at the top, disclosed a round sinewy | neck, ruddy and corded like the bark of the fir, Thick muscular arms, coyv- ered with a reddish down, protruded from the wide sleeves of his habit, while his white shirt, looped up upon one side, gave a glimpse of 4 huge knotty leg, scarred and torn with the scratches of brambles. With a bow to the Abbot, which had in it perhaps more pleasantry than reverence, the novice strode across to the carved prie-dieu which had been set apart for him, and stood silent and erect, with bis hand upon the gold bell which was used in the private prisons of the Ab- bot's own household, His dark eyes glanced rapidly over the assembly, and finally settled with a grim and menace- ing twinkle upon the face of his ac- cuser. The ebamberlain rose, and having slowly unrolled the parchment-seroll, proceeded to read it out In a thick and pompous voice, while a subdued rustle and movement among the brothers be. spoke the interest with which they fol- lowed the proceedings. “Charges brought upon the second If your eyes were upon your sandals, how came ye to see this smile of which ye prate? A week In your cells, false brethren, a week of rye bread and lentils, with double Lauds and double Matins, may help ye to a re- membrance of the laws under which ye live.” At this sudden outflame of wrath the two witnesses sank their faces on thelr chests, and sat as men crushed. The Abbot turned his angry eyes away from them and bent them upon the accused, who met his searching gaze with a firm and composed face. “What hast thou to say, Brother John, upon these weighty things which are urged against thee?” “Little enough, good father, little enough!” said the novice. “For the matter of the ale, T had come in hot from the flelds and had scarce got the taste of the thing before mine eye lit upon the bottom of the pot. It may be, too, that I spoke somewhat shortly concerning the bran and the beans, the same being poor provender and unfitted for a man of my Inches. It is true also that I did Jay my hands upon this jack-fool of a Brother Am- brosge, though, as you ean see, I did him little scath. As regards the mald, Thursday after the feast of the As. sumption, In the year of our Lord | thirteen hundred and sixty-six, against | Brother John, formerly known as | Hordle John, or Johm of Hordle, but | now a novice in the holy monastic order of the Cisterclans. Read upon | the same day at the Abbey of Beau- lien in the presence of the most rev- erend Abbot Berghersh and of the as- sembled order. “The charges Brother John namely, to wit: “Tirst, that on the above-mentioned feast of the Assumption, small beer having been served to the novices in | the proportion of one quart to each | four, the sald Brother John did drain the pot at one draught, to the detri. ment of Brother Paul, Brother Por- phyry, and Brother Ambrose, who could scarce eat their none-meat of salted stock-fish, on account of thelr exceeding dryness.” At this solemn indictment the novice raised his hand and twitched his lip, while even the placid senior brothers glanced across at each other and coughed to cover thelr amusement. The Abbot alone sat gray and Im- mutable, with a drawn face and a brooding eye. “Item, that having been told by the master of the novices that he should restrict his food for two days to a single three-pound loaf of bran and beans, for the greater honoring | and glorifying of St. Moniea, mother | of the holy Augustine, he was heard by brother Ambrose and others to say | the sald following, against are the | alk too, it Is true that T Aid heft her over the stream, she having on her hosen and shoon, whilst I had but my wood- en sandals, which could take no hurt from the water. I should have thought shame upon my manhood, as well as my monkhood, if T had held back my hand from her.” He glanced around as he spoke, with the half- amused look which he had worn dur- ing the whole proceedings, “There 18 no need to go further” sald the Abbot. “He has confessed to It only remains for me to portion out the punishment which is due to his evil conduct.” He rose and the two long lines of brothers followed his example, looking eldeways with scared faces at the angry prelate, “John of Hordle” he thundered, “you have shown yourself during the two months of your novitiate to be a recreant monk, and one who is un. worthy to wear the white garb which is the outer svmbol of the spotless spirit That dress shall therefore be | stripped from thee, and thou shalt be [ cast Into the outer world w {thout bene fit of clerkship, and without lot or part in the graces and blessings of those who dwell under the care of the blessed Benedict Thou shalt « me back neither to Beaulien nor to any of the granges of Beaulieu. and thy name shall be struck off the scrolls of { the order.” The sentence