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house, blowing the while upon a
shrill whistle.
“Come!” gasped the woman. “Fly,
’-.v
friend, ere he come back.”
They ran together to the cove- of the
woods. As they gained the edge of the
brushwood, Alleyne, looking back, saw
his brother come running out of the
house again, with the sun gleaming
upon his hair and his beard. He held
something which flashed in his ri ht
hand, and he stopped to unloose the
black hound.
CÏ
‘This way!” the woman whispered,
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in a low eager voice. ‘‘Through the
bushes to that forked ash.
Do not
heed me; I can run as fast as you, I
trow. Now into the stream—right in,
over ankles, to throw the dog oft. As
she spoke, she sprang herself Into the
L»
shallow stream and ran swiftly up the
centre of it, with the brown water
bubbling over her feet, and her hand
outstretched to ward off the clinging
branches of bramble or sapling
Al­
leyne followed close at her heels, with
from us direct, Send us $1.80, posuj
hls mind in a whirl at this black wel­
Don’t take scoop coffee when you wan t to proportion and blend for uniform re­ express mom
monftr order, and we ¿n/W
come and sudden shifting of all hls
sults
in
the
cup.
First
they
must
have
10 pounds of Arbuckles’ ARIOSA
plans and hopes. Yet, grave as were Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee, which is the supply to preserve uniform quality.
sold
obiy
in
sealed
packages
and
never
strong
wooden
box, traiisportabon
hie thoughts, they would still turn to
Arbuckles buy more coffee than any
to your freight station. Price finch,”
wonder as he looked at the twinkling loose out of a “ scoop.”
four
other
concerns
in
the
world
com
­
feet of his guide and saw her lithe
and cannot De guaranteed for anyjSI
A grocer may recommend a loose cof­
figure bend this way and that, dipping fee at so much a pound. He is all right. bined, and their coffee is the most uni­ You cannot buy as good coffee f®
form. Then the roasting.
under boughs, springing over stones,
■‘The Brazilian Ambassador tells me money under any other
with a lightness and ease which made He means well. If he hanefled the coffee
by the pound.
More-the coffee rtl
it no small task for him to keep up Himself, from the tree to you, you might that coffee-roasting is an art,” was the
with her. At last, when he was al­ well trust him implicitly.
court testimony of a world famous chem­ come in the original packages beeil
most out of breath, she suddenly
But he does not!
ist. Where
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are artists
a-j more likely to find the signature of Arbuckle Bn*
threw herself down upon a mossy bank,
He may know something about coffee. employment—manipulating ; a little roast- entitles you to free presents-10
between two holly-bushes, and looked
us, . where the —10 signatures. New book with SI
er or in the Arbuckle milli
ruefully at her own dripping feet and He may think he does, but let that pass. yearly roast amounts to the hundred pictures of 97 beautiful useful Drwwl
He buys it loose ! From whom ? You
bedraggled skirt.
will be sent free if you write
Alleyne, still standing in the stream, don’t know—if you did it would not million pounds?
write first and see the book before ™|
glanced down at the graceful pink- mean anything.
buy
a
~ He trusts
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Don
’
t
take
scoop
coffee,
but
the man he
\
and-whlte figure, the curve of raven­ buys it from—maybe a salesman, maybe (
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‘. Take order the coffee.
package
of Arbuckles ’ ARIOSA.
The
present
department
is
an
old
».
black hair, and the proud, sensitive
it
home
and
keep
the
bean
intact
until
wholesaler, maybe a little local roaster. “ ’
face, which looked upfrankly and confi­ a
It does
rlnoR not
not matter.
mntter
What rlr»
Immir ready to use. We hermetically sealeach stitution with us to add a linle lent),|
It
What
do tVioxr
they know
dently at hls own.
inent to the business.
about
coffee? More than the grocer? bean after roasting with a coating of
“Why did you not kill him?”
fresh
eggs
and
granulated
sugar
to
close
PRICE IS NO EVIDENCE- fin
Perhaps.
