Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — Page 7

The Knight of the Silver Star

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By PERCY BREBNER

[CONTINUED.! CHAPTER 111. W— E had not gone fifty yards when a score of men, similarly accoutered to my companions, rushed upon us. The struggle was short and sharp. I was unable to make any kind of resistance and was dragged from my horse and my hands tied securely behind me. O’Ryan and his men fought desperately, and for a few minutes the clash of steel woke the echoes of the wood. But numbers told. O’Ryan was knocked out of his saddle and was bound as I was, and three of his men were tlso taken prisoners. Six men lav dead, two of ours and four of the enemy, bearing terrible witness to the fact that the fight had been no child’s play. It w.«?s my first experience of medieval warfare, but it was not destined to be my last. “With luck we may get to heaven,*’ O’Ryan whispered to me, “but I don’t think we'll ever get to Yadasara. Prisoners of war get badly handled. We’d be better off lying with those poor devils yonder.” Surrounded on every side by mountains, twilight is of short duration in Drussenland. It was dark long before we came to our journey’s end, and in spite of O'Ryan’s gloomy forebodings I was not sorry to reach the rebel headquarters. The rebel camp, which was set around a good sized town, called Meera. I learned later, lay between two spurs of the hills, and we came upon it suddenly. O’Ryan and I were taken into a barrack yard full of armed men and after our hands had been untied were locked in a dungeon. We were in absolute darkness and for some moments stood quite still and were silent. Then O’Ryan growled out a long string of oaths, which must have given him considerable trouble to collect, and ended by consigning himself to perdition for leaving his flask in his saddlebag. A flood of daylight pouring into the darkness through the open doorway awoke me and almost blinded me too. I rose to my feet, but the two soldiers who entered had not come for me. They shook O’Ryan. who, after a few sleepy grunts, stood up, very wide awake indeed. “Wanted so soon?” he said. One of the soldiers answered in the affirmative.

“Good! Par better than long waiting,” he said, and he shook hands with me. The next moment he was gone. The door closed and was locked again, and I was alone. Perhaps an hour elapsed before the door opened again. A soldier entered and placed on the floor some food and a flagon of wine. I thanked him, and he saluted me. He waited uqgl I had eaten some of the food and drunk the wine, with what relish I leave to the imagination, and then requested me to follow him. Outside a small guard received me, and I was taken across the barrack yard, which was full of life and business, to a building on the opposite side. It must have been about noon when a body of warriors more imposing than any I had yet seen marched into the yard. The officer came to me. “The princess holds council, and I am commanded to bring you before her,” he said. I inclined my head. My journey to the council hall was through the streets, and many people, chiefly women and old men, had gathered to see me pass. We turned into a courtyard surrounded on three sides by massive stone buildings and, marching straight across, halted for a moment before gates which opened into a great hall. At each end of the building was a huge round window, but the lighting was Insufficient, and the place was gloomy. The floor was of stone flags, worn a good deal, and indeed the whole edifice looked old. I know little of architecture, but although the style was common in Drussenland I have seen nothing like it elsewhere. Seated in the center of the hall on a platform was a woman surrounded by knights who were clad in steel—a goodly sight to look upon, if strange to such eyes as mine. Just below the platform on either side stood a dozen men in loose garments reaching from shoulder to heel, tied at the waist with a white sash, the ends of which fell to the ground. Each wore a white skullcap. They were all elderly men, and their hair and beards had -been allowed to grow at will. To say that the princess was the most beautiful woman my eyes had ever rested upon is hardly to describe her. The whole of Princess Daria’s world allowed that she was the most beautiful of women, and the women of Drussenland are beautiful. Her warriors, from the highest knight to the humblest soldier, worshiped her and had sworn obedience to him who should win her for himself. My first impression was that she was fit to rule those who bowed* before her. She looked queenly and , their mistress. Seated in her chair of state, as I first saw her, she looked a princess; she

looked what she was. the idol of her people, and she looked more, a woman a man could love. Every eye was turned toward me as I advanced up the hall. Certainly never before bad I been such a center of attraction. I saw O’Ryan standing at the foot of the platform between two soldiers, but as I approached he eluded theirvigilance and, rushing toward tne. fell on his knee and kissed my hand, whispering as he did so: “Admit everything. It’s our only chance.” Evidently I had to play a part of some sort. There was silence for some moments as I stood at the foot of the platform. The princess leaned forward in her seat to study me, closely, and I tried to look unconscious of the sensation I caused. He in the white robe and the silver girdle was the first to speak. “Is it true what this man has told concerning you?” he said, pointing to O’Ryan. "Sometimes men lie. What has he told concerning me?” I said. “That suddenly, while he watched in the night, you came from the mountains quickly by a path unknown, which no man has traveled.” "It is true.” “Know you aught of us in Drussenland?" .

