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at the top, disclosed 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 branibles. With a bow to the Abbot, which had in it perhaps more plea san try than reverence, the novice strode across to the carved prie-diek'iu which had been set apart for him. and stood silent and erect, with his lian,4d upon the gold bell which was used i 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 ac cuser. The chamberlain rose, and having slowly unrolled the parchment-scroll. proceeded to read it out in a thick and pompous voice, while a subdued rustle und movement among the brothers be rp)oke 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 Qur Lord ihirteen 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 (rend Abhot Berghersh and of the as sembled order. "The charges against the said Brother John are the following, 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 account 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. 'rhe 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 (lays to a single three-pound loaf of bran and beans. for the greater honoring and glorifying of St. Monica, mother of the holy Augustine, he was heard by brother Ambrose and others to say 1tjiIM F A //OfA an is*i~i ment. Itm tht po JIM~I rIh forF that blhemu wishet thousdid hodtevi mothe bofthe holy Auowne. or any piscatorium or fish-pond for a space during which the said brother was able to repeat a Pater and four Ayes 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 oh served upon the Brokenhurzst road,1 near the spot which is known asI Hatchett's Pond, in converse with a p~ersoni of the other sex, being a maiden of the name of Mary Sawley, the daughter of the king's ver'derer. 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 owni soul, which scandalous and wilful~ falling away was witnessed by three members of our order." A dead siience 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," answvered the accuser. "So too can Brother Forphyry, who was with me. and Brot>ur Mark of the Spicarium, who hath been so much stirred and inwardly ti 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 wvoe that a brother should so de mean himself' ' "Nay, she smiled sweetly upon him and thanked him. I can votmh it, and so can Brother Porphyry." "Canst thou?" cried the Ab.bot, in a high, tempestuous tone. "Canst thou so? H-ast 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 cas down? mEt forgot it, I say. yvur eyes were upen your sandals, how came ye to iee this smile of which ye prate? A week in your celiS, jalse 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 ou .flame of wrath the two witnesses sank their faces on their chests, and sat as men crushed. The Abbot tui ned his angry eyes away from thein 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 we. -y things which ar(e 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 monkhoo3. if I had held back my hand from her." He glanced around as he spoke, with the half- 1 amused look which he had worn dur ng the whole proceedings. "There is no need to go further." said the Abbot. "He has confessed to I all. It only remains for me to portion out the punishment which is due to his evil conduct." He rose and the tw.o long lines of I brothers followed his example, looking sideways with scared faces at the angry prelate. "John of Hordle," he thundered, "you have shown yourself during the I two months of your novitiate to be a - recreant monk, and one who Is un- I worthy to wear the white garb which Is the outer symbol of the spotless < spirit. That dress shall therefore be 1 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 tht blessed Benedict. Thou shalt c me back neither to Beaulieu nor to any of the granges of Beaulieu, and thy name shall be struck off the scrolls of I the order." The sentence appeared a terrible one to the older monks, who had become I so used to the safe and regular life of 3 the Abbey that they would have been 1 s helpless as children in the outer 4 world. From their pious oasis they I looked dreamily out at the desert of life-a place full of stormings and strivings, comfortless, restless, and ovrsaowd byei.Thion an'is sm~i brodeed It nede hu oadfehfe otefeymo oftepeae "So uch or ty spritul puish met"h re."Bti st ,h ' -' omJsp-ez hi/n idhs reiothe smiy evild frmthe ong vicefacevlik appeare ato ang e Then, thhs fo sue ee--parkted shut tofres uel th he aey mrie dient and cised." iti to etkin twoh nteascar the ndle, that nonerh unde thim shel of holyge Churc ther blac rood les difltm! Ho, thre d"fyrnver-mngs Na gomi, Iowill crush him andl ind . is ams! tudrg hivorh, and let rsthe ofrestr hanr, thertes souethims romleti temnta the preiree! Asothese threebbrothershadvancedtoe war himt arryu the Abbrwsot' white rtonth sie faded from hem nike houtr ithe t ptempeavy oaken phhe dieu. sangosdi trw triketakhiing twoestbpt baeckalrd the whle, tat nonem iht takden him wat anae "B'e ih blackesoed of Walvs.thm! he oaed, "ifuny knaver Amo o. layratherr-echnm upollh ege of thy gow, n Iwlldmans hiWat, lk and Ral bet!ith his aethikantlted ares, his thatnder vice fand his burle! ofn rn. hair thele wa o'hirgn'" rellent aImn the macn.ah hrene rowhed. e batthe verydhi gwilale ofehim; and Brther tworows. of wait ekdmonkid atterdo him like fonrtW ehh sprang rdwthronhh the peyen hudho cclor and w the mast-n tar. Seep uold eBhrothr Aanarstled him t porter's ay. fetn viesion ossessedin ofee ad thyin skrt: uted "beforol a ie Atorub hiroethe recreant! Ca assedo the ill, andal oda ate aln theu Lwndhurst arhad.tadtt! Tl Neve hadn frthe loeefuli atosre" forwardh Cistrcian hose bnenso opendoo ,- nde~ Nvowha ther