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i i-H-iV :;. . ln.. - 1 e ,i(-nt tiouior," holds cried cood t . i. to t V whether you are a nig at I pray you. 1 A rif t It and. II SO, -wiieuioi y...i, ii'ave.btuaiPd at' Oxenford or ftt T'have some smalt etock" of learn In " " Alfryne answered, picking at hi . i'i ing(v"but I. have been at neither thess' places, I was bred amongst 1' f, Cistercian, monks at Beauueu icy " " " ,;i " "' y-? '' -Pooh, "pooh!" they both cried, to Fther. "What sort of an upbringing - hat ? v v - '-Jf 1 ' ''ii Von cuivW coMinglt adlre,Corlnr " quoth, AUeync fL"'v ',-''. 'orn'e. brother 'Stephen,-, he - hath ,.e tincture of -letters, said ,the nic.ancholy v man j more f hopefully, "He may fee. the . better , Judat"slnce he hath no call to side with either nf u Now. attention, friend," and let 'your ear work- -as veil a you neth er Jaw:-Pudex damnatur you know the old saw. Here am I upholding the good fatne of the learned Dune 'Scotus against the foolish -quibblinga ..and poor silly, Teasonlngs -t,' wnua ' ''WMIH.T" nuoth 'the othef .loud i ly. "'do -maintain the good, isense and extraordinary wisdom oi mat mom learned William against he crack hrn1nt - fantasies - of the , muddy .Scotchman, .who. hath hid such little ' wit- as he has under to vast a pue pi tJ words, Jihatlt in like-one-' drop ef t, ; Gaecony in a nrkin or witcn i- Kninmnn in his Wisdom WOUld"Ot If- aufnce to ay what the rogue means.H, -. Certes. Stephen Hap&ood, hla wla ti i . 'ithni. ttiii'Knt mffiMi " miel -the oth- a 6n 'H Is as though mole cried out . t against .the morning ,tas,-leauae he ' j veould. Jnotaee It.' But our dispute,. iv friend, , Is ' concerning the nature ef - i.C-that aubtle - aaanoe - which .. we . call t-i"V thought For 'I -hold .with the learned , '8;otua' that thought la in very truth; 3 'a a .thing, even as vapor or ..fumes., or 3 " tnunr othei eubstances which ouf .: rrnm: titi': ve '-are blind to. ' For. r, loolcyeu. that which produces a thing " must be Itself a thing, and If a man's 'thought, may produce a written dooic, t their must tnougnc hbcik ne ni 1 er. wlth my revered preceptor, doe, tor predaru t excellenttaslmus, that ' ail things ar but thought; ? thought la gone ' prythee . for when where are "s-'ijflifiYinv:-AViin- hji f.n unun h. nun y J expressed tt Do I- make U plalif; ."'nmrkk..' T M .hmifa f Via nth J f - about us. and I eee.them because ! ft think I see them, but If, I had woon J- ed, ; or - sleep,- or . amt In.- wine, then. ,v;my.Jloukht'lUlvlnBr'oll'.from' me lo ' . ' the 'ree8 go forth -also; How now, V raw "s ' V V :.' inmi cut:' hot nron : tli Am' winnph lng his bread while thV twain dls ( , tuti1- aproiw ,hli knees. lean1nrfor v 'i word, with 'flushed faces and darting '-"hands, in all the heat of argument. , ; : Never had he heard such Jargon of if ' scholastic " philosophy, such fine " Ji draws", distinctions such cross-fire of v .major ana jntnor, . proposition, syut- ,glsm,;; attack - and -refutation,' Ques -Hon .clattered ' upon answer like .a ." : sword on a bucklerf The ancients, the 4 ; fathers of the Church, the moderns, i the Scriptures. the Arabians, were ..: i- each sent hurtling against 'the, other, while :-the rain : still dripped and the - -dark holly -leaves glistened with the ti molature. At last the fat man seem ; d ' to weary f 1 for he set to work r quietly, upon his meal, while his p- J ponent, as proud as the rooster who 1 . Is left '. unchallenged upon the mid den, crowed, away in a last long burst of quotation and deduction. Bud denly. Jwwever,; his eyes .dropped , upon his food, nd he. gave a howl ' of dismay. v . y" : - . ' ' t' I VTou double, thief I" he cried, "you nave eaten my-herrings, ana I With out bite or sup since morning." - - ' x"XbaLu ouoth the other comola centy, ifwas my flnal argument, my N. orownmg effort, or .peroratlo, as the Xi orators, have It. or, cos since all ' : thoughs are things, you have but to A think s. pair of herrings, and then , ' conjure rup bottle of milk where i with to wash, them down." A brave piece of reasoning," cried -j the other, "and X know of but one ',' reply to It," On which. leaning for