The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-08-17
CHAPTER XIV.


con army moved swiftly southwark
battle array and Sir Nigel having RI
cruited his ranks with the two hur
dred members Of the original Whit
4 Company, from the woods near Mont
pexard, Joined the army and receive
the honorable commission from tn
Prince, to push ahead into Spain an
h discover the location and strength d
the Spanish and French army unde
King Henry Of Transtamare. The lit
tie band wound through the passes 3
Navarro and into the rugged land .
Spain. III
Sir Nigel had with him Sir william
FELTON,, Sir Oliver Buttesthorn, stou
Il old Sir Simon Burley, the scotch knight
errant, tho Earl Of Angus, ana Sir Rich
ard CaustOn, all accounted among til,
bravest knights In the army, together
With sixty veteran men-at-arms. ant
n three hundred and twenty archers. EpleI
had been sent out III the morning, and
returned after night-fall to say thai
the king OF Spain was encamped some
fourteen miles on In the direction 81
Burgess having with him twenty thou
sand horse and forty-iye thousand foot
Al dry-wood IRE had been lit, ana round
this the leaders crouched, the glare
beating upon their rugged faces, while
the hardy archsrs 1ounged and chatted
amid the tethered horses. while they
munched their scanty provisions. VI
For my part" said Sir Simon Bur
ley an Of the opinion that we have
already done that which we have come
Tor For do We not now know where
the king II, and how great D f0lIowing
he hath, which vas the END Of our jour
ney." III
True" answered Sir William FELTON,,
but havs come on this venture be-
cause It 10 . long time since ! have
broken q spear Ia war, and, certes, I
shall not 20 back until I have run a.
course with some cavalier Of Spain"
II will not leave you, Sir William"
returned Sir Simon Burnley; "and vet, as
IN old soldier ana one who hath seen
much Of war. cannot but think that 1t
n an iii thing for four hundred men
TO find themselves between an ar
cf sixty thousand on the one side and
y broad river on the other"
Yet" said Sir Richard Causton, I'VE
cannot for the honor Of England 60
back without ! blow struck"
"Nor for the honor Of Scotland,
either."a cried the Earl OF Angus.
by Saint Paul! YOU have spoken
very well, said Sir Nigel and ! have
always heard that there were very
worthy gentlemen among the Scots,
and fine skirmishing to be had upon
their border. Bethink you, Sir simon,
That we have this news from the lips
,f common spies, who can scarce tell /
% % much Of the enemy and of his
sorces ~ the prince would wish to
asar."
All night they led their horses,
stumbling ana CROPPING through wild
lefles and rugged alleys, following the
Guidance OF frightened peasant who
vas strapped by the wrist to Black ST.
mons stirrup-leather. With the early
lawn they found themselves In dark
swine. with others sloping away from
on either side, and the bare brown
rags rising In long bleak terraces all
ound them.
IT It please you. fair lord" said
lack Simon, this man hath misled us,
nd since there ID no tree upon which
y may hang him, 1t might be well
} hurl him over yonder cliff
The peasant, reading the soldiers
leaning In his fierce eyes and harsh
cents dropped upon his knees, scream
ID loudly for mercy.
How comes 1t, dog?" asker Sir Wall
I'm FELTON, In Spanish, Where Is this
amp to which you swore you would
nd us?'
by the sweet Virgin! BY the blessed
other OF God!" cried the trembling
sasant, " swear to you that in the
arkness have myself lost the path,
At the instant, there rose the !
cream OF q hundred bugles, with the
sep rolling Of drums and the clashing
cymbals, all sounding together In one
uproar. Knights and arch
3 sprang to arms, convinced
me great host was upon them; but
10 guide dropped upon his knees ana I
lanked Heaven for Its mercies. !
We have found them caballeros!"l Y
} cried. This is their morning call"
Az he spoke he scrambled down1one !
the narrow ravines, and, climbing I
1er q low ridge at the further end, he =
them into short valley with
reatn purling down the centre of 1t, :.
"a very thick growth Of elder and !. !
X upon either side, Pushing their \
ay through the dense brushwood, they
Dked upon a scene which made their !.
arts beat harder and their breath g,
me faster. u
II, fron+ of +bar, Ior !. hro.a ,,,o,r s,
ltered by two winding streams and
vered with grass, stretching away to U
lere, In the furthest distance, the "
wers OF Burgos bristled up against !.
} light blue morning sky. Over al V
i vast meadow there lay great city y y
tents Thousands upon thousands of n
i'm, laid out In streets and squares n
= = w9ll-ordered town. High silken ~
Tilions or cClored marques shoot ~
up from among the crowd Of mean ce
dwellings, marked whore the great "a
d. and barons OF Leon and CASTLE m
played their standards. while over la
white roofs, AZ far as eye could III
4ch, the waving OF ancients. pavons. su
isils, ana banderoles, with fash OF be
a and glow OF colors, proclaimed til
i all the chivalry Of Iberia were ha
stored Ii the plain beneath them. Sc
on, IN the centre OF the camp, a DIR
- palace Of red and white silk. tn
a the royal arms OF CASTLE waving
a the summit, announced that the 10,
liant Henry lay there In the midst yo
Ill warriors. GU
\ the English adventurers. peeping rid
from behind their brushwood
sen, looked down upon this wondrous ~
Ii, they could see that the vast army on
rOnt Of them was already afoot. The ~
pink light Of the rising sun gilt ~
a upon the steel caps and breast h ea,
~ Of dense masses or singers and ~
labowmen, who drilled and marched !.
HI spaces which had been left for WI
exercise. a thousand columns ~,
smoke reeked up into the pure ~,
ming air whore the faggots were NJ, ~,