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that had fastened the hair of Princess
0sra And nobody knew him except
Solomon the jew, and he, having made
a good profit, held his peace both then
and afterward.
Many day Lord Harry mounted guard
at the palace, and he often saw the king
with the queen ride out and back, bat
they did not notice the face of the
trooper And sometimes he saw the prin-
cess also, but she did not look at him,
although be could not restrain himself
from looking at her; but, since every
man looked at her, she had grown accus-
toned to being gazed at and took no
heed of it, But cnce she wore the ruby
necklace, and the breath Of the trooper
went quick and eager when he saw it
ON her neck, and sudden flush of color
spread over all his face, SO that the
princess, CHANGING to glance at him in
passing and seeing the color beneath aud
through the dye that stained him, was
greatly astonished, and she refined in
her horse for an instant and looked very
intently at him, yet she rode on again
in silence.
That evening there came to the quar-,
tiers of the kings guard awaiting WON
an, who asked to see the trooper that
had mounted guard at the west gate of
the palace that day, and when he came
the woman held out to him box of
red morocco leather, saying, sit is fer
you. But he answered, cit is not for
me, and, turning away, left her. And
this happened on three evenings. Then
On the fourth day it was again his turn
to mount guard at the palace, and
when he had sat there on his horse for
an hour the Princess Osra rode out from
under the portico. She redo, alone, aud
the ruby necklace was on her neck, and
she said:
81 am going to ride outside the city
by the river bank. Let trooper follow
me some way behind" And she signed
with her hand to Lord Harry, and he
rode after her through the streets and
out Of the western gate, and they turned
along the bank of the river. When they
had gone three or four miles from the
city, Osra halted ard beckoned the Lord
Harry to approach her, and he came.
But when she was about to speak TO
him and tell him that she knew him a
sudden and new madness came on to
him, and he seized her bride and dug
hissp deep into his horses tanks,
and both the horses bounded forward at
a gallop. Il alarm the princess cried
out, but he did not heed Ter. Along the
bank they galloped, and when they met
any one, which happened seldom (for
the place was remote and it was now
EVENING", he babe her cover her face,
and she obeyed, twisting her lace HAND
kerchief over her face Thus they rode
still they came at nightfall to bluff of
rock high above the stream. Here Lord
Harry suddenly checked the horses,
flung himself from the saddle and babe
the princess dismount And she obeyed
and stood facing him, pale with fear
and apprehension, but wearing a proud
and scornful air. And he cried:
els it not well you should die? For
you live but to madden men and drive
them to sin and folly"
May" said she, Ito men of good
heart beauty leads to goodness. From
yourself come the sin and the folly, my
lord" And she laid hold of the ruby
necklace and broke the clasp Of it and
flung it on the ground before him, but
be took no heed Of it, but seized her
hand and drew her to the edge of the
bluff, saying;
''TEo world will be safer if l fling
you down"
Then she looked in his face, and a
sudden pity entered her heart, and she
said very gently:
"Sit down, my lord, and let me put
my hands on your brow, for think you
are in fever"
And he sat down, all trembling and
shaking, like a man with ague, and she