Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-13

one Bertram, came to him and said: Earl,
there Is in my service youth named
Haveiok who is lustyaad strong beyond
mis- fellows, and beyond any man ] wot OF
although he is but cooks varlet. lie
came to me a year agone and asked me
food. i'm return for which he hswed the
wood and carried the water for tn douse-
hold. Seeing that he was clothed ia a sin
gle coat, and that he did the work OF four,
I had fashioned for him clothes Of a
proper habit, and now | would pray YOU
earl. to let the youth be brought before
you. so happy you may choose him for
man of arms. ] say this, for that he Is a
gentle youth, and that all men. yea, the
very children love him, in that he IS not
only strong hut blithe Of speech, and hand
saIpe to look upon"
And the earl did as Stewart Bertram
asked Of him. and when Havelok stepped
in front OF him he saw that all that was
told Of him was truth. And in that hour
a wicked Thought took hold Of the earl
He thought that he would marry Gold
borough to Havelok, and so might he keep
his oath and break it, seeing that the
youth was the poorest man in all the land
and vet was = chur's son, whom having
married the princess would be dragged
down from her high estate and could no
more be accounted worthy to rule the fair
land of England 50 the earl sent for
Goldborough and for lIavelok and partly
by hard knocks and partly by threats he
forced them both TO agree to his wish, and
tie twain were married by the archbishop
Of York, for the earl's castle was at Lin
coin. nearby
Then Havelok took his wife, who was
as vet TO him no wife save IN name
alone. for she despised her husband on ac-
count Of what she esteemed his lowly birth,
and the two iourneyed northward and
eastward to Grimsby, as the dwelling Of
Grimme was then called and ms tits known
10 this very day But Grimme was dead
md Ills wife alsn and only his five children
were left to welcome uavelok and his
queenly bride. Right kind was the greet
ing Grimme's children gave, and soon they
had prepared q great feast in honor Of the
pair
In the night rs Goldboraugh lay awake,
sorrowing after the manner of women, she
saw thar the room was bright and that
the light came from about the head Of her
husband. and she heard n voice bidding
| her sorrow not for that Havelok was a
/ king's son and heir, and that he and she
should rule together over Denmark and
I England Then she woke liayelok and
1 told him what She had heard
i In the morning Havelok rose aud called
/ to him Grimme's three sons, Robert the
I Red. William Wendath and Hugh Raven
4 and asked them il they would go forth
i with him 10 Denmark, and they answered
CAV" and got ready their boat, into which
/ they stepped with Havelok and Goldhor
ough. Arriving there they Travelled
through The land until they came TO the
| castle of {Tbbe Danish earl, who showed
them hospitality and lodged them in tn,
town near 10y in the house VI a man named
/ Bernard the Brown
! In the night the house was beset by sixty
thieves, with whom Havelok and his three
companious fought long and hardly until
| they had each killed a full scoreof robbers
/ Havelok, however, was sorely wounded
which when Earl Ubhe saw he had him
/ brought 70 his own castle, whore his owl
leech might attend him And as Haveloh
lay thar might suffering hitter pain Ear
/ Ubbe came into his room, n'd saw as 9th
ers had seen, the bright light streaming
round his head aud the red cross on biz
shoulder. aud he saw, moreover, thai
never were two peas like to one another
than the stranger TO the dead King kirka
been. Then tTbbe fell az Havelok's feet
and pnid him fealtv. for he knew him whai
he was. And in the morning Uhbe SEN
messengers far and wide, and summoned
all the knights and all the barons 70 com'
and bow the knee to King Ilayelok. Thi
all men " ho heard the summons were GLAD
To do. for ahey wearied Of the heavy bur
dens laid upon them by the false Kinl
Goddard. But some, being men of evi
ways. elungito Goddard, 50 that the people
were divided into two parts, and when thu
right time came Havelok led his arm,
against Goddard and his men and mad,
them Zee. Bnt with his own hand Have
lok took the SLAYER Of his sister and gav'
him over 10 his barons. that they NIGH
Judge him. Eor Of great length was thu
debate: but Goddard WAS hung, and thai
speedily.
So for a time Havelok abode with hii
people aud ruled over them wisely, and o
the three sons of Grimme be made thre'
earls. and gave them lands and cattle anc
horses aud gold. and all meE did then
honor.
Itcame about at length that Daldborougl
reminded her husband of the eeice she has
heard in the night when she first knew
Havelok for the king that he was, and how
it had told her be was TO rule over England
rs wei as Denmark. 50 Hareiok mad,
ready the warships. and taking nith han
his knights Sc crossed the sea and landed
at Grimsby Here he first had built ]
priory Of Black Friars over the grave o
Erimme, and ben Be set forth Jo latth
with Earl Golrich Who was already com
ing to meet him with his army And har'
bv Grimbsy was & great tiglt fought ans
Havelok won, while Earl Godrich and hi
uan were put TO flight. Afrerward, how
ever. he was taken and slain and whei
the English knew who Goidborough was
and saw how valiantwas her husband thel
acknowledged him for their Sing and he
for their queen. 50 that over two great peo
pies Hayeiok reigned over Denmark ht
I Set Earl Uhbe. while lie himself abode u
I England.
So for sixty years did HaveloN and Gold
borough reign in England. and were jus
| and even in their judgment Great low
had each for the other. and this love grew
and never lessened till on the same dal
they died and in the same grave wen