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The lady stayed on her (mign at, Hui: howl of flu" stairway, palpitat- inq. and 110 (name slowly down toâ€" wards tlw. primmon In a second Hwy were face to face. Twice. Fulkc pm; his hand in {he pummel of {Lia dagger, and twice» Suddenly, with the swiflncss of 2: mechanical trick. 2L deep stillm‘ss of voice and gefi‘vurc lnll upon the tumult. It. was though some wizâ€" ard had made‘ his spell and turned them all to slum). Every eye turn-- ed inwards. (lullangth-f and :1: lane opt-216d among; tlm people. I’ulke was soon vuming down the steps, aml lmhiml him was his sister, the LiMl)’ Alim; Lls' la Bournc. Some zealous soul, inspired by uncon‘tru}lam-9 excitement. feeling HH- curious need of personal actiun Hmt Often cranes to an excitable nature Eahoring Jindi'l‘ a sudden nerve stress. got him to the chamâ€" ber at t‘m‘ foot,- of Outfangthef and fell to pulling lustin at the castle be”. Nnne wore hmdm‘ in their menace than the. 5‘0th. They came running down the slanting bridgcs leading from the walls. :mo their feet made a noise like thunder on the echoing boards. The cooks. came (mt.- of the kitchens, the serfs from the stables, until there was a. great ljawling, shoutâ€" ing crowd, struggling and fighting in gab a look at the captive. They held H5733. and buffeted him. while the soldiers from an parts of the castle works ran towards the courtyard. In the middle of'the crowd a, man stood bound, dressed in a loathern jacket, and the soldiers wgre heatâ€" ing him over the head with the shafts of their pikes. His face ran with blood and there was an aw- ful stare. of horror in his eyes. So Hyla came back to Hilgay. At the gate of the: castle they had halted him. with many oaths. and turned his head toward}; a tree, Hum one of whose. branches hung tlm naked [swoilfsn corpse of Elgifu. 1mm there, came a burst of disâ€" tant elm-ring, an explosion of fierce cries at, the gates, and a little mob of men-abalme rushed into the bai- ley. follow/ed hy half a dozen senti- nels with {flies in their hands. Lard linger had pressed on with great speed, and was now close at haml. Probably as evening fell that. (lay, certainly during that nigle his: form would camp round the walls. They took him away to hulke‘s chamber. where. that wor- thy, who had been up all night, was snatching a little sleep. They thronged round 111m clamm‘mg 101‘ more news. With a great, claftrer a soldier rode into the omzfiyard. His horse was foamâ€"i‘lechod, his furniture and arms all powdered grey with dust. He swore with horrid oaths that ho had one'grea$ overpowering; deâ€" sire, and than not to be denied. It was beer he. said that he want-ed, and would have. hefofe he spoke singlo word. Ho. bellowed for beer. \Vlien Hwy brought it him, in a crowd. f or he was a- scout with news from the Norwich road, he gurgled his content and shouted his news“ A large copper gong with a woodâ€" en club to beat- in was being fitted to a. stand of ashwood. The harsh 1'm'(41‘be\.1';-Ltionvs of this horrid instruâ€" mi‘nt could he heard above the din of any fight, and made a better sig- nal than trumpets. ' Great heaps of a. sort of hand gl'renzulre, made. of wicker work and full of a foul concotion of sulphur and pitch. were arranged at inter- vals‘ and iron bra-zi-ers, standing on tripod legs, were dotted here and there, so that. the soldiers could at once obtain a light. for a, pitch bar- rel or grenade. The fanimtiu arms of the man- gnnels and trebuchets, and other slinging insi-run‘rents rose, grimly abme the battlcments. A great crane upon the top of a. tuwer, slung up pies of rocks and bar- rels of Greek fire, with steady inâ€" dustry. Shields of wood covered with damp hide and pierced with loopholes, frowned on the top of the battle-ments towards the out- side world. The appearance of the courtyard had quite altered by this time. Sloping scaffoEds of wood, connect- ed by plank gai‘Yel'ies, ran up to the walls and made it possible to in- stantly concentrate. a large force of men upim any given point which Shullld be attacked. CHAPTER XVI.