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reared up, with eyes ablase with fear ‘at naw. ****? h,m lnto the earth ind hate, and whirled its erect - mSiL - the “ke a na‘l into a door, rather than see above the knight to smite nlm to earth. He, however, blinking with puck jou do scath to each other.” ered eyes, reached up hi< kerchief, and ** F5‘.re Ood* thia ,8 a »tranra way of flicked the beast twice across the snout preaching peace.” cried Black Simon with it. "Ah. saucy! saucy!" quoth he. i.K?U ?n<Lthe 8cath yourself, my with gentle chiding; on which the bear, lusty friend, if you raise your great uncertain and puxsled, dropped its fore cudgel to me. I had as lief have the legs to earth again, and waddling back,; caa£jdrawhridge drop upon my pate. was soon swathed in ropes by the bear An ‘TeU,1 me. Aylward. Aylward. ” said __ _ «..w. Alleyne ward and a crowd of peasants who had earnestly, ,------- with with hands hands outstretched outstretched to been in close pursuit. As they passed — keep the pair asunder, “ what is the through the castle gate, John plucked cause of quarrel, that we may see at Aylward s sleeve, and the two fall whether honorable settlement may 1 not behind. I must crave your pardon, comrade." be arrived at?” said he bluntly. T was a fool not to The bowman looked down at know that a little rooster may be the feet and then up at the moon. “Pi Same8t. 1 believe that this man is iu- bleau!” he cried, “the cause of qui eed a leader whom we may follow. ’ rel? Why. mon petit, it was years ago J CHAPTER VHI. in Limousin, and how can I bear in € Black was the mouth of Twynham mind what was the cause of it? Simon 8 Castle, though a pair of torches, burn there hath it at the end <>f his tongue." t Copyrighted. 1894.By Harper 6- “Not I, in troth," replied the other. t ing at the further end of the gateway, 54. V»*-*--*y J3rottl< east a red glare over the outer bailey, “I have had other things to think of. {, and sent a dim ruddy flicker through There was some sort of bickering over Synopsis of preceding chapters at end of this Installment the rough-hewn arch, rising and tail dice, or wine, or was it a woman, cos?" n CHAPTER VII. ing with fitful brightness on the shields ” Basques Dieu! but you have nicked f| MaudVT ’ winiL n« U a are u r, ^ ht ’ an ^ that ( shoulder« drew into tense bunches which bore the red roses of the veteran it." cried Aylward. “It was indeed n » k, t" might not and return to brothers Beaulieu 1 J!?« i wl,?KS need clipping, which 1 the strain of the tug the stone ■ _isl„ yW. “ hls constable. As they passed over the about a woman; and the quarrel must c< _ ______ with S ll! Sis were to be set upon him If he , may leave in your hands when I am! wa* ____ *-— • tug. - * the stone gave drawbridge, Alleyne marked the gleam go forward, for I am still of the same I _ «* uiv _ _ life — an< „ay from its bed with a gurgling suck of arms in the embrasures to right and 1 mind as before.” title iiiwed la. e upon Minstead land, then ’ ?one\ ior' in 80°th, this peaceful yi no* *------- life ana ’ came free in his hands. With a left, and they had scarce set foot upon I b ■ iideed was Alleyne adrift upon earth j is not for me, and were it peaceful not for your I deep chested chuckle, as the archer 1 the care “What of the woman, then?” asked X' ■ North, south, east and west—he might gracious kindness and loving causeway ere a hoarse blare burst I hear that ▼ stepped forward to help in the throw-; from a bugle, and with screech the Simon. “May the murrain strike me if *ri Ue ■ H.rn where he would, but all was equal could not abide It a week. vino- lid ■ rt’anJ cheerless. The Abbot there is talk of warlike muster at Bor ing, Hordle John straightened himself, hinge and clank of chain, the ponder I can call to mind aught about her." and hurled the rock well out into the ous bridge swung up into the air, “It was I.a Blanche Rose, maid at y for H sad ru led ten silver crowns In a let- deaux once more, and by