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The Wingham Times, 1899-11-03, Page 7T "' ( U+ �. it hthene, galloped .ld a quarter lu hoof side e t l+aIVINII4 lk),�4r1,.further on I of Dorothy o s tiny Iter elf" ztx Ti3iOTXIIWS TSUai4 "1: didd'.xpect you," she said de - It is T1nln:sc!ay and I sit dowel to write nn.reke, atelO more for reason that I have a ""l!ltyay,"said I,"neither did I •cx- -quill i,cfore nue than that I have a tale ,peen to come, Are you glad that you to t."11. On Thursday hut had. the good. � see mo?" saints theensofves dropped down. from a "At least not sorry," She sailed on oloud and said to me, "Lecnnnus Drew, ttae as does .a mother when her child in a week thou shalt have changed thy makes bold to ask a lie is loved as numb ,sword. for a pen, thy.saddlo tor ft bench, as is his sire, and thy days of merry adventure for "The .day Is fine," 1 ventured. to . dopa days of rest and idlouese," I shoula have time. ,. been tamped, though a reverent man, to "I trust it may bring forth what disbelieve theme But the Eesti nes of metal may be in your horse and you," war have been ever such, now up, how down.; up at the siege of • Prieto., down at the siege of Gloucesti r, up at Chola grove and Nowl:rry, (lawn at Marston Moor aud•Nas:•by. So, if Naseby has 'brought us doWu, them., by tho laws of wars, our aucxt'wi:ll brim; us up. My ,guard last night dared Nay the' war was. " over, our Sing; had fled to Scotland. I played a moment with my hair then spoke to him as one might speak unto a .rat that crawls too near ones meal, "You speak thus again," said. I, "Day,if :fou but let tho itiug's name drop from your lips and I will, spill your brains,, loathsome as they be, on the floor where :rest your feet," Ho muttered then and strode out, and when. 'my door was .locked he stood before it in the corridor and called to suit, "Tho King! the King! your 'Ring is fled. Your lying, out- throat King!" and so he bawled hie fill. That is the dofoot of Nasoby. .A- roan is never beaten while he has the freedom •of his hand and tongue, but when he is •Roajer answered and I . galloped by her placed -within a box like a moulting.. side• • Onwe tore over the smooth coon- needs .hawk and must listen to the insults of a try to the west fora couple of miles .Bright • Roundhead fool, he then has met de- then turned,uiorth among . the rooks to- • • I s feat, .It was Naseby brought me here: ward Chilling.* Roajer was at his best . as t "Shell we not rid© together?" "My horse is slow, besides what wo- man is there that would caro to take a ditch in your break -seek way?" Not seeing that she made short of me I assured hor that her paoe would 'be mine: Tho hound., trotting along voider the am leash of the �vhrpperini> entered a s11 a W000. iu which the quarry was supposed to be. Rocks on the north proveutingits exit in that direction, the pack entered from the east, so, at Dorothy's sugges- tion we moved south of the woods to- ward the west, Here 'we walked our horses round and rotund. About a minute after the 'first yelp,. the deer sped into the opening, stood still a mainent then . off like a dart. Away we wont, Dorothy in the lead a couple of strides. Above the baying of the hounds,, theclanking hoofs, the shouting, voices, and the- •blowing of horns, I could hear 'hor` call to inc.' E. Met *um Ole Squire eroi'easa Lrevel aas.t, se 1 anseril awes Pioward'a health, and he mine, and T, Melding out rshitrh sit I ez 1 make ray' tlxa t, faqir Dorothy's. It was my /int • self When she called taws bads,, a spark - speech, but I wars not ashamed of it f•sa• ling gleam in her eye;. I thought it www the wino had fav/4n ztae tk 1o'se tang,'tue, hapfia.efC VT&I1, it waiii haltuiuesas of as Sir Tlaomm bagged that Dorothy Waal relight sing, and siting she slid; that mime "Cousin Leette us," elle said., "I pro; old hunting soang, and when she caaaao wise To sial :ny .aro niso I give you to'' here this ring.. You exo but a by yet; "To' 1~e first to start and fire to stab some day, no doubt, you'll see 4 fairer. - • And to shout the Tally -1m," "anus than your poor Dorothy." aa1.e sitiiied ani mewed the company. ap- 1 more