Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-19
CHAPTER TX.

"Maude, Maudor' said he, shaking
his head, 1T e. more hard for me TO
fenscore drunken archers who followed
me TO Guinne, Yet hushi iitue one.
for your fair lady mother viii be here
Should Know il. We viii Keep You you
from the provost marshal this Journey.
Away TO your chamber. sweeting and
keep n blitho face, for she who con-
fesscs IL shriven Ard now. fair moth
err he continued. whom his daughter
had gone. sit you here by the IRE, for
Alieyns Edrlcson, I would have a word
with you, FOR I would fnin that you
should take service under me And
out whose counsel Il IL not my wont
10 decide nught 90 import. but. Indeed,
Il was her own thought that you should
sFor have formed good opinion
81 you. and can see that you are one
who may be trusted said the Lady
lord hath accd ~ such "a one by his
side. Tor he rocks 90 little 81 himself
90 his needs and meet his wants. You
have seen the cioister. u were well
that you should o." thc world too. ere
you make choice FOR iife between them
looking at the youth with puckered
Yes. have ridden much at the alb
yet there - a difference bctwis, a
zsrS hack and q warriors dcstrier.
os sa sit siss n HHa sa ~ rebecN~
-doot' You can, read blaEonryf
i trust that YOU ffs iowiy and SER
q have served a q ny NE my lord"
/ have car,sd two DAYS week FOR
Wy model truly, wlt make a squire
- squires nut toll me. Fray canst
10. my lord. but I could learn"
II r. ~ imp.Hi' F.!d De-. Tor ]
love G. Keep mY helr vel ofi'f,l. ., o.
ffIrtv years hath in some degree frHyrd
it upon the TOP"
ii is Tor ~ also CO. boar the purse
raIa fhc iHfY. fur my sweet I.fd lH OF
sn free and grn.. Hus temper that ic
would give - ylhY q. ih' hr.i WHO
vIIh SOME knowledge of ttr.r.r. and
~ the mana gonlsnt ~ inffr. hawk. and
bound. With ne Efl.c .ll .. '..'l
.er viii make yoa OF squire Tor Sir
Alas. LADY Nisvns answered. u
Low we'll the FrfHt honor ttat fnu
t. wait urnn n1 renowned "a huIslt
f.tfan 10 conscious 20 my own w.. D.
...a that n.nr.e dare Incur duties
e.Irh I miFht De- so $50 nftcd tp fulnl-
MnHratV ana m humble MIND. r1Id
sHc are the vrr nr.t ana rffc.t EliiH
. pnFc or squire Your words provo
..t you have these. ana ali The rest
H lat the work Il uac ana ~ tin'
We can scarce hope. tail h.r .f,L
zoo have al ready Tor, ouf star before
..r fcsst OF ST. Lake. Tor there n nnch
.. De- done tn tho time. You vii h1N"
..sarc. Therefore. 10 % please you 90
t.tr service under me- 10 "h'h 10
and 1 have ono favor to crave from
-.iH added tho lady 90 che castle. u.s.
..t.,-e ruined a. leave thtlr presence
You have az I undrrafrnd wN. D
...rrfrr. which YOU have acquired az
.ee'i t, ,vd . Nav" Jaw whist 700 are with
.s In disrauralnE with my daufht'f,
IHe Lady Mnude. Tor she D. H"n'N nAt
ward. f.aT' , snd nam .n,r p' fo sT ro.
rs1ts.. which 40 but I'M her cmp,y
fUad with dreams uf ono nhhi'd i.lu
..,t.,n,h,r rome. over after noncs
f..m the Priory. but Dee is ken WIN
I.lra and slow % apc'ch D.. 80 uhat Hh9t
r.,id have YOU 81 what YOU can with
I.r and with Agatha, m1 N"uhk gre
woman. and with hgrnWl il,ip1g'
And 90 Allcyne found himH,u not
..Iv rhI~rn ns squire 60 n knight but
..., na squire 10 three dnmoEciA Wni, n
VAS even further from ne Iat ,..',i AZ"
Boz hnd thought 90 play In the W"tl
AID now there came time 90 stlt
ana hustle. % Furnishing or arms anu
lang ~ hammer rom 1. az ,b me ti5ings
fr.rn thorpe 20 thorpe and from cAstl.
O. castle. that the old game was hl".'
once more. and the Hons an9 s,nri,,
oreat news this for that hcrce OLD
COUNTRY whose trade TOT "a ,, ~. :, y. ~
h.i been war her ehp"t ~ ~ - vrnrs
| f.- sons had chafcd under an unwnntco
| rrarc. Now they flew 60 thclr arms -,
r n.l ~ Nogent. and ~ Poicucri
we're clad 10 think that they mlsu
lear the war-trumpst once MIR oh,
| .Ilddrr stili were the hot YOUTH WI.
lad chnrcd for years under the mar
U1i tales Of their sircs. To pierce w
rrcat mountains OF the s.uth, 70 "ei
The tanners 81 tho h:rE AS,1 ~ s s9 II 4,
ga sunny cornnclds ana Nlhol. tuH
when the marches Of iicardy ana -,
mandy were ms bare ana niosN solS",
Iedhurgh forcsts-hcre was eV V.n,,
rrospccts for n race OF warriors Ion
"a 10 sea there was strtngihs OF p1S
i'm the cottage and clang OF steer IN '"'
Noy AID Il take long for every strong
1oid 10 pour forth It's CaNaltN, ~
Ne autumn and the early winter eyerl
Dad and country lane ros9undcd VII ~
paklr and trumpet win the n'lbn "
he war-horse and the clatter OF ""'O"
In the ancient and populous count,
q Hampshire there was no ln,k "
aders or OF soldiers Tor scrN.aV,
thtch promised either honor or prom
Dreatest OF all the mustcrs, heMe.ti
vas that AZ Twynhnm Nastle, LOT ~ ~
me aud the fame OF Sir Nigel borlnl
f.sw toward him the kccncst ana bolu
Urt spirits, all eager 20 serve uhoer
r.Uant n leader. Archers from IN
Wv Forest and the Forest OF b,,'
hNImen from the pleasant couh ~
which Is watered by the Stout, tn
Avon and the Itchen, young chNhhcI
from the ancient Hampshire houses, y
v.ro pushing for Christchurch 20 tak
s,rvice under the banner OF the NV
And now, could Sir Nigel have show
o., hachelios Of land which INC iaN
~ rank required. he might wen nav
cui his forkcd pennon into squai
banner and taken such following w,
o.. Geld as would have supported tI
dignity OF n banneret. But power,
was heavy upon him; his land wa
scIut. his Golfers empty, and the vei
cattle which covered him the holdln
N mother. Sore was his heart WIZ
no saw rare bowmen and war-harden'
srr1r turned away from ms sht,
Top the lack OF the money when mig
/, eonp and pay them. Yet the lelt
which Awkward had brought him gh'
MN powers which he was not SLOW
use. In II Sir Claude 1atour the ia
n con Lieutenant OF the white Compah
w,nrcd him that there remained IN
H'ruing enough 90 NJ out hunur
n aLn'ors and twenty men.at-hrn
Wh'Uh. Joined to the three hundred We