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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1902)
wijmv" . .. .w1 ? I fovJP'pA'Wmm fmmmmm'mmmm AN. J. .- . -'v 2vV -v . 4ttj T THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON. pr.y . IIM to BY WILLIAM MINTO. CHAPTER V CONTINUED. Dclcaiittir ex vlventium. Junt ns tlio rricrcliant pronounced tlioso words liia licnclunun Lnwruncu gitlloped up from behind tlio wngon, IiIh right nrtn point ing nluwl. Tlioy lind tolled up from tlio valluy mid worn now on tlio 1iIr1i ground opponito Cnrford Green. Tlio Hpiro of llttvcrliill Church wan visible ulieud of them in the ilintiuico. They proposed to re)t mid eat at Ilavcrliill, mid tho merchant nt ilrht mippoml that Lawruiieo'H gestures uoru meant ns a liumoroup oxproHsion of delight at tho nearnuHH of tlio end of that stngo of their journey. "Yes, I know," ho asid. "Wo can mms Haverhill from here. Two miloH more and wo are at refit in our inn." Lawrence waved IiIh arm impatient ly. "Keol Look I Tliorol" lie cried. "Itolilnd that liedKo!" Ho pointed to n liwlgo at right anglea to the road Homo littlo diHtanco in front. Tlio travelloro looked, and Haw Homo flittering Hpear-pointfl and liolinots bobbing above tho hedge- evidently mir mountlng a troop of liorneinun riding towards tho road. GHAl'TKK VI. The wagonorH had peon Lawrcnco'H KCHturo and tho can ho of it, and were making liimto to drag Home weapons from n nccret roiionltory under the wagon. Tho approuticoH rode up to lielp. Tho wagouerH had pulled out two croHHbowH, and the npprontlceH had (Kifl.scHHcd theniHelveH of two nlinplo looking macoH, when tho mounted men mvept round tho corner onto tho road, about a hundred yards in front of them, showing their full Htrength. There was u knight armed cap-a-pie, and about a dozen men at arms in mixed armor of jilato and mall. J'iU'intanc'o is uhoIchh, If tliey mean Tobberyl" cried Himon to his men. "Put tho weapons away. You will only give them an excuse for picking a quarrel." "tfovortholoHS," paid Itulpli, "It Is luiter to have coino means of defence if one Is put to It and with your lenvo I will borrow ono of Hioho maces." Itttlph glanced Into tho cart as ho took tho maco from tho apprentice, who was obediently restoring it to its place, and Haw a largo heap of them in the locker underneath. They were of tdmplo make a ball of lead nomo wsvun or eight pounds in weight, with an ashen shaft about two feet long. "Ono raultl deal a fair blow with this, If inocucsary," he thought to himself as bo iMt the weight of tho weapon and disposed of it under his cloak. TJjeru bolng no time for remonstrance, tho merchant could only smile at rlils contempt of his ordors. "Harry Hurst was right in saying you had mistaken your trade," ho muttered; and directed the wagoner to draw to ono side, and leave the party of horsemen full room to pass. They canto alongside at an easy pace, without any sign of hostility. "Give you good day, master," cried the knight. Italpli at onco recognized tho voice of Ju old enemy, Hir lUchard llainham. As the knight stopped to speak, homo of bis men passed on and halted be yond the wagon, outllanklng tho merch ant and his company on both sides. "JJound for Stourbridge Fair?" tho knight continued, when tliin maneuver hud been completed. "Mothlnks your load Is too heavy. Your poor horses art) steaming llko furnaces. It woro a charity to tho ioor brutes to relievo thorn of part of their burden. Our English hills are too steep for such louds." "Thaks for your kind consideration, Hlr Kfiight," returned tho merchant. "Wo can make shift to drug along. Pray do not burden yourself on our ac count." "Nay, nay," laughed tho knight; "I could not permit it. Think of the horses. I warrant there Is some good broadcloth in those bales. Hero, you knaves!" he sliuted to tho apprentices; "dismount and show ub your wares." The apprentices looked doubtful, but Himun signed to them to comply with the knight's good humor, which seemed from tho broad grins of his retinue to 1m miiuh appreciated by them. Tlio apprentices began to fumble