New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-04

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calculated Sir Thomas de COmeyn. 18th
gallant knights that are fighting for you
/ country are Just as brave, / doubt not. q
those who fought with us at AscalOn or j
France. Mother of Jesu! the cause 10 goot
whether i. be in the land of our blesse
Lord land here the knight iaboriousl
crossed himselil or in the strange cOuntr
you call Osh-'
'kosh." finished the maid, who secret,
thought that there were not 60 many Gel
turtles between the knigh. and L;eutenan
Thomas Cummings. after ali. Was it pos
slble that this man was talking to her GU
OF the the thirteenth century. She looke
around upon the ghostly architecture O: tn
cathedral. IL were q wierd and unreal a.
pect Bat there was the painted w!ndoy
filed with richly co!ored saints ard angels
There was the dropping ivy trembling
against the metal sashes, and the pa velnent
worn by countless feet now laid 20 rest, wa
| clear and plain before her in the Inoopligi:
This was most strange adventure.
But We do not have the chivalry OF vou
time. Our knights, though they fight Tor
good cause, do not fight 70. glory. The
are paid by the month";
paid by the month = sa;I lie. a.i.s.
What are they paid Tor -
'For lighting. They can't afford 20 ;eav,
their business and 90 to the war for moth
ing" The knight locked shocked. and Ell.
continued: Yes. the age of chiya,ry i.
| gone. We have DO Inore heights Sin gins
love songs and sitting at tourney, as in your
| day
| "Singing love s0ngs:' said Sir Thomas
indignantly. What arran. Anave told you
| such a tale as ;hat!
| 'sir Walter Scott says So
''Sir Walter Scott. / know no srct.
| knight as he. There was Scott who did
perform many deeds o. valor at Hexham
| Field. Nay. when the battle went sore
| against us be brought up four thousand
archers and did greatly relieve Earl Some.,
set, who was Well nigh spent. But he was
| not O! gentle blood; misdoubt me if he
knew aught OF VIVA. you say this Sir Walter
tells yoa.'
Nay. Sir Knight. the Scot: q: whom ,
speak is q novelist-a writer OF ronances. =
"A sciivener. Ii writer of strange ia hles.
Why. look you. gentle maid: The men who
wag The pen are base born churls, liacs all T..
l would have 10 s1ch fellows about me.
Reading and writing vii! do for yarlets
and tradesmen. No gentleman mars his
fingers with inkhorn and goose-quill."
And did no: knights sing OF strike the
mandolin p
'Ho. no: ho".' laughed Sir Thomas, q
little coarsely: THAT was employment for
nOblemen aud gentlemen a arms. was it (!
Nay, good lady. your scrivener has told
false tales. Songs and singing were for the
troubadours who trudget from place to
place. pining az they went. They earned
their wage ta;,ly eDew. They are in the
hall when their Detters had Tiled them.
selves
''Bat your King Richard. .he Lion heart
ed, was found III bis pEison ~ q minstrel.
BOndel. wasn't he -
Small praise TO the man that found
Richard CGur de Lion !God rest his soul :,
whoever he was. But it was old Beau.
champ, crafty bishop of Ely. and Chancellor
OF the realm. that performed tina. thankful
service for England
''Wcli, Richard was :. great man. was he
mott"
May. gentle maid: il i'll becomes IN. TO
speak evil OF the King. But Richard tJesu
have mercy on him!) was covetous prince.
He bartered the demesnes of the crown for
money. He sold earldoms by the score, and
his presence chamber was like the shop Of
q chopman. Believe no: the scriveners
who tel! you that lie was great con.-
mander. By my troth tsaying your pres
encej. he wasted men at Acre like water,
and many gallant knight alarms need.
lessly bit the dus. fox his unseemly guar.
reis.'
This is dreadful. though. 1iing Rich.
ard 4 great and gallant prince
IlCIc sCIINCuSIS SiCEitts mere sCE!scnefS
stories, gentle maid. He was brave king
] make no doubt. but he died as he lived
fighting for money that did no: belong to
HIM. All he loved a fight. but &c loved
pistols likewise
Miss Patty shudiered little. u troubled
her to see one of her heroes broken thus in
pieces. The knigh: noticed her movement,
and said
lit is draughtv IN here. \ plague On the
place. it has given me a foolish rheum in
my head" And, with a grating noise. he
drew his arm under his marble nose. The
youDg lady from Wisconsin was little
shocked, but said: at must have been very
inc IN the magnificent castle of the time !
7ou speak OFF,
Zine, my LADY, !. was :: gay and gor-
,eous court tina: my lord the king kept at !
lincoln castle. Lev Us think. Was it yes.
erday,'
"Call i. Yesterday" .a, the girl. much |
unused. "Eu: you had 40 carpets OF rouc
loors.'
NAY. no carpets. Those are for the lux.
rious Paynilns. though by that same token |
he Paynims dealt King Richard many a
ard whack. No carpets, my lady. The
ling himself contents himself with clean
usLes. But we had all that was needfu!
Or gallant knights and gentlemen"
Yet you had no pocket handkerchiefs:
oticed just now you wiped your nose on
our sleeve" said Miss Patty. h!ushipg q.
er own plainness of speech.
"Pochethandkerchief,' said the knight
autiously repeating each part of the word.
And what may this be: Kerchiefs to carry
| the hand. in the pocket: Ipray you do
OF mock met
Miss Patty tried TO explain 10 him VIVA.
Observation-Disclosures nigh. be like. and
1ded:
''And it must 20: have been very nice 10
It with your fingers instead OF forks. as
sOple did in your time
~ dom. know what you mean. gentle
dy: fingers were made to eat with. The
ase.born serfs who til! the ground and !
Dor with their hands, find other use for |
lgers. No gentleman touches an iron tool ! i
,cept his own good sword"
''It's about the serfs, as you call them, that I
G people in my country are fighting f
'Fighting for serfs.' exclaimed .he {
light, with real horror on his somewhat E
mobile countenance. 8
Yes, the Southern people want 20 lave
slave confederacy Of their own
Then let them have their churs and be
ne with it. Are the slaves Saxon bloOd!' Q
'Oh. no, they are negroes" n
"Blackamoors fight for heather biacka. i
,ors ?" said the kDigh: in great rage. t
20 knigh: would 90 battle tor such a
lse. G
Its not altogether that, said Miss Patty, Il
10 was not strong in politics. ':Dut the G.
lcks ought to be free a
No: SO, 10: so. L: they are 10: of &
ntle blood, it beseems them well to be r;
is and Williams. Does not the proyerb | II
:, He shames God who raises q william Il
l your people fight to help these b.acka.
ors:' Il
Hiss Patty, in grea: trouble. said TO her vi
f. why, this man is e eopperhead" 7
e changed the subject.
Pilgrims go to the Holy Land now by J OF
am NJ
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