight n the midst of the forest of the seven far from the court of king arthur there was a little hut and in the hut there 