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of her bearing were enhanced now by
the rich simplicity of her attire.
"Ah. YOU start said she. with the
cannot marvel IT IT,. Didst not look
TO see the distressed damozel again.
An, thai l we're a minstrel. t68t /
Whole rppmaneo1f6e IueIk pi maid. the
wicked s-ocman.an fbe xfrtlaus clerk
So MIGHT apr far7a ho,ss 5s,ne down
80 us 81 r, ~, II IN iu,e u" - he MN MN
b be ed, With Sir Sir rerg5gai q or Sir o GalaAad
or az ,,'ue o1"ei ss"'' VI 'pRtr'
ldo,sS. ,t,, ,n=
suaf, ua' th = 1au' foT s' HIM. HIls> M y \sf -
may say it without offence, IT was too
grave and near, a matter for ninth and
raillery. | mad counted on my PROM
to see YOU again. lady. n to know
that .you have reached home in safety.
if this be indeed your home
Yes. in sooth, Castle Twynham is
my. home, and Sir Nigel lortnE my
father. | should have told You SO this
morning, but you said that You were
coming hither, SO ~hethought me that
YOU. oh. dear, Int ii was brave to see
ing once more, standing with her hand
pressed TO her side. and her half-elosed
eyes t%winklinE with amusement. You
drew back and came forward with your
eyes upon my book there. like the
mouse who snins the cheese and yet
dltddS inc zap
Il take shame said Alleyne. that
l should have touched IL"
Nay, II warmed my very heart to
see II. SO glad was | that | laughed
for very pleasure. My tine preacher
can himself be tempted then. thought
|; he is not made of another clay to
the rest of us"
God help me- | am the weakest of
the weak" g%roaned Alleyne. = pray
that may have more strength.
And to what end She asked sharp
ly. IF YOU are. as understand, TO
shut yourself forever In your cell with
in the four walls of an abbey, then of
what use would II be were Your prayer
to be answered? Wilt do h ask
said she.
what is it, lady?e
IT'S but to bear me out in what I
say to my father"
Tn what?"
In saying, if he ask, that II was
south OF the Christchurch road that 7
met you. | shall be shut up with the
tire-women else. and have a week OF
spindle and bodkin, when | would fain
be g%alloping Troubadour up Wilverley
Walk, or loosing my little falcon Ro-
land at the Ninney Ridge herons.'
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doubt not that you are right, and that
Maude's wings need clipping, which l
may leave in your hands when l am
gone, for, in sooth, this peaceful life
is not for me, and were it not for your
could not abide it a week. | hear that
there is talk of warlike muster at Bor-
deanX once more n by St Paul! it
England and the red pile of hando
were to be seen in the field, and the
roses of Loring were not waving by
Nov woe with me but I feared it!''
cried She. with the color all struck
from her face. 81 have noted your alb
sent mind, your kindling eye, your try
ing and riveting. of old harness. Con
slider, my sweet lord, that you have al
ready, won. much. honor, that We have
bear upon your body the scars of over
twenty Wounds received in l know not
how many bloody encounters"
MY lady, when our liege lord the
king at three-score years, and my Lord
C~handos, at three-score and ten. are
blithe and ready to lay lance in rest
seem me to pirate of service done. 1t
would be, bitter shame to me. and also
should, now hold back. if a. mans work
is to be done. Besides. bethink you
how low is our purse, with bailiff and
and wasting. lands. Were It not, for
this ,~constableship which the Earl of
Salisbury hath bestowed Upon us we
fitting to our degree. Therefore. my
sweeting. there is the more need that |
should turn to where there is good pay
to be. earned and brave ransoms to be
won"
"Ah. my dear lord" quoth she, with
sad. weary eyes, Il thought that at
last I had you to mine own self, even
though your youth had been spent afar
from my side. Yet my voice. as | know
well. should speed you on to glory and
renown, not hold you back when fame
is to be won. Yet what can l say? for
all men know that your valor needs the
curb and not the spuri"
Fret not thyself, my hearts dove,
for 1t is like that there may be no war
waged. and we must await the news.
But here are three strangers and one,
as I take it, a soldier fresh from SER
vice, 1t is likely that he may give us
word of what Is stirring over the
water"
Lady Loring, glancing up, saw in the
fading light the three companions
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shoulders drew into tense lunches with
the strain of the tug, the stone gave
and came free in his hands. With a
deep chested chuckle, as the archer
stepped forward to help. in the throw
ing, Horde John st~raightened himself
and hurled the rock well out into the
Good LACK. cried Sir Nigel. and
stood laughing, and wiping the caked
It have felt his arms round my ribs
said the bowman, and they crackle yet
at the thought of it. This other com
rade, fair Sir. is a right learned clerk
fer all t tPa he is i SO yoq prG hight It
the Socman of Minstead."