appeared a terrible one to the older monks, who had ime | #0 used to the safe and regular life of the Abbey that they would h as helpless as children in world From their plous oasis they looked dreamily out at the desert of life—a place full of stormings and strivings, comfortless, restless, and ! wee | } insurrection so sudden, so short, and 50 successful. Yet the Abbot Berge hersh was a man of too firm a grain to allow one bold outbreak to imperis the settled order of his great house hold. In a few hot and bitter words he compared their false brother's exit to the expulsion of our first parents from the garden, and more than hinted that unless a reformation occurred some others of the community might lind themselves in the same evi ana perilous case. Having thus pointed the moral and reduced his flock to a fitting state of docuity, he dismissed them once more to their labors and with- drew himself to his own private chamber, there to seek spiritual aid in the discharge of the duties of his high office, The Abbot was still on his knees, when a gentle tapping at the door of his cell broke in upon his orisons. Its. Ing In no very good humor at the in. terruption, he gave the word to enter; but his look of #mpatience softened down Into a pleasant and paternal smile as his eyes fell upon his visitor. He was a thin-faced, yellow-halred youth, rather above the middle size, comely and well shapen, with straight lithe figure and eager bo,ish features, His clear, pensive gray eve, and quick, delicate expression, spoke of a nature which had unfolded fare from the boisterous joys and sorrows of the world. Yet there was a set mouth and a prominence of the ct which relieved him of any trace of effeminacy. Impulsive he might be, | enthusiastic, sensitive, with something sympathetic and adaptive in his dis- position; but an observer of nature's tokens would have confidently pledged himself that there was native firmness and strength underlying his gentle, monk-bred ways, The youth was not elad In monastie garb, but in lay attire, though his jerkin, cloak and hose were all of a sombre hue, as befitted one who dwelt in sacred precincts. A broad leather strap hanging from his shoulder sup- ported a scrip or satchel such as trav. ellers were wont to carry. In one hand he grasped a thick s.aff pointed of the | in | purities that Joose coffee absorbs—and | the four next larg If he will not ARIOSA write to us you direct —— sell Arbuckles’ We will supply You will get greater value {for your money—a better pound of cof- fee—full weight—than he can sell you under any other name. He cannot sell I — Arbuckies' ARIOSA loose, by the A | pound out of a bin or bug. because we {Supply it only in sealed packages that {you can identify every tirae, which pro- tect the coffee from the dust and im. insure full weight, Coffee exposed to the air loses its flavor, strength and { purity. You cannot tell where it came from— neither can the grocer~ he may knows-—but he doesn, and {think he jd ce | ——— : all you can ever know is the It is worth remembering that | ticket. | ——— {outward appearance is no indics {se Sup” quality. ! | Grocers as a rule are honest, trust. worthy men who would not conscio | mislead you, Whenever one of ol +) em tion of coffee, instead of Arbuckles’ A { he doubtless believes he is d favor, whereas he is eg riving [you of the most wholesome and deli | cious beverage that you can buy, some. | thing better than anything clse he can | S——— | {sell you for the price. The sales of | Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee exceed the | sales of all other package coffees in the United States combined, and the busi- nessa of Arbuckle RIOSA, oing yon a really d exceeds that of concerns in the { world, the public ac-| | tually receives better coffee for their | {money in Arbuckles' ARIOSA they can buy in any other way. 3 : 3 Bros, viet simply because \ J Arbuckles' ARIOSA Coffee ic good | and [to drink—it quenches the thirst | | tastes good. Most people need digestion, increases the i 1 ad ambition to work and it makes one power and feel — cof - a I RR od v mn irere ke doing thin ings—no after deg Te HR ——— United States soldiers drink more fee than the soidiers of any other 1: y and shod with metal, while in the |advises you to take loose grocery store | tion, other he held his colf or bonnet, which bore in its front a broad pewter medal stamped with the image of Our Lady of Rocamadour. “Art ready, then, fair son?" sald the Abbot. “This is Indeed a day of com- Ings and goings. It is strange that in one twelve hours the Abbey should have cast off Its foulest we 4d. and should now lose what we are fain to look upon as our chofeest blossom.” “You speak too kindly, father,” the youth answered. “If I had my will 1 | should never go forth, but should end my days here In It hath Peaulieu, ave been | been my home as far back as my mind the outer | can carry me, and it is a sore thing for me to have to leave It.