The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-19

~ fsaows who think that they can SPY
upon NATION q. sSiss. They would
have, deps -Aestsr .tof Weep to natting, at
wbidh doshiess thSy. are good enough
What SW lsApeH to themT
"W&4NsfEAas hsppsts, suppose-a
] plessSAta4he d. Arst; ,then, IL they can
be put to no, Stbkr use, a choice be-
TWEEN the, faith and the sup. Or per-
! hsps, as they seep men Sf rank, they
may be imprisoned iD the dungeon tow
er and bella to rapsoip."
Just. then tRe ohrtAsn was drawn, and
through 1t entered Masopda herself.
She Vas dressed ID White robe that
had q dagger worked in red over the
left 6breast Never had they seen her
look SO beautiful, as she seemed thus.
Greetings, brothers Peter and john"
she said In French. -.s.,..
The brethren rose and bowed to her.
The women who were cleaning the
mail bowed also, for it seemed that
here SAfasouda was person" of 'impor-
tspce. Spe took the hauberks from
their hands.
''In clsapssd," she said sharply. 81
think that ysux Sifls talk better than
ysu work. Nay. stAey, must serve. Help
these lords to Den them. Fools, that
IL the shirt Of the gray eyed knight.
G4veit ne. I'~Aii Ee his sauise." And
she snatched the hauberk from their
hands, whsEeat, when her back was
turned. ,they glanced at ope another.
Now" she sAia when they were full
" armed and had donned their man
ties. "you brethren lock as pilgrims
should. Listen, have message for
an hours time. still when, IL it please
zen, We eaa walk in the gardens"
DO they wasn't out with her, and as
they passed towara the curtain she
whtepsDe0:
"ESgs ySus ,liAes, sakss, ,remewbsr all
that hawestsl1t x0y abeve everything
+, STOUT stke .wtne aAa the ypiag, flor if Yen
dream Re 1sNi ! dfsaR syou will be-
searches. speQk no word to me save
sEosmIusn MASTERS"
Il the passage beyond the curtain
whits rcbsd guards were standing,
armed with spears, who turned and fol-
lowed them without q word. They
passed through an archway into the ia
nous gardens, which were said to be
the pest BEAUTIFUL in all the east Beau
tifuls theg were indeed, planted with
trees, Shrubs and flowers such as are
seldom seen, while between fern clad
rocks flowed rills which fell over deep
ellis In waterfalls or foam, On they
walked, down the sand strewn paths
for q mile or more, accompanied by
NaAeuda and the guard. At length,
passiAg through brake Of whispering,
rsedliks plants, of a sudden they came
to q lov wall ana saw. yswning black
and wide at their very feet, that vast
cleft which they had crossed before
they entered the castle.
IN enplrolss the inper city, the for
treas and its grounds" said Masouda,
and who lives today that could throw
q bridge across 1t? Now come back"
80, relieving the gulf refund, they re
turned to the castle by another path
and were usherea into an anteroom
where stood a wstoh Of twelve men.
Here MassuAa left. them IN the midst
Of We men, whs stSssd at them with
tlsa$ EYER. kressht,y she returned and
6eeepAea to them to follow her. Walk
Ing 4Swn loAg psssage. they came to
ctts1las, in ft1At OF which were two
san4ekpg. wAp drew these curtains as
~ alnSssktaa. Then, side by side.
my sKSSrel5e great hall, long as Stan
gate Asbfysq far1b ana passsd thrsuth
. ApI2Asr Of Vestle.sall crouched upon
The ground Beyond these the hall mar
rowed
Here sat and stood more people.
asvve eyed. turbaned men, who wore
grsAtsknives In their girdles. These, as
they learned afterward, were called the
fe1ais, the sworn assassins, who lived
but to do the command of their lord,
the great assassin. At the end of this
chNneel were more curtains, beyond
which was guarded door. 1t opened,
and on its farther siae they found
themselves in full sunlight on an I'M
walled terrace, surrounded by the
mighty gulf into which it was built out.
On the right and left edges of this ter
race sat old and bearded men. twelve
n humber, their heads bowed humbly