“Kill him? My brother?”
the pores and preserve the flavor. A lit­ QUALITY I
“And why not?”—with a quick gleam
Where do they get their coffee ?
tle warming makes it easy to grind and
ARIOSA is just as likely to suit v®
of her white teeth. “He would have
Where does it come from ?
killed you. I know him, and I read it
develops the flavor. Coffee deteriorates taste as coffee that costs 25 or 35 ¿«j
Whose hands touched it last ?
in hls eyes. Had I had your staff I
a
pound,
It aids digestion.•in<ijncr-)la 1
if exposed to the air—it also collects
Where had they been ?
would have tried—aye, and done it,
'
dust and absorbs impurities. That is the power and ambition to work)
They
can't
teil
Java
from
Brazilian
by
too.” She shook her clenched white
Address our nearest office :
why you should “BEWARE OF THE
hand as she spoke, and her lips tight­ the looks after it is roasted, and ft takes SCOOP.”
a man, expert by years of practical ex­
ARBUCKLE BROTHERS.
ened ominously.
If your grocer will not sell you the 71 Water Street. New York City. Kept. I
“I am already sad in heart for what perience, to select sound, sweet green
Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Ill. Deptl
T have done,” said he, sitting down on coffee of high cup merit; and another genuine Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee it 100
Liberty Ave. and Wood Ht„ Pittsburgh. P&. Dra i
the bank, and sinking his face into his man with tho knowledge and experience will be greatly to your advantage to buy 421 South Seventh Street, St. Louis, Mu. Dept,s
hands.
“God help me! all that is
i
worst in me seemed to come upper­
most.
Another instant, and I had shelter, there to wait until the page’s Will Mnnufueture Own Pennies.
return.
By
the
grace
of
the
Virgin
smitten him: the son of my own
Uncle Sam will make his own pen­
mother, the man whom I have longed and the help of my patron St. Magda- nies in future.
The treasury has
len, I stopped short ere I reached his
door, though, as you saw, he strove to taken over the business from private
I hale me up to it.”
concerns, which for many years manu­
?
“But your father?”
factured these small coins for the
"Not one word shall _ I tell
.__ him.
....... government, and Intends for all time
You do not know him; but I can tell
you he is not a man to disobey as I to come to turn them out with Its own
IN YOUR OWN HOME.
have disobeyed him. He would avenge machinery.
F
1'!
A wonderful offer to every lover of music, I
The treasury has always stamped
me, It Is true, but it is not to him that
I shall look for vengeance. Some day. Its own pennies with the design of the whether a beginner or an advanced player. I
perchance, in joust or in tourney, Indian’s head nnd the wreath on the
Ninety-six lessons (or a less number if yd
;.i-
some knight may wish to wear my reverse enclosing the words “One desire) for either Piano, Organ, Violin, Guitar, I
colors, and then I shall tell him that If cent”; but the coins, lacking only this Banjo, Cornet or Mandolin will be given free I
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he does Indeed crave my favor there is
wrong unredressed, and the wronger finishing touch, have been made for to make our home study courses for these is-1
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the Socman of Mlnstead.
So my many years in Waterbury. Conn., struments known in your locality. Youwillget
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knight shall find a venture such as whence they were shipped in the shape one lesson weekly, and your only expense dur­
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bold
knights
Jove,
and
my
debt
shall of “blanks” (otherwise known as ing the time you take the lessons will be the
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be paid, and my father none the wiser, “planchets”) In strong wooden boxes. cost of postage and the music you will us !
and one rogue the less In the world." They used to cost the government, In which is small. Write at once. Itwillmeas. ;
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Then down the glade there came a
much to you to get our free booklet Itwffl i
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little green-clad page with laughing this form, only twenty-four cents a
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eyes, and long curls floating behind pound, whereas to-day, owing to the place you under no obligation whatever to u
him. He sat perched on a high bay rise in the price of copper, they can­ if you never write again. You and your friend»
horse, and held on to the bridle of a not be manufactured, even when should know of this work. Hundredaof our
write: “ Wish I had known of your
spirited black palfrey, the hides of both homemade, for less than twenty-nine pupils
school before.” “Have learned more in ow
glistening from a long run.
cents. A pound of blanks represent term in my home with your weekly lessons
"I have sought you everywhere, dear 140 pennies.
than in three terms with private teachers,and
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at a great deal less expense.” “ Evervthingii
Lady Maude,” said he, in a piping
If a cent a pound be added for the so thorough and complete.” “ The lessons are
voice, springing down from his horse
'I
marvels
of simplicity, and my 11 year old boy
expense
of
stamping
them
with
dies.
and holding the stirrup. "Troubadour
not had the least trouble to learn.” One
zA-
galloped as far as Holmhill ere I could It will be obvious that Uncle Sam is has
minister writes: “As each succeeding less»
catch him. I trust that you have had able to manufacture 480 pennies for comes I am more andj more fully persuadedl
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no hurt or scath?”
