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We'll fight as we fought at the bridge.
Traitors are mostly towards. and they
shall pay a dear reckoning"
Horsemen came from the woods on
either side. and the battle in the open
became general.
The princess halted.
'Those men fight like fiends," she
said. "The ~treachery is not SO deeply
rooted as you supposed. Sir Verrall."
"A few mems lives are nothing to
those who conceived the treachery."
said Jasar.
'The greater the confusion yonder
the more safety for u.s." l said to Wa
len.
"Our turn will come. We have only
to watt" he answered.
With him l arranged what knights
were to keep with the princess.
"She will want you with her." he
said.
when the time ome I ride side by
side with you," ! answered.
II am glad" he returned.
We had not long to wait. From the
woods opposite a large body Of horse
men came slowly. / expected to see
them charge into the thick of the
fight, but instead they suddenly made
q wide sweep and anne toward us.
Our archers sent one flight Of arrows
among them, and then we charged.
Powerful as the enemy before us
were, they could not Withstand our
charge. We cut into them. sweeping
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spirit was in us all. No quarter was
asked for nor given, and many a rider.
friend and foe. lay with limbs out
stretched. his days work and his life's
work over. We turned and swept
back again to the foot of the rising
ground on which Daria stood with the
company especially reserved to defend
her. They greeted us with a cheer,
and we shouted answer. 1t sounded
like a cry of victory.
sThey were driven back upon the
main body. Sir yerrall. The face of
the battle Is changing"
Walen pointed with his sword. The
fight which had begun fercely was
l~essening. Our true enemies and our
traitor friends were beginning to I'M
derstand one another.
I'VE have shown them the men they
have to reckon with" | answered.
Some show of fighting was still MAIN
tanned In front of us, and our archers
3, sent quick flights of arrows into the
mass. They were all enemies there,
though they would not have us think
SO yet. Then a mass Of horsemen came
toward us at a hand gallop.
Does Vasca lead themY' | asked.
II cannot see him. Walen answer
ed. You must live until later in the
day to pay your debt to him."
Il shall live to do It." l answered as
we charged again.
l felt that | spoke the truth.
1t was a fercer struggle than the
first. Twice | was nearly thrown from
my saddle. once. for a few moments,
losing all consciousness of my sur
roundings and striking madly about
me as a man might do In a nightmare.
1t was fortunate for me that my horse
kept his legs. 1t was Walen's voice
that brought me back to consciousness.
mot too far, verrall. They are sur
rounding US"
Mechanically almost I swung my
horse round. and we began to fight our
way back. Walen's warning opened
my eyes to the danger, and the press
of the enemy. who had closed In be-
hind us as we had fought our way
through the mass in front. told me that
they had outmaneuvered us. Even
now we were too late. There was a
triumphant shout as another body of
horsemen went by our struggling mass
and rode straight for the rising ground.
What could that little company do
against such an oyerpowering enemy?
For the princess l shouted, rising
In my stirrups and swinging my sword
with the renewed strength despair
gave me. Back to the princess. ey-
cry one of us! Well leave our bodies
there, not here"
For the ~princess!" some one shout.
ed, and we dashed forward.
1t vas no small body of horsemen
that turned to prevent us cutting GU.
way to u comrades, but at least five
to me-.
"Fo the princessr' we cried.
For the king!r' they shouted an