oriole oath alis any gentleman pia -tided. eleadd swear, Asi she withdrew sac teartae( and seat "Keep the ring and when you oaaa`c to nae with lser•e •as a..sposcbless message, wear. it I shall know that you have as she herself taught sue that might to •eeased to loveitie." "Whieb, was very true. • She drew it from her finger and as I knelt cue kuco b:t¢ora her she placed. it with some trouble upon .nine--- a heavy ri:: g with a stent in it as blue as the flame of a dying caudle. "It is too tight," she said when she had. put it on, "you must ";year it lier- force till your finger withers, love or no love. You.aro a growing boy; I'll,got a larger -one that 'ill' not pain yon when 3 ou1've grown anima." She heft. sats and I bit zny lip.," ""When you've grown a man!" Returning she brought with her a big ring that almost made zrto laugh out— right the size of .it! "IHow. pretty it wottld look upon thy arm! .,' I exclaimed, whereat she frown- ed at erre and put it on my finger, where it dandled like a collar from,a goose's neck. ' T took it with what grace I could. and an my banded knee declared that I would keep it where it was long as my blood flowed through it. • She bade ane. rise and as I did SO I kissed her brow, and then she laughed and nettled mo again. at. I said farewell and When I went down stairs taked for a time with Lord say'. Tlao message bade me follow hey, • When. we were seated ehle by Fide in her little sitting; room up t'.lo stairs Pe coanxuaucled hie to tulle to her, Who could then: speak? It is es when a a..on- t cr bids his Telemachus recite to him the lesson of the day, The lesson he re- peated On the green has flown his mom - o.. "Talk yon yourself," said I, "for you aha of the sex of tollgates. What might T fi lr abo"nt but of horses or hennas? care springs jest a trifle soon in ears; 1 would if I—•" u i ;noel and lutein ited me, "I've nays been her e level ground cl viols and far yours." ill then. I dropped my eyes off leers in;itn the oeiiiug, cousiu•..,I,ecamus>" she t last, "if I'did, chafe you; t won ,at hounds to -day niy poor companionship, eU you a tale to pass the bene?" d on her and took her hand gh I had been bub pretending talon{ She 1 noticed b;.it luta fashion, and also on she springs ti 4 soon for that sad ho I• never hated her hand and t ;looked at the ".'Forgive sweetly sai the horse The histories in the years to cone will but with all my urging • he could not say, "Naseby, 1045, lost by the Bing," leave Dorothy's chestnut mare. "Twill be a fair tale that Wines from. and that is all the future will know. of. "Mayhap I ride too fast," I gaspecl to tby hps,,' said I gallantly;,' as . she be-' Plowerd. It No word of Lecamus Drew being her, gan. "You might ride over often,„ he said, ” -• h 1 •sin. taken after might ae priseuner to some "" r,. no,"' she answered. !`A little ,The story was of a stage play she had Do.ot y islonesome trines, . e would hole that isn't fit to house a horse, and faster if you can." seen in London the past season; about a be pleased to see you.' kept eight clays they tell me that to- I rode on but with less heart merchant who hada friend., poor' as he Indeed she would," I answered him. morrow 1 am to make acquaintance "The devil'!" said 1 under my breath. was noble, wishing a loan that he might with a big• moaning in my words. • with the cord—with food such as would "Here's a fence, :a five -footer with 'a, bettentax, his suitto the lunchbeset men he talked tome of the new King . , make a starving mean turn up his nose. bad approach. I'll take it she can go . fair lady `%tixtia. The merchant's worth whom he had seen the last season in But the Book says, so I have 'been told, round. • was all at sea• •o he was forced to beg it London. that sve.must eat and dein.; for to -mor- ""Good -by,,, I called as I began to of his bad enennny ai °I ri'ish Jew, named My horse ready, T bade him good - row we die. So as I die to -morrow, spee.