TT — — at the top, Sisclosed a round sinewy neck, ruddy and corded like the bark of the fir. Thick muscular arms, cov- 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 a 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 his 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 menac- ing twinkle upon the face of his ae- cuser. The chamberlain 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 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 John of Hordle, but now a novice in the holy monastic order of the Cistercians. Read upon the same day at the Abbey of Beau- lieu in the presence of the most rev- crend Abbot Berghersh and of the as- nbled order. “The charges against Brother Jobn are the namely, to wit: “First, 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 said 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 aceount of their 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 their 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 the said following, LE TE SOOO ose . Oo V WITH A SHOUT HE TORE UP THE HEAVY OAKEN PRIEDIEU. that he wished twenty thousand devils would fly away with the said Monica, mother of the holy Augustine, or any other saint who came between a man and his meat. Item, that upon Brother Ambrose reproving him for his blasphemous wish, he did hold the said brother face downward over the piscatorium or fish-pond for a space during which the said brother was able to repeat a Pater and four Aves for the better fortifying of his soul against impending death.” There was a buzz and murmur among the white-frocked brethren at this grave charge; but the Abbot held up his long quivering hand, “What then?” said he. “Item, that between Nones and Vespers on the feast of James the Less the said Brother John was ob- served upon the Brokenhu:st road, near the spot which is known as Hatchett’s Pond, in converse with a person of the other sex, being a maiden of the name of Mary Sowley, the daughter of the king's verderer. Item, that after sundry japes and jokes the said Brother John did lift up the said Mary Sowley and did take, carry, and convey her across a stream, to the infinite relish of the devil and the exceeding 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 fiercely questioning eyes. “Who can vouch for this thing?" he asked. “That can I" answered the accuser, “So too can Brother Forphyry, who was with me, and Brother Mark of the Spiearium, who hath been #0 much stirred and inwardly t: ubled by the sight that he now lies in a fever through It.” “And the woman?" asked the Abbot. ‘Did she not break into lamentation and woe that a brother should so de- mean himself ** “Nay, she smiled sweetly upon him and thanked him. I can vouch it, and so can Brother Porphyry.” “Canst thou?” cried the Albot, in a high, tempestuous tone. “Canst thou so? Hast forgotten that the five. and-thirtieth rule of the order is that in the presence of a woman the face should be ever averted and the eyes cast down? Hast forgot it, I say? looked dreamily out at the desert of life—a place by brother Ambrose and others to say | strivings, f your eyes were ) to see this smile of which A week in your cells, brethren, a week of rye bread lentils, with double Lauds and latins, may help ye to a re- » of the laws under which ye liv 4 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, I had come in hot from the fields 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 lay my hands upon this jack-fool of a Brother Am- brose, though, as you can see, I did him little scath. As regards the maid, too, it is true that I did 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 is no need to go further,” said the Abbot. “He has confessed to all. Tt 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 sideways with scared faces at the angry prelate, “John of HHordle,” 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 without 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 Beaulieu 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 become 80 used to the safe and regular life of the Abbey that they would have been as helpless as children in the outer world. From their pious oasis they full of stormings and comfortless, restless, and RACED overshadowed by evil. The young novice, however, appeared to have other thoughts, for his eyes sparkled and his smile broadened. It needed but to add fresh fuel to tlie fiery 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 difficulty. Ho, there! lay-brothers—Francis, Na- omi, Joseph—seize him and bind his arms! Drag him forth, and let the foresters and the porters scourge him from the precincts!” As these three brothers advanced to- ward him to carry out the Abbot’s di- rection the smile faded from the no- vice’'s face, like a bull at-a baiting. Then, with a sudden deep-chested shout, he tore up the heavy oaken prie- 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 emong you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, T will crush his skull like « fil- bert!” ‘With his thick knotted arms, his thundering voice, and his bristle of red hair, there was -~omething so repellent in the man that the three brothers flew back at the very glare of him; and the two rows of white monks strained away from him like poplars in the tempest. The Abhot only. sprang forward with shining eves: but the chancellor and the mast- er hung unon either arm and wrestled him out of danger’s way, “He is possessed of a devi... they shouted. “Run, Brotier Ambrose, Brother Joachim! Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and %olts! Tell them that we are in fear of our ves! Run, run. for the love of Ye Virgin!” But the novice was a strategist as well as a man of action, Springing forward, he burled his unwieldly weapon at Brother Ambrose, and, as desk and monk eclattered on to the floor tomether, he sprang through the open dnor and Aown the winding stair. Sleepy old Brother Athanasius, at the porter's cell, had a fleeting vigion of twinkling feet and dying skirts: but before he had time to rub hig eyes the recreant had passed the lodge, and was speeding as fast as his sandals could patter along the Lyndhurst road. ~ CHAPTER IT, Never had the peaceful atmosphere of the old Cistercian house been so upon your sandals, | Abbot gently. Your going forth is a grief to us as insurrection so sudden, so short, and so successful. Yet the Abbot Berg- hersh. was a man of too tirm a grain to allow one bold outbreak to impern the settled order of his great house- mold. In a few hot and bitter words he compared their false brother's exit to the expulsion of our first parents irom the garden, and more than hinted that unless a reformation occurred some others of the community might find themselves in the same evil ana perilous case. Having thus pointed the moral and reduced his flock to a fitting state of docility, 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. Ris- ing in no very good humor at the in. terruption, he gave the word to enter; but his look of impatience softened down into a pleasant and paternal smile as his eyes fell upon his visitor, He was a thin-faced, yellow-haired youth, rather above the middle size, comely and well shapen, with straight lithe figure and eager bo, ish features. His clear, pensive gray eye, and quick, delicate expression, spoke of a nature which had unfolded far from the boisterous joys and sorrows of the world. Yet there was a set of the mouth and a prominence of the chin 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 clad in monastic 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 and shod with metal, while in the other he held his coif 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?” said the Abbot. “This is jndeed a day of com ings and goings. It is strange that in one twelve hours the Abbey should have cast off its foulest we. d, and should now lose what we are fain to look upon as our choicest blossom,” “You speak too Kindly, father,” the youth answered. “If I had my will I should never go forth, but should end my days here in Beaulieu. It hath been my home as far back as my mind can carry me, and it is a sore thing for me to have to leave it.” “Life brings many a cross, said the “Who is withort them? na well as yourself, But there is no help, I bad given my foreword and sacred promise to your fa. her Ecdric the Franklin, that at the age of twenty you should be sent out into the world to see for yourself how you liked the savor of it. Seat thee upon the settle, Alleyne, for you may need rest ere 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 rushstrewn floor. “Twenty years ago,” he said, “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 also his infant son on condition that we should rear him until he came to man’s estate, This he did partly because your r other was dead, and partly 1 ‘cause your elder brother, now Socman of Minstead, 1. .4 already given signs of thut flerce and rude nature which would make him no fit companion for you. It was his desire and request, however, that you should not remain in the cloisters, but should at a ripe see return into the world. Whither will vou first turr “Tn my brother's at Minstead. =f he be indeed an ungodly and wiolent man there is the more need that I should seek him out and see whether I cannot tun him to bettcr ways.” The Abbot shook his lewd, The Socman of Minstead hath earned an said. “If you must go to hi: see at evil name over the country-side,” he least that he doth not t rn you f. m the narrow path upon which you have learned to tread. But you are in God's keeping and Godward should you ever look in danger and in trouble. Abova all, shun the snares of women, for they are ever set for the foolish feet of the young. XKneel, my child, and take an old man’s blessing.” Alleyne HBEdrickson 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. 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Dept, 9 then, with a lighter heart and a stouter courage that the young man turnea from the Abbot's room, while the lat- ter, following him to the stair-head, finally commended him to the protec- Opportunity. Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my foot- steps wait. 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 God-speed. Many had brought some parting token by which he should remember them. There was Brother Bartholomew with a crucifix of rare carved ivory, and Brother Luke with a white-backed psalter 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 scrip, 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 Kasieson turned his back upon Beau- eu. At the turn of the road he stopped and gazed back. There was the wide- spread building which he knew so well, the Abbot’s house, the long church, the cloisters with their line of arches, all bathed and mellowed in the evening sun. There too was the broad sweep of the river Exe, the old stone well, the canopied niche of the Virgin, and in the centre of 11, the cluster of white-robed figures who waved their 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, however, in the nature of things that a lad of twenty, with young life glowing in his veins and all the wide world before him, should spend his first hours of freedom in mourning of what he had left. Long ere Alleyne was out of sound of the Beaulieu bells he was striding sturdily along, swinging his staff and whistling as merrily as the birds in the thicket. The road along which he travelled was scarce as populous as most other roads in the kingdom, and far less so than those which lie between the larger towns. Yet from time to time the boy met other wayfarers, and more: taan once was overtaken by strings of pack-mules and horsemen journeying in the same direction as himself. The night had already fallen, and the moon was shining between the rifts of ragged, drifting clouds, before Al- leyne Edricson, footsore and weary from the unwonted exercise found himself in front of the forest inn, which stood upon the outskirts of Lyndhurst. The building was long and low, stand- ing back a little from the road, with two flambeaux blazing on either side of the door as a welerme to the trav- eller. 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