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The Brethren
RIDEIl
Author of "Sh," "King
HAGGARD,
Solomon's Mines'' Etc.
COPYRIGHT, 1903-1904, Y RIDE HAGGARD
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"Let Ber not rear" went ciB the sil
very voice, "for no. barm shall come to
.her against her wilL Admit us, holy
abbess, we beseech you la the name of
Christ."
Then the abbess said, "Let us receive
the queen with such dignity as wo
may." Motioning to the nuns to take
their appointed seats in the choir, she
placed herself in the great chair at the
bead of them, while behind her at the
raised altar stood Rosamund, the bare
knifo in her hand.
The door was opened, and through
it swept a strange procession. First
came the beauteous queen wearing ber
insignia of royalty, but with a black
veil upon her bead. Next followed la-
dies of her court twelve of them
trembling with fright, but splendidly
appareled, and after these three stern
and turbaned Saracens clad in mail,
their Jeweled sclmlters at their sides.
Then appeared a procession of women,
most of them draped in mourning and
leading scared children by the hand
the wives, sisters and widows of no
bles, knights and burgesses of Jerusa
lem. Last of all marched a hundred or
more of captains and warriors, amonj
them Wulf, headed by Sir Ballan and
ended by the patriarch Ileracllus in his
gorgeous robes.
On swept the queen up the length of
the long church, and as she came tho
Hoaamund mil held the naked daagcr
in her hand.
abbess and ber nuns rose and bowed
to her, while one offered her the chair
of state that-was set apart to bo used
by the bishop in bis visitations.
,4 "Nay," suld the queen, "mockme
w'.'tn no honorable seat who coia 'here
as a humble suppliant."
(So down the went upon the marble
'i uoor with all her Indies and the follow
ing women, while the solemn Saracens
looked at her wondering and tho
knights and nobles massed themselves
behind.
"What can we give you. O queen'
asked the abbess, "who have nothing
left save our treasure, to which you are
most welcome, our honor and our
lives?"
"Alasr answered the royal lady.
"Alas that I must say it! I come to
ask ins lire or one 01 you.
"Of whom, O queen?"
Sybllla lifted her bead, and with tor
outstretched arm pointed to Rosamund,
w ho stood above them all by the htgh
altar.
For a moment Rosamund ' turned
pale, then spoke In a steady voice:
"Say what service can my poor life
be to you, O queen, and by whom is it
Bought?"
Thrice Sybllla strove to answer, and
at last murmured:
"I cannot Let tho envoys give her
the letter, If she is able to read their
tongue."
"I am able," answered Rosamund,
and a Saracen emir drew forth a roll
and laid it against his forehead, then
gave it to the abbess, who brought it
to Rosamund. With her dagger blade
' she cut Its silk, opened it and read
aloud, always In tho same quiet voice,
translating as she read:
In tho nam of Allah the one, the all
merciful, to my niece, aforetime the Prin
cess of Baalbec, Rosamund D'Arcy by
n&me, now a. fugitive hidden In a convent
of the Franks in the city el-Kuda Esh
shertf. the holy city of Jerusalem:
Niece All , my prom lues to you I have
performed, and more, since for your soke
1 spared tho lives of your cousins, the
twin knights. But you have repaid mo
with Ingratitude and trickery, after thj
manner of those of your false and accurs
ed faith, and have fled from me. I proin
" ised you also, again and yet again, that
If you attempted this thing- death should
be your portion. No longer, therefore, aro
you the Princess of Xtaalbec, but only an
escaped Christian slave and as such doom
ed to die whenever my aword reaches
you.
Of my vision concerning you, which
caused me to brinir vou to th at tram
England, you know well. Repeat It in
your heart before you answer. That
vision told me that by your nobleness and
sacrifice you should save the lives of
many. I demanded that you should be
brought back to me, and the request was
refused why, it matters not. Now I un
derstand the reason that this was so
ordained. I demand no more that force
should be used to you. I demand that you
shall come of your own free will to suf
fer the bitter and shameful reward of
your sin. or. if you so desire, bide where
you are of your own free will and be
dealt with as God shall decree.