•fosithe jump, bat she passed me .Shylock. The Jew gave aud.asked in night and went out. The groom was i to -ay ea d T must t and drink "Drink," on o stretch ttretch and made the leap the retreturnbut•. bond, whish ' was a jest he walking off and Dorothy in a long, black Prigitk iii aI. edtaine discovereii es guaranteed to on a, fo> taad o Seine. weakness, .all effects of *base or euoese, Mental ipacoo, $lura or Et of price, one neeltes,qs biz vg14 owe. felspar The 17404' Sold is wing Druggist. 1 RETURNED ..ON dry, Exeeseive ilia of To lents, Mailed on reoetpt 1,six, SO. Qnsufipkstle,' is free to any Andress. omg?4,arx tvtudsor, gut. ay Celia A,. Cuwpbell r fox 1 Reim TNH CANADIAN HOME J )D 1 A montblx ratagesdae full at , eating reeding. matter ova two -. formation for CANADIAN 'GSI AMEN AND; CAN•A•DIAW D;QMB'S Carefu washed correctly fl bed a that's the his 1r bug: waroshinght herepreparati� fibre of tnn goods unhealthy about o TIME. 1- properly ironed, l fairly priced -t f your linen When t a thing in our ns to injure the end not a, thing work rooms. Leave Orders at C relfv%Wieefeale g gown, was wai!ri,tgr oaer up o :say I, and my laugh rings in the coria- a eatest.leap I ever seen—it" was 'there said which ave hem as security a pound Rjand d -dor, who have not seen a brown bowl that day Lord Stow nigh broke his neck of the good merchant's flesh from next the gravel drive that lead to the park for a week. Eat!'' I say again, "Eat before my very eyes. I caught her his heart. The money—ducats they gates. My love increased a thousand ,your finger nails and leave the prepared again as she rode sideling down a bete.call it in that country—was paid, and fold. , - the lady Portia won by the. inierchant's When I had mounted she told me that corruptioi'ifor the rats." So 1 put au- She turned and smiled on me. other knot in my sash, take my quill—friend, Bassanio. short aath lay through the trees. to the The pack heel fallen off except two'Their troth was.plighted bya ringshe loft, and then she told me of its turns,. pray heaven it was a sword—and begin great -jawed, blood -hounds, one of which so manythat it seemed more like a my tale cls a means of harrying away had jumped upon the deer as he landed gave to l,in, which he declared that heh to-dayand bringing on to -morrow• L. p p would keep till death took from him Itis puzzle than a path. frown a leap. He lost his hold; however, • . but T .doubt if under •siinilax anxcuun- u e milts o en: 'festivals there there. His mates jaws were at, the very heels came a message that the ships were lost It was a night such as is sprinkled here .stances Launcelot Gobbo himself would strange occupation for a King's cavalier, and thereby his first. place in the chase. finger' 11�ssedher hand and left her standing. T th • ' t f their f brute. • Ile s' rang ,and g p h O cal and that d th rel Je would l of the weary p nlik cut have done owas9• d a in a aj* e cruel w v d awlt ore in all Octobers as m sprang again but missed ever from lack J t d 1 ths,T I all I Must needs search my mind for i lowed my horso to cvaaa= not ant I l • • somethings to tell, not that I possess little, but because, forsooth, I have such. a great store that it is hard for me to 'put my finger on what would please one. I could tell you, well enough, of how King Charles came to spend the night with me at Cranbrook, or the strange adventure that befell me in delivering a necklace for Prince Rupert. . How suits :a battle? The saints be praised, not Naseby! Too much blood, cursing, shrieking, groaning, dying. Ali, let it be the story of a ring a maiden gave to "me, which, though a funny tale, I could not 'enjoy till back a year or two. People now -a -days often wonder at my assn. and thigh, but they do wonder more whom I tell. them that when. my teens were ended my .growing too was of strength to put force into his leap:' At length' as wo drew near the base of the great Wigton Twill the panting deer grown hold with desperation turned and with lowered head charged Iiia loud- mouthed adversary. Just as be struck the yelping brute I threw my •cihiuyard —a trick I was well -learned in—it lodged behind his shoulder,' Ile , shud-' dererl, paused, and then the hounds leaped on 'Mama he sank. I killed him with my sword. ""Well done," she cried, clapping her hands as I wiped my sword. I answered something to the purport