Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-06-03

host Dreak US Ca"p' Wn'S" '' "io'
 h m light heart, for many of them
 .v of the danger in which they
 od. moreover, the tale of Goodwin $
 ion had been spread abroad. Not
 cwing where to go. they and Egbert,
 h;shop of Nazareth, stood on one
 and bowed themselves as the
 Iss went by guarded by the mailed
 hon of Acre. Then came Reginald
 chatjllon, Saladin's enemy. the
 ,sa of all this woe, who saw them
 l cried:
 Sir Knights. whatever they may
 l know you for brave men, for l
 ve heard the tale of your doings
 ,ong the assassins. There is room
 vou among my suit-follow me-"
 As we'll him as another" said God
 h. "Let us go where we are led"
 they followed him.
 By the time that the army reached
 anna where once the water was
 de wine, the July sun was already
 and the spring was so soon drunk
 flat many men could get no water.
 ,hey pushed into the desert lands
 how. which lay between them and
 berias and were bordered on the left
 right by hills. Now clouds of dust Ire seen moving across the plains
 d ill the heart of them bodies of Sar
 en horsemen, which continually at
 cked the vanguard under Count Ray
 bnd and as continually retreated be.
 fe they could be crushed, staying hny with their spears and arrows.
 So these came round behind them
 d charged the rear guard, where Rrched the Templars and the light
 mcd troops named Turcopoles and band of Reginald de Chatillon,
 th which rode the brethren.
 From noon till near sundown the bg harassed line, broken now into bgments, struggled forward across e rough, stony plain, the burning lat beating upon their armor till the danced about it as it does before
 fire Toward evening men and rses became exhausted, and the sol ers cried to their captains to lead lem to water. But ill that place there aS no water
 !Ihe rear guard fell behind. worn out itll constant attacks that must be re- klled in the burning heat. so that {ere was great gap between it and je king. who marched in the center. Iessages reached them to push on, bt they could not, and at length camp |as pitched in the desert near a place He'd Marescalcia. and upon this Imp Raymond and his vanguard were 'rced back. As Godwin and Wulf toe up they saw him come in, bring ts his wounded With him. and heard bn pray the king to push on and at D hazards to cut i.is way through 10 |e lake. where tiey night drlnk-aye bd heard tie lli!lg say that he could bt, since IL" soldiers would march Ao |cre that day. Then Raymond WrGn@ k hands in despair and rode back to E men, crying alol:d
 F.Alas. Alas. q Lord God. alas. We Pe tleod. and thy kingdom is lost." kIhat night none sleift, fer all were (hirst, and who can sleep with burn |g throat: Now also Goodwin and fluff were no longer laughed at he (use of the water skins they carried } their horses. Rather did great Eo- les come to them and almost on ti4e.f bees crave for the boon of slnGie (p. Having Watered their horses si';t[ |ely from Il bowl, they gave what ti1et |uld till at length only two skInS r'' h Hined, and one of these was @i1ii!td thief, who crept up and slashea t kth his knife that he might drIi.A hile the water ran to waste. Aftel lis the brethren drew their swords nd watched, swearing that they would ll any man who so much as touclee Ie skin which was left
 All that long night through there lose a confused claHof from tae Imp, of which the burden seemed It. }, "Nater. Give US water. While on without came the shouts of the aracens calling upon Allah. Here, o. tle hot ground Was coNefel With rub dried to finder by the sH,h'ise4 ought. and to this the Saracels st' -e so that the smoke rolled down on e Christian host and choked tbe-r 1d the place became q hell.
 Day dawned at last, and the army as formed up ill order of battle. It's v3 wings being thrown forward. IEas 4as Aelv @@lpd on. those of them that .sre rct k eek to stir, who we t aug,.tc.cIi a> .%cy lay. Nor as yet di e Saracens ;,,tack them, since they new that the sun Vas stronger than I their spears. On they labored to- ard the northern wells. till about md ay the battle began With flight oi rows so thick that for awhile t a. e heavens.
 After this came charge and counter large. attack and repulsc, and always ,oye the noise of war that dreadful: V for water. What chanced GodWin ad Wulf never knew, for the smoke i'd dust blinded them so that they l;f41n At ipICIl