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f " ; r jt-dM u . .... L . . - t - c;ia:.l i; :;a.iE:iiiiTT-iE;X-OH-WH'l IJy.j fl. C O N a N ; D OTIE 3 Author of "The Adventures ,f Sltcrlock Holmea," "A Study In Scarlet, "The Hoond of the Baskervilles,'' W1I h An . 1 1. ' .o. i . v . r i : t . i . it . i i I . " ...w .., m .MW. . I uuilKf UCkWUCll . IH W IIUI.J-UU-I' Bt ru,i J , ilk". 1 I flAA fintal!,.i l.li.. j a 1. I i - - .. " 1 . . . J .......UB,ilTnj . ixiuuia a,ueyn, -cow tuoaea rueruuy at tier own arrpping lie Is r.t.t a i 1 to - v i live ering up m;ainst him like the tremb- feet and bedraggled skirt, . d-oU(.d 1. 1 i v ,t ri"- mo ling leveret -who sees the falcon pols- -"Holy JJary!" said ehe, "what shall it Is true, 1 t It u i t to ) i t t I mg or me swoop above bim.v? . do7 Mother will keep me to - my shall lyuic .for vet- ce. k..-ne """u my ana " cnt ;Rian ua uwiuuor uir a munta. uuu iiiiiKt jiih Derc-riance. in tout i r in lonrm v. fiercely, .heedless of the 'blood which I work at the tapestry of the nine bold knight may wls,u to v-r my colon, tricKiea' freely from his fingers. 1 anignta fan promised es mucn last and then I shall U n l.in n..-t if l "What have von to Ac ham Tiw. vnnr I wee, wnen I leu Into wjiveriy pog. i does Indeed crave j-y favor there i.) dress vou Khmii.4 ha-v.ma v i,a land yet she knows that , I cannot wronar unredressed, and ti e wronr r cursed clerks who overrun th land aDde needle -work.'. ., fthe bocman of Mlnstead. t,o ii.y like vile rats, not-in r,A nevtna- into i .Aeyne. still standing In the stream, hold kndghtscmfwy cnif onfwyrnir other men's concerns, too caitiff to Kf??4" fceful pink- knight shall find - : i.a.i i . u . ..... i I.) . with a woo.mmi, - -v i k''-i. trui' In? aim;? in t : v t at b'i v '.i 1 to t i A. . 1 i cifice l,e iiril ttia i at 1 -wood .iUii, "nous for till bu ; 1 jew, t'lou h i,.irk iVf-'i vnu lis i i.t 1 ft- h tn i s, and on t -m ,u . 'v KtiJitwood proves, whero the ' t ' it Of was already, a rreat tree, but .iy one of many cornel v brothers' T in v plodded along together the wpodii- ni CHAPTER 'IX.' how Strange TbJagu Befell In Ub ; j stead wood. , . S i fM pain ne youni , ciern, had now to follow lay through a mag. tilfloent i forest of the very heaviest timber, where the giant bowls of oak And of beech ' formed long aisles Jn everr direction,! shooting, up their huge branches to build fhe majctle arches of Natuse'4 own cathedral. Beneath lay a broad carpet of the ovr wlth fallen teares, nut yielding, pleasantly to the foot of the travel er. The track which guided htm was '; one t so seldom used that in places , If lost Itself entirely among the graws, to reappear as a reddish rut between the distant tree trunks. It was very eti:l here in the heart of the wood .55 f lands, The gentle rustl of the branch-'vAi-Wf and the distant cooing of pigeons 'i .w$r the only sounds which broke . In upon the silence, save that once . "Alfyno heard afar off a mrry call " '. upon a banting bugle and the shrill ' . -yapping of the hounds. ' , ;; ' It .was not without some emotion ..'".i1that b looked upon the scene around him, for. In spite of his secluded life, he knew enough of the ancient 4..'' greatness of his own family to be , aware that the time had been when they had held undisputed and par- ' "amovnt sway over all that tract of f- country. Els father could trace his . .pura Saxon lineage back to that ; . ' Godfrey Mall who had held the man . ors f Bristerne and of Mlnstead at , the Urn when the Norman first set V. mailed foot upon Engllah soli. The afforestation of the district, however, :.Vaad ;Jta conversto-i Into a royal demeano bad clipped off a large sec . ; tlon of his estate, while other parts ',.' had ben conflscatd as a punishment ' for his supposed complicity In an .. ' abortira Saxon rising. The fate of . tha ancestor had been typical of that of Tila descendants. During three , hundred years their domains had -. ''gradually contracted. sometimes :'yl through royal of feudal encroach- nient, and sometimes through such gifts to the Church as that with which "'..AHeyne'e father had opened the ... doors of Beaulieu Abbey to his young- . r son. The importance of the family J had thus dwindled, but they still re , r. talnad the old Saxon manor-house, .-"wlUi a couplo of farms and a grove largo enough to afford panjitge to jSA'ia hundred pigs "sylva de centum J porels, as the old family parch :, nients describe It. Above all, the own w; er of the soil could still hold his Mvvhead high as the veritable Socman Of. Mlnstead that is, as holding the ;. land in free socage, with no feudal w superior, and answerable to no man lower than the king. Knowing this .r 'AHeyne felt om little glow f s . worldly pride as he looked for the - first time upon the land which so .' ; many generations of Ws ancestors . had been associated. lie pushed on ' " the quicker, twirling his staff merrl- ly, knd looking out at every turn of i'iitthe path for some sign of the old .gaxon residence. He was suddenly arrested, however, by the appe'ar- sftnee of a wl!d-lonklng fellow armed A with a club, who sprang out from be ; C hjnd a tree and barred his passage. ;v.H was a rough, powerful peasant, .: .with a cap and tunic of untanned iw sheepskin, leather breeches, and gal- llgasklns round leg and feet, o "Stand!" he shouted, raising his :ti -heavy cudgel to enforce the order. Vii-'."Who are you who walks so freely