Young man" quoth Sir Nigel stern,
pass %portcullis of mine"
Nay. fair. Sir. cried. Awkward hasti-
~ Il will be pledge for it that they
very day his brother hath set his dogs
upon him, and driven him from his
And are, yor too, of the White Com,
small experience of war. if l may judge
by looks and bearing
Il would fain to France with n.y.
friends here" Alleyne answered; but ]
am a man of peace-a reader, exorcist
THAT need not hinder" quoth Sir
Nigel. TT is well to have a learned
clerk in every troop. BY st. Paul
there are men so caitiff that they think
more of a s~erivener's pen that of Their
lady's smile. and do their devoir II
hopes that they may fill a line in q
chronicle or make n tag to a iongleur'S
romance. | remember well that. at the
siege of Refers, there was n little
sleek, fat clerk of the name of Chaucer
who was SO apt at rondel, sirvente, ol
tonson. that no man dare give back q
foot from the walls. lest he find it al
set down in his rhymes and sung by
every underling and varlet in the camp
But, my souls bird. you hear me pirate
as though all We're decided. when
have not vet taken counsel either will
you or with my lady mother. Let us tC
the chamber. while these strangers fine
such fare as pantry and celler may
furnish"
The three comrades dropped behind
and followed: Alyward much thu
lighter for having accomplished his
mission, Alleyne full of wonderment a
} the humble bearing of so renowned {
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

walking abreast down the road, all
gray with dust. and stained with travel.
selves. Awkward looked keenly at Sir
Nigel, and then, plunging his hand un-
der his breastplate, he stepped up to
him, with a rough, uncouth bow to the
Your pardon, fair sir. " salt he. but
I know you the moment | clap eyes ON
you, though in sooth l have seen you
oftener in steel than in velvet. | have
drawn string beside you at La Roche
gent, Array, and other places. l bring
you this letter from the valiant Gascon
knight, Sir Claude Latour."
AS they read 1t, Alleyne, who stood
with Horde John a few PAGES back
from their comrade, saw the lady catch
her breath, while the knight laughed
you see, dear heart" said he, that
they viii not leave the old dog In his
k kbat If w tbgs W the sa G1mb Is afo9 arcbe A9d
Ayiward; "but there are a pack of lusty
hounds who are ready for any quarry,
halloo them on. Sir, we have been in
the wars together, and 1 have seen
a set of woodland boys as this. They
do but want You at their head and who
"PardieuN' said Sir Nigel, IF they
are like their messenger, they are in
proud. Your name, good archer?
of Easebourne and the Rape Of Chi
chester"
And this giant behind you?"
He is big John of Horde, a forest
man., who hath now taken service IN
the Company" .
"A proper figure of a man-at-arms,'"
said the little knight. why, Aylward,
YOU are no chicken, yet l warrant him
the stronger man. See to that great
stone from the coping which hath fallen
upon the bridge. Four of my lazy var
let's strove this day to carry 1t hence.
I would that you two could put them
TO shame by budging 1t. though l fear
that I overtask you, for 1t Is OF a
grievous weight"
He pointed. as he spoke. to a huge
ro~ugh-hewn block which lay by the
roadside, deep sunken from Its W
weight. in the reddish earth. The
archer approached 1t, rolling. back the
sleeves of his ierkin, but with no very
hopeful countenance, for indeed It was
a mighty rock. John. however, put him
aside with his left hand. let me try
a pull at this, little plummet," he said,
"bethings me that I may be able to
bulge 1t from its bed. Then. p~erchance;
YOU can assist me in the heaving'
STOPPING over the huge stone, he
grasped II by two projecting edges and
Strengthened his giant legs In an up
ward pull. AS he bent his weight anT
strength to the EFFORT. the stone for the
minute stuck fast: then as the mighty
muscles of his broad back creaked and
the huge knots on his nearly bare
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fcaptain, and John loud with snorts and
sne,ers. which spoke his disappointment
What ais the man?" asked Alyward
in surprise.