St. Paul! it stream. • would be a new thing if the lions of drawn by unseen hands. At the same the sign of the Trois Corbeaux at lJm- rll ■ mce-b af and bld them away In the bot- England and the red pile of Chandos "Good lack!” cried Sir Nigel, and instant the huge portcullis came rat oges. Bless her pretty heart! Why, £? W tuce , i,ls scrip, but that would be a were to be seen in the field, and the “Good lack!” cried his lady, while John tling down from above, and shut off mon gar, I loved her.” ,* Bd ‘nrry support for twelve long months. roses of Loring were not waving by stood laughing and wiping the caked the last fading light of day. Sir Nigel “So did a many," quoth Simon. "I U ? ? ii th.' darkness there was but tho their side.” dirt from his fingers. and his lady walked on in deep talk, call her to mind now. On the very T ’ 1“ bright spot Of the sturdy comrades “Now woe with me but I feared it!” “I have felt his arms round my ribs," while a fat under-steward took charge day that we fo light over the little *■ “lorn ho had left that evening; ir no cried she, with the color all struck said the bowman, "and they crackle yet of the three comrades, nnd led them to hussy, she went off with Evan ap Rice. _p f M “ nH find "them again all would be from her face. "I have noted your ab at the thought of it. This other com the buttery, where beef, bread, and a long-legged Welsh dagsman. They fo H w. l'1 lie pushed on. therefore, now sent mind, your kindling eye, your try- rade, fair Sir, Is a right learned clerk, drink were kept ever in readiness for have a hostel of their own now. some- ea ing and riveting of old harness. Con- for all that he is so young, hight the wavfarer. After a hearty meal and where on the banks of Garonne, where ! ; i king and now running. , , I I I sider, " , ■ « Thi forest began to shred out . Into my sweet lord, that you have al- 1 Alleyne, the son of Edrlc, brother to a dip in the trough to wash the dust the landlord drinks so much of the from them, they strolled forth into the I „;,,»red belts of trees, with gleam of ready won much honor, that we have the Socman of Minstead.” ■ id andI Stretch of pasture-land seen but little of each other, that you “Young man,” quoth Sir Nigel stern bailey, where the bowman peered about liquor that there is little left for tlx» th I between. Here and there by the way- bear upon your body the scars of over ly, "if you are of the same way of through the darkness at wall and at customers.” “So ends our quarrel, then,” said th M 'stood little knots of wattle-and- I twenty wounds received in I know not thought as your brother, you may not keep, with the car, ‘ng eyes of one who “A , pass portcullis mine.” «jiwaru n«su- has seen something of sieges, and is Aylward, sheathing his sword. way, rair sir, of ” c..«« J»ub huts, with shock-haired laborers , how many bloody encounters." M founglng by the doors and red-cheeked , fair be Sir," cried for Aylward “My lady, when our liege lord the ly, “Nay. “I will pledge it that hasti- they not lightly to be satisfied. To Alleyne Welsh dagsman, 1’ faith! C’ etalt mau- lv will ho — •*- *- this and to John, however. It appeared to be vals gout, ramarado. and the more so sn ■ IgUdren sprawling in tile roadway. king at three-score years, and my Lord have "J no thought In .* common; for ■ By these Alleyne knew that he was Chandos, at three-score and ten, are very day his brother hath set his dogs I as great and as stout a fortress as when she had a jolly archer and a in blithe and ready to lay lance in rest upon him, and driven him from his could be built by the hands of man. lusty man-at-arms to choose from." 'v* forest, and for "Is there an archer here hight Sam England's cause, it would ill be- lands.” Ml on ??.r. th« ‘foro very no fringe great of way the from Christ- The old soldiers and llordle John to | Aylward?” asked a gaunt man-at-arms, strode off together In all good-fellow- sa ; seem me to prate of service done. It "And are you, too, of the White Com- I E't; up to them arcoss the court ship. would be bitter shame to me, and also pany?” asked Sir Nigel. "Hast had clanking Alleyne had turned to follow i ; '5K era»* sa.