“T know that war sings death among the hills." / “Naught else?" “I know that Khrym locks down and Is sorrowful, hiding his neaa with a cloud.” “The great Khrym yhall be appeased tomorrow,” he said. “Is it from Khrym you have come?” lie asked the question slowly. “I have said that I came from the mountains. Has any man traversed the path I have traversed?” “And you have come to help us?” “To all good.” “Tell us your mission that we may know you.” ." J- ’ 7 “From the mountains have I come to help you against your enemies. Be strong, and your princess shall sit upon the throne in Yadasara. Be faithful, be patient, and that which has been hidden for ages from your eyes shall once more sparkle in the sunlight in Drussenland.” My allusion to the treasure had an electrical effect upon my audience.

"ADMIT EVERYTHING. IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE.”

The pnincess rose to her feet, and the steel rang mightily as every' sword leaped from its scabbard. The priests bowed low, and shout after shout made the massive walls echo agaip. Only one man seemed unmoved at my statement—he who stood at the right hand of the princess. “Has the priest sure proof that the knight so long expected has come?” “The priests shall study before they speak certainly, Count Vasca.” “Remember,” said the count, irritated at the priest’s quiet answer and pointing to O’Ryan, “on the word of a foreign dog we are trusting.” “Nay, count, on the word of the knight himself.” . It was the princess who spoke. It was the first time I had heard her speak, and her voice thrilled me. “The princess has judged,” answered the count. “What, then, shall be done to this foreign dog, who, knowing that this was the promised knight, sought to carry him to our enemies in YadasaraT’ A growl of hatred followed words, and I saw that it was likely to go hard with O’Ryan. “Stay!” I cried, raising my arm for silence. “Those who fight tn a cause, faithful to that cause, are worthy of honor. These foreign dogs, valiant though they be, fight often in ignorance.” “To that man owes many a knight his overthrow,” said the count. “If he has been mighty in a wrong cause more mighty shall he be in a right one. He has told the truth of me and is therefore sacred to me and to my cause.” I have not understood our laws,” said Count Vasca in a voice which rang clear and loud through the hall. “Since the days when the mountains shut in our land no foreign dog ;has come to us, who are true Drussenlanders. Our enemies have called them in to slay us, but we who are true people hate them even with a more deadly hatred than those who, born in the land, bear arms against us in the pay of him who cal's himself the

king. Have not the priests, speaking as with the mouth of Khrym himself, commanded us to crush them as we would reptiles under our feet? Have the priests given us false counsel, or does this knight o’erstep his mission? Would Khrym speak in one way to the priests and after another manner to his messenger ? | Is it not strange, princess, that two commands concerning our enemies are given us?” u “Count Vasca speaks most/ truly,” I said. “But man’s judgnSeiit is bound by the things of today, and of the morrow he knows naught. Where man sees Only an enemy today, Khrym may •■'■cognize one who shall tomorrow be his messenger. This foreign dog has been so marked out. Had it not been given to him to know me might he not have attacked me instead of welcoming me? If in his ignorance he wished to take me to those whom he was he npt faithfully fulfilling V - d:hv as he understood it? The ; have weil understood and have riyVs’ obgn fie law. but of this •' •• they Ir>vp not spoken." ■ " ■ a foreign dog: it is enough,” . i p, , ; pht. hut no sound of approW>wod. <:ry-c frrkn the mountains, and to r'.w.ntains I can return:” “Th ' c lasts have not yet consulted,” he said. - ■ : “Let them beware how they do so,” I answered. “In their study lies the fate of Drussenland. This man is my armor bearer, my page and squire. Speak, princess. Judge betwixt Count Vasca and me. As your knight I claim this man. sacred to me and to

my cause.” “Princess”— “Pardon, count,” •she said, interrupting him. "Sir Knight, the man is yours.” “Study tonight,” said the princess, turning to the priests. "Tomorrow after sunset shall we hold audience, and you shall declare if this is he so long by you expected. Count, see this knight and his servant well attended, then come to me. I have a word for you in private.” For one moment the princess looked at me keenly and then turned. A door at the back of the platform was thrown open, and, followed by a guard of soldiers, she disappeared. Count Vasca came to me. “I am commanded to see you fittingly entertained.” he said, and he led the way through one of the side doors, O’Ryan and I following, a small guard behind us, whether to honor us or to see that we. did not escape I do not know. We passed down several long corridors and then mounted a flight of stairs. “Rest here until tomorrow.” said the count, ushering us, into a spacious apartment. “I will see that you are served.” In a short time food was brought us and wine in flagons. (To be continued.)

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Presence of Mind.

