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(COntinued from last week) --
- The owner of the flute examined
the weapon closely., Gervase's heart
began to beat excitedly. At that
nunaent he desired the flute beyond
anything 'else in 'the world. The vu -
Inc of the dagger tempted the, gypsy
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to •ma a the exu11,3M e. Why, yea,
said he, "certainly I wi1L"
When Gervaxe was, given—the pipe
he felt a thrill of joy, for here 'was a
means of life., •
But this was not the end of their
good luck. °'
It was most necessary that Anne
• should disguies her sex at . the. first
opportunity The hawkingjbreeehes
and longI boots of untanned leather
surmounted by a woman's bodice and
feminine canopy of curls had already
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excited remark. Therefore was.• the
crone 'persuaded to cut off the' 'long•
tresses' with a pair of sheark, and 'out
of the gypsies' wardrobe she provide
ed a' boy's. leather jerkin and cap to
nl.atch it in exchange for the w'oman'e
geese -that Anne. was 'wearing.
A great change was.. wrought *there-.
by in her appearance. She was no
more a maid. Her .thin. tall figure,
graceful as a willow, did remarkably
well for that of .a very lender bray'.
Charming she looked; 'her form was.;
of a singular . delicacy, but it passed
eery well for that of a boy. Awkward
questions need "no.. longer ' be ; seared
-along the road. Both were now un-
mistakably
umistakably of •'the sterner serf in the.
Fight of all men,
They went • forth in good heart.
Armed with this blessed pipe no long-
er need theyfear for ,a modest sus-
tenance ,by the way, unless they
should fall in with a singularly barren
land or one notoriously . averse from
music.. '
All the same' they must use great
caution. It had been proved to them
already that the chase was _like ,to be
hot at their heels. Still if they kept
to little frequented places, there was
for the present a chance 'of eludiing
their pursuers. But beyond that they
did not dare to hope. • -
CHAPTER XIII
From this time forth, as far as it
was possible, Gervase and Anne kept
thew thefl v-"
to woods -and ells, For se
eral, weeks ,they yielded themselves to
a free life in the open: Drenched 'by
the rains, combed -by the winds, bak-
ed by the sun, they soon 'became as
brown -as berries.
-All day would - they wander hind in
hand. But this was a stateof things
that could not last. ' . A clear convic-
tion had grown ,tip in the heart of
Gervase that a term had, been set to
his days. At any moment he might
be taken. Therefore would he have
his taste of life ''""
He welcomed nature in all her
moods. He basked) in her sunlight, he
turned his face to her winds, he re-
joiced when her sudden •plumps of
rain. drenched him to the skin. And
the- brave thing,- ever beside him, to
whom -be owed the life which was,still
'his, she too in. her courage and: revo--
tion was, in •a mood of highest forti-
tude. .
Come what might, they would live
their hour. Already Anne had made
a vow that when the call came to
Gervase -she would obey it too. When.
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We know ... being team
captjain has its responsi•.
bilities. But when you're
rounding up your team,
will you try not to make
too many calls at once?
Remember .some grown-
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ne in a'hurry ... Thanks
lot!
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CATCHING.
NG...
Putting it into practice
on every call you -•make
is your best guarantee
that others will do the
same for you.
J: Keep coils brief:
2. Space your calls:
S. Give right-of-way
t� argent_calls. •
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that dread beer came h which ItbeY1
could no longer put 'off their captors
they weee resolved to die together,
Son or late a tragic fate must over •
take the& :But in the meantime let
them taste of life in its abundance,
let them rejoice in the ever -mounting
passion of their love. •
Often a barn or a 'byre sufficed for
their night's lodging, but they, seldom
lacked food. Even in the most rural
:Placed Gervase's '•doll) upon the' flute,
blended occasionally with the fresh
and charming voice of Anne, hardily
ever failed. to ,bring a few pence which'
served to 'buy' -them a meal.
