The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-13

She looked at MN In the rant light,
and her blood went cold. It was the
knight Lozelle.
Where you are, there am" he said,
with sheer upon his coarse, handsome
face -- -,--.. -~ --.'.@~et7#*-
You hcre:" she said. You, q Chris
tan knight; and in the pay of Saladin!!"
In the pay of any one who leads me
to you, Rosamund." Then, seeing the
emir Hassan approach, he turned 10
give some orders to the sailors. and she
passed ON to the cabin and in her
agony fell upon her knees.
When Rosamund rose from them she
felt that the ship was moving and, de-
string to look her last on Essex land.
went out again upon the poop. where
Hassan and Sir Hugh placed them
selves. one upon either side of her.
Then it was that She saw the tower of
st. Peter's-on-the-Wall and her cousins
seated on horseback i'll front Of it. She
saw Wulf spur his horse into the sea
and family heard his great cry OF
Fear not. We follow. We follow
Now the wind caught the sail. and the
ship went forward swiftly. so that soon
she lost sight of them. In her grief
and rage Rosnmund turned upon Sir
Hugh Lozelle and beat him with bitter
words till he shrank before her. Then.
turning. she fled TO the cabin and cast
herself down and wept till she thought
that her heart would break.
Well might Rosamund weep, whose
beloved sire was slain, who was torn
! from her home, to- find herself In the
power of a man she hated. Yet there
was hope for her Hassan, eastern
trickster as he might be, was her
! friend and her uncle. Saladin. at least
would never wish that she should be
shamed.
The ship swayed; she grew sick and
faint. Hassan brought her food with
his own hands but she loathed it who
only desired to die. The day turned to
night. the night turned to day again.
and always Hassan brought her food
and strove to comfort her, till Mt length
she remembered no more.
+ Then came long. long sleep. and in
the sleep dreams Of her father and God
win and Wulf. She awoke to feel the
! sun streaming warmly through the
shutter Of her cabin. and from that time
forward, foat ting ON the calm Mediter-
ranean sea. her strength began to come
back again rapidly. Three days later
she was helped to the deck, where the
first man she saw was Hassan, who
came forward to greet her with many
eastern salutations.
II give thanks to Allah for your
sake and my own" he said-"for yours
that you still live whom thought
would die, and for myself that had
you died your life would have been re-
CURED at my hands by Salah-ed-din."
1T so, he should have blamed Az
rael, not yOu." answered Rosamund,
smiling, then suddenly turned cold. for
before her was Sir Hugh Lozelle, who
also thanked heaven that she had re-
covered. She listened to him coldIy,
and presently he went away. but soon
was at her side again. Indeed, she
could never be free of him. Always
he sat near, talking In his false, hate
I full voice and devouring her with the
| greedy eyes which she could feel fixed
upon her face. With him often was
his jackal, the false palmer Nicholas.
but to this man she would never speak
a word, ,r- .---- i. .... ..4 p. , ,~e
At last she could bear it no longer,
and when her health had returned to
her summoned .Hassan to her cabin
"Tell me, prince" she said, who
rules upon this vessel?'' o.. --si
Three people," he answered. bow
ing-"the knight Sir Hugh Lozelle,
who, as skilled navigator, is the cap
tain and rules the sailors; l., who rule
the fighting men, and you, princess,
I who rule us ALL" ~. .. ,>~..%. -s.....
I ."Then I command that the rogue
named Nicholas shall not be allowed to
approach me-" 49,. -
Your order shall be obcyed. To tell
you the truth, lady. 1 hate the fellow.
| who Is but a common spy"
! "I desire ALSO" went on Rosamund
ito speak no more with Sir Hugh Lo.
zelle"
THAT is more difficult" said Ha.lhn
I ?''since he is the captain whom my mas
ter ordered me to obey. In all things
that have to do wifi the ship.a 80, -.
7 ~ have nothing to do with The ship
answered fxsaniund. and surely the
Princess of Baaibec. if so L am, may
choose her own companions. I wish
to see more Of you and less OF Sir Hug.
Y1ozelle." IT, - -
~ am honored. replied Hassan, land
will do my best .-%. ~1 .~
For some days after this. although
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he WAS alvays watching her. ,Lozelle
approached Rosamund but seldom, and
wheneyer-he did so he found Hassan at
her side. ,.-..-... .. 81. -s o. -...-.- -ss 81
At length, as it CHANGED, the prince
was taken with a sickness from drink
ing bad water which held him to his
bed for some days, and then Lozelle
found his opportunity. Rosamund
strove to keep her cabin to avoid him.
but the heat Of the summer sun In the
Mediterranean drove her out of it to
place beneath an awning on the poop.
Here Lozeile approached her, pretend
ing TO bring her food or to inquire after
her comfort, but she would answer
him nothing. Then he said:
Lady, how sorely. you misjudge me!
What is my crime against you? I am
an Essex man OF good lineage. who met
you in Essex and learned to love you
there. Your father said me may, and you
said me nay. and. atung by my dtsap-