The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-21

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eel the prior, and keep vigil some or.
J night. With this liz retired, AMI sian
Il mel 4 door But having tina, dis4rine,
IS he conceived, Brother johns suspicion
Il ne took up an enormous pebble, ali
e Shipped back on tip.oe, ami getting ne,
n the angle of wall, he flung his grea
e pebble at Brother J oiIn, AMI slipped hast
& " behind the wall; nevertheless, as h
: had, he had the satisfaction of seeing hi
! pebble, which weighed about stone
strike Brother John on the nlpo OF til
] necZ, and then there vas l3mpng Hois
and a great clatter, and Erlar klchart
D chuckled with pride and delight III tht
success Of his throw. However, Ii,
z waited some minutes before he emerged
and then walked briskly out, ike Il new
conner There lay John fiat, and tht
char upset. Brother Richard raE Il
) him, charged with hypocritic4l sympathy
and found his enemys face very white.
tie got alarmed, and felt his heart; he
was stonedead
The poor monk, whose haired was of a
mere feminine sort, and mad never been
deadly, was seized with remOrsc, and he
beat his breast, and prayed in earnest,
instead ofrepeating Paternosters, ''Preces
stne naeatc dictas," as the great Erasmus
calls them
But other feelings soon succeeded
| His enmity to the deceased was well
known, and this would be called murder,
If the body had been found ia that yard !;
and his own life would pay the forfeit
Casting his eye around for place where
he might hide the body, he saw ladder
standing against the wall. This surprised
him but he was in no condition to puzzle
| over small riddles. Terror gave him force;
he lifted the body, crawIed up to the
ladder, set it on the other side, and took
his CHASTITY load down safely. Then, be-
ing naturally cunning and having his
neck to save, be went and hid the ladder,
took up the body, staggered with it as far
as the porch of the knights house, and
set it there bolt upright against one of the
pillars.
As he carried it out of the yard he
heard window in the knights house open.
lie could not see where the window was,
nor whether he was watched and recog
nized but he feared the worst, and such
was his terror, be resolved to fly tho place
and bury himself in some distant monas-
terry under another name.
But how? He was lame, and could
not go ten miles in day, whereas q
hundred miles was little enough to make
him secure.
After homicide, theft is no great mat
ter. He resolved to borrow the MASTERS
mare, and turn her adriit when she had
carried him beyond the hue and cry. So
he went and knocked up the master, and F.,
told him the convent wanted flour, and |
he was to 90 betmes to the miller for a |
sack thereof. Now the convent was a !
good customer to the malster; SO he lent
Friar Richard the mare at q word, and |
told him where to find the saddle and |
bride.
Richard fed the mare for journey
and saddled her; then he mounted and
rode al foot's pace past the convent,
meaning to 60 quietly through the town,
making no stir, then away like the wind.
But, as he paced by the knights house,
he cast look ascant 20 see if that CHASTITY |
object still sat in the porch. /
No, the porch was empty.
What might that mean? Had he come
to life2 Had the murder been discover
ed lie began to wonder and remble.
While he vas III this mood there was Il
great CHATTER behind him Of horses feet
and clashing armor, and he felt he was
pursued.
The knight and his man sat together,
hot spiced wine and awaiting
daylight The knight would not 90 to
bed, vet he wanted g change. ''WIl
never Gomez" said he.
"'Twill be here anon, said the soldier;
Gin half an hour"
The knight said it would never come.
The soldier said he would 90 and look
at the sky, and tell him for certain.
"Be not long away" said the knight,
with SILVER, cor the dead friar will be
taking thy place here and piedging me
'sStuff !" said the soldier; "he'll never
trouble you more"
With this, he marched out to consult
with the night, and almost ran against
the dead friar seated in the porch, white
and glaring this was too much, even
for the iron soldier; he uttered a sharp
yell, staggered back, and burst into the
room, gasping for breath. He got close
to his master, and stammered out, The
dead man sitting in the porch and
time these thirty years.
The knight stared and trembed ; and
so they drew close together, with their
ewes over their shoulders.
'sWine !" cried the knight
cay" said the soldier; 'but | go not
alone. He'll be squatting on the cask
else"
So they went together to the cellar,
often looking round, and fetched two
bottles.
They drank them out, ard the good
wine, falling upon more of the sort, made !
them madden and holder. They rolled /
along. holding on by one another, to the :
porch. and there they stood looking att
the dead iriar, and shuddered.
But the soldier swore a great oath, and
vowed he should not stay there to g t
them hanged Thereupon furious tit !
IF recklessness succeeded to their terror
thew got suit Of rusty armor and fasten- ;
ed it on the body; then they saddled an !
old war-horse that was kept in the stable
"a a "Reminiscences, and tied the trlar's
body on to him with many cords they
oneaed the stable door, and pricked the
old war-horse with their daggers that he
out into the road with bound
and great rafting of rusty arnor.
Now. as i'll luck would have it, Friar
Richard and his borrowed mare were
nacing demurely through the town scarce
fftv Yards ahead. The old horse nosed
the mare. and being left TO choose his
road, took very naturally after her but
when he get near her the monk looked
round and saw the CHASTITY rider. lie
gave yell so piercing it walked the
whole street, and, for lack of spurs, drove
his bare heels into the mares side; she
cantered down the street at an easy pace,