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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-17

in shake with fear, but little the worse
for her mischance.
81 trust that you have taken no hurt,
my fair lady" said Alleyne.
NAY, 1 have had no scath, but I am
much beholden to you, gentle sirs. Sol
diers ye are, as one may readily see. I
am myself a soldiers daughter" she adj
ded, land my heart ever goes out to a
brave man.
1--WE are indeed fresh from Spain, -
quoth Alleyne.
''From Spain, say you? Ali it was an
i'll and sorry thing that so many should
throw away the lives that Heaven gave
them. In sooth, it is bad for those who
fall, but worse for those who bide be-
hind. 1 have but now bid farewell to one
who hath lost all in this cruel war;
And how that, lady?"
"She is a young damsel of these parts,
and she goes now into a nunnery. Alackl
it is not year since she was the fairest
maid from Avon to Itchen, and now it
was more than I could abide to wait at
Romsey Nunnery to see her put the white
veil upon her face, for she was made for a
wife and not for the cloister. Did you
ever, gentle sir, hear of a body of men
called 1.-THE White Company over yon-
der?"
"Surely so,'cried both the comrades
"Her father was the leader of it. and
her lover served under him as squire.
News hath come that not one of the Com
pany was left alive, and so, poor lamb, she
hath
''Ladyr' cried Alleyne, with catch
ing breath, sis it the Lady Maude Lor-
ing of whom you speakT"
sit is, in sooth.''
''Maude! And in a nunnery! Did
then, the thought of her fathers death
so move her?'
"Her father!' cried the lady, smiling.
tNay; Maude is a good daughter, but
think it was this young golden-haired
squire of whom I have heard who has
made her turn her back upon the world. -
''And I stand talking here!' cried AL
leyne wildly. "Come, John, comet
Rushing to his horse, ne swung him
self into the saddle, and was off down
the road in a rolling cloud of dust as fast
as his good steed could tear him.
Great had been the rejoicing amid the
Romsey nuns when the Lady Maude Lor-
ing had craved admission into their order
for was she not sole child and heiress
of the old knight, with farms and fiefs
which she could bring to the great nun
merry? Long and earnest had been the
talks of the gaunt lady abbess, in which
she had conjured the young novice to
turn forever from the world, and to rest
her bruised heart under the broad and
peaceful shelter of the church. And now,
when all was settled, and when abbess
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-17

Beside these shirts, there are very
attractive little white flannel suits
which may be worn on any outing, for
tennis, or driving which consist of
shirt waist and skirt in simple de-
sign. White appears in everything with
black as 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 costumes.
When suit is of white the hat and
gloves are of black as we'll as the foot
gear. Numerous black and white mall
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
house wear are quite simple to make
and require but small outlay to re-
alize. These are of lawn and dimity
which come in the most attractive de-
signs. One pretty pattern slips on
over the head. 1t has a square yoke
cut out in square neck, and the lower
portion hangs in full folds from the
yoke. The sleeves 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 at
seconds 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 flmy
ruffies. These are of white lawn and
Swiss. Dotted Swiss makes up into
very attractive negligees as well as
blouses for nice wear
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-17