ward, he caught hla comrade a rous- - - tng smack across his rosy cheek, , ?Nay( l take H not amiss' he said. & "since all things are but thought, , then- that also Is but a .thought and i may be disregarded." . s ' "This last- argument, howeverL' by :,s . no -means commended itself to the , I pupil of Ockhem, who plucked a great stick from the ground and slg ninea nis aissenc oy smiting the real. ; .a :-; 1st over the- pate with it. By stood for. ' tune,- the wood was so light and rot ten that It went to a thousand splint ' 'ere, .but Alleyne thought! It best -to ,-. leave the twain to settle tho matter - at tneir. leisure the more so as the ' sun was shining brightly once more. Looking baok down the pool-strewn ,' rosa, ne saw tne two excited phlloso ' ' phers waving their hands and shout. ing at each other. 'but their babble , s6on became s mere drone in the dls r '", tance, and a turn. In tho jroad hid 1 , them from his sight . ' jjs- And now after passing ' Rolmesley 's-na me wooien Jrieaui, the lor . j- est! began to shred out into scatter ed belts of trees, with gleam of corn- !, Ei field , and stretch of pasture-land b ' ' tween.,Here a.nd there by the way 'side' stood little knots of wattle-ahd-. .-daub huts' with shock-haired labor - ers lounging 'by the doors and red- tr cheeked children sprawilng tn the ' .roadway.'-Back among the groves he could see .the high gable, ends s,nd v . thatched roofs -of the franklin's houses, on whose fields these men i found employment, or, more often a ,-- t thick, dark column of smoke marked , J thotr,." position ' and hinted, at, the s-r coarse plenty -within. By these stgns ? Alleyne kner, that he 'was on the J fringe -of the fprest,.and therefore no , great way- from Chrlstchurch The , sunt was-lylng low, in the' westattd i- k. shooting Its level rays across the long f; sweep -of rich' green country gllnt- Ing on the white-fleeced sheep, and .throwing long shadows fro mthe red , klne' who waded knee-deep tn the . ' 3'cr clover.-. Right ' glad was the " travoler to see the high . tower of JZ Chrlstchurch Priory , gleaming In the Tj-tnellov -evening -iigh,. and gladder still when, on1 rounding corner,. he , came upon his comrades of th morn Jh ,ing seated astraddle upon" a -fallen . -tree. .They had" a flat space ' before hm." on which they, alternately threw, little square pieces of bone, end' were so? intent upon 'their oc cupation that they, never- raised eye t as he approached them,i Ho observ ed . with astonishment,- as he 'drew ( near, that, the archer's bow was on John's back, . the archer's sword "by John's side, and' the steel" cap laid upon the tree-trunk between them, i t .Afort.de ma vie If Ayl ward shout ed, locking down at the dice "Never had I,, such cursed luck, A murrain t on thsbonest l have not thrown a good moln since I - left Navarre, - A - one - end, ,a - three! , En . avant, cam-" aradet". .., . . - "Fourani - three.' cried' Mordle John, cotuulng , on tils great fingers, "that makes seven. Ho, archer,- J ! have thy cap Now have at thee for ; thy JerkinT . - ' . , "ilon DicuV;:he. growlod,-.' r sin like to "reach - Chrlnichurch In my shirt" Then suddenly glancing jjp, i., i , . i ! . U i.iir of 1 1 lif-i e is! our clicr ' petit! Now, l y I ten fliurer bonen! this Is a rare- s'...t to mine eves." He sprang up an l threw hla arm round Alleyne a th .. hlJe John, no less pleased, but i- ore backward and Saxon in hla nnons. stood' grinning and bobbing ly the wayside, with hla newly -won steel cap stuck wrong side foremost upon hi tangle of red hair. "Hast come- to stop?" cried the bowman D&ttintr Alleyne all over in his delight. "Shall not get away from ua asrain!" - . , t ' - v " - "I wish no better," said he,, with a pringllng, in1 hla .eyes at this, hearty greeting. ' - - " r "Well said, lad!" cried big 'John ,rWe three shau; to the -wars togeth er, and the devil may fly away with the Abbot .of Beaulieut But your feet and hosen are all besmudged. Hast been In the water, or am ,1 the more mistaken." r jt- :i ft vf S . ."I have lit good 'sooth, Alleyne answered, and then as they Journey ed on their way he told them the many things 'that had befallen, htm, his meeting ; with the villein, his sight ot the king, his ' coming, upon his brother,: with all the tale of the black welcome nd of the - fair', damsel. They strode pn either side, each with an ear slanting towards hi my but ere he had come, to the. end of his story the bowman had spun round upon his heel, and was hastening back the way they had come, breathing loudly tnrous-h jus nose. .