iZ frflfk steep and rough as It is,
re’might gain the relley be-
121 on t<> the prince, and tell
n>«u .
L. <n t‘K-
r , tolr lot'l. kow »an we hope to
uiior«e»’'' nsked Norbury.
"’not
to'1“11 ,o ,hem- for ,h,>y
„ ye I r<- ye could could come
ftbik vc ibut ye have beurt
down thia cliff!”
«e but a rope.”
■L is one here. It Is but one hun-
K j long aud for the rest ye must
■{¿God a d t<> your fingers. Can
it Allevne* '
ill my I** f’ mF dear ,or<J» but
■2l leave yo: in such a strait?”
■"it Is to
me that ye go. And
~ii^z
k.o,anc;,,“,nei. vo?
ehoutlng. with waving penn.-ua
' :o^v*b and •
and lady superior bad bad thalr will. It
and
a cleanly
cleanly* life was but fitting that some pomp and show
and braa’ youth
ww? a» and
“- strength an
'1 *
were all
hla * side
side, ’ acd
aud De
awoke
* ■ upon
ui>
biue,
ana
dished arms.
Over the
- - , : i *
|HJn hl
h ho ” at
aw‘,k” should mark ths glad occasion.
iKiib^ with
„’iT“,!'
»o «’ -—
><! that
- -------
—-- th» war
were dense throngs of knlghto,'
no ' froln W‘ l0'”t - 4ellrlu“
But alas! for plots and plans when lore
enemy that could be seen to fare them, WHi over, that the Spaniards aud their aud youth and nature, and abova all, for
save only that at one corner of the plateau aiHea had been crushed at Navaretta, tune are arrayed agalnat them. Who la
au eddy aud swirl amid the crowded mass aud that the prince had himself heard the this travel-atalned youth who dares to
seeme<i to show that all resistance was Ule of hla ride for succor aud had come ride ao madly through the lluee of staring
"I
”.”. docs L.
not yet at an end. At the sight a deep iu person to his bedside to touch bls shoul burgher,!
burghers! T Why
be ding hlmsalf
,j so strangely
groan of rage and of despair went up from der with his sword aud to Insure that so from bla hora» and atar»
brave
and
true
a
man
should
die,
if
he
about
him!
See
bow
t_
he has rushed
t^e baffled rescuers, and, spurring on their
could nut live, wlthiu the order of chival through the tuceuae-bearera.
re. thrust aside
horses,
they
clattered
down
tbe
loug
and
¡ir (i
ry.
The
Instant
that
he
could
set
foot
to
lay-stater Agatha, nattered tbs two-aud-
winding path which led to the valley be
ground Alleyne had started in search of twenty damoeela who naug _ so _____
neath.
sweetly—
his lord, but no word could he hear of and he atanda before the novice with hie
But they were too late to avenge, as him,
dlr je
dead or alive, aud he had come home bauds outstretched, and bla face shin
they
had
been
too
late
to
save
Long
ere
mu 2
they could gain the level ground, the now Bad-hearted. In the hope of raising ink. end the light of love in hla gray eyes.
I” 1
upou his estates aud so starting Her foot Is ou the very lintel of the
Spaniards, seeing them riding swiftly money
fcrtw
’
upou his quest once more. Lauding at church, and yet he bars the way- aud she,
■■ilent ¿luire said nothing, but be aujid the rocks, and being ignorant of Londou,
be had hurried on with a mind
■¿tbe rope, and, Laving examined their numbers, drew off from the captured full of care, for he had heard no word she thinks no mure of the wise words aud
Ked one end firmly round a project- hill, and, having secured their few pris from Hampshire since the short note which holy rode of the lady abbess, but she
hath given a sobbing cry and hath fallen
■ *k Then he cast off his breast- oners, rode slowly in a long column, with had announced his brother’s death.
forward with his arms around her droop
KL pieces, and greaves, while Ai- drum-beating and cymbal-clashing, out of
“By the rood!” cried John, looking ing body and her wet cheek upou his
tbe valley. Their rear ranks were al around him exultantly, “where have we
KZved bis example.
