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CHJfi bTBTf AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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RALPH HARDELOT'S
MEDIATION
BY WILLIAM AIINTO
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CIIAPTKIl III
Tho lioiiHowivcH were vary jubilant
over tho (Hueoniflturo of tho tax-fanner.
Ah Hcglnald nnd IiIh yeomen rodo
through IVinrn nlrcot totatrdo tlio mar
kot-pluiu there wiih every olgn of tin
iiHiutl excitement. They KOHfllpcd ot
the doors in KroiiH,nnd hero nnd there,
from the projecting necond utorloH, they
spoko one to nnother acronn tho narrow
Htrcut through ojien lattlcen. Their
nhrlll talk wan Interpeorfced with
winner htuglitor. Tliere wiih no trace
of linger ; tiio affair wiih evidently re
garded by tho victom nn an excellent
rough Jest, tho particular!) of which
were retailed with rolinh by bucIi as
had had the good fortune to witness
tho affray. The temper of tho imputa
tion Lecuino fiercer nfterwiirdH.
At tho White Hart, Reginald found
tho landlord leaning ngulnnt tho gato
post of the pavciige leudiug into the
courtyard, cliafllug u voluble tornmennt
who wiih narrating to him her nhare in
tho chiiHtiHcmont of tho tax-farmer.
Mine hoHt'H countenance fell at tho
Hight of tho king'H livery for tho
king'H horvuntH were apt to bo more ox
acting than remunerative in tho matter
of hortoH; hut it recovered itH natural
rubicund breadth on IiIh recognizing
Iteginald Hiirdelot, who had been tit
Hohool in Hudbury an a boy, and often
came there on thocliaucellor'H l)UHlneH.
"Iloro'H a rare Htrnnger, gentleH,"
cried the hont, biiHtling renpeetfully be
fore him into tho common room of tho
hostelry. "Manter Iteginald Ilardolot.
1 warrant ho Ims backed many u good
liorn) hIiico ho rode my eoltH in tho
meadow without leave fcomotimoH, oh?
Come, Mantur Iteginald, come, Hlr, you
will find Homo hero that you know of
old. Wo have changed our nigu with
it now reign, but we keep our old cuh
tomem. Hero 1h Maxtor Itoger Chow
ley you remember MiiHter Chowloy, of
tho college? mid hero 1h MaHter Docket,
you wore at Hchool with him at tho
priory. Ho 1h u great man in Hudbury
now, 1h Mutiter Docket; reevo to tho
college and dark to tho burgh."
"Such a favorite, too, with every
body, " htrurk in Muuter Ghowloy, in a
bantering tone; "a very jewel of n
reevo, and the uiont trtiHted town clerk
In tho kingdom. Wo could not get on
without our Dockot. Tho poor tonnnta
would iiiIh.h him no. If you want to
take our Docket from uh, you iniiht not
lot tho good foIkH of Hudbury know."
And ho laughed and wheezed loudly at
IiIh own humor.
"Will you keep your long tonguo
quiet?" Hiiappod Docket, vicloucly.
"Will you let Miihtor Dockot alono?
been all the enmo; Docket would have
continued to Btiiro immovably, liko a
ruminating ox, and his steady gazo
would huvo Iwtraycd no pecret. There
scorned to bo no Intelligence behind
that incxprcHfdvo look; it i-eomed to in
dicate only tho peaceful, healthful
operation of organic proccHPCH in tho
KyHtom of Dockot, consequent U)on tho
introduction of largo quantities of ale.
And yot Dockot wan what would bo de
scribed in modern days' as a very wide
awake young man. Chowloy know well,
nnd often remarked that, when Dockot
emptied his fnco of nil expression, nnd
looked nbsorlwd In vegotnblo functions,
ho wiis tlowly cogitating eoino plan
which, liko nil Dockott's plans, had
IiIh own private ndvantago in view.
hits thoir ignorant fantasy. In Jheory
they preach the go-pel as delivered In
Holy Writ, without deference to tho in
terpretation of tho Church. Thoir
subtle founder pampers their polf-con-celt
by making them believe that the
light comes from within themselves, '
through tho special operation of tho
Holy Spirit. In truth, thoy givo out
only what ho putt in. Thoy nrt
sponges, which imagino they givo forth '
water generated by a spring within
themselves, when thoy but return tho
foul slops sucked up from the heretic's
overflowing drivel."
Thus had tho eloquent Chowloy boon
discoursing heforo Iteginnld's entranco,
and had proceeded to deal with Italph
Ilardolot, who had cotno to HudlAiry a
few dayH before in the garb of a Wyclif
fian "poor priest." To him and his
crack-brained advoency of wiring tho
goods of tho Church to cover tho ex
penso of the bars, on tho ground that
thoy woro mount for the reliof of the
poor, and that the ministers of religion
should bo supported by voluntary
nlms, Chowloy had nttrlbutod tho dis
turbance of tho day In tho town, llut
ha had hinted Hint he would soon put a
stopper in tho mouth of tho young idiot.
