Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30

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ed. placing their dead and wounded.
with one or W 20 tend them, in the
Yshing slliff that had belonged to her
6athcr. This skiff having been made
FAST to the stern of the boat, they push
I'd off and in utter silence rowcd down
Hhe creek till they reached the tidal
stream of the Blackwatcr. where they
turncd their bow seaward. Through
the thick night and the falling snow
slowly they felt their way along. The
tourney proved dangerous. for they
could scarcely 500 the shore.
The end Of IT was that they grounded
on a mud bank and. do what they
would, could not thrust themselves
free. But at the full tide they noatcd
off the bank AMI driftcd with the ebb
down toward ap' soa. At tho first
break of dawn nosAmund looked up,
and there. looming large in the mist,
lay a galley, anchored In the mouth Of
the river. The band brought her
aboard ana len her toward the cabin.
On the poop stood n tall man who was
commanding III" sailors that they
should get ~ the anclor. As she came
he advanced to her. bowling and say
ing:
Lady Rosamund. thus YOU find me
once moro, who doubtless You never
thought TO see again"
She looked at him in the faint light,
and her blood went coll. 1t was the
knight Lozellc.
"Where you are, there ! am" he said,
Vr,;tl n n imam hiu .n,icn hnn1snO1p
face.
"You here" shc sai1. "You. n Chris
1ian knight, ana in tho pay of Saladin!'
'In the pay of any one who leads me
10 you, RoSamuud" Then, seeing the
rmir IIassan approach. lie turned to
give some orders to the sailors. and she
passed on to the cabin and in her
Rsony fell upon her knees
When Rosamund rose from them she
5elt that the ship was moving and. de-
Biring 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 1t was that she saw the tower of
st. Peter's-on-the-Wail and her cousins
seated on horseback in front of 1t. She
saw Wulf spur his horse into the sea
and family hpnrd bis 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 Rosamund turned upon Sill
Hugh Lozellc and beat him with bitter
words till he shrank before her. Then
turning, she fed to the cabin and cast
herself down and wcpt till she thought
That her heart would break.
Well might RosaInund weep, whose
beloved sire was slain, who was tori
from her home to find herself In the
power of n man she hated. Yet there
twas hope for her. IIassan, easterl
trickster as he might be, was hel
friend; and her uncle, Saladin. at leas'
would never wish that she should be
Shamed.
The ship swayed; She grew sick anf
faint. Hassan brought her food will
his own hands, but she loatlled it wht
!only desired TO die. The day turned t.
might. the night turned to day again
and always IIassan brought her foot
'uhh cliONN w NOLlIOIl Icl, tIli ~ lSllli
she remembered no more.
Then came a long. long sleep, and il
2he sleep dreams of her father and God
win M Wulf. She awoke to feel tn
sun streaming warmly through tht
fhutter of her cabin. and from that tim,
FORWARD, floating on the calm Mediter
vanean sea, her strength began to com,
lack again rapidly. Three days late
She wal helped to the deck. where til
first man she saw was Hassan, VII
came forward to greet her with man
eastern salutations.
II give thanks to Allah for you
sake and my own" he said-"for your
that you still live whom ! though
would die, and for myself that ha
you died your life would have been r.
quired at my hands by Salah- cd din"
"lf SO, he should have blamed AZ
rael, not you," answered Rosamun(
smiling, then suddenly turned cold, fo
before her was Sir Hugh Lozellc, VIII
also thanked heaven that she had II
covered. She listened to him coldly
and presently he went nway, but 500
was at her side again. Indeed, sl
could never he free Of him. Away
he sat near, talking in his false, hat,
full voice and devou:ing her with til
greedy eyes which she could feel fixe
upon her face. With him often W.
his jackal, the false palmer Nichola
but to this nan ste would never spea
q word.
At last she could bear it no longc
and when her health had returned
her summoned IIassan to her cabin.
"Tell me, prince" she said, "wl
rules upon this vesacIf'
"Three people," he answered, bow
tng-"the knight Sir Hugh Lozcll
who, as a skilled navigator, is the ca,
tain and rules the sailors; |, who ri
the lighting men, and you, prices
who rule US all"
"Then ] command that the rog,
named Nicholas shall not be allowed
approach me-"
"Your order shall be obeyed. 70 IL
you tho truth. lady. ] hate the fello,
who IL Est a common spy"
II desire nlso." went on Rosanun
ITO speak no more with Sir Hugh L
EsIle."
"That Ii more difficult" said Hasa
"sinca he Ia che captain whom my ma
ear orAorah ma IN Oboy I'm all thID,