with the knots on one of the packages. Tho knight culled to some of Ills men. "Come, help, you buy rasculsl Why do you stund gnplng there? Iuiy to your hand and your knives, and help tho honest bids," "They are not so noat handed as your trained apprentices," tho knight ro murked; "but they work with u will, and you must grunt they do their work with expedition. "Come, you rogues," tlio knight hIiouUh! at last, "you have enough to keep you warm next winter! And now, Muster Merchant, nanio your own price and ii 1 1 for it the next time you puss. 1 will uphold you ugulust all penalties for overselling the market, and your borsos will travel to the fulr more wisily." Tlio merchant made no answer to this raillery. He hud watched the proceeding with impassive composure, and onco or twice hud checked the more impetuous ltulph, and counolled him to silence. He only said, "You uro content to let us puss?" Tlio knight made an exaggerated ges ture of acquiescence. "Do not forget to call for tho price next time jou fiass," lie said. "I never forget my engagements," nild the merchant. There was morn meaning in tho tone than the knight altogether liked. "If no you uro to bo bo punctual," ho cried, "wo may as well make the bill a littlo lnrinr. T mv vntlr l.inn linuir lmliltwt ho cart, fc'eo what thcro is in tho looter, my good Mcnoius, Jio called to tho man who rodo next to him, und seemed to bo second In command. "Our knaves aro not yet overburdened. Wo should liato to deal scurvlly with so brisk a merchant. At this Italtih Hardelot lostimtioncc. "Sir Richard Itainham," he burst out, addressing the knight by bis name, "do you think It beseems your knight hood to play tho common thief and robber? Is this how you fulfill your duty to your lord the king? Plunder ing wliero you aro vowed to givo protec tion, and trying to cover your sliamo with ribald buffoonery? "Hal Sir Priest, nro you there?" re plied tho unabashed lawbreaker. "I marvelled that you foreboro so long to givo ns a taste of your rhetoric." "My rhetoric cannot hope to pierco your shunio-proof hide. Hut you will answer some day to n heavier indict ment." "In tho meaiitimo, siuco tho spirit of prophesy Is on you, you hud hotter fore cast what is to happen to yourself. You have put off your gown nlnco yes terday " "What do you know about my gown?" "Ah, my young Jeremiah," laughed the knight, "wo are not so remiss about our duties as you are pleased to imag ine. We liavo heard of your doings, though it is hut yesterday. Tho king shall not find us wanting in vigilance towards troublers of (ho realm. You must como with me." He made u sig nal to his men, saying at tho sumo time, "Take him, but do not hurt tho tender youth. I have other purposes for him." The men made a move to capture Ralph, but us the nearest converged upon him tliey thrust their horses in each other's way, and gave him a mo ment's free play. Of this ho took ad vantage with great alertness. Seizing the mace that lie hud hidden under his cloak, ho shook his right arm free, and urging his jiony forward, struck full at Sir Richard's helmet. The knight was too much taken by surpriso to bo able to parry the blow, and us he sat loose ly in his saddle, never expecting any shock of the kind, it brought him clat tering to tho ground. It was perhaps as well for Rulph that bis pony, hurt ling against the heavy horse of the knight, lost tils footing, and fell with Ralph under him; if tho youth bad been free to offer further resistance, tho men would probably not have re spected their lender's injunction to take him alive. As it wns, his hands were secured before he could disentangle him self. Tho blow administered to tho knight was not a light one. The modern reader is apt to be incredulous of the stories told about mediaeval knights ami their power to enduro, unharmed, blows that would smash tho skull of thu sturdiest ox of our own times. Hut two circumstances may bo mentioned in mitigation of modern incredulity: tlrst, they wore accustomed to rough usage; second, und chlelly, their helmets were padded. Sir Richard Raliilurm did