j . through the wood? WWhlther would you go. and what in your errand?" , "Why nhoul'I I answer vour ques--V tlons. my friend?" wild Alleyne, standing on hi guard. . . '' Because vour tongue ninv save' - your pate. Hut where have I looked ' upon your fare before'.'"' ! "No longer ago than Inst night nt Is'sthe 'Pled Merlin.'" the clerk nriswer ; d. recognising the escaped Kff who - had been so onlxpoken as to hl 'S; wrongs. ' "By the Virgin! yes. Ton were the - Illtl otnrlr U t unt utt fntirti In lYtt 3 vomer, and then cried fy on the glee- ! Jh,,"! And listening to tha loud ''Hyke-a-Btusaxd! HyKe-a-fomers! iHyke - a-Iebryt! with which they called upon, their favorite hounds, when a group - of horsemen: crashed put through the underwood at the very spot where the serf and he were standing. The one who led was a man be tween fifty and sixty years of age, war-worn and weather-beaten, with a broad, thoughtful forehead and eyes which shone brightly from un der his fierce and overhung . brows. His beard,t streaked thickly With gray, bristled forward from hla chjn, and spoke of a passionate nature,, while the long, finely cut s face and Arm mouth marked the leader of men. His figure was erect and soldierly, and he rode his horse with the tare-l less grace of a man whose life-had been spent in the saddle. In common garb, his masterful face and flash; Ing eye would have marked him as one who was born to rule; but now. with his silken tunic powdered with golden fleurs-de-lis, his velvet man tle with the royal minever, and the lions of England stamped In sliver upon his harness, none could fall to recognize he nouie (Edward, most warlike and powerful ef all the long line of fighting monarch who had ruled the Anglo-Norman " race. Al leyne doffed hat and bowed head at the sight of him. hut the serf folded his hands and leaned them upon his cudgel, looking with little love at the knot of nobles and knlghts-ln-walt-lng who rode hehlnd the king. "Ha!" cried (Edward,- reining up for on instant his powerful black steed. "Le cerf est passe 7 NonT Id, Brocas; tu paries Analala" "The deer, clowns 7" said a hard- vlsaged, swarthy-faced man, who rode at fheking's elbow. "If ye have headed It back It is as much at your ears are worth." It passed by th blighted beech there," said Alleyne, pointing, "and the hounds were hard at Its heels." It is well," - cried Edward, still speaking in French) for, though he could understand English, he had never learned to express himself in so barbarous and unpolished a tongue, 'By my faith, sirs," he continued. half turning in his saddle to address his escort, "unless my woodcraft is sadly at fault.'it Is a stag of six tine and the finest that we have roused this journey. A golden St. Hubert to the man who la the'flrtt to sound the mort." He shook his bridle as he spoke, and thundered away, his knights lying low upon their horses and galloylng as hard as whip and spur would drive them, in the hope of winning the king's priae. Away they drove down the long green glade bay horses, black . and gray, riders clad In every shade of velvet, fur, or i silk, with glint of Brazen norn an flash of knife and spear. One only lingered, the black-browed Baron Brocas, who. making a gambade which brought him within arm' sweep of the strf, slashed him across the face with his riding whip. "Doff, dog, doff," he hissed, when a mon arch deigns to lower his eyes to such as you!" then spurred through the underwood and was gone, with gleam of steel shoes and flutter of dead leaves. The villein took the cruel blow without a wince or cry, as one to whom stripes are a birthright and an Inheritance. HI eyes flashed, how ever, and he shook his bony hand with a fierce wild gesture after the re treating figure. "Black hound of Oascony," he muttered, "evil the day that you and (.hose like you set foot in free Eng. land! I know thy kennel of Roche, court. The night will come when may do to thee and thine what you una your class have wrought upon mlno and me. May God smite me If I fall to smite thee, thou French rob her, with thy wife and thy child and an that is under thy castle roof!" "Forbear!" cried Alleyne. "Mix not ods name wirh these unhallowed yet It was a coward's fight and too lsirto wort E the af d,wlLU? flure.' the curv? ot -a.wei I bold knights love, and my debt shall side, for their thoughts were as- fir ,, r,,, .j... .,, .'.i.i,, . . i . , i mam . v, j '." , Jittir, shu ing srouo, sensiuve ue paia, ana my xainer none me wiwr, asunder as the nole Th neavunt-R ".lVfh wbloh looked up frankly and and one rogue the less tn the world, gossip6 had been P0t 'SSnt of t he p. .,w --UI.M. .as i una Aiieyne, with little talk' on.-eiUner cr, asunder as the poles. The peasant's mult r ana o-V'and ewi.tin. nail you uoon Ita sWim r.;jT.fT J? S" Til.Jr ",",. 