Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team MASTERS OF THE GUILD By L. Lamprey Author of “In the Days of the Guild” Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis New York 1920 CONTENTS To Dorothy I PEIROL OF THE PIGEONS Bellerophon II A TOURNAMENT IN THE CLOUDS The Jesters III THE PUPPET PLAYERS The Abbot's Lesson IV PADRAIG OF THE SCRIPTORIUM Cap O' Rushes V THE TAPESTRY CHAMBER The Castle VI THE FAIRIES' WELL Lullaby of the Pict Mother VII THE WOLVES OF OSSORY St. Hugh and the Birds VIII THE ROAD OF THE WILD SWAN The Lances IX THE SWORD OF DAMASCUS Awakening X FOOL'S GOLD To Josian from Prison XI ARCHIATER'S DAUGHTER New Altars XII COLD HARBOR Galley Song XIII THE WISDOM OF THE GALLEYS Harbor Song XIV SOLOMON'S SEAL The Leprechaun XV BLACK MAGIC IN THE TEMPLE The Ebbing Tide XVI THE END OF A PILGRIMAGE The Crusaders NOTES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “The boy gave a low call and a soft rush of wings was heard” Frontispiece “'You have your choice--to remain here quietly, alive, or to remain permanently, dead'” “'How now, Master Stephen! What foolery is this?'” “It was the first time Padraig had seen anyone write” “'Every inch of this linen will be covered with embroidery'” (in colors) “''Tis the brat of a scatter-brained woman'” “Directly in front sounded the unmistakable snarl of a wolf” “An immense boar stumbled out and charged at Eleanor's horse” “'Belike he got it where he's been--in the Holy Land'” (in colors) “'I know all about your search for treasure'” “'He called me his mouse and if I kept still I had cheese for my dinner'” “Nothing would do but that they all should go immediately to see what had come to light” “Andrea was at work upon the carving of the doorway” “A siffle of indrawn breath was heard in the crowd as he carried it to the fire” (in colors) “There was shouting and laughter in the courtyard” DEDICATION TO DOROTHY O little girl who used to be, Come down the Old World road with me, And watch the galleons leaping home Deep-laden, through the rainbow foam, And the far-glimmering lances reel Where clashes battle-axe on steel, When the long shouts of triumph ring Around the banner of the King! To elfin harps those minstrels rime Who live in Once-upon-a-Time! In that far land of Used-to-Be, Strange folk were known to you and me,-- Mowgh and Puck, and all their kin, Launcelot, and Huckleberry Finn, Wise Talleyrand, brave Ivanhoe, Juliet, and Lear, and Prospero, Alleyne and his White Company, And trooping folk of Faerie! People of every race and clime Are found in Once-upon-a-Time!