He shot a a dollar—a very profitable enterprise, made no mistake in becoming your pupiL”
We have been established seven years-have
questioning glance at Alleyne as he inasmuch as he disposes of that num­
hundreds of pupils from eight vears of ageto
spoke.
ber
for
$4.86.
' t
seventy.
Don’t say you cannot learn music
1
,”,V'-J
"No, Bertrand,” said she, "thanks to
you send for our free booklet and tuition
9
this courteous stranger.
And now,
During the last year the treasury till
offer.
It
will
be sent by return man free. Ad
II
ino®
sir,” she continued, springing into her minted 80,719,163 pennies, of which dress U.S. SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 15 a Union
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rí
saddle,
"It
is
not
fit
that
I
should
Square,
New
York
City.
New
York
State
absorbed
about
15,-
b ■- n » ’ •,
%
h ave you without a word more. You 000,000, the demand from Illinois be­
have acted this day as becomes a true
knight.
King Arthur and all hls ing next In point of size, while Massa­
j*
Table could not have done more. It chusetts was third and Pennsylvania
may be that, as some small return, fourth. To make this number of cents
my father or his kin may have power required 525,228 pounds of copper,
to advance your Interest. He Is not 16,586 pounds of tin nnd 11,257 pounds
iWo''
rich, but he is honored and hath great of zinc, the two latter metals entering I
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friends. Tell me what is your purpose
into the composition of these coins to |
and see if he may not aid it.”
’Alas, lady! I have now no purpose. the extent of three per cent, and two.
I have but two friends in the world
•IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW, SHAME FOREVER UPON YOUR MANHOOD.
and they have gone to Christchurch,
black hair was gathered back under a i there is the more reason that your to take to my heart. Alas! that I where it Is likely I shall join them.”
' And where In Christchurch ?”
light pink coif, her head poised proudly manners should be gentle too. I am should still be so weak.”
upon her neck, and her Htep long and 1 well persuaded that you did but jest
"At the castle which is held by the
“Weak!" she exclaimed, raising her
springy, like that of some wild tireless i with this lady, and that you will now black eyebrows. "I do not think that brave knight. Sir Nigel Loring, con­
woodland creature. Alleyne stood In i permit her to leave your land either even my lather himself, who Is a hard stable to the Earl of Salisbury.”
To his surprise she burst out a-
the shadow of an oak staring at her * alone or with me as a guide, if she judge of manhood, would call you that.
with parted lips, for this woman i should need one, through the wood, But it Is. as you may think, sir, a very laughing, and spurring her palfrey
seemed to him to be the most beauti­ As to birth, It does not become me to pleasant thing for me to hear that you dashed off down the glade, with her
ful and graceful creature that mind I boast, and there is sooth in what you are grieved ut what you have done, page riding behind her. Not one word
could conceive of. Such had he imag- say as to the unworthiness of clerks, and I can but rede that we should go did she say, but as she vanished amid
ined the angels, but here there was i but it is none the less true that 1 am back together, and you should make the trees she half turned In her saddle
something human, which sent a tingle as well born as you.’’
your peace with the Socman by hand­ and waved a last greeting. Long time
nnd thrill through his nerves such as i
“Dog!” cried the furious Socman, ing back your prisoner. It is a sad he stood, half hoping that she might
no dream of radiant and stainless » "there is no man In the south who can thing that so small a thing as a woman again come back to him; but the thud
spirit had ever yet been able to conjure say as much.”
should come between two who are of of the hoofs had died away, and there
up.
“Yet can I,” said Alleyne, smiling; one blood."
was no sound in all the woods but the
The two walked swiftly across the “for indeed I also am the son of Edric
Simple Alleyne opened hls eyes at gentle rustle and dropping of the
leaves.
At last he turned away and
the
Socman,
of
the
pure
blood
of
God
­
meadow to the narrow bridge, he in
thlB little spurt of feminine bitterness.
front and she a pace or two behind. frey the thane, by the only daughter of "Nay, lady,” said he. "that were worst made hls way back to the highroad—
There they paused, and stood for a Alurlc of Brockenhurst. Surely, dear of all. What man would be so caitiff another person from the light-hearted
few minutes face to face, talking brother.” he continued, holding out hls and thrall as to fail you at your need? t>oy who had left it a short three
eat neatly.
