The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-05-29

OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

CHAPTER 1.-The opening scenes
the story are laid in England, to-
ward the close of the twelfth century.
Rosamund Darcy, who is niece OF
the eastern monarch, Salah-ed-din (Sal-
adin), and her two cousins, Goodwin and
Wulf, are surprised by body of armed
men, who desire to take ROSamund.
She escapes while the young men fight
the kidnappers. The latter mention
Sir Hugh Lozelle, an enemy OF the
D'Arcys. The brethren are wounded.
U-Sir Andrew Darcy, father of
Rosamund, determines to knight his
nephews. III.-Godwin and Wolf are
knighted. Both are in love with Rosa
mund. They receive Sir Andrews
permission to ask Rosamund to choose
one of them. IV.-Rosamund tells
the brethren to wait two years for her
decision. Sir Andrew is visited by a
pilgrim with letter from Sal-ed-din.
The latter asks that Rosamund 60 to
Syria He threatens to take her by
force if she will not 60 willingly. The
sultan has dreamed that through Rosa
mund much bloodshed will be avoided.
V.-Rosamund refuses. Sir Andrew
tells the story of his marriage to the
sultan's sister, in the time OF the war
in SYRIA He was assisted to escape
from Syria by shiek named Al-je-bal,
whose signet ring Sir Andrew still has.
Wulf goes to buy wine from stranded
merchant. VI.-At feast the wine
merchant drugs Goodwin and Wulf and,
aided by banu of Saracens, tries to
seize Rosamund. He proclaims him
self the emir HaSSan, sent by Salah-ed-
din. Sir Andrew and Rosamund re-
sist, VII.-Sir Andrew is struck down
and Rosamund carried off. Goodwin
and Wulf awake to find their uncle dy-
ing ana their cousin gone. Before his
death Sir Andrew gives the brethren
Al-je-bal's signet ring and tells them
to seek aid from him. VIll.-Godwln
and Wulf, known as Peter and John,
come to Buriut in search of ROSamund
There they are led to an inn by a
woman, Masouda, who befriends them.
They tell her their errand. Masouda
tells the brethren she knows their real
names and warns them not to 60 TO AL
ie-bal, who is also called Sinap. TX
Masouda aids the brethren to buy
horses and accompanies, them on their
Journey to Al-je-bal. Goodwin saves
her from lioness. X-On board Has
sans ship Rosamund finds Lozelle. He
offers to wed her and save her from the
SaracenS. She refuses. LOZelle be-
trays Rosamund and Hassan to Al-Je-
bal. XI-The brethren meet Al-je-bal,
the terrible chief of the assassins. XII
AT the court of Sinan the brethren
find Rosamund, whom they call their
sister. They quarrel with Lozelle and
dual Is arranged between him and
Wulf. Hassan has escaped to Salah-
ed-din The brethren are forbidden to
leave Sinan's court, except under sane
ton of his signet ring. Nil --Slnan
wishes to wed Rosamund. Masouda
plans to escape from him with Rosa
mund and the brethren. Salah-ed-din
demands Rosamund from Sinan. who
refuses to give her up. IV-Wult
slays Lozelle in the dual and fees with
Goodwin to rendezvous appointed by
Masouda. XV-Masouda escapes with
Rosamund by the aid of the brethrens'
signet ring, and the four 60 to Salah :
ed-din at Emesa VXl-Salah-ed-di
welcomes the brethren but warns them
not to try to rescue Rosamund from
him.
From her fney learned that in fash
ion the princess was happy enough
who would not be that had inst escap-
ed from Al-jebal?-yet weary of the
strange eastern life, of the restraints
upon her and of her aimless days; vex-
ed also that she might not mix with the
brethren. Day by day she sent them
her greetings and with them warnings
to attempt nothing-not even to see heE
since there was no hope that they
would succeed. So much afraid of
them was the sultan. Rosamund said,
that both she and they were watched
day and night, and of any folly theil
lives would pay the price. When they
heard all this the brethren began to
despair.
Then 1t was that chance came to
them of which the issue was to make
them still more admired by Saladin
and to lift Masouda to honor. One hot
morning they We're seated in the court
yard of their house beside the fountain,
staring at the passerSby through the
bars of the bronze gates and at the SEN
tries who marched to and fro before
them The house was in one of the
principal thoroughfares of Damascus
and in front of it flowed continually an
unending, many colored stream of folk
Goodwin and Wulf, seated in the
: shade of the painted house, watched
them gloomily. They were weary OF
the ever changing sameness, weary OF
the eternal glare and glitter of this un
familiar life, weary of the insisteni
cries of the mollahs on the minarets
of the flash of the swords that would
soon be red with the blood OF their own
people; weary, too, of the hopeless task
to which they We're sworn. Rosamund