Show V 4 i I 1 4 r n 1 1 v I 1 I 1 J 1131 v ro urill V 15 t 1894 by I 1 I 1 a ln c t a T of 0 chal tra nt at enil eni of am lii at early dawn tho the country inn avas s till nil alive the archer was as sis as a a grig and having hains kissed aliv and whitsed the maid up tile the ladder once more moie lie he went ont out to the brook block and came back with etli the water amin lila his face and hair llola a mi illy nan ot of pence peace lie cried to alleyne Al lisne whither are you ou bent beat th this is I 1 1 to nit ad my brother simon adi fricson drics loon on Is boeman ti man there and I 1 po go to bitle with lah him for at 11 while alle tle the archer und and 11 0 1 lile J john tin placed a anil and upon uon e alther ther shoulder sli and led tile the toy off 01 to tile the board where borne it losli sit it a dish of spinach and a of milk were eie laid out for their breakfast 1 I should shoula not be surprised to learn said the soldier as ai lie a slice of tile the fish upon ki lle leynes nes of brend bread that iou ou could rend read written things jou iou ainoo i 1 ji I nannean jo uada 1 I i arill Mu loov paja suu i it ifould be shamo shame to the tha good liehr air c lerk clerk th this I 1 s t ten e n years th the e bo loman aman looked at him avith etli reat mat respect think of that slid said ie and you iou with alth not it a hair to your ace and a 0 skin akin like a girl I 1 till an shoot dhoot three hundred anti and fifty paces 1 eiith 1 1 th my m litti 1 in vi iiii i and ami tour four h u adred and twenty with tile thi greal war bow yet let I 1 can call mako nothing of this nor read my own name i why it Is written in the french tongue sald bald alleyne alleine and alid in a right clerkly hand hall this llila li Is how it II runs runa in our speech tu to the very ery powei powerful tul and very cai honorable knight sir i nigel I 1 wing of oc Christ christchurch church aroi from his very faithful ft mend lend sir claude CI aude latour captain cit din of the white co company chatelain of bubear grand lord of ic mont chateau and ana vassal assal to the renowned p casten count of foix who holds tile the rights lights of the high justice the middle and 1 I the low look at that now cried the bo bowman w in ili that Is IB just wl what lie he would have sald said you come w with lat th tile me nion mon gros groa jenn jean and as ag to yo you u little one on where did aid you say that y you u to instead i all ah yes I 1 know this fo foiest rest country w well ell we shall travel round with you tc I 1 lid ad 1 seeing bering that it Is little out of our way wa As they passed the old church which stood upon a mound at thu the letthand lefthand side of the village lalage street the door was waa hung flung open and a stream of wor shippers wound down the sloping path coming from the morning mass alleyne bent kiwe and doffed coffed hat bat at the sight of tile the open door hut but ere eie he had finished an ave AM his comrades coar aks were wen ou out t of sight round lound the curve or of the nia he had to run to overtake them what mint lie he said not one word vord of pr prayer a yer before gods own open hous anus 9 how can call ye 0 o hope chopo for ills his blessing upon the ithe day das my friend sald john i ie ve prayed prated sn much during tin thit lal la L ti months not only during the day but at matins lauds and the like when hen I 1 could escaree beai cu keep heep my head upon my shoulders for nodding that I 1 feel that I 1 have overplayed over prayed ea myself itow ann in n ann in have bave too ton much ro ri 11 conj relod alleyne it la Is the ont thing eliat A man it Is hut but a in ast na aft lip from div to lay dav enting and drinking breathing and it Is only when hen ile he rillies himself tin and co erns erna himself hl avi th ith the immortal spirit within him that hp h in very verv truth a man bethink yo VP how haw sni ind n thing it he thit that tho the blood of ohp should bp spilled to no pur roose the lad if he doth not bluh blu h ill like any cirl and vet drench prent li tile the whole college of 0 erlea the archer in truth I 1 blus boil that ann adv ont ro BO weak ani and pit n so aa T aronld try to touch teach another that which he finds it so ns hard to follow himself elf prettily said mon garc oril touching that sumo slaying slaving of f the redeemer deemer ne it was a bud bad business A k gorla good padro padre in ili france read to us from u i scroll tha whole truth ot of tile the matter the soldiers come came upon allm in ill tho the garden in ili truth these Apost lesot lesof ail beet been holy men but they were ot of ro no great account is as men at arms there thera was one indeed sir 9 ir petar who smote out like IL a true nian man but unless he 13 belled lie did but clip it a car w which aich ans no very knightly daod ny by these ten finger bones had I 1 been there with black simon of norwich and but one score boie B oie of picked men ot of the company wo we had held thorn them in play could 0 we o do no lie more we had at least filled the HIP false knight sir judas so ai full of english arrows that he woula curse tile the lay day that ever ho he camo came on such an errand the young clerk smiled at his ahli companions earnestness had lie ife wished help 11 lie said ire he could have summoned legions of arch angles