"Father! Mother! I saw Count Lodewyk! He rode through the city on a black horse!" Matin shouted, as he dashed into the humble home where his parents were eating supper. " The cavalry followed hom, and every where he went the people wheered hem on!" Martin's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Calm down young man, and ming your manners," his father admonished. " You are more that an hour late and Mother was quite worried about you. Why are you so late?" Martin blushed. "I had to deliver ten feet of cloth to a customer," he mumbled.