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Show Old Time English Women Rider. As the fox gave up his life at the worrying wor-rying of the hounds, the one to be "in at the death" and claim the brush was as likely to be her grace the duchess, astride a fleet palfrey, as his grace the duke mounted on a trusty but slow footed foot-ed war horse. Gorgeous in all the costly finery of the Fourteenth century the high born and gentle dames, with squire and knight at side and sturdy troopers to "safely guard and surely keep" them from all harm, would leave their frowning frown-ing castle homes and journey over moor-laud moor-laud and through the shades of mighty forests, where the outlaw lurked, to the distant courts at London or at Holyrood, or to the nearer pleasures rf the tourney in his gracious majesty's v4U0dand loyal city of York. They lived in an ago of strife and danger. Like blieir fathers, brothers, husbands and sweethearts, they possessed courage, strength and resource, which in. nowise detracted from their beauty or their womanliness. The saddle of Galahad was equally suitable for Guinevere, and at the first alarm the lady, fair could press her ktieer igainst the good steed's sides and dig her dainty spur shod heels into his flanks, preparatory prepara-tory to flight or charge, with a faciliij equal to that of the gallant gentlemen of her escort. |