The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-04-25
&c q ND I must lie here like 9
- bedridden monk" eN

tl'ilIii6u 1NdIlllOey NIllS
the game that gives me freedom OF
death is played out by the hands OF
others. Look from the window Once
again. kind maiden, but beware that
you are not marked by the archers be-
meath. Look once more, and tell me if
they yet advance to the storm"
With patient courage Rebecca again
took post at the lattice.
"What dost thou see, Rebecca?'
again demanded the wounded knight.
"Nothing but the cloud of arrows
flying SO thick as to daze mine eyes.
and to hide the bOwmen who shoot
them"
THAT cannot endure" said Ivanhoe;
"if they press not right on to carry the
castle by pure force Of arms, the arch.
cry may avail but little against stone
walls and bulwarkS. Look for the
knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca,
and see how he bears himself; for as
the leader is, so will his followers be-"
81 see him not said Rebecca.
Foul c~raven!" exclaimed Ivanhoe'
"does he blench from the helm wher
the wind blows highest?"
He blenches not! He blenches
mott said Rebecca. II see him now;
he leads a body of men close under
the outer barrier of the barbican. They
pull down the piles and palisades :;
they hew down the barriers with axes.
His high black plume floats abroad
over the throng, like a raven over the
field Of the slain. They have made a
breach in the barriers-they rush in
they are thrust back! Front-de-Boeuf
heads the defenders I see his gigantic
form above the press. They throng
again to the breach, and the pass is
disputed hand to hand, and man to
man. God of Jacob 1t is the meeting
Of two fierce tideS-the conflict of two
oceans moved by adverse winds"
She turned her head from the lattice,
as if unable longer to endure a sight
so terrible.
"Look forth again, Rebecca," said
retiring; the archery must in some
degree have ceased, since they are now
fighting hand to hand. Look again;
there is now less danger"
Rebecca again looked forth, and al
most Immediately exclaimed: Holy
prophets of the law! Front-de-Boeuf
and the Black Knight fight hand to
hand on the breach, amid the roar Of
their followers, who watch the prog
ress of the strife. Heaven strike with
the cause of the oppressed and the cap
t:ver' She then uttered a loud shrek,
and exclaimed, He is down-he is
down."
"WhO is down?" cried Ivanhoe; "for
our dear lady's sake, tell me which
has fallen"
The Black Knight" answered Re-
becca family; then instantly again
shouted with eagerness: But no
but no! The name of the Lord Of
Hosts be blessed! He is on foot again,
and fights as if there were 20 mems
strength in his single arml HIS sword
is broken; he snatches an Ak from a
yeoman; he pushes Frontrde-Boeuf
with blow on bloU-the giant stOops
and tOtterS like an oak under the steel
of the WCOdman. He fallS-he falls!
. The Black Knight approaches
the poStern with his huge aX-the
laundering blows which he dealS-yOu
may hear them above all the din and
shouts of the battle. Stones and
beams are hailed down on the bold
he regards them no more
han If they were thistladown or feath-
Ill"
"GGv Saint Joan OF Arc" said Ivan
noe. raising himself joyfully on his
couch, 'methOught there was but n
nan in England who might do such Il
Iyanhoe was right; the Black knight
If the Fetterlock was Richard P~lantag-
of the Lion Heart, king of Eng
and. only just returned to his king
ION from the Holy Land, though bat
knew of his arrival as vet. In
MS absence England had been under
the selfish rule of the kings younger
John, who was planning TO
ISurp the kingdom.
The great story teller gathers his
characters together at the tournament
Of Ashby. There come for the sports
of chivaIry Rowena. heiresS of the
Saxon rulers. now disposSeSsed by the
Normans, accompanied by he" sturdy
uncle, Cedric; Rebecca, beautiful jew
ish maiden. whose fate is constantly
Joined with that Of Ivanhoo, dis:nher-
tied son of Cedric, n father who will
have naught to do with Il Saxon son
who is willing to accept the NOrmans
and their ways, and even to be q de
vOut follower of Richard the king;
Isaac of York, Rebecca's father, van
1ering Jew of vast wealth who is
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