id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 39385 Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows) The Jester's Sword How Aldebaran, the King's Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest .txt text/plain 5654 367 91 How Aldebaran, the King's Son, Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest When the great day came at last for the Sword to be put into his hands, king knew that Aldebaran would fail not in the keeping of that oath. 'Twas passing wonderful how soon Aldebaran began to taste the sweets of Most of all Aldebaran thought of Vesta. Aldebaran hid his face within his hands. "Because thou _art_ a king's son," said the Jester. The Jester looked down on Aldebaran's wan face. "At any rate," he said, "for one whole day thou hast kept thy oath. "Yet it would show still greater courage if thou couldst face thy fate So Aldebaran went out determined to be glad in heart as well as speech, "As Aldebaran the star shines in the heavens" (_no light within itself, Jester, and in time Aldebaran began to feel the gladness that he only ./cache/39385.txt ./txt/39385.txt