Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-06-28

'Nay. am man q peace" said /
A. me Edricaon. Besides have /
OF work O. do
.stei" growied the soldier. strik- /
In lis nagon on the board until the
dis danced again. What. In the
name u the devil. hath come over the
f.as Why sit ye all mopinE BY the
q side. like crows round a dead horse.
wt.n there IL mans WORK g. b. done
WIth.n a few short leagues % yer out
" YOU all. as a set - iagEards and
n hacksi BY my hit ! believe
tn the men Of England ars all Ia
| p -re already. and that what is ieft
b.f % are in sooth the womcn dressed
| W r their paltocks and hosen"
.trl her" quoth Horde John. you
haf. lied more than once and more
than twice: for which. and aiao b.
eau. 7 see much in you 20 mislikc 7
arr errcly tempted 70 lay you upon
yo.- back"
| "uy my HIT then. have found a
MAJ az last" shouted the bowman.
an fore God. you are a better man
than take You for n you can Jay me
/ on my back. For seven long years I
have found no man IN the Company
VII could make my ierkin dusty"
1--WE have had enough bohance and
| hoa Ting" said Horde John. rising ard
/ thr wing OF his douhiet. 4 VIII show
Il Won that there are better men ieft in
| England than ever went thleying 10
France"
"Pasques Dieu'" cried the archer.
loosening his irrkin. ana cycling his
foernan over with the keen glance -
one who is judge - manhood. Il
have only once before seen such n
body % "a man. BY your leave. my rcd
headed friend. I should be right aurrY
to eIchanre bufrsts with you. and I
will allow that there is no man IN the
COMPANY who would pull against you
on n rors. 80 let that b. a salve O. your
pride. on the other hand. 7 should
Judge that you have led ne % ease
for some months back. ard that my
muscle Is harder than your own. 7
am ready 20 wager upon myself
against YOU. n you are not afoard."
Afford. thou lurien'" Rr0wied big
John. II never saw the face yet % n
man that I was afeard Of Come out.
and We shall see who Is the better
man"
"But the warar7"
II have nourht % wager. Come on,
for the love and the lust Of the
thing"
"Nourht 20 wager" cri a the soldier
why. IDIOT. you have that which
covet above all things. n n that bis
body ~ thine that am after See now
have a French feather bed there
| which I have been NJ pains 70 keep
these years back. had II at the sack
ing Of Issodun and the king hlms. Il
hath not such o. bod ~ you throw me
II is thine but, II | throw you. ther
-ou arr under "A vow 20 serve the Whit,
Company as long 40 We be enrolled"
Then you may tld farewell 90 YOU
bed. soldier" roarod Horde John.
May; shall keep the bed. and
shall have you 20 France in spite 81
your teeth. and you shall live 10 thanh
me for f. How shall II be. then. M
infant Collar and elbow. or close
lock, or catch how you CAM
ITO the devil with your tricks" salt
John. opening and shutting his groa
red hands. stand forth. and let M
clip thee"
"Shalt clip me as best you can. then.
quoth the archer. moving out into IN
open space. and keeping n most war,
eye upon his opponent He hal
thrown on his green Jerkln. and nj
chest was covered only l. n pink sill
jupon, or undershlrt, cut low In IN
neck and sleeveless. Horde John wa
a near stripped from hls waist upward
y and his huge body. with his grea
% muscles swelling out like the gnarle
q roots Of an oak. lowered high abov
ir the soldier The other. however
Ia though near n foot shorter. was n ma
lie OF great strength: I'd there was
gloss upon his white skin which wa
X wanting In the heavier limbs Of m
is renegade monk. He was quick on hi
I'd feet too. and skilled at the game: =
q, that II was clear, from the poise
a head and shine OF eye. that he counte
the chances to be In his favor.
er would have been hard that nigh
IN through the whole length OF Englan'
nd TO set up a Amer pair in the face {
r. each other.
1t Big John stood waiting in the cent?
liz with a sullen, menac' & ,e. and h
IN red hair in a bristle. while the arch,
I'd paced lightly and swiftly to the rigl
az and the LETT with crooked knee an
NJ, hands advanced. Then with n sudde
as dash, so swift and fierce that the eS
IT. could scarce follow IL. he flew In upo
'ir his man ard locked h leg arour
III him. II was n grip that between me
d; Of equal strength would mean fal
he hut Horde John tore him OF from nj
en- az he might n rat. and hurled hi
n: across the room, so that MS hea
at cracked up against the wall.
MA foil" cried the bowman. pas
We ing his fingers through his curls. "y'
tn were not far from the feather-b'
Oh then. mon gar"
Nothing daunted. he approached h
he man once more: but this time Wi
moro cautlon than before. With