A startling incident is related of an officer in the Twelfth hussar regiment who was riding with the troops ip-'tne neighborhood of thp garrison of Merseburg when suddenly his horse, a .high mettled charger, took fright and z bolted. His efforts to restrain the auimal were fruitless. Giving the horSfe the rpin, the officer waited for a chancy to spring from the saddle. To his dismay, the suddenly swerved toward a piece of level ground whleh ended in a cliff overhanging the shore. In a few moments both horse and rider would be over the edge. But a bright flash was seen for a moment, and the saber of the officer fell with deadly effect upon the head of his Steed. Just in time the officer leaped from the saddle and escaped. What Lucy Knqyv. Mother was very busy dusting and straightening up the house. Little Lucy was helping. “I declare,” said nJbther, “I never saw so much dust. I wonder where it comes from.” “If I knew I’d tell you.” answered Lucy. “You don’t even know what dust is.” “Oh, jes, I do, mother! It is mud with the'juice squeezed out.” When Mary Reads. When Mary seads at school, you know, She speaks the words off very glow—“I see-a-boy,” and things lityp that And “Thomas-have-you-seen-the-cat?” And teacher says (don’t ever tell) That Mary can’t read very wtell. But when she reads to Bob and me We scarcely want to stop for tea. She reads the most surprising things Of birds that talk and beasts with wings, And mother always smiles to see When Mary reads to Bob and me. It doesn’t matter what the book. Dear Mary only has to look To see the nicest stories there. She'took Bob’s speller, I declare. And sweeter tales there could not be Than those she read to Bob and me! And «o we’re sune that teacher’s wrong And Mary’ll bea(3 the class ere long. For, though the grown folks all can tell What words the hardest letters spell. It’s wonderful a girt so snjal! Can read what isn’t there at all! —Youth’s Companion.

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SURROUNDED BY HEAVENLY HOSTS II Kings 6:8-23—April 9 "Be shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee <n all thy ways.”—Psalm 91:11. I HEN war was declared by fl I Syria against Israel the invaders sought to gain au entrance into Israel’s army in the mountain passes, but God through the Prophet Elisha forewarned the Israelites. When this had happened several times the Syrian king concluded that there were traitors amongst his counsellors, but was answered. No! the Prophet Elisha surely warns Israel’s king of anything that you plan secretly. Learning that the Prophet was living at Dot ban. near the Syrian border, the king sent a detachment of soldiers to capture him. They came by night. Elisha’s servant, arising early, saw that the little city was surrounded. He ran

to his master In fear, but the latter. unperturbed, answered. Fear not:for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. T h e s e w ord s sounded strangely untrue to the servant, until the Prophet prayed for him an opening of

eyes, which revealed a vision of angels, chariots and horses, with the appearance of. fire.

The lesson to us is that whoever are God’s servants, and wherever they may be, Divine power, like a mighty army, surrounds them. Modern inventions and discoveries are more and more revealing to us secrets of nature and hinting at far more beyond. Whoever has knowledge of wireless telegraphy, X-rays, radium, etc., can readily believe that the Almighty God may have thousands of agencies and powers invisible to men whereby he can work all things according as he pleases. “The Angel of the Lord Encampeth Round About Them That Fear Him and Deliveroth Them.”

Angels are beings of a grade a little higher than man—beings with spirit bodies instead'of flesh bodies. “Thou madest man a little lower than the angels.” The Scriptures declare that the angels are sent forth to minister to or serve all those who are heirs of salvation. They encamp around about God’s servants in the sense that Divine agency and power are everywhere and ready at any instant to be exercised as much as need be for the accomplishment of God’s will. The same God who willed that Elijah should flee before Jezebel arranged that Elisha should be specially protected. But we are to remember that only those who are in covenant relationship with God are under this special watch-care and protection. We are to remember also that there are fallen angflfc, called “Wicked spirits," and that these are on the alert to entrap and ensnare humanity through spirit mediums, spirit rappings, tippings, clairvoyants, ouijaboards, etc. God’s people are against these, and they In turn should warn the world' of the great danger resulting from any association with these fallen angels, who mterepresent themselves, to be our dead friends. Many are being misled by these evil spirits. They have introduced various false doctrines and continually seek t<s entrap the human will and, if possible, to gain control over U—through obsession. Ourtoarty Is one of th* main baits to the book of spta’itism. Spiritists, including mediums, are being deceived. They think that they converse with the dead. They will inthat there are “wicked spirits," “lying spirits,” as the Bible says; but the/ do not acknowledge that they are elf wicked. The fact is that they have only partially realized the depth lof» Satan’s power and deceit. Comparatively Few Have Yet Learned of God’a Love Only God’s cons.vrated people have yet learned of his love, and they very Imperfectly. The tactics of Satan and his 'demon hosts for centuries has been to blind the whole world and, as much as ■possible, God’s people respecting his true character. 6y misrepresentations of the Scriptures and some interpolations and some mistranslations they have succeeded to a wonderful degree

The work of the fallen angels

terribly demoralizing. Good men and women under the delusions of those creeds tortured ope another, often to death, with thuinb-screws, racks, burn-Ing-irons, the' stake, etc. Their hearts were’not so much worse, perhaps, than ours;' but their heads were more deluded. Believing thoroughly in the doctrine of eternal torment, etc., they c >py this misconception of the Divine character and dealing.

The angels of the Lord, Ehsha's defenders.

in putting light for darkness and darkness for light. This is shown in the creeds of all denominations —some in a greater and some in a less degree. A century or more ago, when the creeds were believed mb re • fully than today, the effect was

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