The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-07-08

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Here they we're puzzled awhile but the
man remembered a short ladder 10 the
back yard, that was high enough for this
job. SO they set the ladder and, with
much ado, got the body up it, and then
drew the ladder up aud set it again on
the other side; and 80, with infinite
trouble. the soldier got him into the
priory.
The next thing was to make it appear
Friar John had died natural death.
Accordingly be set him up GU rickety
chair he found in the yard. balanced him
and left him, mounted the wall again,
and then let himself down into the
knights premises.
He found the knight walking in great
perturbation, aud they went into the
house.
"New, good MASTER said this stout
soldier, "go you to bed, and think no
more ont"
ITO bed!' groaned the knight in agony,
"Why should | 60 there2 | cannot
sleep. NIethiuks shall never sleep
again"
"Thcn give me the cellar key, good
sir, and I'll draw stoup Of canary"
"Ay, wine !" cried the knight, "ior
my blood runs cold in my veins"
The servant lighted rouslng fire 10
the dining ball, and warmed aad spiced
some generous wine, after the fashion OF
the day and there sat these two over
the FIRE, awaiting dayigh. and its reve-
ations
But meantime the uight was fruitful
in events. The prior. informed of Friar
Richards uncharitable interpretations
had condemned him to vigil and prayer
on the bare pebbles of the yard from
midnight until three of the clock. But
the sly Richard at dusk had conveyed q
chair into the yard to keep his knees of
the cold stones
At midnight when he came to his on.
forced devotions. 10 there sat figure
in The chair. lie started. and took it
for the prior, seated there to lecture him
for luxury.
He walked round and round him, talk.
ing at him. us it brother John or brother
Richard who is to keep vigil to, night? ?
know but one friar in this house who
would sit star.gazing ia his brothers
chair, when that brother wants it TO pray
in' etc
Brother John vouchsaed no reply, and
this stung his brother Richard and he
burned for revenge. 80 be it, then,"
said he, "since my place is taken, will
tell the prior, aud keep vigil some other
night With this he retired and slammed
the door, But having thus d.sarmed,
as he conceived, brother Johns suspicion,
be took up an enormous pebble and
slipped back Oh tip.toe, and, getting near
the angle of wall, he flung his great
pebble at brother John. and slipped hast.
lily behind the wall nevertheless, as he
hid, he had the satisfaction of seeing his
pebble, which weighed abou, a pound,
strike brother John on the nape of the
neck, and then there was Jumping
noise and a great clatter, and Friar
Richard chuckled with pride aud deligh.
he waited some minutts before he emerg.
ed, and then walked briskiy out like
new. conner. There lay brother John
fiat, and the chair upset. Brother Rich.
ard ran to him, charged with hypocritical
sympathy, and found his enemy's face
vorJ white. He grew alarmed and felt
his heart he was stone dead
The poor monk, whose hatred was OF q
mere feminine sort and had never been
deadly, was seized with remorse, and he
beat his breast, and prayed iu eArpest, in.
stead Of repeating paternos'ers, "preceS
sine mente dictaS,'' as the great Erssmus
calls them.
But other feelings soon succeeded his
enmity to the deceased was well known
and this would be called murder if the
body was found in that yard, and his own
life would pay the forfeit.
Casting bis eyes round 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 and crawlel up
the ladder and placed the body on the
wall--it was wider than they build now
then he drew up the ladder, set it on the
other side, and took his CHASTITY load down
safely. Then, being naturally cunning
and having his neck to save, he 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 holt
upright sgainst one oil the pillars.
As he carried it out oi the yard he
heard window il the kuighi's house op-
en-. tie could not say where The window
was, nor whether he was watched and rec
ognized but he feared the worst. aud
such was his terror. he resolved TO ilv the
place and bury himself ia some distant
monastery under another name
But how lie could uat 90 more than
ten miles day, whereas hundred VAS
little enough to make hiE secure
After homicide, theft is no great crime !;
he resolved to borrow The maisier' : mare.
aud turn her adrili when she had carried
him beyond hue and cry. So be went
and knocked up the maIIster and told him
the convent wanted some flour, and he
was to 60 betimes to the miller for sack
thereof Now the convent was u good
customer to the maltster, so he lent l'riar
Richard the mare at word nnd told
him where to find the saddle and hi
die.
Richard fed the mare for journey aud
saddled her then he mounted aud rode
at foot pace past the convent meaning
to 90 quietly through the town, making
10 stir, then away like the wind
But as he paced by the knights house
he easted look askant TO see if that
CHASTITY object still sat on the porch.
No; the porch was empty.
What might that mean Had he come