The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-04-15

Of the God who said, thou shalt not kill
We shall see Jerusalem. but the sight will
make none of us the better"
How sayest thou?" asked the young
count. sharply; for the speech of his sis
ter. in opposition to his dreams, always
irritated him, dearly as he loved her. We
shall see Jerusalem, but the sight will
make none better? What folly is this?"
Blanche turned her dark eyes on him
with Il strange, yearning look, that haunt
ed him many year after, as she replied:
I'VE shall see it: but not as cOnduerors.
The time is coming, and that soon. when
we shall all see whether God is with us or
not"
The young count struck the bulwark of
the galley impatiently with his gauntlet,
as he cried:
Now, by the cross on my shoulder,
sister, if thou hadst thought that, thou
shouldst never have come with us"
Big Peter, who was standing nigh them
behind his young lord. here coughcd slight
~, and Stephen, in the same angry man
ner as that with which he greeted his sis
tcr's words, turned on him fiercely, say.
ing:
And thou. toe? Dost thou think W,
shall end in disaster!"
Big Peter compressed his lips, and after
a short pause said, in a tone of great
gravity.
What man like me thinks will not
/ alter the case, my lord. | came to follow
my lord, and die for him if need be. A
man can do that, and the angels will find
him, whether he have cross OF his shout
der or not"
The impetuous but warm hearted boy
held out his hand to his faithful servant,
saying:
Il was wrong to chide thee Thee al
+ least, | can trust to fight whether it be
for the cross or for me. Tomorrow will
show u.s."
"Ay. ay, my lord" said Big Peter slow,
/ IT, "To-morrow will show; and it will be
seen then whether the hermit HiIdcbrand
/ be a prophet as he says or what my lady
I Blanche called him.
And this time neither the boy count nor
! Isabel said a word. The speech of the
| young yassal had east n shade of thought
! fitness over them all. as they realized that
! they had gone too far to rcccdc.
| Still the heavens continued as fair and
! pleasant as could he desired and rho
| northcrly breezes waited on the little fleet
! There were ten ships of burthen equipped
! with sails only, very broad and bluff in
! shape in which the majority of the boy
crusaders had embarked. They were trad.
| ing ships, not meant for battle; and &c
guard them in the fight, there were five
galleys-long, low vessels, with rows of
oars on either side, pulled by crews of
slaves, whose dark faces showed that
they were Arabs or Turks-which. il
truth, they were. They had been taken
captive in the previous crus"dcs and wer,
chained To the benches on which they sat
performing their tasks in Sulen silence,
under the lash of the masters set over
them.
1t was remarkable thing that the
Christians, who were SO loud in their com.
plants Of the crueties Of the Turks TO.
ward Christian slaves, practiccd the same
or greater cruclties on all the unfortunate
Moslems who fell into their power II
was also remarkable that the young cru
sadcrS, whose youth should have made
them tender hearted naturally, showed to.
ward their rowers in the galleys. on that
memorable crusade. even more cruelty
than the grown sailors who manned the
fleet. Blanche de Naux and Big Peter
who wore no crosses on their shoulders
were the only people in the fleet who
N'tiiitH ~ li'S ~ '''i' ''''i'''' -i''t'''i'S
in the least; and soon after the converse
( ton IN WhI'h h'& i.''er hah SHOWN INN
self capable of rousng in the young count
the first thoughtful mood he had yet ,
shown the lady Blanche, followed by the
faithful vaSSal. went forward. past the
benches of III" row"rs. and actually ar
rested blow that was about to fall on the
shoulders of one OF the unhappy Crea-
lures who had fallen half over his oar
aS II completely exhausted with fatigue
or sickness,
Shame on thee for one who calls him.
self n warrior Of the cross. she said
Indignantly, to the boy who had raised his
SUCK. Is mat the wa! 10 1"iioW the
cross ~ IS Wrlt''h; IL 'liihe enemy nun,
ger leed MN II ne 'nlrS', give MN drink.
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lures
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he III" io' ""'c ~ i'S'Sl the SISTER oi MS
S"un- '""v''
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We Irach nv lio'f Sfl"i'i'i, ~ S''u' -
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my HeNTi " u,,'i anu ~ 'ItH' ohe IN 4
l9ri the less VIII never he missed ,!
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b,a"'ie tu'ntu .oNaIu ,"t YOUNG save
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oA' mn. wy. nv p"'' H"uhs
man he Wa pa'eiS '"ehtF-had
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thouGh II was thih an" SIM! I""NIhs. Ills /
iarsc h"'h eyes we're lu'' ~ StH 'ientSs
anu appc" aS ne EAST On 'i'e "rauIIiul
slFi Wh" HaH saver nm :, 3i"nCe mat ,oin
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SlT N,
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MS oar win IeeP sign as lie answered
III nroheh rehcl'
Ny name l. forgotten among my PEG
pc, iadH. NO one remembers the slave
II Ne be Wen 'heF peat MN II SICK, they
peat MN harder. But Saphadlm VIII not