The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-20

people, still furious at what, not with
out reason, they considered rank
treachery.
Sholto recovered himself and reached
his master only in time to find PonthCu
bending over Earl Douglas with dag
ger in his hand.
With a wild yell he dashed out at the
Breton squire, and his ak striking fair
on his steel cap, Ponthou fell senseless
across the body of Douglas.
well done, Sholto MacKim = we'll
done, lad" came from all the barriers,
and even Ninian Halliburton cried, ''Ye
shall haze a silken doublet for that"
then, recollecting himself, he added,
at little m2ir than cost price,
God in heeven, tbs bonny fechtin''
cried the man from Mannigatf. 30, if
I could dirk the fause hound I W2d dee
happy!"
4.44 the hillran danced on the toes
of the bailie of Dumfries and shook the
barriers with his haud Till he received
a rap over the knuckles from the han
die Of d partisan, directed by the stout
arms of Andre the Penman.
''Haud back, there heather besom."
cried the archer; tgin ye want ever
again to taste braXyI'
Over the rest of the field the fortune
OF war ndo been somewhat various.
William of Douglas had endorsed his
brother Hugh at the first shock, but
immediately foregoing his advantage
with the most chiValrouS courtesy, he
leaped from his own horse and drew
his sword.
On the right, Alan Fleming being
by the marshal's action, suddenly de-
prived of his opponent, had wheeled his
charged and borne down sideways up
on James of Douglas, and that doughty
champion. MOI having fully recovered
from the shocl. of his encounter with
the earl and being taken from an I'M
expected quarter, went down. as much
to his own surprise as to that of the
people at the barriers. who had looked
upon him as the strongest champion in
the field.
1t was evident, however, that in spite
of the Loss of their leader, the earrs
party stood every chance to win the
| field. For not only was Alan Fleming
the only knight left on horseback, but
Malise MacKim had disposed of the
laird of Stra'ven, squire to William OF
Avondale having by one mighty ak
/ stroke, beaten the Douglasdale man
down to his knees.
"A Douglasl A Douglasw shouted
the populace. Let them have it,
And the adherents Of the earl were
proceeding to carry out this intent
when My Lord Maxwell unexpectedly
put III Gnu W liIC COtLlUdI W llLAONlAts5
down his truncheon and proclaining a
drawn battle.
False loonw cried sholto, shaking
his AK at him in the extremity of his
anger. I'VE have beaten them fairly.
Would that I could get at thee! Come
down and fight an encounter to the end.
I will take any Maxwell here in my
Shirt
Hold your tonGuew commanded his
father, briefly. What else can you
expect of a Border man but broken
faith?"
The archers rushed in. as was their
duty, and separated the remaining
combatants. Hugh and his brother VIII
liam fought it to the last, the younger,
with all his vigor, and with fierce en-
ergy born of his brother James taunts,
William with the calm courtesy and
forbearance of an old and assured
knight toward one who has yet his
spurs to win.
The stunned knights and squires We're
conveyed to their several pavilions,
where the earl's apothecaries were in
attendance. William of Douglas was
the first to revive, which he did almost
as soon as the laceS of his helm had
been undone and water dashed upon his
face. His head still stung, he declared,
but that was all.
He bent with an anxiety of gener-
Gus enemy over the unconscious form
of the Marshal de Retz. from whom
they were stripping his armor At the
removal of the helmet, the strange
parchment face. with its blue-black
stubby beard, was seen to be more
than usually pale and drawn. The up
per lip was retracted, and a set of long
white teeth cleaned like those of a
wild beast.
The apothecary was just commencing
to strip off his leathern under-doublet
from the ambassadors body, to search
for a wound, when Ponthou, his squire,
happened to open his eyes. He had
been laid upon the floor, as being the
most seriously wounded of the com
batants though as least in honor he
fell to be attended last.
Instantly he cried out strange Bre-
ton word unintelligible to all present,
and, leaping from the floor, he flung
himself across the body of his master,