The herald., 1893-12-15
KNIGHT AND PILGRIM

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| My ancestor was q knight and the
owner Of vast realms. His domains in
cluded several small towns, great forests
and farms and other gilt edge COL
lateral, and his ~assals were numbered
by hundreds.
Themanagemsnt Of his real estate
he left to an.agsnt, ,rwho doomed it to
bis lordss advantage, while my ances-
tor spent his time i'm tourneying and
other knightly diversions, rescuing fe-
males In distress, storming castles and
drinking waasail with the other lords
when In funds.
He was a man Of medium height,
who wore eyeglasses and sandy whis-
kers, but when he was inside Of his
Damascus inlah suit Of chilled steel
armor be was q person of ofvimposing ap-
pearance, and he had, .deep, bass voice,
which gave its hearers s6lasting impress
sion Of his greatness.
In battleshewas terror. Many we're
the infdels who htithe dust before his
two handed sword, and many were the
trophies of the feh staoked up In his
castle. He was fond Of riding unat-
tended throush.his domainsnand feeling
the public pulqa,s as 'itswere, andSin this
manner met With manyadRenturas well
worth recording. In an OLE, black let
ter manuscript dated 1a4e, ,ithere is an
account of one Of theee adventures,
which Lhave repdeEpdAnto modern Eng
ish, and goesSto chow how the life Of
q knight OF old vasssubject to strange
viciaGtodcs.
e'wm,ridiqg thmugh forest, one
day, when 1Hs stasd ,saddeu1y reared
and threF FNnysancestbT to the.ground
with a.dslalit ithnd. TheSknight, inoum-
bered1hy AdsSVe&g htysgxroT, wasunable
10 rise vhen Me- recovered from the
shock. shut he manageable crawtto the
roadside ~nd hraqe himssaf gp-against
astree. II was o lnnely road, and.few
T 0eople xraw9sed IL. Thus.he lay two
days withont food or dxtnk, unable to
oetsOut Of kiasaxmprsor walk home. On
the mnrniug Of the thirdsday, a man
ansshshhy sarAt tappnoaohedswith slow,
0eisurely seepe. Comingupto my an
session, b halfed' In sprpTise. and then
ppsnins the grating Nn the knights
visor h3saif,
~Heslbi Hallos"'"
ESMy+anpnptorEsplieds
A(3ood.p .posTeE. friend. u pray thee
efva mo fobd and drink, orI perish"
Who are youand what are you do
ing gheref" 4gapfh theman.
I, My anoastoDinformsdshim of his name
and station. reReatipg his request for
sustanance and concluding by inquir-
ing his savior's name.
''I am Aimhss Walker, the pilgrim"
he replied, - just from the Holy Land
on foot, but have no fodder for you.
Yet methinks,s' hs unused, "that in
distant farmyard I espied a wheelbar-
row lett,by some careless yokel. Hith-
or will I hie me, and In two shakes will
I return to thee and tgupdle thee to thy
CASTLE"
n So speaking, he hied and in a short
time returnedwith the barrow. First,
however, he removed the knights he'll
met, and filing it with water at spring
near by he brought the warrior drink,
which cheered him nightly. Then,
placing him in the barrow, he began to
trundle him along the road toward the
far distant town. They cheered the
weary way by reciting their strange ad
ventures to each other, and my ancestor
has recorded in his diary that he never
met more cheerful and variegated liar
IN all his travels, and he was no slouch
himself. it is said. s.
Toward noon Aimless grew fatigued,
Rnd stopping suddenly he said:
N'What do I got out Of this anyway"
|~Why, 8ellow, "quoth the knight, is
itnot- enough to know that thou art
serving thy lord?'
Lord, nothingr" said Walker. "Per-
haps you are not aware that I'm the in
Vent0r Of the existence without labor
systsm apd thigh archchancellor of the
lodge sof knights of tho Road? 1t
STRIKES me that I'm getting it where
Mark got the mumps-in the neck"
Isl Hurry on" replied my ancestor,
ro& &darknesswill again betall US ere
We reach my castle. :"
If you were OPT of those iron gar
nnants apd did a little walking yourself,
the joh'would be easier, " said Walker,
and suiting the action to the words he
turned the knight over, and with mon
kay wrench which the warrior wore he
hogan to undo his armox.
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