The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-13

has a symbol You have seen how the
mountain Khrym stands like a sen.
tinel over the. land 1t is the most
prominent feature, and when thinking
of the author of his being and ruler of
his destiny every true Drussenlander
thinks Of Khrym; therefore Khrym
has come to mean God, and, although
they do not worship the mountain,
they believe that the appearance of
the mountain reflects the pleasure or
displeasure of the Almighty
"Do all the people believe this SYM
! bolfcaI tumble? ~
81 think so-that is, all who are for
+ the princess. don't suppose the
priests believe all they teach, but it
suits them to keep up the superstition,
and this war has become a kind of re-
hgious one"
''Have they no priests in Yadasara 20
asked
Plenty, and, very wisely for them:
king. That kind Of thing, too, has
been done in the old country
$50 I am the expected knight sent
from Khrym.''
! ''You told them So"
| ,"How the deceit is 10 be kept up I
j don't know
4'First of all, lock up that conscience
| OF yours for bit and play the game
| to the erd''
''There seems nothing else to be
done"
| do you know what my name is
/, supposed to be?''
II think you are 1ameless at pres
ent. 1t is of little consequence. If
| necessary I'd just be too great a per-
sonage altogether to have a name and
! let them dub you what they viii.
! Then, Sir Knight, whatever your name
is, I am your humble squire
The next morning was clear and
sunny Our quarters overlooked a
/ large square, which appeared to be the
center of the town, and, although it
! was early when I awol1e, the business
! of the day was commenced. Organ
was still sleeping, and did not wake
him. Men and women were hurrying
| to and fro across the square, some
staying to gossip for a few moments
with their neighbors, talking eagerly,
and I could not help thinking that
their conversation was of me. Look
! ing across the town, could see a
large portion of the camp, where all
was movement and hustle, armor and
arms glistening in the sun, and the
! dull rumble of many voices assembled
to my ears. Beyond the camp, across
the spur, of the lower hills, could see
! the summit of Khrym standing out
| " hite against the blue sky.
The sound of trumpets broke my rev
erie Into the square marched troop
i of warriors with 1ances sIoped and
with rhythmieal tread, and in the
| midst of them, attended by a dozen
~.
/ as man, clothed in a light coat of
mail, a low steel helmet upon her head,
| from underneath which strayed lock
or two of her hair. Her limbs were
cased in steel, and her horse was in
| arnor. No wonder her soldiers wor-
SHIPPED her!
"a brave show, Sir. Knight"
had not heard organ stirring, and
| he startled me.
ga warlike young woman he went
on. ''That cavalcade going along
Whitehall would make London think a
little. Very warlike, but still wom-
an. Don't forget that
tam likely to forget it?''
Caught already, Ell? Well, the wom-
en- in this country take lot of beat
ing. I'm wondering how my wife in
the capital yonder is getting on. If I
| ever get DRcK L expect IL nave 10 10
some more hacking for her When
don't turn up she'll say, Poor Dennis,
he's dead and them
"WeIl?" I said as he paused.
'"Then she'll marry some one else.''
care there no widows. then?
"a few old ones. The young are
philosophical. Mike may be a better
man than Pat, but Pat living is worth
any number of dead Mixes
ttCheer up, Organ 1 said you
must win her back if necessary
4 The center of the square was kept
clear, and here about noon three sets
of double stakes were fixed firmly in
the ground.
/ Presently a single trumpet sounded.
| and as it's last note echoed among the
hills a great shout burst into the air,
a shout that woke the hills to voice
again. A silence followed, and L could
hear family a slow, mournful, al
though not unmusical, chant coming
from some part of the building below
us.
"Some religious ceremony said.
1 organ nodded.
| There was the clatter of horses
boots, and a troop of knights, headed
by Count Vasca, appeared. I looked
among them to find the princess, but