The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-23

did appear;
In a deep slough the leper lay. none would
10 help come near.
With loud voice he thence did cry: For
God, our Saviours sake.
From out the fearful jeopardy Christian
brother take"
~
When Rodrigo heard that piteous word. he
from his horse came down.
For all thoy said. no stay he made. that
noble champion.
He reached his hand TO pluck him forth. OF
fear was no account,
Then mounted on his steed OF worth, and
made the leper mount
V.
Behind him rode the leprous man: when
TO their hostelrie
They came, he made him eat with him at
table cheerfuly.
While all the rest from the poor guest with
loathng shrunk away,
To his own bed the wretch he led, beside
him there he lay.
All az the mid-hour OF the night. while
good Rodrigo slept.
A breath came from the leprous man. IL
through his shoulders crept
Right through the body, at the breast.
passed forth that breathing cold,
manifold
lie groped for him in the bed, but him he
could not find,
Through the dark chamber CROPPED he, with
very anxious mind;
| Loudly he lifted up his voice. with speed a
lamp he brought
Yet nowhere was the leper seen, though far
and near they sought.
VIII.
lie turned him TO his chamber. Got wot.
perplexed and sore
/ With that which had befallcn-when lol
There stood a man all clothed IN vosture
shining white.
Thus said the vision: "seepest thou. or
wakest thou. Sir knight"
II sleep not" quoth Rodrigo. but tell me
who art thou
For, IN the midst OF darkness, much light
IS on thy brown"
II am the holy Lazarus, come TO speak
am the same poor leper thou savedst FOR
| charity.
mo; vain the trial. nor In vain thy victory
hath been
God favors thee. for that my pain thou
did'st relieve yeStreen.
| There shall be honor with thee, In battle
and IN peace.
Success In all thy dolngs. and plentiful In
crease"
The poem contains few verses more
in which the happy ever afterward'
ending is given. IL is thought that from
tins James Russell Lowell conceived
the idea of THE Vision of Sir Launfal.'
There is also another beautiful story
OF his marriage with Ximene, the
daughter OF the count of Oyledo, and
granddaughter to Alphonso the V. Al
though great soldier and mighty
statesman the Cid was not ashamed OF
the most gentle things of life, and hi'
soul was full Of true sentiment. The
story goes that when the Cid was tell
ing the dark-eyed Spanish girl of hi
love that she was holding in her han'
several white native roses, and that tn
maiden's blushing turned them Grim
! son. Afterward these roses did no
fade as roses usually do, but laste'
until the wedding. While the ccre
mony was being performed they grad
ually turned pure white again, an'
} they were ever afterward called tn
; brides roses.
The origin of this legend is unknown
! and is doubtless the product of som
: late authors brain, as il cannot b
5 found in any OF the older chronicles.
Like all great and ambitious soldier
who have tried TO conquer the world
after his first great defeat, the Cid die
{ Of anger and grief about 10o0 1t wa
2 after the battle OF Cuenca, Mt whic
4 his army was completely routed. Ate
2 much disturbance the body Of the CT
: lies i'm the center of small chapel /
I Burgos. Here this truest of SPANS
heroes, the embodiment OF all the nj
! tional virtues and most Of the nationi
vice, lies in great state upon larg
q slab The body was bound by gol
3 rings TO n wooden cross and place
e there surrounded by his companions i
$ war. To-day old time and relic seeker
$ have left only the rings and the sma
n bits of wood that cling TO them. Phil
c III. tried to have him canonized. bu
e Rome objected. With all of his vii
n tues the Cid was not the TT person fc
!, saint.
e Such Is the story, yeracious nm
r otherwise, OF the greatest OF the que
rilleros in legend and In history, I
h the greatest type Of the rebel, Il
Il bandit and warrior from the days {
/ Sertorius TO those OF III Empecinad
4, The one man whose life has gone moi
Is to form the destiny, history and litcrt
z, turc OF nation than any other huma
n being that has ever lived.--Louisvil
is Couricr-Journal.
e New nelts.