.Ui 1 ■ chindos. or Calverley, or Knolles, ready passing out of sight ere the new
breast. A sorry sight thia for the gaunt
htJ ■ tbe prince have gone forward,” comers were urging their panting, foam seen since we left such uoble cows, such abluías, an 111 lesaou too for the ataluleea
fleecy sheep, grass so greeu, or a man so twiuand-twenty who have ever I wen taught
■Sir Nigel. “Now may God speed ing horses up the slope which had been drunk as yonder rogue who lies iu the gap
that the way of nature ¡a the way of alu.
the scene of that long-drawn aud bloody of the hedge?”
K ye are brave and worthy men.”
But Maude aud Alleyue cared little for thia.
t7Indeed, a task which might make fight.
“Ah, John,” Alleyne
*yne in^wered
lowered wearily, A dank, cold air comes out from the black
Erf of the bravest sink within him.
And a fearsome sight it was that met “it is well for you, , butH
butn uever
never thought arch before them.
the sun
E, cord dangling down the face their eyes! Across the lower end lay the that my home-coming would be so sad a shines bright aud the Without,
birds are singing
■ brown cliff seemed from above to dense heap of men and horses where the one. My heart is heavy for my dear amid the Ivy on the drooplug beeches.
■ little more than half-way down It. first arrow-storm had burst. Above, the lord and for Aylward, and I know not Their choice is made, aud they turn away
|d stretched the rugged rock, wet and bodies of the dead and the dying—French, how I may break the news to the Lady haud-ln-haud, with their backs to the
E with a green tuft here and there Spanish, and Aragonese—lay thick and Mary and to the Lady Maude, If they darkness and tbelr faces to the light.
Ef oat from It, but little sign of thicker, until they covered the cold have not yet had tidings of It.”
[or foothold. Far below the jagged ground two and three deep in one dreadful
John gave a groan which made the
| of the boulders bristled up, »lark tangle of slaughter. Above them lay the horses shy. “It is Indeed a black busi
Very quiet was the wedding in the old
Lenacing.
Norbury tugged thrice Englishmen In their lines, even as they ness,” said he. “But be uot sad, for I priory church at Christchurch, where
pl his strength upon the cord, and had stood, and higher yet upon the plateau »hull give half these crowim to tuv old Father Christopher read the service, and
Cwered himself over the edge, while a wild medley of the dead of all uatlona, mother, and half will 1 add to the money there were few to see sure Lady Lor lug
Jdred anxious faces peered over at where the last deadly grapple had left which you may have, and so we shall buy and John, anti a dozen bowmen from the
k be slowly clambered downwards to them. In the further corner, under the that yellow cog wherein we ____
sailed to
to castle. The Lady of Twynham had droop
hd of the rope. Twice he stretched shadow of a great rock, there crouched Bordeaux, and In
in It
it we shall go forth ed and pined for weary months, ao that
k foot, and twice he failed to reach seven bowmen, with great John in the cen and seek Sir Nigel.”
her face was harsher and less comely than
ath«
Ent at which he aimed, but even as tre of them—all wounded, weary, and in
Alleyne smiled, but shook his head. before, yet she still hsped on, for her lord
ios ¡i
long himself for a third effort a stone sorry case, but still unconquered, with “Were he alive we should have had word had come through so i^jny dangers that
the
a sling buzzed like a wasp from their blood-stained weapons waving and of him ere now,” said he. “But what is she could scarce believe that he might
> hj
the rocks and struck him full upon their voices ringing a welcome to their this town before us?”
be stricken down st last. It
?*eu ber
is qn|(
Me of his head. His grasp relaxed, countrymen. Alleyne rode across to John,
‘‘Why, It ie Romsey!” cried John. wish to start for Spain and to sea\'» for
uri a
ft slipped, and in an instant be was while Sir Hugh Calverley followed dose “See the tower of the old gray church, him,
but
Alleyne
persuaded
he"
X. JI
fhed and mangled corpse upon the behind him.
to let him go In her place. There was
and the long stretch of the nunnery.”
