Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-12
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The trumpsss sounded for the cnmba:.--
The warriors wcrs joss entering the lists,
when 4 stranger knight, armed in psnapoly
ard followed by fuo pa~es ard IN esgairv,
came gallopsng into ih. field, and riding up
70 the ROYAL balcony, claimed the sosabsat rs
a inaitsr OF right :r
ain ss,e.r cried he, s.beaoli the cavalier
wl.p had The happiness 10 rescue the beauii-
fai Die tss from the perits OF the forest,
and the tnisfortane TO bring on her this
grievous cssumny. Il was but recently, IN
the course 81 ms errantry, that tidEngs OF
her wrongs hare rsaefed mi ears, and have
urged hither at all speed 10 stand forth IN
her sindicatioa.o
No sooner did the Dachess hear the as-
cents Of the knight than she recognized his
voice, and joined her prayers With his that be
nigh. enter the lists. The difficulty was to
Determine which Of the three champions al
ready appointed should yield his place. each
Insisting on the honor Of the combat. The
stranger knight would have settled the poiat,
BY sak;n, the whole contest upon himself
but this the other knights would not permit.
II was NJ length determined, as before BY
lot, and the cavalier who lost the chance re-
tired murmuring and diss oasolate.
The trumpets again sounded-the lists
were opened. The arrogant nephew and his
two drawcausir uncles appeared so COM
p.etely cased in steel that they and their
steeds were like moving masses of IRON
When they understood the stranger knight to
be the same that had rescued the Duchess
from her peril they greeted him with the ut
most derision.
80 no! sir knight Of the DRAGON" said
they, "you who pretend to champion fair
widows in the dark, come on, and vindIcatc
your deeds Of darkness in open day.
The only reply of the cavalier was. to put
lance in rest, and brace himself for the en-
counter. Needless is il 10 relate the partlcu-
lars of battle which was like 50 many hun
| drsl combats hat have. been said and sung
! in prose and verse. Who is there but must
hcye foresepn tho event Of contest, where
| Heaven mad to decide on the guilt or iuno-
cence Of the most beautiful aud immaculate
| Of widows?
The sagacious reader, deeply read in this
kind Of judicial combats, can imagine the
encounter of the graceless nephew and the
strangers knight. Ho sees their concussion,
man to man, and horse to horse, in mad Ca
reer, and sir Graceless hurled to the ground
and slain He will not wonder that the as
cessful in their rude encounter; but h will
| picture to himself tie stout stranger spur
ring on to their rescue, in the very critical
/ moment he will see him transfxing one with
his lance, and cleaving the other to the chin,
with back stroke of his sword, thus leaving
the trio Of accusers dead upon the field, and
establishing the immaculate fidelity Of the
Duchess and her title to the Dukedom, be-
| ynnd tho shadow of n donbt
The mir rang with acclamaton, nothing
was heard but praises of the beauty and vir-
tue of the Duchess, and of the prowess of
the stranger knight; but the public Joy was
still more increased when the champion
raised his visor and revealed the countenance
of one of the bravest cavaliers of Spain,
renowned for his gallantry in the service Of
the K, and who had been round the world
in quest of similar adventures.
That worthy knight however was severely
wounded, and remained for long time i'll
of his wounds. Tho lovely Duchess, CRATE
full for having twice owed her protection to
his arm, attended h m daily during his i'll
ness, and finally rewarded his galan,ry with
her hand.
The King would fain have had the knight
establish his title to such high advancement
| by farther deeds of arms; but his courtiers
declared that he already merted the lady by
thus vndicating her fame and fortune in u
deadly combat poutrdnce; and the lady
herself limited that she was perfectly salts
| fed of his prowess in arms, from the proofs
forest.