The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-08-10
CHAPTER XIII.

The princes reception-room was fittet
up with all the state and luxury which
the fame and power of its owner de
Manded. A high dais at the further enc
was rooted in by broad canopy Of scar
Let velvet spangled with silver feurs-de
III. t+
III the center Of the dais were two
very high chairs. On that to the right
at a tall and well-formed man with red
hair, livid face, and cold blue eye,
He lounged back in q careless position,
throne there was perched bolt upright.
a little round pippin-faced person,
who smiled and bobbed to everyone
whose eyes he CHANGED to meet. Be
tween, and d little in front of them. Of,
9 humble charette or stool, sat slim
dark young man, whose quiet attire and
modest manner would scarce proclaim
him to be the most noted prince In
Europe. He sat with his hands clasped
round his knee, his head slightly bent,
and an expression Of trouble upon his
clear, well-chiselled features. Below on
either side Of the steps were forty or
fifty English and Gascon barons, knights.
and c0urtiers.
There sits the prince whispered Sir
John Ghandos as they entered. He On
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to put upon the Spanish throne. The
with the aid Of God to help to his throne
in Majorca.
The prince had observed their entrance,
and, springing to his feet, he had adj
vanced with winning smile and the
light OF welcome in his eyes.
Welcome to Aquitaine, Sir Nigel Lor-
ing and Sir Oliver Buttesthorn," said
he. Nay, keep your knee for my sweet
father at Windsor. | would have your
hands, my friends. We are like to give
you some work to do ere you see the
downs Of Hampshire once more. How
many have you in your train?"
=, = have forty men-at-arms, sire" said
And ! have one hundred archers and
hundred men Of the White Company who
wait for me on this side Of the water mp
on the borders Of Navarro"
We hope to see you both in the ban
quet-hall anon" rejoined the prince. He
bowed, and Chandos, plucking Sir Oliver
BY the sleeve, led them both away to the
back of the press of c0urtiers.
The young ruler had sat listlessly upon
his. stool with the two puppet monarchs
enthroned behind him, but Of sudden a
dark shadow passed over his face, and
be sprang to his feet in one Of those
gusts Of passion which were the single
blot upon his noble and generous char
acter.
"How now, Don Martin de "a Cara ~
he cried. How now, sirrah? What
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TO whom this abrupt query had been adj
dressed was tall and handsome cavalier
who had just been ushered into the
apartment. Are the passes open to us,
or does your master 60 back from his
word pledged to me at Libourne no later
than last Michaelmas? Z"
I ut would i'll become my gracious
master, sire, to go back from promise
given. He does but ask some delay and
certain conditions and hostages
Conditions! Hostages! is he speak
ing to the Prince Of England, or is 1t to
the bourgeois provost OF some half.cap-
tured town? Conditions, quotha? He
may find much to mend in his own condi.
closed to us?'
h Nay, sir"
They are open, then?"
Nay, sire, If you would but"
Enough, enough, Don Martin" cried |
The prince. 1T Is q sorry sight to see SO |
true a knight pleading In SO false a cause.
We know the doings of our Cousin |
Charles. We know that while with the |
right hand he takes our fifty thousand |
crowns for the holding of the passes open,
be hath his left 0utstretched to Henry |
Trastamare, or to the King Of France, all
ready to take as many more for the keep.
ing them closed, !! know our good
Charles, and he shall learn that know |
n;rn M sate h;e L;rr5c,,, -, ~, <hn hast
bidder, like some sculiion farrier selling q |
ylandered horse. He is"
my lord" cried Don Martin, cannot
stand here to hear such words of my |
master. Did they come from other lips
hem"
"Your bearing and your words, Don
Martin, are such as / should have looked |
lor in you. You will tell the king, your
master. that be hath been paid his price,
ind that il he holdS to his promise he
lath my word for 1t that no scath shall
,ome to his people, NOR to their houses
II gear. Il, however, we have not his
cave. | shall come clnse at the heels Of
ng key with me which shall open all
hat he may close. Where is my Lord
Jhandos? Ha, Sir John, commend this
worthy knight to your care. You will
ZEE that he hath rejection, and such
,urse Of gold as may defray his charges,
or indeed It Is great honor to any court
9 have within y 50 noble and gentle 9
"But / have tidines for you, my lords
md lieges, that our brother Of Lancaster
on his way for our capital with four
hundred lances and as many archers to
i'd us In our venture. We shall then
DIN the army at Dax and set our ban.
lers to the breeze once more"
A buzz Of Joy, at the prospect of I'm.
Mediate action rose up from the group Of
warriors. The prince smiled at the mar
ial ardor which shone upon every face
round him.
at viii hearten You to know" he con-
inued, that have sure advices that this
Henry II q very valiant leader, and that
le has Il In bis power to make such
tand against US as promises to give US
much honor and pleasure 1t is certain,
lso, that the brave and worthy Bertrand
ID Guesclin hath ridden into France to
be Duke of Anjou, and purposes to take
ack with him great slevies from Picardy
nd Brittany. We hold Bertrand in high
tteem. for he 1 oft before been at
foat pains to furnish M with an honor
Bile encounter, What think you of 1t,
y worthy CAPITAL? He took You at
,ocherel, and, By my soul! you will have
be chance now to pay that score"
The Gascon warrior addressed WINGED
little at the allusion, nor were his
ountrymen around him better pleased;