a broken rib and a shattered head; yet
youth and strength and a Clearly life
were all upon his side, and he awoke
from his long delirium to find that the war
was over, that the Spaniards and their
allies had been crushed at Navaretta,
and that the prince had himself heard the
tale of his ride for succor and had come
in person to his bedside to touch his Shout
der with his sword and to insure that so
brave and true a man should die, if he
could not live, within the order of chival-
ry. The instant that he could set foot to
ground Aleyne had started in search of
his lord, but no word could he hear of
him, dead or alive, and he had come home
now sad-hearted, in the hope of raising
money upon his estates and so starting
upon his quest once more. Landing at
London, he had hurried on with a mind
full of care, for he had heard no word
from Hampshire since the short note which
had announced his brothers death.
by the roodI' cried John, looking
around him exultantly, ''where have we
seen since we left such noble cows, such
fieecy sheep, grass so green, or man so
drunk as yonder rogue who lies in the gap
of the hedge?'
''Ah, JOHN Alleyne answered YEARLY,
sit is well for you, but 1 never thought
that my homecoming would be so sad a
one. My heart is heavy for my dear
lord and for Awkward, and I know not
how 1 may break the news to the Lady
Mary and to the Lady Maude, if they
have not yet had tidings of it,
John gave a groan which made the
horses shy. cit is indeed a black bust
ness said he. but be not sad, for I
shall give half these crowns to my old
mother, and half will I add to the money
which you may have, and so we shall buy
that yellow cog wherein we sailed to
Bordeaux, and in it we shall go forth
and seek Sir Nigel"
Alleyne smiled, but shook his head.
''Were he alive we should have had word
of him ere now,'' said he. "But what is
this town before us?''
why, it is Romseyr' cried John.
"See the tower of the old gray church,
and the long stretch of the nunnery.'
Ere Alleyne could answer there swung
round the curve of the road a lady's car
rage drawn by three horses abreast with
a position upon the outer one. Within
there sat stout and elderly lady in a
pink cotehardie, leaning back among a
pile of cushions. None could seem more
safe and secure and at her ease than
this lady, and yet here also was a SYM
boil of human life, for in an instant,
even as Alleyne refined aside to let the
carriage pass, wheel flew out from
among it's fellows, and over it toppled
with the horses plunging, the position
shouting, and the lady screaming from
within. In an instant Alleyne and John
were on foot, and had lifted her forth all
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-17

''Now woe worth me! And where Is
AylwardY'
He sprang upon riderless horse and
rode after Sir Nigel to save him. 1 saw
them throng around him, and he is either
taken or slain.''
blow the buglesi'' cried Sir Hugh,
with a scowling brow.
I'VE must back to camp, and ere three
days I trust that we may see these Span
iards again. 1 would fain have We all in
my company"
1--WE are of the White Company. my
fair lord said John.
NAY, the White Company is here dis
banded" answered Sir Hugh solemnly,
looking round him at the lines of silent
figures. ''Look to the brave SQUIRE for
1 fear he will never see the sun rise
again.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1t was a bright morning four months
after that fatal fight in the Spanish bar
ranca. The sun was yet low in the heav-
en-, and the red cows stood in the long
shadow of the elms, chewing the cud and
gazing with great vacant eyes at two
horsemen who were squirting it down the
long white road which dipped and curved
away back to where the towers and pin
nacles beneath the fiat-topped hill marked
the old town of Winchester.
OF the riders, one was young, graceful
and fair, clad in plain doublet and hosen
of blue Brussels cloth, which served to
show his active and well-knit figure. He
rode with lips compressed and anxious
face, as one who has much care upon his
mind. Young as he was, and peaceful
as was his dress, the dainty golden spurs
which twinkled upon his heels proclaimed
his knighthood, while long seam upon
his brow and a scar upon his temple gave
manly grace to his refined and delicate
countenance. His comrade was a large
red-headed man upon a great black horse,
with a huge canvas bag slung from his
saddle-bow. His broad, brown face was
lighted by continual smile, and he looked
slowly from side to side with eyes which
twinkled and shone with delight. Well
might John rejoice, for was he not back
in his native Hampshire, had he not Don
Diego's five thousand crowns rasping
against his knee, and above all was he
not himself squire now to Sir Alleyne
Edrickson, the young Socman of Min
stead, lately knighted by the sword of
the Black Prince himself, and esteemed
by the whole army as one of the most ris-
ing of the soldiers of England.
For the last stand of the Company had
been told throughout Christendom where
ever brave deed of arms was loved, and
honors had flowed in upon the few who
had survived it. For two months Alleyne
had wavered betwixt death and life, with
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-17

