Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-11
SIR OMAR.

caught midway and driven back with showers of scot and wood ash, discom fitting the t0y?nSI:lcn who fingered by their hcarths to read the morning pa per. The blast, its strength thus broken, fell flat upon tic 1nacadam of the main street, scattering its fine dust into fan shaped figUrcS, then died away west ward in Cddios Among these eddics the sycamore leaf danced and twirled, now shooting along the ground upon its edge. like tin disk, now whisked up to the level of the first story windows. A nurse, holding mp g 3-ycar-old child behind the pane, called ont, pointing after the leaf;
 ''LoOk-t', "a EOS Sir Dinarr' Now Jhc !, end of Sir Diuar is as old as the rouvd table. though later ] tuuchc-. easily detected. have been add ed to it. And this Is how they tell it:
 Sir Dinar w.,S tlIc first son and come- Hest of King C,raint, who had left Ar thurs court for his own castle above PCr:Scathoin- Eo>cland ard was buried, when his time came, over the Mare, i'll his golden I0at. with his silver oars be- side him. To fll his seat at the round table he sut. in the lads sixteenth wear. thiS DinIr, who, in two years, was uIad, knight by King Arthur, and in tLc third W:.S turl.cd au old man be- fore he hal achieved single decd of nut,', :ls j. Tt l., shown.
 For ou ia.' fifth day aGtuI he was dub bel knight. upon the feast of PenteCOst, thCra began th" great quest of the Sane gracl, which took Sir LancelOt from the court. Sir P,rcrval, Sir Bors. Sir Ga waiuc Sir G..l..had and the flower of Artkur's knights And because, after their s,sin.. 1T w;;s all sad cheer at Cam, !-t. aili l., IVY, cmp:y days Sir Dinlr t.,1ls two If Lis b,St friends aside, both y,un, kn!.h:>. Sir Galhaltin and Sir Cz,sIl.:.4 l. CO.Cr Ea-,li, and spoke to t..,i-, .t ris.inG frarn the court by stealth. fer, l." s:.id. w" have many days E:f"rc u<, and To villainy upon our clu~,-i. I.C,'. ;.I!tI b.-i,,CS are eager Who E.ows. t!i,u, L,.t We may achieve this a'lvr:.tUr, If t:e Sancgrael:" So they li.-;' n.,! ar.; i1npartcd il to another, Sir $,ntr"iI, and t!ic four rode forth pTivil.- OH" u.s.-i.:I!2; before the dawn and st t':yir f.l,,~ no-thward.
 Now. the duv uf thc:r setting out was that Euxt al;,r Christmas and Is the feast { S,, gl!cn tine Martyr, and as they rode through thick wood it came into Sir Dinar's mind that upon this day it was right tr kill any bird that flew in rcmemtTancc that, when St. Stephen 1 had all but escaped from the soldiers l wl-o guarded him, a small bird had suLg i'll their tars and awakened them. By this the sky was growing white with the morning. but nothing yet clear to the sight. :.:id while they pressed for ward under the naked boughs, their horses hoofs cracking the frozen under growth beneath them, Sir Dinar was aware Of q birds wing ruffiing ahead and let fly bolt without warning his cOm- paniCnS why kc did this, who had forgot ten what morning it was and drew rein ill their ;sStanishmcnt.
 But pressing forward i'll q minute they came uion a GcrfalcOn lying, with long lurc< hanging about his feet and through lis iryaSt the hole that Sir Dinar's holt had made. While they stopped ov,r this bird tho sun got up, and lifting their h,ads they saw a greer glade lcf0rr them. and in the midst ot the glade three pavilioEs set, each oi rcd senial, that shouc at the first tOuCt ] OA lAlN 4lAya 4lAAis III i4At III 4SG lIsAh HUI slept seven knights. and i'll the second { score of danl>vl>. but hy the door of tn, ; third Sto;d lady, fair and tall, in { robe of Sailitc, who, as they drew ncal to accost her, inquired of them:
 (Which of you four has slain m, gcrfalcon:''
 And when Sir Dinar confessed ant began to make his excuse, Sill. knighr,' said she, ''who couldst no guess that my falcon, too, was abroad to avenge the blessed stephen! Or dos think that it was hawk, of all birds that sang a sweet melody ill the ears 0 :. his guards
 With that she laughed, as if pacified - and asked of their affairs, and beinI
 told that they rode in search o2 tll
 Sancgracl she laughed again, saying:
 Silly knights all that seek it befor |. you be bcaIlcd! For three of you mus faint and die on the quest, and you, sir,
 turning to Sir Dinar, must man - times long to die, yet never reach neare
 by foot
 ''Let it be as God will" answcre,
 Sir Dinar But hast thou any tiding '; to guide us:''
 e ''I have heard,'' said she, that i d was seen latest i'll the land of Gore, be V yond Trent water" " And with her whit . finger she pointed down a narrow glad
 that led to the northwest. So the
 thanked her and pricked on, none guess
 ing that she herself was King Urience' ! wife of Gore, and none other than Queel
 Morgan le Fay, the famous enchantres'
 who for loss of her gerfalcOn was light
 ly sending Sir Dinar to his ruin. ,t So all that day they rode, two an
 two, in the strait alley that she Ina
 pointed out, and by her enchantmen
 she made the winter trees to move wit
 them, serried close on either hand, E
 that, though the four knights wist nOtl ing of it, they advanced not furlon ], for all their haste. But toward nightfa
 there appeared close ahead blaze
 windows lit and then a tall castle wit = dim towers soaring up and shaking 10 the din of minstrelsy. And finding
 great company about the doors they
 down from their horses and stepped in e. the great hall, Sir Dinar leading then - For awhile their eyes were dazed, seeiI \ that sconces flared in every window and the place was full of knights al
 damsels brightly clad, and the flo
 shone- But while they were yet blin
 ing q band of maidens came and ul
 buckled their arms and cast a shiniI
 cloak upon each, which was hardly dol when a lady came toward them out
 the throng, and though she was tru 1 the Queen Morgan le Fay they kne
 her not at all, for by her necroman
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