â€"~(Cont’d) FREEDOM AT LAST History of a Man Who Lived in Misery and Torture bow, had his bracvr ‘and shootifig glove ready. He found three sharp- ‘The 'two squires foliuwod him, well cou’mnf fn learn of such a vet» Gram He Wit}: pure soldier; nothing esztapod him. He saw that each ur- chm', with his hugs-e, painted lungâ€" Hither, tho manâ€"alarms, went slowly round the hattloments as the sun rose. He was in full pan- oply of war limo. A steel cap was on his head. and he wore a Supple coat of loathei'n thongs laced tu- gethei', and mad? stronger by thin plates Hf xtmel at: the shouldm‘ and upper will of th? armu. He had a lung shield on his lcfi arm. :1. cavalry shield notched at the: Top lay a lanito. Ho was inspoc ‘i'ig fhe defences. and hc‘ carried thi:~ great shield to protect himself 13me any chain shaft from the PHCID)‘, for he made :1 conspicuous mark may now and again against the l ' line. ‘ By half the night was ovm'. Hil- gay was invested. All round the walls campâ€"fires glowed in the dark, and snatches of song in chorus could be heard, or a, trumpet blaring 01'- del's. Now and again the guards upon thc battlcments would hear the thunder of a, horse’s hoofs. s0m<r officer 01' gallop-er went clown the village street, and a few ranâ€" dum arrmw went singing after hium Every one anxioust awaited the day. He threaded his way among the pens of. lowing cattle and the litter of war material to a tower in the forework, and presently. as the long afternoon waned lazily away, his quick Eyes caught sight of a, clump of spears. a mile away, on the edge of the wood. L-cwin’s interest in the proceedâ€" ings was already over. did not join them. He had suggested variâ€" ous tOrtur-es, it was a mental exerâ€" cise which amused him, but that was all. Nothing would have inâ€" duced him to watch his own horrible brutalitie-s being inflicted on the victim. The two men chosen to inflict the torture were two swarthy foreign .sreoundrels from Mirobeau, men who knew no earthly scruple. About two in the afternoon a little proces- sion started to the guardâ€"house. \V “711011 the Baron reached his room he proceede to discuss the method of Hyla’s execution with his friends. Fulke was not the nature to rise to the occasion. He lacked tem~ permanent. He would have better pleased his men if he had made more display. 1'0 be frank, there was very little drama. in that meeting. One might have expect-ed drama, Romance would certainly require it. but He ‘saw the two squires and Le- win among the crowd, and nodded that they should Come to him. Then, turning, he went with them into the tower, to his own room again. At last Fulke turned to the sol- diers: “Take him to the guard- room,” he said, “and keep him in safety there until I send you word. As for the r-cst of you, get you back to work, for there is not .a. moment to lose. Let the portcullis fall and heave the dra‘wbridge up, keep sta- tion all of you. I promise you a merry sight with that”â€"â€"he pointed to Hylaâ€"“ere long. He will cry meculpe-e with his heart’s black blood.” he let it fall away. He said nothing, but his sinister eyes looked steadily at Hyla till the serf dropped his head before the gaze of his victim’s son, so hard, bitter, and cruel it was. CHA PTER XVII. .__. â€" -â€"â€"' W Wu. ‘ quickly stops coudhs. cures colds. heal; the throat and lung's. - - - 35 cenu. The group walked out along the narrow gang‘way. which stretched out: over the black moat below, and entered the temporary fort of wood. It was built for the accommodation of four or five mm}, slmrpshooterg, who were practically safe from cvâ€" Prything but heavy artillery fire from mungunel and catapult. own ripm' knowledge to a brace of anhalterns. The “hoards” \Gl‘C Vmuden strucâ€" tures, little pentâ€"house forts. run out- from the curtains, standing on great beams which fitted into holes 1:1 the masonry. From behind the breastwol‘k of thick Wood the archâ€" : could shoot with a freedom â€"-â€" 4 :his way and thatvvwhich was deâ€" nied them by the long oblique open» lugs in the wall itself. They comâ€" manded all points. He spoke with Hm technical as, surancc of a vetm‘an~â€"a sergeantâ€" major respectftu lmpartmg his $ޤ$§3§ gm “Yes, six“. They be working on the mantelets, and anon they will wheel tlmm up to protect- those who would raise a -palisade on the moat‘s edge. But come, Master Richard, we must he on the rounds. Much must be looked to. Now look you, Sir Brian. in a siege the hoard-s are your defender’s chief standâ€"by. Now we are going into each one, for it is in those defences that we must trust in time of atâ€" tack. When your hoards are breached. then your castle is like to fall.” “Uanst see what they are doing out by the cul'tswby the edge of the orchard 2’” The squire made a funnel of his hands and gazed at the flag. “A moline cross, if I 360 alright," he said, “but it does not matter. 