horses, grazing upon the scanty pasture,
and in an instant all had come back to
him-his mission, his comrades, the need
for haste. He was dizzy, sick, faint, but
he must not die, and he must not tarry,
for his life meant many lives that day.
In an instant he was in his saddle and
sprung down the valley. Loud rang the
r. swift chargers hoofs over rock and reef,
while the fire few from the stroke of iron,
and the loose stones showered up behind
him. But his head was whirling round,
the blood was gushing from his brow, his
temple, his mouth. Ever keener and
sharper was the deadly pain which shot
like red-hot arrow through his side. He
felt that his eye was glazing, his senses
slipping from him, his grasp upon the reins
relaxing. Then with one mighty effort, he
called I'D all his strength for single
minute. Shopping down, he loosened the
stirrun-straps, bound his knees tightly to
his saddle flaps, twisted his hands in the
bride, and then, putting the gallant
horses head for the mountain path, he
dashed the spurs in and fell forward faint
ing with his face buried in the coarse,
black name.
Little could be ever remember of that
wild ride. Half conscious, but ever with
the one thought beating in his mind, he
goaded the horse EDWARDS, rushing swift
ly down steep ravines, over huge boulders,
along the edges of black abysses. Dim
memories he had or Deetllng cllHS, VI
group of huts with wondering faces at the
doors, of foaming, Gathering water, and
of a bristle of mountain beeches. Once,
ere he had ridden far, he heard behind
him three deep, sullen shouts, which told
him that his comrades had set their faces
to the foe once more. Then all was blank,
until he woke to find kindly blue English
:. eyes peering down upon him and to hear
the blessed sound of his country's speech.
They were but a foraging party-a hun
dred archers and as many men alarms
but their leader was Sir Hugh Calverley,
and he was not a man to bide idle when
good blows were to be had not three
lea CUES from him. A scout was sent fly
ing with a message to the camp, and Sir
Hugh, with his two hundred men, thun-
dered off to the rescue. With them went
Alleyne, still bound to his saddle, still
dripping with blood, and swooning and
recovering and swooning once again. On
they rode, and on, until, at last, topping
ridge, they looked down upon the fate
full valley. Alas! and alas! for the sight
that met their eyes.
There, beneath them, was the blood
bathed hill, and from the highest pinnacle
there Haunted the yellow and white ban
ner with the lions and the towers of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

writes judiciOusly but with warmth, and her
book should heighten the tourists pleasure in
RapFaeI as well as make him look at the paint
ings more inteGgently. Mr.. HuefeTs HoI-
bein." in the same SERIES is a thinner, less ex-
hiIarating piece of work MeritOrfous enough
so far as il goes il leaves the reader feeling
that a great theme has somehow been scampereu
through without loving care special Mumi-
nation
.yThe Later Work Of Titan is an acceptable
addition 10 the practical series OF volumes III
which there is no text beyond small amount
OF PREDATORY matter. the bulk OF the space peHls
given to fun page half tones from photographs
This volume, including d quantity OF Iltah
7nes, things is q boon for the student who has
not been able to accumulate COLLECTION u
photographs. The "Rossett Is not one ol INC
hest hooks We have had IN the series, the quSulty
Of the reproductions not beng particularly
good Besides, this artist was never a master
and his work hardly bears the test OF NOOK
falu Of reproductions A SUCCESSION OF n1ty-sAA
plates cruelty exposes his technical limitations
and nlannerisrns and the uonotony OF has IDEAS
More to the purpose Is the volume on The IRE
RaphaeIite Brotherhood" This associates In
convenient form representative works by Foro
MADDOX Brown, Holman Hunt ROssetu and Mil
lais and the editor has had the happy idea OF
urehxing 70 these a few pieces by Gentl!e "a
Pa briapo Fra Angelica and other old Italians,
which give a notion Of what the young English
nioneers started from. The Introductory essays
:, these three volumes are OF the conventional
p,,r,arr1rn sort The 'Rnssetti- is supplied also
with a table Of dates. and in the Titan" there
is list OF pictures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