« of
“By Saint George!” cried Sir Hugh,
fridges beneath him.
Ere Alleyne could answer there swung much to look after, now that the lands
•k-fod
|l have no better fortune,” said Al “I have never seen signs of so stern a round the curve of the road a lady’s car of Minstead were joined to those of Twyn-
•Mj
luding Sir Nigel aside. “I pray fight, and I am right glad that we have riage drawn by three horses abreast with hnm, and Alleyne bad promised ber that if
I «MÌ
ty dear lord, that you will give my been In time to save you.”
a postilion upon the outer one. Within she would but bide with his wife he
“You have saved more than us,” said there sat a stout and elderly lady in. a would never come back t? Hampshire
|e service to the Ludy Maude, and say
of
John,
pointing
to
the
banner
which
leaned
r that I was ever her true servant
pink cotehardie, leaning back among a again until he had gained some news, good
of
against the rock behind him.
pile of cushions. None could seem more or ill of her lord and lover.
lost unworthy cavalier.”
“You have done nobly,” cried the old safe and secure and at her ease than
The yellow cog had been engaged, with
lipoid knight said no word, but he put
free
companion,
gazing
with
a
soldier
’
s
this lady, and yet here ulso was a sym Goodwin Hawtayne in command, and a
on either shoulder, aud kissed his
with the tears shining in his eyes. admiration at the huge frame and bold bol of human life, for In an instant, month after the wedding Alleyne rode
lx
sprang to the rope, and sliding face of the archer. “But why Is it, my even as Alleyne reined aside to let the down to Bucklershard to see if she had
down, soon found himself at its good fellow, that you sit upon this man.” carriage pass, a wheel flew out from come round yet from Southampton. On
and I^Klty. From above it seemed as
“By the rood! I had forgot him,” John among Its fellows, and over it toppled th<* way he passed the fishing village of
er, i
rope and cliff were well-nigh toueb- answered, rising and dragging from under with the horses plunging, the postilion Pitt’s Deep, and marked that a little
urti
him
no less a person than the Spanish shouting, and the lady screaming from creyer or brig was tackling off the land,
^Kt now, when swinging a hundred feet
‘’This within. In an instant Alleyue and John as though about to anchor there. On
M the squire found that he could scarce Caballero, Don Diego Alvarez.
|Hthe face of the rock with his foot, man, my fair lord, means to me a new were on foot, and had lifted her forth all his way back, as he rode towards the vil-
fags, lie saw that she had indeed anchored,
house,
ten
cows,
one
bull
—
if
it
be
but a
^Aat it was as smooth as glass, with
and that many boats were round her,
^Kting-place where a mouse .could little one—a grindstone, and I know not
bearing cargo to the shore.
Some three feet lower, however, what besides, so that I thought it well
A bow-shot from Pitt’s Deep there was
to
sit
upon
him,
lest
he
should
take
a
^■e lit upon a long jagged crack which
an inn a little back from the road, very
downwards, and this he must reach fancy to leave me.”
large
and wide spread, with a great green
“Tell me, John,” cried Alleyne faintly,
^■would save not only his own poor
bush hung upon a pole from one of the upper
^■nt that of the eight-score men above “where is my dear lord, Sir Nigel Lx>r-
windows. At this window, he marked,
^■Yet it were madness to spring for lll“He is dead. I fear. I saw them throw
as he rode up, that a man waa seated
^■arrow slit with nought but the wet,
who appeared to be craning hls neck In
his
body
across
a
horse
and
ride
away
^■1 rock to cling to. He swung for a
hls direction. Alleyne was still looking
^Kt, full of thought, and even as he with it, but 1 fear the life had gone from
up to him, when a woman came rushing
^■there another of the hellish stones him.”
from the open door of the Inn, and made
^■hrough Lis curls, and struck a clip
as though she would climb a tree, looking
^Kbe face of the cliff. Up he clambered
back tbe while with a laughing face.
feet, drew up tbe loose end after
Wondering what these doings might
^■nslung his 1 elt, held on with knee
mean, Alleyne tied his horse and was
^■ith elbow while he spliced the long
walking amid the trees toward the inn,
^■leathern belt to the end of the cord:
when there shot from the entrance a sec
^■owering himself as far as he could
ond woman who made also for the trees.