Alleyne had road and hand, “you have a warmer greeting I have turned my brother against me, hours before.
(To de Continued .Vezl Week.)
heard of love and of lovers. Such were than this for me. There are but two and now, alas! I appear to have given
these, doubtless—t blit golden-bearded boughs left upon this old Saxon trunk.” you offence also with my clumsv
His eider brother dashed his hand tongue. But. Indeed, lady, I am torn
man and the fair d.uneel with the cold
Synopsis of PrecedingKhapters.
proud face.
Why else should they aside with an oath, while an expression both ways, and can scarce grasp In my
wander together In the woods, or be so of malignant hatred passed over his mind what it Is that has befallen."
fl* ““T *"•
tn the ltth renttiry.
Borde- John, a to» brother ot the Ctatereian Ho-
lost in talk by rustic streams? And passion-drawn features. “You are the
"Nor can I marvel at that,” said she,
narter? . Abbey ot Beanlleu.fleea from the monnetery
yet as he watched, uncertain whether young cut) of Beaulieu, then?” said he. with a little tinkling laugh.
"You
after brtns found guilty of certain oertnus ohatxm
brought againrt bhn by a numher ot the monks
to advance from the cover or to choose “I might have known it by the sleek came In as the knight does in the
Theenme any. another ot the lay brethren of the
some other path to the house, he soon face and slavish manner, too monk­ jongleur’s romances, between dragon
monaatery. Alloy no ISdrtonoa.takw hie dmtarture In
came to doubt the truth of hls con­ ridden and craven in spirit to answer nnd damsel, with small time for the
aorordanoa with a r-rorleton ot hla fathTr'a will.
deetanaUng that be should, when bt- beeatna twenty
Thy father, asking of questions. Come.” she went
jecture.
The man stood, tall and back a rough word.
year; old. go forth for one year to cbooee tor him­
square, blocking the entrance to the shaveling, with all his faults, . had a on, springing to her feet, and smooth­
self hla tulure calling tn ■n.Jnetw he wanders from
___ were
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___ ing down her rumpled frock, "let us
few who
the mona-tery to rHt hls broUier. the Socman of
bridge, and throwing out hls hands as man’s heart; and ' there
a
r('Puto,,rtn ft a mot UDsavorv one.
he spoke In a wild, eager fashion, could look him in the eyes on the day walk through the shaw together, and
AtnightfaH Alleyne aeuks »belter in a rcad-akiflfnn
while the deep tones of hls stormy of his anger. But you! Look there, we may come upon Bertrand with the
where he meet* Hordle John. He in very muchin-
ter«a vfritor to the inn, Sumkin Aylward, an
voice rose at times Into accents of rat, on yonder field where the cows horses. If poor Troubadour had not
J ,,t b:,ck fr”ra
^»-ench war.
menace and of anger. She stood fear­ grace, and on that other beyond, and cast a shoe, we should not have had
Hordla John irettlnr into a controTerwy with Ayl-
wanl •nmeew in a wr^Hn* boutwtth the bowman.
on
the
orchard
hard
by
the
church.
lessly In front of him. but twice she
this trouble. Nay, I must have your
HonHe John offertDft to join the White Company in
threw a swift questioning glance over Do you know that all these were arm.
rb!<'h *Zlwa71 to enftaWd.lf bedosanot thnTw the
latter Ihaothcr in turn wager*a feather te-d. After
her shoulder, as of one who Is In squeezed out of your dying father by
“You have no wish, then, to hear my
Such was the problem which S herlock
a
couple d nnwuecewwf u| trta;», Arlward anrcwfle hy
search of aid.
So moved was the greedy priests, to pay for your up­ story?" said she at last.
• trick tn throwimrUw triant tfordl* John, who la
thus bound to Join th* White Company.
young clerk by these mute appeals, bringing In the cloisters! I, the Roc-
"Nay." said he eagerly, "I would fain
H olmes had to solve in his first
that he came forth from the trees and man, am shorn of my lands that you h<nr It."
chronicled adventure
crossed the meadow, uncertain what to may snivel Latin nnd eat bread for
You have a right to know It. If you
do. and yet loath to hold back from which you never yet did a hand's turn ! ¡have lost a brother’s favor through It.