-- . "r "What thenf" aaked Alle-rne. trot. ting after him gnd griping at hla Jer- i"l am back for Minutead. . lad." And whj.-vjtt the name of setose?" "To thrust tiandfuKof steel Into l.ne iisocmanj J v paii. uaue B. aemuiwwi against he wH. nd then loose dogs ar his own ..brother! Let tne'gor L 'Nennyr-r oennyl'V cried , Alleyne, Mmgmnr. .rrnere was no scatn done. Come- i- back, - friend" and .- -so, by mingled pushing and 'entreaties, they got his head round for Chrlstchurch once more.'" Yet . he walked with hfs chin udou -his shoulder until, catch Ing , sight of a maiden .by a ; wayside well, the smiles came back to his face land peace to his heart.' ' . "But you," said -AUeyne. ''there have been changes with " you ' also, Why should -not the workman carry his looisi vynere are oow ana swora ana cap-and why so warlike, John V '1 fe.a game -which friend Ayl ward .hath been a-teaching of me.'' And, 2 found .htm an . over-apt pupi?,? 'grumbled ' the bowman. "Ho hath stripped mo as though I had fallen Into - the bands of the tardve- nus. But, by my hlltt you must ren der them back' to me, camarade, lest you bring -oyscredlt upon tny mission, ua st win psy. ior ; mtm sr. ar morers prices." .-,.- 1 i. ."!. "Take them -back; man, and never hood the pay said John. "I did but wish; to learn the feel .of them, since I am-like to have such trinkets hung to- ray -own girdle for some years to come.. i . Ni ? - y'MA'-fol, he, was-bom for a free companion!", cried " Aylward. "He hath -the .very trick ot speech and turn of.- thought" I take them back then, and Indeed it gives me unease not to feel my, yew-stave tapping against .my leg bone. But see, mes garoona, on this side of the church rises the . sauare and darkling tower of sari -of eausbjiry's . castle, and even from .Jiere-1 seem to see on yonder banner the , red roebuck of the Morttaootes. "Red upon white," said Alleyne, shading his -eyes; "but whether roe buck or .no is more, than I could vouch. How black.-Is the great tower, and how brlrht the sleain o farms upon the wan; - See below the flag. how- it twinkles like a star! "Aye." it is the steel head-niece of tne watchman: remarked the arch er. "But we must on, it we are to be there before the drawbridge triees at the vespers bugle; for it is likely that Sir Nigel, being so-renowned a sold ler, may keep hard discipline within the walls, .and let no man enter after sundown.' So saying, , he Quickened his pace, ; and the - three ' comrades were soon close to, the straggling and Droaa-spreaa town which - -' centered round the noble , church ; and the frowning castle. - - cnancea on ' that very evenins tnat sir JMigei ioring, having supped before sunset, as was his custom, and having himself seen that Pommera and Cadaand, . his ; two - war-horses. with the.', thirteen , hacks, the flv Jennets,-my., ladr. three saU rreys, -and the great dapple gray rous sln. had. - all their . . heeds supplied. had taken his dogs - for an evening breather, s Sixty or seventy of them. large and. small, smooth, and shaggy deer ! hound.' -boar hound, blood nouna, won noun a, v mastiff, aiaun, talbot lurcher. -"terfleTT spaniel- snapping .yelling and whining with score or lolling tongues and waving tails, cams surging -down the narrow lane which leads from tho Twynham kennels to the bank of Avon." Two russet-clad varlets. with loud halloo and cracking whips, walked thigh high amid the swarm, guldlnsr. con trolling and urging.. . Behind came Sir , Nigel. " himself, with , Lady tar ing upon fits arm, the uatr walkins? slowly and sedately,; as befitted both their age and their condition, while they watched with a smile in their eyes the scrambling crowd ; In front of them.. They paused. 