The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

all the world. For through Tho
that we have loved togotbar ~'g 'o'9
noble husband slain. Therafora 10y
We we'll. Launcelot, / am in sora 1.:A
to get my souls health back a
And yet | trust, through Gods l-g
that after my death l may be-
For as sinful creatures as 7 hs--
come saints in heaven. 1~au0c.r@t
l beseech you by the love thar W.
once between us, and l require of ,.,
in Gods name. that you derar+ M
mediately. and that l may never
your face again. AS well as or-a
loved thee, Launcelot, my beart VII
not bear for me to look uDnr -
For it is through you and me that t-a
flower of KIN ghts and kings is
stroyed. Get thee into thy king7am
there take a wife and live with n.-
in JOY and bliss, and there pray Il,
the Lord. our God, for me thar NV
sins may be washed away"
Nay, madam" replied Launeelar
ito take a wife hat may I never d.
The same destiny VIII ch you haya
taken on yourself that Will I take 1n-
on me, to serve God for the rest ~
my life in penance and prayer Ana
now as I so forth [ pray thee. madam
kiss me once and never more n all
the world" Nay" said the queen. that
shall | never do more" And SO th.y
parted, n L~auncelOt, heavy Of htar..
rode until he was aware Of a little
chapel and heard a little bell ring to
mass w thin he saw two hermIts,
who were he who had been Arch0ish0p
of Canterbury and he who had been
Sir Redivere. kneeling down. L2uu.a-
lot prayed the bishop to assist him
and to receive him into the company
Of the hermitage. They put a coarse
garb on him, and there he abode i'm
fasting and prayer
Meantime at Dover ST Rors sent
the great host home again to France,
while he, Sir EctOr de MariS, Sir Ral~
NOR, Sir BleOberiS n other knights
who were kin to Launcelot took upon
themselves 20 ride through ali En-
land to find their ch eff. In course
of time seven of these knights came
to the chapel near Glastonbury ana
found Launcelot there. There they all
took the habit Of hermits and ia
penance, doing all Of lowry
work and constant in fast.us and
prayer. After six years, Launcelot en-
tered into holy orders and was or1a|L-
ed priest.
It was about a year after LaUnc"!'t
had become priest that q vision came
to him at night and told hili taaE
Queen Guenever was dead at AIineS-
bury, and that he was to go and tf' h
her body and bury it BESIDE that Or
her lord, King Arthur. So L2unto-'
and his fellow hermits departed on
foot from Glastonbury and walked 1'
Almesbury, and though the dls-an. "
was short of tn rty miles ii took .A'"l
two days to walk it, for They were
weary. weak and feeble old men h""
those knights who had one" ''
| 50 strong. They found the queen ill.,
deed dead, and they carried her "."',
to Glastonbury and lad it besides l.
of King Arthur. Within six ""
Launcelot himself fell sick and d.,l'
and his fellows bore his BODY ~ IN.
| Castle OF the Joyous Garde, "A.I7
they buried him with great lament
ton. This is the end OF the BOOK o-
King Arthur and his knights Vi ~.
Round Table, that, when they "1.f
whole together. numbered 40. ana ''
the true story Of the Mort d ArtNa'.
Next weeks one-page Cla@s'c WI" ~
."Tise Cricket on the Hearth ~
Charles Dickens.