M swung backwards and forwards un-
Close at her heels came s burly, brown-
hand reached tbe crack, then he
I faced man, who leaned against the door
Ke rope and clung to the face of the
post and laughed loudly with hls hand
■ Another stone struck him on the
to his side. “Ah, ma bellrel” he cried,
Knd he heard a sound like a breaking
and is it thus you treat me? Ah, ma
■ with a keen stabbing pain which shot
petites! I swear by these flngerbones
■h his chest. Yet it was no time now
that 1 would not hurt a hair of your pret
■ok of pain or ache. There was his
ty heads; but I have been among the
■d bls eight-score comrades, and they
black paynim, and, by my hilt! it does
Be plucked from the jaws of death. On
me good to look at your English cheeks.
■nbered, with his hand shuffling down
Come, drink a stoup of muscadine with
Bng sloping crack, sometimes bearing
me, mes enges, for my heart is warm to
Hs weight upon his arms, at others
be among ye again.”
■ some small shelf or tuft on which
At the sight of the man, Alleyne had
R his foot. Would he never pass over
stood staring, but at the sound of his
■fty feet? He dared not look down,
voice such a thrill of joy bubbled up In
■ould but grope slowly onwards, his
hls heart that he had to bite his lipa to
■o the cliff, his fingers clutching, his
ketp himself from ehoutlng outright, But
■craping aud feeling for a support.
a deeper pleasure yet was in store, Even
■ vein and crack and mottling of that
as he looked, the window above waa
■of rock remained forever stamped
pushed outwards, and the voice of the man
whom he and seen there came out from
■ his memory. At last, however, his
it. “Aylward,” cried the voice, “I have
tame upon a broad resting-place and
seen just now a very worthy person come
■ntured to cast a glance downwards.
down the road, though my eyes could
» God! he had reached the highest
I scarce discern whether he carried coat
lose fatal pinnacles upon which his
armor. I pray you to wait upon him and
■de had fallen.
Quickly now he
tell him that a very humble knight of Eng
Ik from rock to rock until his feet
land abides here, so that if be be in need
[on the ground, and he had his hand
of advancement, or have any small vow
[bed out for the horse’s rein, when
upon hla soul, or deelre to exalt hla lady,
Ig-stone struck him on the head, and
I may help him to accompliah it.”
■oppiil senseless upon the ground,
Aylward at thia order came forward
[evil blow it was for Alleyne, but a
•
mid the trere, and In an inatant the two
| one still for him who struck it.
men were clinging In each other’s arms,
[Spanish slinger, seeing the youth lie
laughing and shouting and patting each
I and judging from his dress that he
other In their delight; while Sir Nigel
feo common man, rushed forward to
came running with hls sword, under the
|cr him, knowing well that the bow-
Impression that some bickering had brok
■abovp him had expenJed their last
en out, only to embrace and be embraced
| He was still three paces, however,
hlmaeif, until all three were hoarae with
■ his victim’s side when John upon
. their queationa and outcriee and congratu
■iff above plucked up a huge* boulder,
lations.
[poising It for an Instant, dropped it
On their journey home through the
I fatal aim upon the slinger beneath
woods Alleyne learnt thetr wondrous story:
BELOW LAY THE GREAT 8PANISH ARMY.
I It stuck upon his shoulder, and
how, when Blr Nigel came to hie senses,
P him, crushing ands «creaming, to
he with hls fellow-captive had been hur
found, while Alleyne, recalled to his
In a »hake with fear, but little the worse ried to the coast, and conveyed by sea
“Now woe worth me! And where is for her mischance.
p by these shrill cries in his very
to tbelr captor’a castle; bow upon tbe way
btairgered on to his feet, and gazed Aylward?”