1 however, at the bridge, and,' leaning their elbows upon tne. atonewara, they stood look ing down at .their own- faces In the glassy, stream., and at the swift flash of speckled trout against tho tawny, gravel a,--,-,!- ? .i.if.,.!- Bir Nigel was a slight man of nonr stature, Vith soft lisping voice and gentle ways. So short was ho that his wife, who was no very tall woman, had the- better of him by the breadth of 'three fingers. 'His sight v. having been Injured in his early -wars by tt basketful of ,11ms -which "had v been emptied over htm when he led the Karl f of Perby's - etormers up . th beach at Bergerac. ' he had con tracted something of a stoop, ;with- a blinking,: 'peering expression of face., His age -was, six' and- forty, but the constant practice 'of arms, "together with' a -cleanly life; had preserved ttis activity - ana enaurance unimpaired. so that-from a ' distance ho seemed to have th slight limbs and : swift grace .of, a boy. Hie face, .however; was tanned of a dull yellow ttnt. with a leathery, poreless look, which spoke oi rougn outdoor noings, .na Jthe lit- tie pointed beard which he wore, in aererencev to tne , nrevaiiina fashion. was streaked and shot with gray. His features were small,, delicate and reg ular, ; wicn ciear-cui, curving v nose.. ana eyes wnion juttea rorward from the lids. Bis' dress - was-:, simple'; and yet sprucenA Flendrlsh hat of beevor, oearing in me nana tne token of our Lady of Embrun,, was drawn - low upon" the ? left side to hlde"that ear which had been partly shorn from his head by a Flemish man-at-arms In a camp broil before Toumay. His cota- naraie, or" tunic, , and - trunk-hown wots of a purple' plum coJor, with long weepers which hung from either sleeve to below Ms knees. Ills shoes were' of ; red leather, ' daintily point-id at the toes, but not yet prolonged to the extravagant lengths . which the succeeding reign was to bring Into fanhion. A gold-embroidered belt of knighthood encircled his loins,- with his arms, flyo.. roues jtule on. a field L i. cnnninKly -worked upon the i i . i. Ko stood ; Mr Nigel y Irln iMx 1 1 the bridge of Avon, and talked 1 htlv. with his ladV. . ' And, certes, had the two visages alone been seen, and tne siranxer been asked which were the more like ly to' - belong to the bold warrior whose name was loved by the rough est soldiery f Europe, he had assur edly selected the -lady. Her face was laree and sauare and reflU'Witn nerce, thick brows, and the eyes of one who war accustomed ; to rule. Taller - an d broader than her husband, tier flow Ing: gown of. eendall,- and ' fur'-Unod tippet, could not' conceal the gaunt and unrraceful outlines of her figure. It was the age of martial women.; The deeds of black Amies ot Dunbar, '.of Lad 'Salisbury, and ot-the Countess of Montfort,1 we still fresh- In tho publls minds. With, auch examples before them the wives of the English captains -had become as warlike as their mates, and ordered their castles in their absence wtth the prudence and dlartaiin of veteran seneschals. Right easy were tho Jiontacutea ot their castis of Twynham,, ana uiue had thev to' dread from -roving gal-. leyor French squadron,-while, Lady Mary : Lormg t had the oraering ot it- Tet even, in that axe It was thought that' though a lady t might have- a soldier's heart It was scarce as well that She should have a soldiers xaca. There were men who said that ef all the Jitern t' passages and daring deeds by Which . Sir Nlgel . Loring ' tiad proved the true temper of hla cour age, not the least was his wooing ana winning of so forbidding a dame, 4 , "I tell you, my fair lord, she was saying, "that it Is. no fit training tot a demoiselle: hawks . and - hounds. rotes and cltoles, alnglng a French rondel, - or reading the Oestes , ids Doon de ; Mayence, ' as ; I found tier yesternight, pretending sloop, the art. ful,-, with the corner . of- the scroll throating . forth from- under her pil low, Lent her by Father Christopher of the priory, forsooththat la "ever her Answer.. How. shall all tnis neip her when ahe has castle of her own to keep, with, .a hundred mouth: all agape for oeet ana peer?" , - s'1- " "True, my sweet bird, true," an swered .the knight; picking a comfit from his gold