The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

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Calatraya answered kelt0n.
. And the oAe upon the right9
IL marks the knights OF Santiago an'
see by the banner that the grand mas
ter rides al their head
You are right, for ! can also Sc,
them. There is much spanish blazonry
also il / could but read IL. Don Diego
you know The arms OF your own country
ana VINO are they who nave done US 81
much honOrT
The spanish prisoner looked with exul.
tanJ eyes upon The deep aud serried ranks
OF his cOuhtymen.
by Saint James he said. IF We. fail
this day, We fall by no mean hands for
the flower of the army OF CASTLE ride
under the banner of Don Tello, with the
chiyalry Of Asturias. Toledo Leon, Cor
dGsa. Galicia aud Seville and the knights
OF France and Aragon. II you viii take
my rede. you will come 60 a compost
tion with them for they will give you
such terms as you have given me"
Nay, by Saint Paul, Il were pity II
so many brave men. were drawn together
and no little deed of arms come of It. Tia!
/ William, they advance upon MS. and by
my soul II Is a sight worth coming over
the seas TO witness
| As he spoke the two wings of the Span
ish host. consisting of the Knights OF
Calatrava on the one side and OF Santiago
on the other came swoopng swiftly down
the valley. while the main body followed
more slowly behind. The vanguard halted
long bow-shot from the hill and with
waving spears and Wanting shouts chal-
lenged their enemies to- 4 4 forth, while
two cavaliers. priekng toward from the
glittering ranks, walked their horses slow
| ly between the two arrays with targets
braced and lances in rest like the chal~
lengers In tourney.
BY Saint PaulY cried Sir Nigel. with
his eve glowing Ike an ember. these
appear TO be two very worthy and debo-
nair gentlemen. / do not call to mind
when i have seen any people who seemed
OF so great i heart and SO high Of enter
prise. We have orr horses, Sir William:
shall be not relieve them Of any VOW which
they may have upon their souls?'
felton reply was TO bound upon his
charger, and TO urge 1t down the slope
while Sir Nigel followed not three spears
lengths behind him. 1t was rugged
course, rocky and uneven vets the two
knights, choosing their men, dashed on
wards at the top of their speed, while
the gallant Spanlards flew as swiftly TO
meet them. The one TO whom FELTON,
found himself opposed was tall STRIPPING
with stays head upon his shield. while
Sir Nigel S man was broad and squat with
plain steel harness. and pink and white
struck FELTON, on the target with such
force as to split II from side to side, hut
Sir Williams lance crashed through the
cam0l which shielded the Spnnlard's |
throat, and he fell, screaming hoarsey, 10
the ground. Carried away by the heat and |
madness of fight. the English knight never
drew rein, but charged straight on into the |
array of the Knights OF Calatrava. Long
time the silent ranks upon the Hill could |
see swirl land eddy deep down In the /
heart of the Spanish column, with a |
circle OF rearing chargers and flashing |
blades. Here and there tossed the white
plume OF the English helmet, rising and
falling like the foam upon a wave, with
the fierce CLEAN and sparkle ever circling
round 1t, until at last It had sunk from
view, and another brave man had turned
war to peace
Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found n foe
man worthy of his steel, for his opponent
was none other than Sebastian Gomez, the
picked lance OF the monklsh knights Of
who had won fame In a hun
dred bloody combats with the Moors OF
Andalusia. So fierce was their meeting
hat their spears shivered up TO the very
grasp, and the horses reared backwards
lntll It seemed that they must crash down
ipon their riders Yet with consummnte
lorsemanship they both swung round In
long curvet, and then pmcking out their
Z
usty smiths hammering upon their anvil.
'he chargers spun round each others, Bit
ng and striking, while the two blades
Wheeled and whizzed aud circled in CLEANS
T dazzling light Cut, parry,i and thrust ,
ollowed so swiftly upon eacM others that
ne eye could not follow them, until at
asst coming thigh 10 thigh, they cast their ,
rms around each other and rolled Off
heir saddles TO the ground The heayier !
;paniard threw himself upon his enemy !
nd pnning him down beneath him raised .
is sword to Stay him, while shout of ,
riumph rose from the ranks Of his count !
ymen. But the fatal blow never fell, for (,
ven as his arm quivered before descend !
lg, the Spaniard gave shudder, and !
tiffenlng himself. rolled heavily over upon :
Is side, with the blood gushing from his
rm-pit and from the slit of his vizor. Sir !
llgel spraug TO his feet with his bloody !
agger In his left hand and gazed down /.
pom his adversary, but the fatal and
udden stab IN the vital spot, which the
paniard had exposed by raising his arm. ,
ad proved instantly mortal The Eng !.
shman leaped upon his horse and made .
Or the HILL at the very instant that yell !.
( rage from n thousand voices and the !
lang Of a score Of bugles announced the !,
spanish onset.
CHAPTER XVII. v
But the islanders were ready and eager !.
Or the encounter. With feet firmly !.
lanted their sleeves rolled back to give .
rec play to their muscles, their long
elbow bow-staves in their left hands, and =
heir qulvers slung 10 the 'front.' they had
-aited IN the four-deep harrow formation
-hich gave strength to their array, and :
ct permitted every man TO draw his arrow
.eely without harm TO those In front.
on swept the Spaniards, over the level :
nd up to the slope, ere they met the
finding storm of the English arrows :,
own went the whole ranks In a whirl y
/ mad confusion, horses plunging aud =
licking, bewildered men falling, rising, :.
aggerlng on or back, while ever new !,
mes OF horsemen came squirting through !,
ie gaps and urged their chargers up the
tal slope All around him, Alleyne could :,
ear the stern, short orders OF the MASTER =
1wmen, while the air was filled with
le keen twanging Of the strings and the !,
wish and patter of the shafts. Right -
,ross the foot OF the bill there had ~
,rung up long wall Of struggling horses !,
ia stricken men, which ever grew and y
frightened as fresh squadrons poured on ~
le attack So for five long minutes the :,
liant horsemen of Spain and OF France y
rove ever and again to force passage, -
It'll the low walllng note OF bugle called ~
EN- back, and they rode slowly out of f1
w-shot. leaving their best and their -
avest ia the CHASTITY, blood-mottle. heap
hind them 70
But there was little rest for the virtors
hist the knights had charged them IN ne
ont. the singers had crept round npon en-
ther 1ank and had gained footing upon IN