The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

and you shall be given the best horse
in my kingdom; this knight shall ride
his own. These are the conditions
the course shall be on the bridge be-
tween the inner and outer gates of
the castle city. and the fight which
must be to the death, shall take place
on the night of the full moon-that
is, three days from now. If you are
victor, we will talk of the matter of
the lady for whom you bargained as
a wife,
my lord, my lord" answered Lo-
zelle, who can lay a lance on that
terrible place in moonlight? Is it thus
that you keep faith with me?"
Il can and WILL" cried Wulf. Dog,
l would fight you in the gates of hell,
with my soul on the hazard
Keep faith with yourself" said ST.
nan, who said that you accepted the
challenge of this knight and made no
conditions. and when you have proved
upon his body that his quarrel is not
Just, then speak of my faith with you.
Nay, no more words; when this fight
is done we will speak again, and not
before. Let him be led to the outer
castle and there given of our best.
Let my great black horse be brought
TO him that he may gallop it to and
tro upon the bridge, or where he will
within the circuit of the walls, by day
or by night; but see that he has no
speech with this lady whom he has
betrayed into my power, or with these
knights his foes. nor suffer him to
come into my presence. l will not
talk with man who has been struck
IN the face until he has washed away
the blow in blood"
before Lozelle could answer. the lord
Sinan moved his head, whereon guards
sprang forward and conducted Lozelle
from the terrace.
Farewell, Sir Thief" cried Wulf
after him, "till we meet again upon
the narrow bridge and there settle our
account. You have fought Goodwin,
perhaps you will have better luck with
WuIf" -''-
.Lozelle glared back at him, and, find
ing no answer, went on his way.
our report said Sinan, addressing
the tall fedai who all this while had
lam upon his face before him, still as
the form that was stretched upon the
pier There should have been an
other prisoner, the great ernir Hassan.
Also where is the Frankish spy?"
The fedal rose and spoke.
~, nc sdlu, Il uld your bidding.
Inc knight who has gone steered the
ship into the bay, as had been arrang~
ed. attacked with the daylight. The
soldiers of Salah-ed-din fought brave
~ Tor the lady here saw US, and
gave them time to gather, and we lost
many men. We overcame and killed
them all, except the Prince Hassan,
whom we took prisoner l left some
men to watch the ship. The crew we
spared, as they were the servants of
the Frank Lozelle, setting them loose
upon the beach, together with a
Frankish woman, who was the serv-
ant of the lady here, to find their way
to the nearest city. This woman I
would have killed, but the lady your
captive begged for her life, saying
she had come from the land of the
Franks to seek her husband; so, hav-
ing no orders, l let her go. Yesterday
morning we started for Masyaf, the
Price Hassan riding in litter togeth-
er with that Frankish spy who was
here while ago, and told you Of the
coming Of the ship. At night they
slept in the same tent. 1 left the
prince bound and set guard, but in the
morning when we looked we found
him gone-how, know not-and lying
in the tent the Frankish spy, dead,
with knife-wound through his
heart. Behold!' and withdrawing the
cloth from the stretcher he revealed
the stiff form of the spy Nicholas,
who lay there dead, look of terror
frozen on his face.
"At least this one has come to an
end he deserved" muttered Wulf and
Goodwin.
so. having searched without avail
came on here with the lady your
prisoner and the Frank Lozelle.
have spoken"
Now when he had heard this report,
forgetting his calm, Sinan arose from
the cushion and stepped forward
two PAGES. There he halted. with
fury in his gllttering eyes, looking
like a man clothed in a black bell
beard, and the brethren noted that
on the first finger of his right hand
was a ring so like to that which
hung about the neck of Goodwin
that none could have told them apart.
Man" Sinan said in a low voice,
what have you done? You have left
the emlr Hassan go, who is the most
trusted friend and general Of the Sui
tan OF Damascus. BY now he Is there,
or near II. and within six days we
shall see the army of Salah-ed-din
fidinR across Nne pam. AlSu you nave
not killed the crew and the Frankish
woman. and they too will make report
OF the taking OF the ship and the cap
ture Of this lady. who Is of the house
of salah-ed-din and whom he seeks
more earnestly than all the kingdom
OF the Franks What have you to
say?"
Lord" said the tall fadal. and his
hahd trembled as he spoke. most
mighty lord. I had no orders as 10 the
killing OF the crew from your lips, and
the Frank LOzelle told me that he had
agreed with you that they should be
spared"
Then, slave. he He'd. He agreed with
me through that dead spy that they
should be- slain. and DO you not know
that N give no orders IN such a case
1 mean death. not llfe7 But what of
the Prince HansnnY''
Lord. / have nothing ~ say
think he must have bribed the spy
named Nich0lnH" b. pointed 90
fhe cOrpae-"i0 cot bio bonda. and nff-
erNardn killed che man f0f vengeance
sake. f0r by ihe body We found a
purae ~ gold. That De hated BIN aa
he hated yondsr Lgxeiie ] know, f0r