This hangs upon your Judgment: If you
aome and ask It of me, I will consider
the question of the sparing of Jerusalem
and Its inhabitants. If you refuse to
come. I will certainly put every one of
them to the sword, save such of the
women and children as may be kept for
laves. Decide, then, niece, and quickly,
whether you will return with my envoys
or bide where they find you.
YUSUF SALAH-ED-DIN.
Peculiar to Itself
ii, effectiveness, usefulness and economy,
curing the widest range of diseases, am!
doing tho most good tor the money, Is
Hood's Saroaparilla
Uqaid or tablets, MO Doses One Dollar.
Rosamund finished reading, and the
letter fluttered from her hand down to
the marble floor. Then the queen said:
"Lady, we ask . this sacrifice of you
in the name of these and all their fel
lows." And she pointed to the women
and children behind ber.
"And my life?" mused Rosamund
aloud. "It is all I have. When I havo
paid it away I shall be beggared." And
her eyes wandered to where the tall
shape of Wulf stood by a pillar of the
church.
"Perchance Saladin will be merci
ful," hazarded the queen.
"Why should he be merciful," an
swered Rosamund, "who has always
warned me that if I escaped from him
and was recaptured certainly I must
die? Nay; he will offer mc Islam or
death, which means death by the
rope or in some worse fashion."
"But If you stay here you must die,"
pleaded the queen, "or at best fall into
the hands of the soldiers. Oh, lady,
your life is but one life, and with it
you can buy those of 80,000 souls!"
"Is that so sure?" asked Rosamund,
"The sultan has made no promise; he
says only that If I pray It of him he
will consider the question of sparing
Jerusalem."
"But but," went on the queen, "he
says also that if you do not come he
will surely put Jerusalem to the
sword, and to Sir Balian he said that
if you gave yourself up he thought he
might grant terms which we should be
glad to take. Therefore we dare to ask
of you to give your life in payment for
such a hope. Oh, refuse not our prayer,
but show that you indeed are great
enough to step forward to meet the
death which comes to every one of us
and thereby earn the blessings of half
the world and make sure your place in
heaven, nigh to him who also died for
men. riead with her, my sisters; plead
with her!"'
Then tho women and children threw
themselves down before her, and with
tears and sobbing prayed her that she
would give up her life for theirs. Rosa
mund looked at them and smiled, then
said in a clear voice:
' "What say you, my cousin and be
trothed, Sir Wulf D'Arcy? Come hith
er, and give me your counsel."
So the gray eyed, war worn Wulf
strode up the aisle and, standing by
the altar rails, saluted her.
"You have heard," said Rosamund.
"Your counsel. Would you have me
lie?"
"Alas," he answered in a hoarse
voice, "It Is . hard to speak, yet they
sre many you are but one!"
Now there was a murmur of ap
plause,' for it was known that this
knight loved his lady dearly and that
but the other day he had stood there
to defend her to the death against
those who would give her up to Sala
din. Now Rosamund laughed out, and the
sweet sound of her laughter was
strange in that solemn place and hour.
"Ah, Wulf!" she said. "Wulf, who
must ever speak the truth, even when
It costs him dear. Well, I would not
have It otherwise. Queen, and all you
foolish people, I did but try your tem
pers." Then Rosamund sheathed the dagger
that all this while she held in her hand,
and, lifting the letter from the floor,
touched her brow with it in signal, of
bedience.
: Now the envoys bowed before her in
grave admiration, and the air grew
thick with blessings. As Rosamund
stepped down from the altar the queen
threw her orms about her neck and
kissed her, while lords and knights, wo
men and children, pressed their lips
upon her hands, upon the hem of her
white robe and even on her feet, call
ing her "saint" and "deliverer."