“ “Life brings many a cross, sald the Abbot gently. “Who is withort them? Your going forth is a grief to us as ’ | then, with a lighter heart and a courage that the young man | from the Abbot's room, while | ter, following him to the finally commended him to the | tion of the holy Julian, patron of trav. | ellers. Underneath, in the porch of the Ab- bey, the monks had gathered to give him a last Ood-speed. Many had brought some parting token by ch he should remember then The wan Brother Bartholomew with ifnx fof rare carved ivory, and Brother Luke with a white-backed pualter | adorned with golden bees, and Brother | Francis with the “Slaying of the Inno cents” most daintily set forth upon vellum. All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's serip, and above them old pippin-faced Brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine. So, amid handshakings and laughings and blessings, Alleyne Edricson turned his back upon Beau- lieu. At the turn of the road he stopped and gazed back. There was the wide. spread bullding which he knew so well, the Abbot's house, the long church, cloisters with their | bathed 1 mellow: There t river Fx« stouter turnea the lat alr-head, re A Cru mr d In the evening the broad sweep | the old stone well, led niche of the Virgin, and | centre of 11, the cluster of | | white-robed figures who waved thelr hands to him. A sudden mist swam | up before the young man's eyes, and he turned away upon his journey with a heavy heart and a choking throat, It is not. h in the nature of things that a of twenty, with young glowing in his veins and all the world before him, should spend his first urs of freed In | y Was wever iad : fe wid h | Be aulienu belle he was striding sturdily | ar merrily a» the birds In the thi | me urning of wh he had left. Long | Alleyne out of sound of the ere wan along, swinging his staff and whistling ket, sich he travelled as most other The road alk WAS BOATrCe roads In the than those Iarger tow: the boy met more taan strings of journeying himself The night had already fallen, and the moon was shining between the rifts of rageed. drifting clouds, befor Al leyne Edricson, footsore and weary from the unwonted exercise foned | ous h HN between Yet from time to other wayfarers, andl was overtaken by | pack-mules and horsemen in the same direction as] the time once WITH A SHOUT HOE TORE UF THE HEAVY OAKEN PRIEDIBU, that he wished twenty thousand devils | would fly away with the sald Monica, mother of the holy Augustine, or any other saint who came between an man and his meat Item, that upon Brother Ambrose reproving him for his blasphemous wish, he did hold the sald brother face downward over the! piseatorium or fish-pond for a space during which the sald brother was able to repeat a Pater and four Aves for the better fortifying of his soul agninst Impending death.™ There was a buzz and murmur nmong the white-frocked brethren at this grave charge: but the Abbot held up his long quivering hand. “What then?" sald he “Item, that between Nones and Vespers on the feast of James the loss the sald Brother John was ob served upon the RBrokenhv st road, | near the spot which Is known as Hatehett's Pond, In converse with a | person of the other sex, being a | maiden of the name of Mary Sowley, the danghter of the king's verderer, Item, that after sundry Japes and Jokes the said Brother John did lift up the sald Mary Sowley and did take, | carry, and convey her across a stream, to the Infinite relish of the devil and the excesding detriment of his own soul, which scandalous and wilful falling away was witnessed by three members of our order.” A dead silence throughout the room, with a rolling of heads and upturning of eyes, bespoke the pious horror of the community. The Abbot drew his gray brows low over his flercely auestioning eyes, “Who ean vouch for this thing? he nankad, “That can L" ans rversd the accuser, “So. too ceun Brother Forphyry, who was with me, and Brother Mark of the Splearium, who hath been *o0 much stirred and inwardly t1 ubled by the sight that he now lies In a fever through i.” “And the woman?" asked the Abbot, ‘Did she not break Into lamentation and woe that a brother should so dee mean himself** “Nay, she smiled sweetly *ipon him and thanked him. 1 can vounh It, and po ean Brother Porphyry.” “Canst thou?" cried the AlLbot, In a high, tempestuous tone, “Canst thou so? Hast forgotten that the five. and thirtieth rule of the order Is that in the of a woman the face should ever averted and the eyes overshadowed by evil The young novice, however, appeared to have other thoughts, for his eyes sparkled and his smile broadenel. It