The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-07-21

fear. The rough soldier, seeipt
him so stricken, made light ofaIl
except the danger of discovery
"Come, noble sir" said he, ''le
us bestir ourselves, and take hin
back to the priory, and there be
stow him, so shall we. ne'er be
known in it,"
Thus urged, the Knight aroused
himself, and he and his mar
brought the body out, and got as
far as the wall that did part the
house from the monastery. Here
they were puzzled awhile but the
man remembered a short ladder
in the back yard, that was higf
enough for this job. SO. they sci
the ladder, and with much ado
got the body up it, and then drew
the ladder up, and set it again or
the other side; and so, with inf,
mite trouble, the soldier got him
into the priory.
The next thing was TO make II
appear Friar John had died a nat
uraT death. Accordingly he sci
him up on a rickety chair he found
in the yard, balanced him, and
left him, mounted the wall again,
let himself down, and then drop
ped into the Knights premises.
He found the Knight walking
in great perturbation and then
went into the house.
"Now good MASTER" said the
stout soldier, "go you to bed, and
think he, more ont"
"Why should | go there? | can
not sleep. Methinks | shall never
sleep again."
"Then give NE the cellar key,
good sir. I'll draw a stoup of Cana
ry.'
SAY, wine y cried. the Knight;
''for my blood runs cold in my
veins"
The servant lighted a rousing
fire in the DINING hall and warm
ed and spiced some generous
wine, and after the fashion of the
day; and there sat those two over
the fire awaiting daylight and its
revelations.
But meantime the night was
fruitful in events. The prior, in
formed Of Friar Richards unchar-
table interpretations had con
lemned him to vigil and prayer
On the bare pebbles of the yard
rom midnight until three of the
clock. But the sly Richard at dusk
had conveyed a chair into the yard
lo.keep..his lalees off the cold hard
stones.
At midnight, when he came to
his enforced devotions; 10! there
sat a figure iaA the chair. He start
,d'and took it for the prior, seated
here to lecture him for luxury;
)ut peeping he soon discovered it
vas Friar John.
He walked round and round
lim, talking at him. "ls it brother
John or brother Richard, who is
o keep vigil to night? | know but
me friarin all this house would
it star gazing in his brothers
hair, whe9a that brother wants it
o pray in" etc.
Brother John vouchsafed no re-
by; and this stung his brother
Richard, and he burned for re-
renge. $50 be it them said he;
since my place is taken, will
ell the prior, and keep vigil some
,ther night With this he retir-
ID, and slammed the door. But
having thus disarmed, as he con
,eived, brother Johns suspicion,
he took up an enormous pebble,
md slipped back on tip-toe, and
getting near the angle of a wall,
lie flung his great pebble at broth
II John, and slipped hastily be-
lind the wall; nevertheless, as he
lid, he had the satisfaction of see
ne his pebble, which weighed
bout a pound, strike brother
|ohn on the nape of the neck, and
hen there was a Jumping noise
nd a great clatter, and Friar Rich
rd chuckled with delight at the
uccess of his throw. However he
waited some minutes before he
and then walked brisk
Y out, like new conner. There
ay John flat, and the chair upset.
Brother Richard ran to him,
harged with hypocritical sympa-
by, and found his enemy's face
cry white, and felt his heart; he
yas stone dead
The poor monk, whose hatred
'as OF a mere feminine sort and
adnever been deadly, was seized
9TH remorse, and he beat his
rea%, prayed in earnest, instead
& repeating hter nosters, "pre-
es sine mente dictas," as the
reat Eramus calls them.
But other meetings soon sue
eed9d: his enmity for the de.
eased was we'll known, and this
,ould be called murder if the
ody was found in that yard, and |
is ownlife would pay the forfeit.
Casting his eyes round for a
lace where he might hide the
ody, he saw a ladder standing
gainst the wall. This surprised
i'm, but he was in no condition to
uzzle over small riddles. Terror
ave him force; he lifted the body
nd crawled up the ladder, and
laced the body ON the wall-it
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