Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-06-02

imal, my first capture from the Moor. Sc
that he is carefully tended in my absence
shall accept it as a proof of your regar
for my wishes. And now, adieu, deares
wife. Think Of me, and suppticate heaye
that may be speedily and safely restore
to your arms" !"
So saying, Sancho the Great, tenderl,
embraced his wife, and mounting his war
charger, placed himself at the head of hi
gallant army. The clatter Of horses
hoofs soon died away in the distance, leav
ing the court yard of the castle in silence
and gloom.
Three days after the kings departure
the young Don Garcia entered the court
yard Of the palace Of Navarro.
"Pedro Sese! Pedro Sese"' he cried,
''my noble Arab Ell Toro, lies dead in a
cleft Of the rocks: have returned to seek
another steed for the chase; such boar>
hunt has not been seen among ths forests
since the Pyreneese echoed the horn of
Roland: give me forth black Ilderim, Pc.
dro, nay friend; saddle me my fathers
charges, for there is no other steed in the
kings stables worthy of the hunt Of to.
day!" ....... -. ....
"Don Garcia,' replied the master OF
the horse, ''black llderim is only for the
kings mounting, dare not saddle him for
any other" ...s.-.. ...
'But the IEfante commands 1.-THE king
that is to be.'' .r.-.s..
"Chale not with faithful servant, Don
Garcia; it is but Yesterday | refused the
sane request Of the bastard of Arragon. I"
"Whatl darest thou compare me with
the base-born Ramira? lnsoleni! | shall
bear my complaint to the queen"
To the q leen Don Garcia bore his COM
plant and petition: f..
''Oh, my mother, wouldst thou see me
dishonored by menal2 Am not thine
only son, the rightful heir of Arragon,
CASTLE ard Navarro! Who may COM
mand here, if may notf Assert my au.
,hority, then, and on the false Pedro Sese,
that ne give me forth black [lderim.''
"Pedro Sese has faithfully discharged
his duty to my lord the king, who enjoined
on him and on me the safe keeping of his
favorne horse" said Dona Nuna. s.The
royal stables are open, take, my son, any
other steed, but leave black Ilderim Till thy
faeher's: s:relurn."
''Nay, by heaven and by the saints,
will have black Ilderim to ride this day, or
will have vengeance!"
The headstrqng youth returned TO the
courtyard, and again demanded the stesd:
again the master Of the horse refused.-
Don Garcia, pale with concentrated rage,
sprang on another of the kings chargers,
and galloped from the palace. Instead,
however, Of returning TO the hunt, he urged
his horse into the 9espobtede, or open
plain, lying TO the south bf the castle, and
disappeared on the road to Burgos.
Time passed heavily, in her lords ab.
sence, with the gentle Nuna. AT first she
received frequent and joyful tidngs of the
successes which crowned his arms, and the
brilliant victories gained by his forces over
the Moslem army. Of late, and since the
departure Of Garcia from the castle, San
cho's afectionate dispatches had altogeth.
er ceased; and Nuna, now thoroughly
wretched, from the wayward perversity of
her son, and from unceftainty as to her
husbands fate, had prepared TO rejoin him
at any risk, and share the perils to which
he might be exposed.
Her resolution was no sooner formed
than it was promptly carried into effect:
she summoned TO her aid the trusty Pedro
Sese; and. protected by small escort un.
der his command, bade adieu to Navarro,
and commenced her long and perilous jour-
ney towards the theatre of war.
l:.l1 H. l.
ra, when, to their surprise and joy, they
beheld gallant band Of horsemen rapidly
approaching: the united banner of Arra>
gon, CASTLE and Navarro floating proudly
before them, announced to all beholders
hat 5ancho the Fourth led his knights in
person: .---a
Nuna's heart beat fast and tumultuously;
in few momenls, and the long absent one
would clasp her closely to his breast. She
looked up TO the master of the horse who
rode by her side, and urged him to increas-
ed speed. They moved briskly forward;
npdd the advancing knights who formed the
kings body-gua became more distinctly
visible. Sancho. as we haye said, headed
them; but as soon as they had arrived with
lA - ouSAb AiohdnS0 Vi tuO 4uOCA lOllOWe
ers, the monarch advanced few PAGES,
md in tones Of thunder called on tn em to
halt His brow was darkened with evil
passions, his countsnance flushed with un-
ger.
son the peri: Of your allegiance!' he
shouted, rather Than spoke. ''seize the
truitress, | command ye! My heart re-
fused to heofken to the tale OF her guilt,
even when spoken by the lips Of her son;
but mine eyes have seen it. have lived
that am to witness her inia-
my. But the adul.eress, and the compan-
ion Of her crime, shall not tescape my right
eous vengeance. See to it, that the queen
and Pedro Sese remain yodr prisoners"
Ifa thunderbolt had fallen at the feet of
the miserable Nuna, she could not have
been more horrorstruck. or more confound.
ed. Her lifelong dream Of happiness
was dissipated; the husband of her youth
had recoiled from her as from the veriest
reptile that crawls on the face of Gods
earth; and the worker other woe and ruin
was her own child-her own flesh and