The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-27
CHAPTER III.
THE sLAYINo OF THE s1DoN1ANs.

THE sLAYING OF THE s1DoN1ANs.
Morning broke In the East. A now day dawn cd
upon tho silent sea and on tho world Of light
and sound. The sunrise crossed the waters by
Q path Of gold and fell upon the golden raiment
OF the Wanderer as he slept, making IL blaze
like living fro. AS the sun touched him tho
PROV Of black ship stole swiftly round the
headland. for tho wind was fair In her wake.
aud the oarsmen drove her we'll with the oars.
Any man who saw her would have known hor
to be a vessel OF the merchants OF Sidon-the
most cunning people and the greedIest Of gain
for on her prov wore two big headed shapes
OF dwarfs. with gaping mouths aud knotted
limbs Such gods as those were worshipped by
the Sldonians. She was now returning from
Albion. an isle beyond the pillars OF Hercules
and the gates OF tho great sea. whore much
store Of tin is found; and she had rich mer-
chandise on board. Ga the half deck beside
the steersman was the Captain a thin, keen-
eyed sailor. who looked shoreward AMI saw
the sun blaze on the golden armor OF tho Wan.
derer. They were so far Off that he could not
see clearly what it was tina. gllttered yellow,
n but all that gittered yellow was lure for him,
and gold drew him on as iron draws the hands
OF heroes. So he babe tho helmsman steer
straight in. for the sea was deep below the
rock. and thore they all saw a man lying asleep
In golden armor. They whispered together,
laughing silently. and then sprang ashore,
taking @wth them rope of twisted
OK hide. hawser OF tho ship. and a
strong cable OF byblus. tho papyrus
plant. On those ropes they cast a loon
and running knot. q lasso for throwing, SO
that they might capture the man In safety
from distance. With these In their hands
they crept zip tho cliff for thcir purpose was to
moose the man in golden armor and drag him
hal
mouth OF the river of Egypt. and there sell
him for slave to the King For the Sido.
mans. who wore greedy Of everything, loved
nothing bettor than to catch FREQ mon and
women. who might be purchased by mere force
or guile. and then BIO sold again for gold and
silver and cattle Many kings sons had thus
been captured by them and mad seen tho day
OF slavery In Babylon. or Tyre or Egyptian
Thebes, and had died sadly far from tho Ar
give land.
80 tho Sidon!ans wont round warily and
creeping In silence over the short grass and
thyme toward the Wanderor wore soon as near
him as child could throw stone. Like shop
herds who sock to not sleeping lion. they
came cunnlngly. yet not so cunnlngly but that
the Wanderer heard them through his dreams.
and turned and sat up. looking around him
half awake. But as he woke the moose fell
about his neck and over his arms. and they
drew 1t hard and threw him on his back Be-
fore they could catch him he was on his feet
again. crying his war cry terribly-the cry that
shook the towers OF lium. and he
rushed upon them, clutching nj his sword
hilt The men who were nearest him
and had bold OF tho rope lot IL
fall from their hands and fed. but tho
others swung behind him and dragged with all
their force. II his arms had been free. so that
he might draw his sword, 1t would have gone
II! with them. many as they were for the ST.
DOMAINS have no stomach for sword blades;
but his arms were held In the moose. Yet they
did not easily master him; but, as those who
had fed came back, and thoy all laid hands on
the rope together thoy overpowerod him by
main force at last, and hauled him stop by
step TIL no stumbled on rock and fell. Then
they rus he'd at him and threw themselves all
upon his body and bound him with ropes In
cunning sailor knots. But the booty was !
deaLlT won; and thoy did not all return alive
for no crushed one man with his knoes til tho
breath left him, and the thigh OF another he |
broke with blow OF his foot.
, but ~ last his strength was spent, and they |
mad him Ike a bird in snare: So by might |
and main, they bore him 10 their ship aud |
There ihGy Knocked him though they were |
half afraid, Tor eyon now he was terrible. Then |
thVy hauled up tho sail again Gad sat down 10 |
the oars. Tho wind blew fair for the mouth OF |
the Nile and tho slave market Of Egypt The |
wind was fair and their hearts were light, for
70 deal with the Wild tribes Of the Island Al
bion and had bought tin and gold for African
eea shells and rude glass beads from Egypt
And RoH' near the very end Of theiE adventure,