"I trust that you have taken no hurt. they had been taken by a Barbary rover,
“He sprang upon a riderless horse snd my fair lady,” aald Alleyne.
F about him. His eyes fell upon the
and
bow they exchanged tbelr light cap
™
r
...
Nigel
to
save
blm.
I
saw
p, grazing upon the scanty pasture, rode after Sir
"Nay, I have had no acatb, but I am tivity for a seat on a galley bench and
Ju an instant all had come back to them throng around him, and he is either ______________________
much beholden to you. _ gentle alra. Sol- hard labor at the pirate's oara; how. in the
.
dUrg
this mission, his comrades, the need taken or slain.”
dlera 7-
ye -r?.
are. as one may readily see. I port at Barbary, Sir Nigel bad slain tbe
“Blow the bugles!” cried Sir Hugh, am
myself a soldier’s daughter.” she ad Moorish captain, and had swum with Ayl
pste. He was dizzy, sick, faint, but
with
a
scowling
brow.
out
must
ded, “and my heart ever goes ~
‘ to “ a ward to a small coaster which they had
nst not die, and he —
— not x tarry.
”
‘ We must back to esmp. snd ere J»1*® brave man.”
Us life meant many lives that day.
taken, and so made their way to England
dara
I
trust
that
we
■>»/
•»'
’
llwa
*
f
’
.
I
.
,
a
“
'
i instant he was In his saddle and lards again. I would fain have ye all In
“We are Indeed fresh from Spain,” with a rich cargo te reward them for tbelr
K down the valley. Loud rang the
quoth Alleyne.
toils. All this Alleyne listened to. until
__
_____ _ Spain,
B________
charger’s hoofs over rock and reef, my company.”
“From
say _____
you? Ah! It was an
"We are of tbe White Company, my III and sorry think that ao many should tbe dark keep of Twynham towered above
the fire flew from the stroke of iron,
and they saw the
throw away th» Uvea that Henven gave them in tbe gloaming,
the loose stones showered up behind fair lord,” »aid John.
“Nay. tbe White Company la here <!«- them. In sooth, It In tied for those who red sun lying athwart the rippling Avon,
But his head was whirling round, banded,
the glad hearts at
No
need
to
speak
of
”
anawere.1
Blr
Hugh
•»"
’
“
¡
‘
‘
f;
fall, but worse for tboee who bide be
blood was gushing from his brow, his looking round bin, at «b»
-'«J hind. I have but now bld farewell to one Twynham Castle tbst night, nor of the
ounu Uiiu a»
-----
h*. his mouth. Ever keener and
,.. „ „
___ ___________
“Look to the brave squire. for
rich
offerings
from out that Moorish cargo
kr was the deadly pain which shot figures. he will never aee the aun rise who hath lost all In thia cruel war.”
whh-h found thHr way to the chapel of
"And bow that, lady?”
ped-hot arrow through his side. He I fear
"She Is a young damsel of these parts, Father Christopher.
¡that hls eye was glazing, his senses again.”
81 r Nigel Loring lived for many years,
and she goes now Into a nunnery. Al»<-k!
Ing from him, his g^sp upon the reins
CHAPTER XVIII.
It Is not a year since she waa the fairest full of honor and laden with every bleao-
Jng. Then with one mighty effort, he
Tt wva n bright morning four
ronr months maid from Avon to I tehee. and now It Ing. He rode no more to the warn, but he
B up al) his strength for a single
found his way to every jousting within
le. Stooping down, he loosened the after that fatal light In fi,« Mr>an!«h bar- was more than I could abide to wait at thirty miles; and the Hampshire youth
ann was !*»'<'*
yet Io* *"
1» “
the f h
bear
£,’. Hornsey Nunnery to see her put the white
Bp-straps, i>ound his knees tightly to ranca. The aun
treasured It as the highest honor when a
kddle flaps, twisted his hands in tbe en. and tbe red -owe atood to the Io g veil upon her face. for »lie waa made for a word of praise fell from him as to their
k. and then, putting the gallant shadow of the elms, . hewing the cud and wife and not for the clotater. Did you managemevit of tbrtr horses, or their
ever, gentle air, beer of a body of men
I’s head for the mountain path, he nzlnir with great vacant eyes st
called "The White Company’ over yon breaking of their lanrts. Bo ho lived and
M the spurs In and fell forward falnt- binomen who were
so he died, the moot revered and the hap
Flth hls face buried in the coarse, long white road which dipped end *’n"
der!”
away
bark
to
where
the
«^•
’
”
.
a
"
d
"Sorely eo. "cried both the comrades piest man In all bls native sbtra.
mane.
