The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-13

NtI taAN Ilel WHO NoA41 NJ NAl4NNlhArt ,
mlsl,ad you. Whenever one 1t them
advises you to take loose grOccry store
then. With a lighter heart and a stout .
courage that thu young man turnyd
from the AbbOt's rom. while the lat
t,F. following him 60 the stair-hyad,
finally commended him % tn prot 90
ton 4 the holy Julian. patron OF traN'
81 -.
Underneath. In tn porch 90 thu Alb
by, the monks had gathered O. give
him n last GOd-specd. Many hal
brought some parting token b. which
D. sh uid remember them. There vas
Brother bartholomew with a crurihX
& rare carved ivory. and Brother
Luke with n White-backed psalt :
adorned with golden bces. and Broth z
Francis with the Staying u the Iuno-
cents" most daintily st forth w n
velunn. All these were duly pack, a
away deep in the travellers scrip. and
above them old pippin-faced Brother
Athanasius had placed n parcel 4
simnel bread and rammel cheese. with
a small flask q the famous hlus-seaied
Abbey wine. So. amid handshakings
and laughlngs and blessings. Alleyne
Edricson turned his back upOn Beau-
lieu.
AZ the turn Of the rad n STOPPED
and gazed hack There vas the wide
spread building which he knew 50 well.
the Abbot's h"usr the hong church. the
Cioisters with their line % arches. an
bathed ard Haeliowed In the evening
sun. There too was the broad sweep
tAe eanopted niche e The Virgin. and
In the centre % q. the cluster q
whlte-robed figures who waved IN IL
hands 90 him. \ sudden mist swan
up before the young mans EYES. and
hs turned away upon his Journey with
n heavy heart and a choking throat.
7, IL not. however. in the nature IL
thlrrs that n lad ~ twenty. with
Young iife glowing In his veins and -
the wide world before him, should
spsnd bis nrst hours of freedom in
mourning II what he had left Long
ere Alieyne was out % sound - the
Rsaulieu bells ~ was stTiding stu-dily
along. swinging Ms stan and whistlins
a. merTfly a. the birds IN the thicket.
The road along which h. Travelled
was scarce a. popuious as most other
roads In the kipei0ua. ana far less 50
than tho which Ne between the
larger towns. Yet frym time On time
the hoy met other wayfarers. ami
rnorp tam once was overtaken Nv
strings 10 pack-muies ana hnrsemen
taurneying IN the same direction a.
hlFnself
The nieht had airvady fallen. and THE
MOON was shining between tn riffs
20 ragged. drifting clouds. beforn A.
ieyne Edricson. footsore and weary
frcm che unwonted exeTcise fou-d
himself IN front % the forest I'm. which
stood upon the outskirts 81 Lyndhurst
The building was long and low. stand
ing hack a little from the road. with
two fiambeaux blazing on either side
Of the door a. a welc~sne % the trav-
eIieF. Prom one window there thrust
forth q hong pole with a bunch %
Ereenery tied % the end % ia sign
that liQuor Was 40 be SOL within. A.
Alleyns walked ND Go "a n perceived
that u vaa rudeiy fashloned out of
beams OF wood. with twinkiing hts
an over where the glow FROM y hin
ssone through the chi-kA TIE root
was poor and matched: but On strange
contrast - n there ran al along undeE
the caves a line % wooden shiel1s.
most Eorgeousiy painted with -chev-
ron. bend. ana saltlrc and every
heraldlc devlce. BY the door q horse
ssood tethered. the rudy glow beating
strOnGly upoe his brown head ana pa
tieHi eyes. While his body stood bsek
On the shadow.
AIieyne stood stin IN the roadway foF
a few minutes. rejecting upoa what
Ne should d. n was. he knew. only a
few miles further o. Minstead. where
Ms hruther dweit On the other hand.
he had never seen tas brofher since
childhood. ana the reports which had
couae o. his ears eoBceTuing him were
A.. A. nr . a.
counts ne was q hard and q bitter man.
n uaiahf - an evil start O. come 20
his door 80 late ana claim the shelter
a his roof BETTER 90 sleep here NJ
thip TIM. ana then travei on 90 Min
STEAD On the FnoFnlBg. ~ his brOthes
would take him On. well and good. He
would tide with him Cor q time ana
10 what ~ might 60 ssrve him. m. on
tha other hand. Ne shL III have Lard
enea his heart against Lin. ~ could
only 20 on hia way ana DO the bet he
q srrivener. AZ the end % q yer he
would b. free 60 return o. the cloistera.
Cor such had been his fathers request.
a unonkiSh uphringing. one ycar IN
the world after the age % twenty. ana
thea n FIRE. selection one way or the
t.her-it was a strange course which
had been marked out Tor him. such
a. u was. howsver. he had No choics
hut 90 follow n. and n he were 20
hegin ~ maklng a friend % his
brofksF. he had best wait until murn-
in4 b.fors Ne Knocked a hts dwelling.
fhe rude piank door % the Inn was
ajar. but a. Aileyus approached u
there came from within such \ gust e
ronGh LAUGHTER and q Utter % tongues
that he stood irreaolute upon The
thrraAold. SRmm0ninE courage. how-
ever. and refiecting that u was a pub
Ne dweiling. In which Ne had a. much
Ttznt - any other man. Ne puahed q
oDsn ana Stepped into tn eommon
On n Osusl.usa Nsrs wa,