needed but to add fresh fuel to tue flery mood of the prelate | “So much for thy spiritual punish- | ment!” he cried. “But it is to the] grosser feelings that we must turn in such natures as thine, and as thou art | no longer under the shield of holy Church there is the less Ho, there! lay-brothers—Francis omi, Joseph—seize him and arms! Drag him forth, and let the foresters and the porters scourge him from the precincts!” An these three brothers advanced to. ward him to earry out the Abbot's di rection the smile faded from the no vice's face, lke a bull at a baiting Then, with a sudden deep-chested ’ Na dieu and poised it to strike, taking two steps backward the while, that none might take him at a vantage. “By the black rood of Waltham!™ he roared, “if any knave emohg you Inys.a finger<end upon the edg: of my gown, T will crush his skull like a fil. vert! With his thick kn¢ ted arma, his thundering volee, and his bristle of red hair, there was ‘omething so repellent In the man that the three brothers flew hack at the very glare of him: and the two rows of white monks strained away from Wm lke | goeman of Minstead hath Abhat | poplars In the tempest. The omly. sprang forward with shining even: but the chancellor and the mast. or hulp n either arm and wrestled him out of Aanger's way “Meo is possessed of a dev! they shouted, "Mun, Protier Ambrose, Prother Joachim! Call Tough of MIL, and Woodman Wat, and Raon! with his arbalest and 160s! TN them that we are In fear of our Hyves! Nun, run. for the love of he Vieein'™ Put the novice was a strategist as well as a man of action, Springing forward, he Mnrled has unwieidly weapon at Trother Ambrose. and, as Aesk and monk clattered on th the floor tomether, he sprang throongh the open Aoor and Aown the winding wtalr. Sleepy old Brother Athanasius, at the porter's ooll, had a flesting vislon of twinkling feet and Nying skirts: hut before he had time to rub his eyes the recreant hal phattl the lodge, and was peeing ne an his =andals could patter along the Never had the peaceful atmosphere of the old Clstercian house been 80 oast down? Hast forgot It, I say? rudely ruffled. Never had there been diMculty, | bind his! { shout, he tore up the heavy oaken prie« | i the | well as yourself. But there is no help I had given my foreword and sacred promise to your fu her Edric the Franklin, that at the age of twenty you should be sent out into the world to {see for yourself how you lNked the Heat thee upon the settle, may need rest ers savor of It Alleyne, for you long.” The youth sat down as directed, but reluctantly and with diffidence. The Abbot stood by the narrow window, and his long, black shadow fell slant. wise across the rushst-ewn floor “Twenty years ago.” Le sald, “your father, the Franklin of Minstead, died leaving to the Abbey three hides of rich land In the hundred of Malwood, and leaving to us alse his Infant son on condition that we should rear him | until he came to man's estate This he 414 partly because your 1 other was dead, and partly cause your elder brother, now Bocman of Minstead. | already given signs of thut flerce and rude nature which would make him no fit compidnion for you. It was his desire and request, however, that you should not remain In the clolsters, Hut should at a ripe age returr—into the world. Whither will you first turn Fa my brother's at Minstead. " he be Indeed an ungodly and violent man there Is the more need that 1 should seek him out and see whether 1 eannot turn him to hott r ways” The Abbot shook his “ead. The earned an sald, "If you must go to hi: see it evil name over the country-side.” he leant that he doth not t rn you £f. vm the narrow path upon which you have jearned to tread. Tut you are in God's keeping and Godward should you ever look In danger and In trouble Abovs all, shun the snares of women, for they are ever set for the foolish feet of the young. Kneel, my child, and take an o!d man's blessing Alleyne Edrickson bent his head while the Abbot poured out his heart. felt supplication at Heaven would watch over this young scul, ro; going forth Into the darkness and danger of the world, It was no sere form fr either of them, To them the outside Hife of mankind 414 Indeed seem to be one of violence and sli, beset with hysieal and still more with spiritual in Heaven, (00, Was very near to them In those days. God's direct agency was to be seen In the thund and t rainbow, the whirlwind and the lightning. To ihe believer, clouds of angels, confessors and martyrs, armies of the sainted and saved, were ever stooping over their strussling brethren upon earth, raising, encour aging, and supporting them. It was, - al Mmself In front of the forest inn, which stood upon the outskirts of Lyndhurst The building was long and low, stan. ing back a little from the road, with | two flambeaux blazing on either side of the door as a wele me to the trav. eller. From one window there thrust {forth a long pole with a bunch of greenery tied to the end of ita signl that liquor was to be so. 1 within, As) | Alleyne walked up to It he perceived! that It was rudely fashioned out of | beams of wood, with twinkling his! | all over where the glow from » hin {shone through the chi*ks. The roof | was poor and thatched; but in strange | contrast to it there ran a'l along under | the eaves a line of wooden shicida,! | most gorgeously painted with cheve! ron, bend, and saltirc and every| heraldic device. By the door a horse! stood tethered, the ruddy glow beating! strongly upon his brown head and pa« tient eves. hile his body stood back in the shadow Alleyne stood sti! In the roadway for! a few minutes, reflecting upon what/ he should do. It was, he knew, only a few miles further to Minstead, where his brother dwelt. On the other hand, he had never seen ta's brother since childhood, and the reports which had come to his ears « erning him were seldom to his advantage. By all ace counts he was a hard and a hitter man, It might be an start to come to his door so late and claim the shelter of his roof. Netter to sleep here at this inn, and then travel on to Min. stead In the morning. If his brother would take him in, well and good. He would bide with nim for a time and do what he might to serve him, If, on the other hand, he should have Lard. ened his heart against Lim, he eould only go on his way and do the best he might by hig skill as a eraftsman and a serivener., At the end of a yerr he would be free to return to the cloisters, for such had been his father's request, A monkizh upbringing, one year in the world after the age of twenty, and then a free selection one Way or the vilier-it was a strange course which had been marked out for him, Fuch an It was, however, he had no choles but to follow it, and If he were to begin by making a (lend of his brother, he had best walt until morn. ing bifore he knocked at his dwelling. : ne : evi protec. | r the | line of arches, all | Opportunity. Master of human destinies am I! | Fame, love, and fortune on my foot- | steps walt | ities and fields I walk; I penetrate | | Deserts and seas remote, and pass ing by | flovel and mart and palace, soon or | late | T knock unbidden onee at every gate! “If sleeping wake—if feasting, before | I turn away. It bour of fate, | And they who follow me reach every | gtnte Mortals desire, and conquer every foe | Save death; but those who doubt or! hesitate, Condemned penury and woe, } Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, | | 1 answer not and I return no more.” | ~John James Ingalls, ——— Breaking the News. PasserLy—Is that your pork down | there on the road, guv'nor? Farmer-Pork! What itt § | rise | is the to failure d’sye mean? Lere's a pig o' mir Passerby--Ab, but a wotor car Just passed e 0 ere has than | b | pictures It | A W] > u CANDO BETTER! { a . 4 your Sroerr wnil not well Qrbuchlee Corona, cre will corel os minds dict Family Box, On receipt of 81.80, express or postal money order, we will send 10 pounds of ARIOSA in a wooden trans- portation paid to your nearest freight station. The £1.80 pays for the trans- portation and the coffee | the packag box. ’ which will be 8 1al ignature of Arbuckle ties in origir es ring : the aning the Bros. that enti. you to free presents. Ten pounds— signatures, If you write for it we will send free a book —— ten packages—ten 1 4 ontaining full particulars and colored of nearly 100 seats for of Arbuckles’ ARIOSA C fee, ’ - f (Y The price of coffee fluctuatog—we annot guarantee it for any period, Address “re Pre 15ers of our nearest office, ARBUCKLE BROS. 71 Water Street, Xew York Cy, Dept. 8, 100 Michigan Avenne, Chiicage, TU. 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It simply gives No risk to run, taken » salary of $3000 » year, of £200,000 annually, establish of his own 8 year! e rude plank door of the Inn was ajar, but as Alleyne approached it there came from within such a gust of rough laughter and o'itter of tongues that he stood irresolute supon the threshold, flummoning courage, hows ever, and reflecting tha He dwelling, in which he had as much right as any other man, he pushed it open and stepped Into the common (To be Continued Neat Week) t It was a pub. SecureYourFulure To earn more money--to secure pour future=to rcooed in fom out out, fill in and mall to the International Correspondence Schools the above soupon. They will show you how you can fit yourself easily and quickly in your spare time to get more money In your present position, or change to & more congenial Mind, the sending of this coupon does not“bhligate you to the 1. 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