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THE MONK'S TALE (Continued from page 7.)
behind him and enter the gates of the more illusory seemed his life the moon. The tumbling brooks in some city and beg his bread from back there in the cold walls of his the hillside which he noticed on his door to door, as the good St. Francis monastery cell, and clearer grew outward journey had changed to had bade him do. And as one the face of the lady he had known. Jangry rushing streams which roared worldly thought leads to another. He crossed himself and prayed for down from the hillside to add to the his heart suddenly became filled her soul and thought of the Holy already swollen river at their feet. with the remembrance of a lady be Apostles and especially of the Saint Through, all that evening and well had known before the monks took to whom his life was dedicated. He on into the night he fought his way, him in their keeping. He knew that was tired and footsore when he at buffeted by the wind, drenched by such thoughts were ain, and with last reached-the city gates and was the ever-rising river and bruised grief in his heart he ran back to glad to fling himself down on a hard and cut by his many" falls amongst |the monastary as though fleeing bench which a kindly cobbler had the rocks.
from Satan and fung himself on put at his disposal.
to
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"Only his ever-increasing desire
the floor of his cell. But there was' "He awoke to the noises of thesta do extreme penance for his sin no comfort from the cold stones, city, the rumbling of the oxen carts urged him ever forward, on to the and through the grating of his cell over the cobblestones, the cries of monastery which he had betrayed. window he could still bear the birds the vendors, the laughter of women At last. shivering with cold from calling. Finally he betook himself and the shouts of children. That his sodden habit, he sank exhausted the prior and confessed his day the temptations of the world by the monastery wall, his hands at the desperately thoughts.
abook his senses as the prior had clutching
around his neck. Pen- "'Father,' he said, on his knees, warned him. All day the taverns beads
penance, Penance! What As I wandered by the river the were open and women smiled at him ance! world called to me to come and join from their balconies. From open what expiation would be ade to bring his soul back it, the birds sang songs to me I had windows be heard laughing and quate not heard before, the water whis singing and in the streets the girls again to grace? During a lull of pered of beauty, and in the eyes of danced with their lovers. Brother the wind he neard the clock in the lovers I remembered hidden things. Francis fingered his beads all day town strike four, and before the My mind is full of doubt.
and muttered his Paternosters and sound had died away he knew what|
market punishment be must undergo. "The prior pulled the lad to his once knelt openly in the
"The tower! He would climb the feet and gazed long and earnestly place and prayed for the souls into his face, and thought himself around him and especially for his tower, kiss the ivory face of St. of some way in which the boy might own. while the people laughed at Francis, and beg his forgiveness. choose which way of life to take. him.
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to the east end of the building. He; knew the long line of ladders would its vanity and its transitory plea sures before renouncing it for ever, "The next evening, as he was pass-still be in place up the wall of nave, these ing a tavern, a girl rushed across and then again up to the tower it and so find peace within
to him and seized him by the sleeve self. He groped along the wall till sacred precincia.
Brother Francis,' he said, "Her face was pale and as beautiful his hands found the ladders. Many times had be climbed them in the will send you
three-days' journey as the moon. and her eyes burnt inte. to the City, for I know it is wiser his like great stars.
"The girl pointed back into the strong daylight, but now in the dark the peril was great. Five hundred to meet temptation and fight it than
feet he had to climb, five hundred think about it from within these tavern.
"My brother dies in sin. Come feet in a hurricane of wind, unable walls. And when you have fought temptation and have conquered evil, quickly and absolve nim. He bleeds to see a foot before him, to where and have received grace from tread- from a knife in the heart. Come. the statue stood. Praying that his "So pleadingly did she speak hazardons undertaking might partly ing Satan under foot, your heart will be at rest and you shall find that Brother Francis followed her atone for his sin, he gripped the peace here for your life long. Re-back in the tavern, and she, dragged rungs.
of men and
"He climbed quickly at frat, till tura on the third day from now him through a mass
who stood laughing and without fail, for, as you know, all women
be was above the shelter of the the wine barrels. brothers must be present when the drinking round
wine and the fetid at-trees, but after that the wind struck Holy Figure of our Martyr and fumes of Saint St. Francis, is boisted to the mosphere almost took away his im in its full fury, and the higher in keeping his crazy foothold. It! top to the tower above our heads. breath, but the girl led him on to an he climbed the more difficulty he had And Brother Francis left him with coloured stuffs. She pointed out a hands which were trying to tear him: wonder in his heart.
couch in the far corner, and drew the curtains so that they were alone from his ladder and fling him away. More than once he lost his foothold, "Passing through the cloisters he there.. knelt for
moment before!
"The little room was dimly lit, but and hung perilously by his hands, the eight Loot statue of he could just distinguish the inert is legs blown out into space. and
leaved him. his patron saint, standing ready figure of the boy. He knelt beside only the great strength of his arms to be raised aloft. It was of him and placed his hand gently on!
"After every six rungs he had to bronze, black habited and rowled, the scarcely beating heart. He had 8th Sept. and its face, hands and feet were of only just time to absolve him before pause to take breath, so fiercely did ivory. And he said: 'So surely as he died. The girl, wide-eyed, stood the gale beat against him, and as
and shook, you will be exposed to storm and and watched. Never had she Reen he climbed the ladders themselves tempest and the winds and rain from such a giant of a man, such gentle-rattled and Heaven for all time, so am I now ness of face, Buch zhoulers, such a moment he expected to be flung to be in danger from the turmoil godlike head. Her heart beat as away with them into the darkness of the world. Guard my feet. And the man stood to his feet again and below. It took him half an hour to 5th Aug. crossing himself he left that place, faced her. Their eyes met for a reach the roof of the nave where 5th Sept, and the Prior watched him go." second, and she smiled as no woman the tower itself rose above him in had ever smiled at him before. She the dark. and here he found slight to him but, shelter, for the full force of the gale The old monk pansed again and approached nearer gazed with troubled eyes
across knowing she was wanton, Brother was broken by the flying buttresses vertical pinnacles: He the valley which was growing dim Erancis gently placed her to one side and the.
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"The girl with the moon-like face prayer of thankfulness at having was already bathing the tower and the figure that crowned it in even-met him again the next noon when reached so far in safety. He knew
the men were in the vineyards, and the worst part was still to come. 5th Aug.ing glory.
of passing "Perhaps the prayer was answer- pretence "And did he return in thrree under days?" I asked.
sickness he was again led to the ed, for suddenly there seemed a lull "On the night of the third day tavern. She plied him with wine in the wind, and Brother Francis, for such heavenly assia- he turned, but first I must tell you and he drank, and his eyes laughed thankful
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