bendn insurrection so sudden, so short, and so successful. yet the AbiuL Bteig tiersh was a man of too nrm a gAiin Lu allow one boid outbreak to imperi Lhe settled order of his great house bid. In a few hot and titter woids ie compared their false brotner's exit o the expulsion of our first parents rom the garden, and more than hinted that unless a reformation occurred some others of the community might 'ind themselves in the same evia ana perilous case. Having thus pointed the noral and reduced his flock to a fitting tate of docility, he dismissed them >nce more to their labors and with irew himself to his own private :-hamber, there to seek spiritual aid in the discharge of the duties of his aigh office. The Abbot was still on his knees, 6vhen a gentle tapping at the door of iis cell broke in upon his orisons. Ris ng in no very good humor at the in erruption, he gave the word to enter; aut his look of impatience softened lown into a pleasant and paternal mile as his eyes fell upon his visitor. He was a thin-faced, yellow-haired, routh, rather above the middle size, :omely and well shapen. with straight ithe figure and eager bo.,ish features. Eis clear, pensive gray eye, and quick, lelicate expression, spoke of a nature vhich had unfolded far from the oisterous joys and sorrows of the orld. Yet there was a set of the nouth and a prominence of the chin vhich relieved him of any trace of ffeminacy. Impulsive he might be, nthusiastic, sensitive, with something ;ympathetic and adaptive in his dis osition; but an observer of nature's okens would have confidently pledged iimself that there was native firmness Lnd strength underlying his gentle, nonk-bred ways. The youth was not clad In monastic Parb, but in lay attire, though his erkin, cloak and hose were all of a ombre hue, as befitted one who dwelt n sacred precincts. A broad leather trap hanging from his shoulder sup orted a scrip or satchel such as trav lers were wont to carry. In one iand he grasped a thick staff pointed nd shod with metal, while in the >ther he held his coif or bonnet, which )ore in its front a broad pewter medal tamped with the image of Our Lady >f Rocamadour. "Art ready, then, fair son?" sala the bbot. "This is indeed a day of com ngs and goings. It is strange that in >ne twelve hours the Abbey should iave cast off Its foulest we .d, and ;hould now lose what we are fain to ook upon as our choicest blossom." "You speak too kindly, father," the routh answered. "If I had my will I hotld never go forth, but should end ny days here in Beaulieu. It bath >een my home as far back as my mind an carry me, and it is a sore thing or me to have to leave it." "Life brings many a cross,- said the Lbbot gently. "Who is withort them? 'our going forth Is a grief to us as I .I RIE DIEU. ell as yourself. But there is no help. had given my foreword and sacred1 >romise to your fe her E~ric the4 ranklin, that at the age of twenty you hould be sent out into the world to: e for yourself how you liked the avor of it. Seat thee upon the settle, lleyne, for you may need rest ere ong."~ The youth sat down as directed, but -eluctantly and with diffidence. The Lbbot stood by the narrow wmndow, tnd his long, black shadow fell slant vise across the rushstrewn floor. "Twenty years ago," he said, "your ather, the Franklin of Minstead, died. eaving to the Abbey three hides of -ich land in the hundred of Malwood, mnd leaving to us also his infant sont m condition that we should rear him mftil he came to man's estate. This e did partly because your u .other was iead, and partly ' cause your elder rother, now Socman of Minstead, I. .d tlready given signs of that fierce and 'ude nature whieh would make him io fit companion for you. It was his lesire and request, however, that you ~hould not remain in the cloisters, but ~hould at a ripe we return into the orld. *Whther will you first turr "To my brother's at Minstead. :r e he indeed an ungodly and violent an there Is the more need that I hould seek him out and see whether I annot tur'n him to better ways." The Abbot shook his hiead. The Boeman of Minstead hath earned an aid. "If you must go to hi: a, see at evil name over the country-side," he east that he doth not t rn you f. im :he narrow path upon which you have earned to tread. But you are in God's eeping and Godward should you ver look in danger and In trouble. Abov2 all, shun the snares of women, or they are ever set for the foolish, 'eet of the young. Kneel, my child, md take an old man's bles'ang." Alleyne Edrickson bent his head hile the Abbot poured out his heart 'elt ::upplication - at Heaven would atch over this young seul, ro.: going orth into the darkness and danger f the world. It was no .u tre form for ther of them. To them the outside ife of' mankind did indee. seem to be me of violence and sir., beset with hysical and still more with spiritual langer. Heaven, too, was very near -o them in those days. God's direct igency was to be seen in the thund'r td the rainbow, the whirlwind and :he lightning. To the believer, cloud3 f angels, confessors and martyrs, irmies of the sainted and saved, were aver stooping over their struggling rethren upon earth, raising. encour tgng and supporting them. It was, 2boNT iT If he will not sell Arbuckles' ARIOSA write to us. We will supply you direct. You will get greater value for your money-a better pound of cof fee-full weight-than ac can sell you nder any other name. He cannot sell Arbuckles' ARIOSA loose, by the pound out of a bin or bag, because we supply it only in scaled1 packages that you can identify every lime, which pro tect the coffee from the dust and im purities that loose cofft.