For Sir Alleyne Edrlceon and for bls
naclee beneath the Sat-topped bill marked
”H»r father was tbe leader of It, aud
Ilf could be ever remember of that
bride the future bod also naught
old town of Winchester.
_roo^fni her lover served under blm SB squire. l>eautlfu1
I r>‘le. Half couaciouii, but ever with the
s good Twice be fought In
Xewa hath come that not one of tbe Com but what
Of
the
riders,
one
was
young,
f««™
ga thought beating in bla mind, be and fair, elad In plain doublet »nd Uoaen pany waa left alive, and so. poor tomb, she France, and came hack each time laden
M the horse onwards, rushing swlft-
with honors
A high place at court was
Hp hath—”
iwn steep ravine«, over huge boulders, of blue Broaeela elotb.
given to blm. and be spent many years at
hls active and w,i1'*bK
.¿xlwa
"Lady!" cried Alleyne, with »etch Windsor under the second Richard and the
I the edges of black abysses. Dim show
rode with lip- compreseed and ant Io«
kies be had of beetling cliffs, of a faro. a. one who ha. mmb «». uponM. ing breath, "to It the Lady Mamie Lor fourth Henry - where be reeelvwl the
ing of Whom you apeak!"
f of huts with wondering faces at the
honor of the Garter. and won the name of
k of foaming, clattering water, and
"It to. to sooth."
living a brave soldier, a tree-hearted gen
‘•Maude! And In s nnnnevy!
Did tleman. and a great lover and patron of
• Lrlatle of mountain beeches. Once,
k had ridden far, he heard behind rr:.»'. w.“ «K then, the thought of ber rather » death every art and science which refln-a or ra-
I’-ree deep, uni Ira shout a. which told
so move ber?”
"Her father!” cried tbe lady, smiling. nobles life.
[hat hla comrade« had act their fa<*e«
A« to Jefcn. fce took onto Minertf • vfl-
“Nsy. Maud# is ■ good dsnghfer, but I
► foe once more. Then ail waa blank. !
think ft was this yoong goblre-teireil tar» maid and settled I. Lyedberet.
fco woke to And kindly Id»« Eugiish
r
„,-beeded
man
upon
,
"
’
^mTh.
where
hl, •». tboownd erewee toade Mm
•quire
of
whom
I
have
heardI
who
has
Tearing down upon him and to bmr
th. rh-heet fraeMln for «any mllM amnd
fessed sound of hla country*» speech. with a hog»
r',,r.wn face ... made her turn her l-s-k up<m the world
For
a>aay
year» hr drank bto .1» rrery
"aad I stand talking here!” cried Al
I "’ere but a foraging party —a hun- ao.Mle-bow. Hto broed.
nlitht at tb. "F1»d Marita." wMeh
leys» wildly. "Co«»». Job". ».>■»»!"
'•rchera and as many men at-a rm» -
Hushing to bls tumf. be swung Mat now kept by bto friend Aylward, who had
wetl
[heir leader wai Sir Hugh Calverley. ■lowly from »Me io »»
. 2j not tack self Into tbe saddle, and wsa ot down wedded th» rood widow to whom he had
M was not a man to bide Idle whan twtakW and
hie plunder.
plunder The
men
imlttM his
the
road to s robing cloud of dust as fast committed
Iblowi were to lie had uot three
and the bowmen of the eonntry round
"£Xd
tend.« as hto good steed »o«td tear hlie
re from him. A aevat was sent ffy-
need
to
drop
In
rhere
of
an
erentna
to
Great had l—n the rejotelsg »»Id the
Hth a mereage to the ramp, and Sir
A
abwro .n WM b.
a fall with John or to abort a
k with hls two hundred men. than- ’ **^1
Zmire ww •« Hlr Alley»» Bzonaey nona when the I-ady Maude La>r- weerie
tn the rearue With them went not blet-rif
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€001 GARMENTS FOR COMFORT.
