Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-08-17

uer which waves over the lefty
1t Is the ensign of the knights Of
Caatraya answered FELTON,.
And the one upon the rightf
1T marks the Knights of Santiago aud
see by the banner that the graud mas
ter rides at their head,
You are right, Tor / eau also see
them. There Is much Spanish blazOnfy
also II / could but read IL. Don Diego,
you know the arms OF your own country,
aud who are they who have done Us so
much hOnOrT'
The Spanish prisoner looked with exul-
tant eyes upon the deep and serried ranks
OF bis countFymen.
by Saint aunes' he said. ~ ye fail
THIS day, ye fan by no mean hands for
the Hover OF the army OF CASTLE ride
under the banner OF Don Tello, with the
ehiyalry OF Asturlas. Toledo, Leon. Cor
doya, Galicia and Seville and the knights
OF France and Arag0n. II you will take
my rede. you Will come 10 a compost
ton with them, for they viii give you
such terms as you have given me-"
Nay, by Saint Paul, Il were pity n
so many brave men. were drawn together
ana no little deed Of arms come OF a. Hal
William, they advance upon us, and by
the seas 10 witness"
As he spoke the two wings OF the Span
lsh host, consisting OF the Knights OF
Calatraya on the one side aud Of Santiago
on the other came swooping swiftly down
the valley, while the main body followed
more slowly behind. The vanguard halted
long bOw-shot from the hin. ana with
waving spears and Wanting shouts chal-
lenged their enemies to come forth. while
two cavaliers, pricking forward from the
glittering ranks, walked their horses slow
| ly between the two arrays with targets
braeed and hnees In rest like the chal-
lengers In a tourney
by Saint Paull' cried Sir Nigel. with
his eye glowing like an ember, these
appear TO be two very worthy and debo-
nair gentlemen I do not call 10 mind
when 1 have seen any people who seemed
OF so great heart and so high OF enter
prise. We have our horses. Sir William:
shall be not relieve them Of any VOW which
they may have upon their souls2"
Felton's reply was to bound upon his
charger and to urge It down the slope,
while Sir Nigel followed not three spear s.
lengths behind him. II was a rugged
course, rocky and uneven yet the tive
knights. choosing their men, dashed on.
wards at the top OF their speed. while
/
meet them. The one 10 whom FELTON,
found himself opposed was a tall STRIPPING
with stays head upon his shield, while
Sir Nigel's man was broad and squat, with
| plain steel harness, and n pink and white
Torso bound round his helmet. The first
struck FELTON, on the target with such
force as TO split 1t from side to side but
Sir Williams lance crashed through the
canal which shielded the Spanlard's
throat, and he fell, screaming hoarsely. tC
the ground. Carried away by the heat and
madness Of fight. the English knight never
drew rein, but charged straight on into the
array of the Knights OF Calatrava. Long
time the silent ranks upon the hill could
see a swirl and eddy deep down IN the
heart Of the Spanish column, with a
circle Of rearing chargers and flashing
blades. Here and there tossed the white
plume of the English helmet, rising and
falling like the foam upon a wave, with
the fierce CLEAN and sparkle ever circling
round It, until at last It had sunk from
view, and another brave man had turned
war to peace.
| Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found a foe
man worthy of his steel, for his opponent
was none other than Sebastian Gomez. the
picked lance Of the monkish Knights OF
Santiago, who had won fame in a hun.
/ uEtu DluOug Win the MOOTH oil
Andalusia. So fierce was their meeting
that their spears shivered up to the very
grasp, and the horses reared backwards
until 1t seemed that they must crash down
upon their riders. Yet with consummate
horsemanship they both swung round in
a long curyet, and then plucking out their
swords they dashed at each other like two
lusty smiths hammering upon their anvil.
The chargers spun round each others, bit
ing and striking, while the two blades
wheeled and whizzed and clrcled in CLEANS
Of dazzling light. Cut, parry, and thrust
followed so swiftly upon each others that
the eye could not follow them, until al
last coming thigh to thigh, they cast theiI
arms around each other and rolled of
their saddles to the ground. The heavier
! Spaniard threw himself upon his enemy
and pinning him down beneath him raised
his sword to slay him, while a shout Of
triumph rose from the ranks of his count
rymen. But the fatal blow never fell, fol
even as his arm quivered before descend
ing, the Spaniard gave shudder, an(
stiffening himself, rolled heavily over upoI
his side, with the blood gushing from hi
arm-pit and from the slit Of his vizor. ST
Nigel sprang to his feet with Ills blood!
dagger in his left hand and gazed dow
upon his adversary, but the fatal ant
Spanlard had exposed by raising his arm
had proved instantly mortal. The Eng
lishman leaped upon his horse and mad
for the hill, at the very instant that vel
of rage from a thousand voices and tn
clang Of a score of bugles announced tn
Spanish onset.
CHAPTER XVII.
But the islanders were ready and cage
for the encounter. With feet hrml,
planted, their sleeves rolled back to Civ
free play to their muscles, their Ion
yellow bow-staves In their left hands, AM
their quivers slung to the front, they ha
waited in the four-deep harrow formation
which gave strength to their array, ant
yet permitted every man to draw his arrow
freely without harm to those in front.
On swept the Spaniards, over the leve
and up to the slope, ere they met tn
binding storm of the English arrows
Down went the whole ranks in a whlr
of mad confusion, horses plunging an
kicking, bewidered men falling, rising
staggering on or back, while ever ney
lines of hOrsemen came squirting throug
the gaps and urged their chargers up tn
fatal slope All around him, Alleyne coul
hear the stern, short orders of the master
bowmen, while the air was filled wit
the keen twanging of the strings and tn
swish and patter of the shafts. Righ
across the foot of the hill there ha
sprung up a long wall of struggling horse
, and stricken men, which ever grew an
heightened as fresh squadrons poured o.
the attack. So for five long minutes tn
gallant horsemen of Spain and Of Franc
strove ever and again to force a passage