Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
CHAPTER XIV.

sell cage was anu on Niev' "aelhs -
ed steel ensmbsS q the original whit
<oinpony from the woods near Mont
eWrard,s Joined the army and recev e.
loc'Sht honorable commission from tn
Prince. to push ahead into Spain an'
the discover shs location and strength o
he spanish ana French army undel
hinE Henry OF Transtamare. The lit
ON t.e pand wound through the passes OF
the pain.
wei. Sir Nigel had with him Sir William
III j5SW.n. SIR Oliver Buttesthorn. stout
N3imon Burnley. the Scotch knight
vi 20 - ne Earl OF Angus, and Sir Rich
uston. all accounted among the
w,sh knights In the army together
tbrs. sixty veteran men-atarms and
nlndred and twenty archers spies
sent out IN the morning. AMI
tmnsk after night-faii to say that
( ~ Skiing ~ Spain was sncamped some
= hof5en mNes on in the direcuon OF
,bs haTinerxith him twenty thou
eu horse and forfJsfve thousand foot
lup-wood Gre had been III. ard round
fty the leaders crouched, The glare
soinx upon their rugged faces while
4 hardy arehers lounged and chstted
ca the tsthered horses. while they
nched their sosnty provisions
For my part" said Sir Simon Bur .
am OF the opinion that We have .
ieady done that which We have come .
q. For DO we not now know where /
king 10. and how great a following
hath. which was the end Of our Jour
y"
True" answered STR william FELTON,,
= but have come on this venture be-
cause IL 10 long time since ] have
Do Ken spear IN war. ana. certes
SHAH not so back Until have run
course with some cavalier = Spain"
liz IA 70 I
returned SIR Simon Burnley. and yet as
81 Old soldier and on who hath seen
much OF war. ! cannot but think that II
Is an III thing for -four hundred men
TO md themselves between a. or
or sixty thousand on the one side and
broad river on the other"
Yet" said Sir Richard Causton. Eve {
cannot for the honor Of England 20 q
paek without q blow struck"
Nor for the honor OF Scotland. 7
either cried the Earl OF Angus
BY saint Paul you have spoken
very well" said Sir Nigel. and I have I
always heard that there were very !
worthy gentlemen among the Scots q
and nne skirmishing % be had upon '
their border. Bethink you. Sir Simon. l.
tnat We have this news from the WuS a
OF common spies, who can scarce tell 2
us as much OF the enemy and Of his a
hear" ;
All night they led their horses "a
stumbling and cropping through wild
oenlss and rugged alleys following the
guidance OF a frightened peasant who
was strapped by the wrist TO Black ST.
mons stirrup-leather with the early :
oAwn they found themselves In a dark
IdNihs. with others sloping away from !
IL on either side. and the bare brown c
erass rising In long bleak terraces all Y
round them 1
II II please you. fair lord" said q
SLACK Simon, this man hath misled vs.. I
and since there IL no tree upon which
we may hang him. II might be We'll .
TO hurl him over yonder elm"
The peasant reading the soldiers q
meaning In his fierce eyes ard harsh
accents dropped upon his knees scream
ing loudly for mercy l
How comes II, dogf' asker Sir Will
lam FELTON, in Spanish. Where Is tHfs
camp to which you swore you would
lead us7"
BY the sweet Virgin BY tn blessed
Mother OF Cod" cried the trembling
peasant swear 10 you that in the
&darkness have myself lost the path.
'1l--At the instant, there rose the
scream OF hundred bugles, with the
deep rolling OF drums and the clashing
OF cymoals, all sounding together in one
deafening uproar. Knights and arch
ers sprang to arms convince
the guide dropped upon his knees and
thanked Heaven for its mercies.
I'VE have found them caballerosr'
he cried. This is their morning call"
As he spoke he scrambled down one
OF the narrow ravines. and, climbing /
over q low ridge at the further end he /
led them into short valley with a |
stream purling down the centre OF IT, 1
and q very thick growth OF elder and .
boz upon either side Pushing their |
way through the dense brushwood, they |
looked upon a scene which made their
hearts beat harder and their breath
come faster.
watered by two winding streams and
covered with grass, stretching away to
where. in the furthest distance. the
towers of Burgos bristled up against
the light blue morning sky. over all
this vast meadow there lay a great city
OF tents-thousands upon thousands OF
them. laid out in streets and squares
like q well-ordersd town. High silken
pevflions or colofed marques, shoot
Ing up from among the crowd OF mean
or dwellings, marked where the great
lords and barons OF Leon and CASTLE
displayed their standards, while over 1
the white roofs, as far as eye could I
reach, the waving OF ancients, pavons, q
pensils, and banoeroies, with fash OF I
gold and glow OF colors, proclaimed {
That all the chivalry or iberia were b
mustered In the plain beneath them. s
Far on. in the centre Of the camp, d
huge palace OF red and white silk. I
With the royal arms OF CASTLE waving
rom the summit. announced that the Il
yailant Henry lay there in the midst y
u his warriors o
As the English Adventures, peeping RI
ut from behind their brushwood =,
Green. looked down upon this wondrous a.
light. they could see that the vast army -
n front OF them was already afoot The =,
rst pink light OF the rising sun gilt 81
cred upon the steel caps and breast y,
lates OF dense masses OF singers and a.
who drilled and marched
the spaces which had been left for W
,sir exercise. A thousand columns
Z smoke reeked up into the pure h,
orning air where the faggots were W.
lee and the camp-ketties already y,
mmsrine. In the open plain. clouds ~
light horse galloped and swooped ~
ifh swaying bodies and waving Jave- ~