-e absorbs-and insure full wight. Cffee exposed to the air loses its flavor, strength and purity. You cannot tell where it came from-neither can the grocer-he may think he knows-but 'ae doesn't, and ill you can ever knom is the pe ticket. It is worth re:nembering that tward appearance is no indication of quality. Grocers as a rule are honest, trust worthy men who would not consciously nislead you. Whenever one of them dvises you to take locse grocery store then, with a lighter hea:t and a stouter courage that the young man turnea rom the Abbot's room., while the lat ter, following him to the stair-head, finally commended him to the protec 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 roken by which he should remember th-em. There was Brother Barth.omew with a crucifix >f rare carved ivory, and Brother Luke with a white- acked 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 pippir:-faced Brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of tie famous blue-sealed Abbey wine. So, amid handshakings and laughings and blessings, Alleyne Edricson turned his ba.ck upon Beau teu. 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 loisters with their lin: of arches, all bathed and mellowed in the evening un. There too was the broad sweep >f the river Exe, the old stone well, the canopied niche of -.he Virgin, and n the centre of 11, the cluster of hite-robed figures who waved their ands to him. A sudden mist swam p before the young man's eyes, and e turned away upon h is journey with heavy heart and a choking throat. It is not, however, irr the nature of hings that a lad of twenty, with oung life glowing in his veins and all the wide world befor.e him, should pend his first hours of freedom in ourning of what he had left. Long re Alleyne was out 0:' sound of the eaulieu bells he was striding sturdily long, swinging his staa and whistling s merrily as the birds :n the thicket. The road along which he travelled as scarce as populous as most other 'oads in the kingdom, atnd far less so han those which lie between the arger towns. Yet fromr~ time to time he boy met other wayfarers, and ore taian once was overtaken by trings of pack-mules and horsemen ourneyng in the same direction as simself. The night had already fallen, and the noon was shining between the rifts f ragged, drifting clotuds, beforo Al eyne Edricson, footsor~e and weary rom the unwonted Exercise fourd imself in front of the forest inn, which tood upon the outskirts: of Lyndhurst. 'he building was long and low, stand ng back a little from the road, with wo flambeaux blazing on either side )f the door as a welr"''e to the trayv ller. From one window, there thrust ~orth a long pole witi a bunch of 'eenery tied to the end of it-a sign hat liQuor was to be so:J within. As lleyne walked up to it he perceived hat it was rudely fas.hioned out of ~eams ot wood, with twinkling - hts 11I over where the glow from a hin ;hone through the chi-ks. The roof 'as poor and thatched; but in strange ~ontrast to it there ran all along under :he eaves a line of w'o'den shields, nost gorgeously painte'd with chev on, bend, and saltire and every ieraldic device. By the door a horse ;tood tethered, the ruddy glow beating ;trongly upon his brown head and pa tient eyes, while his body stood back n the shadow. Alleyne stood still in the roadway for t few minutes, reflecting upon what e should do. It was, he knew, only a ew mIles further to Mi1nstead, where his 'nrother dwelt. On ihe other hand, e had never seen tais. brother since childhood, and the reports which had ome to his ears concerning him were seldom to his advanta;::e. By all ac ~ounts he was a hard ard a b'tter man. t might be an evil st irt to come to his door so late and claim the shelter f his roof. Better to sleep here at this inn, and then tra--rel on to Min stead in the morning. If his brother would take him in, well and good. He would bide with him for a time and o what he might to se:-ve him. If, on the other hand, he sh6 aid have hard ened his hesart against 1im. he could only go on his way and do the best he might by hin skill as a craftsman and t scrivener. At the end of a yetr he would be free to return to the cloisters, or such had been his father's request. A monkish upbringing, one year in the world after the age of twenty, and hen a free selection one way or the ther-it was a strange course which had been marked out for him. 5Such s It was, however, he had no choice but to follow it, and if he were to egin by making a friend of his rother, he had best wit until morn Ing before he knocked at his dwelling.1 The rude plank door of the inn was ajar, but as Alleyne approached it there came from within such a gust of rough laughter and e'-itter of tongues that he stood irresolute upon the threshold. Summoning courage, how ever, and reflecting that it was a pub ic dwelling, in which he had as much right as any other man, he pushed it pen and stepped into. the common (To rea Co nue4w Y.'t WeeI.) coffee, instead of Arbuck-les' ARIOSA, he doubtleszs believes he is doing you a favor, whereas he is really depriving you of the most wholesome and dell cious beverage that you can bu. some thing, bete than anything else he can sell you for th rc.The sales of Arbuckles' ARIOSA*, Coffee exceed the sales of all other package coffees in thle United States combined, and the busi ness of Arbuckle Bros. exceeds that of the four next largest concerms in the world, simply because the public ac tually receives better coffee for their money in Arbuckles' ARIOSA than' they can buv in any ot;er way. Arbuckles' ARIOSA Coffee is good to drink-it quenches the thirst and tastes good. Most people need t. 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