■« to you, since my fame Is yours, that I small experience of war, if I may judge yard. them, when he felt a touch upon his ’ “My name, friend!” quoth the bow shoulder, and found a young page by a; 1 should now hold back if a man s work by looks and bearing.” "I would fain to France with my man. < M rounding a corner, lie came upon h s is to be done. Besides, bethink you “Then sure I have no need to tell his side. ■ comrades of the morning seated astrad- how low is our purse, with bailiff and friends here,” Alleyne answered: "but I "The Lord Loring commands,” said flO1 mine," said the other. IH sir upon a fallen tree. They had a Hat reeve ever croaking of empty farms am a man of peace—a reader, exorcist, thee the boy. “ that you will follow me to "By the rood! if it is not Black Simon H ™ /before them, on which they ai- and wasting lands. Were it not for acolyte, and clerk." the great chamber, and await him tir “That need n^t hinder,” quoth Sir of Norwich!” cried Aylward. “A mon there. ” ■ ternately threw little square pieces of this constableship which the Earl of camarade, a mon coeur! Ah, but HI bone, and were so Intent upon their oc- Salisbury hath bestowed upon us we Nigel. "It is well to have a learned coeur, Up the broad steps Alleyne went, be I am blithe to see thee! ” the two fell could scarce uphold the state which is clerk in every troop. By St. Paul! M "upatl.m that they never raised eye as following his boyish guide, until at the Wi upon each other nnd hugged like bears. ■ he approached them. He observed with fitting to our degree. Therefore, my there are men so caitiff that they think “And where from, old blood and folding oak doors the latter paused, lar ■ astonishment, ns he drew near, that he sweeting, there is the more need that I more of a scrivener’s pen that of their bones?" asked the bowman. and ushered him into the main hall of should turn to where there is good pay lady’s smile, and do their devoir in ‘ "I am in service here. Tell me. com the rustle. archer's bow was on John s bark, the to be earned and brave ransoms to be hopes that they may fill a line In a On entering the room the clerk look- am archer’s sword bv John's side, and tlie won.” chronicle or make a tag to a jongleur’s rade, is It sooth tha* we shall have an other fling at these Frenchmen? It is ' ed round; but, seeing no. one, ho con- me steel cap laid upon the tree-trunk be- “Ah, iny dear lord,” quoth she, with romance. I remember well that, at the rumored in the guard-rooms, and tlnucd to stand, his cap in his hand. * tW*Mort de’ma vie!” Aylward shouted, sad, weary eyes, “I thought that at siege of Retters, there w«s a little, so that Sir Nigel will take the field once examining ' with the greatest Interest gr< last I had you to mine own self, even sleek, fat clerk of the name of Chaucer, more." a chamber which was so different to wa looking down at the dice. ‘Never had though your youth had been spent afar who was so apt at rondel, sirvente. or is like enough, mon gar, as things 1 any to which he was accustomed. k,n I «ueh cursed luck. A murrain on the from my side. Yet my voice, as I know tonson, that no man dare give back a go. "It ” Most interesting of all to Alleyne was th« bones! I have not thrown a good main well, should speed you on to Klory and foot from the walls, lest he nnd It all Hl since I left Navarre. I am like to reach Now may the Lord be praised!” crlel ’ a small ebony table at his very side, ti renown, not hold you back when fame set down In his rhymes and «unit by the other. "This very night will I set on ‘ Christchurch in mj ih rt Then sud- Is to be won. Yet what can I say? for every underline and varlet in the camp, which, by the side of a chess-board denly glancing up, “Hola, by the sp'en- all men know that your valor needs the But, my