The sun., 1891-07-12

with its high thrilling talk Of the deathlessnesa
OF glory. OF tho worthlcssncss OF lie. OF the
pain OF ignoble Joys. and OF the Joy which lies
In all pains which lead to n noble end. Still.
rs the shadows deepcned. she spoke OF vnlor
and virtuc. OF loyalty. honor. and fnme. and
they sat drinking in her words wbilc tho fire
burned down and tho red ash turned 10 gray.
"Dy the sainted Ivcs!" cried Du Guesclin
at last, ut is time that wo spoke Of what we
are to do this night for cannot think that in
this wnyside nnberga there arc flt 1unrtors for
IN honorable COMPANY"
Sir Nigel gave long sigh as he came back
from the dreams OF chivalry and hardihood
into which this strange woman's words had
waited him. II care not whore aeep." fnid
no: but these arc indeed somewhat rude
What contents my lord cont mo-" auoth
she ST NSS ,hss q, s so,ersd sg %n
Tit is my purro.e to atempt some small
And ihs sISvesis e. t z, youF't n'td!s lsay's"
M9G 2ssr az snf''ss' 2ssna saSt q, quickly
" God He knows that am not worthy to be her
hnbs i 4 i day. nd ShS 5Sr bis to
mans NAM heart thero IS strength and ruth which
asks no praise. and can tut be known to him
Tho Lazy ,,Tlphaine smiled across at her
hnsonnL You have often told qnt ne Bertrand;
the English" u,oth she.
Aye. ave" said lie moodily. But to horse.
is tS two milos H % on this side OF Viieiranche lie
Is seneschal of Auvorgne. and mine old war
N,S yoqf bh have ns iSF So
distance at one who comes without permit over
BY tho Virgin! when ho learns that you
be Very blithe to look upon your, face, Inn
keeper. here nre ten golh pieces. What Is over
nn IN
who comes this way: Come then. for 1t grows
late and the horses stamp In the roadway"
upon n their steeds withou. setting feet 10 stir.
run. aud away they ,lingled down the white
bridie.arn. aud Ford a spears lens III behind
them. Aleyne had lipGered for an In stant In
e ossery se
out there ran Ay!ward and John. 'uehing to.
Gether like tive sshooleoys A, % who AR, arc bent
past him with somewhat OF u shame laced mir.
and sprinsnges e. ppon their horses galloned after
with vii yels at: a moi. mos amisI A moi. cam.
ras d s asecnse 90 %
ii"S itrise sainte SO sbriii was the ontcry that
both the inn.keepcr and Aleyno with every
Sarlot within hearing rushed Wildly 10 the
Ii was indeed a singular scene which met
sa wh w5 DSpsa
Seaker and a broEen vine bottle; From tie
asssvy T00asn ssrs %hsh of
%heh EsS Sss as 5nS srnss S Ssooa noss
upon the largest hook Of all. there hung q fat
litte red faced man with enormous whiskers.
raiters. hams and ali else that was within
hand grasp. The huge steel hook had been
edd and there re- he hung ike fish on line. with.
ing twisting. and screaming. but utterly un.
pSen S % w RS no hf A.yns snd ssss
were able TO liit him down. whom he sank gasp
*assI. *aHss he TSSs;" %sej. au0th he.
He. the man with the red head. tho giant
Yes " sal said Alleyne; /, n ,,. .ho hath sone."
The better for M him. him., cried the little nan,
Am / not the Champion OF the Bishop Of Mon:
taubon2 Alb. could have descended. could
sGs
then. There would have been one rascal the
less upon earth bi',i Ma foi YES, ~, ,,o ,,,,.,
.
"these gentlemen have not gone very fast. and
Ihave horse IN the stable at your disposal. for
threaten % it outside % the walls walls Of mine a1Gefss.
hurt my leg and cannot, nains rids GIoth the
sh crra The
landlord. IT must be an awesome thing t,
I dc, not wish to see SO valiant man mis-.
Eids Ei'. siter r., tbs Enslishman and bring him
~ shsI net STIR cried the s shsmpion.
not bring your house into iii repuie. nor do
such scath to these walls and chattels as must
Psial II two, two such men as this Englishman and
Nay. think not OF me" cried the innkeeper.
hoHos o a1s my yfs oasnSsns Whsa ss FL f.
lEng goSas eha%pS1s OF tho Bishop OF Montaubon
my By 99s tbe SAINTS SAINTS mol CASTOR. will not have
It'll You have said truly that 1t is an awesome
thing to have such rough work upon ones
%na Non Dea pees SGaef yss yet hays a
ance., Shall not meet this man again? Shall
not 10 bear M him in mind MI A. Si Shail IL, | not knew
hi% io Ees By h'' great paws and his red headf Ma
And may ask. sir" said Alleyne. why It
S fha ySa sa OF the Bishop
- :" Yoa may n ask ask erssat which itis becoming
E be to
20 down into the lists with leathorn shield and
cudgel to exchange blows with anv varlet. He
looks around him. then. for some tried fighting
man. somo honest smiter who can give blow
Or take one. i I, not for me to say how far he
thinks that ne hath but to do with the Bishop
Of MontRubon. finds himself face to face with
Francois Poursuivant d'Amour Pelligny."
At this moment there was O clatter OF hoofs
upon the road. and a yarlet by the door cried
out that one OF the Enelishmen was, coming
back. The champion looked wildly about for
some corner Of safety. and was clam bsrinR up
toward the window whom Fords voice
sounded from without calling upon Alleyne to
hasten or he might scarce ind his way. Bid
ding ndieu TO- landlord and to cham pion. there
fore: he set on at gallop. and soon overlook
the two archers.
"A pretty thing this John" said he Thou
wilt have holy church upon you II You hang
Kitchen"
" It wns done without thinking" he answered
apolceetically. while Aylward burst into u
by my hiltl mon. petIt"' said he. "you
would have laughed also could you have seen
&. For this, man was, SO, swollen with pride
that he would neither drink with us. nor sit at
the sane table with US. nor SO mi, much as answer
allths time that # was well = there 9, was peace.
there Wero tags to his dou blot. Our good old