[Illustration]
The king sat down by the fire, and the woman hurried to get things
ready for supper. The two young men got down their bows and arrows,
and all were busy making plans for the next day.
Suddenly a great noise was heard outside. They listened. They heard
the tramping of horses and the voices of a number of men.
"The English! the English!" said the young men.
"Be brave, and defend your king with your lives," said their mother.
Then some one outside called loudly, "Have you seen King Robert the
Bruce pass this way?"
"That is my brother Edward's voice," said the king. "These are friends,
not enemies."
The door was thrown open and he saw a hundred brave men, all ready to
give him aid. He forgot his hunger; he forgot his weariness. He began
to ask about his enemies who had been hunting him.
"I saw two hundred of them in the village below us," said one of his
officers. "They are resting there for the night and have no fear of
danger from us. If you have a mind to make haste, we may surprise
them."
"Then let us mount and ride," said the king.
The next minute they were off. They rushed suddenly into the village.
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