The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23

serrled ranks where gleamed spears like a forest tipped with silver in the sun. where on mall and helm shone the devices of thousands of the chivalry of Europe through that army, overshadowed by the banners of princes and nobles, ran the cry: Jerusalem, All hail, Jerusalem!" The hills and dales re-echoed to the shout and over the parapets of the ancient walls, behind which the Moslems had l sought shelter, the joyful cry rolled like
 wave of sound.
 | Seeing a party of foragers detach itself
 from the invading army and set off to
 SCOUT the surrounding country, Clorinda
 who could ill brook being shut up behind 1 stone walls, called together a company of
 pagan warriors and sallied forth to meet
 them. So impetuous was her charge that
 she was putting the foragers to flight
 when Godfrey, observing it, sent Tancred,
 that noble prince and his tight hand in
 war, to their support. Furious he charged
 and against him came spurring Clorinda | The tide of battle separated the two a lit-
 tie from the rest, and as the maid came charging against him Tancred stopped | SiiCit III SUI PitSt, ltlllilS Idll Ills SWOlu.
 In the beginning of the war, when the
 Crusaders had one day defeated a body of Persians, Tancred had gone to refresh himself after the conflict to cool and
 bubbling spring near the camp. Standing near 1t he had seen young woman of such great beauty and such lofty bearing that he felt his heart leap within his breast It was a case of love at first sight on the part of Prince Tancred but the young woman in armor did not appear to reciprocate. On the contrary, she drew her sword and was about 10 assail Tan cred when the arrival of a party of his companions caused her to depart But ever since the vision of the martial love Illness had haunted him, and now in this arrior who came charging against him he recognized the maiden of the fountain.
 He would not strike al her he loved
 He dropped the point of his sword, and she, being a noble and chivalrous war rior, would not strike a man who did not defend himself. They talked; he told her of his love and Clorinda stood in rapt astonishment Stealthily a sol
 dier came up behind and made a drive
 at clorinda with a dagger. But Tan cred saw and cried out "Beware," so
 that the blow just grazed the lovely cheek At once the villain fled and Tan | cred after him to avenge this foul l elow. Clor1nda stood for a time look | ing at the pursued and pursuer, then | she spurred back to her forces. and
 as the endorsements of the Christian
 hosts came up In added strength took
 her men back through the city gates. Godfrey now laid orderly siege to inc 1city. He pitched his tent before the | northern gate and sent men to a neigh
 boring forest to cut down trees for the construction of military machines and | scaling towers. When Clorinda had | made her sortie from the city Aladine
 had stood on the top of a tower and
 watched the fray. By his side had stood the fair Herminia daughter of the dead
 King of Antioch. She pointed out to the King the principal men of tho Christian host by name-for well she knew them. When the Crusaders had stormed and captured Antioch and killed her father Herminia had fallen iulO tue HanuS Ol ldHCTcu. I1e nau treated her with all possible respect
 and consider ation and had sent her un- l der a flag of truce to her friends in Jerusalem. But, alas. Herminia had fallen in love with Tancred-even as
 Tancred had fallen in love with Clor- | inda.
 And now there arrived at the camp of the besieging army before Jerusa : lem niece of the Prince of Damascus, Armida by name, a creature of won drous beauty and great enchantress. She came with the purpose of seducing the chiefs of the Crusade from their duty and their faith through her en- chantments and her charms. Besides be- ing great enchantress Armida was something of liar, and upon her ar- rival at the Christian camp gave out a fictitious account of herself She said