1 u' p fla b. the hunt, of the some year Win the great rising rolea!eArt1,nnef,h;e:erin,n " 7"We had on' he "said "He "Nay. lady! it Va oTght Vhich faTX 'ff fSfSSTn, find of Tyler. , What .Alleyne saw and Art neither man - nor woman, piay yet overtake ua" . ' ' lis unworthv of you. How can such as the iX u ZlrlJ v"r.Ci wondered at', tn Hampshire , would "nav'.1!nir- Gv lhee back 10 y "Not Bo. -We are well off his land you speak of violence and of ven- back by the boats of Pitt's Deer Tha have appealed equany to th travel- Allows ere I lay hands npon you; ,for now, nor can "he tell in, thia great geance.,Are none to be gentle and clerk's mind was on his brother on er in any other English county from our ot onmy land, and I may wood which way we have taken. But kind, none to ba piteous and forgiv- his future above all on this strange, the Channel to the marches of Scot slay you as a common draw-latch. - i you you . bad him at your mercy. Ing? Alas 1 it is a hard.' cruel -world, fierce, meitine haniii- BMnD h ? land.' - . t ' " I ' - this ,your land, then?"" gasped Why did you not kill hlmr- ' V land I would that Ihad never left my had broken so enrMoniv tnt hi nr- He was following the track, his mis I Alleyne, ! - - 1 .."Kill him! My 'brotherIM ." . 1 I abbey cell. To hear aueh. words from land so suddenlv tmma nn nf it glvlngs increasing with , every step " Would you 'dispute It, dogT Would ' ,n why , not?" with.- a " quick your lips is as though I heard an an- again, fio distrait was he and so ran which. took him nearer to that home rot' wish by -trick or quibble to Jug- s"lam of her : white'teeth. "He would el of grace preaching the devil's owq dom his, answers, that the woodman" which "he had never seen, when-of a k me out ef these last acres? Know. nav Wiled you. I know him, 'and X creed." - .... took to whistling, and soon branched , M . 4 sudden the tree began te thin ? and 1 base-born knave, that you have dared rea2 u h,$ eJr8- Haa 1 bad your j fhe started from him as a young off upon tha track to Burley, leaving the sward to spread out into a broad this day ta atjind n th. , r staff,"! would have triedaye., and fcolt who first feels the .bit. "Gramerey Alleyne upon the main ChristehiwK green lawn, where five cows lay, in whose ae have been the advisers of rinJh l?-M .Sh "nook heT clench- fw your rede young sir r. she said, road? black kings . and the leaders of h out. re this f.u w.n, nana as sne spoae, ana ner nu hiuo ouriwy. a, Mnuersuura i ; yos tbeiaunehins and . upon the main, Christchurcb Downthls he rushed as fast aar ha'' t v- Amoaa w ,i..v I kinn on (i,. . . I ea whit hand as she Snok m u w ... w . v jraiiri iui ...nunix. Hrn i n i. i .. - ....... i . . i - . . . . - .. mmw m.i m in. ... swine , wandered unchecked. A brown vll ,5rew , of Norman robbers came "Khtened omln.ously. . ' your.woraa. you are gnevea that you roignt. hoping at every turn and rise ' forest stream swirled down th centre mtof the land. . or ..h iif.hinvi L. A wmar saa m heart tor ir w, io w upon me as a io caicn stgnt f hie eompanlona of of this clearing, with a rude bridge hound, a. yon 'were let foo ta'preach rJX..! ffi to nung, across it, ana on tne otner side I mat the -thief-ehould have hnntv X " .rr e . " onTV,V..riv. i.V. V iT-T J luiZZ. -- Me woous grow was U second field aloDlna no to. a and th. 7 CI i"? "ttnua- "on nP mes . . V"ne up to tne vsry edges lona'.Iow-lvfnsr wooden house - with arrow t XT. " ait mat is worst in me seemea to come J " 09 "s ngo ana aury,. muiioi tne tracK, but beyond the country long, ' WW-iying WOOaen nouse,. Wltni Strove tO Win back is OWn." - " I Imnarml ,v,. ' Tienrt it 4 nnnt nf thin Ra t wnnM nmm , tin lr,. V. ' j ' w . "K tnaionea root ana open squares tor i "Tou ars h. r nM.i . .I" . . '.v fc .,- -" . . r ... ,Mutivieu windows. AHeyne gased across at it sUad?- ' V " ' 7 . "1 l'1"?" .?.?.WB i:'u:Xrr' ZtlZTZL ".!L,ln..clum.l ees. with hiwut .h4l,. ar,A snsrlrtlnv Mm. i'i 'V'V' , - ' ft' I "WUHl, IIW WlrWUinii nave long- . v v ; yii I luyiug vaaa OlOOr in long. lOW ' -4 wun nusnea jcneeKs ana jtparKiing eyes i "That t vi. 1 . , i tn n r Kn, t ki. i u. . .. ': j -) T7 .i kMW' a 5 th bo.n tb Socman, of th. pure , blood of should still be so weak."- V . tot It is clear .that X can be no In the furthest distance, cionrt. w . wooireyw, tne , than, bv tha - enlv I "Weakl" she exclaimed, raisins-. her m companion ror' you. so saying, sects danced and huBsed in h m-, - thTtrh 1T.I! thTnVJlfl ? I lau"hter ot the house of ; Ahirtc. black eyebrowa "1 do not think that with downcast lids and a- dignity autumn light, and the air wa full of V t:'7' ;" " "r 'i tWT'L I " II. uw lorerauier held the white-1 vn my iainer nimseir, wno is a i ""- "itiwuiii. isrreu uj uer , n. ywrn 01 me song Dirds, Long. whih i v .lZnm mjr7Z t t the fatal fight where JW of manhood,- would iSST ifpi???w5 1'L "niUM fnot tha i iu.uiij w nuiif tremulous wiuj gauty n tu uura un.r a u kuuiw- w i ; sjiu gleaming - Doaies Once a relenting- tout ehe- walked on 1 white-neokWl ui ii.ii ... isM Wood to th Rlnswood read'nd bv yDU on,..an (an but. rede w," r r,.B'u unMl ner arew was lugovenne traveler's head and again' V3 I the aould rt'EfuSZt tt'm 2 tn K back together, and J fluttef among the leavea a flock of brown bustardspopped lop - -' J f He was roused,. however," from hist. Z. if i m a L rjiV,?; you should make your peaee with tha Then, with a sunken head and a heavy from among the bracken, and blund- I It A m. n0.tTirl 8ocman by handing, back your nris- hearts be plodded wearily down the red awa in their . clumav faahfAn - voices.-and two people emerged from i ZZ' VI." ial " ?'e- oner. It ia a sad thing that so small! otl h wrouth with himself for the half running, half flying, .with mtrtl th forest some little way to his right iZmL.'S 7,w moaa,a wn.W thing as a woman should come be- rude and uncoth tongue which had dent cry and whirr of wings. t and moved across the field inth dl- uTi , " tween two who are of , one. blood!" Kiven otreno where so little was in- ihere were folk. too. to be met upon rectlon of the bridge. The On was a t LZL X m now- whispered simple Alleyne opened his eyes at tended. -. -- . .i the road-fceggars and couriers, chap-' , man with yellow flowing beard and "wo'' thn shame forever upon this little spurt of feminine bitter- He had gone ' aom' way, . lost tn men and tinkers cheery -fellows , for -; i very long hair of the same tint droop- y S!na2hood ' ...... neua- lay." W he. 