soul’s bird, you hear me prate apart a golden ouche to be offered on 1 and the scattered chessmen, there lay knJ as though all were decided, when I t*’e shrine of my name-saint, I have < an open manuscript written in a right dor of heaven, here is our cher petit! curb and not the spur!” ’ “Fret not thyself, my heart’s dove, have not yet taken counsel either with pined for this, Aylward, as a young clerkly hand, and set forth with brave Now by my ten finger-bones! tills Is a for it is like that there may be no war you or with my lady mother. Let us to maid pines for her lover.” rare sight to mine eyes" He sprang up flourishes and devices along the mar- ¡J‘ — "Art Art so^set so set on plunder, then? Is the gins. In vain Alleyne bethought him . K and threw his arms round Alleyne s waged, and we must await the news, the chamber, while these strangers find ■ neck, while John, no loss pleased, but But here are three strangers, and one, such fare as pantry and celler may purse so light that there is not enough of where he was and of those laws of ** for a --------- rouse? “ T have a bag at my belt, good breeding and decorum which u ui •----- more backward and Saxon In his habits, as I tnke it, a soldier fresh from ser- furnish.” H stood grinning and bobbing by the vice. It is likely that he may give us The three comrades dropped behind ramarade, and *■ you have but to put should restrain him; those colored can- • ■ wayside, with Ills newly-won steel cap word of what is stirring over the and followed: Alyward your fist into it for what you want. It itals and black even lines drew l.‘s «. ” lighter for having accomplished his was ever share and share between us.” hand down to them, as the loadstone .«rf stuck wrong-side foremost upon ills water T.ad’v Isoring, glancing up, saw In the mission, Alleyne full of wonderment at M tangle of red hair. , . "Nay, friend, it is not the French- draws the needle, until, almost before jn ■ "Hast come to stop?” cried the bow- fading light the three companions the humble bearing of so renowned a man’s gold, but tho Frenchman's _____ ___ — - - blood he knew it, he was standing with the tau ■ man. patting Alleyne all over in bls de- that I would have. — ’ I should * * * not rest romance of Garin de Montglnne beforo H light. "Shall not get away from us his eyes, so absorbed in its contents as |a ( to be completely oblivious of where he «• ■ aB“iinwlsh no better." said Le, with a was and why he had come there. huri ■ prlngllng In the eyes at tins hearty He was brought back to himself, fatl however, by a sudden little ripple of “ ■ ^"WelFsald, lad!" cried big John. “We quick feminine laughter. Aghast, he pup S three shall to the wars together, and dropped the manuscript among the hob S the devil may fly away with the Abbot chessmen and stared in bewilderment of ■ of Beaulieu! But your feet and hosen round the room. It was as empty and ver; ■ are all besmudged. Hast been in the as still as ever. Again he stretched mil. ■ water?” his hand out to the romance, and again roa< ■ "I have In good sooth, Alleyne ans- came that roguish burst of merriment, hav | wered, and then, as they journeyed on He looked up at the celling, back at she I their way, he told them the man) the closed door, and round at the stiff gl*t I things that had befallen him . folds of motionless tapestry. Of a sud- at i I "Hut you,” said Alleyne, "tnere havo den, however, he caught a quick shim I been changes with you also. Where mer from the corner of a high-backed mm I are bow and sword and cap—and wny bancal in front of him, and, shifting a I so warlike, John?” . . , ,1 pace of two to the side, saw a white, "It is a game which friend Aylward slender hand, which held V mirror of hath a-teaclilng me.’ „ i polished silver in such a way that the I “And been I found him an of over-apt pupil, concealed observer could see without na« grumbled the bowman. "He hath . being seen. Jle stood Irresolute, un- afv stripped me. But, by my hilt- > certain whether to advance or to take ■* must render them back to J“1; n2?v no notice; but, even as he hesitated ¿¡¡J rade, lest you bring discredit the mirror was whipped In, and a tall aoo mission, and I wllFpay you tor them ( and stately young lady swept out from dew at nrmorer’s prices. behind the oaken screen, with a danc- "Take them back, man, and..i'e?ct Ing light of mischief in her eyes. heed the pay.” said John. I did but Alleyne started with astonishment as gin wish to learn the feel. .‘V-T; hung < he recognized the very maiden who At 1 I am like to have such trinkets hung I had suffered from his brother’s vlo- to my own girdle for some years t lence In the forest. She no longer »,,, wore her gay riding-dress, however war 1 ""Ma fol, he was born a fr5®thc“.'he ( but was attired in a long sweeping •"<! panion!” cried Aylward. Ho hath the ( robe of black velvet of Bruges, with JJJ very trick of speech and turn ol delicate tracery of white lace at neck thought. I take them back then, and and at wrist, scarce to be seen against tmni Indeed it me. une“e1”t t J, Lr i the Ivory skin. Beautiful as rhe had ¡JJ’1 my yew-stave Upping against my eg- | seemed to him before, the lithe charm * It chanced on that very evening that of her figure and the proud, free grace < Sir Nigel Coring, hav‘ng supped before sunset, as was his custom, had taken c his dogs for »n evening breather. I " W russet-clad varlets. with loud hanoo and cracking whips, walked thigh deep i amid the iwarm. guiding; controll ng ( ( and urging. Behind came Sir Mg« himself, with Lady Loring upon m arm, the pair aire and dately, as befitted both **’**L.a?t the < i their condition. They paused at tn brgi?eNi»el was a slight man of poor stature, with soft ''’P'"» J/uat‘hli I L gentle ways. So Shor . was he wife, who was no ver/ breadth had the fingers. better Of Hts sight having been of three having^« Injured In his early wars^by emptied ful of lime which had been emptie over him when he led the Earl or »al •ILw * £ expression of face. His age P a t had of d ^ » and-forty. but the constant arms, together with a. elea » durBnce lady preserved his activity ai*uH1_tance he “x unimpaired, so that from a <11»" and kn seemed to have the slight irm«^. *ou swift grace of a boy. H/i reHow tint ofter ever, was tanned of a auu .lch he draM and the little pointed beardgray. d'En wore was streaked and shot wi a d t His features were small, aeim«®, regular, with clear-cut curvlnj and eyes which jutted fo . and as the lids. His dress wqts Mmp^ b(iR w|(h yet spruce. A gold embroldereu fr of knighthood encircled his lorns^ h , his arms, five roses gules on a ,, argent, cunningly i?'„,eLr|ng upon clasp. So stood Sir NigelI Lo J’^1Kht|y they the bridge of Avon, and talked ug with hie lady. visages alone wnat And, certes. had ‘h***’, min asked , been Been, and the 8tfa{|Seiy to belong u7.in. which were the name was bourn to the bold warrior whose n of Eu. tn< loved by ‘be roughest^ «®'^ieJcted the b«l'o< rope, he had aiiurw». d iquare. ' y lad?s. Her face Y'iV’ani the eye. with fierce thick brow . to , fcu( of one who w.s ac The in h It was ‘he age^of mat‘l“*f nunhnr, of ,.pa deeds of Black the Count"'’are HI T-ady Salisbury, and of tn thg publlc di(d , Montfort were still t before them. pr<)Ud. mind. With such e«*">f»,fDa’ptain. had p . <=nr the wives of the Englien^ £ateSi and nf Ba become as WRr!Vte,,?,hfqr absence with che.te ordered the castle In "j I)ne of veteran Am the prudence and dl"ciP”(>re th, Mont- He aeneschala Bight. ee Yf Twvnham. and man. rt?«7%eyC? -^on^bn.« ‘ “AJ If these puzzling things, roughly displayed in Fresh Blood upon the wall of a house where a great crime had been committed, stared you in the face, could you explain their meaning? Such was the problem which S herlock H olmes had to solve in his first chronicled adventure “ The Study in Scarlet ’’ A book which made CONAN DO YLE th« first of detective writer« in tha world. 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