The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

NOR for both Of US; choose you -
hest and leave the worst Tor me. -
will we decide our quarfei as !"
princes of the line or CaoHluS 49,
This night Will prlns loi 49, he'd
and drink and clothes Tor youi w.
ding eev
With proud and naughty courtesy
d;d paIamon acknowledge the cIis-
airy of Arctic and accept Oh ms 49,
lenge. 1t was before llght the neN'
morning when Arctic seciety Two
viewed from the Dukes arnoiy ~
s,1its of armor and two right trus's
swords. These he conveyed INTO tne
grove, where Palamon awaited 10
coming. Then, in the sunrise hight
without word, the two chose lneii
arms and began helping eacn otHel
to arm as friendly as if they We're Two
brothers.. When all was ready the
combat began. A lion seemed fala-
mon and a tiger Arctic. Many anu
| g%rievOuS were the wounds tney III
flicted on ach other and 1t IS llkeiy
they Doth would have died, killed OF
| each other. had not destiny, that MIN
| ister-general, Who execute sthings all
| over the world sent Duke Theseus
riding their way at the head of a JOY
full hunting party, which had early
set out from the town to chase the
woodland game.
So with hounds and horn, his Queen,
Ypolita, n her fair sister, EmelS,
riding by his side, the glittering court
following, the Duke swept with MS
shining train to the grove where q
huntsman had told him there har-
bored a great stag. Thus, suddenly,
before they were aware of 1t, 50 busy
were they with their fighting, Arclte
n Palamon saw before them Duke
r>h0carc and all his following. 1nG
Lady Emely was clad In hunting SUIT
of green, and upon her cheek the
fresh breath of the morning had
breathed, making it rosy and making
her eye to brighten. Amazed, she
gazed upon the warning knights. One
of them doubtless she recognized as
a servant who had been in her house
hold. But now he seemed a great
prince, clad in armor, strong and pow
erful and Warlike. The other, o
course. she knew not, and that these
two were princes of Thebes and hae
for years been almost dying for tn
love of her she visited not a bit.
Duke TheSeuS spurred his course
in etwee the knights and cried on
for them to cease their combat upOl
pain of death. by mighty Mars,
said he, drawing his huge sword, 9TH
F; one of you shall die who strikes an
other blow. But tell me, what is tn
cause of all this; what mean you b
! fighting here without judge or othe
I officer?" Quickly did Pa1aTnon an
swer: Sire, We both deserve death
for We are two men doomed by 70
8 and now you have caught US. w
t are two captives, those Princes Q
Thebes. Who SO long languished i
Q your prison tower. This man here
who has been passing as your squire
Is none other than Arctic, whom 20
e doomed once to death should be b
found again on any land of Athen!
n And I am Palamon, who broke YOU
e jail. You are my mortal foe and
. am thine. And this Arctic here IS h
u who loves the Lady Emely; and I a,
he who so loves the Lady Emely ths
! would die now IN her sight, and S,
l. since 1 am to die. kill me instantly
= Well" said the Duke. you a,
!. two foolish men. Here is his Arcit
who might ave lived in ROYALTY ,
ID Thebes, risking his lie to come agar
to Athens. And it is love, I see, tn;
), brought him hither. But who can I
IA a fool unless he is in love? And 81 !,
this you fought for-is it? who shou
e De the lover Of our sister Emely
er Well, both shall have vonr i,,st -
te ward and die" At that the Queen ar
all her ladies sprang from their hors,
III AND kneeling before the Duke beece
:. mercy for the warning lovers-aIl 8,
Us cept Emely, who, of course blushf
and hung down hes head, as 6 maid
hould do under sucn e2nbarrassi,
~. ~ circumstances. When ladies' See
IL love story they are ut once the char
-, pions Of he lovers and even the "a
Emely managed to intimate to h
re brother-in-law tina she fain world
let hardened tha Ln;gh+. "ouAu
Theseus. overcome. as even gre
- dukes will be by oma clam
said: Well. we'll, you both ha
\ richly deserved death, but for Il
"a sake or the Queen, who knee]eth ne,