Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-01
The Sandman Story
HOW IVAN WON.

Ivan was poor boy. but a very am.
bilious one. His father was a b,act
smith, and when the great loras ycrtd
come by IN their armor to have trr,-
steeds shod. Ivan would sit by the for,-..
and gaze in wonder At their handsom.
array.
One day Lord Raymon rode UP Win
| his beautiful daughter accompany:ne
him on pony. Ivan admired tho
young girl as she sat waiting for her
fathers horse to be shod. and when
she went away tic felt as If the sun had
ceased to shine.
Have you heard the news father"
asked Ivan's mother of her HUSBAND
the next morning at breakfast. LORD
Raymond was last pight called to the
war by our King. and at noon TO-DAY
he and his 600 men will ride forth
But who will defend the castle II
tho Lords absence?" asked the father
7 think there. is small fear of that"
Lord Raymond has to go at the Kings
ORDER
So at noon the long line Of prancing
stteeds. beaded by the Lord rode. down
One September afternoon Ivan walked
TO the summit of hill, from which,
for miles. hickering light caught
his eye. There was 4 long procession
OF men winding across the valley and
all were clad in ,gltttering armor. They
were keeping close TO the shadow or
the woods. but when they crossed the
sunlit path their swords flashed back
huge man on a black horse and near.
by another, carried a banner on whiop
was Il black eagle.
1T is old Earl Edmond.' exclaimed
Van: He is coming to attack the
Lords lords ;. castle in the absence Of the
Then far beIow Ivan nn.ica,l tbo.
not far from the castle was a large
. bridge. and below it rushed a mighty
=, The Earl viii camp on this side Of
Cha orids So this evening in the woods
the tmbers holding it can be cut
through tonight. the wicked men will
nnG got an AK. Within an hour he
WAS at the bridge and had run to the
other r. side i;i ne near the castle. Selecting
held the weight. he began to cut, and
FOR TWO hours he kept at the work. IT
iwo parts He W then en too G tna atl
post and after three long hours OF
nswinE and resting he managed to also
by. placing several planks over tn,
! hole. ivan made 1t look as II nothing
The heavy. horses trotted on 10 the
bridge, while Ivan hid In the bushes
a. 4! Il the Ear end. At the head still rode
He ncnred the side leading 10 the castle
His horse came over the plank. it gave
| way and down steed and rider plunged
into the river. The. soldiers behind
| him could not stop their horses and
| hundreds tumbled into the water after
| their leader.
Suddenly the sound of bugle shrilled
! on the air and Ivan saw coming to-
! ward him along the river bank tho
! same Lord Raymond who had marched
| away two months before
Ivan told the Lord how he had de-
, feated the wicked Earl and how the
! castle was now saved from any attack
Well done, my lad cried the Lord
| YOU have done better than T cous-s
have with all my men. You must ,sEsssvss
to the castle and be part OF my Es;ssss IS,
go when you are man you cafwnnf "
| knight" I3 SWSttiStss.
! So Ivan took up his abodsaassfs'0 ~ l Los
| castle. Years afterward, wfsssssa441z y
| married to Adele and reigning over the
surrounding land. he had 4 great pillar
OF stone erected at the bridge to mark
the spot whore one aN defeated hun :
drcds OF men.-Copyright. 1920.