from heaven lie aen so what need had ile he of your poor bow and arrow besides bethink you lou of ills hla own words that those who live by the sword shall perish by tho the sword now youngster let th things I 1 be plat and plain between us I 1 am a man who to shoots straight at his mark you saw the things I 1 had with me at yonder louder hostel name which you win adl w so ve e the lie box of rose colored sugar 1 which aich I 1 take tahe to the lady loring and you ion shall have them if you will but come with me ine to france nay sata said alleyne 1 I would gladly come with ye to prance france or where else elsa ye 51 will just to list to your our talk and because in cause ye yc are the only two friends that mat I 1 have in the whole wide world outside of the cloisters but indeed it way amny not be for my duty Is toward my brother bi other seeing that father and mother tire dead and he my older elder besides when ye talk of taking me to france yr ye do not conceive how useless I 1 should be to you seeing that neither by training nor by nature am I 1 fitted for the wars and there seems to be ba nought but strife in those parts bethink you again mon men ami aylward that you might do much good yonder since there aro are three hundred men in tile the company and none who has ever a word 0 of grace giace for them and yet the virgin knows that thre there was never a set et of men who were in more need of it the one duty may balance the other your brother hath done without you this many a year and as I 1 gather he hath never walked as far ni beaulieu Beau to see bee you during all that time sq so he cannot be in arty any great need of y ou U besides said john the of Min stend la Is a byword through the forest from Bram bradshaw bramshaw shaw hill tu to 1 y walk ile he Is a drunken brawling irilous churl as you may find to your 1 cost the more reason that I 1 should strive to mend him alleyne chere a Is no need to urge me friends fur for my 0 own n wishes would draw me to france and it would be a joy to me could I 1 go with you but indeed and indeed it cannot be so here I 1 take my anve leave of you for yonder square tower amongst the trees upon the right must surely be the church of oc Min aminstead minstead stead and I 1 may reach it by this path through W well 11 god be with thee lad cried the archer pressing alleyne to his hla heart 1 I am quick to love and quick to hate and fore ore god I 1 am loath to part yet it may be as well that you should know whither we go we now journey south through the woods until we come out upon the christ church road and so BO onward hoping tonight to night to roach reach the castle of sir william Mont acutt earl ot of salisbury of which sir nigel loring Is constable there we shall I 1 mile hide and U Is il like enough that for a month or more you may tand us there ere we are ready for our voyage back to france it was hard hanl indeed tor for alleyne to break away from these two new but hearty friends arod so strong was the cc in bat between his conscience and his inclinations that he dared not look round lest his resolution should slip away from him the patti path which the young clerk had now to follow lay through a magald cent forest of the very heaviest timber v here the giant boles of oak and of oc beech formed long aisles in every dl shooting up ull their huge branches to build the majestic arches of natures own cathedral it wax wa very still there in the heart of the tha woodlands the gentle rustle of the tha branches and the distant cooing of oc pigeons were the only sounds which broke in upon the silence lenue sl save that bouce alleyne heard afar oft off a merry call upon a hunting buglo bugle and the shrill yapping of the hounds ire he pushed on the quicker twirling ills his me out at even turn of the path for or somo some slen sign of old saxon saon residence lie ile was suddenly sud renly or rested however by tile tho appen appearance rance of A wild ald looking fellow armed with 0 who sprang out from behind a tree and barred hl alg 3 pa saiRe lie ile va vai n powerful peasant with cap and tunic of sheepskin leather breeches ind and round lilt ills leps legs find feet stand stana hp sho shouted raising ills lienay cudgel to enforce the order who tire are you sou who walk so artely through tile the woold whither would 1101 ou orn eo e o and hat Is if your errand why should I 1 inser answer your questions mv friend frien 19 1 said alleyne stam 1 ink inc on an his guard because ne cause knur nur may mav rave ive ante what hnot it in the scalp nought of adv price now how can cai 7 tell that clerk tat lift me see f not I 1 toola r T could pull vou limb limb like ft pullet lose scrip and life too 7 1 11 I will part with uel neither ther without st a 11 X fleat A facht betwixt i spurred cock ond new hatched chicke nl thy fighting days may soon be over oer asked me in the name ol of charity I 1 would have given ghen free timely ti eely lyl cried alleyne As it stands not one r farthing arthene arth lne shall you have with my free will viii and v when hen I 1 see B e my brother the bobman of lie he will raise hue and cry from vill hlll to alii from hundred to hundred until you are taken as a innmon robber and a scourge to the country the outlaw sank ills club tho the Soc brother lie ho gasped now by the reyis keys of