THE NEW AGKE. PORTLAND. OREGON.
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CHAI'TKU IV CONTINUED.
"Mv Indv liattMl Clnrn an much an
ho girl tinted her, nnd sotijrht to nplto
tier in tho matter of iimrrine. Thuro
1 1 veil in Sir JoIiii'h neighhorliood In IiIh
Htrong cnBtlo nt Hturnicru ncertniii mid
llcnKcd knight of prowoHH nnd renown
who had ust IiIh cyos nnd IiIh lieart on
tho mottloeotno Clara nnd liked tho
lues none tho losa for hor intrnctnhlo
Hj.lrlt.
"Ills nanio wno Ilichnrd Hainliani.
Ho wuh not of gontlo birth by tho
inother'H Hide nt leant, but lio hnd
joined n bnnd of free companions in
Acuitaino nnd hnd procured in tho
French warn nnd received knighthood
from tlio lihick 1'j-inco on tho Held of
1'oictIcrH. Tliero hnvo been ninny com
plnlntH ngniiiFt bim hy neigbborn nnd
triivollern, but bo 1h too fturdy nnd vnl
liable a knight to ho lightly culled in
((iicHtion and it in bin hoafit to have
grown no fat under tho cumin of tho
church tlinv bo can hardly turn in IiIh
raddlo. Ho him indeed tho look nnd
strength of a bull, mich n neck and
Imck, hucIi a brawny oliouldor nnd
lowlnp.
"My pretty Clara loathed tho match
nnd the maker of it, but what could thu
poor diuiiHol do? Hbo wuh all alone; cho
liad no couiiHoUor; nIio bad kept ltnlph
nt a dlHtancu and mado bim fear to
Hjienk to hor, ho wuh too proud to openk
to bim. Hbo know bor ndvort-nry to bo
flpitoful nnd unrelenting no only implto
fill woniaii can bo; nnd ccoing that oh
t'npo wan bopeloHH, hIio did not wait to
lo reduced to HiihmiHulon by bread nnd
wntcr, imprisonment and Htrlpcn.
I'rido coum-ollcd her not to endure tho
indignity of a contoHt with my I.ndy
CavendiHb. 'Lot tbo bruto marry mo
tit IiIh peril,' Mio Hild to hernolf ; and
fortiiled by UiIh roNohition, to tbo ad
miration of all, nnd not tbo leant of my
lady, fibo ngreed mveotly without u
murmur.
"Hut If Sir Ilichnrd had neon how
lior eyoH llnnhud and every limb quiv
ered when hIio wuh nlono, or If ho had
hoard thu oath nho took on bor brovinry
and her dnggor, oven IiIh homlHtrong
folly might have lienltated to take hucIi
h vlpor to IiIh hoiioni. Hut not n hoiiI
nt CuvoudlHh Hull wnH in her coiill
douce, not a hIiiii betrayed her deadly
hatred and pocfot resolution.
"Tho wtlding day drow near, nnd Sir
John ppnrod no cont, for IiIh ward hnd
richott in ubundnuco. Ho feiiHted tbo
liriilegrooni for tbreo dayH before tbo
toroinony. Tho cookH hnd Hwoltored in
tho kitchen for wcokri before, nnd tho
tubleH wore a rare night, mich treeH and
ouMtleH, blrdH and lieutitri of Hwoot ttttiff,
micli flugoiiN of wine, mich linen of pngeH
and yeomen bearing iIIhIiuh lit for nil
mnperor, tho miiihtrelH blowing nil tho
timo from tbogullery it wuh llko "
Tbo ciiiioii'h recollectioiiH were too
much for him. Ho buried IiIh head in
tho threuhooiod not.
"There wuh a hawking pnrty in tho
morning, and xportH in tho tlltlng-yard
at midday nfter dinner, and Juggling
and dancing in tho hull after ppupor by
viigaboudH who had gathered from fur
and near, and had no reiiHon to repent
their coming.
"What hnpponod in tbo tlltingynrd
did not Improve Sir llichard'H temper.
Hither IiIh borne mvorved an lie run nt
tho quintain, or ho hit tho hoard cliiin
nily, or Mimething went wrong that 1
cannot explain to you; anyhow, tho
bug of MindNWiiiig round before bo wuh
elear, and caught him mich a whack on
the back that ho wuh aluuiht thrown
from thu middle. ltnlph Hardelot,
when it came to IiIh turn, wuh more
fortunate or more nk'ilful.