'that were n In self-reproach, Jils mind U most part, with a rough jest and V" Ing over his shoulders; hi dress of f.ure,y Alleyne, speak- worst of all. What man would t so f11 tremulous- with a thousand-new homely greeting for each other and good Norwich cloth - and his assured . persuasive ana oothing a caitiff and thrall as to fail you at your uu" wugms ana rears ana wonaer i -ajieyaw wear r Shotwood h ieanHivW' bearing marked him as a man of post- ":na ' ui. your birth is fneed T I . have , turned my brother """t "e . suaoen tner was a nve seamen, on their way from ' ' tlon, while the sombre hue ' of his ,ew w ins more reason that l against , me. ana now. aias; i appear ''"" vi. mum ououiampion ruae-red-faced ' einth. .-!- your manner should be gentle too. ' I to have given offence-also with my and lnn around, ther was this I men, who houtedat him in a lar.' ment contrasted with th flh and 7 Pf Bu5 !nd ? fnVHs.: !2S 1 55 h.7? .-4 l?t - man. What host In the m-rip " v "Naught of any prl'-r." "How can I tell that, clerk? e see." "Not I." "Fool' T could pull you limb from , limb like a pullet. What -would you 'have. Hant forgot that we are alone j far from all men? How can your sderkshlp help you? WouldKt ;Sii,s-V vacrip ana lire oo : J Si "I will part with neither without -s fight" -'y, "A fight, qnollia' fight betwixt spurred cock and new -Iwit chert chlck . von! Thy fighting (hivw may noun bo over." li-T", ... "Jiadst ankert me In the nnme of charity I would have given freely." . fried Alleyne. "An lti xtunds, not one ' ' farthing shall vou have with my free jfai . will, and when I wee mv brother, the v;V-! flocman of Mlnrteud. he will raise hue and cry from viii to vin, frum ",";k)",'i hundred to hundred, until you are "..; ' taken as a common robber and a J,:.: scourge to the country.'- The out'aw sank his club '.X; 'Socman's brother!" he. giiHped blow, and one to stir the blood and loose the tongue of the most peaceful. let me find some soothing simples i una my tnem on the weal to draw the silng." "Nny. there Is hut one thing that ran flraw the sting, and that the fu ture may bring to me. But, clerk. If you would see your brother you must lose on. for there Is a meeting t"o-dny, and m merry men will await him ere the shadows turn from west to east, T pruy you not to hold him back, for It would he an evil thing If all the stout tads were there and the leader a-nilnslng. I would come with you, but sooth to say I am stationed here nnd may not move. The path over yonder, betwixt the oak and the thorn, should bring out into his nether field." Alleyne lost no time In following fhe directions of the wild, master le innn. whom he left among the trees where he hud found him. His heart was the heavier for tha I counter, not only because all bitterness "The anil wriuh were abhorent to his gen Now. i tie imture. but also because It rtls- y the keys of Peter! I hud rather ; Curbed hlin to hear his ' brother ,.f.... "pi.ii. I.-., fiiftiiy v ..n ( r.,"'i. ii i nn uiougn lie were a onior had nt rink or nils -nlled . or outlaws or polsled ere I f ". If you aro the Socman's broth- the leader of a nany against the bIhIc. indeed, of all the er you are one or tne riant side, liming which he had seen yet In the worm to furmlsn hlrn there wag none 5 rllfter whleh hnil miruA y ' Irlna Jk mis MOT. ana mat VOU Will " wru v uuui iwui, uiu van knu - , - . . .7.v r' - " .T uu n area poi' irom W MUnue Bv his sld walked a o Prmlt hee to leave your land gT ta m' mind what it is that ha. V bowed, even as his was-th which tJiey had - been drinklngv-nor. . -. was gathered back under a light Dink m to boast, and there is sooth in J"lT-.t- itl.". the wood " ' down his h.v. tjn.V! runn'n , 4M O'laitw'a . KAiMOstnaM k(nia jinn m her neck, and her step long and -;r. but it Is none the less true J th asking of auctions. Come." 8he 1 answered, ail Warn ai Cheeks. Irnrtihim n 1.. - J . . ... -" WW . Mm UIBL: & " vex ma" tieisturay Dlack-beanlciil man Z- again at th vry brown toorsewith a rosary in, his springy, Uke that of sqm wild, tire- m as -well born as you." went on. sorlnaTne- to her feet- and tsht of her. "It was my rough words hand , and a tona twZhSJXS'' less woodland creature. She held her . vo1 ' ! the ' furious Socman. Ismoothin.- i?n mmni.H tir which vexed you: ' but I have been! word iangllna- aint i. -fi-T. r i . x m . . . 1 niiiaMi -'-i'';v. , ... ,.. " I " ' ii .. ( i I T. a. i - . 7-, ; .- ., wi UW':; ieii nana in from or ner, covered with no man in tne south who M'let us walk through the shaw to- ""-own. among men an my lire, and i niacg rob -and th . eight, a red velvet glove, and on the wrist a can -say a much." a" '.J t mhtr a, unnn t. Indeed. ' with all the will. I scarce I pointed cross unon Ma iw .r" little brown falcon, very fluffy and bel t can -said Allevne smiiina-f trand with h home. Tf mar Troit- know how-to tamper my speech t. at rfcofnlaed him as one nf tha trnik.. ' dragsrled. wfcioh mhm muuithtii - I "for indeed ,1 ulnvom th. tb,j. 1 Kon... - .v.... lady's ear." . . ,-. .. . - ri,.