drageolr. "The maid Is like the young filly, which kicks heels - and plunges for very lust - of life.' Olve her' time, dame, give her fin., " , .f i.. V ' , , t t ,r p , , , i "Well. I know that my father would have given me, not time, but a good nasej stick across my shoulder, aaa foil ; I know not - what the world ts Coming to, when young maids may flout their elders. I wonder that you do not correct her, my fair lord.". Nay, , my heart's 'comfort, I never raised hand to woman yet and 1t would be a passing strange thing if I began on my own flesh and blood. .It was a woman's hand which cast this lime ' into mine eyes, and though. 1 saw. her stoop, and might well have stopped-her ere she threw, I deemed it unworthy of my knighthood - to hinder or balk one of her sex." ' The hussy!" cried " Lady Loring clenching her broad - right hand. -'I would X had been at the side of her!" 'And so would I, since you would have been 'the nearer me, my own. But I doubt-not that you are right. and that Maude's wings need clip ping, which I may leave in your hands when I -am gone, - for. ' in sooth, this peaceful life . Is not for me, and were It not for your gracious kindness and loving care. I .could not abide it a week. 'I hear 'that there is talk of warlike muster StA Bordeaux once more, and by St, Paul! it would be a new thing If the lions of England and the red pile of Chandos were to be seen in the field, and the roaes ot Loring were not- waving by their aide." "NOW. no worth ma but I faarad It!" cried she,-,wlth the color all struck from her face. "I have noted your -absent, mind, your kindling eye, your trying and riveting of old har ness.' Consider, my sweet lord, that you have already : won much honor; that we have seen but little of each other, that you bear upon your bodv the scar of , over twenty wounds re ceived in I- know - not how many, bloody encounters Have you notdone enough for honor and the public cause?" 1 i My lady, when our Hears lord. the , king, at three-score years, and my Lord Chandos at three-score and ten, are blithe and ready to lay lance In jest for England's' cause. Jt uould ill be-seem me' to prate of service done. It Is sooth that I have racelv ed seven and twenty wounds. There is the more reason that I should -a thankful that I-am u still long . of breath and sound ; in limb. I have also: seen some, bickering .and scuf fling. SU great land battles I count, with four upon sea, - and seven and any niaais, ewrmishes and bush menu. I have held. two and twenty towns, and I .have been at th intnir. Ing of thlrty-ope," Surely then it wouia ne, bitter shame to ma also to you, since 'my fame Is yours, that X should now hold back if a man's worK u to 1m bethink you bow low is our mira. with .bailiff and reeve ever- croaking of empty farms and wasting in. Were It not for . this conatahiAahin which the. Earl of Saiiaburv hath k.. stowed upon us we could scarce up bold the state which is fitting to ouf degree,' Therefore,, my sweeting, there Is the more need that I should turn m : wnere mere : is arood rtuv tn Um. earned and V brave ransoms , to be won.- ; . , , ' n '- '-'Ah'rty dear lord." auath ah' wh ad. weary eyes. , "L thought that at last I had you4, to mine own mf though your youth, had been spent r ijtjiu my mae, xec my voice, as 1 know well, should speed you on to glory. and renown," jiot hold Vou hock when fame 1 to be won, 'Tet 'whet can I say, tor, all men linow Chat your vaior neeas tne euro ana not -the spur. It goes to my heart that rou. shnniif ride forth now a mere knight bachelor, when there ts no .noble in the land who tmth-so good a alalia to the apuare pen non, save oniy tost you. nave not the money to uphold lt . . - "And whose fault thAt,' mV, sweet blrd7" said he.Vj.. - J- "No fault myfalr- lord, but a vlr tue: for how many rich ransoms have you won, and yet have scattered the crowns" among page and archer and valet, until in. a week .you had not as much as would buy ; rood and forage. -It Is most knightly largesse; and yet wlthouten- money how , can man rise?", . . . ' --v " :- 'Dlrt and drossr, cried 1 -"What matter rise or tall.' mo that duty' be done and honor gained. - Ban neret or bachelor, square pennon or forked, I would not give a denier for the difference, i'snd : the less since Sir John Chandos, chosen flower of Eng lish chivalry, - la - himself a humble knight But meanwhile fret not thv- self. my heart's dove, for It is like that mere may oe no war wal, and we must await the news. if here are three strangers, and oheui I take it. a ' soldier fresh from service. It a likely that he 'may give up vord Of front i BUlilHi UIS( wmer. , v Lady Loring, glancing ; up, saw In the fading light three companions walking abreast : down , the road. 