"Alas," she answered, waving them
back, "as yet I am neither of these
tSIiigs," tLougli tHe IaT:?r of near I
hope to be. Come, let us be going."
"Aye," echoed Wulf, stepping to her
side, "let us be going."
Rosamund started at the words, and
all there stared.
"Listen, queen, emirs and people,"
he went on. "I am this lady's kinsman
and her betrothed knight, sworn to
serve hex to the end. If she be guilty
of a crime against the sultan, I am
more guilty, and on me also shall fall
his vengeance. Let us be going."
"Wulf, Wulf," she said, "it shall not
be. One life is asked, not both."
Then he whispered in her ear, "Sweet
Rosamund, deny me not, lest you
should drive me to madness and self
murder, who will have no more of
earth without you."
Now, her eyes full of tears and shin
ing -with love, Rosamund murmured
back:
"Y6u are too strong for me. Let it
befall as God wills."
Nor did the others attempt to stay
him any more.
Going to the abbess, Rosamund would
have knelt before her, but it was the
abbess who knelt and called her bless
ed and kissed her. Then a priest was
brought not the patriarch, of whom
she would have none, but another, a
holy man.
To him apart at the altar first Rosa
mund and then Wulf made confession
of their sins, receiving absolution and
the sacrament in that form in which it
was given to the dying, while, save the
emirs, all in the church knelt and pray
ed as for souls that pass.
The solemn ritual was ended. They
rose, and, followed by Jwo of the en
Toys for already the third had depart
ed under escort to the court of Saladin
to give him warning the queen, her
ladies and all the company walked
from the church and through the eon
vent halls out into the narrow street
of woe. Ilere Wulf, as her kinsman,
took Rosamund by the hand, leading
ber as a man leads his sister to her
bridal. ,
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ran, la uw we o bts
See tine Sills! see pe Waists aid SMrts!
L'wmimJimJSAJf9mB,miai! MWJfaULMJ.gJM.Jl JftL - .Ultima J-J-I. !.. M'J ,!.1W.
Dbwn the long, winding streets, with
bent heads and humble mien, compan
ioned ever by the multitude, through
which soldiers cleared the way, they
walked thus, while women held up
their children to touch the robe of
Rosamund tor to look upon her face.
At length 'the gate was reached, and
while it was unbarred they halted.
Then came forward Sir Balian of Ibe
lln, bareheaded, and said:
"Lady, oa behalf of the people of Je
rusalem and of the whole of Christen
dom I give you honor and thanks, and
to you also, Sir Wulf D'Arcy, the brav
est and most faithful of all knights."
Then they passed through the gate
and, as the envoys declared that none
might accompany them farther, walk-,
ed forward followed by the sound of
the weeping of the multitude toward
the camp of Saladin, two strange and
lonesome figures in the moonlight.
Thus they came into the presence of
the sultan and knelt before him, Rosa
mund in her novice's white robe and
Wulf in his battered mail.
(To be Continued.)
Bean the
Sean tne s? 1 "B "1U iuu naia wwars
.The Kind You Have Always BougM
BIG REWARD WITHDRAWN.
The Bodies of two Connersville
Young Men have not Been Lo
cated. Palladium Special.
Connersville, May 18. According to
the terms as announced in the bills
advertising the $1,000 reward for the
recovery of the bodies of Edward
Florea' and Francis Johnston, who
were drowned In the river nearly
seven weeks ago, that offer expired
today. The $1,000 for both or $500 for
either body was put in force April
26th, and to be good only for three
weeks. The reward will Tien revert
to the former reward of $400 or $200
for either body.
It is not known definitely if the re
ward will be raised again but in all
probability will not. There have been
no new developments, recently in the
searching for the missing boys, al
though men are still out along the
river every day making some effort
to find them.
C ASTOR I A
Fo T.Jlta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
THE NEW CASTLE MASONS
The Henry County Capital will Send
Large Delegation to Richmond
Next Thursday.