lie stunned for a minute or two. Hut by tho time his myrmidons hud bouud bis assailant securely bund and foot with cords taken from tho merchant's packages, ho was on Ids legs again, apparently little the worso for his overthrow. Only his temper seemed to have been spoiled. He was no longer jocular in his manner of address. "Curse the hellact priest 1" ho said, in a surly tone. "You would havo paid for it if ho had slipped through your hands. Make him safe und bring him along." Then he muttered to himself, "This is the second time; we shall cry quits before long," und lode off by himself in surly solitude. Thu myrmidons mude their prisoner safe mid portable by binding him on one of the four horses of the wagon, which they seized for the puroso. The freckled giant Nicholas, a courser copy of his muster, of whose humor he wns a bold imitator, superintended this oper ation. The prisoner's legs were tied not too gently under the horse's belly, und his liody also was bound firmly down. As they moved off, Nicholas thing buck a jest ut the despoiled merchant. "You may come to us for the horse," he said, "whon you come for tho price. Wo must keep our chaplain. Wo cannot part with him so lightly. Wo want a chaplain." Simon d'Ypres made no audible an swer to this and other rough remarks with which ho wus tmiuted by his spoilers. Ho had watched the wreck uge of his goods with quiet composure, as a traveler might stund looking out on a storm mid waiting for it to puss. Only once hud he shown some- concern, mid tknt wus when a package some 18 inches square by a foot in depth was drawn from tho locker under the curt. "You muy us well leave that, my friend," ho hud said; it is of no value for you," Rut he saw at once that I was vain to remonstrate, and that his words served only to give the grinning robber a higher opinion of the value of his prize. He said not another word till tho baud wus out of sight, Then he turned to his henchman l.uwrence, and said In a melancholy tone: "This will teach our young preacher the folly of seeking to convert such wolves with fair words, Now we must try to show him what the people can do for them selves under wise guidance " After a few minutes' conference, Law rence and one of tho apprentices rodo back towards Yeldam, while Simon and the others, rcblndinsr' their looted packages us well as they couid, fuoved,,. iorwani to naveriiiii. Ralph Hardelot was not sufficiently imbued with tho meek spirit which Wycllffo recommended for his poor priests, and he submitted to his fate in haughty silence, knowing that any efforts ho could make to frco himself would only bo a cause of mirth for his captors. That such a sccno as that just de scribed should have ever lieen possible in Merrio England; that n knight who had distinguished himself in the wars and held lands by royal glftasn reward for prowess, should ever havo conde scended or dared to play tho common highway robber within (10 miles of the capital appears very strango how, hut tho chronicles of tlio time are full of such outrages. t Tho traveler who should look now for Sir Richard Rainham's castle in tho vnlloj of tho Stour would lose his labor. It has completely disappeared; not a traco of it is now visible. It stood in tho center of the mere, to the south of Uarford Green, on a patch of firm ground; but tho mero has crndu- ally encroached since it became a ruin, nnd swallowed up oven tho foundations. Yet it was a strong placo in its time, and Ralph marked its strength ns lie was carried in, and entered with tho calmness of a man who knows his fato and leaves alt hope behind him. "Wo havo brought the priest safely," said Nicholas, entering the hall mid re spectfully saluting his muster. "Safely!" echoed tho knight, who was not yet in tlio best of tempers. I "Safolyl Ono would think tho starve ling clerk wcro n devil in disguho, a Bacon, or n Rungay. How could It bo otherwiEO than sufely, you freckled pol troon? You did not leave him a chance to escupo!" "Well, ho is hero," replied Nich olas, In n surly tone. "Hones of St. Peter," exclaimed tho knight, "wliero