Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-30

their comfort lDd tu guard them. Sal adin they saw often. for fl eiea@ed him to tell them tales. If those days when their father and 1netn were in the east or to talk with tt44 of England and the Franks and eNn HOW and again +o reason with Calvin on matters , of religion. Moreoer. to show his faith in them, he gae them the rank of officers of his owhboay%uard. and when. weary ing of idleess, they asked ,t of him. allowed theI to take their share of duty in the earlng of his na1ace and person. I'll, at d time when peace still reigAd between Erank and saracen the bthren were mt ashamed to do, who ,ceived no nayment for their services. , Peace reigned indeed, bl Goodwin and Wulf could guess thatt would not reign long. Damascus nd the ,,oin around it were one gre; camp. / ond every day new thousands wild ; +r;besmen poured in and LOOK tue , onarters that had been prepare for { ttjdA.1 They asked Masouda' who .ew oyervihing. what it meant. She IT. swered: l "It means the iihad. the holy which is being preached in eve , ,nosoue throughout the east. 1t mean that the great struggle between eros: and crescent is at hand. and then, DIT pr,ms Peter and John, you VIII nave fo choose your standard mrhere can be little doubt apon' that said Wulf. ,,e .None.'' replied Masouda. With one nf hoy smiles. "only it may pam you .a ,o,a +o make war upon the Princess of Haalbec and her uncle, the coll mander of the faithful. men sii' went, still smiling.
 Tor this was the trouble of it: Rosa mnnd their cousin and thelr love. h'. In truth become the Princess ol i'aa' hec-for them. She lived in great s'a' and freedom. as Saladin had rromise' fret she should live in his letter to St Andrew n Arcy. No insult or Nio'''ifs was offered to her faith; no suiler wa thrust upon her. But she was III ;' iai' where women do not consoft wlth iilel especially if they be high placed. AS ,rincass of the empire of Sa1adh' si! mnst obey it's rules, even to yelling ''ei self when si1e went abroad ana eA changing no private words "ltli hiei Goodwin and Wulf prayed Saladm '1a they might be allowed to speak "h her from time to time, but he only a1 swered shortly:
 "Sir Knights, our customs are o' customs. Moreover. the less you see the Princess of Raalbec the better think it will be for her, for you. "hoS blood Go not wish to have upon u hands, and for myself, who aWat u fnlfl.Ynent of that dream which II angel brought.
 Then the brethren left his preseh sore at heart, for, although tnev ;" her from time to time at feasts al festivals, Rosamund was as Tar aps' from them as though she sat Ill steel hall-aye. and farther. Also they car to see that of rescuing her rom Il Il mascus there was no hope at all. 5 dwelt in her own palace, Whereol walls were guarded night and day os company of the sultan's mameluk who knew that they were ahswefa' for her with their lives. W]fah
 walls again. lived trusted eunuehs, der the command of a cunning le'l' named Mesrour, and her retlnue
 women. all of them spies and Watcn1
 One comfort, however, was ieft
 them. When she reached the co Rosamund had prayed Of the sui' that Masouda should not be separa from her, and this, because of the D she Lad played in bis niece $ feS
 from the power of Sinan, he hao gra ed. though doubtfully. Moreover, souda. being a person of no acco except for her beauty, and here was allowed to go where shc "o and to speak with whom she WISH So. as she wished to speak often " Goodwin, they did not lack for tidl of Rosamund.
 From her they learned that in f; ion the princess was happy ehou' y-ho would not be that had just es' rd from Al-je-bal?-yet weary or st,.. arn s.>s,lrn life, of the restr' ,,naa her and of her aimless days; ed also i....t she might not mix With brethren. Day by day she sent | & her greetings and with them warn
 to attempt nothing-not even to see
 since there was no hope that
 would succeed. So much a1fale
 them was the sultan. Rosamund
 that both she and they were wat
 day and night. and of any folly
 lives would pay the price When
 heard all this the brethren pega
 despair.
 Then it was that chance cal
 them of which the issue was to
 them still more admired by sa
 and to lift Masouda to honor' oh
 morning they were seated Ill tue
 yard of their house beside the loui
 staring at the passersby throusl
 bars of the bronze gates and at tn'
 tries who marched to and fro p
 them. The house was Ill one
 ur,oc!pal thoroushfares of Dam.