"Whether by good fortune orJynklll,
thin ltnlph Htruck tho board to hliivern,
and rode lightly nnd cufely on. Sir
Ilichnrd would fain hnvo bad n wrext
ling bout, but Sir John, seeing tho
temper ho wih in, forbade it.
"At mippor my wilful minx Clara
mulled no openly on her young favorite
that tho bridegroom wan honido hiiucelf
with fury; but ho tried to mvnllow IiIh
rngo nnd mvul lowed much liquor, and
laughed loudly, and bragged of IiIh ex
ploits, and, withal, liuido a brave show
mh one who knew how to bo master
when the timo came. Hut to hnvo been
hor cool, provoking fueo, you would hnvo
Maid tho knight bad never undertaken a
more porllouu adventure.
"Wino and auger neemod to hnve bo
reft Sir ltichard of bin witn, nnd ho did
IiIh diligence tonrnkohimnolfdoHpionblo
ami ridiculoiiH, After oupper tho hall
wan cleared for tho nntica of jugglerH
and hired dnucora. A tumbling wench,
with largo, Hhapely limbnnnd u hideoun
face, no cliarmeil tbo good knight's
fancy that, to tbo deep dhgunt of tho
ladles, ho leered ut her, and held vill
aiuoiiH laiiguugo to her, culling hor up
to him to drink her health and give her
largchho. I.ndy Cavendish nlono looked
on with patience, and hIio oven mulled
4iu bin outrageouHbehuvtor; whereupon,
to pleato her more, ho would oven have
a turn on tho floor himself to show bin
ugility, and on tho tloor it wuh, for
there, after a few elephantine capern,
ho prcHoutly lay, sprawling with tho
utnost gool humor.
"In this motley world, linger and
'tttrlfo often follow fact on tho IicoIh of
mirth. While her bridegroom wan thus
playing tho buffoon, Clara had dlnup
poured. Itut Lady Cavendish, who bad
been narrowly obcorving her, had noted
where alio had withdrawn herself and
vrith whom. Bbo had marked lookH of
tender sympathy oxchungod bctweon
Clnrn nnd ltalph, and hud t-eon thorn
sidle off togothor into a window recces
protected by a curtain. Sho gave tho
two lovers a little timo, and then
passed tbo word through tho tittering
throng, directed nil eyes on the rcccHH,
nnd cent one of hor mnlds to suddenly
pull nuido tho curtain, nnd show tho
picture. A pretty picture it wuh, tbo
two figures btunding very cIoho together
ngniiiHt tho light, IiIh left arm grasping
a chair behind her, while with his
right band bo tenderly nnd respectful
ly guided her forefinger in tracing let
crs on tho moistened pane. I conject
ure thnt ho hud written Homothing there
which sho professed herself unable to
copy. So ubsorbed wore they in their
occupation that they wero not aware of
tho tittering crowd of onlookers till
tho loud oaths of Sir ltichard made
them turn their astonished faces.
"Sir Ilichnrd wns tho only man of
tho company thnt did not laugh. To
speak tho truth of tho young offenders,
thoy boro themselves with easy nnd
seemly self-possession. Ralph's color
heightened n littlo, but ho came for
ward from tho recess with a deftly as
huiiicu look ol surprise and inquiry ns
to tho meaning of tho laughter, ns if it
wero the most nnturul thing in tho
world that ho should bo found, giving
tho young demoiselle a lesson in prim
itive handwriting. What ho would
hnvo paid by wny of explanation I can
not tell you, for before ho could utter n
word tho injured knight rushed on
him, shouting, 'Miserable scrivener!
I will write on tho walls with your
bruins I'
"Tbero wns a grent outcry nnd com
motion. Sir John Cavendish cried
Tciico! Hoi I'or slinmol' but bis
voice could hnrdly bo beard above tbo
hubbub. The Indies screamed, nnd
severul knights ran t drug Sir Ilichnrd
away, ltalph at first made no attempt
nt retaliation, but merely luid hold of
his assailant's arms to steady himself
nnd keep bis feet, nnd uvoid being
dashed against the wull or through
tho window. Hut when Sir Richard
did not desist, but held on by his throat
and twisted nnd dragged him about,
tho youth also lost his temper nnd put
forth IiIh strength, laying Sir Ilichnrd
on tho polished floor, Hat on his buck.