10gâ€" er‘s flag eke his coatâ€"armor, are what he has a mind to use. not what he useth by any right of birth.” “A banneret!” said Huber. “He has grown in/roods and perches of late. Can you read it for me, Masâ€" ter Richard 2” “Hula!” cried Brain dc Burgh, “the flag goes up‘.” liven as he spoke a. distant flourish of t‘uckefs came down the morning wind. The)’ leant out over the crenel‘ets and stramed their eyes down the hill fenwards. A flag hung from a fall p019, .whic}: stood before a white pavilâ€" lon. As he spoke the archers were fix» 111g the tmn poles in staples, w'mq‘h had been prepared for them. “It is a. plan I .saw at Arques,” he answered,‘ “Tetra-Rouge was 3 head bowyer there. Ma foi, and he could shoot you a, good .shoot! At Arqu‘es, air, as you may know, strong winds blow from the sea. on one side, though ’tis miles inland, and on the other the wlnd'gometh down the valley from Envermeau. Now but a little breeze will send an arrow from the mark. A man who can shoot a. good shoot from tower or w ll must- -Cver watch the wind. Now Toteâ€"Rouge was a shipâ€" man once, and watched wind in the manner of use. But he could not train his men to juoge a, quarter- wind as he was able. So he raispd pennons like these. ’Tls but a ribâ€" bon and every breeze moveth it, so the longâ€"bow-men may shoot the straighter.” 7 “What are these, Huber?” said young Richard Ferville, as the sol- dier took them. A serf came clamb-ering up the wooden scaffolds, which led to the walls. He carried seven or eight long ash wands. At the end of each hung a long pennon of linen. He gave them to Huber “This is a powerful good creature in attack,” he continued. pointing to a heap of lime. “A little water and a dipper to fling the mess with, and aâ€"bui‘neth but a, man's eyes within the hour.” The man's eyes gleamed with sat- isfaction as he. went his rounds.‘ “Look you, sir,” he said to Brian de Burgh. “we are well ‘set up in this fortalice. Never a thing is lacking! 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They could see men uponthe slop- ing roofs, gradually Slopiug from a csntral ridge. men like great flies, nailing tanned hides over the beams. The sound of tapping hamâ€" mers reached them from the work which should he protective of Greek ‘ fire and burning tar from above. (Tu be continued.) ‘That great low shed .which lay upon the ground like a monstrous tortoise, would presently creep slowly towards them, foot by foot, until, it reached the edge of the moat, and the men beneath it would build their great fence of logs and empty carts of rubbish into the sul- len waters. They could hear the trumpets, the hammers of the carpenters, a. conâ€" fused shouting of orders, and the hum of active men, as the besiegers began to prepare the manifold en- gines of attack, whichâ€"â€" perhaps before night fellâ€"would be creep- ing slowly towards the walls of Hilâ€" 333'- “What did your pupa do for his The lines of men, horses, and carts, stretched away right and left in a long cyrv-e, till O’utfangthef hid them on one side, and the gateâ€" way towers. with their pointed roofs, upon the other. ' They survey-ed the scene before them in silence. The morning had risen clear, calm, and hot. For weeks the morning had been just- as this was, and they had strolled along the battlements to catch the cool air and sharpen an early appe- tite. But on those other days the meadows beyond the moat, which ran to the forest- edge, had been silent and'cmpty. save for herds of swine and red peaceful cattle. 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