The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-16

come to live with the peasants. sh-
had chance to see a party of t;O-
mans passing along the road before
| the hut. She was surprised to see what
| fine looking men they were and to sec
how much better equipped they were
than the soldiers of her fathers army.
Never had she seen. or dreamed of.
! such brilliant shields and helmets or
such noble. high spirited faces as she
now bcheld. She WAS. in fact, ashamed
of herself for admiring her fathers
enemies so much. and especially the
general. young. handsome Roman
! noble, scarcely more than boy.
She was very much surprised few
ldays later when this very same gem
eral came to the hut again and in a
kind manner asked her who she was.
She knew that he hadn't guessed that
| she was the daughter of King Cole,
| for her disguise was perfect.
Are you the daughter of these
pcasants?' he asked.
! NO said Tibeou frankly, Il aT-
| not. but they are kind enough to take
care of me and give me this good
home" Tibeou didn't want to tell an
untruth even to a Roman.
The soldier laughed kindly. "Poor
child he said You were not meant
for this hard life among these un-
couth pea SAINTS A Roman prisoner OF
war mas hctIef lot imam 'hlS VI
yours"
Tibcon turned pale at these words
and would have run away from the
soldier had he not held her fast by
the wrist.
Come" he said. as she struggled
to he free. Since you rebel. | will
force you. We do not have such
clever little peasant girls in Rome
and l will take you back with us to
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believe that you are a tribe of saw
ages not worth conquering, but
will show them that you. are worth
many sieGcs and many campaigns.
Strange to say. even now, that the
/ young Roman had treated the prIn-
| cess SO badly and was actually fore
| ing her to go back to the Roman
camp with him. she could not help but
admire him. OF course, she wept at
being taken away and felt very. very
badly about it, but way down in her
heart she knew that the young gen
eral would never let any one hurt
her. After all, if she was really. as
he supposed. a poor orphan peasant
girl. it was quite natural that he
! should take her captive. Such things.
she knew. were quite fair in war.
After the princess had been pris-
oner in the Roman camp several
weeks she began to fear that the
young general had forgotten her. and
one day a special favor she asked
to be allowed to see him. His name
she knew was Constantine. and he was
one of the most powerful men in the
Roman empire.
At the princess request the gen
cral came quickly to her, although he
still supposed her to he a poor peas
ant girl
The princess. with tears in her
pretty eyes, asked the general to
show mercy upon her and then,
kneeling before him, she told him
who she was.
II 10 not know whether I will fare
better or worse the daughter of
King Cole or as a poor peasant" she
said.
The general promised to keep the
| princess secret and to manage to free
her without arousing the suspicion
of the other Romans, but before he
| had been able to do this he had be-
gun to admire the brave little prin-
cess 80 much that he wanted to marry
her. And when he gave her the chance
| to go back to Colchester or to re-
turn to Rome as his wife the little
princess found that she. too. loved the
good general too much to want 10
leave Kim.
when Tibeon went to Rome she was
! called Helena and she had a son who
was named Constantine. who was one
of the greatest emperors that ever
! li"eG. You have surely heard of Con-
| sIantine before, but did you ever
know nc was a grandson of Old King
Cole?