Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — THE CHILDERN'S CRUSADE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CHILDERN'S CRUSADE

CHAPTER VlL—fCantitisedJ As hr spikf he nude a sagoal. at vhch taro stalwart Tastes tasted at Sttfh% and «t» aboat to drag him off. who Bisnthf. with a shriek she <otfld not restrain. darted forward and that raand the knees of the yocog Turkish prine, csyiag: * . “My lord, ay lord, it is my heather! Give him tome, and 1 wili Mrs*thy name forever! We are the only rfcOdita of ear parents, and they are old. Foipwomsf injams in Mesnrd. bat iwtaje newer ends. Give me any teacher!” Prime Sapkadn aremed to be astraisfccd as be listened to her. for be echoed "Thy brother! This! Bat I tteaght thin was thy teacher!” He posated. as he spoke, to the dead body of Peter, which had aat yet been removed. ( Then, as Blanche began to expiate, he waved her off, saying: “But that is all one. Five years have I suffered in the pri.aat rs the Christians, and they most he avenged. This alone I give thee If thy brother serve me faithfully for five years, I via set him free after that time, and he shall be osy own slave; bat the rest shall be said in the market.” Blanche beard him. and ansarefed: “Thra, if be stays, as do L I came on tins ship to be nigh fern, and I wosld as* go hack to my father and mother without tern. Give ns both oar freedom or neither.'" The yoong Tstfc teemed to he a mated at her speech, for he said: “Nay. say; coimdev that this is bat a foolish thing than sayent. It is good to he free, but a slave is laser than a dag. Take thy freedom and go hoaoe in kappi“l will stay by my brother.” said the nada tinted girt steadily, "had nothing shall tear me from him.”. And as if to show tern that she meant lover than before, bin fomaaanaiag aa yet morn. The Taakish prince and Dragnt contemplated the tno in silence, and Stephen mattered, feebly: "Take thy freedom. Btaaehe, while thoo eanst. Thon const do as an good by staying. and it will he bat one mm* to make “Brother,” trim answered, quietly. SptTfomb!tet ZatTih* ttea^rttaU? Ceriag. and I can help thee. I ton ready to dwdrtete adreemiy. tbsagh I would wtearated » tere heearanSil tiring how be could discharge his shixitioo of gratitude to Blanche. ahaat which be was ertdeatly ia|ii 1 ititisai. withnot lettinggo bis to Btaacte.?tere offered thee liberty, ami Ana hast refosed hat five years" stavery. after which he shall be free. Ask of me the fife and liberty of say of these is exchange for thine ova and thoa shaft have it The proptet saith that gratitade as Ike the seed of wheat that is scattered on fertile groaad: It increaseth forever.” Blanche was satpnsed at the way he spoke, hat shook her head, satyiag. qphtfy: “If than contest grant me the lives of all bere-in letnan for my own. then woafcl I gladly give it ap: bat what profit malil it be to the rent of these poor cieatsres if one were to he reftresed? It voald hot make the bitterness of ska very (he more hitter for those whs remmaed ta chains.” “Nevertheless.” persisted the ytsmg Turk, “ask the liberty of one of these here, and than shak have it ftvrly.” The gni hesitated a moment, and then “Free my brother, thra, and take my Olier ' The Tark bowed his head with a leak at “1 have promised it. and it shall be doM. though I would it had been another. He shall be freed at once.” “Art thoo wilfiag to take thy liberty at the price of that of thy sheer TT CHAPTER Till. The question of the yoong Tork to Stetempt. as iftee speaker despiaed’the perpectcd it to he aasneved in the shai tive. - sakuily, fikp ft said, ia a low tone, as if he were ni«Hy hat that; it needed He shook his head as hem***: ted ftm !?t£mmt;'ilm! Dost Ife-wt »i.b lb, frmbMn?— w U '■"l vrrmU say that raft ar man pnrehssrd hfr stVbf

Peter, coo tin rung: I will answer thee as becomes a Christian gentleman. There lies the body sfmy feo-ter-brother, who took do cross, bat followed me for the Imre of me. He lies tend on thy deck, and I was the cause off his deathjand the captivity off aS these poor the cosud of my father; spit* off my mother's tears. My sister is ia thy power; and tert for me she would not he here. Take me; pcnhfi me as kmg aa* as bfsrvily aa than wilt. Nothing can be worse than my deserts. Bnt I charge rime (had thaw send her away, and with her that ate man who led no hither. She has asked for my freedom. I refuse it- I refuse to let her share my captivity, and I ask that man. and beg a ransom from all Christians for these children who have Ins led into misery. As for myself, Iv 3 take who followed me m bonds. Cham me to should be the ft** sufiriw * He spoke earnestly, bat without earthuauum, m a low, dear tone, with Ins eyes fixed on those of the young Turk, who their interview, with a sense of respect Saphadim nodded slowly and said ia xn“That h the way oar prophet mated have judged the matter. If thou mere a Bat thy words are wise and shall he perfffftfd, 1 * Then, torning to the old motet, who had deaf to all that was psocing, he caaflia“What, haw there! Awake and hear what we have decided for thee!” tmned slowly rawed Ftphidim stared at him with mane surprise. as the aid mu spoke; tea, with the respect for age white all Modems shew, he tste Urn what had been agreed on. free, to go with her to the cities and castles of the Franks and teg a ransom for these fools, whom thsa hast led away to dest ruction. Art thoo willing to gn with then rase to las feet with fifinkr and steadng ta man stepped and eyed the boy fixedly. He •reared ts he enable to speak for a fifties, bnt at teat said; that I raw m the market place as Taned as if a voice ftom heaven ctekdto Ined Stephen, why did rimy art kH me “Enoagh of this. Then vhmVlrt have thonght as aR that ere then dtest lead thee to five, to see the erase qnmccs of hte poepht cy. | Wat thsa go and tag a forehead, with a wistful tekrtdefte! drew round turn. He seemed to he £stranght with the woe that had ranm an head the question chwriy, cametoHbbtee an* took tea hand, saying gently: “Hsly They wffl net let have consented teat thoq snd I ihsff fitakhte^^refiteltefte all. and whathhail I say when rim metle “Father HBdeteaafl, art thou sure than ptedto thee to let ter only nopr forget OH, Isftft smCimnA ftftril iwtif^ Then, as he dad aot answer, she hies* on: ©at tint Cm - ra k— - re ' • -_ ;■■■■; ’?■ ■» '■ .- - ■ ! ... .

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