-, I Hospitallers of At; .taKh t-.--T. fondled as she walked. AS she came the aocrnan, of the pure blood of God- not haye had this, trouble. Nay. I Ten unsay it." cried she quickly: J whose presbytery was at BaddeaJey.,v out in the sunshine, Alleyne noticed trV the thane, by the only daughter must have your arm; for. though I ay that 1 was right to wish to have neId, P two fingers as he passed, thst Ka Hart, , tx. nf Ainrin. - f n i ' . arutoir ' iinfcH oil i. vengeance 'on the Socman." . -; I with a "Benedlee . tin UTT-r "-' r f " nvnni - iftwainu w a Liz v .f vjl . uiulhiii riuriii mmmiv -, . ua mwi? ,, ' usu- "i ... uiwin. . mini ssss - pink, was ail stained." with earth and rother,,f he continued, holding 5,,yover 1 ara trlghtened as my J cannot tnat. - be answer- J fooUnrwlth i1" u4 nt kn. Then who is ungentle an unkind I1 bad devoted his life to the over. r",L A- ..' ' .... A . .."'... . . 1 ..'..- ..''.. . ',.. . . ..TV " " l).atfA :m J. :.'i. ... m.I.aw - II w irau,ira aiuuu ill intr vnaaow I luu( uu Ml lor me Thr oral ;': -.'.fwu "--, t.. i 7' ''"..v ft. -'. J-'..''JL1 w ' sum of an oak-staring at her with narted bat two bouah. left JZ J.?S "X wry--the HtOe knight who would "0WJ. cried in triumph. . "How throw - ot the infldel. Poor simple ladt iin foe thi. m. .n , " . "T not nave . his ladv mishandled." So she . an . coia you are xor one ! so :" not learned yet : that wh; be' the most beautiful ana -graceful Hi der'da.hed hi. han . -wk. while Al- JW-i? W A?!1 W to be ua... " ev-tt. '.; i-Ji ;i a ',; .. .. -J ,'ia '-. " ' ' . .... . lHVna,.wilgari nv flHP Mlal-, resfl IITI fls M. -'-'- . w wkm u.im ;j '..,., m tun , j siBaai, , ! J . w iu MUIlllHr. Aflfl fHl Iha t.4., iw u couiu conceive or. w.wi an oatn while an expresslon of -ia;. "iZZ i- . Shouldst have crosier for staff and Knights, of St. Jh . " oucn naa imagmea tn angels, arfd I maiurnant hat rod na4 . . : " . ,t-a f. . wn z infM. w. . .7' ' . . " , r - n,'8"al8' but ther w foun of Beaulieu. then." said the velvet turf and on through the lake e-Tnce on none but on my too comfortable to think of exchansw ,,v - , , 7, " . 1 vion manner, , too ncnen-arapea neecnes tnrew . tnetr T 'sr - "Y. m-....--o ,il8iiusa ior tne thirsty ' dee- which i sent a jlngl and thrill through metik-tldden. and craven in spirit to circle, of black shadow upon !.-lrr ' . -' 4- Jert bfayrlft. Tet ignorance may be . , 1 ZrZ; , . . -"wnl jxugn word. Thy father, sun.it swara, , "- Vr-iuwu xnan wisdom, for' Al- ant and stajflless spirit had ever vet ahavellng,. with all hi faults, had a "ou hav no wish, then to hear bJjro will find more pleasure Jn leyne ae ha walked ovbraced him been able to conjure up. Oood, quiet, man's heart,- and there were few who mf story?" said she, at last Mcb- forgiveness than in any .ven- self ta a higher life by the thought . ' l.t vW VV IV IWI . Ul U ' J C,A uncomplaining.' rnother Nature, lone Um t... J .1 "TC'C "r woo slighted and mlsealled still bides her Uf Wg anger.'But you' LaA tM iff answered. - . Sh Bhoo: er head, a it by no ened himself by his example, -which times and draw, to her bosom th oa yonde? flew wh.' tt--i!1. "Ohr h,rled tossing her head, man,V"BUr5- 0 then with I he could scare hav don had- he .hw -.vwo BiaEei mi. it. a - ...i- ....... ... 'I. ' in minnAn JiiriM crv)nvnin nar eavKea mi irtiaM at.. . . . of this othtr5 acrifice, ftnd ertrength- aMMOfwl Vais' ...' ata . . 1 meadow to the narrow bridge, h in 'That an th..- you front and ah apace or two ehlnd. of vour Jviet r-t,.u t.. 1 out or. your flying father ihv muii. .. ... . : " . " I Alleyne had read and had heard ,hr Til- Socman 'ml e and ot lovers. Such were " IE? 'n5r and" "atyoumay snivel I errancw per cnuaren. .na on that tt. iw. a " I The twd i Walked aw f tlv across tha Ivi , CII .rw""w' " w There thev nnuaed and at,w1 rV... . -u.1 vi o'" few minutes face to face talking vara- ?ii lT',;f.fy V,r ?our -Pbringing in you have estiy. a of love "if It la of so little Interest to you. f a ul.ln ttltlVr which had : mere of known that-th Hospitaller's mind we bad pest let it bide." ' -; t 1 - wTri v more upon imaimsey than oa Nay." said he eagerly. "I would 11" . u;e .norses; - mamaiukes, and r on venison rathar fain hear it." uown ane giaae tner came a Ilttleithan Vlotoriea v fc - tr.. w i n i i iiwiimnu raire -iritii lauaninr a-raa i a. ha , h-M..x ti-.'i.t - Vf l.. UllIO b .XtIlb IW WlvW IV 1 . I-,, ''V -f" . VVI., W MW , IFiaiM 1 lUnUQ , lost a brother's . favor J " nm. . to wooqs one more Irt the region thna.h . it- -' v tt ti VA so percnea on a sign nav nors. and l of 'Wlivatair txr.ib -' . . a j v. vt.ih1. K 4.. ... tj.,L . J ..-, ... UVUtt A . . n . T .. n '. T I ..(.,..' VU u W.. V11UI' HI A : MinHIl IW.M n .Ml. . I. . ..41.' ..lil. . .''- ..v UIU Ui, lUVCra. OUCn ; - were 1 a a.a . i 1 . . ""'w omb, m , uuunmauu, . wpm, u U..1, VM.. .J kiiv -ii.. . wuulf lia , U1I 'ttj .1. ... ii.,. t. . . . i it&tin . and eat 4reaii fnp w.ii. .... ktMi. .,-.,.. 1 disck palfrey, th hides of both rlist iann aini.a t.w...k -..ii t..C) uv.r..,. .an-oearoea ... ,,.... ..- 'vu enlna- from a tone-run. - "' V a.8 . r. ,u -' mn n ani rna rsis avsa wtaai mil aii a t - - v .. au o aua ii. inn rnn ma i in ni-iisf ras. Hn i iriM k h viiii rnv ih.i imrvi - - . nr . - . t aim sow ac i s9.t -,r iiruui iTarnan irvm ,j' v.'.'i..