Obscure cloisterer though Chowloy was,
I ho had moro influence than pcoplo
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lie fore Iteginald enmo in, the oyo might givo him credit for, and ho
uocxei una two, out tno gazo was so
concentrated nnd steady that you wero
comcloiiH of only ono had been di
rected in this apparently Unmeaning,
but really very significant manner, on
two stranirorH to Sudbury, who occupied
a tettlo on the opposite sldo of the
room. It was near tho tlmo of the
great autumn fair at Htourbridgo, near
Cambridge, nnd tho strangers, who had
arrived at White Hart that morning,
woro understood to bo bound for tho
famous mediiflval market. Thoy had
told tho inquisitive host that thoy hud
traveled from Harwich, choosing tho
road iy Sudbury as tho safest in thovo
troubled times. Thoy seemed Flemish
In their dress.
Thoy sat with Chowloy nnd Dockot
on tho higher level of the floor at ono
end of the long room, fireplace ilreless
nt this seasoh lifctween tho two couples,
small windows in tho end on each side
of tho fireplace throwing marked traces
of light into tho room. Their men sat
with other undUtlnguit-hed customers
on tho lower level of tho body of the
room, lighted by u long, shallow win
dow on tho courtyard side. Tho furni
ture was simple two tables, each with
a sottle on tho higher level, and n long
table flanked bottles running length
wiso down tho principal floor. Tho
main room in n mediuoval hostelry had
to serve three purposes; it had to bo a
dormitory on occasion, us well as a tap
room and n snlle-a-mangor. We Hnd
a dilllculty now in conceiving how fur
niture could bo constructed to servo as
bod, or seat, or table, with equal readi
ness, uh occasion demanded, llut tho
ingenuity of our forefathers was equal
to tho occasion. The settles had long
and straight backs; you had only to lay
ono on its back with tho top end to
tho vail, and you hud an excellent
framework
for ii bed. Tho tables.
(ilvo you good-day, Master Ilardolot," wnicn, wiion iimhi uh tables, wero
lut iiililiul. In ii riiuinitfiil triim. T mounted on trottlos. had onlv to lie In-
.w ......wi.. ... . v,,,.. v...a wifut a, --- r f . , ...
warrant you are not too proud to forgot vorted nnd laid on tho floor, when thoir j ,nK lti"-
old friends." under side was seen to be a Ih.x into I Hut Iteginald
which rushes or bracken or sucks or
mattresses might bo laid to form as soft
and comfortable a couch uh the most
luxurious sleeper could desire. There
might bo room for improvement in tho
way of cleanliness mid ventilation, hut
tho arrangement had all the beauty of
economy and simplicity.
Wo nro not concerned, however, with
tho furniture of tho middle ages, but
with tho ways and fortunes of one or
two mediaeval individuals. When,
then, Reginald Hardulot was shown
into the public room and niarshaUsl to
a place on the higher level, Dockot had
beenregarding tho mercantile-looking
strangers wiih meditative, out upptir
would take caro that Kalph Ilardolot
did not carry his Heresy much further.
Ho had just said this, nnd was puff
ing out IiIh cheeks with an air of great
importance, much satisfied with tho
effect of his eloquence, when Iteginald
Ilardolot was ushered in.
All eyes were turned on tho nowcom
or nnd his gay livery. II 1h easy chat
with tho landlord was listened toon
tho lower floor, and attention drawn to
tho details of his costume in .whispers
tho badgo of tho White Hart, which
was obhorved to correspond with tno
sign oi tno nor-toi, though much moro
finely drawn, tho tight hos-o of altern
ate white and red, which showed to ad-
vantage tho shapely limbs of the wear
er, tho strip of buff leather on tho
inside of the calf, which protected tho
leg in riding.
liy Reginald's advent tho eloquent
canon was loft without an audience.
Ho did not relish this, and ho was
much piqued besides at tho young
man's cool, cavalier manner and abso
lute inattention to himself. Ha was
not the man to put up with It: his
Jueo, already flushed with oratorical
effort, assumed a still redder hue; and
inwardly fuming, but trying hard to
.keep cool, ho collected his idciiH with
a viow of putting tho young jackanapes
in hlsTiroper place.
"And how in mv eood lord, vour
undo, the- archbishop?" asked tho host,
very much dollghted with Reginald's
familiarity, and speaking in a loud,
clear voice, so that nobody should miss
tho rank of his guest. "It may bo in
a manner it grief to him," bo contin
ued, in a soft confidential tono, when
Heginnld hnd unswoicd tho question,
"that your brother Ralph should havo
turned Lollard, if so bo that ho has
turned Lollard, which I can scarco bo
lievo, for Master Italph was a youth of
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Reginald remembered him well uh
tho bully of tho priory tchool, a good
live years IiIh senior. Ho had stolen
apples for Docket nnd parted with
cherry stones and other cherished pes
sessions to him in bodily fear.