that such affairs were much' more com- mon with me than my unneglected .rfe• • prayers, 1 She then set.out for home reaching Then we chatted till, afew of the fore -there before her lord. "Here she soon mos stragglers •arrived. discovered her ring amiss and rated hor done, and that at , twenty I could cut "Whose game?" asked Squire Hop- good. husband full soundly for its loss, most as deep if not as neat a gash as I lin, one of the last, as he rode up, "'Who deelarmg that she knew some woman do now. A.tfifteen I rode out to hounds drew the blood?" hat. it. Axid then she gave it bill\ again and thereby he' knew that it was she who had saved the life of his dear friend, the `merchant. Such was the tale, but though itis exact the forfeiture. Bas.aur glad- •, . warm as . nue, ye as i wi stricken, set out to change hos•, °inellieh , purpose, and, the moment he was `gone, aious to speedily depart from her vicinity. The the lady Portia, dressed Wee man's ap- reins lying on his neck, he moved among parel, set after him, and in the court in the trees picking out a path, I could not the presence of her husband, although see.. u nknOWn to him, pleaded by a process It must have been close to the gate of the law .slows only 'to horseff, to when I heard a sDund beside me, but save the merchant's life • before I could turn my head someone sprang upon me, half side ways half be - She was successful. and Bassanio hies- hind me, caught me by my collar and tacy of happiness begged her, thii,king pullet ane from any horse. A .second she wassome learned lavi'yer, accept from him some fee. Modestly she ask- ed of him his ring. He gave rt with re- luctance for it was the self -same ring that he had sworn to keep as long as and in two years more was master of the chase. It was then, yes seventeen, that one October day there rode up to -old Iiarkdou Mee, our Essex county seat, a groom from the stables of my 'uncle, the Lord Ploward, a dozen miles .south-east toward the sea. Ile asked for me anid handed down a note from anyfair cousin Dorothy' saying that as the houndstveit out upon the morrow, and as I was a brave huntsman, to come with my best horse and ride with them; that she herself would go and would be pleased to have army company if I rode not too fast for her. , A strange excitement passed. from my curls dowA to nae spurs. I strove to master .it and answered luta''tVith sonic disdain that 1 could .not ,,positively promise butt would attend the limit if possible. "Tell that to Lady Dorothy, and with my thanks," 1 said and waved hen off. Before his foram was lost among the Irk trees I Was planning preparatiotns for the nnorrow. • Tho morning broke clear and found ,Me setting out iu good time mightily well pleased with myself. Semething, alt anxiousness for aetivrty; or it may have boon the :great Imp himself, impel- led me to stride my good horse Roajer. lie gave such a leap as to wrenchori a shoe. 1 smiled tlnon as I have often done since when in a straight and be- thought aria Of the nearest smithy, two fniles to llarkdon Place and therm seven north. Reeder tot off walltiiig, The shoe on WO galloped east by Coxnditgpon for ?Toward 1.lall, .uid anr- Lived there to know that the himt was gone some twenty minutes. I could see las the boy pointed for me the last of a law g ,,,r,dem t• "� • i3lt� eine y'?;•Mi ..114110 n ia'rhi4 WIYy, nlih,nt '. k "It was cousin Drew who thew it, answered Dorothy, pointing to me as the Squire laughed. We rode home talltiig . and riding to- gether, but a• seventeen -year-old, no �viitten here in scanty words, it lasted matter how big, soon talks out. Thee long, for women have a knack of spir.- she sang to me songs that would have um' Out what a cavalier might balance suited rn many places from a child's on his sword point. And as she chatter- rocas to a vesper service; Oudot little ed T must needs have been deaf not to iitt the were love songs wine. what have noticed how softly she could turn c •les y , not, and last of all a gay hunting song. This as we entered the park: at Ploward Hall. 