The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-08-03

TIE fresh morning air past Ex
~ Lepe. Topping the healthy down
1me of q sudden full In sight Of th
apoEt Some way out from til
4 line Of PRISONERS, creyerg, AM
4 Gnau craft were rolling lazily OF
3 gcntIe swell. Further out still lay
1eat merchant ship. high-ended, deep
lnted, painted Of 4 canary yellow, ana
Dyoring above the fishing boats like /
+ pa among ducklingA
eBy 81. PsullD said the knight s,oul
nod merchant Of Southampton hath no
played % false, for methinks | can ses
our ohlp down yonder. He said that sh,
Would be Of great sise and Of yellow
~ NJ hit. yes!w muttered Awkward
~ a yellow az kites claw, and woult
eaxzy = many men - there ere pips IN /
ssIt 4 wsll,r remarked Terlake; sfcl
msthlnkA my fair lord, that We are MOI
fhe only ONES who are waiting . passagt
" ~ GooC0nys Mine eye catches at times
nash and sparkle from among yondei
II houoog which aoguredly never came from
sssagSS.n'ss 'ae1st q ~ saDsrdins q I
n en- al1o We IT." said Alleyne, shad,
III lls eyes With his hand. .And / can
- men-et-arms IN yOnder boats which
Il ply betWixt the vessel and the shore
But methinks that we are very welcome
hers, fcr already they come forth to meet
uo.1
"A tumultnous crowd Of fishermen, citi-
Gensy and women had indeed swarmed
K out from the northern gate, approached
them up the side Of the moor, waving
their hands and dancing with Joy, al
though great fear had been rolled back
from their minds. AT their head rode q
very large and solemn man with long
/ chin and dropping lip. He wore q fur
tippet round his neck and q heavy gold
chain oyer It. with . medallion which
dangled In front Of him.
welcome, most puissant and noble
lord !" be cried, dofing his bonnet. "You
\ see il me the mayor and chief magistrate
OF the ancient and powerful town Of Lepe
I, ! bid y0u very heartily welcome, and the
more 10 as you are come at a moment
when we are sore put to it for defence
"Ha ]! cried Sir Nigel, pricking up his
ears. MN Il
Yes, my lord, for the town being very
\ ancient, and the walls as old as the town,
1t follows that they are very ancient too.
But there Ii certain villianous and blood
thirsty Norman pirate knight Tete-noire,
who, with Genoan called Tito Caracci,
/. commonly known as Spade-beard, hath
been q mighty Ecourge upon these
coasts. Indeed, my lord, they are very
cruel and black-hearted men, graceless
and ruthless. They have come in two
( great galleys, with two banks Of oars on
either side, and great store Of engines Of
Wlr and Of men-at-arms AT Weymouth
and at Portland they have murdered and
ravished. Yesterday morning they were
M CoWes, and we saw the smoke from the
burning crofts. To-day they lie at their
lsst tney come upon us and 90 us mis-
I'VE cannot tarry," said Sir Nigel,
riding toward the town, with the mayor
upon his left side; "the Prince awaits us
at Bordeaux, and we may not be behind
the general muster. Yet / will promise
y0u that on our way we shall find time to
pass Freshwatet and to prevail upon
these rOverS to leave you In peace"
I'VE are much beholden to you'll"
ciied the mayor. "But ! cannot see, my
lord, how, without q warship, you may
venture against these men. With your
archers, however, you might well hold the
town and do them great scath IL they
attempt to land.
There Is a very proper cog out yon-
der" said Sir Nigel; 1T would be a very
strange thing II any ship were not war.
ship when 1t had such men as these upon
her decks Certes, we shall do as say,
and that no later than this very day
MY lord said rough-haired, dark.
faced man, who walked by the knights
other stirrup, with his head slopcd to
~ Ill ftnf ho xxxns axytv,e ~
leave, have no doubt that you are skilled |
Id land fighting and the marshalling Of
lances, but, by my soul you will find 1t
another thing upon the sea. am master
shipman Of this yellow cog, and my name
10 Goodwin Hawtayne. ! have sailed
since was as high as this staff, and
have fought against these Normans and
against the Gen0ese, as well as the
Scotch, the Bret0ns, the Spanish, ana the
Mo0ra. ] tell you, Dir, that my ship Is
overnight and over-frail for such work,
and IL will but end In our having orr
throats cut, or being sold as slaves to
the Barbary heather"
II also have experienced one or two
gentle and honorable ventures upon the
sea- Quoth Sir Nigel, land ! am right
blithe 10 have 20 fair task before lis.
I think, good master-shipman, that you
and may win great honor In this matter.
and I can zee very readily that you are
d brave and stout maj"
II like II not" said the other stur-
Oily. I'm Gods name, ] like 1t not!
And vet Goodwin Hawtayne ID not the
man to stand back when his fellows are
for pressing forward. BY my soul be It
sink or swim, shall turn her beak into
Freshwater Bay, and IL good Master
Witherton Of Southampton like not my
handling Of his ship, then he may find
another master"
The throng moved on, until at the very
gate u was brought to a stand by a
stout man, who came darting
forth from the town with rage In every
feature Of his rubicund face.
How now, Sir MayorY he roared, In
L voice like a bull. "H0w now, Sir
Mayor? How Of the CLANS and the
Icallops?"
s'By our Lady, my sweet Sir Oliver
.ried the mayor, Il have had % much to
link Of, with these wicked Williams, 90
lose upon ns, that It had quite gone out
4 my head" If
NAY, Sir Oliver. Sir Oliver" cried !
III Nigel, laughing. LET your anger be
since instead of this dish you
ONE upon an old friend and comrade.
"By st. Martin Of Tours!" shouted the 7
AZ knight, his wrath all changed In an
Instant TO Joy, If It IL not my dear little I
a ~ a II. - ~