peter I 1 had rather that hand withered and tongue was palsied ere I 1 had struck or miscalled mi ini you if you are the soc anians brother vou ou are one of 0 atif le right light side bide I 1 warrant for till all your clerkly dress dresa ills ilia brother I 1 nin am replied alleyne but even it I 1 were not Is that reason why you should molest me on oil the klics ground 1 I give not tho the pip of 0 an apple tor for king icing or tor for noble died tile tho serf bert ill III havo have I 1 had from thern them and III I 1 shall repay them I 1 am a good friend to my friends and by virgin nn ail ovll evil foeman boleman to my foes arid and therefore the worst of foeman to thyself th aalt said alleyne but I 1 pray houi cinco you stem seem to know him to INI point t out to me ma the shortest path to my y t brothers rot bers house lie he was following tho the track his misgivings increasing with every step which took hita nearer to that homo home which he be had never ncr seen been when of a sudden the trees began to t thin hill und and tile sward to spread out into it brond broad green low law where live five cows lay lit in the sun esbine and droves of black swine wandered unchecked A brown forest atre stream torn swirled an hied down tho the centre of this clearing with a rude bridge lung flung y atrash it and on the other ald 3 was a second held field sloping doping up to a long low lalni wooden house with thatched roof loot anil and open squares for windows Hin doos at al ayno gazed gated across at it with flushed cheeks alke ka and sparkling eyes eca for this he knew must be tile tho home of his fri fathers alleyne was roused however from liln jils pleasant pleaseant by the sound souna of voices and two people em arged from aiom the forest voine little way to ill ahli right rind moved across tho the field lit in the dl 2 it atlon ut of the bridge ahe the ono one was a man with yellow flowing heard and mry long hair of the sanio same tint drooping over ills shoulders hy by his side walked n woman tall all rind slight blight and dalk with lithe graceful figure and clear cut composed features her jet H IR rm J g 01 7 al 41 se vak y V mix I 1 4 1 1 1 N 14 hf oba I 1 R K it Z L F W YOU LEAVE bin all NOW SHAME FOREVER uron UPON YOUR MA MANHOOD black hair was gathered back under a light pink colf coir her head poised proudly upon her neck ail mid tier her stel long and vi fl like that ot of some wild tireless woodland creature allayne stood lit in the shadow of an oak staring staling at her with parted lips tor for this woman to him to be tile th most beautiful and graceful creature that mind could conceive Loni elve of such had lie he imagined tile the angels but here there wits was something human which seat a tingle and thrill through his tier ner s such as no dream of radiant and stainless spirit had ever yet been e to conjure up the two walked swiftly across the meadow to the narrow bridge ho he in III front and she ehe a pace or two tio behind there they paused and strod for a few minutes face to face talking alleyne had rend read and beard of love and ut u lovers loveis such ouch were obese doubtless dou bUesa this golden bearded man ind and the fair damsel with the told cold proud face why else should they wander together lit in tho the woods or bo be so lost in talk by rustle rustic streams and yet set its as he watched uncertain whether to advance adv anar from the cover or tu choose some other path to the house lie soon came to doubt the truth of ills his conjecture the man stood tall tail and square blocking the entrance to the bridge and throwing out tits hands as hf he spoke in ft a wild eager caper fashion while tile the deep tunes tit of tits bis voice rose tit times into accents ac ants of menace arid and of anger aimer she stoina fearlessly in front of him but twite twice she threw a swift questioning glance over her hei shoulder boulder as of one w who ho Is in search of fit aid so moved was uni the young clerk ly by tb ahse se mute appeals that he came forth from the trees and crossed the meadow what to do and set loath to hold lack from one who might need ahls aid b bi intent were vi ere they upon ullon each other that neither took note of his approach until when lie ho was close upon them the man threw his arm arin roughly round the damsels waist and drew tier her toward him she straining tier her lithe supple figure away and striking at him the maid however had but little chance against tier her assa assailant llant who loudly caught aught her wrist in one hand while lie he drew her toward oward him with the other the best rose has ever the longest thorns said he quiet little one or you maldo yourself a hurt must pay saxon sabor toll coil on saxon land my proud maude for nil all your airs and grace you boor r rhe ehe he hissed you ba i underbred clod la this your flip care and your hospitality I 1 would rather wed a branded serf from my fathers field leave go BO I 1 say sayah ah good youth heaven has sent you make him loose met mel by the honor of your mother I 1 pray you to stand by me and to make this knave loose me stand by you I 1 will and that blithely said alleyne surely sar you should take shame to hold the damsel against tier her will the man turned a face upon him which was 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