Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-06-21

wort y men who would no, consciously
mis- "a you. Whenever one of them
adv you TO take loose grocery store
thcr With a lighter heart and a stoutrr
eouflrc that the young man turncd
iron DE Abbots room. while the lat
ter lowing him 60 the stair-hcai.
nna commended him 60 the prot.e-
tion the holy Julian. patron OF traN.
elier
u meath. In the porch ~ the Ab-
hey. ,lc monks had gathered To give
him a last God-sp~cd Many had
bro Do some parting token by which
ne d. IA remember them. There was
Bro. bartholomew with a crucinx
Of r.rc carved ivory. and Brother
Lux. with white-hackfi psalter
adorr J with golden bees. and BROTHER
FRA with the Staying - The inno-
cent most daintily ST forth upon
vellu- All these were duly packed
away icep In the travellers scrip. and
aboV- them old pippin-faccd Brother
Atha rlsius had placed n parcel q
Slim bread and rammel cheese. with
n srr NO TASK % the famous blue led
Abb wine. SO. amid handahakinEs
and llughings and blessings. Aiieyno
Edrics.n turned his back upon Beau
lieu
At the turn % the road ne p,oppcd
and garcd back There was the wide
sprcad building which he knew 80 well.
the Ahhots house. the long church. the
cloistcrs with their line % arches. al
bathed and meliowed In the evening
sun There too was the broad sweep
% tn river Exc. the old stone well.
the canopied niche OF the Virgin. and
IN tn centre % II. tho cluster -
white ROBBED figures who waved their
hands TO him. \ sudden mist swan
up before the young mans eyes. and
ne turned away upon hi Journey with
a heavy heart and a choking throat
II IL not. however. In the nature %
things that n lad % twenty. with
young iife glowing In his veins and ~
the wide world before him. should
spend his first hours % freedom IN
mourning ~ what he had left. Long
ere Alleyne was out % sound ~ the
peaulleu bells he was stridlng sturdiiy
along. swinging his stan and whistiina
as merrily n the birds IN the thicket.
The road nlonz which ne travelled
was scancss as popul0us as most other
roaAA IN tn kingdom. and far less so
!, than thosf which no between the
''rger town Yet from time 90 tim.
! Tho boy mot other wayfarcrs. and
| more tam once WIS overtakcn by
Strings 81 pack mules and horsensen
tourneying in the same direction as
| himself.
The night had already fallen. and the
moon was shining between the lifts
| ~ Jagged. drifting clouds. before Al.
| LEVINE Edricrou. f0otsore and weary
| from the unwonted exercise fouud
himself In front Of the forest Inn. witch
stood upon the outskirts Of Lyndhurst.
The building was long and low. stand
ing back a little from tho road. with
two fambeauN blazing on either side
Of the door as n welc--ne 10 tho trav.
eller. From one window there thrust
forth a long pole with bunch OF
greenery tied 20 the end OF it--a sign
that liQuor was % be SOL within. As
Alleyne walked UP 90 II he perceived
that II was rudely fashioned out OF
beams OF wood. with twinkling hts
all over where the glow from \ hin
shone through the chl-ks. The roof
was poor and matched: but In strange
contrast 20 II there ran all along under
the caves line Of wooden shields.
most gorgeously painted with chew
ron, bend. and satire and every
: heraldic device. BY the door a horse
stood tethered, the rudy glow beating
II strongly upon his brown head and pa
tient eyes. while his body stood back
: IN the shadow.
Alleyne stood stiiI I'm the roadway for
few minutes. rejecting upon what
he should do. II was. ne knew. only n
few miles further 10 Mlnstead. where
his brother dwelt. on the other hand.
ne had never seen this brother since
childhood. and the reports which had
; come 20 his ears concerning him were
seldom 20 his advantage. BY all ac-
: counts he was n hard and bitter man.
/ II might be an evil start 20 come to
his door so late and claim the shelter
OF his roof Better 20 sleep here AT
this inn, and then travel on 10 MIN
, stead In the morning. II his brother
J would take him in. well and good. lie
would bide with him for n time and
, do what he might to serve him. II. on
the other hand. he she AID have lard
, ened his heart against lin. h could
J only go on his way and do the best he
might by hi0 skill as a craftsman and
a scrivener. At the end OF n yerr he
would be free TO return TO the cloisters.
for such had been his fathers request.
monkish upbringing, one year in
the world after the age OF twenty, and
then a free selection one way or the
Cther-it was q strange course which
had been marked out for him. Such
as II was. however, ne had no choice
but 10 follow II. and II he were to
begin by making n friend OF his
brother he had best wait until morn
ing before he knocked at his dwelling.
The rude plank door OF the inn was
ajar. but as Alleyne approached IL
there came from within such a gust Of
rough laughter and cater OF tongues
that he stood irresolute upon the
threshold. Summoning courage, how
ever. and rejecting that IL was a pub
lie dwelling, In which ne had as much
right as any other man, he pushed II
open and stepped into the common
room.