It was a good life and yet, a very
hard one. ,They dared, not venture in-
to, the larger places . where pence
might -have been more plentiful. Thus
for the most part the fare was coarse
and `scanty,, and often were their
bones a mass of ached from the"un-
kindness of their couches. They were
tanned like gypsies., fine-drawn as .
greyhounds; and all too soon their
clothes began to display holes and
'tatters in spite of the care with which
they tended •them
Small wonder" was it that as the
days passed this severe life of the -
road began to' pall. Greatly._as• they
exulted in 'their freedom, they began
to long intensely for gentler fare. Be-
sides, they were inclined to view their
perils more' lightly. Nerved by hard-
ship, very hungry- and also grown a
little desperate after'" a long .succes-
sion.
of most uncomfortable a and -
nights, they found themselves on a
glorious morning in the streets of the
famous town of -Oxford. ,Qnd here a
thing befell that was, 'to change the
current of their••lives.
It was hardly. more than eight.
o'clock by the time they came into
the Cornmarket, where stood the
Crown Tavern, which *as the princi-
pa1 inn- in the city. The season was
June, . and- young as was the day the
sun was already hot in a sky -that
was without a clud.
A man dressed neatly With
a doublet
of black velvet,' and With a short
cock's 'feather in his hat, sat -on a
bench in the sun by 'the tavern door:
On. his knees was. a mass of papers'
which he was'- studying intently. The
expression upon his face was a little
dubious at times, 'and, more than a
little 'pensive at others. Now. and
again as he read' he indulged in a
trick' of brushing back his rather long
hair with the palm of his hand, and
to ,this he had free recoursdwhen he
came to •a passage in the close -writ-
ten folio that particularly- engaged his
'attention.
As the strains of Gervase's flute,
mingled with the. notes of ,Anne's ra-
ther plaintive treble,' caught the man's
ear he paused suddenly in his task.
With an eager, inquiring eye that was
singularly searching he looked vp--
and as; it fell 'upon the pair of raga-
bonds'Who' were coming slowly •across
the Cornmarket toward where he sat,
there, was something in their aspect.
which seemed to arouse his curiosity.
At any rate he laid his papers down
on the bench, and regarded, the musi-
cian and the. singer with an air of
great candor and interest. ,
It may have been 'that the perform
ance on the flute struck him as posy
sessing a merit beyorid the common,
or it may have been that the sweet-
ly. plaintive voice touched!,; a chord in
hie -heart, or agait,,it niay have beery'
that 'come subtle quality in the aspect
of,these ragged robins spoke to him.
For at least his scrutiny was, grave,
direct, very regardful. It was as if he
saw, ,beyond the -tawny skins, the tins
kempt locks, the . tattered clothes,., an
underyiling strangeness as of some-
thing far other, thai, was as yet re-
vealed, _ .
So oddly wa.e.` this man :taken by
the appearance' of these wanderers
that when they halted, -rather timidly
as it seemed, some twenty paces from
where he sat, he was fain to beckon
to them to come nearer. Yes, here
were •youth and, grace indeed, and -be-
neath their ten teas an unmistakabble
beauty. Very slowly and very grave-
ly the man on the tavern bench look-
ed
ooked them up and down from top to -toe.
"Playing for a breakfast, , young
sir?" he said in a tone of. -amused)
-friendliness, when at last this .scr e•
My was at an .ends.
"Yes, sir,, we be," said Ger-vase.
Of latethe young mean bad affected
a kind of Doric in, his speech, , the
better' to accord With- an appearance
that grew more and more rusticaI.
But ae soon as. the mans -heard the
tone of his voice- a smile' played fur-
tively upon his lips.
Again were those observing eyes
directed upon Gervase and Anne.
There was neither unkindness nor i'm'
pertinence in that whimsical gaze. It
was hardily more -than the sympathe-
tic curiosity 'of a subtle mind in the --
presence of a mystery it is tempted
to solve. , But toi Gervase at" least it
brought a sense,of discomfort. The
man's whole aspect made bird' feel
that here was a,:nie.ntal power, a face
ulty of divination far beyond the com-
mon,
"My friend," , said the man, with a
disarming air of courtesy, "if I may
Say so, you, perform so choicely upon
the flute that you shoulkd seldom go
wanting a meal." '
"Ah, sir, we Lack one •s'ometim'es,".
said Gervase.•
pp"There should 'be no occasion; to do
se this morning -at leh.st. Persons. of
tante abound in this. old university
-town."'