'l gray with dust and stalnfd with trav el, yet chattering merrily between Ujemaelvea, lie in th midst was your a and comely,' .with boyish open ' face and brigh fcliinLng eyea,- which glanced to left and rlprht aa though ho found the world around him both new and pleasing. To his right walked a huge rad-headed man, with broad smile end merry twinkle,, whose clothes seemed to be bursting' and splitting at every seam, as though he -were some, lust v chick who was breaking bravely from hla shell. On the other Bide. With his knotted hand upon the young- man's shoulder.- came .a stout and . burtv: ar, cher, brown' and' fierce -eyed, with word at belt and long yellow yew stave peeping over his shoulder,-Xiard . face; battered 'r- head-piece v' dinted brlgandlne, with faded, red Hon of St. iOeorge ramping v op ,, a discolored ground, all proclaiming as plainly -as words that he was Indeed fromvtha land Of war,. He looked keenly at Sir Niger as he approached, and then, plunging his hand under hla breast plate, he stepped Up, to htm with a rough, uncouth bow to the ladv. " ' ;"Your pardon, fair sir," said he, ""but I know you the moment I clap eyes on you, though. In sooth I have aeon you oftener in- steel than in velvet I have drawn- string beside you at La Boche-d'Errlen, Romorantin, Mauper tnla Nogent, Auray, and other placea" cea" ,f ( ,r r - ' j'Then, good 'archer, I am right glad to welcome' you to Twynham Castle, and tn the Stewart's, room you will; find. - provant ' for yourself and com rades. To" me also your face Is known, though mine eyes - play such tricks. with me that 1 can scare be sure of mine- own. squire. ,Rest awhile, and you shall eome to the hall anon and tell us what Is pasalng In France, for I have heard that it is likely that our pennons may flutter to the south of the great Spanish mountains ere an other year be passed." "There was talk of it in Bordeaux." answered the archer, "and I saw my self that the armorers and smiths were as busy, at rata In a wheat-rick. But I bring you , this, letter from the val iant . Gascon knight, Sir Claude La tour. And s to you. Lady.' 'he added after a pause,. 1 bring from him this box of red sugar of Narbonne, with very courteous, and .knightly greeting which a gallant chevalier may make to a fair and noble dame." This speech had cost the blunt bow man much pains and planning but he might have spared hie breaUL -for the lady was quite as much abaAbed as her Isrd in the letter, whlchr thev held between them, a hand on either corner,' spelling K out very slowly, with drawn brows and muttering Hps, Aa they read It, Alleyne, who stood with Hordle John a few paces' back from their comrade, aaw the archer catch for treatb, ; while the knight laughed softly tp himself. - "You see, dear- heart," aald he, "that they will not leave the old dog In hla kennel when the game Is afoot. And what of this White Company, archer?" "Ah, air, you ' speak of dogs," cried Aylward. "but there are a pack of lus ty hounds who are" ready for any quar ry, If they have but a good huntsman to hallow them on. Sir, we have bean in the wars together, and I have seen many a brave fellow but never auch a set of woodland boys as this, i Thev do but want you at their head, and who will bar the way to them?" "Pardleul" ' said Sir Nigel, "if thev are all like their. 