Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-18

| God be with lneei my HouoLeu loAo'
| and have thee in his holy keeping. Inc
| Lady L.oring hath asked me, the priest,
| So set down IN writing what hath DeIalleh
Iat TWynham, and all that concerns the
death of thy i'll ueighbor the Socnah Oh
| N instead. For when ye had lett US, Lhts
elil man gathered around him all outlaws
| ~yilleins, and masterIess men. untl they
Ivrre come To such a force lhat they slew
lad scattered The king uen VINO went
Il.ainst them. Then, coming forth from
ne woods, they laid siege To thy castle
aud for two days they grit US IN ana shot
u4rd against us, with such numbers as
" ere a marvel to see. Yet the Lady Lor-
ling held the place %stoutly, aud on tie
.ccond day the Socman was slain-by
is own men. as some think-so that we
we're delivered from their hands, for
more especially to the holy Anselm. upon
| whose feast it came TO pass. The Lady
| L.oring and the Lady Maude, thy fair
| laughter, are in good health. May all
he saints preserve thee
My fair lord - said Alleyne. with A
lush on his weather-stained cheeks, 4
Owe your daughter. the Lady Maude; and,
unworthy as | am. | would give my
hearts blood To serve her.
BY st. Paul! Edricson, . said the
Knight coldly. arching his eyebrows, you
aim high in this matter. Our blood is
very Old
And mine also is very old, answered
the squire.
And the Lady Maude is our single
child. All our name and lands center upon
/ her.
Alas! that | should say it, but also
am now the only Edricson.'
And why have not heard this from
you before. Alleyne? In sooth, | think
you have used me i'll
Nay. my fair lord. say not so: for l
know not whether your daughter loves
me, and there is no pledge between US
Sir Nigel pondered for a few moments,
and then burst out a-laughing. by ST.
PAUL." said he. Il know not why | should
mix in the matter: for | have ever found
that the Lady Maude vas very well able
TO look TO her own affairs. Since first
she could stamp her little foot. she hath
ever been able to get that for which she
crayed: and II she set her heart on thee,
! AlleYne, and thou o. =, | do not think
that this Spanish king, with his three
score thousand men, could hold you apart.
Yet this | will say, that ! would see you
a full knight ere you 20 to my daughter
with words of love. | have ever said that
a brave lance should we'd her: and, by my
soul Edricson, if God spare you. | think
that you will acquit yourself well. But
enough Of such trIies. for we have our
work before us, and II viii he time to
Hlthh Dl lHlS matter Nntn We see me
white cliffs of England once more. Go 10
Sir William FELTON,, | pray you. and ask
him to come hither. for 1t Is time that
we were marching. There Is no pass at
the further end OF the valley, and II Is a
p%erilous place should an enemy come upon
us.
Alleyne delivered his message. and then
wandered forth from the camp, for his
mind was all In a whirl with this IN
expected news. and with his talk with
Sir Nigel. Sitting upon n rock, with his
burning brow resting upon his hands. he
thought, of his brother. of their quarrel,
Of the Lady Maude In her bedraggled rid
lng-dresS, of the gray old castle, of the
proud pale face In the armory. and of the
last fiery words with which she had sped
him on his way. Then he was but a
penniless, monk-bred lad, unknown and
unfriended. Now he was himself Socman
of Mlnstead. the head of an old stock, and
the Lord of an estate which. If reduced
from its former size, was still ample to
preserve the dlgnlt" of his family. Further,
he had become IA man of experience was
counted brave among men, had won the
esteem and confidence of her father. and
above all. has been listened to 10y him
when he told him the secret Of his love.
As To the gaining of knighthood, in such
stirring times II was no great matter for
a brave squire of gentle birth To aspire to
that honor. He would leave his bones
among these Spanish rayines. or he would
do some deed which would call the eyes
of men upon him.
Alleyne was stilI seated on the rock. his
grlefs and his joys drifting swiftly over
his mind like the shadow of clouds upon
q snnlIt meadow. when of a sudden he
becnmr conscious of a low deem sound
which came booming up to him through
the fog He shouted nm alarm fo the
camp.
1T il , vreot body of horse said Sir
NuIiam I,aIfon and they are riding very
swiftly hi~therwords
no Cnmnany stood neerine into the
dense ro, wreath. amidst a silence so
nrnfonnd thai Tho trimming of the water
from the rocks and the breathing of the
horses grow lond mon the ear. Suddenly
fron, ant tho s.a If mist come thp sonnd
- ,aIob followed nv a long HAST nf q
- ''7'
! Is q spanish cal III! lar io'u' S"iu
Black Slhloh
by my Ial.n; SAY Hr Nisei, Snui'ns,
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