- proud face, Why ls shodld-' they f r,t,'5a "ow yu would .come preaqh- confessor. Know then that this man L1 SSSiV .!TTI?rwhZ-5; 1 ,2n aown' an then In a. moment 1 wanaer together in . the woods,, or; be IT"" -""s. m .earpn mayhap of m uo'5" ir tor iy un.nu, km . rniw .inrii, ii. w" . i a . onsiv snoww so lost in talk by rustic streams? And yet as he watched, uncertain whether to advance from the cover or to choose some . other path 1 to the iiuum., IICT nuilll liauifl ...... VV UUUUl Lnfl i.. .'.' . . , ' . ' - . .v, - ...,, v.. umui ins iaa ... to one I ' ;,.. .. nvu ! .nftv, .;..;,..'.,", .'..i .(7 '-i VMUW -...uuji rvt a'wi' iwv men tor- I"'"""' -",".M"k'' auestionin glance at Allemno 117"? J1"" . ' truth of this first nnnlenttim. Th. manir.r1" ruw'ST H iaa to One vra" ' ."""f1" lnl.- , ubuw mP7 or green TWO stood tail jinrt aoiiara. iittririni TJ f10' snt "1 woman's wrist Al- nd uttw -enougit tnerein, jay rath Z MaTT f55 5eyn.,rhowever. u activ a. a youna . however, is a proud mawa-gailant v .BV mrm su wa VB as a w n IIIB I . flflBaS'ai ItntlrlJl anttanat Sa ' -1 out hla linta aa ha anAb. 4n . """a W ilis J. z... rv . as 1.6 ata so, uTr . 7 " . IT U1 h vrxou may say what you will to h birth ana lo wdescent Jn, cant. f VJniTL -V-l re: b aJd atween his clenched aday.I had forgot that was ot cents of menace and of anger. he teethW'lt may be no better" th. t same Strain as youiwlf - siooa reuriessiy in front of him. still deserve; .hut tivntt.... t .iwa nhia not oeM'tie. Iron-shod I knight and tried sd'.dier of the old CBL'VIUUU,' IV IIIW MUHl V VllUli lack the said .. j-oj'-;irimn, ur an your t-if-rny aress. -) .T -. "MIS lirnlhar I am " auM 11 .ni ''Bmt If 1 wer not. 1 that renson whv y;? you should molest me on the king's ground?" ' !"'t give not the pip 'f an npple for ; '!. king: or ' for noble." crlrd the serf ,: . -pasaionatoly. "Ill have I hart from lm, and ill 1 shall rcpny them. 1 more strange thnn the hate which elass appeared to hear to class. The tsik or laborer, woodman nnd villein in the Inn hud u I pointed to the widespread mutiny, and now his nrotners name was xpokeri an though be were the very centre of the uni versal aisconient. in good truth tho fcijni. .a ..good friend to my friends, and, ! commons throughout the length and by th Virgin! an evi: frx-mon to my i breadth of the land were heart : a7''a jwetir- of this fine game uf ehlValry ' 4 therefore the worst of fo. which had been plnved so Inns ' at .-HMWV thyself." said Alleyne. -But 1 1 their rxpen-e. So long as knight and -. -pray;:you. since you seem to know , baron were a strength and a guard ; Wm, iA point, out to me the shortest 1 10 the kingdom they might he en. ,jathto my brother's house" loured, but now, when all men knew ' .uJT'JT h'T i ",,,r' wben'tliat cret battles In France had Zl?!?,!,???10'".!" n Bngllah yeomen and m1. ." "- inuio. tiii wejsn aistiners, war-like fame . vai ior an instant i only fame to which his Onus the had of .the dun side and white breast oft ever aspired, appeared to have rte a lordly stag glancing eaifily beiwigl serted the piate-riad hormen? The utJ'ZSi tZTS A of the list, had doneTuclMn . mm i. VIlL-T'.i .w IT 1 " to ltnvrem tn minds of ..in. Us . t, 1.. , ' " Pl'pe, out the plumed an4 un i.fng a hot scent, with vnosa tJi wieldly chamolon w. ... oojwt eitner or rear or of eanbi and tail in air. As they sirearo ed pat the silent forest around broke suddenly into t loud -life, a Hh gallop ing nt hoofs, crackling ' f brush wood., sod the hrt. sharp cries of the hunters. Cose behind ,h pack lode 'a furrier and yocman-prkk-r, whooping nn the laggaras and . ticouraging the leaders. In the shrill 1 if-rrrnch Jargon- which, was th i!fgs of ven ery -and woodcraft. j is aa etui gajslng after them, an w men wnose fathers and brothers had shot into the press nt CrecV 0T Vol tier-, and see tha proudest chivalry la fha world unable to make head against the weapons of disciplined pettsetKa Power had changed hand Th protector had become the pro. tested, and th whole fabric of the feudal system was tottering to a fall nwiK-v m nerce mutterings of , th stroking her bird but twice she by my hopes of salvation that I will Alleyne.' we are all from good moth threw a swift questioning glance over break vour arm ir v... a ...... (of k".. 1 - nr snouiaer. as on Who is in search I hold of th maid." . "Streams ' may spring - from one of aid. 8o moved was the young clerk t .Ther was a ring in his vote and source,, and yet soma be clear and ujt incee mute appeals, inat ne cam a 4iasn i m nis eves .which m-nmiu.i t some D ioui.: duotn ini ouiCKiy, forth from th trees and crossed the! that the blow would - follow outtr at h'But 40 bo brief over r ;th matter. meadow, uncertain what to do, and th. heels' of the word. For a moment my father 'would have non of , his yv luui 10 nom dock irom one wno I "m v ." lung, line vol , hot-1 wooiog,. jiwr. ..' swn , nuw . t,. vn mlgbf need his aid. So intent were beaded thanes was too strong for the that he swore a' vow against ua and tnev unon arh other i - that n.iih.. i eui wnisperinK. or .tne ., noetrina aa ne is Known to tie ucruous inaiu took note of his approach; until, when meekneas,.and mercy. H was con- with many' outlaws and others at he waa clos upon them, the man K'ouj of a fierce wild thrill through his back, my father forbade that I thraw hia am. ...