Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-06-26
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steel, brave Gaarinois The TAILOR sought
and obtsaSd sapittsucs to lhakne. lie
found hin seated u the listed ring, with =
black cloud on his brow = He Waispspsd 0O
him the captive's boast. Naxhtes laughed
in scor,, then txuisy - his knighsS said |.
'Listen, and yc1 shall hear bra ye tidings.
My prisoner, Guarfhois, has this day made
the boast thai were he but mounted an his
old gray steed, with lance in rest, he would
win the wise ye haveal failed to gain, or
yield his life blood 81 my feet."l !. s5g,a5i
All assembled laughed, though the king
said to them: sos uEhd hIafIf
..Ye nav laugh, but we'll may he boast
thus, when all Of you nave failed SO shame
fully: 1" tA a2 taa.s
Turning, he gave the order to have the
captive and his horse brought forth.
''Ha, ha,' he laughed, 'twill be pleasing
sight to behold the enfesbiediosd who has
born gloom aud Chains, meet his old, rag
Ced steed, and armed cap apo In rusty ar
NOR, charge In the brilliant sun light at the
mark. Methinks the sun will blind hin,
md he viii fall" o Is Iuoa
When Guariuois appeared, the king and
Knights laughed moro loudly. His horse,
old gray Ire bi xend, neigked and plunged so
furiously, that he freed himself from the
groom and rushed nadly to his master, who
pered to him, and he was quiet by his side.
They girded ON his suit of mail and cuirass,
all rusty as they had hung on the wall they
laced his helmet on his pale aud shrunK TN
face, and gave him his lance. The knights
Watched Guarinois closely, and laughed in
anticipated scorn as he approached the steed
TO mount ''@.o3 -. -
''Fit steed to be mounted by SO gallant a
knight they cried; but the laugh was soon
hushed, for with all his former grace, Guar
aois yaulted lightly into the saddle. Once
he slowly rode round the listed ring, then
halted b. fore the kiag. Alarloses laughed.
WAli hail, sir knight" he said ''Do thy
best. Thy blood we long TO see pr = -
Then Guarinois, with his lance in rest,
slowly backed across the ring. paused one
moment, then charged at the breast of the
soothing, heather king, aud trod his urband
head in the dust. Wild confusion followed
this unexpected and signal act. Profiting
by the confusion, and sparing neither lance
nor rowel, he galloped, Staying as he went.
Forw ird he rode; before him lay the sunny
land of France his home, his wife-behind
him, death
Late one night weary knight on a jadcd
steed stopped at a castle gate, craving enter
ance.
dunbar your gates, aud up with your port
cullis! am friend and come In time Of
pesce.'
The warder shook his head.
sour master, Count Guarinois, is prison
er abroad, and our lady will admit no ssrang-
er within her halls
"Then haste TO thy lady and say, worn
aud weary Knight Graves admittapce."
For few minutes the knight sat there
faint and weary, but soon he saw a lad y
closely hooded, standing in the gate house,
with several attendants and the old warder
beside her.
The knight bowed, and raised himself and
spoke in clear voice
81 pray you, gentle lady, open your gates
tc one who has travelled far, and Is faint
with fatigue, and unable to hold himself on
his worn out steed till he reached another
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will ever be your debtor,"
s'Pardon me, gentle knight, pardon me, if
Iseem uucourteous, but must keep my VOW,
never admit to the hospitality OF my board
. any stranger knight till my lord returns"
SLady, replied the night, | beseech you
n Admit me within thy gates | ask not to
set foot within thy halls"
sNohle knight" exclaimed the lady, q do
.-rst thy word. Lower the bridge-raise
the nortcuilis! Ride in, sir knightp'
The gate was thrown open and the weary
kp;gbt rode in. The lady stood within await
inc him. He sprang from his charger.
s.T thank thee for thy courtesy, dear lady.
sTis the first time for years that have re-
ceiyed a friendly word or greeting. Long
wars have | Ianguished in the far off dun
geon of the Moors."
The lady bowed her head, then raising it
she said:
s.My vassals are preparing place of shelf
er for thee, and must again crave pardon
for nv seeming discourteousness."
After little hesitation, she asked in low,
HTbou saycst thou hast escaped frtm the
Moors Heardest thou then aught Of Count
Henri Guarinois lie is my lord, aud he's
among the Moors. know he is not dead, .
she said, raising her head and gazing mildly
at the knight. ~, -
With trembling fingers tbs knight IN
hound his helmet and disclosed his features,
palIid from confinement and fatigue, but his
lady knew him, and as he was about to sink
fainting at her feet, her arms received him.
They bora.him tenderly to the crstle- His
vtranofh returned and he olasped his loved