"ltnlph wns ut once hurried off by
Sir John Cavendish before Sir Ilichnrd
recovered his footing. Tho enraged
knight would have bustled after him,
hut tho Indies throw themseles in IiIh
way and ho dared not thrust them aside.
Then ho turned to his bride, and shook
his grent list nt her. Shu, who hnd
stood nil tho timo in tho recess, with
pule face and a soft, velvety gleam in
hor eyes, answered with a disdainful
smile.
" 'I will tnnio your proud spirit yet,
minx,' ho gasped. Sho returned his
look without quailing, tho light in her
oyes becoming darker with resolute
scorn. 'Marry mo, If you daro,' sho said,
in a quiet voice.
"The foolish mini tlid daro: ho
married her, nnd carried her to bis
castle. Hut their wedded bliss wns not
of long duration. On tho morning
nfter the marriage tbo bride rose long
before prlmo and walked out to taste
tho morning air. When it was near
midday ami she had not returned, nnd
her lord hud never stirred from his
chamber, they went in nnd found bim
lying In a heavy sleep, from which they
hnd much ndo in rousing him. Tho
crafty wench hud drugged bis evening
cup, and mado her escape in the morn
ing. Sir Ilichnrd broke the porter's
ribs nnd Hung him into tho moat, but
that did not recover tho fugitive, who
wuh traced at tho last to the priory at
Dart ford, where sho had taken shelter,
and from which, as far as I know, her
husband has not yet succeeded in
drugging her. If ho ever should lay
blinds on her ho will tamo her proud
spirit I make nodouiiht."
"God grant ho never do," said tho
host.
"Amen," suld Simon d'Vprei, who
hnd listened with courteous interest to
the cumin's long-winded tale. "And
what becaino of Ralph Hnrdelot?"
Tho canon yawned. "I have heard
littlo of him," ho said, "till he reap
peared hero in tho fool's dress of n
Wyelllllto."
"And you know not what led him to
this?"
"Tho instigation of the fiend, I doubt
not," aiiHwered tho canon, yawning
ngaiu. "Prithee, pardon me, I am
drowsy, which is a sign that nature will
have u littlo rest before vespers."
And, without more ceremony, ho
stretched himself at length upon the
settle.
CHAPTKIl V.
Reginald Hardelot found his brother
in tho place to which the host had di
rected him, St. Gregory's churchyard,
talking with tho gaunt and dishevelled
old hermit who bad built himself u
rough shelter among tho graves. Thoy
parted with anger on tho ouo side, and
deep sorrow mid agitation but no change
of purHise on tbo other.
l.iiter in tho day, when tho sun had
gone down, and tho mists wero rising
from tho valley of tho Stour, and tho
still water gleamed softly in tho dim
light, us Ralph was walking in tho
rriars' meadow with tbo soothing
charm of tho scene and hour upon him,
ho was accosted by Simon d'Ypres,
Tho merchant spoke to him as a travel
ing stranger; mid looking round on the
quiet meadow with the priory on one
side, encircled by its high garden wall,
its roofs overhung and halt hidden by
shadowy masses of foliage, hnrdly dis
tinguishable in the twilight, ho re
marked on tho repose of tho life of the
cloister, and thus led the younu niau
on to contrast with it tho lifo of action,
nnd to speak out his own burning
thoughts, disclosing, with tho fearless
frankness of an enthusiast, his imme
diate nims nnd plans. When it ap
peared thnt ono of those plnns was to
visit tho great fair of Stourbridce.
whero men would bo gathered together
from nil parts, tho merchant proposed
that ltnlph should rido with liis party
to Cambridge on tho following day.
Next morning, accordingly, Ralph
Hnrdelot joined tho merchants' party
ns thoy rodo out of Sudbury. Ho wns
waiting for them on tho wnysido be
yond tho bridge, no longer in tho russet
garb of tbo poor priest, but in tho dress
of u sober clork of Oxford. It wns n
wnrm September day, with a fine dry
ing wind, an ideal husbandman's day
for tho threshing out nnd winnowing of
corn. Tho blithesomo bent of Hulls,
and tbo bum nnd lnugbtcr of busy
workmen, came from uthroshlng floor a
few fields off; nnd near at band n
plowman, with looso rein flowing in tho
wind, was shouting with joyful vigor to
his horscB.
