Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-03-20

sack null nc NOu!G give II 10 tho firSt
poor knight or peasant Chat came hia
way So IL was that the fat bishops
and rich merchants hated Robin Eio.d
When any ole would ask thcm ;io9t
Robin they would say. AYE, ROBIN
Hood is strong thief, of him ! ~,
er heard any good"
But the poor folks OF England ard
all those who were in distress loved
Robin. When any on: tsked ahoui
Robin they would say. "Robn tiord ~
u courteous outlaw Or him h~ve
heard much good"
One day knight caiae r.G 20 thu
the forest. His horse vas vufy lin.
his cloak, which had been g!ciils
gold was brown ard rriI.y att.srd t,it
wrists Isoa.n s;op.ed ,h- L
knight and asked h.m to have q nn.:
With his men
You can pay with w..itevor sr,@,!
pieces of silver you may lave N ytui
pu.s:." said i;ohin
Il am NEST sorry" rcpl.cd ,ha -. &
knight Il tfinl; | t1,icr uot ,o.ar
with you Ii is very hr.iiila;.nr, Lut
L. (.
There is noae in NY iron treasure
chest at home. That is the reason
why | am SO sad. for today must &C
4 and tell the bishop, my landlord, that
cannot pay him the money which |
owe him. Then will he take my
lands away from me- That is The
law"
mi n tr
pay this debt?" asked Robin Hood.
Three sacks full OF gold" an
swered the knight, and his voice was
near crying.
Don't worry over little matter
like that. | will lend you the gold
and one year from today you may
come to this tree and pay me back"
The next morning gay knight
rode away from the merry men He
was dressed in a new gold cloak He
rode gray horse with "a SILKY tail
aad shrimering nane 10 the jew
eied saddle was tied three sacl.s Ct
gold. Each little round piece in..Ge
the sack siGgied ard laughed as til
horse joGscd along. They were ve.y
4
from a siingy merchant by i.Dlin
iiocd and now they wGrc soisg ua
gocu pilgrimage.
| .A:tcr the knight had paid Tie ba,i
| o. lie went back to his land and lie
worked hard tor the next year. lie
| saved every cent he could and his
| Sooa wife helped h:m when The
| year was UP they had three sacks of
! gold and a little more
The knight met ROBIN undel the
! greenwood tree and gave hin Il friend.
| ly gift of one hundred arrows all
notched with silver and each tipped
| with d peacock feather
For this royal gift much thanks"
Robin said. When the knight offered
him the three sacks OF gold he an.
swered Indignantly
No. my Good fellow, we will not
take the gold For today took more
thal that ..D.h three r.ch priests. We
viii let them pay your debt. Keep
the money"
| The years went rollicking by under
the merry mems very noses. There
came May time when Robin was
taken sick. He could not hunt and
he feared that he must die. He
called Little John to his side and said {.
Il have cousin, The Pricress of
Kirksley She is very learned in med
icine. Take me TO her. perchance
she can cure me Little John p. ed
Robin OH his horse and they rode
very slowly to the convent walls Lit
:le Jc2l s..."cd cg.si.e. for Roei.
'ya..t-I 10 80 N alone.
The process took Eobin into lit.
II white cell and there she Sled hi:i
w.th sharp needle Sometimes .
sick laaa could be cured ii he We're
! tled Little. The prioress WIS a
| wicIcd wJI-an. After SIC hcd once
cut Robins veins she left Ire room
ard never came back to stop his life
ve.y weak. When he rc-l ed what
nad happened, he gained GtrcEg h
enough - l!.@ one blast on his hurt.
is lCrn. Lite John l.:d hcen va
irG o.ts de the gaze. When lie hard
the cali he s.-:.s-ioa tn. g.-t, thru, l. ;
broke the dec. OF til. ccavcnt ana he
fo:inl his Way 20 EoIir. Dy that lN.e
i:ob..l Eood Mas L g., 10 t.::..at,ug. Lit
IL, Jcnl swo g h. would burn he
co-.vN.st Go.,n ard Kill the wiessd
.r.orc.s with I'll l. L .,ns.
say s.iS j. i;o,yin IN all ou
or~at Gays W. nve I-vcr Go-e
4ail,l 10 d W. -..-.. =. al ..ijor ;.ftG.
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