Tbe Story of Mary.
one who might need hls aid. Ho Intent Knave, my dogs shall be set upon I This man has been a suitor for my
were they upon each other that neither you; but meanwhile, stand out of my I hand, less as I think for my own sweet
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he was close upon them, the man threw As he spoke he rushed forward, and, , and had it on hls mind that he might
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hie arm roughly round the damsera throwing the lad to one side, caught Improve hls fortunes by dipping Into
the
woman
’
s
wrist.
Alleyne,
however,
waist and drew her toward him. she
my father's strong-box—though the Mary had a little lamb;
In Holmes’ next adventure, he was
One day it got the croup;
straining her lithe supple figure away as active as a young deer-hound. 1 Virgin knows that he would have
She sold it to a packing house—*
and atrlklng fiercely at him.
The sprang to her aid and seised her by | j found little enough therein,
confronted
by the cabalistic image
rr<r*r r"F frl.
It
’
s
now
canned
ox-tail
soup.
I maid, however, had but little chance the other arm, raising his iron-shod j "But, to be brief over the matter.
against her assailant, who, laughing staff as he did so.
|my father would have none of hls woo­
in
had to have a pet;
“You may say what you will to me,” ing. nor tn sooth would I. On that he Mary
loudly, caught her wrist In one hand
She bought a cunning cow,
while he drew her toward him with the he said between hls clenched teeth - swore a vow against us, and as he Is Which died of splitting headaches soon;
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but,
brother
or
no.
I
swear
by
mv
I.
many
outlaws
nnd
others
at
hls
hack,
"The best rose has ever the longest
« tiros, regular $1.50 linen imperial edition), sent postpaid with this coupon tot
thorns.” said he. "Quiet, little one. or hopes of salvation that T will break my father forbade that I should hawk Mary wept and wept and wept.
And then a piggle got;
you may do yourself a hurt! Must pay your arm If you do not leave hold of or hunt In any part of the wood to the The
plggie died of tummy ache—
ents
north of Christchurch road.
As It
Saxon toll on Saxon land, my proud the maid.**
It’s boned ham. like as not.
There was a ring In hls voice and a chsnced, however, this morning mv
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"You boor!” she hissed. "You base, the blow would follow quick at the little falcon was loosed at a strnng- Mary saw the packer* make
A fortune from her pets.
underbred clod! la thia your care and heels of the word. For a moment the I winged heron, and page Bertrand and
your hospitality > I would rather wed Mood of the long line of hot-headed ' I rode on. with no thoughts hut for the But she could hardly clear enough
On them to pay her debts.
a branded tert from my father's field« thanes was too strong for the soft I sport, until we found ourselves in Mln­
5.
Ta-ave go, 1 say—Ah. good youth. whisperings of the doctrine of meek­ stead w,>ods. Small harm then, but Marr bought an ailing sheep—
Heaven haa sent you. Make him loose ness and mercy. H*» was conscious of that my horse Troubadour trod with a
Be sure and tue thia Coupon, sending KI rente In Stamps, Cole or Money OrK-
She knew It was a sin—
me! By the honor of your mother, I a flerre wild thrill through hls nerve« tender foot upon a sharp stick, rear­ And when It died shs promptly called
pray you to stand by me and to make and a throb of tpa<1 gladness at hls ing and throwing me to the ground
An undertaker In.
Then away ran Troubadour, for belike
«.
thia knave loose me.
heart, as his real human self burst for I spurred him In falling, and Bertrand
precious pair embalmed ths sheep
"Stand by you I will, and that an Instant the bonds of custom and of rode after him as hard as hoofs could This
And
sold
It
all
for
cash.
blithely," said Alleyne
"Surely, sir. t» aching which had held it so long
The f >lks who bought It of them said;
yon should take shame to hold the The Hoeman sprang back, looking to bear him. When I rose there was the
"What
lovely
corned-beef
hash!”
Socman himself by my side, with the
damsel against her will.”
h ft and to right for some stick or
7
The man turned a face upon him atone which might serve him for news that I was on bls land, but with The undertaker and the girl
which was llon-ltke In Its __________
strength and weapon; but finding none, he turned so many courteous words besides, and
Decided then to hitch;
such gallant bearing, that he prevailed
in its wrath.
