The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-26
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
For tho National Era.
SHERWOOD FOREST,
WAGER BY BATTLE

NJ y L Il
IT,Lg og SAXON SLAVERY IN THIS TWELFTH
CENTURY.
BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT.
CHAP. III.
Tie Guerdon Of Good SerU'e..
'fwerc better to lie free, than live slave.
EayipidsS.
+ Was fortunate, for al concerned, that no
( long tins elapsed before more efficient aid eamo
n he ground, than the gentleman who first
,rsehei the sp0t aud who although u member
that dauntless chivalry, trained frcm their
cradles to endure hardship to despise danger,
a5a to look death steadfastly and unmoved in
tie face was so utterly paralyzed by what he
eeensa. not unnatursily, the death Of his dar-
linz shat be ,n2Go DO effort to relieve her from
tie ,..ight ii ias slaughtered animals, though
tr-y rested partially on her lower limbs and
az, cTe arm shch lay extended, Derveesa, as
il had taie1, 10 the dust. But up came In an
jas 4, Philip de Morviiio on liz superb.
s,oN-alire Andaiusian, Norman baron to
the lie - tall, powerful, thin -hsnked. deep
casstej. nith the high aqul;ne features and
d. chestnut bair OF his race, nor less with
IL dauntless vaior. grave courtesy, and heart
~ inp=ssiTe 10 fear Or tenderness Or pity as
his ON sieei hapberk Up came esquires and
pages, f9Eosters and grooms, and sprinsing tn
mutuon7y 10 the ground, under the short
prompt orders of their lord, raised the dead
psi.lcy bodily up, while Sir Philip drew the
ia.7 si7I gently from under it. and raising her
T.. lis arms more tenderly than he had ever
b5eH knosn to entreat anything, unless it were
b. ayAi'o falcon, laid her On the short, soft
gF,esswaId, under the shadow of one of the
IA l ~
cheer thee, my nObls lord and brother" he
ezca;no4, "the Lady Guendolen is not dead,
h. .e to Gle this time. IT'S only fear, sud
Ie9chancc her fall, for it was q heavy one, til at
l. i L is her faint. Bussle knGves, hustle
ieAC water frona the spring yonder Has no
ole ic i.hern bottiau You, Daniian, gallon
3. ii you would win year spurs of gold By
H-ng, 20 the sumpter mule with the ponrers
!. s.ould DO at the pGimer's spring by this
TIE tlT, bark, the bells from the gray broth
err chaTc., n the valley by the river, are chi
mns 70. the noortide service. Bring wine and
essences, elcctGar;cs ard alnbergris if the re-
ieotJner nave envy with him. You RaOul," he
c34;.rGci, addressing a sturdy, gtim featured
I'D VoTdgrer, Tho was hanging over the still
ssLSolc5a girl with an expression of solicitu6e
hardly natural to his rugged and scar scanned
continuance, take led horse, and HE thee
to ito abbey; tell the good prior what hath
bel@IcD, and pray the brother medicner be
T.i de this way, as speedily as &c may and
y1p t1rning to the old. white haired some
scial send up some OF the varets to the cas-
re, ir the horso-liiter she may not ride homo
It's day
Ia tn3 mean time, while he was accumula-
tins order on order, while pages and horseboys
gFo,m' Snd es9ures, wore gailopiDg OF, in diff
i-1eh1 objections, as il with spurs of fire, and
wh.ic The h.r0ns themselves were awkwardly
cr1eayo.inS 20 perform those ministrations for
the fiic young creature, which they were much
more used themselves to receive at the hands
O. The softer sex, who we're IN those rude days
often the cbluTge1ns and leeches, as well as
tie cont 'TtoTs and s0JtdeIs OF the bed Of pain
and s;ckaCeS than 80 DC such offices for others
tue bod defender OF Gren3olen-- Kenric the
dark hairoG-lay in his blood, stark and cold,
dstnied dead, .ni quite forgotten, even by the
isyesT oi The Norman varletry, who held them
saves too noble to waste services upon a Sax
@. mach snoFe upon thral and bondsman
ihcy--sueh If them, that is to say, as were
not NEEDED IL direct atsendln cc On the persons
OF "a mobiles, or as had not been despatched in
search IF aid-appliod themselves, with char
scteEls,le zeal and esgerncss, to tend and sue.
