for mine!"

So spake the wise old warrior;
And all about him cried:
"Paulinus' God hath conquer'd!
And he shall be our guide:--
For he makes life worth living
Who brings this message plain,
When our brief days are over,
That we shall live again."

_--Unknown_

THE LIFE OF ST. GEORGE MARTYR

St. George was a knight and born in Cappadocia. On a time he came in to
the province of Libya, to a city which is said Silene. And by this city
was a stagne or a pond like a sea, wherein was a dragon which envenomed
all the country. And on a time the people were assembled for to slay
him, and when they saw him they fled. And when he came nigh the city he
venomed the people with his breath, and therefore the people of the city
gave to him every day two sheep for to feed him, because he should do no
harm to the people, and when the sheep failed there was taken a man and
a sheep. Then was an ordinance made in the town that there should be
taken the children and young people of them of the town by lot, and
every each one as it fell, were he gentle or poor, should be delivered
when the lot fell on him or her. So it happed that many of them of the
town were then delivered, insomuch that the lot fell upon the king's
daughter, whereof the king was sorry, and said unto the people: For the
love of the gods take gold and silver and all that I have, and let me
have my daughter. They said: How sir! ye have made and ordained the law,
and our children be now dead, and ye would do the contrary. Your
daughter shall be given, or else we shall burn you and your house.

When the king saw he might no more do, he began to weep, and said to
his daughter: Now shall I never see thine espousals. Then returned he to
the people ami demanded eight days' respite, and they granted it to him.
And when the eight days were passed they came to him and said: Thou
seest that the city perisheth: Then did the king do array his daughter
like as she should be wedded, and embraced her, kissed her and gave her
his benediction, and after, led her to the place where the dragon was.

When she was there St. George passed by, and when he saw the lady he
demanded the lady what she made there and she said: Go ye your way fair
young man, that ye perish not also. Then said he: Tell to me what have
and why weep ye, and doubt ye of nothing. When she saw that he would
know, she said to him how she was delivered to the dragon. Then said St.
George: Fair daughter,