Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-02-16
Slonth's Column.
THE GOLDEN GLOVE.

lord. A day or two before the wedding
the lord brought his friend, gallant
and handsome young farmer, to see the
lady of his choice. The lady fell in
love at first sight with the farmer, and
ere they parted, the farmer was deep in
love with her.
When the morning of the wedding
had come, the lady, lovesick for the
young farmer, instead of betaking her
self to the kirk to be married, took to
her bed, and the wedding was put off.
Nevertheless, in the afternoon she dis
guised her face, and dressing herself in
manly apparel, went with cross-bow on
her shoulder, and with her dogs at her
heels, to hunt on the grounds of the
young farmer, which were part of her
own estate.
She crossed and recrossed the fields,
whistled and hallooed to her dogs,
without meeting the farmer. As she
was beginning to fear that he was absent,
and was about to withdraw, she met
him comming up the road.
She professed to be surprised to see
him, as she understood that he was to
be at the wedding to give away the
bride to the lord.
"Ah l' said the young farmer, with
sigh, 81 would she was as poor as my
self. that | might ask her to give her.
self to me-"
"Are you, then, in love with the prom
ised bride of the young lord your friend ?
How should you answer to him, should
the lady favor your hopes ?" said she.
"With the sword and axe l would
give him meeting, and let the best
man win"
At parting, the lady drew from her
pocket glove embroidered with gold,
and said to the farmer;
"Here is a glove l picked up on
the way hither; as am stranger
here, will leave it with you in order
that you may find the owner"
Next day she sent out the crier to say
that she had lost glove embroidered
with gold. and that she would take the
man who found it for her husband, if
the man were willing.
The young farmer heard the proclama-
ton, and wild with joy and half doubt
ing his good fortune, took his way to the
house of the lady. He presented the
glove and modestly reminded her of the
reward promised to the finder, and
although that reward was far above hi:
hopes, it was what his heart most ardent
ly desired.
Before he left her, she confirmed the
promise of the crier. and agreed to tax,
him for her husband. The report wa
soon spread abroad, and, coming to tn,
young lords ears, he demanded that tn
farmer should resign his claim to tn
lady, or else meet him in single combat
The farmer answered that he would
never resign the lady while there wa
} breath in his body but that he woul'
meet the yonng lord when and where b
J pleased, and with whatever weapons b
: liked to choose.
Swords and bucklers being chosen, o.
the day appointed for the fight the lor
and the farmer, accompanied by thei
, seconds, or shield-bearers, and thei
: friends, met to settle their difference
J With the assistance of their shields tn
: combatants warded off each ohter's blow
} for some time, but at last the farme
; Glove his adversary's shield in twain. anG
: following up his advantage, brought tn
young lord down to his knees by bio
!, on his helmet.
s Then putting his sword to his throa
s he made the young lord resign all clail
] to the lady, and beg his own life.
3 Soon the handsome young farmer an
: the rich and beautiful lady were married
h and after time she told him of be
device of the glove, and how the gan
that she hunted that day with her dog
and her cross-bow was the young farm,
himself. Both agreed that for the hui
ted that hunting was the happiest TIL
D had ever been undertaken in Thule
r Harper'S HOsoag People.