81 have been cozened and bejaped,"
'By whom, Sir Samson the s%trong?'
by thee, Sir Balaam the false
"By my hilt!' cried the archer,
though l be not Balaam, yet | hold
converse with the very creature that
spake to him. What is amiss, then,
and how have l played you false?"
why, marry, did you not say, and
Alleyne here will be my witness, that,
If l would HE to the wars with you,
you would place me under a leader who
was second to none in all England for
valor? Yet here you bring me to a
| shred of a man, peaky and ~ill-nour-
ished, with eyes like a moulting owl.
who must needs. f%orsooth, take coqn-
sci with his mother ere he buckles
us that where the shoe galls?" cried
the, bowman. and laughed aloud. Il
three months hence, If we be all alive;
for sure L am that
Aylward's words were interrupted by
an extraordinary hubbub which broke
the street in the direction of the
Priory. There was ~deep-mouthed
shouting of men frightened shrieks Of
and owe all a sullen thunderous
rumble, in~describably %menacing and
terrible. Round the corner OF the mar
row street there came rushing a brace
Of whining dogs with tails glued under
their legs, after them a white-faced
burgher. with outstretched hands and
widespread fingers, his hair all
abristle and his eyes glinting back
from one shoulder to the other, as
though some great terror We're at his
very heels. Ely, my lady, hy!' he
| s~creeched, and whizZed past them like
bolt from bow; while close behind came
numbering a huge black bear, with red
tongue lo1ling. from his mouth, and a
broken chain jangling behind him. To
| right and left the folk flew for arch
and doorway. Horde John. caught up
the Lady Loring as If she had been a
feather, and sprang with her into an
| open porch; while Awkward. will a
whirl of French oaths, plucked at his
| culver and tried to unsling his bow.
| Alleyne. all unnerved at so strange and
unwonted a sight, shrunk up against
the wall with his eyes fixed upon the
frenzied creature. which came bounding
along with ungainly speed. looking the
larger in the uncertain light, it's huge
laws agape, with blood and SLAYER
! trickling to the ground. Sir Nigel
I alone, unconscious. to all appearance OF
the universal panic, walked with I'M
faltering step up the centre of. the
rosd, a silken handkerehief in one hand
and his cold comit-box in the other.
II sent the blood cold through Allevne's
veins to see that as thew ca me toeeth-
er-the man and the beast-the creature
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quiet in the grave, coz, if l had not an
other turn at them. For with us In
France II has ever been fair and honest
war-a shut fist for the man, but a
Bonded knee for the woman. But how
was IL at WinChelsa when their galleys
came down upon it some few years
back? l had an old mother there, lad,
who had come down thither from the
Alidlands to be the nearer her son.
They found her afterward by her own
hearthstone thrust through by a
my brothers wife, and her two chill
dren. they were but ash-heaps In the
smoking ruins of their house. l will
not say that We ave not wrought
great scath upon Franee, but women
and children have been safe from us.
And so, old friend. my heart is hot
within me, and | long to hear the old
battle-cry again, and by God's truth.
one who will be right glad to feel the
saddle-iaps under his knees"
I'VE have seen good work together,
old war-dog," quoth Aylward; and, by
my hilti we may hope to see more ere
that there is some small matter of dis
pute still open etween u.s."
Fore God, 1t is soothr" cried the
marshal and his men tore us apart
when last we met"
"On which. friend. we vowed that we
should settle the point when next we
came together. Hast thy sword, | see,
and the moon throws glimmer enough
for such old n~ight-birds as we. on
guard, mon gar! | have not heard
clink Of steel this month or more
"Out from the shadow. then said
the other, drawing his sword. "a VOW
il a VOW, and not lightly to be broken. >
"a vow to the saints cried Alleyne'
"is indeed not to be set aside; but this
is a DEVILS vow, and, simple clerk as
I am, ! am yet the mouthpiece of the
tru Church when / say that 1t were
mortal sin to fight on such a quarrel
What shall two grown men carry
malice for years, and NY like snarling
ours at each others throatsY
"No malice. my young clerk. no
malicei" quoth Black Simon. II have
not a bitter drop in my heart for mine
old comrade: but the quarrel. as he
hath told you. is still open and I'M
settled. Fall on, Aylward''
mot whilst I can stand between
YOU" cried Alleyne, springing before
the bowman. at is shame and sin to
see two Christian E~nglishmen turn
swords AGAINST each other like the
frenzied bloodthirstv pavnim:"
and. what Is more" said Horde
John. suddenly appearing out of the
buttery with the huge board upon
which the pastry was rolled, ~ either
raise sword l shall fatten him like
S~hrove-tide pancake. BY the black
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reared up. with eyes ablaze with fear
and hate, and whirled it's great paws
above the knight to smite him to the
earth. He, however, blinking with puck,
cred eyes, reached up his kerchiet. and
hicked the beast twice across the snout
with it. All, saucy! sauey!' quoth he,
with gentle Gliding; on which the bear,
uncertain and puzzled, dropped its, fore
legs to earth again, and waddling back,
was soon swathed in ropes by the bear
ward and a crowd of peasants who had
been in close pursuit. AS they passed
through the castle gate. John pluckcd
at Aylwards sleeve, and the two fell
Il must crave your pardon, comrade,'
said he bluntly. Il was a fool not To
know that a little rooster may be the
deed a leader whom we may follow.
