The Washington times., 1913-05-11

QUaIltISp WuiCu nc Adu tiOe SA-
tered in eight and forty hours.
He came thither a little dashed
in spirits.
After ali, he had no more than spoken
his mind to Wat, and in retrospect he
held that rather womanish proceed
He could not fight Wat, for he was
under promise to walk peacefully, and
his kinsman his pledge. For that
matter Wat was under the same obli-
"No need thereof. thought Aubrey
contemptuously. IA would fight in no
case"
servants hand. the packet of Won ker-
sfenbroock's writing and Thomsine's 8
faithful delivery, and read the contents
with q smile that broadened. Then he
slapped his knee and went about his
business.
Next morning a close-mouthed fellow
in his grace of Lewchester's service
and q daredevil ride In Aubrey's own
troops had both more money at their
diGpending than was their needy prac-
tice. and on the doors of seven Oxford
churches. posted where 'r Oxford could
and did-read and comment thereon
were notices TO the effect that Walter
Muogrove was recreant and coward, in
that he had failed OF the meeting place
that he had himself appointed. and that
~ -
moved the council to proceed against
the adversary that he dared not face in
the field
Said adversary. now captain in the
Parliament service. could be found at
Aylesbury, where he held himself in
readiness to meet Captain Musgrove at
any neutral place to be appointed. The
notices were signed in plain haEd. with
out fiurishes: Won Kerstenbroock.
. Well. well, Oxford certainly owed the
NJ fhankS for varied
entertainment.
Wat Musgrove. posting out at the
North Gate for Kings Staversham. saw
the crowd about the door of St Mich.
acts and learned the cause. Red and
ili-advfsed. he dismounted and tore ;he
notices into shreds-
s'The like win i do by the writer
theDeof." he shouted. ..The rank rebel!'
The crowd laughed ironically;
ing, and in his heart the dull rage of
ecarced fox against Won kersten-
~ noon staversham had sent his
sarvtng-men quietly to remove the no.
docs BY midafternoon. when Thom.;
tfS& started on her first easy stage to
A1Becthorn, she found the crowds about
the church doors all dispersed. and the
town a,busEing with .sv,Ss new sensadSn; tnirs
daughter. who, had eloped with 2
French trumpeter.
FORGOTTEN thus speedily of Oxford
and the world in which for so brief a
space. she had moved. Thomsine came
on the third night to Allenthorn. and
weptN out her heartache and her tear
Of life against Great-aunt Eustasia's
knee.
and well / know it," said the ancient
lady. and added in that hour word
against Wat Musgrove that rang un-
Puritsnicai. But ere she Puritan.
Euetasia Walsingham had been lady OF
the court OF good Queen Bess.
So Thomsine. with feeling that balm
Was laid to her bruiser spirits went 10
her own chamber; with IN the a1hrnn Iam,..a1
al,d the black chest that held her be-
iongings. and the bed that smelled OF
lavender.
Next morning she woke to the crow.
ing of the cockerels that she herseii
boughs ef hawthorn to make her cham
Der gay. She felt herself world away
from that feverish interlude Of Oxford.
Betimes she believed that she had
dreamed it all Surely she had never
wandered from the dear familiar peace
OF Ailenthern.
But as she took I'D the old course OF
life. where day succeeded tranquil day,
she found this Difference: she no longer
ehuped her dreams. by day and night,
round tall. broad-shouldered hero.
mostly in green velvet. but round
thin-fianked. boyish gentleman. brown
favored. with a clean-shaven jaw like
iron. and slender hands that never
wasted a gesture.
She was te marry Carisford-oh. yes!
She was never TO see Won Kestern-
broock again. But meantime dreams
were her own In waking or in sleeping.
and the stuff of her dreams was a
brown, small man In brown.