Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31

lark by the little merlin But the King soon tired of
this petty sport and went slowly his way still
with the magnificent silent attendant Tapping above
his head.
Is she not a noble bird, fair SOM" he asked
g1ancing up her shadow fell upon him.
She is indeed, sire. Surely no finer ever came
from the isles of the north
Perhaps not, and yet I have had hawk from
Barbary good footer and swifter flier. An
Eastern bird in yarak has peer
Il had one from the Holy Land said de
Nanny. 1t fierce and keen and swift as the
Saracens themselves They say of old Saladin that
in his day his breed of BIRDS of hounds and of horses
had no equal on earth"
Il trust, dear father, that the day may come
when we shall lay hands on all three" said the
Prince, looking with shining eyes upon the King
Is the Holy Land to lie forever in the grasp of
these unbelieving savages, the Holy Temple to
be delled by their foul presence? All! my dear
and most sweet lord, give to me thousand 1ances
with ten thousand bowmen like those 1 led at
Crecy, and | swear to you by Gods soul that
within year 1 will have done homage to you for
the Kingdom of Jerusa1em!'
The King laughed as he turned to Walter NANNY
" Boys will still be boys" said he
The French do not count such" cried the
young Prince, flushing with anger.
Nay fair son, there is no sets you at a higher
rate than your father. But you have the nmb1e
mind and quick fancy of youth, turning over from
the thing that is half done to further task beyond
How would fare in Brittany and Normandy
while my young paladin with his 1ances and his
bowmen besieging Ascalon or battering at
Jerusa1em?"
Heaven would help in Heavens work.
From what l have heard of the past" said the
King dryly, g cannot see that Heaven has counted
for much ally in these wars of the East ]
speak with reverence and yet it is but sooth to saw
that Richard of the Lion Heart or Louis of France
might have found the smallest earthly prncipality
of greater service to him than all the celestial hosts
How RiShOD2'
stout churchman who had ridden behind the
King a solid bay cob, well-suted to his weight
and dignity logged up to the monarch's elbow
" How say you, sire? | was watching the goshawk
on the partridge and heard you not
Had l said that l would add two manors to the
See of Chichester, warrant that you would have
heard me, my Lord Bishop
Nay, fair lord, test the matter by saving So"
cried the jovia1 Bishop.
The King laughed aloud. "a fair counter YOUR
reverence. By the rood! you broke your lance that
passage But the question l debated was this:
How is it that since the Crusades have manifest1y
been fought in Gods quarrel we Christians have
had so little comfort or support in fighting them
Alter all efforts and the loss of more men than
could be counted, we are at last driven from the
country, and even the military orders which were
formed only TOR that one purpose can scarce hold
footing in the islands of the Greek sea- There is
not seaport one fortress in Palestine over
which the flag of the Cross still waves Where then
was ally?"
Nay, sire, you open a great debate which
extends far beyond this question of the Holy Land
1t is the question of all sin, of all suffering of all
injustice-why it should pass without the rain of
fire and the light
- ninpS of Sinai The