Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

Genoan velvet with twelve els of
purple silk. Thou rasc i, there is
dirt on the hem! Thou hast brushed
it against some wall, coquin!"
mot 1, most worthy SIR cried the
carrier, shrinking away from the fierce
eyes of the bowman.
81 say yes, dog! By the three kings!
1 have seen a man gasp out his
breath for less. Had you gone
through the pain and unease that I
have done to earn these things you
| would be at more care. 1 swear by nv
ten finger bones that there is not one of
them that hath not cost its weight in
French blood Four-a incense-boat
a ever of silver, a gold buckle, and a
| cope worked in pearls. l found them,
| camarades, at the Church of ST Denis
in the marrying Of Narbonne, and
| took them away with me lest they
| fall into the hands f the wicked.
Five-a cloak of fur turned UP with
minever, a gold goblet with stand and
cover, and a box of rose-colored sugar.
See that you lay them together. Six
a box Of moneys, three pounds of Lii
mousine gold-work, a pair of boots,
silver tagged, and, lastly, a store of
naping linen. So, the tally is COM
pletei Here is a groat apiece. and you
may co.
40 worthy SIT asked one
Of the carriers.
WHITTIER? To the devil, if We will
What is it to me? Now, ma belle, to
supper. A pair Of cold capons, NOR
tress of Drawn, or what you will, with
a flask or two of the right Gascony. I
have crowns in my pouch, my sweet,
and mean to spend them. Bring in
wine while the food is dressing. Bu-
vons, my brave lads, You shall each
empty stoup with me-"
Here was an offer which the COM
pany in an English inn, at that or
any other date, are slow to refuse. The
f1agons were regathered. and came
back with the white foam dripping
over their edges. Two Of the wood
men and three of the laborers drank
their portions off hurriedly and troop
ed off together, for their homes were
distant and the hour late. The others,
however drew closer, leaving the
place of honor to the right of the glee-
man to the free-handed newcomer. He
had thrown off his steel cap and his
brigandine, and had placed them with
his sword, his culver, and his painted
long-bow, on the top of his varied
heap of plumber in the corner. Now,
with his thick and somewhat bowed
legs stretched in front of the blaze, his
green jerkin thrown open, and a great
quart pot in his corded fist, he looked
the picture Of comfort and good-fel- |
lowship. His hard-set face had soft
ened, and the thick crop of crisp brown |
curls which had been hidden by his |
helmet grew low upon his massive
neck. He might have been forty years
of age, though hard toll and harder |
pleasure had left their grim marks |
upon his features. Alleyne sat, star |
ing with open eyes at a type of man |
so strange and so unlike any whom |
he had met. Men had been good OF
had been bad in his catalogue, but |
here was a man who was fierce one |
instant and gentle the next, with a |
curse on his lips and a smile in his |
eye. What was to be made of such a |
man as that?
1t CHANGED that the soldier looked |
up and saw the questioning glance |
which the young clerk threw upon |
him. He raised his fiagon and drank |
to him, with a merry flash of his white |
teeth.
"a tot, mon garcon!" he cried. "Hast |
surely never seen a man-at-arms, that |
thou shouldst stare so?''
IT never have" said Alleyne frank
ly, though I have oft heard talk Of /
Iieir deeds.''
"By my hilt," cried the other, eff
you were to cross the narrow sea you
would find them as thick as bees at a
teehole. Couldst not shoot bolt down |
any street of Bordeaux, warrant, but |
you would pink archer, squire or
knight.
And where got you all those pretty
asked Horde John, pointing
at the heap in the corner.
Where there is as much more wait.