The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-05-07

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1.-The opening scenes
of the story are laid ia England, to-
ward the close of the twelfth century.
Rosamund Darcy, who is a niece of
the eastern monarch, Salah-ed-din (Sal-
adm, 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.
H.-Sir Andrew Darcy, father of
Rosamund, determines to knight his
nephews. III.-Godwin and Wolf afe
knighted. Both are in love with Rosa
mund. They receive Sir Andrew S
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 go 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.
" 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-ie-bal.
whose signet ring Sir Andrew still has.
Wulf goes to buy wine from stranded
merchant. VI.-At a 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 b, Salah-ed
din. Sir Andrew and RosamUnd re-
sist. VII.-5ir Andrew is struck down
ana 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-le-bafs signet ring and tells them
to seek aid from him. VIT.-Godwin
and Wulf, known as Peter aud John,
come to Buriut in search of Rosamund.
There they are led to an inn by
woman, Masouda, who befriends them.
They tell her their errand. Masouda
tells the brethren she knows their real
names and warns them not TO go to Al
je-bal, who is also called Sinap. IN
Masouda aids the brethren to buy
horses and accompanies them on their
journey to Al-je-bal. Goodwin saves
her from lioneSs.
perhaps jackals nave Gecn here,'
in the OPEN
This. then, they did, building Il fire
IN front Of them with dry wood that
lay about in plenty. for here grew SOM
Der cedar trees The brethren sat by
this fire; but. the night being bot, Ma
SCUBA laid herself down about fifteen
PAGES away under Il cedar tree, which
grew almost in front of the mouth of
the cave. and slept. being tired with
long riding Wulf slept also. since God
win had agreed to keep watch for the
first part of the night
For an hour or more he sat close by
the horses and noted that they fed I'M
easily and would not lie down. Soon.
however. he was lost in his own
thoughts and, as he heard no more of
the lions. fell to wondering over the
strangeness of their journey. He Won
dered also about Masouda, who she
was, how she came to know so much,
why she befriended them, if she really
was friend. and other things. Why,
he was sleeping at his post, and the
eyes in the darkness yonder We're not
those of a woman. Womcn'S eyes We're
not green and gold; they did not grow
large, then lessen and vanish.
The night was very still and the 81
lence deep. Rising. he began to walk
mp and down in front of the cave.
drawing his sword and holding it i'll his
hand. Masouda lay upon the ground
with her head pillOwcd on saddlebag,
and the moonlight fell through the ce-
dar boughs upon her face. Goodwin
stopped to look ut it and wondered that
he had never noted before how beauti-
full she was.
Goodwin turned aside. 1t seemed not
right TO watch her thus, although in
truth he had only come to know that
she was safe. He went back to the
fire and. lifting a cedar bough. which
blaZed like n torch in his left hand.
was about to lay it down again on the
center of the flame when suddenly he
heard the sharp and terrible cry Of a
woman in an agony of pain or fear.
and at the same moment the horses
and mules begin to plunge and snort. |
In an instant, the blazing bough still
fn his hand. he was back by the cave.
and. 10, there before him, the form o, |
Masouda hanging from its jaws, stood |
4 great yellow beast which, although |
he had never seen its like. he knew |
must be a lioneSS.
Thu ua,nau in it's mouth cIlIn haraI !