Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-19
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LITTLE ] I FOLKS
una and TIL" Woodland knight

Hpna and the Woodland Knight
NE left Una .in5 a piteous pill eht,i IN
the, hands of cruel eaemy,; The pag an
knight Lawless..:::@ = -
Paying no heed to her tears and ca
treaties; he placed her On his horse,
and rode off with Lherstill he came to
a great forest.
Una was almost lin despair, for
there seemed no hope of any rescue.
But suddenly there came, a" wond IT
fnl way of deliverence.
In the midst of the thick wood Law
less halted to resc.' This forest was
inhabited by numbers of strange w,ia
creatures, quite unitaIghc, almoss
saRages. Hearing Unas cries for ne p,
they came flockiHg up to see what was
the matter. Their fierce, rough ap-
pearanee so frightened Lawless~ that
he jumped on to his horse and rode
away as fast as he could.
When the wild wood-folk came UP
they found Una sitting desclate and
alone. They we're amazed at such a
strange sigirSS, and pttied her sad con-
d.taon. They all stood astoRshed al
her loneliness, and cculd not imagine
how she had come there.
Una, fer her part, was greatly ter
r:fea, not knowing wnether some
fresh danger awaited her. Half IL
fear, half in hope, she sat still IN
a1nazement. Seeing that she looked so
serrowfui, the savages tried 10 sAsW
that they meant to be friendly. They
smiled, and came forward gently, and
Kissed her feet. Then she guessed
that Their hearts were kind, and she
arose&fea1lessly and went with them,
no longer afraid of any evil.
Full Of gladness, they led her along
shouting and singing and dancing
round her, and strewing ell the
ground with green branches, as il she
had been queen. Thus they brought
her to their chief, old Sylwanus.
When Sylwanns saw her. like the
rest he vas astonishea at her beausy,
for he mad never seen anything 50
fair. Her fame spread through the
forest, and al the other dwelleIs in
it came to look at her. The HanEad-
ryads. who live in the trees, and the
Naades, who live in the flowing
fount al come flockins to see her
lovely face. AS for the wcodlandeas,
hereeforth they thought no etss on
earth fair but Una.
Glad at such good fortune, Una pas
quite cortented to please the simple
folk. She stayed long while with
them, to gather strength after her
many troubles. During this time she
did her best to teach them, out the
poor things were so Ignorant, it was
almost Impossible to make them uaz
derstand the difference Between RICH,
and wrong. 4
], 1t CHANGED sps say that noble.
knight came TO- the; forest to seek his
kindred who dweN there. He bad won.
much glory in wars abroad and: Dis;
ts14 lahds wete filled With ;his fame.
He was honest, truthful, and true,
though not very. polished in manner,
nor accustomed to a courtly life. his
name was Sir Satyrane, He bad been
born and brought up in the forest. and
his father had taught him nothing
but to be utterly fearless. When he
grew up, and could master every
thing Inst the foresss, he went abroad
% fight foreign foes, and his fame
was soon carried through al lands. It
was always his custom, after some
time spent in lahour and adventure.
to return for white to his native
woods, and so it happened or this
occasion that he came across Una.
The first time he saw her she was
surrounded by the savases, whom she
was trying to teach good and holy
things. Sir Satyrane wondered at the
wisdom which fell from her sweet
lips, and when, later on, be saw her
gentle and kindly deeds, he began to
admire ard love her Although noole
at heart, he had never had any one
to >teach him, but now he began to
learn from Una faith and true rel;-