The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
1907. Kr IRVING KING. ALI RIGHTS REGERXEn.

By this time the besiegers had gained | fne barbIcan and paused for final assault on the main structure. Jast | then a rcd flag was seen floating rom | the keen and flames began to Hex out | below the turrets. Taking advantage I of the diversion caused by the danger in the rear, the besiegers, by des- | perate effort. broke into the castle.
 The Templar and few followers cut their way out and escaped to the neighborfng Precoptory of Tempie- stowe, Bois-Guilbert bearing off with | him Hebecca the Jewess. As the castle burned with falling and crash | ing walls, far up on the donseon-keep | the form of Ulrica was seen amid the | flames. wildly waving her distatL ana
 shouting Saxon war song: Mnet l the bright steel sons or the "hi'e dragon"
 With the exception of the Jewess, ali the prisoners were rescued In saie- ty, though Athelstane was so padiy injured in atempting to prevent the escape of the Templar that he was at
 first thought to be dead. In fact. ne
 was taken for a dead man to ms castle
 of Coningsburgh, where he revived III
 time. however, to interrupt h!s funeral
 rites and change them into feast
 De Bracy had yielded himself to the
 Black Knight who. taking him aside
 and whispering that in his ear which
 made him start, said: T give thee
 thy life. Put the seas between thee and England Maurice de Bracy, say
 unto thee: BewareF
 Grateful for the services rsnoereo
 him by the Black Knight Cedric said:
 ''whatever Cedric or Rotherwood can
 do in return, Sir Knight, it Is but thfne
 to ask it."
 T. will put thee to the proof" re-
 nlied the knight; and few days later, accompanied by Ivanhoe.. he sought the castle of Coningsburgh; where Cearic was staying, and demanded of him that
 he be reconciled to his son. The saxon at first demurred, but the promptings | of his heart, his piighted word, and the declaration of Athelstane that he would have no more to do with political plots | induced him at last 10 take his sen l to his arms. .. Meantime Brian de Bois-Guilbert had | reached the Preceptory of Fempls- 1 stowe only to find that the stern anu asoetic Lucas Beaumanior, Grand Mas fer of the order, had arrived before | him. Beaumanior would have slain the 'Temnlar and the Jewess, too, out or hand. had not Albert de Maloisin, The | nreceptor. who ordinarily would have connived willingly at Bois-Guilberts amours, suggested that, perhaps. the | Templar was under spel ol ehSHot
 ment cast by Rebecca.
 n was a suggestion that appealed
 at once to the fanaticism of the Grand
 Master: and the Jewess was placed on
 trioI for her fife before judges already determined upon a verdict of guilty.
 The Templar made one last appeal to to her. T will renounce present IaIhe
 and Suture rank for thee," he said.
 Ely with me. Europe is not the
 world. In Palestine I will erect 1 throne for thee, built by my valor. ana
 Furone shall hear the loud step of him | she has driven from her shores"
 "A dream" replied the Jewess'
 "rareweIi-and forgive thee as free
 ly as ever victim forgave her execu- l tioner."
 .,,As9as to receive sentence, Bois-Guil-
 bart suddenly called out: ''The scrolll The scrollr' Rebeeca glance0 at Q
 naner that had been thrust into her hand. and read thereon: Demand "a chambionr' Quickly catching the
 significance of the words. the Jewess