The New Castle Courier of yester
day says:
"The Blue Lodge had work in the
Fellowcraft degree last night and J.
N. Tracy was the candidate.
"At the conclusion of the business
session Worshipful Master Gephart
announced that the New Castle Blue
Lodge is invited to Richmond next
Thursday afternoon and evening when
Richmond lodge of that city will have
a Jubilee, including work in the after
noon and evening and a banquet. The
New Castle lodge is the only one out
side of Wayne County invited. It is
quite likely that the local lodge will
be well represented."
Approaching Marriage.
The following invitations have been
issued:
Miss Emmaline Slaughter
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
I. Delia
to . '
Mr. Ulysses G. Cook
on
Thursday evening, May the thirty first
Nineteen Hundred Six
at eight o'clock
at Bethel A. M. E. Church
Richmond, Ind.
THE DEATH RATE
OS
State Report Shows 300 More
In April This Year Than
Last.
THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES.
CONSUMPTION CLAIMED THE
" GREATEST NUMBER OF VICTIMS
MANY OF THESE WERE PAR
ENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
Palladium Special.
Indianapolis, May 18. The Bulletin
of the State Board of Health presents
the following review of disease and
mortality in the State in April.
The deaths during the month were
2976, rate 13.2. In the corresponding
month last year, 2639 deaths, rate,12.1.
The cities report a death rate of 16.9
which is 3.7 higher than the average
for the whole state. The country re
ports a death rate of 11.8 which is
1.4 lower than the average for th.3
whole state. Deaths by Important
ages were as follows: Under 1 year,
399 or 14.1 per cent of the total; 1 to
5, 163; 5 to 10, 55; 10 to 20, 155; 65
and over, 875 or 31 per cent of the
total. Certain causes of death were
as follows: Tuberculosis, 415; typhoid
fever, 34; diphtheria and croup, 12;
scarlet fever, 8; whooping cough, 27;
pneumonia, 386; diarrhoeal diseases,
27; cerebro spinal menengitis, 42; in
fluenze, 23; puerperal fever, 8; can
cer, 126; violence, 124. Of the 415
tuberculosis deaths 191 were males
and 224 females. Of the feamales, 83
were mothers in the age period of 18
to 40 and left 167 orphans under 12
years of age. Of the males, 39 were
fathers in the age period of 18 to 40
and left 80 orphans under 12 years of
age. Consumption therefore made 247
orphans during the month, and aver
age of 8 each day. The homes in
vaded and broken up numbered 391.
Of tho total tuberculosis deaths, 253
occurred in the age period of 15 to 40
which is 62 per cent. The pneumonia
deaths were 163 more than in the cor
responding month last year.
Anthracit Coa$7 per ton for May
delivery.
hackmaYiklehfoth & CO.
12-lw . Y
IS GIVEN LEGAL HELP
Attorneys Robbins' and Starr Are
Appointed by the Court to De
fend Mrs. John Locke.
In the circuit court yesterday morn
ing. Attorneys Robbins and Starr
were appointed to conduct the de
fense of Mrs. John Locke, wife of the
notorious fugitive, who, it is alleged
assisted him in breaking Jail. She
made affidavit that she is a poor per
son and unable to obtain an attorney.
Robbins and Starr have appeared for
the Lockes heretofore when members
of that family were In the clutches of
the law, and was to have had charge
of the defense of John Locke, before
his flight relieved him of this task.
Mrs. Locke's bond was placed at
$200 but she went to the Home for
the Friendless' in default. It is
thought that she will soon be able
to secure this money and 'her freedom-
No .suit ca:
leave Mux store until
it fits perfec
Ifou want to be
well dressed wi
please you. Fine
Emmons Tailor
dlt suits at $15 and
ing Co.
Resort Weather Is Here.
The warm weather is causing many
Richmond people who are in the habit
of spending their summers at the
Lakes or along the shore, to look up
time cards and accommodations. The
resort weather is here and within a
few weeks, the summer travelers will
be ready to leave.
