The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-12
KING ARTHUR.
How lie Got His Throne and HIS oreas
sword Excalibar.

When t,,hcrpendragon was King OF Eng.
land Marlin the seer, performed many
services for him. and in return for 'nis
tho king promised 10 give TO Merlin the
first child that might he born TO NM
When the time came to fultN his promise
the people were kept In Ignorance Oh W.
and Merlin took the child to bc brought
up by sir Ector, good and noble kn'sh''
Years passed Ivy and the day came whc"
King utherpcndrayon was gathered TO MS
| rathers Then was the land In 'crriulc
| nj vht. for no heir TO the throne was tottu-
coming, and many knights cla med 10 W
| the rghtful king. ,. AZ,
| ,ised a meeting of all the mobiles OF 'he
| land IN the hope that miracle m'sn.
make manifest the true sovereign 80, on
| Christmas morning, before dayisnt
dawnrd. a vast assembly crowded the
! Whrn NE mass had been said ana the
| puo,lo poured from the church, there III
The court yard had risen huge marble
stone. and on the top of it VAS steel
anvil with I; handsome sword ouiied 10
liz Hill in the anvil Around about the
sword was tho Inscription
| "Whoso draweth me oM Is rirht.nly
born king OF England
Th,u did tho people rejoice. thinking |
that one had only to draw the sword ana !
1t would .ic!d so all the Knight. who
one after another tied his srcns h. but |
only to be chagrined by his failure, the
, sword rcnlm.ncd Undecided +; The sn,i'.
. Then when every one who wtlled nal
tired It. and had failed. tn" archbishop
proposed thu, the knights should 20 out to
the no.t,s and have s.,cir tournament. But
!iist ten valiant and ne le lords were se-
lcctod to Inc the guards of the sword, and
4 a CANOPY was raised ovr the anvil to
b 1t Unopened that day that Sir Ector had
. come 10 the ionsi'ns with HIS , sons-Sir
v Kay entesed tn. lists b. touno that he
4 had no sword. SO he said TO Arthur
/ brother, | have no sword with me this
: day Wi you bring me one from tho
r cusiie?"
II might Willingly" answered the youth.
\ ard quickly departed
= But when liz reached thu castle he found
: that every one had gone 70 the t9nstins
!. Not even his mother was there. and thre-
= fore he could not get a sword.
~ "Now." s,l'd Arthur. in his vexation.
:. my brother. SIR Kay shall not ne without
!, swrsNi this day. Will ride TO thc church
:; and. take from. the stone tho sword in
u tended r5r The king"
!, No doubt entered the young saulr~,'s
" mind as 10 his ability to draw ont the
y sw ord So putting spurs to his horse he
T., soon arr Nco AT the enclosure. l'ismnunt-
I Ing. he Fastened ir'a horse 20 the Inllnes
7. and cn,ored tie cnuea yard of the church,
=, Under It's canopy FILTERED the steel anyi
knigh,s INA, were selected to guard the
sword were nowhere to lie scen. they. too,
had gone To the iousltng. thnk'ns' no
doubt that the sword was snfc.
r: Arthur approached am placing ms nnnd
al on the hiN drew ont the sw,'o Lightly;
IN W.thOui cNprt ln'n ne uu'NIy H'uut'i
a. MS horse aud riding TO the field gave thu
~ Where came you by This swor1g" said
:. SIR Kay, for he recognized II imneaint'iy
a, And when he heard he said nothing 70
in Ag,hur hut 'FdIng to It's raeer il, he I sr,.a
e. swoid' ! am born The .ightful king oi
he England"
'st Then sr Ec,or was perplcxed and tax
= 'rr his two sons he rode with them to thu
ne church There he made Sir Kay take onti
~ as 10 how he came by the sword; and whcl
an ~ had hcacd he turned to Arthur anc
W I'VE win pm, the sword again In tn,
eli anvil and SEQ Who may draw s 4 o1 mav ,nt
ut aay gu, tie Svqra a M when nna Ar rnm
al lightly from the anvil.
n; Then IA sir Ector knccl 10 tho youtl
sic and call him lord and King
tno "Nav. rirc, my father! Wherefore am
an, i~ The old kneh, then told Arthur n
"a not his son, md Arthur was grieve. l''
M Ec,or rode ont to the field and told ~
air sword. mud they iocked n tho cp'irtynrC
No., Now n any there were who wore wro'
hIs that they should bc governed by ia
,no no, Of noble birth. aud - tho crown'N
len was POSTPONED tn nftcr the new yesi
the And ncain tho test was mtho and on '
ny Arnr soud ID drnw oqi me oo. sw9pa ~
II was AZ Cardlcmas and IT Easter an
,,, ngn u M the reniccost. unilI A. ~ IN
49,, Arthur should he king They knet dow
III" II body. rich nod. poor, ana chilled hr
,o ANTI aG esf G ms nd Xrhur for
tse tb,m and was then and thcrc cr."n
king of England
~, ~, knights that hlcd Ar'hur's court Wi.
fame. aud many and hoaniiful wer" m
B" fair ladies' tina; grnced thr pnlice wit
ihoir presence. ma lent aspiration 10
noble and valorous deeds.
q
nv After Arthur had reigned some time y
the set out ono day with no other companlo
T 1S, when hen he enconn.crcd hnisht. an
tho two rode at each other. Again an
y !, nrain did they renew the con'ic til bot
NJ. wore sorcly wounded yet neither one M
w ,y4 tho other was conqnsrcn' lao, d Mo
~ I'm net THIS Knight alone. for he q n
.a@5 greatest That lives and much shnli he
1.a0 So Arthur went with Merlin, who too
sos him TO n hermit, where for three dn,
~ cy rss' ~ mo mns WIS c"r Se Of h
.7sG Arthur sad. II have no sword. for mil
IA was sshiycrc.a! by the knight wen AS
$40 ''Bc not troubled abent that" said Me
1853 In. II VIII show YOU where ther" Is
=. sword near by.
IA the woods hofot" them stretched n Ink
~ SIN. clear ana beautiful, ana FAR on,
ST IN white ana raised above the Surfa
u am hold ns in .te hand wonh.rlnl ~ or
.4D1 Just then, 100, b""uuiui Woin'
~ walked upon the water, as lightly AS I
.s,i breezes that rppled rs faIr bosom. II
.s9s hair flowed In II glorious stroIm nbo
"A her hor robes were OF delicate co,ors.
.Ul2 when me shh pIcaNs upon Inc to'i'' ~
.igI ing II RAINBOW tniH, AZ,
.39s kinS Ar'hH s"N''' i" "o"ue' h''u Ill
.tig shin 70 MeTnh, .,. u,,r, a "a,
,on,l tx the radiant creature before usp"
I ,Su she Is called rhe Lady OF the Lake.
, ,",s sad Merlin land TO her belongs
'a" sword. You may have II II you Will a
her Tor n"
Then. az the lady approached. King
thur spoke to her c'villy and asked
SON, you may have It," answered the (
r,P', image iii Won will grant me ono requcs
pl AK whaa you viii. and II II be IN
rt wer 10 grant II, you may have your
and sire" -. A., .,
gnu I'hen take the boat ina. Is m ,o, ca