San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-27

to make coat. and cut it, and the good
wife Left sewed IL so that Havelok had
coat. And Gripme, who was now old,
blessed him, and so he departed.
Now, he who ruled over England in those
days was no ri&htful king. His name was
Goodrich, and he was called the Earl of Corn
wall. To him the good King Athelwold,
when he lay a-dying, had trusted his daugh-
ter Goldborough, making him swear that
he would use her rightly and would marry
her when she was of fitting age to the
noblest of the land. But Goodrich was false
to his vows, and did none of these things.
In their stead he took for himself the king
dom and shut the young queen up in tfse
castle by the sea, which men call Dover,
and she had but small clothing and less to
eat and drink. Now the remembrance of
his oath began to veN the wicked earl, and
he looked around for way by which he
could break it and yet not imperil his SOUL
While he was debating this his steward,
one Bertram, came to him and said: Earl,
there is in my service youth named
Havelok, who is lusty and strong beyond
his fellows, and beyond any man wot of,
although he is but cooks varlet He
came to me year agone and asAed me
food, in return for which he hewed the
wood and carried the water for the house
hold. Seeing that he was clothed in sim
gle coat, and that he did the work Of four,
I had fashioned for him clothes of
proper habit, and now | would pray you,
earl, to let the youth be brought before
you, so haply you may choose him for
man of arms. say this, for that he is
gentle youth, and that all men, yea, the
very children love him, in that he is not
only strong but blithe of speech. and hand
some 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 a churl'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. So the earl sent for
Goldborough and for Havelok and partly
by hard knocks and partly by threats he
forced them both TO agree to his wish, and
the 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 yet to him no wife save in name
alone, for she despised her husband on &C
count of what she esteemed his lowly birth,
and the two journeyed northward and
eastward to Grimsby, as the dwelling of
Grimme was then called and as it is known
to this very day. But Grimme was dead
and his wife Also and only his five children
were left to welcome Havelok and his
queenly bride. Right kind was the greet
ing Grimme's children gave, and soon they
had prepared great feast in honor of the
pair.
In the night as Goldborough lay awake,
sorrowing after the manner of women, she
saw that the room was bright, and that
the light came from about the head Of her
husband and she heard a voice bidding
her sorrow not, for that Havelok was
kings son and heir, and that he and she
should rule together over Denmark and
England Then she woke Havelok and
told him what she had heard.
In the morning Havelok rose and called
to him Grimme's three sons, Robert the
Red. William Wendath and Hugh Raven,
and asked them il they would go forth
with him to Denmark, and they answered,
cay" and got ready their boat, into which
they stepped with Havelok and Goldbor-
ough. Arriving there they travelled
through the land until they came to the
castle of Ubbe, Danish earl, who showed
them hospitality and lodged them in the
town near by in the house of a man named
Bernard the Brown.
In the night the house was beset by sixty
thieves, with whom Havelok and his three
companions fought long and hardly until
they had each killed a full of robbers.
Havelok, however, was sOrely wounded,
which when Earl Ubbe saw he had him
brought to his own castle, where his own
leeCh might attend him. And as Havelol
lay that night suffering bitter pain Earl
Ubbe came into his room, and saw, as 9th
ers had seen, the bright light streaming
round his head and the red cross on his
shoulder, and he saw, moreover, that
never were two peas like TO one another
than the stranger to the dead King Kirka-
been Then Ubbe fell at Havelok's feet
and paid him fealty, for he knew him what
he was. Aud in the morning Ubbe sent
messengers far and wide, and summoned
all the knights and all the barons to come
and bow the knee to King Havelok. This
all men who heard the summons were glad
to do, for they wearied of the heavy bur
deus laid upon them by the false King
Goddard. = But some, being men of evil
ways, chung to Goddard, so that the people
were divided into two parts, and when the
right time came Havelok led his army
against Goddard and his men and made
them fee But with his own hand Have
lok took the SLAYER of his sister and gave
him over TO his barons, that they might