The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-18
A Tale Of the crusSers.

lie, hut enly just found tho opportunity
Fur awhile the other servants liked him.
but az soon a. they found that ho was
fast becoming Il favarlte with the dauph.
ter OF the house, their mia,rean. they
vrercd round and took to desplslng him
tn good old English fashion, and pro,
e,cdod 20 make things ~ hot Tor hia
Mooruhlp az possible, Naturally enough,
this had the eject OF making the mis-.
Ircsa like him al the morc-ano, did not
say all the Moor-.and TO show them nhc
was the hcaa of the house. she took tho
Moor as hvr constant attendant, ue
waited upon her everywhere. excepting
IA her boulder, and was with her ecu.
stan,ly whenever she drove or walked
about tbs grounds OF thar pala,lal pile.
''rhc Moor, being with her so much.
very naturally, too, fell Ia hove with her.
and as the eirla then we're no morr proof
against the wtlea OF foreigners than they
are In thls matter OF fact century, she
auccumbcd TO b,s dusky charms. and one
morntng bright and early they Slipped
across the green lawn and into tho lit'it
ehapvl IN the edge OF the woods, whore.
By alternately brewbcetinR aud caiolng
tho deaf ana bltnd parson. they Wer,
married, Am nos tntefes,ins old mnnr
Very, said rhorndykc. laughing at
his srlsnd's frank manner 'rhcrc Is ads
dcd charm TO the tale when us told by
YOU"
Thank YOU. Wen. they were sool aad
married and all wca, wolf"
"unul "a year bad passed." put In
Thopdyke.
Until year had PASSED, Then little
ono was born-a tiny, light skinnsd Moor.
with blue cycs like the mother and other
features copied tn miniature from l,s
pyUgd iLthtr, of course ,hera Wna
grcat stir when the younSster came and
the truth leaked out. but II was almost
forgotten IN the additional excitement
caused By the return OF my lady'a father.
An uniformed servant who had learned
only halt OF the truth met him az the
draw.bridgp and told him OF the sup,
posed to be- sad news OF his daughters
marriage, and the old gentleman. still
with the blood OF war IN his nostris aud
needing nothing else hut the fact ns hc
though, Il was. that his name had been
draggcd In the dust by his child. dashed
into the castle and pushed his way un.
ecremoniously into her room, where she
lay a sweet picture upon her bod. ths
child In her young arms, the sunllgh,
streaming through the open window over
her and the little one.
without a word the halt.crazcd cru.
sadcr ssatchcd -he baby from IIs
mothers arms. and. and swung I, nbou,
his head he dashed II down TO the court
yard below. who're u lay dead almost
before II had brcathed the breath Of llro.
Then. before tho terrified. stricken mother
could realize what had happened. the
Moor appeared IN the doorway hla dark
face wrcathed N Christtnnltke hmiirs.
waiting 70 greet the father, with an I'm.
prccation tho crusader aprnhg NJ him.
and ere the Moor could draw and defend
hlmHcif. he was run through by the
sword that had been the death OF 50
many saraccnA before him. and lay
wcitcring IN his own blood at his father
in.law's feet. Then the girl widow M.
dcrstood, and mad with grief and horror
at III, terrible decd. She pulled aerselt TO
ner knees and. stretching her white
arms out. her yellow hair glIHtening Ike
FURNISHED gold In ;he sunlight. she cursed
tho wretched mnn-~cursed him 40 only
woman OF that day and age could curse.
Asthe last awful wori dropped from her
Hips. she sank back upon the bed uncon.
scioua and a few hours after she was
dead.
From that hour the knight was
changed man Serious and grave. with
haunted. frightened look upon his hilh-
erto rugged eountcnance, he went about
his estate. "A broken. decrcpit old man
hardly a shadow Of his former self a
few yenrs later he. too. died, but-but !
believe that Is 0s far as can 40 unnlded
old man" concluded carwin abruptly
turning to Thorndykc,
"why-why-yo leave on In the most
interesting part. carwln," said the other,
resting from his exercise. which he had
kept up In lazy way while the other