else should ho bo?" "On tho road to Haverhill," thought Nicholas, "for all that you did to stop him." But ho did not daro to give ut terance to this thought. Ho only stared stolidly nt his master. "Why do you stand staring thoro?" shouted the knight. "Bring hinT'in." (To 1)0 continued) Firm Implement Trade of Dallas. Tho city of Dallas, Tex., is said to bo tho largest depot of farm (implement supplies in the world. Every big wholesale house In tho United States which engages in the business of manu facturing tools for tho farme.r has its branch at Dallas. There aro ti5 nino story buildings devoted to this trado. Dullas'Lcs in the very heart of the choicest farming region of Texas. It is the trading point of the great black land Isult of the northern and central counties, which contain two-thirds of the people and three-fourths of tho wealth of tho state. Filipino Make Good Servant. An army olllcerwho recently returned from our Pacific possessions says: "Tho Filipinos, whatever may bo tlioir faults, make the best servants in tho world, if you can euro them of potty thievery. Overcome that, mid you have un ideal servant. At homo hero wo are confronted everlastingly by tho servant girl proposition. Bring tho Filipino mon here and tho servant girl will be a dead Issue. The men uro small, active mid not afrnid of work. They could bo trained to do general housework, just as the Chinese do out on tho Pncillc coast." Heavy Snowitormi In Europe. There havo been benvy snow stormB throughout Europe. Tho winter bus been especially severe in Northorn Africa. Recently, in Southern Franco, a large landowner wus overtaken in a snowstorm while attempting to rido only five miles. His horse cnuie homo, but the man wns fro.on to death. In Algeria trains havo been greatly .delay ed. Ono from Algers to I-ughoiiut wus held up in the snow for six dnys, Get Tailor's Goose. Tho point to remember when ono wishes to dress' well on a small iuconio is that frequent pressings mid spongings uro the secret of well kept clothes. An ordinary Hat iron muy lx used, but it is nowhere near so elllcacinus ns a tailor's goose. The goose Is not expensive, mid with it a coat, skirt or suit can bo so well pressed us to seem like now. It is 1 therefore a very desirable urticle of fur niture France Carrying Heavy Load. With a national debt of $0,000,000,. 000 und u population practically nt a standstill, with a costly standing army mid an oxpenslvo navy, France is stng goring under a heavy load. Perhaps her shoulders are strong enough and broad enough to beur it, but the cash may come eomo day despite French confidence in the stability and financial resources of the republic Dultimoro Sun. Christians In India. Christians in India nro increasing in numbers rapidly, according to the re cent census returns in South India, where the Christians now number over 1,000,000, The increase during tho divnde wus 18 per cent, as compared with 7 per cent for the population, (J per ceiu for tho Hindoos, und Jl per cent for tho Mohammedans, Millionaire Beautifies Town. Fuirhaven, Mass., is proud of Henry II. Rogers, the oil magnate, who was born there mid has spent millions of dollars mid much of hU time in improv ing and decorating tlio town as ho niiirht beautify his own home, " Ho has already given to the town n library, waterworks, a drainage system, town hull, 8c)i)ls and a church. KRtEQ & LEVY (INCOltrORATliD.) Jm-J-OROCERS COFFEKAND TEA A SPECIALTY. 8V .fraalilngton fltroet, Corner Tenth TltV dbn CELEBRATED COFFEE. Both l'hnnen 838. .FOItTLAND, OK. ST. CHARLES HOTEL ' TOHN GIBL1N, Prop. , Fint-ClaM AcrommodiUlntis nnd Prompt serr ice. targe finmple Qooros (or Commercial Travelers. Phone 7. Cor. First and Washington St. Alfcany, Oregon. WELL, I DON'T KNOW Mr, Tohnson, yoti don't know WHAT'S GOOD If you have never tried ACME WHEAT FLAKES. We are headquarters for Ralson Health Club Foods. Grano, Acme Rolled Oats, Health Process Whole Wheat Flour. ACME MILLS COMPANY. 20-22 N. Front St. Phone 407. PORTLAND, OR. T. S. TOWNSEND CREAMERY GO. 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