as material yielding delightful effects with the
least possible display Of decoration; and 1t will
increase his insight into the inexhaustible sub
Ject on mouldings- The judgment shown by the
authors IN the preparation of their photographs
and drawings is beyond praise Their text
though slight, is not without its uses though the
architect will welcome the work rather as
KIND Of scrapbook packed with pictorial data
or tie books relating TO the old masters which
lie before us at the moment, Mrs. Ady's "Raph-
aeF Is the best Published in the Popular
Library of Art a series of small hand books, it
Is necessarily condensed in form, and the author
makes no pretense to deeply scientific connois-
seurshp; but she is not by any means to seek
in the literature OF her subject and she gives a
survey Of the painters life and works which is
both entertaining and trustworthy. Within
about two hundred tiny pages, many OF which
are given over to illustrations, she recites the
main facts. and so binds them together that they
give unified and really helpful impression She
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18
LAURENCE HOPE. "
The Last Poems of a CleUer English
1COnQU.

The minor poet who is always a minor poet
and yet is clever enough to rise above the ruck
is not an unusual phenomenon. In fact, we fire.
quently have occasion to speak with cordiality
of this sort of writer. But Laurence Hope"
whose Last Poems we have just received from
the John Lane Company while following the
type, in the MAN, nevertheless is invested with
a special interest Some time ago her tragic
end IN India was reported in the newspapers
The book Just published seems the expression
of a temperament bound to reach some such
end A portrait is prefxed to it, which re-
produce 1t is a very interesting souvenir Of q
curious personality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

special feature Of this edition will be the Illus
trations, including BartoloZZfs engraving OF
Evelyn and Hollars prints of the trial of Lord
Stafford. Evelyn's account of that trial viii al
ways be remembered for its vigorous references
to Titus Oates, 80 slight person. passion
ate, i'll bred, and of such impudent behavior"
Such mans testirnOnie should not be taken
against the life of dog" wrote Evelyn-but
head TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

The WIFI Of a British army officer Laurence
Hope travelled far beyond the ordinary con-
Germs OF conventional English life. She saw
the strange sights of the East, she loved them,
and they stirred In her emotions which gave to
her verses a curiously sombre quality. Melan-
choIy Enthusiastically marked her for its own.
melancholy shot through and through with the
lights of an almost barbaric passion. Love and
beauty were her constant themes and she
wrote Of both with a kind of fierce, primitive
energy. Here is one of her most characteristic
pieces:
Deep In the jungle vast and dim
That knew not q white mans feet.
l srelt the Odour OF sun-warmed fur.
Musky, savage and sweet
Far IT from the huts of men
And the grass whera Sambur feed;
I threw stone at Kadapu tree
That bled as a man might bleed
Scent of fur and colour of blood
and the long Ions dead instincts cts rose
followed the lure OF my seasons mate
And few, bare-langed, at my foes.
Pale days: and league OF laws
Would were back with my furry cubs
IN the dusk of a jungle den
The repetition of this note in practically all
of Laurence Hopes" poems tells. in the long
run. against them. One tires of the hungry
egotisn expressed; the authors Orientalism
proves cloying. But there are compositions in
the book which show that she had sympathies
occasionally carrying her out of herself and, in
any case, there is a sincerity about her work
which commands respect Though her range
was narrow she had enough of the poetic in
stinct in her TO scorn the pretty trif1ings which
preoccupy the average minor writer of verse.
It is impossible to read the present volume
without regretting that it's author was
timely lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

Lady Fanshawe1s unconnoniy htsresLniS
diary of Stuart times, new edftlon or WINCH
- lately reviewed in these columns, promises
IN be a subject of quarrel Two versions ap-
"a rentlv exist and another edition, from 81
original copy OF the MS, WIN UiarS itz-
Ia xuxxoQucoA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

The 9th OF this month brings round the two
hnndr%dtb anniversary of the death of John
Evelyn and il is to be marked in England by
IN. issue of q new edition Of his .'Diary-- A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

The unique and curious collection of unknown
books" made by Mr.. Wilfrid NJ Voynich
mains unsold-a fact which from several points
Of view is queer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Anthony Hopes new romance. ''Sophy Of
Kravonia," is now in course of publication. The
new novel by Mr.. and Mrs. Castle will shortly
appear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

