Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-02-23

! o'S'y oaio, as ue sauA uoWn upon his
right knee.
In truth do, and let me give thee ic,.
Gus news, too, sir Christian The fair be-
ing you seek is yet pure as the virgin
snow that glitters in the sunbeams from
Nevada's crown.
I God be praised = CALCULATED the knight
IN fervent tone. 20. you will give her
to mel know you will.
That depends upon the maiden's own
CHOICE returned the king arise. Charles
of Leon, and you shall hear the answer
from the lips of the fair girl herself =
Husam Ben Abbas, let Zebra approach
/ In few moments, three females enter
ed the hall and came near. the throne.
She that was in the centre stepped trem-
blingly to the throne and sank upon her
knees
Arise, lady, and lay aside your veil,
said Jusef. Fear not for no harm hangs
over thee
AS she arose, she put back the veil from
her face. A murmur Of admiration ran
from lip to lip, rs the beautiful Zebra
gazed forth in all her blushing. trembling
loveliness
Zebra said the king, sthe Christian
knight of Leon, Charles. Count of Valla-
doiid, claims thee at our hands Tremble
not, for your fate rests in your own hands
If you would rather stay in our own sun
ny Granada, you shall be protected aud
If you will go with the knight of Leon, YOU
shall 60 as you will it,
The maiden attempted to speak. but
the words failed her She heard her name
pronounced by well-known voice, and
she turned and met the earnest, i'm mploring
gaze of her Christian lover She forgot
that the eyes of the king were upon her
-sheforgot that an hundred brave knights
were watching her,-she thought of the
darkness of the past-of the fearful doom
she had escaped. and while the sweet light
Of the new-found day broke in upon her
soul, she uttered one low cry of JOY, and
sank into the arms OF him to whom she
had given her whole heart, with all its
priceless love.
Now. by Allah, there speaks an honest,
truthful heart exclaimed the happy king,
as he wiped tear from his eye. What
nan in all my kingdom can tell SO plain
truth as that2;
/ 20, she is mine |! cried Charles, gazing
UP through his tears. at the monarch.
Yes: Charles of Leon
Then may the choicest blessings Of kind
Heaven be ever yours the knight muir
INJURED, as he sank down upon his knee
Hold, sire = cried Ben Hamed, start
ing forth from among the crowd of Mos
lem knights, You have no right to give
away my child thus ?
Charles of Leon started to his feet and
Zebra clung more closely TO him
tRnn Hamad y pronou,oa1 tbo
while his eyes flashed, and his countenance
wore terrible look, how darest thou drag
! that villainous body of thine into our pres
ence What one thing darest thou claim
at our hands2'
My child, sire uttered the alcalde,
covering beneath the monarch's gaze
'Out upon thee, base liar Thou know
est well that Zebra is not thy child and
| that she is not Moslem born. I was on
| Almanza's bloody field when you cut down
the servants who bore lpless child =
One woman you saved and with the child
YOU bore her off You remember the
bloody affray, Ben Hamed, for you led
| the attack while Henry was on his way
from Valencia to Segovia. Though you
might hide your little prisoner from 9TH
ers, you could not hide her from me. for I
saw the deed You know you feared to
tell my royal father on your return what
you had done. Zebra is the sister of King
John of Leon and CASTLE, and knowing
this, you have thought to sacrifice her to
the desires of my wicked brother; and
more too,-you have tried to have Charles
of Leon put to death because you feared
he had come for her Get thee now from
my presence and let me see thee no more
L scorn to take full revenge upon you for
the wrongs you did in helping me to pris-
on while the usurper seized my throne
but beware how you throw yourself in my
way again. You are no longer au officer
in Granada Husam Ben Abbas is alcalde
in your stead p
As the king ceased speaking the people
made way for the disgraced man. and Ben
Hamed shrank away like whipped cur
from the presence of those who he we'll
knew despised him
Tell ME, sir knight said the king. after
Ben Hamed had gone, as he turned to-
wards Charles of Leon, 'how did ohm dis
cover where his young sister was q
He knew not for certainty. sire. re-
turned Charles. .Zehra's mother was in
Valencia when she gave birth to her child.
and Henry went there, with a considera-
bic force, to bring her home to Leon
His party was camped at Almanac. where
party of Moors set upon him He look.
ed in vain for his child after the ARRAY
was over; but he found the bodies of three
of the female attendants. and as the fourth
was missing, he feared she had taken the
child aud fed Much search was made.
but all was fruitless, The old king died.
and he believed he should find his child
in heaven However, few months since.
two French knights on their way from
Granada to their own country. stopped at
our court. They saw the portrait of Hen
ry's queen, and with much astonishment
they spoke of maiden they had seen here
who seemed its very counterpart They
said. too, she was too clear In her blushine
whiteness for Moorish maiden. They
had only seen her at a tournament, and
| they knew not her name.