With his tangle ot and ran at thv tup pi bls si»sed for the upon me to come to hls house for They organised a packing houses
And. gee. but they tr* rich!
i
spurred cock and new-hatched chicken! golden hair, his fierce blue eyes, and
Thy fighting dayB may soon be over.” his large, well-marked features, he
"Hadst asked me in the name of was the most comely man whom Al­
charity I would have given freely!” leyne had ever seen; and yet there was
cried Alleyne. "As it stands, not one something so sinister and so fell in hls
farthing shall you have with my free expression that child or beast might
Will, and when 1 see my brother, the well have shrunk from him. His brows
Hoeman of illnstead, he will raise hue were drawn, his cheek flushed, and
and cry from vlll to vlll, from hundred there was a mad sparkle in his eyes
to hundred, until you are taken as a which spoke of a wild, untamable
common robber and a scourge to the nature.
“Young fool!” he cried, holding the
country.”
The weman still to his side, though every
The outlaw sank his club.
Socman’s brother!" he gasped, "Now, line of her shrinking figure spoke her
by the keys of Peter! 1 had rather abhorrence. "I rede you to go on your
that hand withered and tongue was way, lest worse befall you. This little
palsied ere I had struck or miscalled wench has come with me, and with me
you. If you are the Hoeman s brother she shall bide.”
“Liar!” cried the woman; and, stoop­
you are one of the right side, I war­
ing her head, she suddenly bit fiercely
rant, for all your clerkly dress.”
“His brother I am.” replied Alleyne into the broad brown hand which held
"But even If I were not, is that reason her. He whipped it back with an oath,
why you should molest me on the while she tore herself free and slipped
behind Alleyne, cowering up against
king’s ground?”
"I give not the pip of an apple for him.
“Stand off my land!” the man
king or for noble,” cried the serf
passionately.
"Ill have I had from said fiercely, heedless of the blood
them, and ill I shall repay them. I am which trickled freely from his fingers.
a good friend to my friends, and, by “What have you to do here? By your
the Virgin, an evil foeman to my foes.” dress you should be one of those cursed
"And therefore the worst of foeman clerks who overrun the land like vile
to thyself,” said Alleyne. "Hut I pray rats, poking and prying into other
you, since you seem to know him, to men’s concerns, too caitiff to fight and
point out to me the shortest path to too lazy to work.”
“Is this your land, then?” gasped
my brother’s house.”
He was following the track, his mis­ Alleyne.
“Would you dispute it, dog? Would
givings increasing with every step
which took him nearer to that home you wish by trick or quibble to juggle
which he had never seen, when of a me out of these last acres? Know,
sudden the trees began to thin and the base-born knave, that you have dared
sward to spread out into a broad green this day to stand in the path of one
law, where five cow« lay in the sun­ whose race have been the advisers of
shine and droves of black swine wan­ kings and the leaders of hosts, ere ever
dered unchecked.
A brown forest this vile crew of Norman robbers came
stream swirled down the centre of this into the land, or such half-blood
clearing, with a rude bridge flung hounds as you were let loose to preach
across ft, and on the other sida was a that the thief should have his booty
second field sloping up to a long, low- and the honest man should sin if he
lying wooden house, with thatched root strove to win back hls own.”
and open squares for windows. Al­ I “You are the Socman of Minsteftd!”
leyne gazed across at it with flushed
“That I am; and the son of Edric
cheeks and sparkling eyes—for this, the Socman, of the pure blood of God-
he knew, must be the home of his | fi < y the thane, by the only daughter
I of the house of Alurlc, whose fore­
fathers.
Alleyne was roused, however, from fathers held the white-horse banner at
his pleasant revery by the sound of the fatal fight where our shield was
voices, and two people emerged from broken and our sword shivered. My
the forest some little way to his right folk held this land from Bramshaw
nnd moved across the field in the di­ Wood to the Ringwood road. Begone,
rection of the bridge. The one was a I say, and meddle not with my affair!”
man with yellow flowing beard and
“If you leave me now,” whispered the
very long hair of the same tint droop­ woman, “shame forever upon your
ing over his shoulders. By his side manhood?”
“Surely, sir,” said Alleyne, speaking
walked a woman, tall and slight and
dark, with lithe graceful figure and in as persuasive and soothing a way
clear-cut. composed features. Her jet- as he could, “if your birth is gentle,
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