"Th -at is good news, sir," said Ger,
vase bguardedly. -
"And,had I been' bred at this ancient
seat of 'wiling I myself might have
claimed to be of their number," So
soft and gentle was -the tone oi? 'the
man's voice 'that Gervase was set
more than ever upoti, his guiard.
The young than tried to show by a
gesture that the convert'ation was, be-
ing carried above the plane -on which
his bucolic wits were aucustorne'di ,to
move. But unhappile its' Very polite.'
sl;l,° 'tills wSt�k b.gat
peen e' I dir ld7 4 0E00404
edr derxat Irrz>er ,.o arle,
e,mea ao t p,Rt forbeurar do b,
•nsed fd Kre'1Ifi t:' std he, °let mo
Tn'ad+e rrr 'self , ,1, •aa 'Ma7
t� as a
ru414 io1'ea o :tie .arts. offer
broakast to1rr'and your frder)d In
9rdJe to Gelebra,te ysqur ger}ius ,uptlw
the flute?';
gertainlYr Orr;you gray ' said Ger
-
-.YAM with "gratn'tlll alacrity, a:nd cast.
ing all irrudeariee'.hop the wind.,
Tllo man, bowad .as if aware tjiat an
.honor 1Atur f ecu ..41,0; 'him. "Is therd
any particular dash, s'i'r, you cri.ve for
y'oar breakfast?' ': ••
Instead of r•eplyat►rg to the question:
Gervase looked at.; .nue, as if he de•
sired that.i'tt a 'Matter of such imporrt-
ance .hers should be bhe responsibility'
of ,'.gho6•s11Lr
Quick ° to fellow the thanes, as .e
was quick: to follow 'all things, -the
roan was fain to take it for his guide. •
"What do you, desire for your break-
fast, yealag $ir7'' he said to Anne,
"A dish of sweetbreads, if it please
you," said Anne, Without an. instant's
hesitation..
"The devil you do!''' The man
broke into a cry of laughter. "Your
eat delicate, young'sir. I•s-a dish of
sweetbreadsyour usual fare -of a
moraine?"
' "No," said Anne. "But you asked).
me what I .would like for my break-
fast."
reakfast."
"Well, young gypsy, you shall have
'em, confound me if you shall not, if
good Mistress` Daveeant can rise to.
such fare. . I will go and, inquire."
The man gathered his papers, rose
from the bench. and entered the tav,
ern.
Anne and Gervase were left on the
threshold• to speculate, perhaps a lit-
tle dubiously, upon this new turn in,
their fortunes. Gervase was already
sparring his memory to recall, .who
this man might be. He- had -the clears
est recollections of having seen him
-before. But where he had seen him
and in what circumstances he could
not -remember just then. Still, he
felt not the least distrust of him. The
countenance was subtle enough, and
wholly unlike that of any other man,
but it had also a frankness, a candor,
a large geniality which wholly for-
bade the idea of treachery.
Soon the man returned with a rog-
uish light in his eye and the assur-
ance that Mistress Davenant would
furnish a dish of sweetbreads in twen-
ty minutes. .1 e
These were glad • tidings. Gervase
rendered his thanks in is -best Doric
and' begged to be allowed the use of
the pump in the courtyard of the inn,
Surely such a noble repast called for
some amenity on the part of those
who seated yield 'to its delights.
CHAPTER XIV ,
When a few minutes later Gervase
and Anne, as wholesome as tho,.puvhp
in the courtyard could make them,
were usheredby their mew friend into
the breakfast parlor of, the Crown,
they learned without surprise that his
cailipg was that of a •play -actor. • Sev-
eral of his colleagues were seated at
a- long table that ran along the''cen-
ter of the room.