CHAPTER VIII.
Black was the mouth of Twynham
Castle, though a pair of torches. burn
ing at the further end of the gateway,
and sent a dim rudy flicker through
the rough-hewn arch, rising and tan
which bore the red roses of the veteran
constable. As they passed over the
drawbridge, .Alleyne marked the CLEAN
of arms in the embrasures to right and
left, and they had scarce set foot upon
the causeway ere a hoarse blare burst
from a bugle, and with screech the
GUS bridge swung up into the air,
drawn by unseen hands. At the same
l1SldIll tile huge DOflcOlllS came rat
Ting down from above, and shut of
the last fading light of day. Sir Nigel
and his lady walked on in deep talk,
while a fat under-steward took charge
of h three comrades. and led them to
the .buttery, where beef, bread, and
drink were kept ever in readiness for
the wayfarer. After a hearty meal and
a dip in the. trough to wash the dust
from them. they strolled forth into the
bailey, where the bowman peered about
through the darkness at wall and at
keep, with the carping eyes of one who
has seen, something, of sieges. and is
and to John. however, it appeared to be
could be built by the hands of man.
rs there an archer here hight Sam
Aylward2' asked a gaunt man-at-arms
elanking up To them arcoss the court
MY name. friendr' quoth the bow
man.
Then sure I a no need to tell
of Norwichrs cried Ryiward. "A mon
occur. .camarade, a mon coeuri All, but
| am hlithe to see theeI' the two fell
upon each other and Rugged like bears;
And where from, old blood and
bones asked the bowman.
Il am in service here. Tell me. COM
rade. is it sooth that we shall have an
other fling at these Frenchmen? 1t is
so rumored in the guard-rooms. and
that Sir Nigel will take the field once
1T is like enough, mon gar, as things
go"
Now may the Lord be praisedr" cried
the other. ''Fhis very night will I set
apart a golden ouche to be offered on
the shrine of my name-saiut. ! have
pinned for this. Awkward, as a young
maid pines for her lover"
art so set on plumber. then? Is the
purse so light that there is not enough
for a rouse? 7 have a bag at my belt,
camarade, and you have but to put
your fist into II for what you want. II
was ever share and share between us
Nay. friend. 1t Is not the French
mans gold, but the Frenchman's blood
! TINT | Mnuld haNe. | shOMld not rest
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CONVERTED BUNS in PULPIT.

A Fashionable Congregation Hears
Gospel From Lips Of Former Toughs.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE Collegiate
Church of st. Nicholas, the church Of
Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage,
was filled with men and women OF
wealth and social prestige last night
to listen to the story Of the gospel
from the lips of converted Bowery
buns.
It came, curious and critical congre,
cation, prepared to be shocked rather
than thrilled; it sat in silent wonder
through the most impressive religious
service ever held in the shadow Of Mil
lionaire's Row and went home amazed
by the power of mems testimony to
hold spellbound this ultra conservative
church of Fifth avenue.
There was nothing sensational un.
less it was the deep impression made
by the former outcasts Of the Bowery,
and the way in which DR.. Nackay,s
parishioners crowded about him ut the
close Of the services and asked that
the work 60 on.
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A LONG ROOT.
Reached From Victims Tooth to His
Leo.

Reached From Victims Tooth to His
Leg.
An Irishman, with one jaw very
much swollen from a tooth that he
wished to have pulled, entered the Of
Gee of Washington dentist.
When the suffering Celt was put
into the chair and saw the cleaning
forceps approaching his face, he posi-
lively refused to open his mouth. Be-
ing a man of resource, the dentist
quietly instructed his assistant to
push a pin into the patients leg, so
that when the Irishman opened his
mouth to yell the dentist could get at
the refractory molar..
When all was over. the dentist
smilingly asked:
''It didn't hurt as much as you ex-
pected, did it,"
well, no, reluctantly admitted the
patient. But" he added, as he ran
his hand over the place into which
the assistant had inserted the pin,
little did think them roots whit
that far down!" "a
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PRESIDENT REPLIES All LENoTH
TO ATTACK OF FORMER AM.
sAssApoR.
MAKES UNTRUE STATEMENTS l
NEVER AUTHORIZED EFFORTS TO
ADVANCE ARCHBISHOP IRE.
Z LAND.