-ht. v. his, nerves and a throb of mad b-i1. should. hawk or hunt in any part of damsel's waist and drew her towards 1,7 Jl ..JeaL nu.maii him. sha straining her lithe, supple r, n.In"aJ? thaBwbo-ndl l figure away and striking fiercely at ft.aioSLt,nr nlcn haa him. while the hooded hawk.screamed 1 i?a"? trV -a."Ta2 "fwo in "ou". Powing th j, iu une i wane upon a anrui wnuue. . . hand while he drew her towards hlml "Com!" gasped the woman. "Fly. with the other. - . I friend, .era ha com -ha'Mr ' "The haat roaa' haa "Nav. let him ' coma!" orlal il. est thorn,," said he. QuIetMltO one, leyn."I shsJl not'budgaa foot for or Vnn nuv An vniiraal'a t...a. lr... him Or Hi dOSnS."'.1 .' ."-.: pay Haxon toll on axon-' land,. - my . - ? 'na0,"at i crt-dtugging proud Maude, for all your" 1 airs and al nI" larm' - 1 know- tha man; ha graces." M,, will kill you Come, for th Virgin'a "Tou boorl" sh 'hissed. Tou base "a"; JESTS' f. nn" underbred clodt Is this your cwrf "4' ,A ' i V your hospitality r I would rather wed I 3 m! then? sald he , and they a branded serf from my father's fields, L" "i"!V IS?" 'X th! Iave go, .1 say-Ah! .good vnuth Mf004 they gained th edge of Heaven has sent you; Mas iUm looe tSSS!:' iSSX net By the honor of your mother. I ou? of Ihe KusVW ?th Jhe ann H h!,, iCiti - a iV.. i M held something which flashed in mu ti ii ,lw right hand, and h ? stooped at blithely " said ADeyn. purely, sir. th threshold tc-unloos ; th Jilack you ahouldt take shame te hold the hound. K dThe,Jlf,?rb!r'-v"r ' ' " 1. r H, wayj-tb woman whisper. ,hiHh Ta' C? Up0n- fc,m ., a lo er vole. rrhrough which was non-Ilk In its atreagth th.' bushes to that forked ash. Do not and In its wrath. With this tangle of heed me; I can run as fast as you, I golden hair, his fierce blue eyes, and trow, -Now Into th streamright in, hi. I ll r ire wall.mavkaJI : i..i ... . . it..u.'..i.i .a. " i - - ..... , .vakuivai - uv i mvp wining . (v mruw.. invt.' vug uu, was the most comely man whom Al J f think It is butsa common cur, like leyne had ever seen; and yet there !(u master.r As sh spoke, she snrana waa something so slnster and so fell J herself Into th shar.ow stream and in nis expression that' child or beast I ran swiftly up the centre or it. with might wel have shrunk from' him. His fthe .brown water bubbling over her brows were drawn, his cheek flushed, "''. and her hand outstretched 't to and there was a mad sparkle tn. hi On" , ;branches 'of bramble -'or eya wnicn spoke of a wild. untam","u -eyne whoww . cos at ft.1. ...... - . .. . T ttaa , Kaala.'.. - ayltU .i ' lula-mm Im a '..-:. 4m tww Httiuiv. .v.. i . t--1-?..':.-."..'. ...J.: -iT' . "f ' ' .w-i-,',- 'V d- lu "Touna- fooif ha 4a' k-n..."!; . whirls at - this lack welcbme woman still to tils side, though every tn4 sudden shifting of an" his plans line of her shrinking figure snoke h;fand hopes. Tet. - gray m were his abhoreno. "Do you "keen vo aVV.n I tnougnw, may wouia snip turn , to m yoTr own broth i ZJlZ Tr"i " nl'Aiha Wi'? rtn v Vour .'wV 7i.ii . Iee ' : ,u "w ner nine ThtJ T imiJ T.'ni T. w'n- flgur bend this way and that, dip. 2ni 'wifh mV-h. hVCTA "n 'Paging! over i-V- "i,M1 bWe" 1 ' stone. -with . a .lightness, and fease 1 the ,' woman; and. Wblch mad it no-email task for him stooping her head, ahe, suddenly bit te keep up with her, At lttt, when h nierceiy jnte the broad browp hand was almost out of breath sh sudden- down upon a mossy the wood to th north of th Christ ehnro.h-.road.' As it chanced. - how ever, .this morning my- Utt' . Roland nere- waa- loosea' at a . irong-wingea heron, and page Bertrand and I rod on, with no thoughts but for the sport until we found ourselves tn Mlnstead ..woods. Small harm then, but that my horse Troubadour trod with a tender foot upon a sharp stick, rearing and .'throwing ' me - to. the grounds See to m gown th third that I have befouled; within the week. Wo worth ma. when Agatha, the tire woman, sets eye upon m - - . "And what then, lady?? asked Al leyne.''-""' "---,&- j - "Why, then .away ran Croubadour, f.or belike I spurred him In falling. and ' Bertrand rode . after him as hard as hoofs could bear him. When X rose there was the- Socman himself bw mr side, with the news that X was on his land but with so many coup teous words besides, ana sucn gauanc bearina that he prevailed upon ma to com to his boas for shelter,-there to watt until the nage return.- By th grace of the Virgin and th help -of my patron Bt,-jnagaaien,: sioppea short ere I reached his door, though. as you saw, he strove to hai me up to it And then er-h-h-ftl". she'-ahiv ered and chattered like on In an acu fit. t'- - V'- " ' What ia it t' cried Alleyne, look ing' about in alarm, . , 1 "Nothing.- friend, nolhlngi I was but thinking how I bit Into his hand. Sooner would I bite a living toad or poisoned snake. Oh, 1 shall loathe my lips forever! But you how crave you were; and how quick! How meek for yourself and now bold xor a strangeri If X were a man,r I should wish to do what you have dona"; t . , -' "It was a small thing," h answer ed, with a tingle of pleasure at these words of flattery. - " ' , " "What will you dor' ' There Is a great oak "near ' here, and I think that Bertrand will bring the horsea. there; for it Is an old hunt tng-tryst of ours. Then hey for home, and no more hawking to-dayl A twelve-mile gallop will dry feet and skirt." ,i, 0 ' - "Hut your fatherr', " "No one word shall X tell him. Tou ane continued, springing Into her J i.4 u mZ. 5. ZZr," . ... i , "it - Is not fit that-X leave vou "tT ."'"L "T V '.I? -. ' a