'messenger they are indeed men of , whom a leader mv be proud. Tour name, good archer?" "Sam Aylward, sir. of the Hundred of Easebourne : and the Rape of Chi chester." .'ir,.:J', '' . '' v "And this 'giant' behind your ."He Is big John, of Hordle, a forest man, who hath, taken service in the Company," , !" "A proper Harare of a man-at-arms." said the little knight, "Why, man, you are no chicken, yet 1 warrant him the stronger man. Sea to that great stone from the coping which hath fall en upon the bridge. Four of my lazy varlets ? strove this day : to carry It hence. I would that you two could put them to shame ; by budging it, though I fear that I overtask you, for It is ,of grievous weight" ' He pointed as he spoke to a huge rough-hewn block which lay by the roadside, 'deep sunken from its own weight in the reddish earth. The ar cher approached it rolling back the sleeves of his Jerkin,, but-with no verv hopeful countenance, for Indeed it was a mighty rock. John, however, put him aside witn AU left band, and stoon ing over the stone, he ' plucked It single-handed from Its soft' bed and swung it for into the stream. There It fell with a mighty splash, one Jag ged end peaking out above the surface. while the waters bubbled and foamed with far-clrcllng eddy. ' , "flood lock!" cried Sir Nigel and "Good lack!", cried - bis lady, while John ; stood laughing - and ; wining the caked dirt from his fingers. . "I have; felt : his, arms 'round mv ribs,"- said the bowman, "and they crackle yet at the thought of it This other (comraae of mine. is a rlstht learned clerk, for 'all that he is se young, hlght Alleyne, the son of Ed rlc, brother to the - Socman of Mln Stead't V . i n . '- "Touhg man,", quoth Sir Nigel, severely,-"If you are of the same way of thought as your brother you may not pass under porticuuis or mine." ; "Nay, fair sir," oried Aylward has tily, i "I will be pledged i for it that they have no thought la common; for this very day his brother' hath set his dogs on him, and driven ' him from his landa" , ,-'- "And are you, too. ' of the. White Company?" aked Sir NUcsl.. ',llast TJVi .'-- , w- HI i i - u 8 T .4 k)jVf' MM r f"IT!T V f Y Wa vent fas is rht ss-. nf tM yaar trm-". V.w.iof i ! 4" la haiala a -mara, nl f'- -t vi-wt yar caaaaa tin yaja-' fi.ka. - t sat fc , tut atiw as Mr. f.tt a "'a ' k'iiinr f " " l am4 ytu Immiw ; MU4ft1w . !. '" ntM-4rf"Tfl,t, P- -f ar-'' ' 1- . A tit LauMa Ac m? , l...)..Jt. .1 ... JCjh iuoiaaatjlna, . had small experience of war, if I may judge by your looks ana ocarina, -, "I would fain to France , with aiv frtenda here" Allevne answered: '"but t am a man of peacea reader, exor- "That need not binder .' quoth Sir i i I r - I i'No.sfair sir.", pried the cowman Joyously. "Why, I myself1 have serv ed two terms with Arnold- de OrvoHea. (l. : nihnm-' lh. llrl th archDrieSt. By my blit! ' f have seen him ere "now. with monk's gown ' truesea to nis awe? over his sandals In. blood in the for front of the battle,-! Yet r the. ,lat string had twanged.be would be down on his four- bones amons the stricken, and have them all housled and shriven, aa quick as shelling peas.- Ma to? there are those who wished that be would have less oare for their souls and a little more for -thalr bodies!' "It la well, to have a learned clerk In every troop," said Sir Nigel. "By "St.-Paul, there are men so catiff mat they think, more. of a shrlvener's oeu than; of their- lady's smile, and o their devoU .in" hopes that they may flit; a line in a chronicle or aw a tag to a Jongleur's romance, I remem ber well that, at the selge ot Betters, there was a little,; sleek fat clerk of the name of Chaucer,: who was so sot St rondel, clrvente, ot tonson, that no man dare give back a foot from the walls, lest he find it all set down in his rhymes, and sung by every underling and varlet In the cmp. But, mv soul's bird, you heaf me prate though all were decided, wbn I have ni lt her with rou or with my lady mother. Let us cham ber 'while these strangers find such fare a pantry and cellar mav fur- The night eir strlkea chill." said the lady, and turned down the road with her hand mpon her k)fds arm. The three comrades dropped behind and followed: Alyward much the lighter for having accomplished his mission, Alleyne full of wonderment at the humble bearing of so renowned a captain, and John .loud with snorta and sneeaes, which spoke his dlap pointment and contempt. . ."What alls the man?" said Alyward in ' surprise. . . .. "I have been cosened and bejabed, quoth he gruffly. - - "Bw whom, Sir Samon the trongT . "By thee, air Balaam the false phop- net '.:". ''". ' , "By my hlltl" cried the wt....