The weekly union record., 1864-05-14

with such great men. TIE Queen, seeing the
readiness Of her subjects. without aoy delay
gave orders that her great feet should be pro
vided with food and with arms Of sold-moFe
of everything than was needed. Then she
commanded that her largest vessel should be
prepared with gralings of the stoutest timber
and she bade place iu it as many as FIVE hun
dred OF these sriffns. Of which tell You that.
from the time they were born, they were trained
10 feed on men. And she ordered that the
beasts on which she and her people rode should
be embarked. and all the best-armed women
and those most skilled in war whom she bad 10
her island And then, leavlng such force in
the island that it sholld be secure. with the
others she went to sea. And they made such
haste that they arrived at the fleets of the
/ Pagans the night after the battle of which |
have told you; so that they were received with
great joy, aud the feet was visited 1t once bv
many great Lords, and they were welcomed
with great acceptance. She wished to know
al once in what condition affairs were. asking
many questions, which they answered fully.
/ Then she said:
"'You have fought this city with your great
forces, and you cannot take il; ; now, If you are
willing, wish to try what my forces are worth
10 morrow, if you will give orders accordingly
"All these great lords said that they would
give such commands as she should bid them.
Then send word to all your other captains
that they shall tomorrow on no account leave
their camps. they nor their people, until com
mand tbem ard you shall see a combat more
remarkable than you have ever seen or heard Of
.Word was sent at once TO the great Sultan
of IlquIa and the Sultan of Halapa, who had
command Of all the men who were there aud
~ ~. u, !
ing much what was the thought of this Queen
Up to this moment. it may be remarked,
these Monitors, as we have called the griflins,
had never been fairly tried in any attack on
fortified towns. The Dupont OF the feet.
whatever her name may have been, may well
have looked with some curiosity on the issue.
The experiment was not wholly successful, as
will be seen.
when the night had passed and the morning
came, the Queen Calafa sailed on shore. she
and her women, armed with that arnor of gold.
all adorned with the most precious stones
which are to be found in the island California
like stones of the field for their abundance
And they mounted on their fierce beasts, capa
risoned as l have told you; and then she
ordered that q door should be opened in the
vessel where the grif1ins were. They, when
they saw the field, rushed forward with great
haste, showing great pleasure in flying through
the air, and at once caught sight OF the host of
men who were close al hand. As they were
famished and knew no fear, each griffin pOuuced
upon his man. seized him in his claws carried
him high into the air. and began to deyour him.
/ They shot mary arrows at them, and gave them
many great blows with lances an5 With swords.
But their feathers we're so tight joined and so
stout that no one could strike through to their
flesh" This is Armstrong rerSts Monitor
For their own party, this was the most lovely
chase and the m st agreeable that they had
ever seen till then and as the Turks saw them
flying on high with their enemies, they gave
such loud and clear shouts Of Joy as pierced the
heavens. And it was the most sad aud bitter
thing for those in the city. when the father saw
the son lifted in the air, aad the son his father
and the brother bis brother; so that they all
wept and rayed, as was sad indeed to see.
When the griliins had flown through the air
for awhile, and had dropped their prizes, some
on the earth and some on the sea, they turned,
as at first and without any fear, seized upon
as many more; at which their masters had so
much the more Joy, and the Christians so much
the more misery. What shall tell you? The
terror was so great among them all that, while
some hid themselves away under the vaults of
the towers for safety, all the Others disappeared
from the ramparis, so that there were none left
for the defense. Qleen Calatia saw this. and,
with loud voice she bade the Two sultanS who
commanded the troops send for ladders. for the
city was taken. At once they all rushed for
ward placed The ladders and mounted upon the
wall. But the grifius, who had already dropped
those whom they had seized before, as soon as
they saw the Turks, having no knowledge of
them. seized upon them just as they had seized
upon the Christians, aud. flying through the
air, carried them up also, when. letting them
fall. no one of them escaped death Thus were
exchanged the pleasure and the pain. For
/ those on the outside now were those who
mOurned in great sorrow for those who were so
handled aud those who were within, who,
seeing their enemies advance on every side, had
thought they were beaten, now took great
comfort. SO, at this moment, as those on the
ramparls stopped, panlc-struck, fearing that
they should die as their comrades did the
Christians leaped forth from the vaults where
they were hiding, and quickly slew many of the
Turks who We're gathered Oh the walls, and
compelled the rest TO leap down, and then
spraug back TO their hiding places, as they saw
the grlffins return.
when Queen Cala6a saw this she was very
sad, and she SAID: " ye Idols 10 whom | believe
and whom | worship what is this which has
happened as favorably 10 my enemies as to my
friends? | believed that with your aid and
wife my strong forces and great munition l
should be able to destroy them. But it has no,
so proved And she gave orders to her women
that they should mount the ladders and struggle
20 gain the towers and put TO the sword all
those who took refuge in them to be secure
from the griffins. Ihey obeyed their Queens
command, dismounted at once placing before
their breasts such bTeastplates as no weapon
could pierce, and as told you, with the armor
all Of gold which covered their legs and their
arms. Qlckly they crossed the plain, and
mounted the ladders lightly, and possessed
themselves of the whole circuit Of the walls,
and began to fight fercely with those who had
taken refuge in the vaults of the towers But
they defended themselves bravely, being indeed
in quarters well protected, with but narrow
doors And those of the city. who were in the
streets below, shot at the women with arrows