Th« Shirtwaist the Leader—White
the Coolest Color.
Bertha Browning.
The month of August means a good
many warm days and those who stay
at home aa well as the more fortunate
Individuate who enjoy tbe coolueaa of
some resort need cool apparel. It has
always been true everywhere that
white proved mt*?h less warm beneath
a scorching sun than a darker tone
and the American woman has adopted
It as her summer wardrobe this year.
Everything which can be of white will
be found much cooler and pleasanter
to look upon than other colors and
this means every article of dress. It
Is a scientific fact that white Is the
coolest, as black Is the warmest color.
The fashion makers have supplied
womankind with real summer dress
this year. No more hot collars and
fitted waists for summer wear but in
stead, neck wear of sheerest lace or
material and loose comfortable-looking
blouses suitable for all ages. The
shirt waist Is the real monarch of the
field for general wear and this takes
a very wide variety of forms, from
the dressy and fussy waist elaborately
embroidered and Inset with lace to the
real negligee shirt with Its low collar
and half-sleeves. The latter Is a new
comer this season and is favored by
the girl who enjoys any sort of out-of-
door sport. It is made of madras, lin
en. lawn and silk and prettily trimmed
with flat collar, cuffs and tie of the
same or a contrasting color.
Beside theae ahirts, there are rery
attractive little white flannel euite
which may be worn on any outing, tor
tennis, or driving which consist of
shirt waist and skirt in simple de
sign. White appears tn everything with
black aa a smart contrast. Black Is
promised a great prominence in the
early fall but It seems to have antici
pated its popularity to such an extent
that it is gracing all smart ooetumee.
When a suit is of white the hat and
gloves are of black as well as the foot
gear. Numerous black and white mal-
inette ruches and boas are being worn
and look especially well on women, not
too young.
COOL AND DAINTY NEGLIGEES.
Many very attractive negligees for
bouse wear are quite simple to make
and require but a small outlay to re
alize. These are of lawn and dimity
which come in the moat attractive de
signs.
One pretty pattern slips on
over the head. It has a square yoke
cut out In square neck, and the lower
portion bangs In full folds from the
yoke. The aleevea are of elbow length
and these too hang free from any band
at the lower edge. The advantages of
this are that It can be slipped on nt
a second’s notice and no buttons re
main to be fastened when it Is once on.
Then, too, It Is Immensely becoming to
any wearer. The sack ends at the hip-
line. Others are of the loose flowing
variety edged down the front and about
the neck and sleeves with soft filmy
ruffles. These are of white lawn and
Swiss. Dotted Swiss makes up Into
very attractive negligees as well as
blouses for nice wear.
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CORSET* COVER AND
PETTICOAT IN ONE,
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In th a day of perfectly fitted garments, th«
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nds and be?a Here is shown a petticoat
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in design and porfoctly fl» ^d. Ths corset novar
is cut with aquara nec< aud a very narrow
band over the shoulder. Groups of tucks in
tercepted by bands of insertion provide an
easy fuilncoa over th« buet, while the tucks
continue the entire length in back. The girdle
joining the garments is shaped to the figure
•nd closes in front. The petticoat may be
daintily trimmed with lace to match the corset
cover. A fine quality of nainsook or long cloth
will give best service, while lawn or muslin
may prove very prettv. In the medium else,
4^
ot 86-inch material are needed.
M09—sizeo, 39 to 46 inches bust measure.
PALISADE PATTERN CO.,
17 Battery Place, Naw York City.
For 10 cents enclosed please send pattern
No. 0409 to the following address t
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