The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-09-06

may spare II for her sake, and thus
make an end OF bloOdshed and save the
lives Of folk amounted"
"NeverP said the sultan. sprlnglng
up. '-fhey have rejected my mercy,
and have sworn to sweep them away,
man, woman and child, and be avenged
upon all their unclean and falthless
race"
us Rosamund unclean that you
would be avenged upon herr VIII her
dead body bring you peacef II Jerusa-
lem is put 70 the sword she must perish
also"
II will give orders that she Is TO be
sayed-.that she may be judged for her
crime by me-" he added grimly.
How can she be saved when tho
stormers are drunk with slaughter md
she but one disguised woman among
10000 othersT
Then he answered. stamping bis
foot, Fshe shall be brought or dragged
out OF Jerusalem before the slaughter
begins"
Then without more words saladln
left the tent with a troubled brow.
within Jerusalem all was misery, all
was despair There were crowded
thousands and tens Of thousands OF
fugitIyes, women and children, The
lighting men who were left had few
commanders. and thus II came about
that soon Wulf found himself the cap
tain Of very many Of them.
First saladln attacked from the west
between the gates OF st. Stephen and
Of st. David, but here stood strong
fortresses, called the castle Of the Pi-
sans and the tower Of Tancred.
whence the defenders made sallles up
on him. driving back his stormers. So
he determined to change his ground
and moved ILLS army to the east, camp
ing It near the valley Of the Kedron
There were IN the city many who de
sired to surrender to the sultan, and
fierce grew the debates between them
and those who swore that they would
rather die. At length 1t was agreed
that an embassy should be sent. Sal
adm asked them what was their WISH
and they replied that they had come to
discuss terms. Then he answered thus:
'In Jerusalem is certain lady, my
niece, known among us as the Princess
OF Baalbec and among the Christians
ns Rosamund Darcy. Let her be sur
rendered to me that may deal with
her as she deserves, and we will talk
again. TIL then have no more TO
say"
Now. most Of the embassy knew
nothing Of this lady but one or two
said they thought that they had heard
Of her, but had no knowledge Of where
she was hidden.
"Then return and search her out"
said Saladin and so dismissed them.
Back came the ENJOYS to the council
and told what saladin had said.
AT least" exclaimed Heraclius, the
patriarch. sin this matter It is easy to
satisfy the sultan. Let his niece be
found and delivered to him. Where Is
sheT'
Now one declared that she was
known by the knight Sir Wulf Darcy
with whom she had entered the city
So be was sent for and came with
nrmor rent and red sword in hand.
I'VE desire to know, Sir Wulf,' said
the patriarch, where you have hidden
AWAY the lady known as the Princess
OF Baalbec, whom you stole from the
sultanT
.What is that to your hollnessT ask
ed Wulf shortly.
"a great deal to me and to all, see
ing that saladin win not even treat
with us until she is delivered to him.
Does this council. then, propose to
hand over a Christian lady to the Sar-
acens against her wlllr' asked Wulf.
"Waste not our time" exclaimed the
patriarch lmpatiently "We understand
that you are this wOman's lover, but
however that may be saladin demands
her, and to saladln she must 90. 80
tell us where she Is without more ado
Sir wuif.'
discover that for yourself, Sir
Patriarch, /" replied Wulf In fury. Then,
stu shaking with wrath, the great
knight turned and stalked from the
council chamber.
"a dangerous man." said Heracllus'
who was white 10 the lips; "a very
dangerous man. | propose that ne
should be Imprisoned"
"Aye.r answered the Lord Ballan OF
IbelIn. who was In supreme command
OF the city. "a very dangerous man
to his foes, as can testify
AS he spoke messenger entered me
room and said that the hiding plac" OF
Rosamund had been discovered. she
had been admitted novice into the
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