It was n day nnd a sceno to inspiro n
young prophet, however deep his sonso
of evils to bo overcome, with a cortain
delight in activo existence, in move
ment for movement's snko; nnd ltnlph
enntored up to meet tho company of
merchants ns booh as thoy cumo in
sight. Simon and his trusty lieuten
ant Lawrcnco rodo first, in high peaked
lints of soft felt, nnd gowns nnd man
tles of good broadcloth, nil of n brown
ish hue; Simon's fur trimmings and
thu ornnmonts on tho pouch nt Ills gir
dlo marking him out as tiio superior in
rank Behind thorn rumbled tbo cum
brous four horsed wngon, piled high
with bnles bearing tho name of tho
owner and tho mark of the custom
house. Tho wagonor eeated aloft
cracked his long whip, nnd his two as
sistants, who bad dismounted to lend
the horses ncross tho bridge, wero
clambering up behind, to journey nt
their enso on the top of tho enrgo. In
tho reur rodo two young men in long
hose nnd doublets, nnd round loaf
shaped huts, their clonks strapped be
fore them on their horses. -Thoy
laughed and talked together in tho
manlier of jolly apprentices out for a
holiday.
A moro peaceful scono could not hnvo
been conceived. It wns a vision of
hapny and prosperous industry naturo
smiling on the labors of man and back
ing up his efforts with goninl nid Pro
duction nnd Exchnngo vocal in tbo bent
of the flail nnd tho rumblo of tho wng
on, nil sounding musical in tbo soft,
warm nir. And yet thnt mysterious,
impalpnblo atmosphere, tho common
thought of men, was charged wllli dan
gerous electricity. A mighty storm wns
gathering that would shako every tim
ber in tho framework of soeioty. Tho
agents of revolution were nbrond.
Among these agents must be reck
oned tho disciples of Wycliffe,of whom
Ralph Hnrdelot wns ono of tbo most
ardent and enterprising. Not thi.t
Wycllffo was a revolutionary in tho sciii-o
that ho counselled tbo poor to rlso in
armed robollion against tho rich. Ho
had no quarrel with the feudal system
except thnt lords and knights did not
live up to the strict conception of their
duty in tho commonwealth, which wns
to prevent wrongdoing nnd protect la
boring men in tho exorelso of their in
dustry, guarding thorn against fraud
nnd robbery, against tho subtleties of
knaves and the oppression of strong
hnnded enemies, foreign nnd domestic.
His iiims wero not directly political.
It was a religious reformation thnt ho
labored nfter, with nn ultimate view
to tho banishment of dissentiou nnd
disorder and corruption from the realm,
and tbo establishment of a reign of
universal pence and chnrlty, contented
labor of each in his appointed station,
nn brotherly lovo among nil. Ah a
menus to this end be desired first of nil
the purification of the Church nnd the
religious orders by a return to the sim
plicity of upostolio doctrine, nnd tho
purity uiul poverty of apostolic lifo us
set forth in the Now Testament.
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(INCORPORATED.)
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20-22 N. Front St.
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T. S. TOWNSEND CREAMERY CO.
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Elderly Twins Much Alike.
Daniel nml William llntchino, twin
hrnthorx of S'oipio, Intl., nro ho much
nliko thnt only their wivon and children
Know inoin apart. A low years ago
Daniol nought ndmiHHlon into tho Ma
Honic order, hut the memborrt, for what
they regarded an prudential reatoim, in
bIhUhI that William should aUo join,
and tho twins wero put through to
Kothor. In their courtship days they
aro now 63 years out they imed to
spark each other's sweethearts and tho
girls did not know tho difference. Ex
chunge.
The Blind of Philadelphia.
Tho police of Philadelphia have as
certained that there nro il.VJ blind jxir
sons in that city. The inquiry was
mado nt tho request of the Home Teach
lug Society and Freo Circulating Li
brary for tho Wind, n society whoso
objects are to find out whero tho blind
reside, to send its teacher to instruct
them in reading at their homes, nnd
afterward to supply them with a reg
ular exchange of embossed books from
its library.
Sttcl Is Now Klnj.
Charles M. Schwab, president of tho
United States Steel corporation, is au
thority for tho statement that steel has
supplanted cotton in industrial king
ship; that it exceeded tho cotton in
dustry in 1900 by more than 100,000.
000, and for 1001 will exceed it b
moro than 1 250,000,000.
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THEO. A. GODEL.
Dealer In
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512 Washington Street.
Orecon Phone Main 633. Columbia Phone 133
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mine of the body of an Indian work
man, who had died there many years
ago, and who had been precorved from
decay by tho antlseptio action of cop
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journal.
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