-w t k nnt -RaluAm. yet I . nola converse with the very creature that spake, to' him. What is amias, uwu, and how have I played you false? "Why, marry did you not say, and Alleyne here will be my wltnew, that tt l omM m to the wars with you. you would ; place me under a Reader who was second to none In all Eng land for valor? Yet here you Drins ... , .K-a nf. a. man. neakv and 111- w . , - . - nourished, i with eyes like a mounting owl. who must needs, forsooth, take counsel with his mother ere he buckle sword to girdle." "Is that-where the shoe galls? cried the bowman, and laughed aloud. "I will ask you what you think of him three months hence, If we be all allvej for sure I am that" Aylward's words were interrupiea by an extraordinary hutobub which kk. that Inmnt some little way down the street in the direction of the Priory. ' There was aeep-moutnea shouting of men, frightened shrieks of women, howling and barking of curs, and over all a sullen, thunder ous rumble; indescribably menacing and terrlbl. Round the corner of the norma? atrnAt thr came rushing a brace of whining dogs with tails tuck ed under their legs, ana alter mm ,i.itroA.ii KtiwHttp with aiitatratch- ed hands and wide-spread fingers, hla .. . . ...... . . I- J . llM.ln- nair au aonaiie ana u y hwilr . fmm nni ahmllder to the other. as though some terror were at his very heels. 'IFly, my lady flyl" he screeched and whlssed past tnem iiae bolt, from bow: while close behind Afi m. Inmlurlnr a. hno-A tllavlc hear. with red- tongue lolling from his mouth and a broken cnam pangung aiong De hind hlnv To right and left the folk flaw aH anil . Annmv. - Hordle John caught up the Lady Loring as tnougn sne naa oeen a xeainer, mm sprang- with her Into an open porch; while Aylward, with a whirl of French oaths, plucked at hla quiver and tried to unallng his bow. Alleyne, all un- a' sight shrunk up against the wall via nis eyes nxea upon tne xrensiea : creature, which came bounding along . niil. mII iriMil lnnlttna' tha la.ra- TT . fc . M-'O 4. . wyww, , er in the uncertain light, its- huge Jaws agape, with blood and slaver trickling to tne grouna. sir rsigei , il.n.1 niuifiniitlnni tn all a nnMran.i i of the" universal panic, walked with ; unfaltering step up the centre of the road, a silken hsnkerchlef In one hand : and his gold comflt-box lntbe other., i It sent the blood cold through Alley-j ne's veins to see that as they came I together the man and the beast the I creature reared up, with eyea eblase ! wun laar ana naie, ma wmrita u great paws aoova ine amgot to smiie 1,1m a 4-ha M,th TTa llAHMva:. ttlltilr. ing with , puckered eyes,: reached up nia aorcnioi, anu uiuau uim oeusi twice across the snout with it, "Ah, MHMrl aannv " AllAth ha. with a-antlA chiding; on which the bear; uncertain ana pusiiea, aroppea its-tour legs to earth araln. and waddllna back, was soon swathed In ropes by the bear wear and a crowd of peasants who had oeen in cioae pursuit. A scared man was the keeper; for, having chained the finite to a ataka while he drank a etoup of ale at the In it had been baited by stray curs 31 . t. . as y. It S ck vomen m w until, in wrath and', madness,' it had plucked loose the: chain, -.and ; smitten or bitten all .who came )n its path. Most scared of all was he to find that the creature had come right to harm the Lord and Lady of the castle, who h'ld power to place htm in the stretch nwk ir to have the skin, scourged from his shoulders. ' Yet,'- when he : came with bowed bead sod1 bumble enticaty for forgiveniesa,, he-; wav mft with a handful of silver from Sir Nigel, whose dame, however, was less charitably disposed, being much ' ruffled in her dignity by the manner in, which she had 49een hustled from her lord's side. As they passed' through the castle gate,' John plucked at Aylward's sleeve and the two fell behind. . r "I must crave your pardon, com rade,4 said he. bluntly. 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