The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

in one of her usual woodland wales. The
Princess was weary and longed for com
pany-she was a sociable person. AS she
sat there, meditating upon the many incl
dents of her strenuous career, there came
down the path a youth, most comedy Of
appearance, strong of arm and such a
youth as maidens like Angelica care to
thou!' cried the youth. Angelica stated
her name and title, and asked the youth
to sit beside her. This request he readily
complied with. your name fair youth -
said Angelica. "Medora. he replied; ''one
who fought for Charlemange and was
previously wounded in the fight"
Angelica looked into the eyes of Medora
and he looked into hers. With that look
the little love she had had for the King
of Circassia and for the peer Orlando
vanished away. She had~met her "affin-
/ ity! Where shall we lodge?" she in
genuously inquired. Here is golden
ring, one which Orlando bestowed upon
me; 1t is my marriage ring and I give
it to you" They took each others hands
and pighting their troth by means of the
golden circle went their way to the house
of a shepherd which lay hard by. There
for many weeks did they dwell. In the
daytime they would wander out and carve
their joint names upon the trees. And
there was one especial place in which
they liked to stay and look into each
others eyes. 1t was a messy cave in the
middle of which fountain sprung. Here
upon the rocky walls would Medora in
scribe couplets to his love and his lady
| But Angelica could not content herself
very long with this dallying. Her fathers
empire and her ambitions waited her in
the Far East Come" said she one day
to Medora. come with. me far away. l
will make you an emperor and a great
king" So he went with her and great
was the power to which she raised him,
though while he held the technical title of
emperor and king 1t was, even in those
far-eastern Countries where he reigned,
generally understood that the real boss
was Angelica.
| 1t would be we'll to dispose OF Rogero
and Rinaldo lat once, sincei they bore no
further part of the history-of Orlando
Furioso. After many adventures Rogero
was happily married to Bradamant, gave
up riding upon hippogriffs and lived. a
quiet old gentleman. at the court of
Charlemange, when that most pulssant
monarch had finally overcome his foes
and saved Europe from the spectacle of
having the Koran expended In st. Pauls
cathedral by the waters of the Thames
or the professors Of Oxford from being
obliged to expound to circumcised people
the truth Of the revelations of Mahomet
! Rinaldo settled down, too. and busted
himself in his old age by telling how he
organized the forces of the three king
doms of England, Scotland and Ireland
and brought them to His Majesty's aid
when the Emperor was besieged in Paris
And certainly he did that relief work most
excellently besides taking, by the way, If
one may believe Arios.o, a little job of
subjugating Flanders
| But now the story turns to Orlando.
That great peer, wandering about in
search of Angelica, came at last to the
|
! with her youthful bridegroom, Medora.
The peer was weary and spent with travel
when he came to where little grotto Of
TERED him refuge from the sun and
where coling waters were bubbling up tn
Stake his thirst. He entered and sat
down.
| Then what should he see inscribed upon
the walls of this rock tenement but the
lines of poetry which Medora had written
to Angelica. At first he could not be-
lleve his eyes Like one VINO knowing in
his secret heart that he is right still
strives to make excuses and to find pre-
texts for doubt. Orlando read and re-read
the lines Then he wandered out into
the woods and there upon almost every
tree he saw the names of Angelica and
Medora cut into the bark.
| Still he would not believe that one sa
fair could be SO false He saw the cot
tage OF the shepherd In which Angelica
ana Medora had lived during their honey
moon and sought 1t. He asked the shep-
herd II he had had guests of late and
the swain told him the whole story Of
the loves Of Medora and Angelica. ALSO