THE ORDER IS RECALLED
NO PETIT JURY MONDAY
On Account of the Grand Jury Con
vening Next Week, the Petit Jury
Will Not Be Used Hammond Case
Postponed for a Time.
The order issued by Judge Fox,
summoning the members of the petit
Jury for next . Monday has been re
called, and the petit jury will not be
needed again until after the grand
Jury, in its special session makes its
report. In the meantime, the case of
Charles Hammond, Pop-Corn Charley,
will be continued indefinitely. Ham
mond's case was to have come up next
Monday morning.
The recalling of the grand Jury is
causing much speculation and it is
generally believed that it is for the
purpose of investigating the alleged
lax conditions at the County Jail
which permitted John Locke to make
his escape. Charges, have been pub
licly made against Sheriff Smith and it
is believed that he will be given a
change to answer these charges be
fore the grand jury in its special ses
sion. The case of Mrs. Locke has been
turned over to the grand jury, as it is
thought that while that body is in ses
sion, it will also look into the matter
of the assault of a small boy by Jo
seph Jones, a colored man, who is now
under arrest.
23 CENTS
N, SWEET
JUICY ORAN
IRDER A DOZ-
EN , WITH
SATURDAY OR-
DER. THEY'
PHONE 2?2.
FINE.
HADLEY BROS.
INDIANAPOLIS EXCURSION
Druids Will Run Three Special Cars
to Indianapolis Tomorrow with
Rate of $1.25 Round Trip.
The excursion to Indianapolis Sun
day,' under the auspices of the Rich
mond Grove of Druids, promises to be
very successful, and three cars have
been chartered to take the delegates
and their friends to the Capital City
to spend the day. The rate from here
is $1.25. A class of fifty candidates
will be taken along and initiated by
the degree team of Columbus, Ind.
OASTC
Bean the ? Ins MMI TOU HaV8 Always BOUgni
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
Union National Bank Will Install
New Office Furniture to Re
place Present Fixtures.
Extensive improvements in the in
terior arrangements of the Union Na
tional Bank will be made this sum
mer. The old ofSce furniture will be
torn out and a modern set o bank
fixtures installed. The plans were
drawn by Kramer & Co. Work will
probably be commenced In June and
finished before the end of the sum
mer. 23 CENT
DOZEN, SWEET
ORDER A DOZ
SATURDAY OR-
FINE.
HADLEY BROS.
JUICY OR
EN WITH
DER. TH
PHONE 29
One Thousand Initiated.
One thousand candidates were ini
tiated into the Modern Woodmen of
America lodge at Indianapolis last
night. About fifty members , .includ
ing the. local degree team, left here
late in the afternoon and will , return
this morning The Indianapolis
Camp is entertaining delegations from
nearly every camp in the state.
23 CENTd
DOZEN, SWEET
ORDER A DOZ-
JUICY ORAKQ
EN WITH
DER. THE
PHONE 292.
R SATURDAY OR-
FINE.
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25c Pines at ..V. . .15
35c Pines at A f. .25
. NEW VEGETABLES OF ALa KINDS, JTHE FINEST STRAWBER.
RIES THAT COME TO RICHMOND, COUNTRY DRESSED CHICKENS.
CREAM TO WHIP, SARATOGA dHIPS, IaKED HAM AND TENDER
LOIN. GIVE US YOUR ORDER AND gIt THE BEST.
Bee Hive wocery to.
Under the Heading "Business Directory"
Will be found a list of firms arranged under proper headings which will
enable anyone looking for any line of business to at once see where they
should go.
BUSINESS
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City aad rrrf. Telephone 553.
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11 South 7th St. Telephone No. 41.
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16 N. 10th St. Phone 1
PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.
DIRECTORY
TEAS AND COFFEES.
GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
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stampn with o6t teas, coffees, baking
uowdera.l extracts and spices. 727
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18th,
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feWstreet.
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PHONE 278
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