word more.. Clerk or no. Vw-'J rA ""L'a ."a ..... ill a. i. . . ; ; uwi "t. wuwuwi wvou sua a. team n ; "tffrt TbrtMn ' ' .! il...t.. """" pmumwii, wnu wavea 5 , sir,1 saddle, without ..... n?Jy2t":Z?! rn-uask of tnllk. but Inatead o seti iruo a.ni.111. a,iub- Anuur ana ail OlS Ulna- to at thai- fnnA thav i,..,i table could not have done m.ltlVILLifJ-!?! maybe that, as some small return. i dl.nmina toVetw my father or his gin may have pow- fi"!? ?n'i t2!S2la i? aa.i? e t mnnM-mnriTiiaLi n. i. nd angry . gesturta ; lt was easy ,to,w rich,' buf he- is - honored and hith t VJTaJS! great friends. Tell -me what ia your ""Z-'ZXTltZl purpose, ana aee u n may not - aid it." "Alas! lady, I have now no purpose, t have but two friends in the world. and they hav gone to Christchurch, wner it ia Jiaeiy i snail join them." . ."And where is Christchurch?" -- "At th castle which la held br tha crave Knight,- mr migei juiring. con stable tot the Earl of Salisbury' To nis surprise she burst... out a students who formed about this time l so enormous a multltud . in every . . country hi Europe. The one -waa-,.' ong and thin, with melancholy" fea-v tures, while the other, was, fat' and e sleek, with- a loud vole and th air , ot a man who 1 not to' be gainsaid,:;. "Com hither, irood youth," -. h cried, "come . hither! Vultu lngenui ;. puer. Heed not the face ot my good , cos her. Foenum habet In eomu, as : Dan Horace has ttt but warrant laittyHJnor Sartrf - rnn srr1ri . Ka ma1hm IKWBillMQ, ,..-H-ja yu.f fUS - aSV. KtUierSl - . . . ' m frVlBal " t ', iMAi.n.T hAhini ht? tmaJ nna. I - 'Stliit your bull' bellow.nift How . Hordla. John iPound a Haaj r.Whom ue Mignt Fouow vour bull' Deuowingi ex- did aheeay, but as she vanished amid claimed the other, 'If It .-come to me trees she turned in her saddle and Horace, X hav a tin . In my ?Jlnt- i ; waved a last greeting. Long tima ha lioquacea si saplat How doth ' it stood, half hoping that ahe might Tha- Kngllsh o't being that a ara in come back to him; but the thud J man of sense should w . avoid a . nt tha linnfM hait iMal im ..ul I rraat talker. That being SO, ! if ' all r wa, as w HHVa,av anaara, aaaws rw aarf a ajaaiaxA ttatVA-0 S T x . 7i n was -no sound in alt the . woods but men of sense then thou wouldst a., th gentle rustle and dropping of the lonesom man, os." rt v, leavea At last he turned away and ""Alaa! Dlcon, I fear, that your log- mad his way back to the hJah-road io-is. as-bad as your philosophy or . -: -another person -from the light-heart- f your -dlvlnity-J-and-.- Ood, wot- it wouli. be Hard to say-a worse woro man , that tor it For, hark .ye: granting, - ; i- ' -i - k s t - I propter araumouiuiH, iui a aui a. , . ,', Z v ; XSHAX-TBSR X .' I tlk then th ,tru reason ruha tuac ' wnco ,' ail . liivu' .vt minq iiuuiia, avoid me, and thou hast not avoid.., ed me, -but art at the , present mo- 1 vnant ' aatlna- harrlna-a- with' .tna. mtitar .. If he might hot return to BeauUeu -"-T bush, ergo you ar no man of Within, the year, andJlf his brother's nM' wn,c.n U wnai j. nave dogs, were to be set upon him If he ,llnnLn;!nxo , youV onr 'ars t showed face Upon Mlnstead . land. I alnce I first - clapped eyes on , then indeed he.was adrift upon earth, j T0? wnk" cn?p" ' ' "fm." 5 ' "JL ' iv, am.th aaat . - . I "Tut. tutl ' cried th other. "Tour might turn where he would, but aU tongue goes like the clapper of a was equaUy chlllv and cheerless. The miU wheel. Bit down here friend, and Abbot had rolled ten allver crowne 4n partak oft this herring. Understand a lettuce leaf and bid them away in nnt however, that. there are certain, his scrip, but that would .be a sorrv conditions attached tos.it." support for twelvlong months. . In "I had hoped."' said Alleyne, fall-, all th -darkness .there- was but the ln Into th: humor of . th nwaln, , on bright spot of th sturdy com- "that a traneholr of bread and a . redes whom be had' left that' morn- draught of milk might be attached to ins If he could find ' them again all I it" - . would be be well. The afternoon Was r "Hark to him. hark to h!m! cried not vpry advanced,, for ail that had the little- rat man." ,"ltls even 'thus, ; befallen him. When a man la afoot at I Diconl Wit. lad. is a catching thins. cock-crow trfuch may be don In the Uk thsltch or the sweating siek day. If he walked fast he might yet n ess. I. exude it round me; it Is an overtake his friends cr they-reached aura, , X tell you, cos, that so man their destination." He pushed on there can come within ; seventeen feet ot fore, now walking and now running, me without catching a spark. Look" at As h Journeyed he bit into a crust your own case.,. A duller man never which remained from his ; Beaulieu stepped, and yet within the week you bread, and he washed it down bv al have said three things whlcH' minht draught from a woodland stream. pass, and one thing the day we left It was no easy or light - thing to Fordingbrldge" which, X should not Journey through this great forest, have been ashamed of myself" ' Which". Was Some twantv milea frnm Ii!noilirh ' rntflft.riBta . ' tonm.irht east to west and a good sixteen from said th other.. "The mtilyou shall Bramhhaw Wood. In the north to have and the bread also, filend, to Lymlngtou in the south. Alleyne, how gothor with the herring, but you mu -t .iga.ingerthem.l '. -flr rly,'-s;. 4'-f ,;vh' r :;- j'A1.? vfr . - - V ' f
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