toT the nobler animals gs they hald them, of
the chase; while they Abandoned their brother
aan apd i,il0w- countryman, military Lesites
az they were, to his chances Of life or death,
v'!aoT1 SO n!uch as even caring TO ask Or ex-
a9ine Whistler he were numbered with the
EriuE or 5ae dead
lie lstev was fret seen 10, and prcnounc ed
ie-- @hen ais rich housings were stripped of
11reuy, and cleaned as well as time and
paee permitted; when the carcase was dragged
O. - i u
". fen leaves and boughs Iopped from the
Lclycring bushes while something was said
a4.:, tho stable boys Of sending out some of
t. dog Saxon serfa" to bury hin on the
mss..,
C3or was then dragged roughly whence
y .-y. -sross the breast OF Ksnric, in whose
ei. -a9g,der one OK les terrible brow antlers
Ia r.. D. = deep cash, while his right arm was
.-35 shattered By biog Of It's sharp h0ofa
~ e-.ci'-s were the men Of infiicting pain on
=, i''..'s. @ GiSholor on the dead, that one Of
,.'rAs "a removing the quarry, set his booted
- q axe on tie Sax0n'S Ghost and forced,
- .'' ~; tiieVs OF the pressure aud the pain,
@a'ii-'', caek.ng sound, half involuntary, half
gse&o, ir2m the pale lips IF the motionless
S-1'icr. 'i;aa ca5se, and slight, contempt
loI7 ~'c%' JGe Norman groom turned away,
sitl as .H'.erel bcrthell, muttering ribald
.t7, OF i-e ce2ta-grunt Of the Saxon boar"
s@t l52HinS his Iecn woo3knite, was soon
'p 80 we iGystli-s % the curec, and deeper
90 ~ bi'Gi aod grease prating of "nombles,
.'''a'''' Il ads, and ravenbcnes," then tho
- -, '' iiiT oi 'ae sat Of hunting or butchery,
"''cl5 'Sr The reader chooses TO call it, which
%" ys3aaDiy sotiquatsd. The head was
IS & was called, and, with the en-
80 pen as 8 -cward 20 the fierce hounds,
a.
.".as-- TYen Its peculiar rnorsel was chucSed
- - ,a2 ATTENDANT raven, the black bird of ST.
..S'sf1 WLich--fsee from any apprehension OF
=. s'h'-e hunters, who affected TO treat him
~ respectful and reyercatial awe--sate en-
.ei-aoIned peak Of an aged oak tree,
'"''"as aa accust toned portion, with an OBJ
,S-'f32. eye a2d an occasional croak. By and
=. wren the sumpter mulo came up, with
x; q ale ard bottaus of mead and hypocras,
- vine Of Gasoony and Aujou, before even
r.e H2css' thToats were slakod by the generous
lilor, tie bride bits and cavessons, nose bags
90 1i;'stDgales Of the coursers were removed,
az H0eral drenchce were bestowed on them,
sA,@y IN gnerdon Of past services partly in
~ Ief 60 renew the;r strength aud stimulate
0elr valiant ardor
Lang ere this, however, famed By two or
siey pages with fans of fern wreaths, and
stitilAied with cold spring water By the hands
:: heF Soiicltous kinsmar, the young girl bad
Ger symptoms of returning life, and bright
:: expression returned 20 the dark, melancholy
usage OF her father.
i"o or three long, FAINT Tutoring signs
esmc IRON her parted lips; aud then. regular.
AOogh low and feeble, her breathing made
a5elf heard, and her girlish bosom rose and
Tell responsive
Her father, who had been chafng her hands
Ss:iduousiy pressed one of them caressincIy, al
!nis siloT OF returning animation, and raised il