Washington, Dec. IL. 30 President
Roosevelt last night made public a
long letter addressed to Secretary
Root, giving correspondence between
the president and Former Ambassador
Bellamy Storer and Mrs. Storer, in
which he says that Mr.. Storer's refusal
to answer his letters and the publica-
ton of various private letters justified
the ambassadors removal; that Mr..
storer's publication Of private CORE
spondence was peculiarly lungentle-'
manly, and that he (the president) had
stated with absolute clearness his po-
sition-the reason why it was. out of
the question for him as president to
try to get any archbishop made cardi-
nal, though expressing his admiration
for Archbishop Ireland, as we'll as lead.
ers of other denominations.
Should Know Facts.
He says he thinks 1t well that the
members of the cabinet should know
certain facts, 4 which he (Storer)
either suppresses or misstates."
He says he did not resent the action
of the Storers until it became evil
dent that they were likely to damage
American interests" He says Mrs.
Storer urged him to give her husband
a cabinet place and that she stated
Mr.. Choate at London and Gen. Porter
at Paris were not proper pereRps to be
ambassadors, suggesting her husband
In that connection. The president in
corporates a letter from Postmaster
General Cortelyou contradicting the
statement that President Mckinley
had commissioned gentleman to ask
the pope "as personal favor to him"
and as an "honor to the country" to
appoint Archbishop ireland as cardi-
nal.
storer's Statement Untrue.
The president declares that Mr..
storer's statement that he authorized
any such message to be delivered to
Pope Plus is untrue.
The presidents action last night fol-
lows the publication of "the confiden-
tial pamphlet" which Mr.. Storer last
week sent to the president, the cabi-
net and the senate foreign relations
committee.
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lRRr u Il " x 4 to q \,
81 & Tliltso n sRoI aoF lsl-4l)s 5is
6 81 c,A MI tisfsE!i u

sSs Rome, D,ec. u pa since the recall n
Bsllsny storers the post 81 sn Y
bassador 81 tie United States T. Aus
ftria-Hqngary, last March, several NJ
tenpts have been made to induce the 81
vatican authorities to set forth what
pressure, II any. had been brought to
bear upon them from n Presto dent
Roosevelt to make sArchbi shop Ireland
q cardinal, and yesterday the Vatican
declared semi-ofn cially It could make
no such staten emit, as President Roose-
welt never had asked anything through
3ofacial channels. It was explained
that while severa lAmericans who, de-.
clared they. spoke with President
Roosevelt's authority, had attempted
to influence the giving Of the red hat.
they did not agree on the archbishop
thus to be honored. The Vatican au.
thorities do not consider that Presi.
dent Roosevelt was responsible for
these recommendations.
storer Stands Pat.
Cincinnati, Dec. 12.-Bellamy Storer
yesterday replied to the statements
contained in President Roosevelt's
letter to Secretary Root. Mr.. Storer
insists on the position he has hereto.
fore taken, and reiterates the asser.
lions made by him in the statement to
the members Of the foreign relations
committees Of congress. made public
last week.
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NoR'ws - ! Ts,is,o coz
sFERs sHoNoR ON AssER,cA y ;lSI
;s Il, 4. EXECUTIVE J n \. y 81 l1Is
Il . sufffR r IRON 6 A. /
F,ERcEsT5 STORM IN FOURTEEN
YEARS u CAUSE 100000 DAM
ls.5i AGE.
FRISCO SUFFERS FROM GALE

Washington, Dec. IL. G. Hauge,
minister from Norway, yesterday call
ed at the White House and informed
President Roosevelt that the Norwe-
gian storthing had conferred on him
the Nobel peace prize. "A message to
the same effect came from Mr.. Love
land, chairman Of the Nobel commit
tee, who conveyed to the president the
hearty good wishes and an expression
of high esteem. Il
The amount of money represented
in the prize is 1855 crowns, or g$37. !.
1885. y.
The following statement governing
the proposed disposition Of the prize
money, which is said to be tentative and
subject to change as regards details,
was made at the White House:
To Promote Industrial Peace.
'The amount of the Nobel peace
prize will be conveyed by the president
to trustees, to be by them used as the
foundation Of a fund, the income from
which shall be expended in bringing to-
gether in conference at Washington,
especially during the sessions Of con-
gross, representatives of labor and
capital for the purpose of discussing
industrial problems, with the view OF
arriving at better understanding be-
tween employers and employees, and
thus promoting industrial peace. The
president, with their consent, will ap.
point as trustees of the fund the chief
justice Of the United States, the sec.
rotary Of agriculture, the secretary OF
commerce and labor, representative
of labor and representative of CAPT.
tall