This man's entrance with two nut-
brown vagabonds, .whose clothes were
in tatters and 'had theappearance of
having been, drawn through a hedge,
gave,rise to not a little 'curiosity. And
when he led them to a small table
spread for three persons that •was
nrel�,int'l r�.ajp, held': ei i
,th'an#Q .`e,il qn We ,e4sya,' 4fy�
in. then gbu d Mi a i rh^s} di 'a ial0.er
trr"'s�ldled: '�'her,'aal.'eetlrlg gi?enlstt'th art,
,aster mesr,ge#rAr►ao �#
meeting ' was f`'4+4d1s $:coir' of ;tit
aches Ser1pttrre i, Gaon 'fro zF Mark t;
Was read try MM.. Wiilieet Olent4le.
Wel, Ed. Hiner - in prayer, and:
Mrs, h7, Told gave 'a Splendid master
eneneage, choosing la her ' srrb4ject
"The Sewing of Seed for Spiritual
Harvest." A duet. Berva, and Pidk
Ith Blanchard-, "aur the Shadow of tie
Cross," was 'enjoyed. 'Mrs, Arch. Som=
erVille gave the W M.S.• report for the
fie quarter, showing -that $Sf had
been. raised so far. The roll call was
atrgwered by 15 members,.. The meet,
,ing closed by repeating the Apoatles-
Creed and the Lord's Prayer in .uni-
son., Lunchwas served by Circles 3
and. 4:- "
.AYI0LI)
Misses Olen and Janet Fraser; of
Stratford, were guests of- , Mica Bar'
tiara Bassett 'for a few days .' )alga
week.
Mr. and' Mrs. - Harold Weston . and
family 'returned to Detroit on Mon
day after, spending tot past week with
Mr, George Weston.
Mr. ,and Mrs. E. A. Westlake; ac-
companied be Miss A. M. Stirling, at-
tended -the funeral of Miss' M. Hawk:
ins in London on Monday.
Miss Joyce McCrae and brother,
Kenneth, of London, spent last week'
with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Johnston, -
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Guest, Miss..
Norah • Guest, of Toronto, and 'Mrs.
E. Weston, of Goderich, are guests of
Mr. and •Mrs. M. Toms this week,
The annual Easter carnival held in
the Town Hall on Wednesday everting
last under the auspices of the Bay-
field celo .Agricultural ociety, wad well
attended. Albert Dunn, 'Sr., acted as
master of ceremonies. The judges for"
the costumes were Mrs. R. B. John-
ston, J. Stewart and J. Lewis. The
prizes were -awarded as follo't's:' Lad-
ies' fancy, 1st, Mary Beatty; 2nd,
Margaret Ducharme; ladies' comic,
1st, Mrs.. E. Sturgeon; 2nd, Keith
Brandon; gents' fancy, 1st, Don War-
ner; 2nd, Mrs. J. Howard; girls' cos-
tume, 1st, Charlene Scotchmer; 2nd,
-Margaret Howardl; 3rd, Glen Fraser;
boys' costume, let," Marian Makin's;
best couple, Mr. sand Mrs. E: Brecken-
bridge, Norma Sturgeon and Joyce
McCrae; --and Mra. J. Howard and Mar-
garet Howard. Russell Coleman -was
the holder of ' the lucky' ticket for
which the prize was a bushel • of ap
ples.
Mrs. • Grant Turner and Dirs. Jose
phine Robinson entertained at mis--.
esilarreous, shower on Saturday even-
ing. in honor Of Vfiss Dawan.a Toms
brid:e=elect of this week. The bride -
elect was quite taken -by surprise
when Masters Teddy- Turner and Gary
Mercer wheeled in a large perambula-
tor decorated in' •p'i'll and white and
laded with gifts. She eupressed her
set in an embrasure of the window
looking on to the street, and s -at down
to eat with them, covextglances were
stolen' at so singular a spectacle by
more than one member of- the -Lord
Chamberlain's Company.
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