Tho sight of this precious pair of boon
companions, boozing together in the
hostlery at midday suggested to him
how tho secret of tho poll-tux might
huvo leaked nut. Chowloy wiih ono of
tho lay canons of tho archbishop chan
cellor's college u former Mirvunt thus
provided for and still kept up com
munication with thochaucellor's Iioiiki
hold. It wiih a letter from him Unit
had given information about Reginald's
was not prepared to
discuss tills with him and rose to go.
"I think," ho said, "you told mo I
should find my brother about St. Greg
ory's churchyard?"
"Yos," mid tho host. "Anywnys, I
saw him walking thitherward but half
an hour ago, nnd I know ho is utcd to
moon about the graves nnd tulk with
the old hermit there."
Reginald, us tho host said this, made
n step down from the higher level to
wards tho door. Rut Chowloy's time
wuh now como. Ho cloaml IiIh throat,
nnd his volco rose in n firm, steady,
harsh, drawl, which insisted on atten
tion, holding on to tho ear as If by
main force.
brother's Wyclitllhin; nnd it wiih likely ently meaningless placidity, whllo
enough that IiIh friend in the house
hold had boon ublo to give him n hint
of tho chancellor's financial plans; a
hint which Docket wiih just tho man to
turn to account.
This suspicion, combined with old
and well-founded dislike, made Regin
ald Min.owhal cool and distant in bin
manner to tho boon companions, whllo
ho chatted familiarly with mine host
about the exploit of tho Sudbury house
wives. Rut Chowloy wuh not n man easily
dUconcerted or kept ut nrm's-length.
Ho wiih accustomed to bo cock of the
company ut White Hart, discoursing to
nil and sundry over his frequent pots of
malt liqour In a harsh, rasping voire,
which claimed und enforced authority.
He was an elaborate talker, und prided
himself on IiIh continuity of flow.
None of his familiars would have dared,
in his presence, tosiart u new toplo till
Chowloy hud exhausted tho old ono.
If thoy ever did, by Inadvertence, ven
ture, his steady, strident, overbearing
voice was soon heard maintaining tho
continuity of tho conversation uh if it
had never suffered interruption.
Docket, his taproom ally und costant
butt, overpowered and kept in order by
Chowloy's tongue, his butt not out of
good nature, but because ho was not
sutllciontly quick of fence to protect
himself, wiih considerably different In
appearance. Abundance of adipose
tissue, maintained by continual soak
ing of ale, thoy hnd in common; but
wiiiio tno canon iookihi putted und
bloated, Docket's fuce, with all its gen
erous expanse, looked firm unit fresh.
The canon's eyes, suffused with aleliolio
glitter, nnd turbid with dyspepsia,
stood out of his mjad like boiled gooto
Ivrrios whan i was excited. "Docket
never looked excited and Ids largo,
bluish-gray eyes were his mast remark
able feature. A lurge, full, stolid eye
wuh Will Docket's, sot in a clear-corn-loxloned,
broad face, If a stranger hud
caught that eye staring at him he would
havo interpreted tho staro us meaning
nothing but placid curiosity, and would
huvo paid no further attention to it.
If lie had paid attention, it would have ,
Chowloy, having finished u game nt
"tables," or draughts, with his friend
us thoy cumo in, had been discoursing
to the same strangers in continuous
flow, with tho whole lower floor for nu
audience. Ills text had been the out
break against tho tax-farmer, from
which ho hud enlarged on the unset
tling tendencies of the time, denounc
ing, in particular, tho monstrous here
sies, political und religious, of Wycliffe,
und the dangerous opening given to
raw, crude, presumptuous, self-conceit-ed
dolts by his now institution of poor
priests.
Ono of the strangers, a gray-haired
little man, with keen, sunken eyes and
u hooked nose who had given the name
of Blnion d'Vpres seemed to bo of an
inquisitive turn and plied tho orator
now und then with questions. He had
wished to learn more about tho new
order of priests that Wycliffe hud estab
lished, .
"A now order?" tho canon had cried.
"Thoy nro not an order. That is whoro
tho seeds of mischief lie. There is no
order or runk among thorn. Thoy owe
obedience to nobody pojo nor bishop
nor ubbot only to what tho vain fooU
cull their inner light guiding them in
tho interpretation of Holy Writ. A
now order! A now disorder would bo a
fitter nnmo for them!"
"Rut who appoints them to preach?
Who tixes the limit and sphere of thoir
duties?"
"They have no flxod sphere; that is
ono of their pernicious tenets. Tho
blasphemous knaves say that they aro
moved of tho Holy Spirit in theircholco
of place and season for preaching, and
that this is a higher mandate than the
ordination of bishops; but practically
it means that they begin when thoy
liko, leave off when they like, and go
where they liko a subversion of nil or
der and authority in matters religious,
which only a enuy academic doctor,
whom the Church has not rewarded ac
cording to his own opinion of his de
serts, could have conceived."
"And do they preach what they
like?" '
"Practically any raw absurdity that
(To be continued)
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