'Twas a common enough song in those days so I helped --she said it was a hindrance—in the chorus O merry day, when far away. "Through the weeds o'er the waving cern, O'er hill and glen to the gay huntsmen, Gomes the sound of the hunter's horn:. 'Tis merry' to race with the hounds in chase, And the deer in the dale below; To be first to start and first to stab, And to shout the Tally -ho. The (limier was served in the great (lining hall and was the merriest meal T have ever eaten, Lord Pioward at the head of the table and Dorothy at the foot, 1 would fain have sat beside her but slue would not have it so. As the meal went on and the wino was passed the 'merriment increased. Sir Thomas 11obbs, a witty little nnatt—sritall Mon have wit and big ones strength -play. fully asked, begging pardon of the host,. flint those who loved him • and would mire to see him famish not might riot leave the wine tankard within reach, "Then shalt not •nnuzzlo the ex that s readily. 1 treacle oat the coma,, said rear y. "Self- treservatlotx is the firstlew," he ».newel ¢, In retain. Yid tongs noss, and blind did 1 not see the boaut of her eyes, and neck and hair. "Cousin," said 1, "thou hast indeed fair face," "Lecamue," she exclaimed. "I say," I coritimued like a panting blownhorse, "wilt be minae, sweetheart? wilt marry ine?" Then she laughed again so loud and long that, I did not like her • quite so much. "Why; do you not know that I am. older and bigger and wiser thali you?" she asked when her laughing subsidl- ed"flow old?" "Twenty," "Well, what of. that?" 1 asked with au endeavor' to be playful. "I'll be tiventymyself in three years, and as for you being bigger, I'll measure height with you en the wall," So we measured on the wall and 1 was taller by a finger's breadth, though 1 believe she stood a little on her toes, " "And you aro not wiser," 1 persisted. "I know a great many things, but have n'o thanee to show it a toept 0ceasioti offers to make it neeess a 'y," "1'tlr instance?" she latughed,: on, "you are not old. - or, or brig G, ' ° • 'wig, though, the a delal mdt 15nnd- Btil"et , " veli halftWatittt Tito t after I had heard the sound I was on the ground upon my back, a big knee on my chest and the glint of a knife before my eyes. "Stir not," said a voice, gruff, yet not gruff, "or there will be some blood-let- ting. What money have you:, man?" "Take what I have," said I, " midget thee gone." I hadn't a shilling, "Hast then -none?" he 'asked. "None." "Thou art an honest youth; I'll take thy word. instead of it, though money has more value. What then? Ah, let's have thy gloves." "My gloves are thine, and you may have my boots if you do but promise me to let hie rise and fight with thee." • "All in good time. Thy gloves, good And then he took there off. • "Alt,, what is that I feel? A ring! A . stolen ring, it fits you trot. Who would 1 have expected this of you, a seeming I gentleman? But there is leo honor in our craft. Permit me, thy ring, good. • O r'a3 Feed Store. Subscription prioea Oaae Dollar peri' re, Artuurn.� Q3 )•ou eara reeeive it with il,:ra paper for ane vein' at the st.me price by sending >our i; d• ,r is um p.ub!b.4er of the 1.11..'t1T'5 int , wing bawl.. 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I wist 1 meet not her ghost to -aright," and he laughed still. 1 sighed for my poor lie. "Take my horse, he won at hounds to -day, end let mo keep the ring," • "0 yes, 'I see it now, the hounds were after then and th'su escaped. But What of that thy horso•is gone." In, troth he was. He whistled and his horse came tip to him from thrive, the trees. He took my sword threw it away, Enid belted my whinyarcl. Then springing from my bolt' to his saddle galloped oft, 1 rose and. thought of Dorothy and of the promise 1 hal: made her. .low could: this ever be on:quilled in such a way as not to show that I had been a poltroon, I thought I was a num and hone maxi been singly worsted. I stood half dazed and inn the midst of any perplexity a loud, oloar laugh tang up to me from the valle below and a votovoiceI knew too well sang ig out: r a" T'nat merry to raw with the hounds in chase, Andous dear in the dale' below" To be fist to analyst to. 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