II is said that the late Duke of Marlborough
once remarked. My brother Randolph never
reads a book; and Mr.. Shorter quotes Sir
Henry Irving relating an experience with
Churchill:
It was after the play of Hamlet" when The
young man who had been educated at Elton and at
Oxford and who had the learned DR., Creighton TO
guide his three years at Merton. showed that he
had but the vagueSt idea of who ShakeSpedre was
and what were his writings. The thing seems we'll
nigh incredible. but Sir Henry Irving, always the
kindliest men. told the story without the FAINT
est suspicion of i'll nature and ii is borne out by
the presentation OF Lord Randolph Churchill that
his son has so brilliantly given Us.
Mr. Dent in talking OF his projected cheap
series "FIverymans Library" has declared that
he will provide books alike for the servant girl
and the student'-that the library will range
from the plays OF Euripides TO Mrs. Henry
Woods's The Channngs." All SCOTS novels
will be included. In the matter of historical tC-
ton by the way. Mr.. Dent will observe chro-
biological sequence. LyttOn's Harold" opens the
series Among its histories which have hitherto
been published at prohibitve prices is Fiulav's
Byzantine Empire" conc erBing which Glad
stone once said AN hour of Finlay is worth
a dozen of GibbOn." Grate's History Of Greece
will fill twelve volumes. and Froude's History
of England" Will also provide many volumes OF
the library. BY next Christmas Mr.. Dent ex-
poets 10 have brought out about three HUNDRED
volumes each volume costing the purchaser
only shilling. The series Is ~ be published In
hp tina LaIfta1As
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18
NEW ART BOOKS.
Il Charming Group of architectural
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-04


The Commoner says IN his speech at Washing
ton MT Roosevelt expressed the opinion that It might
soon become necessary 70 adopt an Inheritance tax
in order that the people might protect themselves
against fortunes swollen beyond all healthy limits"
Mr. Roosevelt did not use the words inheritance
taxi" he seemed deliberately TO avoid the word
although the word describes his suggestion. While
Mr. Roosevelt was approaching Democratic ground
he might have declared in favor OF an income tax
because. as one Of the greatest authorities has
written "the subjects Of every state ought TO con-
tribute toward the support Of government nearly
possible IN proportion TO their respective abilities
that Is, In proportion to the revenue which they
respectively enjoy under the protection Of the state
II Mr. Roosevelts speech against fortunes
swollen beyond all healthy limits anything at
all It means the income tax because, While the public
would derive benefit from the inheritance tax only
on one oceaslon--and in the event Of death-the
income tax would be Of continuing and permanent
service % the public.
But IN his decamatons against fortunes swollen
beyond all healthy limits Mr.. Roosevelt might have
gone still farther He might have declared il to be
the part of wisdom for those who stand for the public
welfare to insist upon locking the barn before the
animal is stolne. He might have said that neasly
all Of these great fortunes have been swollen be
yond healthy limits by OF special privileges
he might have secared that the special privileges
enjoyed DN lntee men ol loltuhSS 9"piiNN DNsNNN
an healthy limits" must be Withdrawn in order that
equal rights may be given to all
Mr. Rooseyelts halting declarations in favor Of
an inheritance tax and his declamations against for
tunes swollen beyond all healthy limits are not
entirely consistent with his opposition to tarin re-
vision And it is also true that at the very time hwen
Mr Roosevelt was delivering this speech House
committee was holding socailed hearings on the
ship subsidy BILL while the advocates OF that
iniqutous measure were pointing with pride to the
fact that Mr. Roosevelt favors the ship subsidy ana
that several Of the departments under the Roosevelt
administration have offcialy indorsed the plan.
Mr. Roosevelt would undertake to put check
upon these swollen fortunes through an inheritance
tax, and then he would make it possible for these
fortunes to undergo the swelling process again
through the infamous ship subsidy scheme