The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

no one could understand a word.
There. sir knight. I do not think he
Will offend YOU so again. All look.
He is walking off-he is sulky. Well.
let him alone. he will be back for his
dinner. the pig, Oh, the wet and the
wind! A Cypriote does not mind them
in his sheepskins. in which he will
sleep even in the snow"
So, GeOrgios. still declaiming upon
the shortcomings Of his servant. they
went back into the hall. Here the
conversation soon turned upon other
matters. such as the differences be-
tween the creeds of the Greek and Lat
in churches subject upon which he
seemed to be an eXpert-and the fear
Of the Christians in Cyprus lest Saladin
should attempt TO capture that island.
At length o'clock came. and Geor-
gias having first been taken to the
lavatory-it was but a stone trough
to wash his hands, was led to the din
ner, or rather TO the supper table,
which stood upon a dias in front of
the entrance to the solar. Here places
were laid for siX-Sir Andrew, his
nephews, Rosamund. the chaplain,
Matthew, who celebrated masses in
the church and ate at the hall on
feast days. and the Cypriote merchant.
Georgios himself Below the daiS, and
between il and the fire, was another
table, at which We're already gathered
twelve guests, being the chief tenants
of Sir Andrew and the reeves of his
outlying lands. on most days the
servants of the house, with the hunts
men, swineherds, and others, sat at
third table beyond the fire. But as
nothing would stop these from grow
ing drunken on good liquor at a feast,
and though many ladies thought little
of it, there was no sin that RoSamund
hated so much as this, now their lord
sent them to eat and drink at their
ease in the barn which stood in the
courtyard with its back to the moat.
When all had taken their seats, the
chaplain said grace, and the meal be-
gan. 1t was rude but very plentiful
First. borne in by the cook on a wood
en- platter, came a great Goldfish,
whereof he helped portions to each in
turn, laying them on their trench
ers'-that is. large slices of bread
whence they ate them with the spoons
that We're given to each. After the
fish appeared the meats, of which
there were many sorts, served on sill
yer spits. These included fowls, par
| tridges, duck, and, chief of all, a great
: swan that the tenants greeted by
knocking their horn mugs upon the
| table, after which came the pastries
and with them nuts and apples. For
| drink, ale was served at the lower ta-
BILE. On the dais, however, they drank
! some of the black wine which Wulf
had bought-that is, except Sir An
drew and Rosamund, the former be-
cause he dared not, and the latter be
cause she had always hated any drink
but water-a dislike that came to her,
doubtless, with her Eastern blood.
| Thus they grew merry, for their
| guest proved himself a cheerful fellow,
who told them many stories of love and
war, for he seemed to know much of
| loves, and to have been in sundry
wars At these even Sir Andrew. for
getting his ailments and forebodings,
! laughed. while Rosamund looked more
| beautiful than ever in the gold-starred
veil and the broidered tunic which the
l brethren had given her, listened to
| them smiling somewhat absently. At
| last the feast drew towards its end,
| when suddenly, as though struck by a
sudden recollection, Georgios ex-
! claimed:
THE wine! The liquid amber from
| Trooidos 1 had forgotten it. Noble
! knight. have I your leave to draw? ?"
AYE, excellent merchant answered
Sir Andrew. Certainly you can draw
your own wine"
J Continued in Next Sundays News.